Within walking distance from the multiple harbours in downtown Sydney, Broadway Shopping Centre…read morehouses two very famous American general merchandise retailers: Target and Kmart. I was curious how similar/different they would be from their US counterparts, so made the walk to this mall on a weekday. Broadway Shopping Centre is located in the Broadway locality of Sydney, Australia, and originally opened in 1998. It underwent major renovations in 2016, adding a food court. The names of the store are prominently displayed high on the side of the non-descript building from the outside. Since we didn't come from the attached parking garage, we had to find the external entrance. Once inside, one distinguishing feature are the very long sloped moving walkways that will take you up/down each level (instead of escalators). We stopped by specifically to do product searching, walking each level to see what was available. In a lot of ways, it's similar to a US indoor shopping mall, except instead of department stores being the anchors, here it is grocery stores and general merchandise stores.

The thing that strikes me the most about this place is that it is located in this absolutely…read moregorgeous building, or at least the frontage of the building remains as opposed to having been torn down from some modern monstrosity. The problem I found with this shopping centre though is that it can be a nightmare finding your way in, and out again, especially if you are not familiar with the area. However, it has a pretty decent number of stores, and it quite well stocked as well.

There are some good shops and then there are some to avoid and some newbies to try. Give the Coles…read moresupermarket a miss or at least the refrigerated section. Woolworths is a pretty big supermarket and generally gets most of that business. The food court has a nice sushi place for lunch. There is a new butcher that carries some deli items. The chicken shop is OK and even has garlic sauce for chicken. Harris Farm Markets is in the lower car park and is a way better option for fruit and veg than the supermarkets. Parking can be a pain and I have driven in and out some days without finding a spot. You also need to be a bit careful with the other drivers as there is poor lighting in some areas and when you combine that with people in a hurry trying to compete for a parking spot it becomes tiger country.

The whole shopping centre was redesigned a few years back but is still one of the worst designed in…read morethe area. Parking is a nightmare with a disjointed multi level car park filled with one way signs and tight turns. There are also a heap of ramps and sloped surfaces which makes for interesting viewing as people try to control full trolleys up and down hills. There are 3 main grocery stores in there; Woolies, Coles and Aldi, a heap of speciality stores and a small food court. It really is a bit small and the only good thing about it is that you can get in and get your groceries a bit quicker here than at Castle Towers. It also has a bigger range than the other neighbouring centre - Westfields North Rocks. Good for the weekly grocery shop but thats about all.

This shopping complex used to be the major one long time ago but now since huge shopping complex of…read moreWestfield twin buildings opened, this area is losing customers I guess. However, Westfield is mainly for young people and this complex is mainly for senior people who wouldn't like too much crowd and it's well balanced. I wouldn't do window shopping here but do practical shopping and I do lots of window shopping and just browsing around in Westfield.

I happen to live above this complex, so whether I like it or not, I'm shopping at Eastgate for one…read morething or another every single day of my life. My initial words of advice would be to get here extra early or super late, or face the distress of all walks of life moving in all directions. When it's busy, which is 90 per cent of the time, it's seriously like a human obstacle course. Old, young, big, small, prams, wheelchairs, trolleys... you name it. If you must be in here during the day at any point, make it a quick operation, or face completely losing the plot. If you're in the thick of it and can't navigate your way out, head up the escalator to the second level and find solace in Priceline. Selecting a pretty shade of lipstick can be soothing and might calm you down enough to face the masses and make it out alive. If the lipstick approach doesn't work, try on some garments at Sussan... meander the el cheapo aisles at the Reject Shop - I hear their Thai toothpaste is the bomb... or chillax at the little café with a mean bacon, eggs and a good coffee. If you STILL can't bring yourself to face the masses en route to exiting. Leave via the carpark.

This is definitely the biggest and best shopping center if you are outside of the Greater Sydney…read morearea. If you live in the Southern Highlands, this is the nearest place with large theaters for those big, first run films (think Avatar). It is also right next to a major train station that will get you directly to the Sydney Airport in about 45 minutes. Lots of parking, food options, and all the major chains can be found here. You might not realize that having access to these types of places is a big deal unless you move far away to a regional area, and then you will understand the huge value of having all of this under one roof.

Yeah, this is basically another shopping centre, though I should point out that it is actually a…read morepretty big one. Then again, that is probably expected considering that this happens to be located in one of Sydney's major suburban centres. Yeah, it wasn't too bad, but I certainly wouldn't be considering it to be one of the greatest. Then again I'm not a particularly big fan of shopping centres, though this one was nice, and had a pretty decent range of shops as well.

Carlingford Shopping Centre. It has everything you need, is clean and tidy, has lots of restaurants…read moreand cafes, and has plenty of parking. I love this shopping centre.

Carlingford Court (Carlo to the locals) is the ol' faithful of the shopping centre world. Nothing…read morechanges much here from year to year which gives you that comforting feeling of constancy that is hard to find in this ever changing world. Carlo is the place you come for stuff you need not stuff you want - groceries, bread, party supplies, keys cut, contact lenses. It has everything you need to run your errands in one place. The shop owners are all pretty nice. Avoid lunchtime any day and right after work. Not just because these are the busy times and you'll find getting a park difficult but also because this is hungry time and the healthiest thing you'll find here is Oporto. On a side note, a large number of commission houses has opened around Carlo in the last 10 years. This has changed the clientele significantly but does make for good people-watching.

Love coming here…read more Plenty of parking Places to shop, eat and enjoy Just convenient for your everyday needs

I hadn't been here in about 18 months and wow! What a difference a make-over makes! This place…read morelooks great now. They've obviously spent quite a bit of money on it and it has everything you need under the one roof now! Lots of food options, travel agents, fashion shops, telco shops, K-Mart, Aldi, Woolworths etc. Parking is a lot easier than it was before the makeover and it's now a really nice shopping centre to come to. Close to the train station too if you don't bring a car - about a 5 minute walk. I was impressed with how it looks now. A very pleasant environment to spend some time... and dollars!

I have been a regular customer of this shopping center since it opened. In the center there is a…read morebig Coles grocery store, Virgin Gym, Newagency, Optus and Vodaphone shops, Westpac bank, chemist, Liquorland Bottle shop, Phoenix Yum Cha upstairs and a Fine Shine carwash in the parking lot. Also barbers, hairdressers, beauty and pet store, butchers, fish monger. bakery, heath foods store as well a huge fruit and veg shop and lots of places to eat and free Wifi. The best coffee in the shopping centre is at Taste Baguettes. On Saturday's with markets in the park around the corner from the shopping centre, it gets very crowded and busy on Saturday afternoons.

Nice mall that puts on events and has different types of grocery stores and restaurants. They had…read more12 days of refab which I hope they do again next year (I won't be here but it seemed like a great idea) to get people to make healthy choices.

Being as the tourist that I am, I had to venture out to the largest shopping center in the area. I…read morewas staying with my family in liverpool and came here to see what types of styles and clothes that was here. The mall isn't necessarily very big, but there were plenty of shops to understand the type of style. I would say the quality and price of the clothes here isn't very great. Style wise, I can see it being trendy, but the quality is like forever 21 or agaci and the price is way too steep for that type of quality. I'm used to heavier fabric and material so to see what was offered here was a bit disappointing. Not the greatest mall I've been to, but not absolutely horrendous. If needed, I would buy things here, but only if I really needed something.

This is the major shopping centre in the Liverpool area , which has Coles, woolworths, Myer, big w…read moreand target. It also has jewellers, 2 food courts with a McDonald's, and ethnic foods as well. It has a lot of speciality stores as well ranging from clothing, dollar stores and shoes