Cherry Orchard Shopping Center — Attraction in Sunnyvale

The stores at this Shopping Center are great. The reason I gave it 3 out of 5 was due to the parking lot. This is one of the worst parking lot configurations I have ever seen in my life. There are two entrances/exits into the parking lot. One is practically a single lane entrance/exit off of El Camino Real. It constantly backs up out of the parking lot forming a lane down El Camino Real because of the bottleneck of people trying to exit in the narrow lane with people entering. This traffic log is exacerbated by the placement of a popular Starbucks right at the entrance. Who thought THAT was a good idea? Meanwhile, the larger entrance/exit on S Mathilda Ave, is typically free-flowing traffic with no back-up. My solution? Make one entrance only the other exit only. Keep the traffic within the parking lot moving in one-direction instead of both directions which cause traffic jams and near-miss pedestrian accidents. Nearly every time I go to the Trader Joes in this Center, I see incidents of road rage and people unable to back-up due to two directional traffic flow. Like I said, I have no issue with the stores themselves. But the parking lot is a complete design disaster just waiting for someone to get run over or a bad...

Very nice Suburban Shopping Center. Might be the nicest one in Sunnyvale. It is a typical Suburban shopping mall, but well located and easy to get to. Parking can be a challenge so be patient. The design and Landscaping are very nice for this Suburban shopping mall. It is well maintained and clean and in a safe neighborhood. And FYI fact, it sits on Charlie Olson's Cherry Orchard. Yep the last Cherry Orchard in Sunnyvale is now this shopping mall. If you want info on the Cherry Orchard look across the street and there's a little display on the corner of El Camino and Matilda. If you go up further south on Matilda which at this point I think becomes Highway 9 to the right you can see the remnant of the mighty Cherry Orchard. If you go by in the next month April, you will see the cherry trees in full bloom. That is a real treat if you have never seen an orchard in full bloom. The Starbucks is actually the Olsen families Cherry stand. Refurbished for Starbucks, but they kept the old water tower so that is a historical neat item. Again nice Suburban shopping mall. Just be...

The parking situation here is tricky.... Best to come after 730 to give yourself a good chance of finding something and to reduce the chances of fender bender given the tight spots and incredible congestion. I haven't quite figured out why Trader Joe's moved here in the first place? They used to be at an adjacent shopping center near Big 5 and it was considerably better! In any case, you can argue that this shopping center has a lot of good places, the Starbucks is new and fresh and Nektar Juice Bar and Sweetgreen are among some other go-to options for healthy food choices on the run. All in all I like this shopping center; it would be ideal for folks living in the appartments nearby given they can just walk over without the hassle of the...