Shopping Malls

Visiting the malls is the shopping experience of choice for most visitors to Dubai, even though most of the real bargains are actually found in the city’s souks. Most are enormous, with hundreds of shops stocking international brands and speciality shops. All have food courts and restaurants, ATM’s etc. and are open to 10 pm or later. With bracing air conditioning they provide a welcome break from the intense heat.

Name	Area
Al Ain Centre (Computer Plaza)	Bur Dubai
Al Bustan Centre	Al Qusais
Al Ghurair City	Deira
Al Khaleej Centre (TechnoCity)	Bur Dubai
BurJuman Centre	Bur Dubai
Deira City Centre	Deira
DragonMart	International City
Dubai Outlet Mall	Dubailand
Emirates Tower Boulevard	Trade Centre
Festival Centre	Dubai Festival City
Hamarain Centre	Deira
Ibn Battuta Mall	Jebel Ali
Lamcy Plaza	Oud Metha
Mall of the Emirates	Al Barsha
Market, The	Dubai Investment Park - Green Community
Mercato	Jumeirah
Oasis Centre	Al Quoz
Palm Strip	Jumeirah
Reef Mall	Deira
Souk Al Bahar	Downtown Burj Dubai
Souk Madinat Jumeirah	Al Sufouh
Town Centre Jumeirah	Jumeirah
Wafi City Mall	Umm Hurair
Walk, The	Dubai Marina

New Malls

Dubai's shopping malls currently offer around 14 million square feet of shopping space. This is set to more than double over the next few years with the opening of several new malls.

Name	Opening
Dubai Mall	2008
Dubai Pearl Mall	TBC
Khan Murjan	2008
Mall of Arabia	2010
Mirdif City Centre	2009
Walk, The	TBC

Reviews / Comments / Additional Information

pokwang

If you're into plus size visit Debenhams. They stock great items from Essence, Evans, seven, Liz Claiborne, Jasper Conran, Maine, etc. Shopping is really a habit for me when I'm in Debenhams, especially during Dubai Shopping Festival when you get up to 70% off designers brands.

Editor

The Dubai Municipality have announced that smoking restrictions will come into effect on May 31, World No Tobacco Day. Under Phase 1, commencing May 31 2007, smoking will be banned in government buildings, while phase 2, beginning on September 16 will see smoking banned in schools, hair salons, offices, health clubs and internet cafes. Shopping malls will be required to have designated smoking areas. Under phase 3, starting November 15, smoking restrictions will be introduced in restaurants and cinemas.

namby

If you want cheap designer handbags (i.e. fakes) go to the Green Eye shop in the Karama area of Dubai. Most taxi drivers know where it is.

jack s

Most of the malls are now open all day on Fridays. Hours are usually 10 am - 10 pm. Some stay open till midnight at weekends.

Apple

You'll find that watches in the malls here are a lot cheaper than in the UK. I got a TAG a few hundred pounds cheaper than the price we saw back home.

Trishia

The shopping malls were the only places I saw in Dubai that had mother and baby rooms. Breastfeeding in public is frowned upon.

indian john

If you're after fake goods (handbags, watches, T-shirt etc) the best place to go is the Karama area. It's quite close to the Burjuman shopping mall.

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