Universal City Walk

Pros: Lots of benches
Cons: Too easy to spend a lot of money

After a long day of walking through Universal Studios wonderful theme park in Los Angeles you would think that more walking would be the very last thing on your weary mind, but Universal City Walk has done their best to change your mind. I don't ...

Pros: Great place to eat and shop.
Cons: Cost for parking.

On my trip to Universal Studios I discovered this fun place called Universal City Walk. It is located just outside the doors of Universal Studios. Universal City Walk is kind of like a out door mall, but is much for fun and exciting with its bright ...

Pros: Very clean, with lots of shops and restaurants from which to choose.
Cons: Overpricing, mediocre food, gang member presence.

Universal City Walk is great for hardcore tourist types, but terrible for anyone who wishes to avoid no-hold-barred tourist traps. It is however kept very clean, which is a huge plus in Los Angeles. There are a lot of shops there, but not anything ...

Pros: clean, colorful storefronts, good variety of name-brand shops and eateries
Cons: high prices for both shopping and dining, cost of parking

If you've ever been to either Downtown Disney, you've got the general idea of CityWalk. The web site is at http://www.citywalkhollywoo d.com It is intended to have the shops, restaurants, and nightclubs of a city's downtown, without all the grime, ...

Pros: Stores, arcades, movie theater, dining places
Cons: Can get crowded or noisy.

City Walk is almost basically a one-stop place for entertainment. It contains stores, dining places, arcades, and even a place for bowling. At night, the lights are very pretty, though it can get a bit crowded. There is also a movie theater, so if you were planning to see a movie, you could see it in City Walk. There are also events throughout the year happening at City Walk, so you could check those out. It's a great place to be.

Pros: Good restaurant variety, lively, upbeat
Cons: shuttle stops at 10pm

My family and I live in So. California and go to Universal Studios/City Walk quite often. We usually stay at the Hilton across the street and there is a shuttle that drops off and picks up right at the City Walk. The sushi place there is good and the kids love going to Gladstone's. I don't recommend Hard Rock..the food is really blah. The (I think it's called) Saddle Ranch Steak House/Bar is a lot of fun with the outdoor bar and mechanical bull, very friendly and helpful management. I also love the live music in the main "hub" of the area. The absolute BEST time of year is during the Christmas season when there are carolers dressed up and singing, even more lights, and the best part is when they blow snow in the main area of the walk. You can even ice skate in there outdoor rink...pretty fun for the whole family.

Pros: nice stores, colorfull neons
Cons: ghetto and riff raff crowd, parking issue

Universal city walk is a nice place to go, lots of stores and attractions, nice hilly terrain, colorful artificial neon signs
The problem is its population, basically the NoHo ghetto seems to go there, on weekends it looks like gang day!
Another annoyance is the parking fee of 10 bucks so it is necessary to park down the hill