Bayshore Shopping Centre

pretty good. Parking is a plus comparing to Rideau. If it has Club Monaco I guess I can ditch Rideau for ever.

I work in the mall so I’m here too often’ but the mall itself is always upgrading stores for customers needs, and there’s enough people around so it doesn’t feel like a zombie apocalypse like calling wood mall! Only down side is one of the washroom on the second floor is hidden, ITS BESIDE TIM HORTANS everyone

Still under construction but parking is much improved
Hudson bay is larger
Many new stores
Anxious to start Christmas shopping
Wonderful choices
Maybe next week

I absolutely hate the parking lot and the monkeys they have running the signs. I have been late to my second job two days in a row because they have directed me to from from the winners exit across the parking lot to the street back in to catch the farthest bus possible.
If I could have a reason why it would be great but no, the construction said its OC transpo. The police standing outside said they had no idea why people can’t walk there. And the OC transpo driver said he hadn’t heard any of it because the buses don’t even drive there.

Ok, where do I even get started?!
Bayshore is BY FAR my favorite mall. They have both an H&M, Forever 21, and Zara.
Those stores are hard to find here. Food Court was recently renovated. It looks great, lots of seating, and a bathroom near too. One problem: THE SMELL!!! There are a couple of stores really close to the food court, and when your in one, all you smell is smoke!!! Anyway overall it is a great mall!

SO, this is my favorite mall ever, and has always been since I was a teenager. It was always easy to navigate, was never really that busy, and had all of my fav stores!
With its new upgrades, I feel like this mall is trying to compete with Rideau Center. (who does not love a friendly competition, lol).
I love how Bayshore now has a Zara, H&M and Forever 21 all in one mall! I also love that this is the only mall in Ottawa with a HomeSense and Winners. Honestly this mall is the best for one stop shopping, and puts a lot of the other malls to shame!
The parking used to be familiar, easy and simple. It literally took 15 minutes to find a spot because the parking was confusing, the signage was confusing, there were cars coming in all directions, and could not figure out how to get up to the second and third floor parking. Definitely has to take some getting used to. Was not a fan at all!
At the end of the day, Bayshore has it all! If it was not for the parking, it would have been as good as it gets!

The renovations look wonderful but the new court literally stinks, smells like cooking oil mixed new paint. The selection of stores is good but usually one or more of the escalators are out of service each time I am there.

I really love what they have done to this mall. it’s looks awesome. Can’t wait for it to be completed :)

It’s an ok mall with decent stores and good court. But now that they’ve rebuilt the parking lot which is horrendous I don’t bother going unless necessary. It shouldn’t take 30 mins to get a parking spot and get out. They even have some security poison directing traffic which is unseen anywhere else and ridiculous. It’s a maze and the entrances are far apart too. I hope they fix this our else I will continue to avoid this mall

I hope Bayshore got a refund from the firm that designed their new parking lot.

Last time I was in Bayshore was around 2 years ago and I remember thinking that it was the mall that time forgot and hated it. Dull, lifeless, dark and not too mention the terrible stores.
After 2 minutes in here on Saturday I pretty much decided that it was my new favourite mall in ottawa.
Bright, airy, busy with some decent stores. I’m from the UK so I miss my beloved H&M as its super popular there. I hadn’t made it to bayshore or orleans yet so was happy to step into this one. Sadly it was only a browsing visit due to lack of funds but definitely think the H&M could be a big crowd pleaser. The Forever 21 is also real nice. Bright and stylish and much better than Rideau.
There were a few nice stores I haven’t heard of before and others that definitely seemed bigger and better than their Rideau or St. Laurent versions.
We were only actually there for a genius appointment at Apple but walking round I was dragging my boyfriend into a ton of stores just for a look and eyeing the rest up for whenever I return without him.
Food courts aren’t my thing other than for grabbing a Tim’s but checked this one out and as food courts go it looked nice, the food i’ll still pass on.
The parking situ is a little confusing. We went in and there were 10 or so cars looking for spaces on one level, the top. We took a chance and went down one and the level was practically empty. The set up is a little weird too, feel they dropped the ball a little on the parking front.
Ottawa in general disappoints me for its lack of decent clothing stores and style. It’s full of stores selling the stuff, the same stuff it was selling last year, and the year before. Admittedly i haven’t been to Rideau for around 6 months so i don’t know much about how the renovations there have made a difference. Bayshore has restored my faith a little and if I lived closer I’d definitely go there for window shopping. Its like 40 mins from me on a good day. But if I want to really shop in the future this is where I’m going!

I used to love Bayshore… it’s a big rectangle with 3 floors, which makes it easy to get around, lots of great stores, easy bus access with a Taco Bell in the food court, who could ask for more?
When I think of Bayshore now, the only thing that comes to mind is «Ughh parking». I will go out of my way to Carllingwood or the Kanata Centrum before I travel to Bayshore anymore. I only go there when ABSOLUTELY necessary. The parking is beyond ridiculous (as other Unilocalers have already stated). I usually park around back in the Home Sense parking lot where i’m hoping they won’t renovate as it’s still open concept. If you park in the Home Sense lot, the washroom is right there when you walk in, which is nice if you’re doing the pee-​pee dance.
Definitely a shout out to the dual floor Winners/​Home Sense… love the kitchen section there as i’m a sucker for kitchen gadgets. The store is usually well stocked, fairly organized and has new stuff all the time. The new food court is bright and open consisting of the usual mall fare with a nice sushi bar.
To the poster that gave Bayshore 5 stars… you sound like you work for Bayshore, a little too over-​zealous maybe?

