This a quaint small mall with all the essential amenities and few fashion stores. You can find a…read morevery well stocked supermarket called New World which attracts most of the customers. Outside there is a post shop, key cutting service and dry cleaners and inside a stationary shop. Feeling sporty? Hot the upstairs gym 360 which has just been refurbished. Health wise there is a medical centre attached and large Unichem pharmacy. The Health 2000, eyewear store and walk in massage store are always busy as well as the low cost hairdresser and the more upmarket Rodney Wayne's. You can get low cost mani and pedis with free wifi at ProfessioNail. There is one clothes and accessories store for infants called Hatch opposite an older ladies fashion shop and even a DVD store. Great handy mall close to the beach!

I must admit I had not been impressed with shopping malls around Auckland so far: Downtown,…read moreOnehunga, Silvia Park and even St Luke's were alright but with limited choice of shops and facilities. I only spent a short time in Albany mall but it was beautiful with its high ceilings, had a decent food court and lots of retails from jewellery to clothes, high tech, pharmacies... If I were to shop for a present and I did not know what to get I would go to this mall, one is bound to find something! So for that, and for the fact that it is much better than other malls around Auckland, I give 5 stars, woop woop!

A great place to shop and could add a lot more shops including Zara home and H&M to make it more of…read morea shopping destination.

This place just seems terminally unnecessary to me. Why do suburbs have malls? To collect all the…read morechain branches they need in one place so people can do their shopping without having to go to town. What suburb doesn't need that? Town. Queen Street is just one long mall already, why would you bother to put another one at the bottom of it? And not even a good mall. Tiny, crowded, it feels like there wasn't enough room for it to lie flat so they sort of piled it on top of itself. With the possible exception of the Warehouse (and it'd rank low on a list of Warehouse branches, ordered by range and quality), there is nothing here that you can't get at multiple other places in town. And town has sunlight, which very few malls can boast, especially not this one.

If you've ever been to Melbourne and enjoyed the arty, old fashioned atmosphere of the malls, you'd…read morelove this part of Auckland City. Just off Queens & Custom's Streets, Queens Arcade is for those with slightly vintage, classy tastes, with plenty of shiny hallways filled with boutique shops. I suspect its logo with the Queen on it gives away its slightly superior air to the rest of Queen Street, but not in a pretentious way. More inviting for a good old window shop of some of the finest products you can find. The tea rooms are a splitting image of some I saw in Melbourne, just calling out to be explored. There's a chocolate shop, jewellery stores, fashion shops and the last of the few record/DVD stores, Marbecks, to enjoy.

So interesting to visit the Queens Arcade…read more The historic arcade is actually a combination of three buildings. The south arcade is a combination of the Victorian Darby's Building constructed in 1909 and the A.B. Donald Building which was built in 1863. The Arcade was completed in 1929. The completed arcade featured marble, fine woods and beautiful storefronts. Today, it is a shopping arcade filled with shops. Go up and down the escalators to get a closer look. Make sure to go to the rear of the arcade to see the display of New Zealand flags. Not as interesting as the Royal Arcades in Sydney or Melbourne, but nice for a short stop while exploring Auckland.

Milford Mall has come a long way over the years and it isn't just for the oldies anymore. I go…read moremainly to Witchery and there are a few other higher end shops like Kimberlys and Storm. The Japanese restaurant in the food court is really good (but not cheap) and BNZ has moved inside from it's old place on Kitchener Road. You still see a lot of seniors at Coffee Club & Muffin Break but the mall has more of a 'Mums with Bubs' sort of place. Heaps of parking undercover!

