Woburn Mall

I really can’t believe this place exists. Is this even a «mall»? How are we, as society, defining what constitutes a «mall»? These seemingly important questions plagued me as I left, shaking my head in utter disappointment.
I don’t hand out one stars to every business. If you take a gander at my profile, this is my first one star rating. The one star is for the mere fact that the Woburn Mall is wasting everyone’s time and money. How much does it even cost to run a place like that? TJ Maxx and the Sports store are the only things worth going to, and everything else looks pretty shabby to me. Smells permeate your every step and there seems to be a lack of upkeep on the décor of the building.
I think they should do themselves a favor and invest to either redo the building, or start something that could potentially sustain the community. Woburn could be a bustling community that brings a lot of money in, if they played their cards right. They have a beautiful parking lot that can be expanded, but the building is not great. More thought needs to be put into this building that keeps the tourists and guests of the city interested, supposing that not all tourists go into Boston every day they are there and would like an alternative possible «mall» day?
It could be so much better…

An unusual but striking incident led me to develop serious reservations about the management of this mall. During one of the heavy snows, an elderly man parked without being able to see parking slot markings. I was nearby when he came back to his car and found that plowing contractors had blocked his car with piles of snow because ‘it was parked wrong’ at a time when no other cars were nearby and it was impossible to know where parking places actually were.
The plow trucks offered no help, so I accompanied the gentleman back to the mall office and stayed within earshot as he tried to get help extracting his car. They were quite unconcerned with the actions of their contracted service and also offered no help in freeing the car. We went back to the lot and finally convinced a truck to plow enough snow away to release his car.
Mall management should realize that apparently intentional vandalism of this kind may seem appropriate or amusing to workers under pressure, but could be dangerous to cardiac etc welfare of mall patrons.

If you want to actually go shopping this isn’t the place i’d recommend but not a bad place to stop in a grab something in particular that you need.
My 3 favorites here are Sallys beauty supply, Market Basket and T.J.Maxx.
There was a Mcdonalds but that closed down almost a year ago. Also, there’s a Papa Gino’s here but in my experience they are EXTREMELY slow! Also a Qudoba across the lot.
There is a Bank of America ATM in this lot too. Good luck with parking. It can get pretty packed.

You know what? This mall may not be the Mall of America but it’s there. Renovation plans too!

Pretty sad mall. Only store that actually caught my attention and made me want to walk in was Sports Authority. This place is deserted haha

Great little Mall that has wide walk ways and is always spotless and it Reminds me of the Old Methuen Mall that I Miss.

The Woburn Mall reminds me of the mall in my hometown, and not in a good way.
It’s generally pretty empty, even on those crazy, return-​all-​your-​lousy-​Christmas-​gift days at the end of December. Its only truly redeeming qualities are the generously sized DSW Shoes and TJ Maxx/​Home Goods stores.
The Woburn Mall is easily accessible by MBTA commuter rail… and by that I mean it’s not easily accessible at all. I don’t know about you, but I tend to avoid the commuter rail unless absolutely necessary. The Burlington Mall, on the other hand, is easily accessible by the MBTA 350 bus, so that’s the first of many reasons that you’d be better off going there than here. Oh, and there are way more stores and dining options at Burlington as well, in case you’re interested in that. Yeah.

Although this mall is relatively small there are some stores within it that make it worthwhile to visit such as DSW and TJMaxx. We visited this mall on Saturday for lunch and to browse some of those stores.

The decline of malls around the country somewhat depresses me. At the same time, malls in general depress me. I can’t seem to make up my mind about whether to reminisce about those trips my family would take to malls an hour or more away as a fun weekend trip to see something new or to just let it go and realize it’s better this way that family destinations should not involve carrying 15 shopping bags. It’s on par with Hilltop Steakhouse closing, a part of you wants it to remain open to remind you of a bygone era while the other reminds you there is no redeeming quality left in the shell of a store’s former self.
Woburn Mall is no different. Why is the parking lot ALMOST ALWAYS 75% or more full when there is nobody walking around inside? I’m not even talking about the parking area near Market Basket, I’m talking closer to the «main» entrances to the left. I thought for awhile that it was because people were parking here for the commuter rail but then the stop shut down so that can no longer be it. Still as puzzling as the Bermuda Triangle.
The anchor stores are the only thing keeping this place semi afloat. Well that and maybe all the gawkers walking by Frederick’s of Hollywood (guilty as charged). I’ve got check-​ins here because I liked dining once in awhile at Uno’s for work lunch and then making the 5 minute trek from end back to the other end of the mall. There is a CVS, Sally’s Beauty Products, a TJ Maxx Homestore, Sports Authority, smokeshop, McDonald’s and Panera Bread. Nothing else is really all that memorable and you won’t even remember there is a «mall» here a week later.
Remember, the Burlington Mall is like 6 minutes down the road from this one if you want to do some actual shopping in one of those malls families still make travel to get to. This one, not so much.

