Village At Shirlington

Lots of choices!

I don’t know why anyone gives this place a bad rating. I hear y’all, the parking sucks, there are three parking structures not to mention street parking and a lot.
Yes some of the restaurants are closing but there are good places still around like BusBoys and Poets, Copperwood Tavern, Carlyle, Capitol City Brewery and Guapos to name a few.
It’s a great date location as well.

It’s a dying place. Business’ are closing. It must have something to do with realty company. It’s highly populated area no reason to have empty space.

Lots of great shops and restaurants to chose from. Ample parking (mind the signs during the week) and everything is centrally located along the main drag. This is a great area and is very dog friendly.
It is also absolutely beautiful around Christmas with all the twinkling lights and Christmas tree in front of the library.

This is my first visit to this outdoor shopping area, thanks to Antonio’s beer-​tasting event — quality brews, mate!
I had an opportunity to walk around the place and was pleased with it overall. There are a lot of restaurants with outdoor seating, and the scores of people everywhere gave the area a great buzz. There are also bakery-​pastry type places and a movie theatre even.
It’s all quite convenient to make a wee afternoon of it — browse around the place, stuff your face, people watch for a bit and even watch a movie afterwards. Not too bad.
You’ll find none of those huge tired chains like Target or Home Depot and thankfully not Walmart or Mcdonalds — everything in terms of name or brand-​recognition is fairly new to me as I’m still relatively new to this area.
Despite the crowds of people I came across it didn’t make me feel swarmed over or corralled-​in in any way. It was obvious that people were here and must come here to relax and enjoy a good meal.
My only disappointment was with the inadequate parking. Bloody hell I must’ve circled one of the garages about 20 times in search of a space and felt a right sod waiting and watching people approaching the car park in case they were leaving a long-​term space. It obviously wasn’t designed to accommodate huge crowds — but I guess it also means that it avoids the ugly outdoor strip mall design from infringing on anymore of this town.
For what it’s worth I did observe the #108 public bus drive through the main junction here, which should be good if you don’t want to be stuck as a designated driver.
I’m definitely looking forward to another visit here soon, but super early to avoid the parking malarkey I endured on arrival.
I wish the MD side had places like this to visit!
And crickey — I hadn’t realized Virginia has loads of beautiful women just walking around the place?!

Waste of space.
Not enough happening in this perfect place to have a weekly farmers market and events from around to fall. With all the street side restaurants you cannot go wrong.
Several stand outs are best buns and copperwood. These two are the most constant we have found with menu quality, price service and taste.
The rest lack in most. Although there is something for everyone.
Places not to visit. The diner and medi. Both are just god aweful.
Still no one has claimed a prime space on south corner for over a year.
The message parlor has no business in shirlington and should go. Big eye soar.
But again shirlington misses the boat w regards to lack of enough festivals or events. Wast of space.

Love to people watch as I run through and around Shirlington. There’s something for everyone in this little complex be it a library, theater, bakeries (Best Buns Bread Company is the BEST), coffee and dessert shops, a wide variety of restaurants, novelty boutique shops, and a dog park nearby. And it looks magical with the trees all lit up year round. Very cute place for hang outs, dates, or a casual stroll. There are benches conveniently located throughout the strip for stationary people watching opportunities.

Are you hungry? Then come here. Plenty of eating choices. It would be hard to not find a place. Parking is ok with a couple of garages, but can be rather challenging at popular times It seem to grown over the years with condos and other shops opening up. Kind of a town center, but with little shopping, just mostly eating.

I love this little area of Arlington. It has a little bit of everything and no big box stores. The weather is always coincidentally perfect whenever I go, so it just makes the visit to Shirlington even better.
I can go to Carlyle for breakfast sandwich, then walk off some calories, then browse some boutiques, stop by the library, go to ATM, have some coffee, catch a movie, and then go food shopping. All in a small half-​mile radius.
This is also a great place to browse strollers. Yes — baby strollers. If you are expecting or if it’s time to replace your current stroller, stop by the Village at Shirlington and see what all the SAHM and new moms and moms-​on-​maternity leave are pushing these days. It’s like a «reality show» fashion show. Same goes for baby carriers. Feel free to ask them questions — everyone is quite friendly!
I do agree whoever planned parking for this place was not at the top of their academic class. I always find parking, don’t get me wrong — but it’s quite convoluted. Thankfully the shops at The Village de-​stress me quickly from the parking madness

I don’t get the other low, low ratings for this as an area. I’ve always been a big fan of Shirlington Village! From having a plethora of great restaurants (most, if not all, of which have dog-​friendly patios) to being dog park-​adjacent, to having its own little movie theatre as well as a flippin’ sweet-​looking branch of the library, I really don’t have any gripes!
Parking never seems to be a problem for me, although I guess I can see how if you’re not familiar then it can be a little confusing figuring out which is the best garage to park in. Some of my favorite places to frequent are Cheesetique, Cakelove, Best Buns Bakery, THAI Shirlington, and Yogiberry (Taro-​flavored froyo FTW!). I guess the only not-​so-​great thing is that all the living spaces in that entire area are rentals only — no condos!
As the weather continues to get warmer, I will most definitely be a frequent visitor — with Daxter the Schnauzer in tow, hehe.

Calling all «Village» people! (Te he he!)
3.5 stars for this great little development. This place offers pubs/​restaurants, a theater, a library, a grocery store, and more! All in a quaint little (manufactured) village where you can work from store to store. Definitely one of Arlington’s better retail/​dining/​residential communities!
The only reason I have to dock 1.5 stars is because the parking at this place is THE WORST! Even though it’s free, good luck trying to find it!

I am SO tired of places that ‘develop’ with inadequate parking.
I tried to go to the Arlington Library Shirlinton Branch and the Harris Teeter. Well, there was no parking space available in the collocated multi-​level garage. The top level of this garage is dedicated to the residents of some apartment building and the Hilton Garden Hotel. Oh well. Just screw us customers who are trying to patronize the other establishments. Don’t think you will just grab a «apartment» parking space or «hotel» parking space real quick and just run in because the tow truck is sitting RIGHT THERE. When I was there, he was in the process of unhooking some poor unlucky soul’s car who he had just towed (behind a gate so don’t think you can just jump in and drive off with your ride either…).
Now there is another garage around the corner. I have parked in there before. But each time I have, it is like an hour to find my car.
The Village At Shirlington need to build more parking.

Shirlington Village is a very nice lifestyle center located conveniently off 395 in Arlington. I stopped at Luna Grill (see review) for lunch before leaving town and thought that the whole shopping center looked very nice. There were nice stores and restaurants scattered throughout. Shopping and dining aren’t the only things here though. There are luxury apartment and condo buildings and nice office buildings too. Overall, Shirlington Village is a great place to stop by, whether you have an hour to eat or a few hours to walk around… and eat.