Manchester Shopping Center

This is one of the unsafest feeling malls i’ve ever been in. It is sad to see empty
stores and broken down escalators. The nearly closed down food court has become a place where old men play dominos and teenagers use the free wifi for their iphones.
The outside is patrolled by angry looking homeless people who glare at the tourists stepping off the bus. The only happy place is the children’s carousel. A tiny island of cheer in a sea of unhappiness.

I’ve been coming here for years, when I was a child it was busy and full of shops, more it’s like a ghost town! They need more shops to draw in a crowd!

Seriously one of the saddest places in Fresno, HOWEVER, its where we go for pictures with Santa or the Easter bunny cuz its way less crowded than the other malls and such around here.
Also a plus side, there’s a super cheap, kinda sketchy formal dress store on the first floor that has some darn good deals. And its got the only DQ in Fresno, I do believe. Otherwise, its a ghost town here, frequently has homeless people camping out inside, people come to the food court for free WiFi, and the carousel is still pretty nice, but it definitely feels eerie in here. Just not a good environment.

It has that kind of feel to where at any moment, you could get stabbed.

The mall is clearly hanging by a thread, but somehow a strong one, cause people come here to do more than browse, but actually shop. It’s kind of like a mini fair with many booths to cater to. The mall is more useful to me when I utilize it with the Regal Manchester 16 Screen movie house next door.
I do like Great Wall of China in food court with hefty helpings of tasty chinese for take out. The Manchester Steak house located next to the Carousel serves great cocktails by friendly server/​owner and the steaks are decent. The ATM is very useful across from Good Guys Pizza which has a great salad bar. Other than that the mall offers some interesting courses of study on the second floor. The carousel is one of the prettiest I’ve ever seen with beautiful lights, and minimal noise that is usually used by patrons. Yes, the mall has a long way to go, but it is functioning, and alive.

This mall sucks. It only has one store I have heard of. This mall is the worst indoor mall in Fresno. There is something about this mall I cannot understand. I can’t understand why the Julius/​Dairy Queen has ice cream, hamburger, chickenstrips and fruity drinks? all the Julius/​Dairy Queens I have been to at malls on have only hot dogs, ice cream and fruity drinks.

There’s not too many stores that anyone would immediately recognize at Manchester Mall. The Radio Shack at this mall is really a nice one. Collector’s Zone is still there; however, it has different owner and moved to a smaller spot in the mall. At least the Dairy Queen /​Orange Julius is still upstairs in the food court. If needing a cell phone or cell phone accessories, there’s lots of choices at the mall (I have no need for any of that though at the moment). There’s barely anyone walking around the mall; I sometimes see more security guards than shoppers.

LOLOL THIS MALL IS A FUCKING JOKE. Friends took me here, and I swear I had to rub my eyes to see if this was EVEN real. It’s full of stores and food places I’ve never heard of. Just go down the street to Fashion Fair, even though that shit is just as bad.

There is no shopping left here, unless you are a fan of Sears. Even then, you can go to Sears and never step foot in the mall.
I go back to the days when Manchester was an open air shopping CENTER, not mall. Wonderful stores like Rhodes, Rodders, See’s, and small, unique shops. Oh well, that was another century.
I was very sad to see Red Robin leave, but I could understand why. There just wasn’t the money to buy their food. The places in the food court are still hanging on, and we try to get by there for Yanagi Japanese. I don’t understand why the CalTrans people don’t eat at the places in the mall. They are the only hope for Manchester.

The mall does have some retail– (chains in caps)
*AAA Relaxing
*Alex’s Fade Shop
ALL AMERICAN SPORTS FAN
AZKARA
*Body Oils R Us
BOOST MOBILE
*Candy & More
*CD’s Latino
*Cell Toys
CRICKET
*Daniel’s Bridal & Quiencenera
*Diva’s Temptation
*El Centenario
*Elijah’s Baber Shop
*El Paraiso Intimates & Apparel
*El Rodeo
*Exclusive Wireless
FOOT LOCKER
*Foot Mart
*Global Luggage, Leather and Gifts
*Head to Toe 4 Kidz
*K’s Sportwear
*Le Bella Rose
*Manchester Beauty Salon
*Mary’s Beauty Salon
METRO PCS
*Momma’s Closet
*M~ Fasis
*Nataly’s Collection
*NB Perfumes
PAYLESS SHOESOURCE
*PhoneStop
*Princess Nails
RADIO SHACK
REGAL CINEMAS 16
SALLY BEAUTY SUPPLY
SEARS
*Studio 58
*Sugar Sugar
*Tropical Shades
T-​MOBILE
*Upon a Star Gifts
VERIZON
It has a few dining options–
*Blue Jay Ice Cream
DQ/​ORANGE JULIUS (only place left in the food court)
DELI DELICIOUS
*Goodfellas Pizza Co.
*King Buffet
*Manchester Steak House
PANDA EXPRESS
*Pretzel Place
STARBUCKS COFFEE
The entire second floor is services–
*Cal Trans (In a former Department Store)
*City of Fresno Utilities
*Crescent View Charter School
*Eyebrow Shapes
*Fresno Adult School
*Liberty Tax
*Money Mart
*Northern California Vocational College
*Oliver’s District Office
*Smile Care
*Synovate
*Workforce Connection
These Places Have Closed…
Bath & Body Works
Zales Jewelers
Icing
Sears Home Store
Red Robin
See’s Candies
Gottschalks
Upon a Star Gifts
Toy Land
Romeos Furniture
Collectable Zone
Soccer World
Avenue
Fhl styles
Sbarro Italian Eatery
Port of Subs
Pad Thai Express
Hungry Tiger Deli
Yanagi Japanese
Broaster Chicken
TJ Conner’s Gourmet Burgers
Great Wall Express
Hickory Farms no longer comes here for the holidays
Dont be fooled by the escalators leading upstairs. The entire 2^nd floor is services and a nearly empty food court. Sears is the last department store at the mall although it is a great sears. To see pictures of the mall go to
There are 2 department store spaces sitting empty. There is though a cool carousel for kids at a dollar a ride. Any new shops it gets are not chains.

This mall isn’t even a mall. It has a unfriendly appearance on the outside. The inside is dark and looks 30+ years old and looks like they never attempted to reinvent itself or remodel the inside. Needs major improvements. Not many people were in this mall and the ones that were are ghetto and loud. I walked out this mall real quickly.

need to walk a mile? then Manchester Mall is for you. barely any stores to shop in. The carousel is nice for kids though

This mall is very empty. If you want a place to walk and thats pretty much it, then go for it. If you want to shop, go to another mall.

Yeah, it’s not what it used to be, but the carousel is cool for little kids and cheap!
Starbucks, Regal cinema and radio shack are good to have in this part of town.

this place makes me sad. i had some good times here as a kid, but now its just another testament to urban decay and white flight. 20 years ago, it was one of the hot shopping centers in fresno. now it only has one major tenant left and over half the mall is either empty or has been converted to offices. they have tried to revive it with a movie theater next door that is actually pretty good, but i dont think anything short of a miracle will bring this place back. food court is mediocre. there is a cool carousel inside the mall that young kids enjoy.