Coronado Center

My Albuquerque friend, her two kids, and I ended up coming to the Coronado Center, a large enough shopping mall because the Tramway was closed for maintenance that day.I guess it was bound to happen with the winter warnings and all that near Tijeras. The mall itself wasn't too large, since we could walk from the parking lot entrance where Barnes & Noble was to the opposite side to the other side, where Round 1 Bowling & Arcade center was. We ended up at the arcade center because we needed something to do, and the kids needed to be entertained. Along the way, though, we were entertained by the amount of merchants and restaurants we passed. The the mall really has a mixture of upscale and working family merchants that would appease anybody and everybody who comes here to shop and dine, and also being entertained at the same time. The Coronado Center itself had a lot of walking space for large crowds or just being cramped in a small space could not be good. The mall itself was clean and definitely spotless for sure. We spent about three hours here, majority of which it was at the arcade and bowling alley. I got bored after a while because the kids wanted to play a certain game and my friend and I watch them for about an hour and a half. It got boring real fast, but I have a good friend, I stayed around just because nothing really better to do anyway. The other place that I went to was the Barnes & Noble bookstore on site, because I saw they had a Starbucks inside the store and I wanted something to drink. For the most part, though, it was a nice mall to hang out in for the afternoon into the early evening. My only regret was that I did not look at the food court so I could have picked up dinner here instead of searching elsewhere. Oh well, it is what it is. What can you do?I'm pretty sure that this place is where my friend takes her kids on a regular basis, because apparently they're familiar with it and I am just a tourist. The over experience here at the Coronado center in Albuquerque, New Mexico was decent and good. It was not what I would really want to do on my travels here to Albuquerque, but the weather had other plans that day. The Coronado Center is a typical mall with a lot of stores that could just be the place in Central Albuquerque to just chill and enjoy life because this is the place to be, among other places that you could be anyway in the city. I don't know if they have a movie theater here since I could have suggested it to my friend at the time, but I didn't seem like that was a thing to do at the time. Oh well, it is what it is. I particularly enjoyed getting my drink from the Starbucks at Barnes & Noble because I did not have my daily Starbucks fix of the day at that point of the day. I really enjoyed arcade and stuff as a kid in the 90s, but as an adult is not really interesting anymore, especially with the outdated games. And so, if you love shopping and in the Albuquerque, New Mexico area, consider coming to the Coronado center. They just might have everything you need, especially with fashion and basic daily needs are met here. Along with various restaurants at your disposal, you can literally be here the entire day, shopping and stuff, while taking breaks for your meals. I'm sure a lot of people do that. Pretty crazy but they do.The Coronado center here in Beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico is located at 6600 Menaul NE. Many of the major retailers here accept major credit cards as well as cash. I'm sure they have restrooms here because I've used them twice during my stay here. As far as parking goes, they have an excellent amount of parking here for you to park here and make a day trip out of it. Best bet would be to come here early to find the one best parking spot that you're looking for, so you don't have to walk too far with your stuff back to your car. I'm not sure if Albuquerque's public transportation system is working or not, but best bet is to check if they do stop here or near here. For myself, though, I was that my friend took me here in her personal vehicle, and after all the excitement I had at the Coronado center, I was dropped off at my hotel for the evening. Shopping malls like this has something for everybody and anybody who wishes to come here. It's sad that I did not think about movie theater, so I could watch the newest feature film instead of watching my friends kids play at the arcade. but what can you do really? If my future travels make me come back here, I will check for a movie theater beforehand. And so, if you like shopping malls as much as the next person, consider coming to this shopping center in the heart of Albuquerque, New Mexico. You can spend lots of money, which I didn't do.4.0 stars for the overall experience. Thankful for the restrooms that they provide here for the general public.Support local!B

My Opinion is it's a destination Shopping Center for Albuquerque. Plenty of options to choose from and plenty of parking. It's kept nice and clean, which makes it even more inviting. It's in a good location and easy access off the freeway, really both ways. It's also close to a major Medical Center which makes it easy to get two things done at once.

At least we got a bit of walking out from the sun around the mall. Two sunglass huts here, even a small kiosk inside of Macy's too. Small smaller kiosks in the center walkway of the mall. Came to look for cheaper polarized throwaway glasses since my hubby left his favorite RB's back at home.

Nice mall lots of stores!! Clean Walkable most malls currently have lots of closures all shops open

This has been our go to since we moved here. There are plenty of the mall staples: Hot Topic, Bed, Bath & Body Works, etc. Multiple chain jewelry stores, sporting goods, food court with familiar names & anchor stores consisting of Macy's, Kohl's & Penny's.. Attached to the mall are eateries like Fogo d'Chao, Cheesecake Factory and Fuddrucker's. The center aisles are filled with various kiosks selling perfume to massages to tennis shoe shines. For those who like to shop small there is a nice selection of locally established shops. Coronado has frequent special events. This weekend it was a collectibles show. Besides the selection of shop I noted a minimal number of unleased store spaces. Definitely a great place to shop, there's very little they don't have here.

Huge mall with lots of good stores. Very clean and looks new. It's a great people watching and exercise spot. When it's freezing cold in New Mexico, you can only go indoors and the mall is the perfect place. New stores are opening all the time, so will definitely return!

Good variety of stores in the mall. Everyone seemed to be in line for the boba shop. Food court had good options and there is even a round one arcade. Stores are a little outdated like rue 21, maurices and Charlotte Russe. Really liked the lolli & pops store though.

I love that the Coronado Center keeps bringing in new, quality stores like Lolli and Pops and the Escape Room! It's really exciting to see that See's Candy is back too!Everything is kept super clean and they keep a careful balance between nostalgia as well as fresh new options. It's a really fun place for families as well as couples or even just to come for alone time!

Sunglasses hut will offer you 50% days off warranty on shades however if you lose them, you get no refund and would have spent extra money for no reason. On top of that they said "how can we refund if you have nothing to bring back" after you spend a the full price for glasses in the first place. So it's extra money for them and nothing for you!!

Coronado Center has signs posted outside every entrance that are very well written and that state clearly their intention to enforce New Mexico's face mask requirements. However, inside the mall, dozens of customers as well as merchants sport uncovered faces. While I was doing business at one of the storefronts, three people walked in, one masked and two unmasked. I asked the employee who was helping me if they allow customers to enter the store without facemasks. He said, "We ask them to wear a mask, but that's all we can do." He did not say anything to the 2 unmasked customers.I definitely will not continue shopping in this mall.