Apache Mall

This is a tiny mall that mainly just has clothing stores and restaurants. Definitely don’t try to find a crafts store here. This isn’t like other cities where you can go to one destination mall and come out with everything you need. I am surprised by how many children’s clothing stores are in this tiny mall!

It’s pretty decent. After being in the Mall of America, it’s not like Apache mall amazed me, but thanks to the free shuttle it was worth the visit. Went to shop, and had fun meanwhile. Found all the stores I was looking for, and we were able to walk and see all the mall.

Fair store selection, (missing H&M though!), random kiosks, candy shop, boutiques; and its not terribly crowded. Plenty of parking. It would be nice if they added more stores– we don’t need two Hot Topics.

I love this mall it has something for everyone. With a good variety of stores to choose from and Scheels just opened there. It’s huge wit ha department for everything. They even had games. Touch duck hunter when you go in, a big buck hunter with a huge screen, there was even a hockey game to try out there equipment on. I was impressed.

So This is the only mall in Rochester, so basically this is the place to shop, play ground for kids.
Overall is a good mall with good choices. Love my Gymboree for my kids.
Good place for workout.
Coming here every Sunday for family day during winter time.

Apache is a great mall a lot of really cool stores and a really nice food court however sometimes it can get over crowded.

This place is just OK. Maybe I am just spoiled by the awesomeness of my «home» mall of Woodfield in Chicago, but this one just seems little and sad.
They have your basic offerings (department stores, VS, Coach, Buckle, TCP, etc) but the prices seemed too expensive for what they were and for the area. I did like the setup of the food court, however, and the little kids play area seemed nice.
I bought a few things here, but it was really No Big Deal. It was something to do that day, however, so that’s all I can ask for!

I grew up in Rochester for five years while I was attending high school. This place was one of the locations where a lot of high school kids like to hang out. Anyways, there are not much of stores here but since this is the only mall, you will see a lot of different nationalities come shop here because of the Mayo Clinic. The only store like here is Macys. I feel like their Macys is not as messy and busy like the cities. Their food court is good.
Enjoy while you are in Rochester.

It’s not the best mall ever, but it’s not horrible. I love that they have a Barnes & Noble, and there are some good stores, but there’s not a wide variety of store types. It’s fairly typical, but an okay mall to just wander around in or if you’re in a pinch for something (like running out of your usual Bath & Body Works products because you’ve been in Rochester longer than you planned on!)

Okay, I don’t get the low stars here. Sure, it isn’t the biggest and best mall ever (hence no 5 stars) HOWEVER, for it being a mall in Rochester, MN it is pretty damn good. It is by no means a ‘dying mall’. The mall anchors are Sears, Herberger’s, JC Penney, Macy’s and Barnes and Noble. There are a ton of women’s clothing stores inside, a nice large food court as well as 2 restaurants: Applebee’s and HuHot (mongolian bbq). There are also a lot of kids toy stores as well as your typical mall stores of things you don’t need but want.

BF and I came to Apache Mall one night after dinner to walk around. From the outside I wasn’t expecting much, with JC Penney’s and Sears being two of the anchor stores. As we did a lap of the mall, what on earth did we see… Coach?! What the heck? There’s a Coach store at Apache Mall! This mall isn’t so bad after all.

I was a big fan of this mall when I stayed in Rochester for 2 weeks of appointments at the Mayo Clinic. Our hotel had a free bus to take us to/​from Apache Mall. It’s not a huge mall, so I was able to get around without too much pain. Wheelchairs are available for rent if needed.
The food court was decent. There was a nice selection of reasonably priced stores, nothing really high end. Enough to be able to get souvenirs for everyone back home.
The absolute best part of this mall? Being in Minnesota, there’s no retail tax on «necessary» items like clothes!

This mall is not too bad. It is doing well probably because Rochester is isolated from any other larger cities. The variety of stores were decent but nothing really high end, just your basics. Last time I was here it was doing well and hope it does not have a case of the dying mall virus like so many shopping centers seem to have these days.

If you compare this to the Oak Park Mall in Austin, you gotta winner. But if you compare Apache Mall to anything in the Twin Cities (MOA, Rosedale, Burnsville or my favorite-​Southdale) you may be disappointed. Store anchors are Sears, Herberger’s, JcPenney, Macy’s and Barnes and Noble. For shopping it is OK, because there is nothing else around for decent shopping for 80 miles.
Macy’s used to be Marshall Field’s which was Dayton-​Hudson. I find the new Macy’s to resemble K-​mart with prices much higher-​nothing special. I rarely visit Sears as their stock looks as though they are going under any day now. About the only stores I visit are B&N and JCPenney when they have a big sale.
Most of the mall is standard fare, be aware on nights and weekends LOTS of local kids looking for trouble are trolling about. If you want a serious shopping/​exercise experience head up to Bloomington to Mall Of America. For a fun and memorable shopping experience, tool on to Nicollet Mall at X-​mas and take in the Holi-​Dazzle parade.
Save Apache Mall for when your favorite Abercrombie sweater needs replaced or for book shopping. Dining options are few-​Applebes and an Asian place, also standard food court venues.