Back from The Avenues
Just got back from The Avenues and its pretty big. The place looks cooler then Marina Mall and I counted at least 5 Starbucks, 2 Boots, 2 H&M’s and 2 The Body Shops. A lot of stores are still closed but its still worth a visit.
Mar 18, 2007
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40 Comments, add your own...
1. Haseeb | March 18th, 2007 at 10:33 pm
Cool. will go there tomorrow.
2. Marzouq | March 18th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Very nice, will visit when I get back, but if I can go out I will probably be riding! hehehe!
3. boody | March 18th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
was it crowded?
4. 767 | March 18th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Does anyone think avenues is going to be the next “marina” ??
5. mishref | March 18th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
I wish apple would open an official store in this new mall.
6. Weld El-ma6aba | March 19th, 2007 at 12:44 am
we all do mishref.. that would be amazing!
7. Mariam | March 19th, 2007 at 12:48 am
I am going tomorrow to check it out..
8. TweeZ | March 19th, 2007 at 1:23 am
well at least Marina won’t be as crowded….
9. um-mit3iib | March 19th, 2007 at 3:18 am
aaaah ! me wanting!
10. Carlsb3rg | March 19th, 2007 at 7:40 am
Same shops AND more than one branch in one place!!? fuck.
11. Frankom | March 19th, 2007 at 7:49 am
5 starbucks
2 H&M
2 Boots
2 body shops
What else ??? Humm ok lets say
10 Next
5 River Islands
4 Foot Locker
9 Mother care
yeah BIG MALL WITH SAME SHOPS ! LAME LAME LAME
im waiting for the Symphony
12. A E R O | March 19th, 2007 at 8:34 am
Hum… all AlShaya stores… big deal!
As much as i hate Marina Mall, it still has a better location. 50% of ppl who go to marina don’t go there for shopping…
13. Y M | March 19th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Hi,
Has Carrefour also open?
14. KLM | March 19th, 2007 at 9:16 am
the mall belonges to al shaya groupe, what do you expect?
15. Doosha | March 19th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
If shaya wants to own everything the least they can do is bring new shops…
16. Zack | March 19th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Hey, just for a change!…More Al Shaya stores!
:((((
Predictable, predictable, predictable…
On the up-side, it’s another place on the map for Kuwait and a alternative to Marina and Sharq.
What this country needs is green…Wish the government would build a big park instead…Seriously!
17. Pearls | March 19th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I second Zack though the weather won’t help but we can have an indoor park, fun for the kids
18. B.Mikail | March 19th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
SUPRRISED TO SEE GAP FINALLY DECIDED TO COME TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD..AND AT THE AVENUES!
19. moocherx | March 19th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
Pearls, kids already take over everything in Kuwait and make in unbearable. We need a park for adults. And dogs.
20. LeP | March 19th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
so have gap n banana republic opened as yet?
21. holla | March 19th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
is this mall a fucking gimmick? i can understand in having like 2 starfucks’ on opposite sides of the thing but 5? this is like some bad joke.
22. ??? | March 19th, 2007 at 3:54 pm
But this mall is different than the rest of the malls in that it has bershka, banana republic, GAP, Carrefour, Lorenzia plus the H&M in this mall is going to sell men’s clothing which the one in Marina doesn’t. Moreover, most of the stores have not been opened yet so why don’t you guys just wait and see.
About the park thingy, there are serious plans to open a park in Salmiya in that huge empty plot opposite to Souq Salmiya. I’m guessing that work on it will start soon after the company who owns the project is freed from their other projects.
23. Mariam | March 19th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
holla if u dont like it then dont go.. shut ur big mouth i hate ppl who talk that way…
24. greentoad | March 19th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
What an utter, utter waste. Why the hell are Shaya opening the same shit shops all over the same mall…..utterly shit idea.
Free us from Shaya’s shitty schemes.
25. fwz247 | March 19th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
ohhh finally it’s open i’m going right now but the sad thing come on it well hold 250 shops and it’s only 4 anew come on i can’t belive it
26. fwz247 | March 20th, 2007 at 12:38 am
hey i just come from the avenues just one word wanna say huge but actually i cant just they make the shops double like h&m and 5 star bucks something i can’t belivet it
27. Dishevelled | March 20th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Okay so it looks good, but that’s about it. They’re going with quantity over quality. Opening up another mall to accomodate the same stores that are EVERYWHERE in Kuwait is pointless. It’s not like the shelves of those shops go empty… the clothes are still there.
