Kingsgate Mall

I found a deli in the middle of the mall. Ordered a tuna sandwich and sugarcane juice… this is freshly grinded in front of you like the do in Vietnam on the streets! I would recommend the squeeze some lime to make it more authentic.

Skidgate mall (as it was introduced to me many years ago) is the best of all the crappy malls ever. It doesn’t pretend to be anything, it just is skidgate.
Liquor store, drug store and the worlds worst hot dogs!! Oh and the parking stinks. Actualy, the whole place stinks but hey, at least it’s not a condo with useless stores on the ground floor… YET!

I love this mall! I think I’m in love with how it use to be. Orange-​Orange, Mr Mikes, Fields them Saans. It’s your typical neighborhood mall.

Haters gunna hate, but Kingsgate Mall is fabulous! It has everything you need and more. Charming and unpretentious.

A great place to take a date or your sons.

nearest mall where i live… if im in good mood and my back is not so sore i always walk to get here… small place but everything is almost inside, main floor you can find liquor store, drug store, dollar store, banking, dental and assorted stores a jack of all trade, by the second floor is a grocery store… i frequently come here to do groceries, my affiliated bank is somewhere here aswell, Free parking all sides except along the street of kingsway, neat and not crowded. locationwise is advantage for me aswell lots of other establishments around… bus accessible if you dont wanna drive…

Kingsgate Dental is surprisingly fabulous! They are kind, accommodating and gentle. I will be coming back

Kingsgate is such an institution in East Van. A creepy, creepy institution.
I recently stopped by here to pick up some booze and dollar store supplies — I highly recommend NOT driving to get here! Kingsgate has three parking lots, all completely separate from one another, and I ended up parking in all three before getting the one closest to the liquor store! At the first lot I took a stroll around Buy Low, in the second I grabbed some dollar store supplies, and the third brought me to the back of the liquor store to load up some alcomahols.
The inside of this mall is so creepy, ill lit and run down, but there’s a strange kitschy charm to it. It’s like stepping into another world and it’s one I kind of like. Weirdly.

having grown up in Mount Pleasant, I remember this mall, in better days.
Don’t get me wrong– the mall itself (and my ‘hood) has always been ghetto– but MY experiences will always be better in the past tense when thinking of this mall.
Diemos closed the Mill restaurant, where my parents had their smokes and coffee waiting for friends to show up; Buy Low used to be a Safeway, and the Library in which I read every book on the shelves, also gone.
The liquor store remains, the SDM changed storefronts, Workwear wearhouse is still here, but Curly’s (he was also the manager for the mall, a friendly guy so long as you didn’t try riding the escalator by the handrails) Orange Julius is gone.

Time doesn’t move consistently forward in an even line, it gets snagged in places and tears. Like rips in a cheap stocking. Like rips in the cheap stockings available and worn at Kingsgate mall.
Depression can sparkle. When you’re so low, even mediocre things seem great. Even bad things seem good because you’re in love with very depression itself. This is what Kingsgate mall is like.
If you never experienced how low one could feel in 1992, just go here. The depths of the 90’s are alive and ‘well’ at ‘Vancouver’s secret retail jewel’ as they advertise it.
All that said, I’ll let you in on a very big secret. The mall actually rocks. It has a shoppers, a liquor store, a grocery store with an organic section which rivals Whole Foods at a fraction of the price, a bangin’ dollar store, a cheap florist and The Source with every battery and electronic doo-​dad you could want. You can also find parking.
There’s also fashion. If you haven’t been, I’ll just keep that as a surprise with the lure — they have stuff I haven’t seen elsewhere in town…
In terms of retail coverage, it’s more efficient than any single place in vancouver.
Go on, take a stroll through your 1990’s depression recast as a mall.

A true gem. ⁶⁄₅ stars for reasons language could never articulate.

I have gone to this mall for more than 30 years, and it used to be a good place to meet friends. Now it is rather bland, and none of the old gang goes there anymore. The Shoppers store always has long lineups, and poor mark downs on clearance items. A security guard is always present, for the many rounders, that go frequent this mall. I have seen drugged out people in the parking lot, outside Buylow. and trouble in the liquor store. The clothing stores, have rather crummy clothes like T-​shirts and caps, and the Dollar store is overpriced, cramped and could never compete the likes of Dollarrama. I do go to buylow for sale items, but then again the checkout lineups, are maddening. The mall could use a good café, like when they had Mr.Mikes.

It is what it is. I’m so disappointed that orange Julius & Scalia Shoes are gone. Watch out Raffles! You have a new competitor in town — Esh has moved in on your skanky turf. I love to come here and people watch. Talk about nefarious sketchy mall rats who have passed their prime, however, if you set out the right bait (which they clearly have at this mall) such as Raffles, Mirage, Esh & a liquor store with a built in prime loitering parking lot right in front, it becomes the perfect hang out. While you’re here getting some fancy digs for your new date from Tinder tonight and a bottle of Polar Ice, it’s super convenient that they have a Shoppers Drug Mart here too to pick up your Valtrex. One stop shopping! If you build it, they will come.
Also noticed a Pabst blue ribbon can on top of garbage bin on my way in. Some hipsters came here for the same entertainment this afternoon.

