Plaza Medan
July 18, 2008 by Medan Indonesia
Filed under Entertainment, Living, Medan Places, Shopping
The Plazas, Shopping Centers in Medan
When you come to Medan, you may want to go shopping for some local food or clothing in Medan. We are listing several popular shopping spots here:
Sun Plaza Medan
This is currently the most popular shopping plaza in Medan. Sun Plaza opened in 2005, was the latest development of Malls after Indonesia Monetary Crisis in 1998. Built almost 10 years after the last development of plaza in Medan which is Medan Mall built in 1995.
Located at Jalan Zainul Arifin also known to Medan as the area of “Kampung Keling” ( Little India ) is very near to Jalan Diponegoro where many banks are located.
Sun Plaza currently filled with many choices of tenants from local, national and international chains.
Sun Plaza Tenants range from Sogo Department Store, Ace Hardware, Index Furnishings, Hyper Mart, Star Bucks, JCO Donuts, Bread Talk, Bread Life, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream, KFC, Acer Computers, Toshiba Computers, Frank & Co jewelry, Studio 21 Cinemas, Optics, Seoul Garden, Timezone, Paparons Pizza , GameSpot for gamers, Planet Sports, Kids Station for toys Sports Warehouse, BodyShop, Osim Health, Next Clothing, Pizza Hut, Nelayan Restaurant, Fountain Ice Cream among others.
Medan Fair Plaza
Plaza Medan Fair, built after Sun Plaza on the land of Medan’s previous family entertainment park “Taman Ria” at Jalan Gatot Subroto has a large shopping area. The previous plan had apartments and hotels above the mall in phase two of the development but we have not seen this developed until now.
This has more local shops without cinema but has a wide range of IT and mobile phone shops including many choices of restaurants and cafes and a Carrefour and Matahari Department Store.
Grand Palladium Mall
Grand Palladium Mall is built after Plaza Medan Fair next to Kantor Walikota ( Authority Office of Medan ) and opposite of Lapangan Benteng ( Large field for events ) This mall consist of smaller shops and boutiques including many IT and mobile phones related shops plus Matahari Department Store, TimeZone games for children, HyperMart and Cinema.
Not to forget, there is also a 5 star hotel above - The Aryaduta Hotel Medan.
Along the same road, you will also find Aston International Hotel Medan and Merdeka Walk
Medan Mall
Medan Mall built in 1995 at Jalan MT Haryono Medan was the latest development of malls before Indonesian monetary crisis in 1998.
Situated in the heart of the city with the wholesale center connected behind this mall, it is one of the busiest mall for businesses and visitors from suburbs of Medan. With many gold jewelers on the first floor, Macan Yaohan Supermarket on second, Matahari Department Store on third and fourth plus, KFC, Gramedia Book Store, Body Shop, Giordano Clothing, Polo, Batik Shop among other local shops.
The main attraction should be the wholesale kiosk right behind the mall which is connected to the mall.
Thamrin Plaza
Thamrin Plaza is an earlier plaza built around 1990s in Medan, situated a little further than the city center at Jalan Thamrin. This was the upscale plaza of Medan before the opening of Sun Plaza with the majority of the space has been taken up by Matahari Department Store, Food Court, Cinema, Kids Station, Next Clothing, BodyShop, Pizza Hut, Nelayan Restaurant and other smaller local shops.
Medan Plaza
Situated opposite of Medan Fair Plaza, Medan Plaza is located on Jalan Iskandar Muda Medan one of the earliest plaza built in Medan with many local shops selling mostly local fashion products
Plaza Millenium
Also a plaza built much earlier in Medan, Plaza Millennium is a little way out of city center at Jalan Kapten Muslim Medan. However, it is popular for its handphone center, which should be the largest in Medan for retail and wholesale since almost 85% of the retail space is filled with kiosks selling mobile phones.
Olympia Plaza
One of the earliest plaza built in 1985, Olympia Plaza located right next to Medan Mall at Jalan MT Haryono Medan now consists of mainly wholesale kiosks in the plaza. Mostly visited by businesses from out of town. Closes early, before 9 pm.
One of the first plaza built in Medan was City Plaza at Jalan Surabaya – Medan, which is now closed.
Deli Plaza Sinar Plaza Menara Plaza
Deli Grand City
This will be the latest plaza to be build in Medan. The Grand Deli City Project is taking up the space of the previous three-plaza-in-one shopping complex known as the Deli Plaza, Sinar Plaza and Menara Plaza. These plazas were the most popular shopping destination in Medan before the new Sun Plaza was built.
