Boris P.
Yelp
Singapore has a huge number of shopping malls. While Westgate made an attempt to rise above it all, they don't seem to have done a very good job of it.
Westgate is supposed to be more high-end than the malls around it, and the shops show. There's a bunch of places where you can blow through money pretty quickly, be it premium retails outlets, resaurants or supermarkets.
However, the "eco" and open-air concept, while interesting for first-time visitors, is not sustainable for a shopping mall. On weekend afternoons, it gets very crowded since the mall links a few of the surrounding buildings (hospitals, outlet malls etc), and it gets stuffy in the open-air areas. Sweating while shopping is not a good experience. It doesn't help that much when it rains, either, since it gets humid and sticky.
The decor is also not as upmarket as the shops make it out to be. Other more successful upmarket malls like Paragon have a swanky, glitzy feel when you walk in, but not Westgate.
In conclusion? Expensive shops without the accompanying decor, and an "eco" concept that does not work well for a shopping mall (but I guess helps the mall save money). Next please.