It’s great if you live in the neighborhood in one of the $ 1000+/month «rent-​controlled» (BAHAHAHA!) apartments, or one of the over-​priced million dollar homes. In both cases, all of your income is probably going towards your mortgage/​rent and the only groceries you can afford are at Buy-​Low. Drink the pain away of 80% of your income going to your housing cost by visiting the BC Liquor Store, also conveniently located at Kingsgate Mall.
Fired from your last construction job after you accidentally drilled rebar through your foot? Pick up new work boots from Marks, drop by Shopper’s Home Health Care for your wound management needs and hit up the pharmacy if you have any EI money left for your prescription pain killers. Keep truckin’ on.
Unless you get to the staircase leading to Buy-​Low, which used to be an escalator, but it broke and they were too cheap to replace it. Don’t go in the elevator. Bad things happen in there. Trust me. Instead, enjoy awkwardly maneuvering up the stairs — it’s just a titch too narrow for two people travelling in opposite directions to not be a little awkward when passing each other.
Seriously, my fellow East Van-​ers, have lovingly dubbed Kingsgate «the dirt mall:» yellow lighting, old reddish brick, stained tiles, drunk people passed out the creepy parking lot until a tired security guard kicks them out, garbage regularly overflowing from the cans out front and cheap hot dogs that look disturbingly more frightening than what you get at the corner store. I think they added more lighting in the past few years, but it still looks like something the 1970’s chewed up, spat out, and forgot about for the past 33 years.
But hey — it’s geared towards the lower-​middle class. If you don’t care that it’s known as the «dirt mall» then go forth, walk past the weirdos inhabiting the grungy crevice that is Kingsgate, and enjoy family pack prices on ground beef, discount footwear at Payless and look out for those liquor store sales.

This is not much of a mall to be honest and is extremely disappointing. There seems to be no one inside, however, parking lot is always full… this baffles me. Stores aren’t that great and are generic and sometimes rip off stores. I came in here in hopes to find a cool mall to browse in… not so.

I would have never thought this ‘mall’ (hardly that) could have survived the times over the years, how it is still standing I would have thought some developer would have tried to put the wrecking ball right to this structure. Instead, surprisingly enough they have decided to renovate this place, add some extra lighting, and make this place a little brighter.
The shape and size of this place has not changed sinced I remembered it from my childhood, the vendors, yes, but the exterior is what it has been since the start of time. The big two vendors in this mall are the Shoppers Drug Mart, and the oh so friendly government liquor store. The most traffic you will see is at either of these stores, other than that there’s quite a few things at this mall (if you can call it that) that you can walk through in under 30 minutes.
Let’s just say, if your here, your here, it’s more of a utility mall of needs and nothing really special ever pops up, with people sitting on the benches, chilling out, it’s more of a locals mall that satisfies the local community. I still remember a Mr. Mike’s that was here, talk about dating myself! Parking is plenty on both sides, and if the lots are full, don’t worry, someone will be leaving quite soon!

Kingsgate mall is interesting and old obviously but it serves its purpose int he mount pleasant community. I call it an errands mall. It has everything you need without the flash.
Liquor– check
drug store: check
shoe stores– check
grocery store– check
insurance office– check
flower shop– check
bank — check
hair dresser– check
photo shop — check
dentist — check
jewelry store — check
dollar store– check
photo shop– check
All I can say is it has the essentials and yes its old and in need of a makeover but if you live in the area you appreciate the one stop services and lots of free parking in any of the THREE parking lots. Now how many places have free parking in vancouver these days? 4 stars for convenience and old school charm.

WTF? This is pretty much the crappiest mall ever.
Let’s see, you’ve got your FUBU type store for wannabe gangsters, your Hooker Boots store for well, hookers, a Payless shoes, a Shoppers Drug Mart and a Liquor store, which is the one redeeming quality of the mall. By far though, the most action this place sees is in front of the lotto centre. At any given time there are at least 10 senior citizens usually with walkers in tow, sitting around playing Keno. It doesn’t get more exciting than this at Kingsgate Mall.

Odd, and dowdy, perhaps, but not ghetto.
In a neighbourhood with many «assisted living» homes, you will find some interesting mall rats here. And Scalie Shoes — who wears size 13 pink patent leather sandals with 7 inch heels?
I’d rather shop here, and enjoy meeting up with my neighbours, than give my cash to pretentious up sellers in high rent shops.
Everything necessary is here; BC Liquor Store, Shopper’s (with some great cosmetics clerks), ATM at the credit union, electronics and batteries at Source, great pj’s at Christmas at Reitman’s, BuyLow (lots of Blue Jay oranges in season) and grips and curly shoe laces at the Shopper’s Medical Supply shop on the upper level.
Seasonal entertainment is at the level one expects at seniors’ homes — earnest but off-​key.
My one beef is the grumpy store dick at BuyLow. Perhaps he has low blood glucose.
Oh, and the ladies’ can could use more frequent attention.

Also known as the Hooker Mall, Kingsgate Mall is pretty ghetto. Why is it called the Hooker Mall? Well, everything a hooker needs is at Kingsgate!
Scalie Shoes sells super platform stilettos and thigh high boots.
At Ruffles you can grab some sexy slutty bar getup for super cheap — cuz you’re not gonna have it on long anyways.
Then it’s off to the liquor store to grab some booze to help set the mood for the night, and also help you forget the sins you are about to commit.
You may as well stop in to the Shopper’s Drug Mart to grab some rubbers and a pregnancy test! Safety first!
And for the true hookers our there, there is also a Rogers, so you can hookup that pay-​as-​you-​go plan for late night booty call sexting and there is also a Source, so you can grab some rechargable batteries, so you can satisfy yourself after you get paid.
Kingsgate Mall FTW!