Horton Plaza

This mall is HUGE and it has almost everything you can think of. Horton Plaza covers 6-1/2 city blocks and is up to 5 stories high. There is about 130 shops and restaurants including a Long's Drugs where everyone gets their parking validations/gum =). Shop till you drop!
And at night, there are nice places to go clubbing in Gaslamp around that area

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This place is located right smack in the middle of downtown, which means traffic getting there could be a pain and looking for parking is just as painful, especially during one of those gift-giving seasons. Other than that, this mall is one of the best place to shop in San Diego. It has great stores and nice, cozy places to eat and pretty colors and unusual architecture [for a mall] to stare at, which makes it the perfect mall to take out of town people for a little shopping spree. Theyd love the place for sure oh, dont ever forget where you park. Its horrible walking up and down the levels looking for your car.

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I think this mall is like five stories high! And each story is filled with great stores and restaurants. In the winter there is usually an ice rink set up too! I can't get enough of this mall!

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Downtown's Horton Plaza mall has a good selection of very expensive stores. Sure they have tons of lovely items to look at, but for people who don't make large quantities of money and want to buy things, this is not the place to go. Also, the design of the place is very confusing and difficult to navigate. It's easy to get lost. This is not the mall of choice.

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At first glace, Horton Plaza catches you with its beautiful architecture and appealing colors. The different levels, store arrangements, elevators, walkways, steps, parking structures, decorative statues and lights, greenery, and overall layout is definitely alluring. Horton Plaza, to me, is one of the definitive attractions that highlight San Diego as a worthy location of tourism and culture.

There is every store of interest, meant to attract any group of people. I have seen every type of age group, family, friends, children, and senior citizens, enjoy this place. Business people are also abundant during lunch break hours from their daily jobs in downtown San Diego. Initially, Horton Plaza was less extravagant as it is now. This mall has become more accomodating to high spending shoppers. As a center of tourism for visitors and a place serving the needs of business people in the area, there a quite a few more expensive stores. But then again, there are many many stores, therefore serving the needs of a wide array of people.
One of my favorite aspects of Horton Plaza is the food court, particularly at night. You can find a large selection of food places all lined up in a row in the food court, including: Ben & Jerry's, Panda Express, La Salsa, italian, japanese, mongolian noodles, mediteranean/greek, and many other places that I cannot recall names. I love eating there at night, enjoying the view from the 3rd floor, feeling the excitement of the city through the lights, downtown sounds, and night decorations. My favorite part of eating at night is because of the outdoor heaters.

I also enjoy going to Horton Plaza for some Jamba Juice and Starbucks coffee. Other days, I can see movies in the mall's theater of Horton Plaza owned by Regal/Edwards Cinemas. As the center of everything, it is only walking distance to reach any destination. I love walking along the harbor and the noisy streets. A million stores and restaurants are conveniently surrounding.

PROS: Location, variety, downtown San Diego, fun, great energy.
CONS: Sometimes crowded, parking is not always the easiest.

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I don't know why I'm not as attacted to this mall as I am to fashion valley. Without a doubt, this is the best looking mall in San Diego, with it's unique two story design and scattered artwork throughout the facility. There is also a movie theatre but it sucks cause it has the old fashion seats which make it impossible to see if you are short. There are a bunch of stores that can satisfy almost anybody. I think i dont like this place because of the garaging. you have to pay (if you go longer than 3 hours with validation) and the fruits and vegetables are confusing. I hate driving around downtown.
so many cars.

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And of course, I always have to go to Horton Plaza Shopping Center. It has all kinds of stores from gift shops to Starbucks to Name Brand Stores. It is on different levels, you can order food and go and sit on one of the levels and do some great people watching. They also have a hotel attached to it, I have not stayed there yet. It is pretty much in the center of all the activities in the San Diego District. Great to go there at night with your kids cause there are all kinds of stores and snack shops for them. A good place for souvineirs. One thing people have to realize about San Diego, it is more of a kickback place then Los Angeles so even the Shopping Center is relaxing.

PROS: Lots of nice stores and eateries. Can spend an entire evening there walking around and window shopping.
CONS: In the summertime Parking can be a bear

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