City: Bangkok
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Address: MBK Center, 444 Payathai Rd., Patumwan
Website: http://www.mbk-center.co.th/en/
MBK Center (Mahboonkrong) is one of the oldest shopping malls in Asia, an enormous shopping mall in Bangkok. At 8 stories high with 2,500 shops using a total selling area of 89,000 square metres this mall is very popular, it witnesses a footfall of over 105,000 customers including 30,000 tourists from all around the world.
The center provides over 2,000 stores and services, over 150 eating establishments and a large cinema city. Famous for a variety of negotiable products including clothes, cosmetics, leathered items, jewelry, electronics, information technology products, furniture, restaurants, supermarket, theaters, karaoke and 4-storey department store (Tokyu) Mahboonkrong also features a 5,000 seat “food court” at the 5th floor.
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