The Shops at Heavenly Village

Not gonna lie. I am a year-​round resident of Tahoe but when it comes to shopping for souvenirs, I love going to businesses at all the ski resorts for touristy things. Here at Heavenly, you have a small but varied list of shops and restaurants that can kill a whole day — it’s even got a movie theater. So you got ice cream, pizza, bars. You got sock shops and art galleries. There’s high performance sports gear and $ 1 stickers. You got t-​shirts and novelty crap. All within 5 minutes walk of each other. So hang on to your credit card and have at it.

This is a pretty neat place to shop in Lake Tahoe. They don’t have a lot of selections but they have the things you need from skiing, water sports, and to general thing if you forgot to pack something.
The outside of this mall was pretty clean which was nice. My puppy loved going on the grass and you could tell they take care of it regardless of the drought.
Would love to have more shops and more selections here.

What do I write about this place? Its really heavenly place. It has good shops and restaurants inside. Most restaurants inside are good. I like the basecamp pizza among others. There is a ice skating rink inside as well. The lights are beautiful in the evening at this place. I think this is like the main place in south lake tahoe area.
Pharmacy is also very close to this place (Raley’s) where you can get the over-​the-​counter drugs and also do your grocery shopping. Harrah’s casino is also very close to this place. Overall this place is a charm in the area.

While spending the weekend at Lake Tahoe we decided to spend an evening walking through and shopping at Heavenly Village.
When we arrived we had a blast going in and out of the little shops. There were a few different gift shops as well as clothing stores. After shopping we had dinner at Kalani’s. The food was great and we enjoyed their night life as well as their chocolate shop.
In the end, this was a great place to spend some time. The next time we come back we hope that we can ride the ski lifts as well as enjoy their outdoor seating areas. We love this area and this shopping are was incredible.

This is definitely a place worth visiting. It is a very nice village and there are a wide variety of eateries, many with happy hour. There are also many stores, a tiny mini golf course, bike rentals, and of course the gondola up the mountain. Of course like in any tourist place you get raked over the coals when it comes to prices. The biggest ripoff is the gondola that takes you up to the top of the Heavenly Ski Resort, but the parking garage was also outrageously expensive. I had told my kids that we would go up with the gondola and had expected the adult tickets to be around $ 25.00, and almost fell backwards when I learned that they charged $ 41.00 for adults and $ 35.00 for kids. It would have cost the four of us $ 158.00 to take the ride. Insane! No wonder not many people went up. I can guarantee that if they had more reasonable prices they would make more money.

Whenever we stay in South Lake Tahoe, Heavenly Village is one of our favorite destinations.
This year we decided to take the BlueGo shuttle down to the Village from The Ridge Resort where we were staying (I highly recommend this on busy summer weekends as it saves the hassle of finding parking) and had a smashing time!
Here are a few of the Heavenly Village activities our young family enjoys:
— people watching and playing at parks: we like the tiny one near where the gondolas take off, very pretty with wooden animal sculptures and flowers
— bungee trampoline jumping: though dear at $ 12 for 6 minutes, this is a must if you have a kid in your group. Our four-​year old had a blast doing this — she was even doing flips in the air to the amazement and cheers of the watching crowd. Guess those gymnastics lessons are finally paying off!
— cookies from Nestle Toll House: trying a large assortment of their freshly baked cookies has become a family ritual now!
And plenty more …
Like restaurants ranging from high-​end Asian fusion cuisine to down-​to-​earth pizza joints
Shopping to meet every taste and budget
Exquisite art galleries
… I could go on and on, but I’ve got to leave something for the next review and the next time we visit!

If it wasn’t for The Shops at Heavenly Village, where would non-​mobile, non-​gambling tourists go? Thank you for existing!
With a toddler, a child, and an adult that was medically on reduced capacity, we were limited in our sightseeing options. But with plenty of shops, galleries, and eateries here, we were able to go somewhere together and still do SOMEthing.
The «kid» in the group was able to get on the bungee cord jumper.
The toddler, kid, and adults were able to enjoy the miniature golf.
Everyone, excluding the slightly disabled person, was able to rent a bike and bike around the lake.
What I was really impressed about was the resort actually informing everyone to save their money and don’t bother buying the lift ticket to go to the vintage point. There was a large forest fire that has been going on for days and the smoke obscured the view of the lake. The company could have just kept on collecting money, but they didn’t. Kudos!

