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Lido Mall

The stand alone Lido cinema has transformed into Lido Mall. It looks much better and adds to the look of that area. It also makes business sense to have multipurpose mall with multiplex rather than having a single screen movie theatre. But Lido cinema has lots of nostalgia. I still remember the walks after the late night shows and occasional drenching to reach Lido. Watched a lots of movies there and was happy with their ticket pricing being a student then. A ticket for balcony used to cost Rs 50 though they increased it to Rs 60 later. But with the new multiplex comming up shortly the luxury of shelling out less may be a thing of past now.

The Lido Mall is located on Swami Vivekananda road near Trinity circle. Looks like the mall is sparsely visited and remains uncrowded most of the time. Could be a good place for those who want to avoid noise and the like. Lido Mall mostly offers brand stores and recently few high street kind of open stalls have come up on the lawn area selling stone statues, imitation garlands, teen’s trendy stuffs etc. On entrance one ought to go right to the first floor as the ground floor has almost nothing. The front side of the ground floor is still under work and may come up soon.

On the escalator to the first floor you are greeted by the store Guess and as you walk you will find Jealous 21, Revolution(shoe shop), Next (apparel shop), the body shop, Blue sky – watches and sun glasses, Marks and Spencer, Lee Cooper, 109 degree Farenheight – women’s modern wear, Etam lingerie – for women.

The second floor is almost occupied by pantaloons and offer huge collections. So go with an open mind and they have something for you. The other stores on this floor are Planet Sports and Lilliput. Also, one can have some chit – chat food at the lawn area and women can check a fancy Jewellery stall opposite the food stall. Practically only two floors of shopping as of now but that is not all to Lido mall. Lido Mall has added to it what can be one of the best 5 star hotels in Bangalore – Ista. Yes, above the two floors of shopping is a 5 star hotel. They have a swimming pool facing the road. A lunch or a dinner can be a awesome feeling.

Lastly, the multiplex is comming up in a separate building and looks like it will be managed by the Shringer group who runs a chain of multiplexes under the brand name “Fame“. Fame Lido is most likely to be a four-screen, 1,029-seat multiplex and likely to be launched in mid-September. In most of the malls multiplexes are a huge crowd puller. So once this multiplex starts operating at Lido Mall, it will become a big sought after place and subsequently the stores will also receive more foot falls. The composition of Lido mall is quite unique among all the Bangalore Malls. Lets wait and see how Lido Mall fares once all the work are completed.

View from the front at night

Side view of Lido Mall – Entrance to the shopping area is from this side

View from the front at another angle

The upcomming Fame Lido multiplex and besides that the tower of 5 star hotel Ista