When you hear the word Gaisano, you think of a popular chain of stores run by a very rich family. The stores, although usually lacking in any aesthetic merit, are almost always filled to the rafters from the moment they open til the salesladies are forced to act rude just to shoo shoppers away. LOL. When you go to a Gaisano store, people expect you to do your groceries, buy the relatively cheaper brand, or eat at a communal dining hall where you can get something to eat for just twenty pesos.
But times have changed, I tell you! And that’s exactly what I learned when I visited the spanking-fresh Gaisano Grand Mall in Basak, Lapu-Lapu City this afternoon.
You find it hard to believe? Check out the photos below.
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The Gaisano Grand Mall in Basak, Lapu-Lapu City.
The mall facade. Looking nice!
Ad board facing the main road.
Abalcony/terrace above the main entrance. I’m not sure if it’s just an open space or it’s for al fresco dining.
View from the side.
Mall entrance. Nice.
The central square and the escalators. Cool!
Elevator. Wow!
And look at that chandelier! Can you believe it? Hehehe.
The main walkways. Looking really nice.
The supermarket section. With some dancing sales ladies. Hehehe.
The department store.
Scenic elevator. How cool is that?
Giant Christmas tree!
The giant Christmas tree. Very pretty.
Some stalls are still to be occupied.
Soon to open – Pino! and Mooon Cafe! These two brands are not low-end, I tell you.
Motorcycle park space at the back. Nice!
What do you think of the new Gaisano Grand Mall?
sa basak diay ni, abe nako ug Gaisano South nga gi renovate or katong Gaisano Mactan . . . brand new dyud diay ni nga Gaisano . . . ako suki kaayo ko sauna sa Gaisano South, adto ko magpalitan ug karsones (chancellor) kay barato lang…. at least naa nay other options ang taga Opon for shopping . . .
nice!!
open na jud.. last time namong anha… wala pa jud to na human……… ng ka nindot na jud lapu2x…. samok lang kaayo ang mga koryente sa atbang sa mall..hehehehehe no need…
moon cafe… love the foods… try nako sa ayala… lami sad….
pila ni siya ka flr ley?
i think upat.
Wow nice, high end type mall lage ni, international standards. Yet I feel nostalgia of the old Gaisanos in Colon street , Gaisano main, metro and the Gaisano south, naa pa ba na sila ron? hehehe remembering the university days in mid 80’s…di na jud ko updated diha nga area sa atoa.
Just wonder why the sales ladies are dancing.
hehehe. they have a short routine (hourly) called Giling-giling. They dance mga around 2 minutes ra. Lingaw kaayo ang mga foreigners everytime magdance sila. some of them musayaw pud ug apil. ang mga locals kay musiga ra ang mata. hehehe
Very cool, and very close to our new house across, I can just walk or ride on my bike if i need to eat out or shop. I like their cold, windy basement parking. I never felt so sweaty. Cheers!
i just hope they can maintain the facilities well. . .
It’s a nice mall. Yeah, those ladies doesn’t need to dance, their job is already tiring. 🙂
bag-o lang jud ni-open when i was there, sige mi labay labay diri on our way to cordova, i really did not get a chance to go inside, looks like nindot….maybe next yr on my next cebu visit
nindot ni kay doul ra sa amoa.ug maau unta kng daghan tag mapilian para dili nami makagasto ug pamasahe papunta sa Cebu hehehe!
Nakaadto na sab ko didto kay duol ra among house.
Nice ayo.
hala! hehehe… maypa ka ley nakadalikyat gyud ka ug adto sa gaisano mall sa basak hehehe.. .ako wala pa gyud intawn bisan 5minutes from our house rana hahaha…
pino, mooon cafe… wow 😀 nindot… but d naku ma imagine mo survive ang ingon ana sa gaisano “market = people”. but we’ll see… at least duol nlng if mag crave ko ug chimichanga hehe
hangtud karon gimingaw lang gihapon ko sa cebu, dili pa kadawat akong utok ug kasingkasing nga naa nako diri sa america mao nga everytime nga mingawon ko moopen dayon ko sa imong website. thanks for uploading cebu pics.
amazing! i wish they will be able to maintain the interiors.
nalingaw ko sa tricycle stand =)
mao ramn japon… daghan japon ug tao ang sa metro colon. mas lahi ang gaisano south or gaisano capital.
very nice ayo ang grandmall..adto nya mi..hehehe
Hi Ley!
Malipayong Pasko!
Nice kaau imo mga new features at least updated kami diri.
Hope you can have a nice shot sa christmas tree sa fuente O. atong famous nga land mark sa uptown.
I will be missing that…
Dagahan Salamat Ley.
thanks a lot @Mam Mae. Merry christmas pud diay! 🙂
btw.. nice xa.. hahaha, mas nice jud ni kung imu e compare ang gaisano metro ug south.. ay, by the way khbw muh unsa nga website sa gaisano south na pede ka mka reklamo??.. kai gnhn kau ko mu reklamo! mag lagot ko sa saleslady sa south. grrr. thanks by the way. ^_^
hayyyy.. slmt jud duol n intawon k ug supermarket, dli n jud k moadto ug sm para mangumpra.. nys jud au ley.. and also thnx so much for this site.. mktabng jud kaayo knnay tang may info… god bless to all cebuano…
Very Nice Design. I think Gaisano Family and Sir Job Canares has done its Best
to make this New born Gaisano Mall in Mactan a Great one.
Job well done to all the people who made this one of a kind mall possible. Congratulation to the engineering dept. most especially to sir JRC.
hi kamusta na kamungtanan mga kauban ko diha sa Gaisano! siguro datu namu no! paguli ko diha kita-kits tau ha!,miz u all..specially to Mads mading..
si Ema Yanez ito..
muzta n aq mga frnds sa gaisano country mall.n ms nq m oi,cge lng og m uli m laag jud dha sa country mall
Oi morag naa koy nahebaw-an nga sir alex gaisano mag tokod daw cya og gaisano country mall talamban.
sa balamban duha na pud gaisano mall,sa minglanilla nana pud usa gaisano mall didto.
sa naga,moalboal og daanbantayan nana pud umaabot gaisano mall.
sa argao nana pud umaabot gabaha naman gaisano uy!
duha na pud gaisano sa toledo city,gaisano metro toledo og gaisano grand mall toledo.
Grand mall Toledo sucks, customer service is terrible, today it took 1hr to check out due to many customers and only 4 check out counters open.
duha na sad gaisano sa toledo city.
hello, guy’s from toledo.. I come from toledo too. ah, I like the picture of gaisano metro Toledo..thanks I enjoy looking ur upload photo.. i like.. very amazing wow… how I wish this year.. punta ko diha…. Hmmmm.. excited