Newport Coast Shopping Center — Local services in Newport Beach

If you read my review of the foothill shopping center you'd see I am very critical of my shopping centers I visit.

This is a perfectly fine center. I would say it is all you'd hope it to be. I can t say and more though.

There are no personal greeters standing next to your door when you arrive, opening the door for you and any passengers. There are no individuals driving around in golf carts picking up all new arrivals as they come in. And for that matter, no personal drivers to drive you and your packages back out to your car.

There is no feng shui mastered design elements like aroma therapy being piped into the parking lot or outdoor breezeways, no personal shoppers standing in line waiting for your arrival, definitely no red carpet to accompany your walk into the facility, no financial planners to provide advice on credit cards, small loan services, mortgage refinancing, or to aid in the sell off of any unnecessary children (say like an extra twin, or triplet, or the least liked sibling of the group) to help aid in the new purchases and to increase your buying power, and certainly there is no one standing in the ready to handle the children (well the ones at the very least that you decided not to sell off).

Of course, just to clarify, regarding the sales of children, I believe strongly that a center that offers a renting out service not just the sales of children is just as good, in fact probably even better, that way in a week or two youd be able to get him or her back. However, I strongly disagree with any center that conducts the pawning of any child. I truly believe they undervalue and over charge upon retrieval of your pawned ticket.

So all in all because I believe a 3 star is good, it means it is doing what it should be doing that this center is a good one.

Add in one or two of the mentioned ideas I'd gladly raise my review to say a 4, but you'd have to do a lot more...

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VONS/Pavillions-Terrific merchandising, freshest fish & knowledgeable staff, h-u-g-e store with everything! The very friendly night manager Vera came out to meet me when I wanted to give these compliments. I'm very impressed. I was very pleased, as a former checker myself in my college days with my checker, a woman named Heather who really knew how to pack my groceries squared, light & crushables on the top etc. I will definitely be back to this store! I...