Lafayette Square Mall

If i could have, i would have given it 0 stars. Lafayette Square was once a great place to shop. I live on the Northwest side and must go to Castleton Mall to shop for anything. It is now a skelton of what it used to be. There was Pennys, Ayres, Lazarus, Blocks, Sears as anchor stores. Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, MCL cafeteria, AFNB bank… yes inside the mall, a tuxedo shop, movie theater, once again inside the mall, Wendys, GC Murphys, Bakers Shoes, Burts shoes, Tom McCann shoes… just to name a few. It is a nightmare now. No recognizable stores except a filthy Burlington. Even as it started to deteriorate, there was a McDonalds, Charlie Steak, Dots ice cream, Cinnabon and a brand name Pizza restaurant… now all gone except for the nasty Charlie Steak. It doesn’t even look clean.
The mall is nothing but knock-​off items, fake gold jewelry at outrageous prices for fake items, a discount store called Shoppers World which has household items at reasonable prices. Safety is also very questionable. If nothing is done to remodel the place and invite name retailers back to the It needs to PERMANENTLY CLOSE

Used to be a great little mall, no longer. Dirty, very few stores and the staff the stores DO seem suspicious of any shoppers. Too bad

This place is sketchy. There was music when I came on a Sunday which is cool. They have these stands where they sell diablitos which I would recommend trying. It’s a tamarind based drink that’s got like chili or something spicy in it and tamarind spicy candy coating a straw. You’ll see it, it’s like $ 4. Worth trying.

To start out, I find it very odd that all of the ‘non-​recommended’ reviews commend the mall for what it does, and the review that says that you’re certain to get super-​raped and robbed is right up top. Moving on…
Is Lafayette Square as great as it was? No, how can it be with all the original stores gone (including GNC, and they never leave a mall… until it’s circling the drain). I grew up as a Westsider and this was my mall, and when I went to high school I’d eat here after work and haunt the Waldenbooks. It’s a lot quieter now, and while I hear the ghosts of the people that don’t shop here anymore, I still find it to be what I need. Here are some good things about the Square!
Two play areas for your kids. I’ve taken my nieces here on days when playing outside is out– they have the best time and usually make friends. I treat them with Cinnabon, still good, still deadly. I like walking around in here– it’s not so huge that you can get lost, but a few circuits around will net a good workout. Shopper’s World might not be the finest department store ever (LS Ayers is gone) but they have good prices and the best perfume counter around. And the best part to me– a true melting pot shops here. I feel connected in the best way to my community, and this is why I’ll be a Lafayette Square shopper and defender as long as I can.

Nobuyuki S.‘s review sums it up in a nutshell. I only come here for 2 reason now 1) Burlington Coat Factory 2) eyebrows. Thats it. Many of the young, urban crowd come here for the shoe stores (Footlocker) and a few urban clothing stores. However, it maybe worth your time to go to Greenwood or Castleton Malls.

No matter what kind of occasional attractions they have there, its no place for wonen or childrem. There are frequent robberies in the parking lot, even a few shootings. TOTALLY unsafe because of all of the thieves and junkies looking for victims to rob. This was once a state of the art mall, great stores, well-​behaved customers-​back in the day, NO ONE would have considered violence there. I like to live and prefer to keep my jewelry, so if you feel the same, avoid that mall like the plague! It looks like a mexican flea market any more, only a very few stores are even worth looking thru the windows at! And ladies, padlock youir purse to yourself if you still want to have it when you leave! One word describes it all-​GHETTO!

very ghetto mall ! it is turning into a flea arket in my opinion. This mall is more for men because of the shoe stores and mens clothing stores. Stores are closing down left and right and they even have a church in the mall smh. If you see me there it is only to buy my son some jordans or something from kids footlocker ! food court is wack and they are rude here too. dont look for customer service skills here because they dont have it ! go to castleton, circle city or greenwood mall especially if you are a female!

This mall is seriously struggling. Not terribly clean either. Go elsewhere…

You know that the mall has fallen when you see Burlington Coat Factory as an anchor store.
This used to be the go-​to mall in the whole Indianapolis metro area. It had everything you could possibly want and while it was crowded, you could find your way to shop, even on Friday or Saturday night.
Now, it doesn’t seem there is much of a reason to keep the doors open. West 38^th Street is craptacular and you have to be more aware of your surroundings. It’s not unusual, though. Malls all over the U.S.A. are declining, partly due to online shopping. Anchor stores are going away, due to consolidation.
If a mall isn’t owned by General Growth, Simon, or Westfield, it’s not likely getting enough money to thrive and they’re likely to focus on areas where people have money, and it’s not this neighborhood. People will head to Greenwood Park Mall or Keystone or even Castleton Square and you can’t blame them.

yuck

Stay away! Stay far, far away! Vendors scattering like roaches. Keep the women and children at home if you must go! Mall mainly used as shortcut between 38^th Street and Lafayette Road… beware potholes to China.
I’m still ticked that Simon didn’t consider this site for their corporate offices instead of robbing downtown of a patch of green space for their personal glory. They coulda contributed to the community by jump starting a westside turnaround!

Ghettofabulous…
There is no hope for this place. The directory at the front doors is grossly inaccurate so don’t walk away if you don’t see the store you’re looking for on the list, case in point you won’t find Payless on it but I assure you there’s a Payless Shoe Source inside. The last time I lived in Indy I was afraid of this place as I’d heard horror stories involving Achilles heel slicing in the parking lot or something along those lines but I assure you there is no such action taking place at this place. Bad*ss villains with knives probably have better things to do than hang around this ghost town.
The mall food selection is definitely the worst I’ve ever seen and the music, AH! ABBA Dancing Queen, need I say more?
But if you’re in the market for cheap last minute stripper boots to go with your ghettofab outfit the Burlington Coat Factory really can’t be beat, just saying.

I had to kill some time while my car was being worked on down the road at Tires Plus and boy, this was the sketchiest mall I’ve been to outside of South Atlanta. The stores are all either jewelry, shoes, or local entrepreneurs selling hip-​hop fashions. The anchor department stores are Shopper’s World — which might be the most bootleg, run-​down excuse for a department store that I’ve ever seen — and Burlington Coat Factory.
Oh and if you’re looking to duck in and grab a quick meal at the food court don’t waste your time. Just hit a fast food joint on Lafayette instead.

What… no one has reviewed this yet! Used to be a fairly run-​down mall on the sketchier side of Indy, but the last time I was there it had been re-​modeled and was looking pretty good. Or, maybe I was comparing it to some of the annoying malls in Bay Area. I met Eric Dickerson in this mall, about a thousand years ago… another lifetime.