Metro Manila

Are we there yet?

“Eastwood Mall is the completion of the Eastwood City story,” notes Kevin Tan, head of Megaworld’s commercial division. It’s been a little over eight years since this project of real estate giant Megaworld Corporation, Eastwood City cut its niche in the then grassy fields of Libis, Quezon City. With the opening of Eastwood Mall, it gave Eastwood City the opportunity to streamline and refine its roster of establishments for a shopping experience this mall-centric metropolis never had before. It is the most upscale of all shopping centers in Eastwood City. “We went out of the conventional way of building malls,” Tan says. With a lot of open spaces, wide corridors and high ceilings, each boutique is given the luxury of space when malls nowadays are more efficient. The veranda, with the fine dining restaurant row and big stores, looks out to the open park, with its lagoon and fountain where shoppers can take a break from the air conditioning indoors. Eastwood Mall is considered more as a destination mall, since, if you’re not one of the 4,000 families living in the condominiums in Eastwood City, or the 35,000 employees from the 60 corporations holding office in there, the commute to this shopping center had better be worth it. And it is.

EastWood

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What to do?

Eastwood Mall has all the other features of any fair-sized mall, dialed up a couple of notches higher. On the top floor are their Gold Cinemas 5, 6 and Ultra Cinema 7. The first four are located in City Walk 2. The seventh movie theater is called the Ultra Cinema 7 for a good reason. It features the country’s first twin-seater couches. This cinema theater accommodates 60 people and is turning out to be one of the metro’s preferred date places since even the ticket prices encourage people to bring a date (Php 350 a ticket if two or more, and Php 400 if just solo). The price of the ticket includes a full service with unlimited drinks and popcorns to be served by a personal butler. On the same floor as the theaters are Timezone and Red Box Karaoke for the more interactive activities. During school days, toddlers can get a head start on preschool at Gymboree, while moms can go shopping or take classes of their own at the Culinary Center of Asia. Tutorial centers are set to open on this level, which is also dedicated to teens and pre-teens. Expect only the top brands from both local and international fashion scenes gathered together here. For the most discriminating of shoppers, there are the stores of Lacoste, Kenneth Cole, and brands such as Kate Spade, Gucci, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Zegna, Enzo Angiolini, and Tod’s located at the 158 Designers’ Blvd. on the first floor. Second floor is a good mix of local and international brands such as Maldita, Bench, Folded and Hung, Kashieca, Penshoppe,  Bayo, Celine, Charles and Keith, Giordano, Nautica, and Hush Puppies. Eastwood Mall’s best offering for the best mall experience, though, is their concierge’s personal butler service. These men and women are trained to give the shopper everything and anything that they would need. While this includes carrying your shopping bags, the personal butler can call in dinner reservations at a restaurant, arrange for transportation, buy your movie tickets, and even your coffee! This personal service even goes as far as requesting them to arrange the itinerary of the day, so you’ll never run out of things to do.

Local and International Brands Flanks the 2nd Floor

The Ultra Cinema 7

Photo and Article Source: Mabuhay Magazine (PAL)