Best 13 Malls in Chennai you really need to visit

The malls in Chennai are the best thing that happened to this city over the past 10, 15 years. In this busy life, everyone is looking for the ways and means by which one can reduce the stress and cope up with the day to day work and personal responsibilities. The search for such help often led people to various forms of entertainment, leisure and relaxation like movies, shopping etc. Nowadays, malls have become another source of entertainment. While walking around in malls, people forget their worries on a vacation-like setting where they can indulge in amusement, shopping bargain and good food

Phoenix Marketcity

The Phoenix Market City mall is as close as you can get to street shopping with air conditioning as possible. But if you like some fresh air, there is also an open air arena for concerts and standups. You can find food, clothes, books, entertainment, cosmetics, traditional clothes, gadgets, and so many more things in this mall.

It’s a big mall. Multi Level parking is available. No need to buy a ticket(just give a mobile number to the staff) but at exit , you have to pay the parking fees. Do not go there during the festival season. Lots of people are coming, so we won’t be comfortable or safe(considering covid). This mall is beautifully decorated and just like its Bangalore counterpart. It’s the best place for a weekend hangout.

• Location: Indira Gandhi Nagar, Velachery, Chennai
• Timings:
  • 11:00 am to 10:00 pm; Monday to Friday
  • 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; Saturday to Sunday

Express Avenue Mall

Express Avenue is one of the best shopping malls in Chennai promoted by Express Infrastructure. It is home to one of the largest gaming arcades in South India. One of the best shopping malls in Chennai, It is essentially a big mall there. All types of Brand showrooms are there in this mall. Clothing brands, footwear brands, electronic equipment brands, food and beverages brands etc, All types are available there.

I don’t get too much time to explore here. The food court is also very well arranged. The mall also has a Movie theater with the latest technology.Fun City, a prominent attraction of the mall, is a play area for children. Express Avenue also has exclusive showrooms for BMW and Volvo. The three-level basement parking is equipped to handle about 2,000 vehicles.

• Location: Mount Road, Royapettah
• Timings:
  • 10:30 am to 09:30 pm; Monday to Friday
  • 10:00 am-10:00 pm; Saturday to Sunday

Ampa Skywalk Mall

Skywalk ampa mall is one of the biggest shopping centers in Chennai. It has all the branded items showrooms here. I often shop at Ampa Mall. This shopping center has one of the leading multiplexes and the food court is very large. Nice experience to shop at Ampa mall. Great Mall having awesome interior and innovative infrastructure, If you enter into the mall you feel like you enter into heaven.

It’s a nice place to hang out with friends and we can purchase international standard clothes. In Ampa the most highlighted section in the PVR Cinemas. Ampa Skywalk can be reached from Chennai International Airport which is located at a distance of 15 km. This hotel in Chennai Offers internet access to its patrons. Ampa Skywalk has 20 rooms.  This hotel features a restaurant which serves a wide range of delicacies. This hotel has facilities which include laundry, front desk, room service, travel counter, doctor on call and disability assistance. This hotel in Chennai has a banquet hall.

• Location: Aminjikarai, Chennai
• Timings: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; every day

Chennai Citi Centre

The place is good and the people working there are very polite, helpful and friendly  …..But most of the places in the Chennai City Centre are simply vacant … More shops would be included in the city center to have many people attracted towards it. Other than that there are Cinema theater, Food court, Textile , and some small shops. Good mall near Marina beach. At present not much is happening inside the mall. Inox cinema is running. Rest all by looking , construction is going on inside for the majority of shops. That much crowd is not present.

• Location: Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai
• Timings: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm, every day

Nexus Forum Vijaya Mall

The mall in Chennai is an amazing mall. This mall is huge and very spacious. It is well designed and you can find various stores and branded showrooms here. There is large food court in the top floor where you can find variety of food shops. All the superstars visit here for their film promotion. When i visited this place there was a band performance.

A good place to spend time with family and friends. There is an Indian restaurant Salt in the mall. There is huge parking space and the mall is crowded in weekends. It has also the advantage of being located next to Vadapalani metro station ( green line). There is also a supermarket where you can buy your monthly groceries and save up your pocket. There are electronic showrooms too. Overall all at one place.

