Symphony Mall
There is a new mall opening near AUK in Salmiya called Symphony Mall. A friend of mine was telling me today that its supposed to be the most luxurious mall in Kuwait. According to what he heard they will have the worlds most expensive bathroom at this mall. Woman would be able to get foot massages in the bathroom. There will also be a water bar at the mall with a whole variety of bottled water from around the globe. Carrying your own bags will also be a thing of the past, Symphony Mall will provide shoppers with their own slave personal assitant who will carry the bags for them.
Should turn out to be an interesting place..
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Aug 9, 2006
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38 Comments, add your own...
1. chiktute | August 9th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
LOL @ slave!
2. Ahmad | August 9th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
Cool! I wanna go there and check it out ! did it open yet ?
3. saintorsinner | August 9th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
this is exaclty what these LAZY people needed!!
4. moocherx | August 9th, 2006 at 7:44 pm
Cool! A new place for all the local rich wannabe trash to hang out.
Parking should be better at MM after it opens ;-)
5. Laialy_q8 | August 9th, 2006 at 8:06 pm
yeah i would believe that
6. Purgatory | August 9th, 2006 at 8:36 pm
The place sounds like a perfect place for golden “dumps”
7. Frankom | August 9th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
:: http://www.frankom.com/?p=260
its gonna be “something” hehe
8. Haitham Issam | August 9th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
Exactly Saintorsinner, More spoiling!
9. Aziz | August 9th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
“Carrying your own bags will also be a thing of the past, Symphony Mall will provide shoppers with their own slave personal assitant who will carry the bags for them.”
old
Even arth el ma3arith has that.
10. dishevelled | August 9th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
Erm, not something I’d be proud to say I have in my country, but I guess people here would think it’s the greatest thing after the founding of malls.
I mean really, I’d feel SO bad if I had someone following me around just to carry my bags. I’d rather just use the hands and arms God gave me. Unless they’re for the disabled, then I actualy think its a great idea.
And foot massages in the bathroom!? We need more people in bathrooms? There’s already enough of a crowd in there with people just fixing themselves up in the mirror taking their own sweet time even though there’s nothing wrong with the way they look. Thats’ besides the point, but I mean, wouldn’t a spa or salon have a better atmosphere for me to enjoy that massage? :P
On the bright side, as moocherx said, a new place for local rich wannabes and less people in other malls. Yay!
11. holla | August 9th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
pillipino poot massage por u madaaame!
12. limited_edition | August 9th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
Hey now i can walk to that mall after my Uni! =D The only thing that SUX!!! Is that AUK already has limited parkin space, now all the ppl who wanna go to that mall are gonna park at AUKs parkin spaces!! :@ Ohh, and everyone in AUK is talkin about it, theres going to be a villa moda there!! =D
13. jUStlIkEApill | August 10th, 2006 at 12:40 am
there gonna be Villa Moda in there too.
14. limited_edition | August 10th, 2006 at 12:43 am
Yup, like i said.
15. SWOS | August 10th, 2006 at 2:04 am
some shops from villa moda not the whole thing
16. shopa | August 10th, 2006 at 7:27 am
More shopping for Moi ;P
17. Ashish | August 10th, 2006 at 8:24 am
No doubt these slaves will be paid the usual KD20 for their services.
18. fractal00 | August 10th, 2006 at 11:35 am
Symphony will alos be home to one of the world’s new luxury line of Hotels, Hote Missoni which is a partnership between the Missoni Fashion house and if i am not mistaken the group behind Radisson Sas.
19. Equalizer | August 10th, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Correction it will have a Cerrutti Boutique hotel. This is interesting because most boutique hotels have a central meeting point, usually a bar / lounge floor with an upscale restaurant. I know that the company is far from being proffessional when it comes to handling such a big project. A luxurious mall without the proper tenancy mix usually leads to low foot fall. I would bet more on Al Hamra Mall with Kuwait’d tallest building (70+) which has 10 cinema screens, a villa moda store, and hopefully a good tenancy mix that does not give me the same monotonous feeling you get with other malls. Oh haven’t I seen this before?