Yes, it’s expensive shopping, but not wickedly expensive like Saks. It’s great for apre ski, boarding to hang out and eat or drink. The gondola for heavenly starts here. It’s nice even with no skiing due to the nice shops and people.

I was walking down the streets of San Francisco when a van pulled up next to me and masked men placed an ether-​soaked rag over my mouth. The world faded out and while I don’t know how long I was unconscious, when I woke up I was in Orange County.
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I was at a «South Fashion plaza» or a «grove and spectrum plaza» — I didn’t catch the name. I saw a bunch of kids on skateboards eating Baja Fresh and guzzling down Jamba juice. I saw remarkably well-​presented soccer moms in 4Runners angling down around the parking lot corners. I saw people paying 5 bucks for an hour of parking. Heck, I even saw that there was a Wyland studio.
I was sure that I was in Laguna beach, or somewhere thereabouts after seeing the Wyland studio but then I looked up and noticed some sort of confier, not a palm tree, and then I noticed a gondola going up… a mountain.
Was this a dream, was I dreaming? There are no mountains at Fashion Coast Island Plaza in Newport. I ran, delirious, like a twilight zone climax and as I rounded to the front of the gondola plaza I asked the man in the glass booth: «WHERE AM I?! THIS ISN’T ORANGE COUNTY.»
He said, «No, this is heavenly village.»
I was staggered.
«What. The… commerce…the…jamba…I’m NOT in Orange County?»
«No, sir, you’re in South Lake Tahoe. The casinos are that way and we’ll be glad to line you up in a timeshare if you need. Sir, do you need water? Is the altitude getting to you?»
I bolted and ran screaming. «WHERE AM IIIIII???»
…
And then I woke up. I grabbed my laptop and wrote this review. It had all been a dream. Whew.
But wait, what’s that in my pocket, a receipt for validated parking at Heavenly Village…
«Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!»
(cue «Twilight Zone» theme)

Realize that this is a tourist place, there are plenty of overpriced items here but if you have time and nothing else to do in South Lake Tahoe it may be cute looking around for fun. There is a new candy shop there that was cute to look around and they do have some hard to find candy and soda pops.
Just a heads up but majority of the shops do not validate parking even with the heavenly parking garage which is extremely stupid. The only places that really validate parking is the movie theater and some of the big restaurants in the village and some spa and massage place. The small shops like nestle toll house and candy shop don’t validate. I think all shops within the shopping center should validate but they dont.

You have to go into this place with the understanding that it is meant for tourist and you will be spending a little more money on some items.
All in all Heavenly Village is a nice place to walk around with your significan other and family. There are restaurants for every price range, shops for cold weather gear, places to look at art and jewelry, get some coffee and other fun stores to walk into.

During a beautiful sunny Sunday I had a last walking around the Heavenly Village shopping center. This center ranges from different shops such as Lego toys, sports gear, coffee, restaurants, and so much more!!!
In the center, there is a mini golf course and jumping trampoline :)
Also, they have a lift to the mountains but on the lift they offer lunch too!!!
Definitely an awesome weekend to spend with family and friends!!!

Variety of different shops to appease a tourist town. Cold Stone was the busiest store here. The clothing boutiques could be better, but lots of exceptional food options.

There isn’t much going on in South Tahoe, so a little upscale shopping plaza like this is always a welcoming sight. The plaza contains quite a few shops where you can pick up regular accessories, a grocery store and some shops where you can pick up things for your house or random good finds you may not even know you were looking for! (ah signs of a shopoholic…)
The parking situation here can be tough because the parking lot is definitely a lot smaller than what is in the shops. They have food places and drink places as well so many people tend to stick around after they’ve parked. However, parking aside, the shops are generally well stocked with goodies even if you’re just a looker and there’s plenty of cold drinks for the summer or warm drinks for the winter to be had at the various coffee shops /​starbucks /​seattle’s best /​ice cream /​café etc.

