Parker Place

I would not say this is one of the big malls representing Richmond, but it is still a shopping mall and I am here to discuss this mall. It is like Aberdeen Center but cut in it half. To be honest, it is not that interesting, unless you want to go eat.
Nothing else really… unless you need to have shop for stuff here.

Be careful of scam artists at the food court. A young mainland Chinese woman with a baby provoking the patrons and harassing them. A young man and an older woman worked together to be witnesses and collaborate incidents for money by threatening the customers.

Hello, typical Asian mall. Came here because we needed a place to eat before heading off to the airport. Luckily, this place has a food court that’s open early (shops weren’t open, though) and was booming at 8am. Everyone in my family was able to find something decent to eat.

It’s a very small shopping center. Nothing to write home about. There are some shops inside but nothing that I would go out of my way for. I came here to use the Royal Bank to sort and pay my for my Visa bill and decided to roam the rest of the mall.

BBQ deli has very good BBQ pork and duck, and that’s only reason I’d go to this mall. Food court has wide selection of food at very good price. Mall management certainly doesn’t care about washroom hygiene so yeah enjoy your meals there.

I really wish there was more shopping in this mall! But the 4 stars go to the amazing food court in this mall. The parking is extremely frightening and the wait for a table in the food court is also stressful, but the food is amazing and it’s really cheap! However, the mall itself (especially those hallways) looks really dirty. I do agree that the mall can use some renovations since it has not changed at all.

Can’t really say that I’d come here with the explicit purpose of shopping but damn it has an AMAZING food court. The whole thing has a very homey feel to it that just reels you in! Although it does look very aged, I kind of like how it screams 1980’s! A place hasn’t given me that kind of feeling again since I last stepped into Station Square.

There are some empty stores waiting to be leased. But the food court that they have is to die for. So much good food and many of the owners are from Hong Kong.

In some ways, a cozier mall than Aberdeen; pretty well has everything you need to do some shopping without the hassle.
Even the parking upstairs is probably the best tip I can give you instead of fighting for the ground levels.
It’s got a decent dim sum restaurant, good food court with a bakery, HSBC, fresh seafood & BBQ and small mom & pop retail shops.
and the cheapest passport pics in town, on the ground level ;)

Good place to come for little trinkets or souvenirs to bring back to loved ones and friends. I bargained and got some good deals.
Parker Place has aged over the years, but still somewhat decent to walk around if you are really bored.
Parking is a pain, so park in the garage if you can.

I’m so surprise that I didn’t write a review for Parker Place. This mall has been there over 20 years.
I used to go that more once a month for many things (dental, HK magazine, bubble tea, etc.) Of coz, not anymore…
I changed my skin care line lately and only Beauty Court Elite sells it. Therefore, I came here to check it out. Not much change at all, just a bit dirtier…

I use to come here a lot, more than the old Aberdeen (when it was pint sized), compared to the monster of a mall it has become now and now making Parker look pint sized. Parker is definitely showing it’s age, if anyone were to pull a picture of the place before, it is the same, different stores, yes, same color, layout, even interior paint. Sure they chaned their logo to look all friendly and cute like but the main structure is still the same as it was when I used to roam around here. It brings back memories from my late teens where I used to always go to the arcade on the No. 3 Road side of this place, and eat at places like Floata (the better one compared to Chinatown) and buy goldfish (yes there use to be a pet store in here too!), even buy my Chinese CD’s and movies.
I came here not too long ago for a CD signing (Alan Tam for all who must know) and it was like walking into yesterday. I drove to the top and parked my car, cause most people are just lazy with their cars and would rather circle around, wait around, at the bottom for spots (how things have not changed!). I walked in, and there was a sense of deja vu. Just seeing the hallways, and stores I remembered that are now long gone into memory, but one thing that has not changed is the food court, some of these vendors have been here since the opening of this mall. This mall has some of the best Chinese food court vendors and is usually busy around lunch time as the people know where to go.
There is a lot of parking at this mall, from around it, to the ramp up on top of the place. Sometimes the traffic situation in this mall can get hectic, with everyone trying to leave the place, and if you are here, to try to get out could be a headache, but is still a main staple of Richmond in terms of Chinese malls. I still consider this place one of the big three (Yaohan and Aberdeen the others on the list) and I still like coming here, not to shop anymore, but just for the food. Tons of food options, if your looking for a sit-​down away from the food court type place there is Ajisen and another big Chinese Seafood restaurant in here, there is HSBC for your banking needs, and enough cheap Chinese clothing vendors, including a big kitchen/​cookward store to waste your time and to try to get your money. If your sick of Aberdeen, walk over here, the prices are a little cheaper and get a sense of Chinese Richmond how it was in the mid 90’s.

