The Galleria
The Galleria
4.5
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Sunday
11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
About
More than 26 million visitors each year seek the dynamic & fine shopping environment uniquely offered by The Galleria, Texas’ largest shopping center and fourth largest domain nationally. International guests and Houstonians blend seamlessly in the center while on shopping excursions or entertaining guests at one of the signature eateries. Spanning 2.4 million square feet of space, housing 400 fine stores and restaurants, two high-rise hotels, and three office towers, The Galleria is Houston’s most popular retail and tourist destination, meeting every style and taste.
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  • stetuck87
    Houston, Texas2 contributions
    Nice to spend an afternoon”
    The mall is very nice. It's a big mall and you can spend a fun afternoon. This shopping center is full of shops, of almost all kinds and big French brands, especially at not cheap prices and with queues to get in
    Visited December 2022
    Written December 21, 2022
  • MS
    Kabul, Afghanistan236 contributions
    Extremely large shopping mall with any store you would want
    We visited the Galleria in Dec ‘22 with our young children. The building is pretty massive and looks like it is multiple interconnected structures based on the inside appearance. The kids enjoyed the ice ring although it’s pretty expensive and they don’t have and support structures for little kids who are learning how to go out on the ice. We were there for a couple hours and there are too many shops so we stuck the the Italian designer section. The place has a mix bag of patrons and shopping for any budget. It was a little annoying that you had to through a few steps in and out of the connected garage. It felt like a split level home with that varying floor levels. Good place to do some serious shopping but be prepared to deal with crowds.
    Visited December 2022
    Traveled with family
    Written December 30, 2022
  • Marissa L
    3 contributions
    A Great Holiday Shopping Experience
    Excellent Shopping experience with a ton of options. It can get overwhelming if you don't know which shops you want to head to as the mall is huge. They have plenty of online directories in the mall to help. Loved the ice skating rink and the 3 story Christmas tree.
    Visited December 2022
    Written January 6, 2023
  • Chillie
    Chicago, Illinois9 contributions
    Bring that Bag $$
    Wow this place is huge. Every designer brand you can think of is in this mall. I loved the ice skating rink that was on first floor by food. I spent 2 hours on the first day not near enough time to explore everything.
    Visited January 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written February 5, 2023
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Brian B
London, UK11 contributions
May 2023
There are a handful of shops that are worth visiting, the designer shops, but they appear to be overpriced, so nice to look but not to buy unless you want to pay 15% to 20% more. There was a massive amount of building materials and work going on around a whole floor where the ice ring was and it’s next to the food court, so not great unless you want building dust with your fries. Worst of all it’s got an edgy nervous feel, like something bad is about to happen. We’ve been in downtown malls all over the US, New York, Chicago, NJ but this place felt bad. We travelled 3 hours to get there because of rave reviews and stayed for less than 1 hour, probably best to avoid.
Written June 3, 2023
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Mei J
Los Angeles, CA16 contributions
Feb 2020 • Solo
I have been shopping in This mall for years. It has been changing a lot each year. I think shipping here is not only just find things you want to buy, but also could see many new products day by day from stores. One of fun is eating on the food court while watching people dancing on the ice skating rink. Then going up on the floor you can see most of the big brands from the Lemons to Saks Fifth Avenue and turn to left by the elevator walking forward is Norstrom. My favorite store is De Beers. Another attraction is Garden display will set up during the Spring. Shipping in Galleria is fun.
Written February 16, 2020
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heatherkirk2017
Victoria, TX21 contributions
Oct 2019
My family has visited the Galleria mall multiple times and each experience is different. There are some amazing restaurants on the bottom floor near the ice rink. My personal favorite is La Madeleine, a French Bistro style restaurant. The next level has tons of designer stores. We usually take a quick browse by them, since most are out of our price range. The top floor has several stores for the whole family; Lego, Disney, Morphe, Hot Topic, and Attic Salt are just a few we frequently visit. There is also a really neat water feature in the middle of the mall.
Written February 27, 2020
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stetuck87
Houston, TX2 contributions
Dec 2022
The mall is very nice. It's a big mall and you can spend a fun afternoon.
This shopping center is full of shops, of almost all kinds and big French brands, especially at not cheap prices and with queues to get in
Written December 21, 2022
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Racquel B
1 contribution
Jul 2022
This mall is not upscale, it is always run over by large groups of hood-rats. You need to be extra aware and on guard during the holidays. There are organized rings that will watch you shop, then follow you to the parking garage to mug/rob you. Sometimes they will block the road out of the parking garage, and simply remove all your packages from your car, before getting into a waiting get away car. Fun stuff.
I overheard a woman at Saks/Christian Louboutin, telling a story about how Spirit airline employees stole her brand new $10K L.V. bag out of her suitcase so her boyfriend just HAD to buy another one. Yeah right, add that to the list of things that never happened. Hood-rats and clout chasers pretending they are “rich”.
That’s it. Only go here if you absolutely have to..if you can’t find what you’re looking for anywhere else.
Written July 24, 2022
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Kim
Hershey, PA245 contributions
Feb 2020 • Solo
This mall is big you can walk all levels at a good pace in about 40 minutes. It offers food options from fine dining to a food court. You can buy Apple, Microsoft to Samsung and Tesla. Christian Louboutin shoes to Legos and Kids R Us. So something for everyone. The kiosk people are a little intense but otherwise a good variety of shops and a fun place to go for a walk and shop.
Written March 1, 2020
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mjsheridan130
New York City, NY242 contributions
Oct 2020
I may be biased because I live in New York, but I was underwhelmed by this experience. To me it just seemed like a regular mall with the unique addition of an ice skating rink. The stores were the same set that you can find in other malls with a few unique or rarer stores here and there. Overall wasn't as upscale or fancy as I had been lead to believe.
Written October 16, 2020
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FinickyNewYorker
New York City187 contributions
Feb 2022
Won't go back. This place is huge but there are maps only at each far end of the mall. Had to ask employees and delivery people for directions and none of them knew where anything was. Took 15 minutes to find a bathroom. The maps don't help at all because there are many different buildings. The whole place smelled like perfume.
Written February 26, 2022
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Janet T
Houston, TX3 contributions
Jul 2022
The employees at the kiosks in the mall are absurdly aggressive. A man at a perfume kiosk in the middle of the aisle near JD Sports chased me down the aisle and grabbed my arm trying to force me to accept some of his perfume samples. He simply would not take no for an answer. He then started cursing me out in Arabic. It took a friend of mine pulling out her camera to get him to let go of my arm and stop bothering me.
Simon Property Group should be ashamed that they allow this kind of behavior in an upscale mall like the Houston Galleria. I will NOT be returning to the Galleria Mall -- I can shop at plenty of other very nice malls and not be harassed.
I DO NOT recommend the Houston Galleria in any way, shape, or form!
Written July 21, 2022
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tnt t
42 contributions
Jul 2022 • Solo
My main complaint about this mall is that it’s so hard to get around. So many twists and turns across 3 levels with not nearly enough signage or maps. I do not go to the mall to experience a maze.

There are loads of options for all price ranges in terms of shopping and dining. However, not much seating in the food court. There’s a kids play area like a fifteen minute walk from the food court so if you need a break from your kids just send them ice skating since it’s closer.

Yes, this place is large and it has an ice rink, but all in all this mall doesn’t feel like anything special. I’ve been to more upscale malls (with less confusing layouts) across the country so this didn’t impress me. If you need to do some shopping this place should be fine.
Written July 11, 2022
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