My aunt and I were in Scottsdale for five days. We shopped at this mall twice since it was close to our hotel. It has good mall essentials like the Gap, Bath & Body Works, and Victoria's Secret. It also has higher end brands to like Michael Kors and Prada. The department stores include Macys, Dillards, Barney's, and Neiman Marcus. There's also Harkins movie theater. Overall, there were good pre-holiday sales.
The food court doesn't offer anything special so we decided to eat at the Grand Lux Cafe. This mall is big, and the layout can be a bit confusing for a newbie. In order to go the Grand Lux Cafe from inside the mall, we were informed we had to go through Anthropologie.
There wasn't any store that I would not see back home in LA. However, the number and types of stores is a nice one stop shop especially if you live in the area.