Penang’s largest mall and the closest to the airport in Bayan Lepas, Queensbay Mall is a 2.5 million square feet shopping centre with ten anchor tenants, including Jusco, Borders and Harvey Norman. You can find more than 500 stores, with brands represented at the five-storey mall comprising MNG Mango, Liz Clairborne, Nichii, Quiksilver, British India, Gap, Timberland and Elle. Entertainment-wise, there is an integrated leisure zone on the third floor with an eight-screen movie theatre (Golden Screen Cinemas), gaming arcade and karaoke centre (Neway Karaoke Box).
Open: 10:00 – 22:00
Address: 100, Persiaran Bayan Indah, Queens Bay, 14300 Bayan Lepas
SHOPAHOLIC
BEGINS IN PENANG
Just across the road from Penang Times Square, KOMTAR and Prangin Mall on Jalan Magazine, the seven storey 1st Avenue Mall holds a variety of well known brand such as H&M, Victoria’s Secret, Cotton On, Coach and Sketchers. However, it’s great not just for its stores, but also because it offers quite a bit in the way of onsite entertainment. There is an eight-screen movie theatre, a bowling alley, internet café, karaoke centre, snooker bar and even an interactive adventure puzzle game room called Escape Room.
Open: 10:00 – 22:00
Address: Jalan Magazine, Georgetown, 10300 Georgetown
1st AVENUE MALL
QUEENSBAY MALL
GURNEY PARAGON MALL
Gurney Paragon Mall is Penang’s best centre for an eclectic mix of fashion trends. Set along Persiaran Gurney, the seafront complex is home to more than 40 fashion boutiques and 30 restaurants. However, what makes Paragon utterly unique is the fact that the entire 700,000sqft complex has been built around St. Joseph’s Novitiate, a 1925 chapel that has been beautifully restored and incorporated into the mall’s open-plan layout design.
The mixed development complex comprises the nine-storey mall, plus luxury residences and office towers. High fashion stores are concentrated on the first and second levels, while the best dining opportunities can be found primarily at its al fresco frontage, and its main entertainment offering (an IMAX theatre) tops its ninth floor.
STRAITS QUAY
Extending over two floors, the open air Straits Quay is a lifestyle mall along Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang, fronting the marina and offering visitors access to several great local boutiques. Fashion brands represented include Converse, Bran et Daguet and Shoepoint, but the complex is more popular for its restaurants and bars such as Healy Mac’s Irish Bar & Restaurant, Starbucks Coffee, PappaRich, Dome Café and Blue Reef Fish & Chips.
Home to the Penang Performing Arts Centre (Penang PAC), entertainment-wise, visitors can also find a branch of popular spa specialist, Thai Odyssey, a trampoline park and private fitness centre.
Open: 10:30 – 22:30
Address: 3F-G-1 Straits Quay, Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Tokong
PENANG TIMES SQUARE
A mixed development project comprising a mall, residential tower and office block, Penang Times Square certainly has a central location along Jalan Dato Keramat, about one km away from KOMTAR. Spread across its three floors is clothing boutiques, nail parlours, tech stores, a museum and beauty salons, plus a few restaurants. Fashion-wise, expect to find local brands such as MTM Boutique, Asadi Concept Store and shoe chain, Opera. However, most people will best know the mall as the home of a couple of the island’s most popular dance clubs, basement nightclubs, Soju Room and M2.
Open: 10:00 – 22:00
Address: Jalan Dato Keramat, 10150 Georgetown, Pulau Pinang