I don’t know how they even call this a mall. Not much to it. The DSW was small and had a really nasty bathroom. The CVS was a typical mall CVS. The rest of the stores were unremarkable, other than the TJ Maxx. The one star here is for the awesome TJ Maxx, otherwise this place would have negative stars.

A dank old 1970’s style mall that was revitalized in recent years with DSW, TJ Max, Papa Gino’s, Sports Authority and serveral other stores. There is also a Market Basket in the Mall plaza.
This mall is worth it just for the fact it has TJ Max and Sports Authority. Very convenient location and numerous restaurants in the area to enjoy pre or post «Woo Mall Shopping Experience.»

Obviously, many of the reviewers that gave a bad rating to this mall have not been there lately. If you want to go to the high end chain stores and pay 3x’s the price for what it’s worth — head to the Burlington Mall. If you want to get GREAT VALUE for great name brand products — shop the Woburn Mall. You can get great discounted name brand gifts @ TJ MAXX, and wonderful discounted designer shoes @ DSW or shop Payless, a TALBOT’s OUTLET, and another clothing outlet (name escapes me). The only thing missing here is a bookstore and a toy store (but you can find a limited supply @ TJ’s!). Coopers Jewelers has beautiful jewelry and also does repairs, you can get your keys made (locks and keys), prescription filled (CVS), and there is a HUGE Sports Authority and Radio Shack. For food: UNO’s, Papa Gino’s, McDonald’s, Panera & a Japanese/​sushi place. There is even a tux shop, a sewing center and an Asian place that does manicures/​pedicures.
Also, @ Christmas and Easter, they have one of the BEST, ORIGINAL displays for the holidays. And they are the least inexpensive place to have Easter Bunny and Santa Claus pictures taken in Mass. PLUS there is hardly any wait (Or head to the Burlington Mall and wait for an hour, and pay much more!).
Demoula’s is at the end of this mall — You can NOT beat their prices for groceries at ANY other supermarket chain.

This is a cheap and poor mall. The restroom don’t have paper towel to dry hands .The hand drier is so weak. I think they need to replace a better one like the other mall. This mall doesn’t deserve a word «MALL» .It should be a plaza or small outlet. Not safe either. If u go this mall you should go further couple exit to Burlington mall better

I agree that this place at least used to be the «ghetto mall» since they put in the DSW is seems to have a whole new light though. It also has a tj maxx with an amazing homegoods inside, a CVS, panera, mcdonalds, fredericks and a smokeshop, However, all other stores in the mall seem to have a high turn around. Oh and parking here will give you a heart attack at a young age.

Don’t go here if you value your life or the exterior condition of your car. It’s a flippin madhouse! People have no respect for others and just fling their bodies and/​or cars in front of oncoming traffic. Once you get inside, it isn’t any better. Too many people, too little space. No thanks!

I call this place the «Ghetto Mall.»
It’s small. 1 floor. Not a whole lot of reasons to go here.
The stores have changed quite a bit over the years. But there’s nothing awesome to draw you here.
The TJ Maxx is pretty decent. That stupid Papa Gino’s has ALWAYS been there. The CVS is nice but it’s tucked in the back — I always forget it’s there. Other stores are here but they rotate out so much I can never remember what’s here and therefore, I never go.

this place is so scary. i’d hate it if it weren’t for the fact that I love the Fabric place which is oddly in there, and the TJ maxx ain’t bad, and Market Basket has good cheap food. It’s even laid out all messed up. but as a mall?! Fuck that shit!

ok so while i certainly have some serious love for the arsenal mall and more generally malls of substandard goods, the woburn mall takes this way too far. my favorite fun fact for this mall is that the owners of the building were too cheap to make a website so the keymaking kiosk (!?!) took it upon themselves to make a website (
, which unsurprisingly features said key kiosk prominently on the main webpage). and considering that i probably have used the key kiosk more than any other store in this mall is another telling statement. one last fun fact — one of the corner stores is a market basket.
the only thing saving this mall from a 1 star rating is that there is a nice sporting goods store along with a large DSW and some cheap crafty stores if that’s your thing. but beyond that, dear god stay away.