I’ve gone here many times. Seems like a lot of shops go and new ones come in.
I think it’s a nice place to walk around, shop, and grab some lunch. Nice place that Tahoe has to offer, since there isn’t many places to walk around and shop. My sister and I come here often. We make it a whole day trip whenever we come out to Tahoe.
They have a couple of boutiques, ice cream joints, a massage place, a nail spa, the gondola, and a few restaurants. I like how they have the mini golf during summer and the ice skating rink during winter. I haven’t did the mini golf here, but I have gone ice skating. I fell a few times, but it’s always fun! I think it’s a nice little place for friends, family, and couples. They have a movie theater here, too! I also really like taking my dog here. She doesn’t get to come every time we go, but she’s been here quite a few times and she loves it! The only complaint I have is the parking garage. Yeah, it’s convenient, but it’s pricey. So this place would’ve been 5 stars to me, but minus one for the parking garage.
Nice place just to get away from Reno. Can’t believe it’s so close, but yet I feel like I am so far from home whenever I’m here.

Great place to relax and enjoy an afternoon amongst shops, restaurants art galleries and even a movie theater.
I love the kiddie area in the middle of the mall where you can play a game of mini-​golf or try out the trampoline jumper.
Friendly proprietors too (shout out to the Seattle’s Best Coffee crew). Easy parking and access from the main drag.

I’ve always had a good time here and it’s a great place if you’re visiting with kids. Ice skating rink in the winter time, concerts in the summer, lots of tasty food places, shopping and activities, the Gondola.
For the reviewers who complain that Tahoe isn’t glam like Vail or other ‘high end’ resorts, well, that’s not really Tahoe. (although the Marriot is certainly up to usual Marriot standards) Tahoe is more of a real family kind of town.
If you’re looking for friendly people, lots of activities (or places to find lots of activities) that’s close to the Lake, Heavenly and the casino area, Heavenly Village is the place to be.
And if Heavenly Village with its shops, restaurants and activities is not your cup of tea… try heading out towards Camp Richardson. Different vibe, but still very much Tahoe. :-)

Sadly, the economy has taken it’s toll on the Village. Most of the stores are vacant.
ok the Gondola…
Mini golf and ice skating in the winter and a movie complex still here.
Kalani’s Restaurant is expensive but excellent food… I highly recommend!
Fire and Ice Mongolian BBQ is good.
Lots of T-​shirt stores (outdoor clothing) and souvenir shops. The two clothing shops: Sealed with a Kiss has expensive, ugly clothes and Gary Angelica: overpriced jeans, jeans and more jeans, oh and a Harley Davidson store.
A couple of small latte shops, candy store, cinnamon buns, Cold Stone ice cream. yadda yadda yadda…

South Lake Tahoe, the town, is not pretty. This is a real shame because Lake Tahoe is a stunning location of natural beauty.
To be fair, the Shops at Heavenly have really tried to buck the trend of the ugly buildings that line CA –50. There is a lot of wood in the construction to help it blend into the landscape and it’s the prettiest ski lift area I’ve seen in the world. There are nice bear carvings for decoration.
The trouble seems to be the ability to attract a coherent bunch of shops to make the shopping complex work as a whole. I’m not sure if it’s the rent being too high but the ragtag collection of different shops doesn’t really appeal enough to any particular demographic. Whenever I’ve visited, this beautiful area seems deserted, which is a real shame as I can see potential in the site.
The highlights are a movie theatre showing shows up to quite late at night. There’s an outdoor seating area for a bar with open fire. The Baskin Robbins is open til late as well.
I really want this complex to succeed as they’ve made the effort to build a nice complex.

«0» stars for just about nothing!
A friend said there were great «high-​end» shops here, well I guess we missed it!
All we found were a couple of ski/​casual clothing stores… a souvenir type rock and jewelry store, and a baby and shoe store that we missed.
It looked like a war zone.
This was hardly worth the $ 2 plus we paid for parking!