• Location: Arcot Road, Vadapalani, Chennai
• Timings: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; every day

VR Chennai Mall

One of the best malls in Chennai. There are so many shopping shops available. Maximum brands available here. And even electronic gadgets are also available. Best place to hangout with friends and family. Plenty of food stalls are there. And even a game zone is available. Before entrance you will see a tiny park near the parking area and a small pond creation with Lily flowers. An interesting wall at the entrance where it shows Indian historical maps especially south in detail.

Mall ground floor interior is in Temple theme. You will see a huge temple bell as a ceiling!! It’s mesmerizing! And a Mahadeepam at center. Mall has 4 floors. First, second floors have branded shops, home decor shops and restaurants last floor is full of a Food court and PVR. Its entrance ceiling is amazing. You can spend the whole day here as a weekend outing.

• Location: Anna Nagar West, Chennai
• Timings: 10:00 am to 10:00 pm; every day

Fountain Plaza

This is one of the best Malls located in Egmore. If you want to buy anything you want it will give reasonable prices for the product. you can get some retail therapy, it’s going on a daily basis, everything seems better. Sure, things may still be the same once you go back to reality. But, why ruin a moment by just worrying? Shopping centers have become so popular nowadays because unlike individual shops, they offer a holistic experience. Many offers for the products they provide.

• Location: Egmore, Chennai
• Timings: 09:00 am to 10:00 pm; every day

Spencer Plaza

Spencer plaza is shopping mall in Chennai at anna salai. The mall building is originally built during the  period of British raj and reconstructed in 1985 on the site of the original spencer’s department store, it is the oldest shopping mall in India. It is one of the earliest grade A commercial projects of the city, which were developer in the second half of the 1990s. The retail area of the mall is 530000sqft.

• Location: Anna Salai, Chennai
• Timings: 09:30 am to 10:00 pm; every day

The Ramee Mall

The Ramee Mall is a highly popular retail destination in Chennai. Ramee Group brings you all the best brands of products ranging from international names like Shopper’s Stop, Chique, VIP, Kryolan, Casio, Café Coffee Day and even EyeD-D World. Their Food Court is a 120-seater offering a range of Arabic, Chinese and Indian food as well as North Indian Food and more. The main attraction here is the Gaming Zone which has 4 lanes for bowling, console games and other fun games such as air hockey.

Location: Teynampet, Chennai
Timings: 10:00 am to 11:00 pm; every day

Gold Souk Grande Mall

Gold souk grande mall in Chennai at peerakankaranai. This is creating a record for itself by becoming the longest project in gestation period and construction period. Spread in the total built up area of 800,000 sq ft (74,000 m²), the mall will have five floors with gross leasable (retail) area of 600,000 sq ft (56,000 m²). Pizza hunt was operating on the ground floor but has been replaced by Papa Johns’ pizza. 

• Location: Purasalwakkam High Road, Chennai
• Timings: 08:00 am to 11:00 pm; every day

 THE MARINA MALL

It is the first of most of the things in Chennai. For starters, Marina Mall is biggest mixed-use development mall in the city that will cater to all of your requirements at one go.In the year 2008, OMRD began its path towards developing one of India’s best retail experiences. It was formed as a Special Purpose Vehicle to construct and promote an international-class and reputed state-of-the-art mall.

• Location: OMR, Chennai
• Timings: 11 am to 10 pm; every day

GRAND SQUARE

Grand square mall is located on Seetharam Nagar Main . The mall is a three-storied building furnished with amenities such as shopping, boutique, movies, games and restaurants, fun things to do, and great food options.  Shops such as Croma (digital and technology), home decor from brands like Max, Shoppers Stop, Hast Shilp, eat at Barbeque Nation and watch movies at PVR Cinemas.

Location: velachery,chennai
Timings: 10 am to 10 pm; every day

SPECTRUM MALL

It is the first mall in North Chennai. The mall is spread over an area of 160,000 square feet with two levels of retail shopping and a five screen multiplex. It has two levels of basement parking with capacity of 200 cars and 800 two wheelers. The mall is developed and promoted by Ganga Foundations. It was rebranded as Spectrum mall and was officially launched in September 2012 along with its multiplex S2 Cinemas.

Location: Perambur Chennai
Timings: 10 am to 10 pm; every day

Malls are very easy and convenient for the people. Many stores are present in the same location and also many famous restaurants are present in the same location. So, people buy what they want and eat which one they want. It makes it easier to compare purchases. Malls also have their own parking facility. It makes people not want to struggle. Also it’s a community that entertains people.  Malls show the consumer what they should want and buy in order to elevate their social status and appearance.