What a useless waste of money. With all the upgrades Bayshore now brings you an extremely unnecessarily complicated and inefficiently designed parking lot where you’ll spend hours looking for a spot when you arrive and wait in traffic for hours when you want to leave. Most toilets are inconveniently spread out throughout the mall in random locations and feauture clogged urinals and toilets with out-​of-​order flushes, always waiting for you with a long line to annoy you further. Mall personnel will act clueless and won’t care when you inquire about the ridiculous state of things. Bayshore: Now you have a mall that fails at being a mall.

Makeover in Bayshore is simply amazing. I haven’t been here in a while, but WOW!!! I was shocked when we got here tonight to check out their new stores. Awesome layout, great food court, lots of new stores. I found the tiles in the new addition are slippery, but other than that, I’m happy to see the new Bayshore shine.

I love this mall and the upgrades and renovations!
The food court is also really nice and finally a bigger seating area! :)
Besides the annoying parking (which I can get used to), the food court really needs more ventilation!
I love the Asian cuisine but they cook on the highest heat possible which causes the entire court and the stores around it smell like bad burnt grease :(
More ventilation please!!!

Prior to the renovations (which are still on-​going as I write this review, may I add), I would have given this mall 3 or even 4 stars. However, the new parking lot has caused me to give this mall only 2 stars. So the renovated parking lot was supposed to be a «new and improved parking lot.» Yes, it probably parks more cars now, but the parking spots are narrower and you risk your life walking from your parking spot to the mall entrance.
Who is the crazy sadistic engineer who designed the new parking lot? There is no safe way to walk from where you park your car to the entrance of the mall. It’s total chaos. There are signs that say «do not enter» but people drive through anyway. You turn the corner and then find yourself in a dead end, and you have to maneuver your car out (which is difficult since there are cars parked on both sides). I hate the new parking lot.
As for the stores, sure they have an H&M and an Express which I think are the only stores that they have that no other mall in Ottawa has. However, I will not put up with the parking lot situation to go to these stores. The Winners in Bayshore, while big, actually sucks. I never get any good deals here. There’s a Sephora, but the one at the Rideau Centre is better (although parking at the Rideau Centre is also a nightmare — but I feel that since that’s downtown it’s justified. Bayshore is not downtown, parking should not be so horrendous in Nepean!). There’s a Browns Shoes, Victoria’s Secret and The Face Shop. While these are less common stores in Ottawa, you can find them elsewhere. The majority of the stores at Bayshore can be found in other malls.
The food court sucks. They don’t have anything unique, just all the usual boring chains. They do have a Kojax, which is not that common in Ottawa, but I don’t like Kojax, so that’s not a draw for me.
I think in the future I will avoid Bayshore Shopping Centre unless there is a compelling reason for me to go (i.e. the only thing I want left in my size is at Bayshore, or H&M does a collaboration with some really awesome designer and there is a piece that I must have). I may consider taking public transit if they renovate the entrance to the mall via public transit because last time I took OC Transpo to Bayshore, the public transit entrance to the mall was mondo sketchy, especially at night.

Decent mall I suppose but I got a parking ticket which I was really not impressed about. What kind of mall has a 4 hour limit? So much for spending the day shopping, didn’t know I was on a time limit…

I promised to write an updated review after the disaster of parking was done being rebuilt, and I have many awesome things to report!
First of all, I’ve avoided this mall for months, actually driving there and turning around after wasting an insane amount of time trying to find a parking spot while they were doing construction (spoiler: I never found one and went to Carlingwood instead). I was a bit nervous about the new parking situation since I was so used to the old one. It took us a few minutes to situate ourselves once parked as we weren’t used to taking an elevator from the garage to the mall, but it was actually great! Let’s hope they stay nicely maintained.
In my previous review I mentioned the lack of an H&M but yaaaaay, cheap and trendy clothing has finally made its way to Ottawa. It’s not as massive as some other locations, but it’s still got a terrific selection. There’s also a new Victoria’s Secret for those who can fit into there stuff (see my Marianne’s review for context hahaha). I’ve always loved Bayshore for havjbg my favourite stores (Sephora, Apple, Winners and Homesense — in a mall!), but the mall’s makeover has seriously made me love it even more.
The one complaint I still have is the food court. I’d love some more options, but I hear that is coming.
The halls seem brighter, the furniture updated and with more stores coming, this is and will continue yo be my favourite mall in the city.

Everything on the menu a their KFC costs 30cents more than every other KFC in Ottawa.
It’s full of snobby middle class families who are rude to all the other customers.

Decent mall with ample parking (expanding though!). I’m excited to see the expansion during my next trip.
They have all the standard stores and food establishments. Also, a nice amount of seating for husbands. =)
They also have free wifi, so that is a plus!