This is the only mall in Dover, De. The only one, and its the city of Delaware... This is pretty much the only thing to do on the weekends if you are a kid or teenager. Other than going to the mall, you can bowl, skate, go to a restaurant, or shop somewhere else. There is a small selection to do in Dover, DE otherall. This mall is really poor. Some big stores include Macys, Boscovs, Jcpennys, and Sears. Some other stores are VS, Rue21, Body Central, Aeropostale, and PacSun. The mall is now putting in a Dicks Sporting Goods, and we will be getting our FYE back soon. The movie theater is okay, probably more overpriced then most. On fridays and Saturdays theres a curfew for kids under 17 not allowing them to watch movies with someone 21 or over after 6pm?.. There is few selection of food here. They took at all the good food such as Boardwalk fries (which opened up their own store, which failed and their closing), also they took out McDonalds, and Chicfila. Some food that you can get is Subway, Pizza, Burgers, Chinese, Salad, BocBocChicken, and Japenese food. Otherall Its pretty average nothing special. If you are visting Delaware and want to take advantage of our no tax shopping, then make a trip to Christiana Mall (around 40 minutes from Dover, or more).
I live in Wilmington. I've been to the Dover Mall a few times and thought it was pretty nice. Some of the stores are obviously off-brand independent sellers, some of the areas are dusty, and like any mall it has it's kiosks with annoying sellers working on commission. Compared to the Concord and Christiana Malls in New Castle County, the Dover Mall has a very Southern feel-- which I think is best characterized by the fact that the Boscov's Department store in this mall has a restaurant. The numerous off-brand stores (reminded me of the sham which is called the Tri-State Mall in Claymont, DE but is no where near as run down) and tired look at this mall can be off-putting. The stores in this mall seemed better stocked with a larger selection. The security guards at this mall ride around on Segways which seems ridiculous. The mall is not crowded but has many high school and DSU students roaming around. Overall, the Dover Mall is a good place to go shopping. However, if you like the glitz, glamour, and size of the Christiana Mall, this is probably not the place for you.
This is not the best place to shop. There is no where to grab a quick bite to eat. Chick-Fil-A closed down, the Subway is poorly run. There is only a Sbarros Pizza, two Chinese places to eat at.However if you want to purchase a phone there are 4 phone places to choose from. Groups of young kids roam the mall and security does not do anything about it. Unless you are 7 years old and lost then they chew out the poor child and try to have them taken away by the Dover PD. Best to go up north to Newark.
There are plenty of good shops and a comfortable cinema here, and plenty of parking.
This is a typical mall with the same old stores. Although there is Macy's and Boscov's.
I go about once a month to look at stores. It is what you would expect nothing flashy just a smallish mall in a smallish town in a small state.
As the other reviewers have stated, this is not a glitzy, big time mall. In fact, it is one of the "old school" malls, one story only, small versions of the flagship stores in the larger malls, and lots of little shops that come and go. The Macy's Department Store here is not even close to any other I have been to. The choices are limited, if you want any kind of higher end product you have to go up "north" to get it (i.e. 1,000 thread count sheets, or a top brand food processor). Conversely, the Boscov's Department Store is actually better than the new one in Newark, with more choices for women's clothing. I actually discovered that this Boscov's had a restaurant for the first time, and we did have an inexpensive lunch there while doing some holiday shopping. The Sears has a decent selection of tools. It seemed that there were quite a few empty stores for a while, but it seems with the economy picking up that many of those empty storefronts are now being utilized. Again, as stated before, after 3:00 pm when the local high schools get out the mall is crowded with teens. There is also a large Old Navy (outlet) store, JC Penney, Victoria's Secret, the usual jewelry stores, food shops, but sadly, no more book stores. It's a local "go to" mall, but when we want to do some serious shopping, we head either to PA or up to Christiana.
The only thing that keeps me coming is the movie theater. Theres not much selection as far as shoppingx all the stores have the same tyoes of style and offer no variety, and you are followed and pressured to buy items you dont want or need, and a select few stores has poor management as far as customer service interaction. I definitely would rather travel an hour distance for better options and service
standard mall. not that large or busy. couple empty store fronts.
It's not so big that you could get lost, and the no tax in Delaware always makes for a great shopping trip, you can find just about every thing you need in one place