This mall was very interesting. The decor of the mall is somewhat cartoonish. The original project was too ambitious and that is likely why there are some empty stores. This is the only indoor outlet mall I have ever seen. Many of the stores are outlets, but not all. The Gap outlet, Banana Republic outlet, and Old Navy outlet are great. My wife really enjoyed those. The Sears outlet was interesting. The mall has a Chevy's, which is a American-Mexican chain that is the closest thing you can get to the old Chi-Chi's. Chevy's is actually pretty good. They make tortillas in house and their chips and salsa are great. We stopped there and ordered off of the cheaper lunch menu. There is a Cabela's, which is not an outlet. At night, the mall was somewhat eerie, mostly because it is expanse. My wife did not seem to be intimidated though. There is an ice rink in the mall. It appeared to be open for skating and also serves as a practice facility for the St. Louis Blues. The food court appears to be doing well and had several major mall food chains. The sales tax rate is 9.5% which is a bit annoying.
We took 4 grandchildren Ice skating here where the Blues practice! They were excited about that, It cost $5.00 for a 2 hour session plus skate rental of $2.50. There were some benches outside where it was not so cold, yet you could easily observe. It was nice to take turns, keeping a eye on the kids, and shopping a bit in several of the stores.
The only positive at this outlet mall is Cabela's. We walked around the entire mall, and there are many empty stores, and it was a big disappointment. The crowd that was there on a Saturday afternoon was mainly loud girls screaming at each other, and we could not get out of there fast enough. The other stores there can be found other places (except Cabela's), so don't waste your time here because there are much better outlets in the St. Louis area.
It has a huge food court and some larger restaurants as well. Easy to get around (one big circle). It seems like it had some of the big name retailers, but also a lot of individual store that are only there. Nice for a few hours to shop.
It is quite a drive to the Mills- is it worth it--- so/so-- they do have a good variety of stores but- I hate when malls call themselves "outlet"- and it's not cheap prices-- this is this mall it is a mall - and it's out of town-- they do have sale prices but no different than your regular mall
This outlet mall, like many others in the area is focused on outlet stores, though this mall is a bit smaller and had many closed/vacant stores when we visited. While it is a worthwhile visit for shopping, I wouldn't put myself out to visit this one when there are other more attractive outlet malls in the area.
Went there when family wanted to go to an outlet mall, and there are empty stores. We left when some unruly young men, urinated in a paper bag in front of us. We will never be back.
Walking inside I noticed right away several empty storefronts. We walked around and found the place has really went to the negative side of enjoyable shopping. In a mall of this size we lasted about 20 minutes and decided to leave. I can assure you there will be no return visit to this location. This used to be a regular stop at least 6-8 times a year when we were in the St. Louis area. If people are rating this higher (other than Cabella's) I really missed something? Even the surrounding businesses are leaving the area. St. Louis area offers so much, do not waste any of your time going here.
The menfolk in my family often visit this mall solely to go to Cabella's. Otherwise, a lot of walking and nothing special.
4 years ago we came here and was excited. Now extremely disappointed. Alot businesses have went out and the food court was a disaster! Alot of young people that don't care if they help you or not. Will not go out of my way to come here again!