BěijīngShopping

Shopping Centre shopping in Běijīng

  1. A

    77th Street

    Descend the stairs into this unique underground mall and see where ordinary teen and 20-something Beijingers go for their clothes and accessories. It opens out into a huge, circular, three-storey collection of hundreds of stores. As well as funky T-shirts, belts and bags, there are shoe shops galore and a food court. It’s lots of fun, but a madhouse at weekends. To get there walk north on Xidan Beidajie from the subway and take the first right, then look for the 77th Street sign.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Sogo

    Sogo is one of Běijīng’s most pleasant mall experiences. The mix of hip Japanese (Sogo is a Japanese company) and European boutiques, the convenient layout and an excellent, cheap food court on the 6th floor makes Sogo more fun than you’d expect a shopping centre to be. Add espresso bars on each floor, the impressive basement supermarket (with pharmacy) and the 6th-floor games arcade, where you can deposit kids while shopping, and you’re in mall heaven.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Lufthansa Center Youyi Shopping City

    The gigantic Lufthansa Center was the first Western-style mall to appear in Běijīng. It's looking its age a bit now, but is still a reliable, if pricey, source of upmarket Western clothing and cosmetics and is especially good for sports gear. The Yansha Supermarket in the basement is one of Běijīng's best, while the Yansha (6465 1188) bookstore on the 4th floor is worth a browse. There are restaurants and ATMs here too.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Shopping Arcade, Peninsula Beijing

    The big boys of fashion: Chanel, Dior, Gaultier, Gucci, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Prada and Versace can be found in this exclusive and very hushed basement-level shopping haunt beneath the Peninsula Beijing hotel. There are also Cartier and Tiffany outlets, so you can pick up the diamonds you’ll need to go with your new outfit.

    reviewed

  5. E

    China World Shopping Mall

    Adjacent to the first-rate China World Hotel, this is a popular, if soulless, mall packed with top-name brands, including Burberry, Marc Jacobs and Prada, as well as boutiques, jewellery stores and fast-food restaurants. The Le Cool Ice Rink is in the basement.

    reviewed

  6. F

    3.3 Shopping Centre

    With its collection of trendy boutiques and accessories stores, this mall in the heart of Sānlǐtún caters for Běijīng’s bright young things. Prices are accordingly high. But with 300 shops here, it’s good window-shopping territory.

    reviewed

  7. G

    Place

    Dominated by its spectacular giant outdoor video screen, an object of fascination for kids, the Place has an extremely popular branch of Zara, as well as French Connection and Miss Sixty, and one of Běijīng’s best book stores in Chaterhouse Booktrader. There’s a good food court in the basement, too.

    reviewed