Westfield Carousel

I only go to carousel unless i have to, i usually avoid this place like the plague. Parking is always hard to find, the layout makes life difficult and it is so crowded! There are some great food options, but I much prefer garden city, and will drive the extra distance to go there. Garden city is much more peaceful and a bit more upmarket. It is a far better shopping centre

I love this shopping centre. I don’t go there a lot though but when I do it’s usually for a movie. It’s got shops galore, lots of places to eat, banks, a money changer, a cinema, novelty, gift shops, supermarkets, a post office and much more.
It can get crazy busy at times which is good as it means it’s popular.

I generally loathe coming to Carousel as there never seems to be a «good» time to come and it’s always packed. There’s a good selection of stores to shop at but most of the time they are overrun with teenagers with back packs so it can be a little hard to get around. Parking is usually super hard to get into, so parking around at the woolworths entrance is your best best as there’s a high turnover of people coming in and out of the shops!

Was totally impressed with my service from target found out first time i could not only swipe flybuys but redeem points at point of sale handy tip for future reference!

The centre itself is big and has a reasonable variety of stores as well as the big chains (Target, Kmart, Coles, Woolies and Myer). It is actually the only Westfield in WA with a Myer.
In saying that, the Myer is not the best I’ve been to. Everything was crammed so close together it was difficult to really have a look at what was hanging on the racks. On the flipside, there appeared to be less stock in some of my favourite stores like Sportsgirl and Witchery.
Big food court and cinema all within the centre.
As mentioned in other reviews — parking in heinous. I went on a normal Sunday afternoon (no public holidays approaching etc) and had to stalk people coming out of the centre for their car bays.
And once inside the centre was PACKED.
So they must be doing something right to get the big crowds in but I won’t be rushing back.

The shopping centre itself is quite good by Perth standards — there are good variety and range of shops, from large chains and department stores to quaint little lolly and hobby shops. I have rarely gone to this Westfield bands left without what I was looking for.
There is a very decent food court, and various other snack places and cafés scattered throughout the shop like Dome, Miss Maud’s, Bella’s Cupcake World, Fit Chips, Nandos and various ice cream and drink outlets. There is also a small section that has a pub and café style offerings like Han’s Café, the Craftsman and Fast Eddies. Food here is well covered!
On the other hand, parking is not very well covered at all. I can often drive around for anywhere between 5 and 15 minutes looking for parking and by the time I actually reach the shopping centre, I am inescapably frazzled! I try to go through the food court entrance to pick me up something tasty to calm myself down on the way in — I find that helps!

Carousel is getting heaps of good shops. Theres a Peter Alexander, Typo, Kikki k that have all opened up in the last year. i prefer Carousel out of all the Westfields.
If you go on a Thursday night expect to see girls aged from 12 – 17 walking around in just their underwear. and don’t go on a Saturday between 11 – 2 unless you want to get stuck behind mobs of families and people that have no idea what they are doing.
A quick shop is a good shop !!

I have come to loathe having to come to this shopping centre for any reason. I blame myself for not being more organised with time and online shopping.
Parking is a nightmare on Saturday. It’s a preview to any public holiday weekend. Lack of car spaces and in the older areas of the car park spaces, they’re small spaces not catered for the SUVs that terrorise suburbia. It’s so bad that increasing number of people turn into hyper aggressive drivers.
A public holiday coming up? The verges become car parks.
Christmas? Abandon all ye hope. Seriously.
What is it that cause people to consider selling a major organ for a car park space?
There’s an array of shops within the centre. The usual suspects of Coles, Woolworths, Kmart, Target, and Myer are there as well as fashion shops, gift shops, and a very extensive food court.
A word to the wise here. Although many chains are national, there is a coding for the Cannington area that results in less variety available on the hangers, namely the higher ticketed items. Particularly frustrating when shopping in the likes of Cue and all you see is the lower end items. Though this happens in many of, (I suspect all), the clothes stores.
There are pop up shops in the main thoroughfares of the malls but some have become permanent over time like the lolly shop and the embroidery stall.
There’s a cinema that serves much of the SE corridor of Perth. It’s busy and the clientele tends to be young, can’t live without the gentle glow of their smartphones, and need to chatter otherwise they might explode. Although it does occasionally show an offering from Bollywood or Hong Kong.
This shopping centre does feel crowded on Saturdays. Sunday is a mix of businesses that have embraced Sunday trading and those that abhor it. No surprise people still arrive en masse on Saturday given the fickleness of trade on Sunday.
This is the shopping centre that I find myself at when I’ve mismanaged time and need to get something fast.

