We've been coming to the Village since it opened one Winter many many years ago. At that time,…read morethere were not a lot of shop but look today. Holy Moly! Whether to relax, dine, or shop, there's something for everyone at the Village

I've been in Idaho for a week now and decided to check out one of the popular malls recommended by…read morethe locals. This place was really nice. With a ton of shops, restaurants, and entertainment to choose from, it was hard to make a selection. A lot of them had great sales going on too. Service was great at each of the stores I shopped in. I thought the value was great too cause tax % is much lower here than Cali.

Macys, JCPenney and Dillards are the anchor stores in this Ball with a big H&M as well. It didn't…read morelook too busy there weren't many cars here because they're all at In-N-Out Burger.

Closes at 8PM tonight, seems early for a Saturday night…read more We took a walk on both floors to see what stores were available. Has a lot of mid-priced stores and a good amount of stores that I would have expected at a higher end store. Apple Store, Banana Republic, Coach, Aveda, Victoria Secrets, Lululemon pop-up, William Sonoma, Pottery Barn, etc.

I remember vividly my first time at the Boise Spectrum. It was the late 90's. I watched the…read moreTitanic. It was packed with so many people. I had a Pronto Pup with a prickly pear lemonade. My friends and I were checking out all the boys. It will forever be one of my favorite core memories. You came here on the weekends to watch the latest movies. You hung out at Game World and played video games for hours, wasting your money for tickets to get cheap prizes. You drank hot chocolate at Moxie Jave whole you were waiting for your ride to show up. It was the ultimate hot spot! But, with time and the direction of growth heading towards Meridian, this venue has really slowed down. It was sad at one point, seeing how many businesses left this venue and moved on. Movie Java ended up turning into another coffee shop. That space is now taken over but completely different business now. CK Hawaiian is gone. It truly is sad to see a part of my youth slowly disappear. I did attend hair school in this complex in 2015. That was the first time I was in this area again. They remodeled the venue. Added umbrellas and more seating. A lot of upgrades were made and it was looking really fresh. Thursday thunder was introduced on Thursdays which was a great way to get people here. Live music, restaurants selling food and vendors to check out. It was a fun way to hang out and be in the sun. I hope that the local businesses in this venue stay put. The pizza joint is so good! I survived hair school eating pizza for lunch. The Creperie has the best Nutella and banana crepes. Be Thai pushes out such good Thai food. I have seen too many local businesses leave this venue and we need to support them so that they can stay. I hope more adventures bring me into this area so I have a reason to be here. I want to be able to create more core memories at this venue now and in the future.

Great mall/area with lots of lodging and food options. There's a small, outdoor bouncy-floored…read moreplay area for the kids and a nice fountain. There used to be a small video arcade here, but I was disappointed to find that it had closed last time I was here. The movie theater and Imax are still going strong though. Legends is always a must-stop.

Literally the worst Starbucks I've ever been to. It's the closest to my house and I will drive…read morefurther to Northside to get a good coffee. EVERY TIME I go here instead to save time, they make my drink wrong! EVERY SINGLE TIME! If you want to be disappointed consistently, go here.

From what I have been told by my wife, this mall used to house Macy's and an Emporium. Emporium…read moreclosed a long time ago, and Macy's pulled out of here before I moved to the area, so the mall seems to struggle to maintain it's customer base. There still are several good smaller stores inside that serve the customer well. It definately is not the large Mall experience you may be looking for, but if you need some basic items, then this will do you fine by stopping.

The cafe on the second floor of this three floor building has been open in "soft" mode for a couple…read moreof weeks. But it and the entire building will have GRAND OPENING ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, with ribbon cutting about 4:30. So heads up, if you haven't yet been to the TechMall to check it out, that would be a very good time to go. My husband and I had a chance for personal tour of all three floors of the building and while it may be too early to say "five stars" given this butterfly is just starting to emerge, it sure is hard to say anything but "woohoo" for the chutzpah that led to this vision and the tenacity of three men, including the principal in the mix who owns a Boise computer buisness, that made this happen. THE CONCEPT: The basic idea is to cluster smaller tech businesses and those with a vision for same under the same roof to nurture those in early stages and beyond. I guess that is in the theory of a rising tide raising all boats. Even for we whose working days in technology businesses are now in our rear view mirror, like my husband and me, this was a pretty fun place to tour and wish we were thirty years younger to participate. THE CAFE: It was also a darned good place to share a good pizza and enjoy an excellent Americano in the second floor cafe while using their 1000mb free wifi to get some work done in between vendor meetings for a home building project. (Not a typo...one thousand.) They have seating in two areas; in the dining area and in a bar that will have a beer 'vending machine' wall as well as wine and, no kidding, Oxygen service. (For the latter, just emerging as 'cool' when I was still working a million years ago, is it still?) THE BUILDING SET UP: 1st floor - a showroom that will highlight vendors if exisiting products and new inventions 2nd floor - cafe with good food (sandwiches, wraps, salads, pizza), excellent coffee, top notch service (order at counter it is delivered to your table) and lightening fast wifi. (The fastest in the Treasure Valley outside of Micron's building we hear.) 3rd floor - Includes a conference room (which I hear will be free to use) and offices for up and running businesses (like a web site development company) as well as marketing, legal and financial experts who are available as resource for fledging busineses. Butterfly emerged from crysalis, it will be good to see how it can fly. There is good karma in this. We wish them all the best. THIS N THAT: 1) PARKING: In lot. 2) ACCESSIBILITY: Accessible parking outside door. Level in and throughout. Elevators between floors. Cafe has standard height seating as well as high seating. 3) BUSINESS CARDS: There is a big display in the lobby where one can, after checking in with the TechMall's marketing director on the third floor, put cards for one's business. Similarly, one can pick up the cards here for other companies. It made me smile to realize business cards survive through every level of advancing technology! 4) NETWORKING MEETINGS: Take place on Wednesday evenings, either once a month or weekly. Check in with the info desk on the first floor or the marketing office on the third for more information.

