Premium Outlets Montreal

Visited this outlet during our recent trip to Montréal. Not as many stores as other outlets, but still managed to find some deals here.
Side note is the Hudson’s Bay outlet store is rather disappointing. I’ve seen more sales in regular stores.

Nothing really special!!! This place was highly recommended by one of my best friends. She told me to see the crazy deals because it’s all brand names for a huge reduction in price. There are deals but not that huge of a reduction. Rudsak was the only store with great deals!!! They had fur coats at 400 $ while they are 850 – 900 retail value. I got one for myself so I was happy with the bargain but other than that, there’s not much deals or options. There’s a lot of old collections that are outdated and no one really wants the older models of bags, shoes, or clothes. I like that the fur coats were part of the new collections in their actual retail stores. Other outlets didn’t really have much reductions and I was pretty disappointed driving that far after thinking there was a lot of the outlets offering good deals. Oh well. It was cool to see the beautiful rivieres des miles iles getting there and back hehe

New outlet several empty spots still to open some stores are unique to Canada some great deals and some not so good overall very nice premium outlet worth visit

The Simons chain of Premium Outlets gets it right now matter the size. At the Montréal one where there’s only 75 stores their outlets still feel better to walk through then Tanger Outlets. Its hard to explain but there seems to be a premium feel with the way they’ve designed and decorated their outlets. The variety of stores and the layout and build make these Premium Outlets my preference over Tanger Outlets.
This particular location has 75 stores and some of the notables are a very large Hudson Bay Outlet, Diesel Outlet, Lindt Chocolates, Rudsak, and Lacoste. Deals are so so considering we Canadians always get screwed. The food court has a good selection of foods to choose from which includes an A&W. There are other food places not on the Outlet property but within driving distance such as a McDonalds and a Five Guys.
This is a smaller outlet as it didn’t take too much time to get through all the stores I wanted to go into. Parking is ample and free!

I’ve been a real fan of these Premium outlets for a long long time. They really are a great place to do some shopping and find some great deals. So when they opened one in Mirabel I was a bit skeptical of if it would fit the bill compared to other outlets I’ve visited. Yes folks it’s the real deal. But keep in mind to add of the 15% provincial taxes here. This makes it not as great of a deal compared to the states: Minnesota, Massachusetts (which charge no tax on clothing) but for Montréal and Canada it’s adequately acceptable. Most stores I visited today had 50−70% off which is cheaper than you will find anywhere in QC. Sure the ticket prices are inflated but prices are very reasonable for high quality brand name goods.
The layout of the place is similar to many of the other east coast outlets: Jersey Shore, Chicago, Orlando (come to mind) with shops on both sides and a nice big centre atrium food court. There is a decent selection of food in the food court (Asian, shawarma, pizza, burgers) They really did a good job in designing the centre with long promenades and plenty of parking. There are roughly 10 – 20 empty stores that it will be interesting to see what they fill with. Definitely you see also that there is lots of land and opportunity to expand for a phase 2.
The day I visited was a mild January day and it was fairly packed. In the summer this place is going to be absolute bedlam with shoppers looking for bargains. Come with tempered expectations as I find these outlet malls are hit or miss most of the time. Sometimes you are wowed with all the great deals, sometimes you walk away dissapointed and empty handed.

Outlets is a bit of a misleading term. I think every store I went to was a mix of regular priced and sale items. I think the only one that was truly an outlet was The Bay, which had a huge selection of items.
I did like that the Lindt store had a number of chocolates that you wouldn’t normally find in other stores, and everyone gets a free sample of their milk chocolate truffle.
Apart from that, if you look carefully you will find some really great deals and will walk away a happy shopper.
The overall look is very ski chalet and had that small-​town vibe, In the food court area, the huge fireplace with comfy chairs was relaxing post-​shop, and provides a central meeting area. The food court choices were lacking, but I saw that the current build is only the first phase, so I expect that to change in future.

Ok let’s face the cold hard truth! The area and the building themselves beautiful. The layout well thought out, food court less to be desired. With all the traffic of people it was not easy to go in and out of that area. A plus there is lots of parking and places to sit which is great. Now as for as the shopping not so good! The prices not even close to usa, but to be fair I was expecting that with the exchange and are taxes, what I was not expecting was some places had not only the same price like at the mall but higher! They had higher prices then they where promoting a sale and telling you how much your saving but in reality it came down to the same price like place rosemere & Carrefour mall. Very disappointed! It will be full during the holidays but after that during the hard months of January & February they better bring down the prices or they will suffer deeply. Best stores I found that had good prices hagger, puma & the bay. Only time will tell what the future holds.

