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| - I've been coming here on and off for the past few years, and I have to say, I absolutely love it, for a million different reasons. Why and how you ask? Here, let me make a list:
Pros:
-Plenty of shopping, more upscale, outdoorsy mall with plenty of places to shop and eat at. They have the cheesecake factory, zinburger, true food, capitale grille and several other places to eat and hang out at. You can eat for $10 or $100 a person here.....no ones excluded! You don't have to break the bank to enjoy a good meal.
-easily walkable with plenty of shopping. Sacks Fifth Ave, Polo, and plenty of other stores to wander through for all budgets. Some places will have price tags that make your eyes pop out, and others are more affordable that won't hurt your pocket book.
-You can park here and walk across the way to the Harkins theatre which is AWESOME! As long as you don't park in the hourly parking, you can shop, dine and grab a movie all in one afternoon, at the same place, without having to move your car. The harkins theater is one of those dine in theaters, so you can even eat there! I know you can park closer to the theater in a garage, but you can also park in the back end of the Biltmore, take a short walk, and save a few pennies on parking if you'd like, along with get some much needed exercise.
CONS:
-The only MAJOR downside to this place is the parking situation. When I started coming here, it was not like this, but they changed it about a year, maybe two ago. HORRIBLE.
The parking situation has become a serious turnoff to me. I think they've always had valet, but the front part of the parking lot (facing camelback-in front of the cheesecake factory) is now entirely a pay by the hour set up. *some* of the restaurants will validate for 2 hours of free parking if you ask, but if you eat, hang out and do some shopping, I can see how spending slightly more then hours here is possible. Or, if you eat here, walk around and then go to the Harkins theatre across the street, FORGET IT.
I noticed last week that if you leave your car there for more then 4 hours, its something ridiculous like $16!!! If you validate, you may save a few bucks, but your still going to pay out the nose. Lost ticket? $16!!!!!!
The only "free" parking is in the way back of the mall. You have to circle around the Capitale Grill, park in the poverty section, and then walk through the mall area to get where your going. If your in a time crunch, you will most likely want to do Valet, or just pay the stupid fees. I've come here to eat lunch, and you can't find a place to park. You can only hope to either get validated, or pray that you stopped at the ATM before you got here to pay your way out. I have an hour lunch, so I don't really have time to circle to the back, park, and walk through the mall.
I wish they hadn't done that. When its hot outside in July, and I'm going to the cheesecake factory, I sometimes regret coming here because of how they screwed up the parking situation.
Overall, I would recommend this mall to anyone.
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