This is an awesome place to shop if you have plenty of time because it is huge and has lots of small specialty shops that are a must visit. The parking here is not the best towards the weekend or at busy times of the year. There is a large food court in the middle of the centre but that doesn’t limit you to choice as there are lots of other venues around the centre to eat. And to top it off there is a play centre for the kids in the middle and a Hoyts and game centre on the top floor. This centre has pretty much everything you need in the once place but will take you all day to get the shopping done.

Parking at this centre on weekends or public holidays can be a nightmare, especially at christmas. But if you have a lot of shopping to do and you’d rather do it all in one place, then this is for you. Great range of specialty stores as well as the usual department store glam like Myers. If your not good at walking long distances though you may want to see centre management and grab a wheel chair, because this centre sprawls out in all directions. It will take you roughly ten mins to walk from end to end. They have a hoyts cinema upstairs too which is handy.

Dirty, horrible shopping centre.
The state of the toilets make this in my opinion WA’s worst shopping experience.

Carousel is a pretty good shopping centre. It’s a bit of a maze these days and for some reason you can barely get any phone reception inside the complex, but if you’re looking for something there’s bound to be a shop here to suit your needs.
They also have one of the better food courts around Perth — a wealth of fresh and tasty options rather than the usual boring nonsense.

Carousel shopping centre — what a name. Interestingly enough, trying to navigate this precinct is much like what you do on an actual carousel. That is, much of the time spent trying to find something ends up in walking around in circles. Once you do figure that place out though, you’ll find it’s an average suburban shopping centre, full of school-​aged mall rats and mischief makers in the car park.
They have all your major retailers, like Coles, Woolworths, JB HiFi, Myer, Target and a few discount stores. It’s a good place for families to get the shopping done, and I have to say the grocer opposite Woolworths is one of the best and cheapest in Perth. Their food court is a bit lacking, and service is very, very slow with indifferent high schoolers in charge of places. Overall, my experience was the epitome of average.

For a certain kind of shopper that enjoys indulging in 100% gruen transfer, Carousel must be a kind of paradise. This is the kind of shopping centre where everything is laid out in as confusing a manner as possible, meaning that any shopping expedition here that is not planned down to the last detail turns into an exercise in walking around in a daze, surrenderring completely to the tacky glamour of the place.
The cinema is quite good and features the occasional asian martial arts film that you might not see elsewhere. The cinemas are state of the art and boast huge screens with fantastic soundsystems. If you’re coming here of an evening, I would advise you to eat before you arrive at the centre; options are limited, not enticing and always jam-​packed with people.
On the upside, there is an awful lot of stuff here. If you absolutely have to find some kind of birthday/​christmas/​bah mitzvah/​apology gift, you are almost guaranteed to find it here. It’s just that you will probably end up buying a whole pile of other junk while you’re there and take about four hours longer to get it than you expected.

Carousel is tops in every way. The sheer size of this ginormous shopper’s paradise means you can’t go too far wrong.
There are your obligatory but very much appreciated and revered suburban shopping centre stores: Myer, Sports Girl, Live, Cotton On Clothing… but there are also a heap of other cool stores you’ll be battling to find elsewhere.
Lots of them are pop up stalls in the middle of the thoroughfare but don’t let that dampen your spirits about your next shopping experience. In fact, it might be worth your while giving these oft’ overlooked and undervalued minorities a second glance.
I found some really nice jewellery for just ten bucks a piece right before Christmas. On par with some of the chain jewellery stores for price but well above them for value for money. The pieces were stunning and looked much more expensive than they actually were.
The ‘pop up’ lolly shop also proved a treat, although they still couldn’t source my much sought after salt water taffy, the multitude of other exotic and rare goodies tantalized my taste buds. This haven of goodies is right near Miss Maud.
I love the high ceilings of carousel and some of the ornate furnishings which add to the jubilant atmosphere: the seemingly endless strings of white lights hanging near the movies are a joy to behold.
The food hall is another attraction. With its multitude and array of fabulous food fare the hardest part is making a decision. Various Asian options, salad and health bars, Indian and a special cookie store for dessert… the kids (little and not so little) will ascend to cookie heaven.
Variety, unique attributes and a touch of opulence make Carousel a luscious shopper’s paradise. Only one word of warning: parking can be a problem during very peak times so try to avoid the rush.

They actually have some really great stuff at Carousel that you can’t find at any of the other shopping centres. I found this really cute Wayne Cooper wallet in Myer that I haven’t seen anywhere else. And the food court is the most extensive I’ve ever seen. There’s a bagel express, which I absolutely love, and I’ve never seen anywhere else. They are the nicest bagels and whenever I work in the centre I get about four.