Outlets of Little Rock

I have been to a lot of outlet shopping centers. Little Rock’s new outlets are underwhelming at best.

Really disappointing. This is NOT an outlet mall. This is a full price retail mall that you have to walk outside to get to places.
The food choices are very limited. China Max was not good. My husband got wontons. They were solid cream cheese with a pastry outer shell. It was kinda nasty. The Villa is where my daughter are. I would have eaten there but it was highly frustrating. Their menu board has a bunch of pictures, pricing for three different types of pizza (there are more than three options), an entire meal price and a price for a specialty drink. I can’t tell you what all they sell bc there is no menu. You just guess. Staff was annoyed that I didn’t know what everything was and that I was asking prices so I went to pay for her cheese pizza (that they reheated in the oven… not even fresh!!!) and ordered food at Johnny rockets since I didn’t want to order a large drink for my 5 yo. At least Johnny rockets caters to families and they have menus with prices. Very novel concept.

You got the standard Gap, Banana Republic, J. Crew, Nike outlet stores that you usually see at other outlet malls and then you got some that you really don’t see elsewhere, like Book Warehouse and Kitchen Collection. The two stores that I’m glad to see open are Restoration Hardware Outlet (wish I could afford stuff here) and Brooks Brothers, which is definitely needed in the Little Rock market. However, nothing really stands out here right now. Can’t wait to see the restaurant/​hotel portion of the area get developed in the coming months.

New outdoor mall with all the popular clothing and shoe stores with a few specialty shops. But if your looking for bargains this is not the place everything is full retail. The name is very miss leading. Not an outlet mall with discounts, very disappointing, better bargains closer to home.

Pretty clean place with more stores opening soon.
Store Highlights: J. Crew, Old Navy (opens ¹⁰⁄₃₁), Gap, Restoration Hardwood, Children’s Place, etc.
Food pavilion — 4 restaurants: Johnny Rockets, Villa Italian Kitchen, Subway, China Max.
There’s an Auntie Anne’s pretzel /​Cinnabon place
For the kiddos: toys r us express and another toy store. Toys r us express is a lot smaller than the real store, but has the basics: Legos, trains, dolls, stuffed animals, sweets, cars/​trucks. The train in the front will keep your kids entertained for awhile.
Great place to walk around with the kiddos and to kill some time.