Moonee Ponds Central

Moonee Ponds Central is a great little shopping area. There’s the big chains like Kmart and Coles, Katies and Coffee Club. But there are also some smaller clothing and homeware shops.
It come right off Puckle Street so the options are endless.

Shara’s review was absolutely right on the money!
Moonee Ponds Central is a great little shopping centre about the same size as Barkly Square in Brunswick or Northcote Plaza in Northcote, except it has a few little bonuses that those two shopping centres dont have too!
The most useful thing about MPC is the undercover car park!!! And its free parking too!!! (the one next to Coles anyway — in the original MPC building). Not sure if the one under kmart is free or not. The undercover parking is perfect for supermarket shopping in wet weather.
The centre also contains some other useful additions, including Michel’s Pattiserie which gives away its pies and spinach rolls very cheap towards the end of the day and a very good chicken shop just outside the door of the northern building.
The centre covers 3 buildings on the 3 streets parallel to and including Puckle Street and they contain clothing stores, food shops, kmart, Coles, a lolly shop and various shopping centre rides for the kids.
In the old days, if you parked in the Coles carpark, then the walk to Puckle Street was boring, but now you have the centre to walk through and there are all sorts of interesting things in the shops to look at on the 2 minute walk to Puckle Street!!!
As for the atmosphere, you wont find as many cool funky people here as you will in Barkly Square or Northcote Plaza (you will find some though — including myself!), but you wont find it a boring place full of bogans and suburbanites either. Its a bit of both. It is very down to earth and the shop keepers and checkout chicks always take the time to have a chat to the customers — which is a really nice touch!
If you live anywhere near the area and havnt been in here, definitely come for a look — especially if it is raining!

I’m just starting to discover the beauty of Moonee Ponds and the abundance it offers in the forms of retail therapy, hair and beauty and nightlife. It has become one of my fave new suburbs to explore, and of course I started off at the place called Moonee Ponds Central! (Where else would you go?)
Situated at the corner of the junction, spanning over three spacious buildings from Hall street to Puckle street, and less than ten minutes walk from the train station, MPC shopping centre has everything you need, contained in an easy to navigate facility. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the sort of place you’d forsake Highpoint, Chadstone or DFO for, but if you’re in the area or new to it it’s a great little find.
Containing those evil necessary giants Kmart and Coles, the big banks NAB, Commonwealth and St George, a First Choice Liquor Store and a great variety of cafes, fresh food, beauty services, a 24 hour gym and fashion for the whole family. Even a division of Kangan TAFE is here!
As a mother with two young children, I find MPC has everything I need, plus the extras I enjoy in a convenient centre that’s easy to navigate with a pram.