AlShaya started out well opening up new places and all, but its kind of getting lame with starbucks at every corner, the same shops in every mall. Also something I hate about AlShaya stores, they kept last years clothes mixed them in with this year’s collection as if there were new!
Also whats the point of another bunch of cinemas? It’s not like we have a lot of choices to choose from, or that the movies are new. And the fact that its censored makes it even worse. So okay, maybe the goverment’s to blame for the limitations and repetitveness. I just wish there was a bit more variety, or something kinda new.
But still… 5 starbucks in the same place! That’s just ridiculous
28. s | March 20th, 2007 at 12:47 am
what the hell !? why is everyone against al.shaye3 ?? they opened half the shops here. if you dont like them then dont go shopping in all those places they opened..
if it wasnt for al.shaye3 we wouldnt hav half the shops/restaurants here so stop complaining..
and secondly, kaifhom its thier mall they can open whatever they want and more then one if they want.. they made it so its thier choice what they wanna put..
just stop complaining
29. I_Love_Azo0oz_q8 | March 20th, 2007 at 1:22 am
why is everyone excited for GAP???? its freakin lame, there clothes suck a$$ in the US no one shops there.
30. moocherx | March 20th, 2007 at 3:26 am
As a foreigner, it’s not worth opening a company in Kuwait and bringing in new brands (because if it worked out, the Kuwaiti would snatch it from under you). For Kuwaitis though, to own companies is much safer. So I guess every Kuwaiti who complains about Al Shaya needs to get off their lazy asses and become the local agent for other brands they want to see in Kuwait.
31. Carlsb3rg | March 20th, 2007 at 7:42 am
yeah we need parks for dogging :)))))
32. Zack | March 21st, 2007 at 11:34 am
Soon it will become The State of Al Shaya instead of The State of Kuwait!
My opinion about the coffee in Starbucks? It stinks. I like their interior decor. They are good, loungy places to hang out and meet up with friends. But the coffee? Needs to be worked on very seriously!
But 5 of them in The Avenues? That just sums up Kuwait for me…Lack of creativity.
33. Zack | March 21st, 2007 at 11:35 am
Carlsb3rg,
The park would be called “Starbucks Park”;)
34. Carlsb3rg | March 21st, 2007 at 1:12 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogging_%28sexual_slang%29
35. equalizer | March 21st, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Multiplicity,
Double Mall,
Been There Done That,
Dejavu,
Mmmmm,
Are we there yet?,
I am lost,
Starbucks,
Does anyone have more suggestions for a name other than AVENUES?
36. I_Love_Azo0oz_q8 | March 21st, 2007 at 6:17 pm
So what stores opened up exactly??
37. FoFy | April 1st, 2007 at 3:15 pm
ppl why are u so jelouis ??????? alla ywafghom!
1. it’s not alshaya’s mall .. ok they got the biggest as’hom of the mall that’s it !
2. having 6 starbucks in a huge mall is ok ! it happens in everywhere in the world for example, pinko and D&G in milan are in everywhere!! i don’t think that they complain alot mithel wat we do!!
3. if u wanna a varity of shops go and get somes instead of complaining ! get a life ppl !
4. no one can deny that the company is sucessfull mashalla 3alaihom oo they worked very hard to get to this level !
5. Business is all about compition Why don’t u compete ?!!
6. by the way they brought new shops if u noticed ! Principles , Wails or something similar to this name! boots, H&M , and footlocker
oo Shame ppl tara they’re working hard ;) ! oo it’s so easy for u to talk ! oo complain but they work !! and work realy hard ! espacially bringing H&M and boots to Q8 tara it wasn’t easy oo many companies tried b4 bas magdraw fa lat7l6mon 3ala shay intaw mat3arfoona ! ;)
38. FoFy | April 1st, 2007 at 3:25 pm
oo i forgot to tell you that they are trading ma bagaw 7alal obokom :) oo they didn’t Steel country’s properties or wealth ! as alot of ppl do oo from well-known families !
39. Hiba | April 1st, 2007 at 8:07 pm
perfectly said fofy.
40. Q8iya | April 13th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
why are you guys complaining? Have you been to that place its humungous what do u excpect?? they also have these amazing shops NEW SHOPS!! They are shops they you dont find in THE OTHER malls!! IF you dont like it then dont go. All you do is complain.
One more thing NO IT WILL NOT BECOME THE STATE OF AL SHAYE# because they are just opening stores and you guys are so sarcastic so just QUIT IT!! WALLAH
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