Vancouver Mall

Childhood mall of mine, I love this place! Only concern is lack of accessibility features, such as (most importantly) elevators and escalators.
Overall very clean and nice. I like the new furnishings & furniture they have added recently.
The mall would be a lot nicer with increased accessibility features, but it is still nice on its own.

Vancouver Mall has been sort of struggling since the pandemic like many other malls, but it's still a nice place to spend an afternoon with friends. I have good memories coming here as a kid to see Santa at Christmas time - it really felt magical.

Now most of the stores seem overpriced for regular shopping. But it can be enjoyable just hanging out, grabbing a bite to eat at the food court, or seeing a movie even if the theaters aren't super clean.

I will say the library branch located inside the mall is really well stocked and well maintained. It's handy to have for studying or finding a book.

It's too bad this mall has declined since my childhood, as it used to be more vibrant. But the public spaces like the center area are still conducive for meeting up and socializing. And having everything indoors is convenient in our rainy climate.

With some new tenants to replace what's closed, hopefully Vancouver Mall can attract more people again. For now it serves its purpose as a community hub even if it's not the same as before.

Went to Zumiez to fix skateboard. Girl was helpful & knew her stuff. Let us work on the board after buying grip tape. Haven't been to a mall for a minute but it's super nice here. Had quite a few people there. Lots to do.

Very nice and clean mall lots to look at and shop .

My, how this place has changed over the years! I remember the days when there was no food court, and my favorite place in the entire mall was an ice cream shop on the upper floor, where they would dip bars of vanilla into hot fudge, and roll them in toppings of your choice (sprinkles, nuts, candies, etc). That was back in the 80s, so the "kids these days" have no idea what they are missing.

Some things that were lost (like our youth!), we'll never get back, but that doesn't mean that all changes are for the worse. In fact, Vancouver Mall, for the most part, has generally improved in almost all aspects. It's cleaner, more vibrant, better lit, with modernized décor, and reasonably well-populated with stores (compared to most other malls in the area, anyway). The one-and-only elevator is still trash; probably the same one from when the mall first opened, creating a bottleneck for people with strollers or in wheelchairs who aren't willing to risk a tricky ride on an escalator.

Unlike most metropolitan malls, Vancouver Mall has a somewhat home-town feel and flair: I mean, it boasts a branch of the local library, for God's sake, as well as a children's play area and a private lounge. There's even a parlor/studio devoted entirely to the taking of selfies (ugh), complete with several different stations boasting mirrors, ring lights, a ball pit, etc...perfect for the narcissist in us all (for a modest fee, of course)! Community events are frequently hosted here, including all of the traditional holidays you'd expect a mall to acknowledge: Halloween, Christmas, Easter...basically, if you can get a picture of your kids sitting on the lap of a stranger in a furry suit, they celebrate it.

Conversely, many of its anchor stores have abandoned their massive retail footprints (as they've frequently done in malls elsewhere), giving way to new tenants not typically seen in suburban shopping centers, such as an AMC movie theater (not as good as the Cinetopia preceding it), a Gold's Gym, a massive arcade (Round One), and a Hobby Lobby. The food court itself is lackluster these days, with nothing truly compelling within, and there are a few options outside of its borders that are above average, with one exception being Los Pepes, directly below.

Even the satellite buildings surrounding the mall's exterior have morphed, expanded, or changed tenants significantly in the last few decades. Many of the chain restaurants remain the same, while also welcoming newcomers such as Voodoo Doughnut, Chick-Fil-A, Five Guys, and more. The bus depot/transit center has moved from the north side to the south, and the inclusion of a Tesla charging station helps reinforce its attempts and modernization and relevancy in a society that increasingly shirks the terrestrial retail experience in favor of the (arguably) dangerous convenience of Amazon Prime and other online storefronts.

The shopping mall will likely never regain its former glory as the nerve center of the American shopping experience, but as these storied structures continue to struggle and persist in an increasingly online environment, a few of them have managed to carve out a niche intriguing enough to draw in enough commerce to keep themselves alive. Vancouver Mall has managed to hold on, white-knuckled, as the rest of the mercantile marketplace crumbled around them. Without the advent of a new retail Renaissance, it may not be long before it too succumbs to the same disease that has eroded the foundations of Lloyd Center, Mall 205, and many of its other neighbors. It will have to continue to evolve, without losing (any more of) its soul; and if taking a picture does steal souls, as some cultures believe, then that selfie parlor is a portent of its encroaching doom!

Don't get me wrong, I still love walking its halls and plazas, but I have to wonder how much of it is nostalgia, as opposed to any particularly relevant retail reason for visiting. I keep returning, but it's never the place I remember from my childhood, and sadly, it probably never will be again.

I've been here probably a thousand times with my kids so I suppose I should leave a positive review! It's a very well-managed mall, storefronts are rarely empty, the workers are great (especially the custodial staff), plenty of great stores, the movie theater is incredibly high-quality, etc.

Vancouver Mall was an unexpected delight. Sure, it's a mall, with the standard mall lineup, but the Vancouver Mall has more. There are a dozen little niche nerd boutiques to appease, squeeze, and please your squishy little nerdalicious heart. Also, it was very clean, other than the men's room.

We went to Round1, Bricks and Minifigs, and a shop filled with anime style merchandise. We had a lovely time.

Big parking lots, they have couple great restaurants, they have good massage shop, H&M in there, movie theater, toddler indoor play area, food courts, Macy’s, JC Penney, Bowling Alley(1 rounds), gym, library, Art classes, nail salons, hair salons and so many businesses in there.
So much fun. My kids love to be there.

A decent mall with a movie theatre, 2 major department stores, and a food court with different types of food such as Thai, Vietnamese and Chinese.

Lots of activities for kids such as the play area. There’s even a library there. They need more escalators though.

Too bad they aren’t open earlier than 11 am.

I was in the neighborhood figured I check it out. It was good. Lots of stores , very clean. Random stores /spaces. They have karaoke studios. Prop selfie Photo Studio and out side they have a go cart track. They also have A bowling alley and a gym?! And of course they have a cinema.They also have Amazon lockers.