I ventured inside this mall to try the famed BBQ deli. I also checked out the bakery in the food court, and walked around a bit. The mall is arranged in a very weird way with bizarre twists and turns. It’s small but relatively easy to get disoriented and lost. Besides the food court, it seems like most shops don’t have much customers, and a few shops look like they’re out of business.
There’s a Hello Kitty shop that sells all things Hello Kitty. Several female clothing shops. Why don’t they sell clothes for guys?!? Argh, guys need cheap clothing too, yo. There’s a couple DVD shops, chinese bookstore, and some electronics stores. The store selling closed circuit tv’s and security systems seems to be doing well. Paranoid Richmond residents?
The food in food court seems promising and cheap. The bakery had delicious chinese baked goods. I will try the other stalls here in the future.

One of the first Chinese malls in Richmond. Second to Aberdeen (the old one), of course.
Parking here is pretty decent, with plenty of spaces. Unfortunately, many people here have a tendency to camp in front of the entrance, creating a giant traffic jam. For this reason, I usually go straight for the rooftop parking.
The inside is pretty beaten beaten up, as the mall does show its age. The place can use a renovation.
Not sure why they do this, but the interior corridors are pretty narrow. Reminds me of the alleys you’d find in many parts of Asia. In some places the hallway widths are barely 3 people wide.
The best part of the mall though is the food court. Most places are pretty decent. I’ve eaten here several times before and while the food isn’t life-​changing good, you can’t go wrong when you spend $ 5 or less.

We were basically the only non-​Chinese in this place. I think I saw a white couple walking around looking just as lost as we did I guess.
Only in Richmond would you see a whole mall where you don’t recognize anything at all. The food court was…all authentic Chinese food. Maybe good? Maybe not? It’s so weird to have a butcher shop next to the food court. Ah.. .maybe I’m too Americanized. .
There’s two dvd shops here which sell Chinese, Korean and Japanese movies and TV shows. Most of the discs are 10 $ or less. Hey, don’t ask too many questions and don’t make eye contact.

One of the Hong Kong malls along the Richmond #3^rd area. This place has seem to be dropping in quality every year. It seems to start dying slowly, in stores. But the food court is always packed with great cheap food. I hope this place does not turn out to be a Richmond Public Market please…
The mall is 80% filled with Hong Kong clothes stores. That sells them at such an expensive price… Who still shops here anyways for clothes when most of the people go to HK nowadays?
I would only come here to get my TVB dramas, and maybe food now. I don’t find a reason to be at Parker Place anymore except for these two things. Maybe I might find a reason to come here more if there were different types of stores opening here, or if I would come here to get prescription glasses.

Parker Place is just another Asian mall among the masses in the Richmond area. There is nothing discerning about this location, besides Parker Place Meat & BBQ. Beyond that, expect to do your typical shopping here.

Must try the french toast @ Yummy Yummy in the food court. My absolute favourite french toast ever!
I go here when I need to pick up my TVB dramas at the DP Video Store or to kill time when I have no where else to go. There are only a few stores I go to in this mall: DP Video, Sanrio Shop and the music shop in Parker Place 2 near the side entrance on the north. Other than that, there really isn’t much to see in the mall. The clothes store look rather all the same except scattered all over the place filling up the mall. Those who go to HK often won’t bother walking into those stores because its much cheaper in HK. They overprice everything and its not worth buying anyways.

What a renovation! I still remember when Parker Place was split up (Parts I and II) and was supremely Honger. It’s still very Honger but has a modern, renovated theme that now puts it in the higher echelon of Asian malls. It’s not the Aberdeen Center, but then again nothing else is.
Chinese folks would be inclined to call it by its romanticized Chinese name «Baak Ga Dim» or «Bai Jia Dian.» If literally spoken outloud that means «Parker Place.» I bet this will come in handy for the non-​Chinese speaking when referring to this place to the non-​English speaking (which is plenty in all of Vancouver/​Richmond).
I won’t lie, I like this newer Parker Place look. Granted its been this way for almost 4 years but it is just such a vast improvement over what it used to be. Parking is better, the store layout is not as confusing, and with all of the new updates the mall is actually cleaner.
I can vouch for the decent food court (though I would prefer Yaohan’s), the very exclusive Hong Kong boutique fashion spaces, and the plethora of cheesy car accessories, bridal shops, herbal centers, and book stores. Bak Ga Dim can shake the ghetto Honger mall image and blend in with the rest of beautiful Richmond.

I enjoy this mall alot. The food court is not as fancy as Aberdeen, and it’s more on par with Crystal Mall, but it has better parking and you don’t get dizzy going around in circles. It doesn’t look like much yeah, but inside there are some cute little shops that have the latest fashions from Japan (or so they say, but not really.) and from Hong Kong.
The food court is what I like. There’s a vegetarian place there, a great Taiwanese noodle place at the entrance of the malls food court and there’s a couple of those car gadget stores where you can buy air fresheners and Hello Kitty car accessories.
And, like me, if you don’t speak Chinese, no problem. Most of the retailers now speak English. That’s the coolest thing for me.
I don’t feel left out of the loop cause I can’t speak the language.
Again, here, if you plan to shop for clothes, they’re on the smaller slimmer side of the scale.
Have fun!