20. moocherx | August 10th, 2006 at 12:41 pm
I think it should be home to Kuwait’s first Wetherspoons bar, with the usual discount on pints of Guinness.
21. Equalizer | August 10th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
One more thing, it should be call the Amistad Mall.
22. bo9agr | August 10th, 2006 at 6:15 pm
water bar ??
watch this :
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/2006/07/tapwater.html
23. limited_edition | August 10th, 2006 at 6:47 pm
lool glacier taste!:P
24. S | August 11th, 2006 at 4:55 am
It sounds like fun since it has all these shops cuz i love shopping. Dont like the fact that ppl carry bags for you, thats just lazy ! you have hands why not carry them yourself !?
Im gonne be starting in AUK this september so it should be cool.. when is it opening ??
25. Faisal | August 11th, 2006 at 6:52 pm
I heard it is going to be a women-only mall.
26. spooner | August 12th, 2006 at 12:27 am
A womens-only mall !!! lol we’re ganna get a real kick outa that one. money talks doesnt it i mean slaves seriously… so if they dont carry ur bags there ganna be burned at the stake or somthing? lol
27. Q8Sultana | August 12th, 2006 at 1:09 am
You get people to carry your bags at the Friday Market too….
:)
28. Sita | August 12th, 2006 at 11:52 am
Hmmm.. I thought it would have something to do with music! Guess not.
29. Khalil | August 12th, 2006 at 4:06 pm
Here you can find a pic & some more details about symphony project:
http://www.altijaria.com/Default.aspx?nid=56&pageId=26
30. An American Gigolo in Kuwait | August 13th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
Are you serious, Faisal?!
Since when has it become okay to have women as merchandise in Kuwait malls? :) And what abt the merchandisers for such stores? Surely, they can’t get lesbians or even straight men to do that job!
Unless, you meant women-only, as in a lesbian mall; pray, it’s not designed by a Lebanese lesbian. Now that I can totally understand.
From what I overheard in the souk, there’s talk of Colete, Madeleine Vionnet, Aquascutum and Harrods of Knightsbridge opening shop alongside the largest Ann Summers store outside of the UK, Vibrators R Us,
the Cancan oxygen bar for transexuals, the Kamasutra lounge for lesbians, and lots more fun & happening stores.
Oh, and moocherx; given the strict restriction on social etiquette in Q8, I doubt very much if Wetherspoons has even got Kuwait on its radar. An uberchic Turkish hammam opening, will be more in step with local tastes and requirements.
Should be a very interesting retail concept, I tell you.
31. Petry | September 26th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
There are tons of Malls in Kuwait and yet people complain about always being broke, hmmm sounds fishy to me. Or is that my ex kuwaiti gf’s stink still on me ?
32. fadi | December 6th, 2006 at 11:34 am
Can someone tell me how many new malls are going to be opened in Kuwait. I understand that Avenue (Mabanee), 360 (Tamdeen), Mall of Kuwait (Tamdeen), Hamra Mall (Who is the owner?) are going to be opened. What other malls other than Symphony and the above are going to be opened? Thanks.
33. anas khaleel | February 13th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
can any one tell which is the best mall in kuwait?
34. Anis | April 1st, 2007 at 12:04 pm
yeah we are working on it as we speak..hush hush
35. Q8iya | April 18th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
well the personal assistant is soooo over board
36. unicorn | June 4th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
That is not a new idea…I remeber the HAMMALI at the shabarah when I was a kid. They used to be Iranian…what would they be now????
37. q80-guy | June 7th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
you guys are so low and shallow to talk about other ppl in this way we kuwaitis have pride and we dont need slaves plus we dont have this word in our dictionary we call them helpers so plz remove this stupid word plus we are not dumps or trash or wanna bees we are rich and we can afford it not like u other ppl so plz if u cant afford it why bother writing bout it c ya looooooooooooooooooosers
38. DUDE!!!! | November 6th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Someone try all the water and tell me if it taste different. Mark should have a water taste test competition. If I put in a bar it is going to be a Margarita Bar….build it they will come.
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