The Deli Grand City will house condominiums, hotels, convention and a mega mall which is currently under construction. It is still currently open with phase one under renovation.
Opposite The Grand Deli City is the Marriott »”>JW Marriott Hotel Medan.
Cambridge Mall
Soon to be opened, Cambridge Mall is close to Sun Plaza and Medan Fair at the junction of Jalan Zainul Arifin and Jalan S.Parman Medan with 3 towers of luxury condominiums and the Grand Swiss BelHotel above the mall.
For more pictures of the buildings of Medan see Medan Pictures
Perisai Plaza
Perisai Plaza was built in 1988 at Jalan Pemuda Medan along the street where most banks are located apart from Jalan Diponegoro, a very popular plaza in Medan famous for its cinema before all the new plazas are open and Macan Yaohan Supermarket on the 4th floor. As the plaza size is limited, there are not many new developments on the plaza.
It was supposed to be refurbished into a mobile phone center in 2006 where all the shops were requested to close down for renovations but the project did not continue without any formal explanations.
Bowling in Medan
Currently, the opening area is only on the top stories for bowling and karaoke KTV. Yes, one of the only Bowling arena in Medan.
Yuki Simpang Raya
This is more of a department store than a mall as it is owned and built by the Yuki Department Store Group in Medan. The plaza is located at the junction of Jalan Sisingamaraja, right opposite the iconic Grand Mosque of Medan and Madani Hotel.
It had one of the first Mc Donalds in Medan! The majority of the shopping space is the department store itself, otherwise the main attraction is on the top floor which has a family entertainment center with many rides and kids play area. This was a popular spot for family before the newer family entertainment centers such as Timezone, Amazon and Stingers arrive Medan filling up newer malls and plaza.
If we are not wrong, there is also a bowling arena in the basement area of this mall apart from the one in Perisai Plaza.
Medan Baru Plaza
This plaza was known as Medan Baru Plaza before the Ramayana Department Store group takes over and turn it into a Department Store. Located at the Medan Baru area of Medan.
Yang Lim Plaza
Located near Thamrin Plaza in the “Asia Area” of Medan. Yang Lim Plaza was just recently built in 2007 in a modern Chinese Design Architecture. This is not a big plaza hence not a wide mixture of tenants in the plaza, mostly consists of small shops and IT stores.
Since it is not on the main road, you may easily missed this plaza. Yang Lim Plaza can be accessed from Jalan Asia and Jalan Wahidin.
Other Plaza in Medan waiting for pictures:
- Buana Plaza at Jalan Akasara Medan
- Ramayana Plaza / Supercenter at Jalan Sisingamaraja
- Istana Plaza, was taken over by Ramayana Department Store, now turned into Ace Hardware and Index Furnishing at Jalan Juanda
- Macan Yaohan Supercenter Pulo Brayan at Jalan Yos Sudarso Medan
- Macan Yaohan Sukaramai at Jalan Sukaramai Medan
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Salam untuk Medanku.com
Saya mau tanya aja mengapa plaza/mall yang lain tidak dimuat di Medanku.com seperti Perisai Plaza (ada arena bowlingnya lagi) kemuadian seperti Yuki Simpang Raya, Ramayana Super Center dan lain2lah. Klu bisa dimuat semua agar orang pada tahu masih banyak lagi selain yang uda di muat. Thanks y..
Bravo Medanku.com..
Salam untuk Medanku.com
Saya mau tanya aja mengapa plaza/mall yang lain tidak dimuat di Medanku.com seperti Perisai Plaza (ada arena bowlingnya lagi) kemuadian seperti Yuki Simpang Raya, Ramayana Super Center dan lain2lah. Klu bisa dimuat semua agar orang pada tahu masih banyak lagi selain yang uda di muat. Thanks y..
Bravo Medanky.com..
salam lg,
Derry
Dear Derry,
as per your request, we have updated the post with Perisai Plaza, Yuki Simpang Raya and Ramayana.
Although we are still lack of some photos which we will try to get and update again.
Thank you for your comments
and by the way, I am sure it was your typing error.
It;s Bravo MedanKu.com
Buana Plaza?
Is it for Bank Buana?
Oops… hope to see the pictures soon.
Thank you very much.