Milford is kind of a weird one. While growing up I always thought of it as very sleepy and rather…read moreboring, but it is now one of the most popular (and expensive) places to live in Auckland. It is pretty inundated with old people, but this makes it super peaceful, and is probably what adds to the appeal. Of course the whole of Milford is no more than 3 minutes drive to a beautiful beach and it is just up the road form the very popular Takapuna. The Mall itself is not in my top list. I don't really like malls full stop, but Milford Mall feels constantly out of date, despite having had a small makeover recently. There are some cool shops like Moochi and Witchery, but I feel even these places seems almost cheapened by being there. The main reason I got to Milford Mall is for the great supermarket and the Warehouse. Both of which do exactly what you'd expect and both are pretty big. There is also really good sushi and a BNZ that is open on Saturdays. It's a nice mellow vibe, but it's not very exciting - just lots of older people having scones at midday on a weekday.

This is probably the only shopping centre I know of that has no clothing stores, only three op…read moreshops in what is quite a large shopping centre. Perhaps setting the tone for the rest of your shopping experience. You can shop at the Northcote shops and not spend a lot of money. You can eat at one of the wide variety of Asian food outlets and restaurants, shop at one of the many Asian supermarkets, get accupuncture at the Chinese medical centre, get a Thai massage, or buy some "deer velvet" and other souvenirs at one of the Asian specialist souvenir shops. I think perhaps this shopping centre should embrace it's strengths and re-name itself Asia-town? The cheap and cheerful shops are great but it would be good to see a few higher-end stores amongst the mix too.

I don't really think of the Northcote Shopping Centre as a shopping destination, and definitely not…read moreas a shopping centre. I see it as Countdown and Little Asia, and my visits here are always targeted, so it is not a browser's centre at all. Ignoring Countdown, there is very little here to see, unless you are Asian or interested in Asian culture. There is food, health supplements and other stores that sell things I wouldn't even be able to explain what they do. I came here to buy a sheepskin, and was surprised to find about four shops selling them. After securing a great deal, I strolled about looking at the other stores, and was surprised that the developers of this centre allowed it to develop in this way.

Little High Street used to be much more fun, but we can't wallow in the past. There's still good…read moreshopping to be had in here, especially of the vintage and reworked vintage variety - think Tango, Smoove, and Smoove Reworked Vintage. And there's plenty of cuteness nearby too, like Pencil, which is just outside on High Street. If you're not into Asian fashion though, the choices are a bit limited and I never find myself browsing outside my comfort zone of the abovementioned vintage trinity. It would be great to see some exciting little local designer shops set up in here, rather than the cheap, mass-produced stuff that fills most of the mall at the moment. I don't want CBD shopping to turn further into a series of shops offering knock-off handbags, synthetic shoes, and clothes in nothing-natural fibres. I'd like a bit of originality and ethically-produced in my shopping options, please.

I first discovered Little High Street when I was in high school. A secret wee gem tucked between…read moreHigh St and Queen Street, it is accessed via the second floor of the Whitcoulls building or from Durham St East, opposite the Blue Dude swimwear store. Little High Street used to be relatively unknown and was home to up and coming New Zealand designers, however over the years this has changed quite drastically and now largely consists of Asian clothing stores. Smoove is one of the exceptions, and actually takes up two of the stores on the Street. If you're in to rock, vintage and street-type clothing and accessories, definitely make sure you pop down to Little High Street and check out Smoove. Mezze Bar is also located on the Street by the Durham St entrance and is a great licensed cafe/bar that does fantastic iced coffees and has a great lunch menu.

This is a large mall where the Kmart was located…read more It reminds me of a typical mall, but with larger department stores that cater more to you every day needs. They have a Kmart for clothing and department items, and a Woolworth for grocery shopping, inside the mall! They also had some of the typical mall shops of namebrand clothing, a food court, and downstairs a little convenient store, kiosk, and even a massage parlor! I could've easily stayed here all day and explored for hours on end!

An American mall that we wouldn't have stopped and except we were so hungry I couldn't find…read moreanything opened near the museum. We took the escalator up to the eatery food hall. We had chicken & salad, it was just okay. There were many American chain stores @ some New Zealand as well. It wasn't too busy the week before Christmas.