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Which mall/shopping centre do you think is the best in Dubai at the moment?

To behonest the bigger and more sprawled out they are the thought of walking around them just leaves me cold. There's nothing NICE about many of the malls.

Some of them need those airport moving walkways running from one end to another, they're too flippin' big!

Chocoholic wrote:they're too flippin' big!

That's the arab "vision" though isn't it? - the bigger the better?

There was an article in The Independent recently in which a reporter took a short-break excursion from the UK to Dubai and sampled the shopping experience.

Essentially she found all the shops she would have in the UK at prices generally around the same, with some electrical goods etc slightly cheaper. All that was missing were the hoardes of actual shoppers as opposed to those just wandering about with no intention of buying anything other than a coffee.

She returned home with some vanilla pods and an incense burner and wondering why the hell she had travelled all that way for a wander around some less-than-appealing giant malls in Dubai.

Quite....

For prices, character and everything you could wish for, give me New York.... period. Altho just now you will get your nuts frozen off

I would love my nuts to be frozen off right now! I am sick to death of sunshine. I want snow, I want rain, I wanna feel cold.

For me, Mercato is the best. It does not really have the shops, but it certainly has a better class of women walking around!

OK Yorky, your wish is my command.... by the power vested in me by the Snow Dome..... tomorrow your nuts will drop off, altho I wouldn't give much for a gelding's chances with them classy women walking around Mercato

Hahahahahhaahhaha, nice one.

suppose I could always put my nuts on a block or two of ice, before i drop them in my G&T!

Battuta

Defo wrote:8) Battuta

NOT!!!

I don't like the "Son of the Duck" mall...

I like Mall of the Emirates-one of the few places I can get to and get home from without ending up in another Emirate!

You need to point your banana in the right direction Gab

Liban wrote:

Defo wrote:8) Battuta

NOT!!!

I don't like the "Son of the Duck" mall...

Whats wrong with it?

Nuff with 'nanas!!

i found Ibn Battuta more relaxing n less " westrenized" , more kinda arabain type of mall

mall of the emirates - ever heard of a shopping mall in the desert where u can ski on ice?

Defo wrote:

Liban wrote:

Defo wrote:8) Battuta

NOT!!!

I don't like the "Son of the Duck" mall...

Whats wrong with it?

Its pretty dead as a mall I find. Mall of the Emirates on the other hand....

ross392 wrote:mall of the emirates - ever heard of a shopping mall in the desert where u can ski on ice?

You mean snow...

Liban wrote:Its pretty dead as a mall I find. Mall of the Emirates on the other hand....

Ever since MOE opened up that's very true. Although its handy when you don't fancy lining up for hours to buy groceries.

But Geant seems kinda pricey compared to Carrefour I find... No??

Some things are - detergent and some imported items. But 'fresh' produce are on par - bread, milk, fruits and veggies. I live between the two of them so depending on which day I feel like doing my shopping I'll alternate between the two. But as a matter of convenience going down to Geant to get some bread and bottle of milk is less of a painful (time consuming) exercise than going to Carrefour.

Dude, I am pretty much on the same boat as you and work the same way.

Somewhat between the two (closer to Battuta), go to Battuta for essentials, Carrefour for major shopping.

Plus parking in Emirates Mall is a hassle.

XRW-147 wrote:

ross392 wrote:mall of the emirates - ever heard of a shopping mall in the desert where u can ski on ice?

You mean snow...

snow/ice/frozen h20/cold object that turns to part water and partly evaporates into air bcoz of heat, all the same to me!

ross392 wrote:snow/ice/frozen h20/cold object that turns to part water and partly evaporates into air bcoz of heat, all the same to me!

I'd like to see you tackle a ski slope made of ice

Liban wrote:Somewhat between the two (closer to Battuta), go to Battuta for essentials, Carrefour for major shopping.

Same dude, I live in Dubai Marina 2nd Development. So near that little slip road between the main interchange being refurbished and the Battuta interchange.

OMG!!!! Dude, we are neighbours!!!!!

I am right there too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What building? Now we gotta meet

Haha... Small world eh.

I'd say that again!

XRW-147 wrote:

ross392 wrote:snow/ice/frozen h20/cold object that turns to part water and partly evaporates into air bcoz of heat, all the same to me!

I'd like to see you tackle a ski slope made of ice

in that case, yeah I guess your right!

Im going to visit dubai 15 days from now and im hearing about the mall of emirates as a very beautiful mall hope i can go there and enjoy the mall.

Ibn Battuta is the best!!!