It was a pseudo-pedestrian (twice I had cars go by me) street with offices and shops. I would not bother going again but we did have a nice meal the and there were some fun sculptures. Not a destination in my mind. More

A pleasant outdoor mall with a good variety of small but unusual shops. In my view this mall benefits from not being full of large, corporate stores but, instead offers something different. Worth a visit More

I think the thing really holding this pedestrian mall is a lack of good stores. I don't think many people would come here just for shopping, and it doesn't deserve to be called a "mall". Apart from an old Zellers and a few souvenir stores, there isn't much else in the way of shopping. Some big name clothing stores would... More

We visited the Sparks Street outdoor mall on a year-end trip for my son's 7th grade class this past June. It was a gorgeously sunny and warm day, and the crowds on Sparks Street were thick. I think every person within a 5-block radius must have been there. Made navigating the stores with a pack of 13-year-old boys a bit... More

This pedestrian mall has some nice potential, but needs a some sort of major attraction and some night life to draw people in. A theater or two might help. Shops are not really out of the ordinary but there are a couple of souvenir stores and a local craft store for folks seeking something from the capital. More

I didn´t find anything special about this street mall. There are a few bars and some specialty shops but then again, nothing that you can´t find somewhere else too. More

This may someday be a must stop place when in Ottawa, but it is nowhere close to that now. This four - five block streetscape area looks nice, but it turns into a ghost town in the early evening. The resturants were either closed or near empty. The location for this place is great but it has a long way... More