Westfield Century City
Shopping mall · Century City ·
Upscale outdoor mall with diverse stores, dining, and seasonal events
Upscale outdoor mall with diverse stores, dining, and seasonal events
"A major Westside shopping center that has undergone a significant transformation as a dining destination in the past year, adding tenants such as South Korean doughnut shop Cafe Knotted, influencer Emma Chamberlain’s coffee shop, Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson’s AC Barbeque, and China-based teahouse Chagee. The redevelopment includes the former monster-sized Rock Sugar space (facing Santa Monica Boulevard) that will house the new Spanish and Japanese flagships; together they will span about 17,000 square feet, feature a garden patio, an atrium arrival, and a Vegas Strip-style terrace overlooking the Hollywood Hills, be designed by David Rockwell, seat roughly 400 diners in total, and be operated by SBE." - Matthew Kang
"China’s biggest tea shop, known for its fresh-brewed and milk teas with an upscale branding featuring ornately decorated cups." - Rebecca Roland
"Pronounced "CHAH-jee", this popular Chinese milk-tea chain is slated to open a flagship on the top deck of the Westfield Century City Mall sometime in spring 2025, apparently taking over the former Sugar Factory space — meaning, instead of a quick-service stall, it could be building a sizeable indoor lounge where people can enjoy drinks and more on the premises. The incoming shop was first discovered by Westside blogger Toddrickallen, who spotted the branding at the mall in mid-November. Founded in Yunnan and now headquartered in Chengdu, the chain has over 5,000 locations in Asia, including in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Malaysia, where it has a particularly strong presence and the most social media followers. Last month the chain was embroiled in a controversy regarding an alleged rigged giveaway for which it apologized on Instagram. Its branding resembles embroidered black-and-white Dior bags, with ornate drawings imposed next to its block-letter sans-serif logo; the shop serves hot and cold tea-based drinks along with boba options." - Matthew Kang
"During June 20–27 I saw Westfield Century City running a Foodie Week with discounted meals and prix fixe menus across mall restaurants, and I also noted the mall’s recent announcement that it will be getting a Momofuku restaurant called Super Peach in mid-2025." - Matthew Kang
"Momofuku, the David Chang-founded restaurant group behind Chinatown’s Majordomo, is opening a 200-seat restaurant called Super Peach at the Westfield Century City in spring 2025. Taking over the first floor St. Marc Pub-Cafe space, the expansive restaurant will be more casual than Majordomo with a similar energy to Momofuku’s Noodle Bar in New York’s East Village." - Matthew Kang