I was fortunate enough to be afforded a private tour of Boise TechMall prior to their grand…read moreopening. I found myself thinking: I can't believe this is in Boise! I found myself saying: That's so cool! A lot. (I really need to find more phrases to express awe and fascination. Seriously.) That said, Boise TechMall is really just so very...cool. The first floor is designed to be a sort of high-tech trade show experience. The highlights for me were: 3D printer. While I was there, it was printing intricate chess pieces. The detail was astounding. Serious whoa factor. Evengreen Technology has an interactive display. It wasn't in place while I was there, but was under construction and the vision was explained to me. The coolest part of the display is that there will be a way to use their solar calculator tool. If you haven't done this, you need to. I was astounded at how affordable solar technology is today. Basically, by providing your address and current monthly power costs--they will estimate how much solar installation will cost you. For my home, the cost of the payment to finance solar wasn't any more than our current power costs! Serious wow factor. The second floor is their Innovative Design Center (website creation, graphic design, app development, SEO implementation) and is home to the Boise TechCafe and The HotSpot. The TechCafe has a full coffee bar in addition to cafe food. It would be easy to overlook the cafe by assuming the usual coffee house ho-hum eats. I don't think that is the case here. Word on the street is that the chef at the TechCafe is seriously legit. The coffee bar slings Caffe D'arte coffee (nice!). And, there's plenty of space for you to work with outlets situated where you sit. No crawling under tables, over feet, and and around table legs in search of an outlet. This is a TECH cafe. It caters to the laptop toting among you. You know who you are. This, my friends, is your oasis of productivity. The HotSpot is home to Boise's first ever automated beer wall. I feel as though no other words are necessary here. Automated. Beer. Wall. Also on the 2nd floor is The Viewfinder which offers professional photography and videography They have a great little studio with walls and door lined with sound proofing foam in order to do videography onsite. The third floor is their Business Solution Center. They have everything an entrepreneur would possibly need to turn the vision for their business into a reality. They have business planning services, certified accountants, attorney services, financial services, and marketing development. Plus, a pretty sweet training/conference center. I could go on and on--but, really, you just need to go check it out! Did I mention the automated beer wall? Get to it!

Not for catering when you are from out of town (state) If…read moreyou can order in person Otherwise for sandwiches in the Meridian area go to Hugo's Deli

We love Costco and prior to the Meridian location opening, we would toggle between going to the…read moreBoise and Nampa locations. When the Meridian located, it has become our preferred location but it doesn't stop us from visting the other locations because Costco doesn't have the same assortment in every location. Sometimes an item in Boise is not in Meridian or vice versa. The team at the Meridian is fanstatic, whethere it is the door checkers/scanners or the cashiers and even the pharmacy department. A special shoutout the following team members. Ashley who was in the pharmacy department but now up front. Madison who is up front and in the pharmacy department Marcy who is the VIP of the pharmacy department Wendi who is the unsung hero in the pharmacy department Soleil who checks you out when you leave There are plenty of others who make our visits great and we feel like we are shopping with friends and family. We are very thankful to have this location so close to us. Lastly, the newest intiative to grab hot dogs, pizzas and more is very problematic as they no longer call out numbers. The new initiative is to self check out and get in line. What the suits and ties didn't factor was how big that line would get with all the customer's carts. There is no 'parking lot' for the carts so the line to hand off the receipt to the food court person is simply unorganized and chaotic.

This shopping center is beautiful and has SO much potential! I prefer this theater to all the…read moreothers in the area. It is clean and never crowded...but that's also why it's sad. This shopping center is a ghost town. The theater and JC Penny's are the only anchors. There is a Bronco shop, a Shoe Carnival, and a kids playdate center, but other than that it is all vacant. If you open, they will come! People around here are eager for more shopping! I'm not sure if the rent is extreme and that is what is keeping retailers out, or what, but it could easily be the next Village at Meridian! I hope to see it grow.

I love this store the people who work there are super helpful the owner Dean is always very…read morefriendly and willing to help. They're always very fairly priced and their selection is awesome. The only things that they don't have are the things that are Lego Store exclusive Which is out of their control and I gotta say with the Lego store coming into town here and having gone there it is always seems to be that they don't keep hardly anything in stock, and Bricknology has a much larger selection and a lot more stock than the official Lego store ever seems to be able to keep which is weird and I really hope we don't lose this store because in my opinion, it is far superior to the Official Lego store. Just my 2 cents.

Amazing selection of all types of legos from Star Wars to Jurassic park/world. They prices are very…read morereasonable for new sets and even the retired sets that they have in stock. The employees are very knowledgeable and helpful with any questions.

it was ok, seemed limited on items but seems like there are so many stores. didn't have what i…read morewanted but seemed ok. didn't interact with employees and value is about the same as other retail. not anything special. random store sales could bring interest for consumers. to move merchandise that is lame

Marshall's in Meridian is a busy store in a bustling shopping area in a suburb of Boise. Much like…read moreall the other Marshall's stores it has similar inventory. Clothing, shoes, home goods, cosmetics, toiletries, gifts, decor and stationary items. The difference here is there is more of it. The depth in in each category is vast. The store was organized & easy to shop. The staff were friendly. I enjoyed shopping here and would come in again