Pretty good mall. Good hours, good stores. This mall is really busy, but is usually clean.
Beautiful building, unique floor plan, but the selection of stores is limited. If you need shoes or women's clothing, then great. If you're a husband, expect to he holding a purse and waiting around a lot.
I recently purchased a mattress (only) on sale - having tried it in the store (on the boxspring), it seemed fine. Unfortunately, on my platform slats, the mattress is much firmer and too hard. Hudson Bay (manager Deanna) policy? If I wish to exchange the mattress during the sale event (next few days), I forfeit a 20% restocking fee (+ another $75.00 delivery and 'set-up' fee, and a further $25.00 fee for removal of mattress). If I wait 30 days (in-home adjustment period), I am welcome to exchange this mattress, but only at the sale price that I paid (and not its pre-sale sum ) - there may or may not be a mattress sale at that time. The only comment the manager of the department could say is 'it's policy' and 'you signed it'. This policy works fine for non-sale purchases; however, for sale events the policy needs to be more flexible - which wasn't the attitude of the manager. Really unimpressed.
This mall has quite a few stores, but most of them can be found elsewhere and/or aren't that interesting. I tend to avoid this mall most of the time mostly due to the hassle and cost of parking downtown. The major anchor tenant is The Bay, it used to be Eaton's. The mall was probably more interesting to me when I was younger and looking for something to do on the weekend. With online shopping I can find better stuff elsewhere with less hassle.
Was visiting Victoria a few weeks ago. It started pouring and we were right by the door. I didn't even know this place existed. Very good selection right downtown.
All in one destination for shopping in downtown Victoria. Lots of shops and boutiques. Good foodcourt upstairs.
Great shopping mall to meet others. Lots of variety of shops. Has a food court too.
Overall a nice and clean mallbut its a mall. Not a huge fan of the multiple levels at all. I enjoy Woodgrove Centre in Nanaimo far better as its all on one level.
The Bay Centre is, by all intents and purposes, a shopping mall. However, due to it's location between Victoria's tourist trap street and its main drag, it tends to act as more of a conduit between the two.
It's a really pretty mall to walk through though. Make sure to stop at the sandwhich shop in the food court. The guy there is passionate about ham on rye like nobody else.
One of the biggest malls in Victoria. It is for sure the biggest in downtown. It has a nice selection of stores, and a nice selection of food. So if your hungry and you don't know what to eat, that is your place.