Geneva Commons

I love the commons. There are enough different options that I can usually find what I am looking for. On weekdays it tends to be pretty dead, except around the holidays. A week before Xmas last year I couldn’t even get in the entrance. But I guess that’s status quo for that time of year. Being as there are literally no good malls by me (I’m talking to you charlestowne and Stratford) this is my go to spot.

There are a great variety of stores and food places I frequent often. As far as the general area that is the commons, it is nice and close to my house so I can shop when I need to. My biggest complaint would be the «traffic.» There is always a big back up at the entrance off of Bricher Rd.

Great place with lots of unique shopping all in one place that you can’t find for MILES around. $ 5 off for $ 25 is awesome! lots of fun places to eat around here too! Definitely a destination for a day of shopping goodness!

I was in the Geneva area and had some errands to run/​time to kill, so I trekked on over to the Geneva Commons. Like Oakbrook Center, it’s an outdoor mall, but with intersections to cross, as not everything is next to each other. I highly recommend having the map up on your phone if you have specific places to go to, since some of the stores are laid out in quadrants.
They have a mix of chains and smaller stores here: Victoria’s Secret, Wet Nose (dog boutique) H&M, etc. There’s also a DSW next door to the Commons (I guess it’s not officially part of the Commons but its right freakin’ there). I was able to finish my shopping errands while I was here, so it was nice to know I didn’t have to drive to multiple places later.
Brownie points for a lot of the stores being dog-​friendly. That’s not something you see everyday, especially in a mall setting. Check out their directory on the mall website and see which stores allow dogs (they’ll have a paw print next to it). Taking away points here for the potential walking hazards. If you need to get to a store across the way, you’ll be walking through the parking lot, so beware of cars flying by. I came mid-​day on a Friday, so it wasn’t very busy, but I’d imagine you would need to keep your eyes peeled a bit more on the weekend or a holiday. It’s definitely a nice group of stores to check out, but only really worth it if you’re in the area.

This is a great place to go on a day with nice weather.
Quite a bunch of good shops and restaurants to choose from.
Houlihans. California Pizza Kitchen. Buffalo Wild Wings. Bar Louie. Starbucks. Noodles and Co. Etc
Victoria’s Secret. Forever 21. Kay Jewelers. H&M. Tillys. Francesca’s. Dicks Sporting Goods. Joann Fabrics. Home Goods. Etc
Pretty bummed they got rid of Kirklands, but what’re going to do…
Also, if you live in the area, sometimes they send coupons in the mail for a variety of stores and restaurants.

This is an ok place to shop. It has decent options. Victoria’s Secret, DSW, Express, the usual chain places. For those of you who have never been here, please be careful. The parking lots is located between many of the outdoor stores. So you have to walk through a parking lot to get from Crate and Barrel to the main strip of stores. Inconvenient? Yes. Annoying? Yes. Dangerous? Yes.
I checked in and received a coupon offer through Unilocal.It expired over two years ago. I contacted Geneva Commons about this and never received a response. So that was a double hit. Now just to put it in perspective. I visited in March of 2014 and the offer expired in January 2012.
If this is your local mall, I get it. If it is not, I would skip it.

It seems like the Geneva commons are always busy. Good times to avoid are on weekends, when the Commons is a zoo. Actually, I went on either Black Friday or the day after Christmas and it was horrible. It literally took me 20 minutes just to enter the parking lot because there was so much traffic coming in and going out.
However, there’s tons of stores and restaurants; Houlihans, California Pizza Kitchen, Potbelly’s, Noodles & Company, H&M, Lane Bryant, DSW, HomeGoods, Barnes & Noble and probably like 30 other stores.

Even though this shopping Mecca looks like all the other ones that keep popping up all over the country… another copy of a copy, I have to say this is the one I’ve found the most impressive.
Tons of stores and practical stores that people actually shop at and frequent versus some of these overly designed shopping plazas that have stores that I have a