Westfield Century City

Westfield Century City at 10250 Santa Monica Blvd in Century City, Los Angeles, California, is a large open-air shopping center with department stores, a food hall and a cinema. Anchors include Bloomingdale's and Nordstrom, and the center also houses Apple, Eataly and a broad mix of fashion, beauty, jewelry, home and electronics brands, making it more upscale than a typical regional mall but less exclusive than Rodeo Drive. All stores sell authentic first-party goods, with no tourist-trinket sector to speak of. Prices are fixed and bargaining is not customary; all major cards and mobile payments are accepted, California sales tax is added at the register, and there is no general tax-refund scheme for visitors. Eating options include Eataly, with its Italian market, counters and restaurants, along with a food court and a range of sit-down restaurants and cafes. The layout is a set of landscaped, partly shaded walkways and plazas around the main buildings, with an escalator-connected multilevel design and a cinema on site. The atmosphere is polished and busy, drawing office workers from the surrounding towers at lunch and shoppers and families on weekends and evenings. Typical hours are Monday to Saturday from about 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM and Sunday from about 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. A large underground parking garage serves the center, often with a validation arrangement for the first period, and the site is near the Metro D Line station at Century City. Visitors combine it with nearby Beverly Hills or the Westfield-adjacent Century City Towers for sightseeing. During the holiday season the center is decorated and noticeably crowded.