Southland Mall — Local services in Cutler Bay

I grew up in South Dade, and going to the Cutler Ridge Mall (it's former name pre-Hurricane Andrew) was always a treat. Even with no money to spend, it was nice walk through and window shop. There was food, clothes and entertainment. After Andrew, it was redesigned and the remodel stripped the mall of most of its charm and attraction. Over the years it has gone down with high turnover in the shops and businesses inside. There are many empty places where businesses closed and no replacements came. The movie theater is a fairly good draw. The DSW is a decent choice for affordable shoes. The food court is decent with a variety of meal choices from subs to burgers to Chinese food. Aunt Annie's Pretzels is a go-to for me - an original pretzel and lemonade are my favorite! Living in South Dade, there is not much other choice for shopping, and the next nearest mall is all the way in Dadeland and prices there are astronomical. Unfortunately, pretty soon the mall will be no more. One of its main anchors (Sears) closed some time ago, and is in the midst of being torn down. The entire mall will be torn down in stages, and in its place is coming a "downtown South Dade" type of mixed use development. It's the end of an era, but not surprising as the mall had already declined past the point of no return from an economic standpoint. The pandemic seems to have been the nail in the coffin as the former owners went into...

Not overall satisfied by this mall as of lately.

Or should I say a lot to be desired from this mall. The reason why I say that is because of the lack of selective stores and a good number of stores and small stands keep closing. Maybe back in the late 2000s and early 2010s despite it's size it was appealing enough to go to, but as of right now in 2021 and I have visited other malls, this mall is lackluster in comparison say to Dade-land mall or Dolphin mall within the same county. However I will say the movie theater at this mall is adequate and always show the latest block buster, but a bit in refurbishment is need, same can be said for the whole mall. I also want to say for mobile users, be careful as some parts of the mall, mobile services is terrible as some stores blocks off mobile service completely and all you can do is call and text. Honestly more store with more variety would work however due to the nature of this mall that seems highly unlikely, unless if unlucky a massive authorized name brand store opens, but even they not all but some have that same misfortune. And even so, the pandemic hit took a huge hit on this mall where one section is a complete ghost time with only one store open. As I am seeing right now, it doesn't look good...

Not a place you want to visit if you visiting Miami, not easy on the eyes. However its a typical mall nothing is essentially wrong with it nor that bad. The main big reason for coming here would be for the cheaper movie tickets on Tuesdays. Click more to see my in-dept review!

Scenery: Nothing much to see here, all that really can be said is the children play pit(which seems very dirty) and the Marry-Go-Round which has been in the mall since I could remember.

Stores: Southland does offer a wide amount of stores, however only a couple are well known brand names, most are tiny non-known clothing shops of the Hispanic vibe.

Restaurants: The only true Restaurants are Johnny Rockets, another one next to it ,and Buffalo wild wings. There is however a Food Court yard that is filled with other Fast Food ranging from Taco-Bell to Burger King.

Crowd: I am going out and say that Southland isn't my most favorable crowd. Now most of the time people seem be out of your way.

Its hard to say what I think about the mall, I try my best to not go ,but there is no big factor into why. It is just okay, nothing...