Located along Marine Drive in West Vancouver not far from Ambleside, Park Royal Shopping Centre is a large, modern and fairly upper-scale mall.
Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver
Originally built around 1950, Park Royal today is one of British Columbia’s largest shopping centres with over 200 stores and close to 1.5 million square feet of space. The land the mall is on is rented from and belongs to the local Squamish First Nation.
Where is Park Royal?
The Park Royal Shopping Centre is located along the 700 and 800 blocks of Marine Drive in West Vancouver.
Coming from Vancouver over the Lions Gate Bridge, if you keep left and head west along Marine Drive into West Vancouver you’ll see the mall on both sides of the main road. There is Park Royal North on one side of the main road and Park Royal South on the other side of the road. The mall stretches all the way from Taylor Way to the edge of Ambleside Park.
About Park Royal Mall
Park Royal is one of, if not the oldest indoor shopping malls in Canada. You wouldn’t know that by looking at the place though as it has been renovated over the years, with a major one that happened recently.
The mall is split into three different areas. Park Royal North is on the north side of Marine Drive and includes stores like Hudson’s Bay, London Drugs and the Gap. Park Royal South is the massive facility on the other side of the main road. That’s where you’ll find stores like Staples, Best Buy, Simons, Zara, H&M, Winners, Sport Chek and Osaka Supermarket.
In addition to the two completely separate north and south indoor sections of the mall, Park Royal also has an outdoor strip mall-style area that’s designed like a cute little village. It includes boutique shops like Aritzia, as well as major chain stores like Michael’s (for crafts), Home Depot, Whole Foods and Old Navy. There is even a Tesla car dealership too.
Park Royal Store Hours
As of the time of writing this (April, 2023), the mall opens at 10:00 am every morning. The time that it closes varies, however. On Sundays the mall closes at 6:00 pm, on Thursdays and Fridays it closes at 9:00 pm, and the rest of the week it closes at 7:00 pm. Individual stores within the mall may have different hours.
Mall Restaurants
In addition to its food court, Park Royal is home to a number of restaurants. The Village Tap House is a popular pub. There is also a Cactus Club, Keg Steakhouse, Milestones, Trattoria and White Spot, among others.
Other Information
For more information about the shopping centre see the Park Royal Mall website.
To learn more about the area click Ambleside Park, West Vancouver or Vancouver’s North Shore.
Check out Vancouver’s Best Places for Shopping for information about similar places.
Events occasionally take place at Park Royal. The Light Up The Village Festival, for example, occurs around the third weekend of November in the run-up to the Christmas holidays. It’s a free event and features live music, kid-friendly activities and a Ferris wheel.
