text: I'm pretty sure at one stage Princes Mall was more exciting, and just a bit better than it is now, but it feels pretty empty currently, and I can't remember the last time I spent more than a total of 20 minutes wandering around its retail offerings. I really wish they would do something more creative with the Food Court section, or just redo it completely, so that there's a chance it would feel slightly less like a cramped heap of food stalls, uncomfortably jammed together underneath some escalators.\n\nIn fairness, Princes Mall does have a large New Look, which is brilliant for impulse shoe buying, plus it has a branch of Joy, a recently added favourite on my list of shopping destinations stocking pretty frocks. There's also a Costa, pretty handy I suppose in any shopping centre, as caffeine is always first on my agenda when there's energetic shopping tasks to carry out. Aside from those positive pointers, I just don't find Princes Mall amazingly pleasant to explore, and I can only hope there's some redevelopment planned for the future.