Contente qu’ils soient finalement au Québec. Bön, certains se plaindront qu’ils né sont pas sur l’île de Montréal. Il n’y a pas que Montréal dans la vie. En général, les Premiums Outlets sont toujours situés à plusieurs kilomètres des grands centres, en banlieue. D’autres se plaindront des prix… C’est déjà moins cher que d’aller en magasin. D’autres encore voudront le comparer aux Outlets des États-​Unis. Or, je né crois que cette comparaison puisse être faite car plusieurs facteurs entrent en ligne de compte (taux change et tout le tralala).
J’ai été à la deuxième journée d’ouverture. Beaucoup d’employés en training qui oublient les rabais, qui né savent pas poinçonner sur la caisse, ce qui est normal. J’attendrai encore quelques mois avant de commenter le service à la clientèle. À deux jours de l’ouverture, tout le monde était en mode séduction, comme une première «date»… quand l’habitude s’installera les vrais personnalités sortiront.
Ce n’est pas un endroit pour un achat rapido-​presto. On parle ici de journée de magasinage. Endroit parfait pour les emplettes du temps des fêtes. Je né veux même pas voir l’achalandage de leur premier mois de décembre.
Un peu moins de choix de boutiques que les autres Premiums, mais tout de même satisfaisant. Mon coup de coeur, le Labaie Outlet. Je crois que ce serait l’endroit idéal pour un HR2, mon humble opinion. Peu de magasins pour enfants.
Point négatif, et ce, pour tous les Premium Outlets que j’ai visité (ce doit être le Unilocal foodie en moi) est le peu de restaurants. Les clients y sont pour plusieurs heures et ont le choix entre 4 ou 5 restaurants dans un petit foodcourt, décevant mais habituel dans les Premium Outlets.
À très bientôt Mirabel.

I visited Premium Outlets on day 2 of the grand opening, after months of anticipation and promotion, I knew this was place was going to be popular, massive crowds, traffic, celebrations complete with fireworks and concerts helped add to the hype but everyone’s question is: «Is it worth it?»
There are some lovely finds, but personally, I find much of the stuff too expensive. Canadians can’t help but compare prices to the US, face it, things are and always will be cheaper in the States plus our tax alone kills any chance of a good find. However, Premium Outlets brings a couple stores that are unique to the Quebec market, such as The Bay Outlet, Coach Outlet or Michael Kors Outlet if you’re looking for discounted designer labels. If you’re going in with the mindset of spending 200 $ on a purse instead of 400 $ then sure it’s a great deal, but it’s not a fly-​off-​the-​shelves kind of sale, you have to be ready to spend a considerable amount.
I was disappointed with the Old Navy which is listed as an outlet but all the merchandise is identical to its other stores and only certain items are on sale. I expected to see everything at a reduced price, thinking it would be older stock on clearance. Same thing with Nike, yes, you will be spending less on a pair of runners compared to Foot Locker, but there’s already a Nike outlet in Marche Central and one in St-​Sauveur with comparable prices.
I think everyone needs to keep the name «Premium» in mind, this isn’t like walking into a Winners and leaving with a 5 $ tshirt and 10 $ jeans, if you’re budget conscious, this isn’t for you.
Setting prices aside, the Premium Outlets is a truly beautiful place to shop, they did a great job replicating a village style where boutiques are close to each other, you can easily access all stores by foot. There’s also canopy roofing linking many of the sections of this exterior mall together so in case of bad weather, you will be spared from the elements. Chairs, couches, tables and heaters adorn the walkways and an interior food court with massive fireplace and comfy sofas are yours to relax in. Free wifi is available.
The Outlets will be a big hit in summer, especially for families since they can take their children to the playground on site, lots of grassy areas and picnic style seating.
This is supposed to be just phase 1 of the building project, so I would definitely give Premium Outlets Montréal a chance, just wait to see what else they have in store– it’s all going up from here.
Bonus– Sign up for their VIP club online, you will be informed of coupons first hand and have access to a lounge area with massage chairs, free make up and other goodies.