Buana Plaza is not Bank Buana
It is located at Aksara Area of Medan – Jalan Prof. HM Yamin
By the way, Bank Buana is now UOB Buana – bought by UOB Bank from Singapore.
hi, good job on your site. i enjoy reading it so much. i am just wondering if they do have any wholesale markets where i can buy traditional clothes like baju kurung melayu and also abon, or paru goreng?
thanks for your help in advance.
Try Pajak Ikan, Pasar Petisah, near to Jalan Gatot Subroto
Hi there..
will be going to medan and looking forward to a good day of pampering from head to toe at a spa. Anyone out there can suggest to me a place?
Hi Aini,
sure, you can try Quan Spa at JW Marriott Hotel Medan or Eucalypt’s Spa @ Griya Dome Medan
good day..i am planning to go to medan this weekend.Do me a favour where can i buy batik or embroidery cloth and handbags and kek lapis.
tQ
Hi Sal,
You can find Batik at:
Medan Mall at Jl. MT Haryono;
Plaza Medan Fair Jl. Gatot Subroto;
There is a Batik shop in these malls.
As for Kue Lapis, you can find them at Jl. Mojopahit, the street that sells Bika Ambon.
hi there,
this website is very useful especially for someone like me who have no idea about medan.thanx so much medanKu.
1-can anyone suggest a good place for dinner preferably the restaurant which served sunda or padang food?
2-where is the place i can get a good quality of batik and embroidery?
3-one more thing,is there any attraction nearby kota medan like a theme park or a place with lots of fresh fruits?
early response is much appreciated.thanx
Hi Hana,
thank you for your comments, we are glad you find MedanKu useful. In reply to your questions:
1-can anyone suggest a good place for dinner preferably the restaurant which served sunda or padang food?
There are several restaurants that serve Padang food in Medan, you can try rumah makan Garuda, ACC or Simpang Tiga where all the dishes will be serve to your table for your chosing, they all have several branches around Medan. There is a “Sunda Koki” restaurant at Jl. S Parman.
2-where is the place i can get a good quality of batik and embroidery?
There are Batik shops in Plaza Medan Fair and Medan Mall, and one shop in Kampung Keling for Batiks.
3-one more thing,is there any attraction nearby kota medan like a theme park or a place with lots of fresh fruits?
There is a theme park known as Hillpark Sibolangit on the way to Brastagi, a popular mountain get away from Medan. about 1 hour drive from Medan.
In Berastagi itself, you can find Mikie Holiday theme park beside its hotel Mikie Holiday.
thanx a lot for the info.
however,i have some other inquiries..
are all the restaurant u listed halal?
how long it takes frm kota medan to brastagi n how’s d road condition?
yes they are halal
it takes about 1.5 hours to drive from Medan to Berastagi. Hillpark Sibolangit is halfway to Brastagi so about 45mins from Medan
thanx a lot..MedanKu is The Best!!
Bisa tau harga Campbridge Apartment?? Sekitar 300-400jt ya??
Cambridge Condo above Cambridge Mall? The last price we heard was Rp 2.6 Milyar
it sounds so rediculous that we are so proud of plaza mania syndrome. i just wonder are those plazas/malls contribution toward our children education. what benefit does it bring? ….the only thing i see is that it helps boost the level of consumption and “teaching” children to be consumptive. i think we need more libraries and a nice decent public park, instead. …..peace
saya akn ke sana ujung minggu ini……
1. gimana kira nya saya mau membeli handbag n jeans yg cantik2 ya…..
2. dimana juga bisa saya cari handbag yg original….
TQ
Saya akan ke Medan/Lake Toba bulan Mac 2010, bagaimana sya boleh buat online booking di Sentosa Lake Resort atau juga dapatkan Ajen ground tour diMedan.
Terima kasih.
Saya mau ke medan esok dan balik 1/1/2010.
Dimana saya perlu pergi shopping dalam masa yang singkat ini.
kalau dapat jawab ke email saya. terima kasih.
@Azad
tergantung anda ingin shopping apa?
Kalau shopping center terbaru dengan toko modern ada Sun Plaza, Medan Fair Plaza
Kalau untuk produk lokal dan grosir, ke Medan Mall dibelakang ada Pusat Pasar
bs krim kan no tlp. matahari medan mall gak ???
mau nanya…dimana terdapat sate madura?
dan dimana bisa sewa kereta (mobil) di medan ini?
bagaimana ratenya?
tq
coba hubungi operator directory Medan +6261 108
atau pada saat di Medan hubungi 108
Berapa ya harga sewa mobil kijang dan supirnya satu hari? sama dengan uang minyaknya?