Mall shopping in Singapore
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Vivocity
Staggeringly large, the waterfront Vivocity megamall is Singapore's largest, and offers a viable alternative to pavement pounding on Orchard Rd, though its broad, squat design (by Japanese architect Toyo Ito) means there's still a prodigious amount of walking to do.
There are dozens of ubiquitous fashion chains such as Diesel, Hang Ten and Esprit (and locals such as M)phosis) as well as smaller boutiques. Electronics giants such as Denki and Challenger also have a heavy presence. The excellent Page One bookshop is a rival to Kinokuniya in Orchard Rd, while the Golden Village cineplex is also Singapore's largest, with luxury Gold Class, GVMax and Cinema Europa cinemas. At …
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Katong Shopping Centre
Not a great deal of outstanding retail (unless you like model cars and suchlike), but an insight into Singaporean life. This ageing mall is full of ‘maid agencies’ – the people who source and place Indonesian, Filipina, Burmese and Indian maids with employers, taking a huge cut of their pay in the process – and lots of women coming and going, or waiting around for work. There’s also lots of ‘enrichment centres’ for parents worried that their kids might get left behind. An interesting but mildly depressing place.
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Stamford House
The oldest, most elegant and distinctive shopping centre in the city, Stamford House was built in 1904 and mercifully conserved (a similar old building across the road was destroyed to make way for Stamford Court). Its wooden floors, ornate ironwork and plasterwork and aura of hushed refinement remain, and the tenants – art galleries, hair and beauty salons, local designer boutiques and spas – generally treat the place with the respect it deserves.
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Citylink Mall
The first underground mall in Singapore, designed by Kohn Pederson Fox from New York, this seemingly endless tunnel of retail links City Hall MRT station with Suntec City and the Esplanade. It’s a tempting means of escaping searing sun or teeming rain, and a comfortable way of getting into the city from the Marina Bay hotels. It’s a bit disorienting, but there’s a full range of fashion, books, music and food down here.
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Peninsula Excelsior
The shopping centre that props up the Peninsula Excelsior Hotel has definitely seen better days, but it’s one of the best hunting grounds in Singapore for sporting goods. Among the tennis rackets, bowling balls, cricket bats and football shirts are also plenty of unexpected and eccentric little shops, from guitar repairmen to what appears to be a death-metal specialist.
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Parco Bugis Junction
One of Singapore’s more distinctive malls, featuring two streets of recreated shophouses, covered with a glass ceiling and air-conditioned. Levels 1 and 2 are fashion central, stuffed with big local names, major midrange international brands, and a host of smaller local designers. On the top floor you’ll find the large Shaw Bugis cineplex.
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Lucky Plaza
One of the few remaining dingy old malls along the snazzy Western end of Orchard, Lucky Plaza has a bit of everything, from clothes to joke shops to tailors to massage parlours and a sex shop, but is notable for its basement hive of electronics and mobile phone stores (haggling essential). Packed with Filipina maids enjoying their day off on Sundays.
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Tampines Mall
One of Singapore’s largest suburban shopping centres, conveniently located right at the Tampines MRT station. Aimed at the middle-class heartlanders, you’ll find a branch of the Isetan department store, a Golden Village cinema and several bookshops inside this bottle-green monster.
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Chinatown Point
A good option to hunt down handicrafts, souvenirs, clothes and Chinese products, though the centre is ageing and a little unpleasant inside. You’ll need to browse, but there are some good bargains to be found. For Chinese products you’re better off heading across the road to Yue Hwa.
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Parkway Parade
The most modern mall in the east, Parkway houses anchor tenants like Borders bookstore, Isetan department store, Best Denki and Harvey Norman electronics, plus a large range of fashion retailers and the customary onslaught of food outlets.
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Marina Square
It looks dowdy, but 225 outlets, including brands such as Calvin Klein, Levis and Esprit, pack into this massive shopping space. It’s centrally located in the Marina Centre area with easy access to and from CityLink Mall, Suntec City, Millenia Walk and the Esplanade.
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Esplanade Mall
Esplanade Mall is mainly a dining destination with a slew of interesting shops like Frank Brothers Violins (for all your cello requirements) and the Cookie Museum (upmarket cookie store).
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Suntec City
The enormous Suntec City by the underground CityLink Mall (accessed from the City Hall MRT station) has some good speciality shops.
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The Cathay
Streetwear, beauty and nail salons, 'lifestyle' shops and the excellent Picturehouse cinema behind an unfinished-looking old Art Deco frontage.
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People’s Park Complex
Mobile phones, gaming consoles, watches, jewellery and cameras line the shelves at the People’s Park Complex.
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Cathay Cineleisure Orchard Rd
Specialising in teen fashion, junk food, with a cinema and possibly the worst escalator layout on earth.
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