168 Shopping Mall — Attraction in Manila

Looking for really good deals for your Christmas gifts, party items, and novelty items? This is the place to be!

They have all sorts of Chinese products, some are of low and cheap quality (you get what you pay for), some are really nice and still cheap if not reasonably priced. You just really have to know what you want, and be patient to walk the entire cramped place.

Items you can find include but not limited to:

Different variants of battery LED flashlights or work lights, some are solar powered (but don't expect them to last really long) Mugs, water jugs, thermos... really nicely built, can be compared to those you can find at SM and other stores in the mall but of really really cheap price. My two girls love going here for those stationeries, notebooks, pens, pencils... with hello kitty designs, MLPs, flamingo, etc. Are you into mobile gadgets? They also have bluetooth speakers, earpieces, headsets, hands-free "jabra" imitations. Just test the item before buying. I once bought a copy of an Apple BT earpiece, it was only around 600.00 pesos and the sound quality was really good... not as good as the original Apple product, but more than good enough for the price. Car accessories are also available like dashcams, rear cameras, back up sensors, etc. They have 12v plugs and LCD screen that would allow you to test the clarity of the cameras.

How to get there with a car? Best way is to go to Lucky China Town Plaza (use Waze or Google Maps if you are not familiar), and park you car there, then walk to 168. Lucky is a big mall and safe to park. It's only two buildings...

am quite familiar with the divisoria/binondo area, having worked there in the early nineties. The area still looks more or less the same with a hustle bustle of jeepneys, and many many shoppers. what was not around at that time was 168 shopping mall, which made it convenient for the shopper who no longer had to walk to visit different stores but could shop conveniently in one mall. We were there to hopefully pick up polo barong (gusot mayaman...or crumpled rich material..description of what material is) unfortunately, it seems that this style is slowly fading out so was difficult to find. The stores had short sleeve barong, but different material. It took some time to find exactly what I needed but at least the mall was air-conditioned. Some stores priced each at P1500 and you could negotiate price down but it was still pricey. Luckily, my wife was able to negotiate in other stores (Bridal and formal wear was available on different floors, LG,4, 6) so we got 4 for P700 each. Not bad considering i bought one at a regular department store in Makati 2 years for P5k. They had a lot of other stuff like boxer shorts though not easy to find but succeeded at P60 each. Divisoria has got everything you could possibly need at 1/10 the price. The area might look intimidating for those that are unfamiliar with the area but if you can, do shop there. It is an experience like no other and am quite fortunate to be very familiar with the area....

As a foreigner its just ok to be honest. Previous years people were more honest. Now some places, especially the stand selling basketbal caps and shirts. Give price to my wife, but when see me (a foreigner) the price was wrong and it magicly costs more... 🙄 then i walk away, if you are honest you sell things. Most of the times multiple things. But if want me to pay more because i am a foreigner i buy nothing. And they dont seem to understand they only hurt their income by trying to charge more.. their loss, not mine. I rather spend my money with honest people/sellers. (Funny thing is 2 months ago i allready bought a basketballcap there, barely 2months later the black is not even black anymore) (price of the hat in picture for foreigner 550peso for filipina without foreigner 400 🙄😒) (Update Nov 2024) still same. Looking at bags with my wife. Found beautiful ones, ask price.. 2000peso 😂. Thats what happens when white foreigner there. We walk away go to non foreigner scammers and buy 3 bags for 1000. If people ask fair price we pretty much always buy more items! Got 2 pairs of shoes for adults, 2 pair for child and a shoe bag rucksack. For barely over 2000peso. Most people are fair in prices and dont treat me differently. But there will always be people trying to take advantage (and sell nothing to me...