The Avenues,Q8

On early morning of 23rd April, Suman, my brother arrived. Kuwait was experiencing a terrible sandstorm. Infact on 22nd April, early morning, we suddenly heard the sound of strong wind. We opened the window and couldn't believe the horrible dust storm flying through the air. I think it was the worst dust storm we have ever seen since we came to Kuwait.

I was really worried as to how many days it would remain, as my brother planned to stay with us for only 10 days. But the day he arrived, in the afternoon it rained……and THANK GOD, the sandstorm was gone.

He was lucky to experience the extreme of weather in Kuwait….from sandstorm to rain to nice pleasant evenings and nights. Though my in-laws stayed for three months they did not experience sandstorms for a single day. On that day we took him to the Avenues. It is located in the Al-Rai industrial area, along the Fifth Ring Road. It was officially opened in April 2007. Suman was highly impressed at the grandeur of the mall. I informed him that it’s the largest mall and shopping center in Kuwait.

If you are a shopping freak then an entire day is less for you as it has shops from brands from all over the world. As for restaurants you just name it….T.G.I.Fridays’s; Pizza Express; Rugby Tuesday’s; Chili’s; Nando’s; Johnny Rockets; Pizza Hut; McDonald’s; KFC; Hardee’s; Burger King; Starbucks; Costa Coffee; Caribou Coffee; Columbus Cofee; Dunkin Donuts; Krispy Kreme; Nino’s; Dean n Deluce; Noodle factory and many more. On weekends you will find difficulty in finding a place for you in one of them.

The main attraction of the Avenues is IKEA, the international home products retailer from Sweden. Then there is Carrefour, the French international hypermarket chain. They give lot of discounts on grocery/food items and I have found that their fish prices are relatively less compared to other hypermarket chains. Do not go there for Indian vegetables as they don’t keep good stock of it. For Indian vegetables the right place is Honest, Gulf Mart, Highway or the Indian and Bangladeshi shops at Fahaheel.


The Avenues also boost of 10 screen cinema “Cines cape ’’. And you don’t need to carry your baby stroller as you get baby stroller and wheel chairs here. Nice place to spend your weekend as you can shop, eat and enjoy a movie.