Westgate — Local services in Bethlehem

Mall management needs to get dollar tree in here along with other stores. management get the stores in here the people will come in. The slogan used to be come on in to Westgate Mall and it was . well management has reduce the stores down to almost half a dozen stores compared to the mall being full as of 10 years ago. Putting in a trampoline place doesn't cut it. A mall is for shopping not Recreation. Have Weis totally gutted and renovated and brought up into the 2000's. It hasn't been totally renovated in 40 years. Bon-Ton going out of business put there.

As I said in my other reviews Weis prices are reasonable it's the place I get my chicken breast boneless at and it's cheapest anywhere. And they have other good specials at the Run. But I said in the past this store needs a major overhaul I've been going to the store since it was George's IGA 30 years now and in the meantime Kings had acquired it they just did a paint job. Now Weis has the store and the only thing they've done is given the old freezers from 40 years ago replacement. All the other Weis have been upgraded remodeled 2 times in the last 10 years and now have liquor and this one still has nothing it still looks like George's IGA there's even the old customer service booth in there yet from 40 years ago. Now I hear that the route 100 store which is the biggest one in the area almost 20 miles is now going to be building a super Weis which will be right up the street! I know it's a mall thing with the management which are holding back Weis Corporation from doing anything. I've talked to management...

I thought for a kids entertainment experience it was all that and then some. I was a little discouraged by the lack of control this place has with its staff. There are numerous rules they write about, but only once did I see someone say something about it. One glaring example is the space they give each child on the trampoline squares. I saw three kids hopping on it at the same time, running around on the trampolines, and coming up from lower side after they had their hour of play. Most of the staff are super young. This may be problematic bc they dont care as say someone who is more mature. Older or mature persons would speak up to kids acting incorrectly. I thought the room space was adequate for parties but the time given is just an hour. This is the only area I took notice that was time restricted and adhered to by the young staff. Last opinion I have is the face painting package I purchased. When you arrive with your party you wait. The time you have to get your face painted is built into the time your there. So with that the child has to wait in line with said parent, missing significant jump time. If that doesnt work, you can miss out on the party hour you have. Again not really option. Maybe have two or three people painting would offset time needed so the kid(s) can continue to have fun. My kids loved it..so I may return for another try in...

The Weis Store is bigger than the old one and obviously brand new. However I miss the old store. My Great Granpop took me there and worked there part-time (1960's) when he was retired, and it was the original Danny's IGA. He used to make the big pot of free coffee for the customers located in the back of the store. I liked the older smaller store much better. I wish they would have kept that location and the mall area where you entered. I also would have liked to see them remodel the store like the original where they had a water wheel and fish around it back by the award winning beef they used to sell years ago. This area is getting to commercialized for me. There are too many transplants living here, and now, with an NJ Owner of the Mall, they are destroying the nostalgia that little mall once had. What do they care when they dont live here and it's all about the money for them. I say, stay in NJ and continue to ruin...