The 20 best markets in Shillong

Everything is available here, literally the most crowded shopping mall I've seen. So much crowd everyday. Although you can shop outside the mall because there are more options available outside. And the products are really cheap, I'm not sure about the quality. One of the most popular places in shillong. Go here if you need anything related to shopping!

Building mostly have branded shops like Levi's, Adidas, Puma, UCB and other shops includes Gateau Bakery outlets, Smoky Falls Coffee shop, where one can get local coffee, Souvenir shops.

Affordable and have food stores inside. So overall it's good..

Very beautiful and reasonable for everyone.......... very tasty food variety is available

Literally expensive, but worth exploring

It's good if you're searching for branded clothes and shoes in Shillong this is one of the shopping mall where you can get adidas, Levi's, Benetton, puma. There's book room, bakery and cosmetics stores too. I like the place and how people serve there they're good.

Wonder what the point of this place is... nothing good is there or available imo🙎‍♀️

If there was an option to provide 0 star, I would have chosen that. The lady and the boy at the store are super rude. I just walked in and started to explore but they have no patience or respect towards customer. I liked a particular piece that was kept in the showcase and when I asked them to take it out they started making excuse and then in no time turned very spiteful. I checked them politely that you are here to sell stuff and you don’t need to be rude but the lady at the counter was having a pathetic attitude. She asked us to check another shop. In short, we bought a few items there in first 5-10 mins that were on display but beyond that it was embarrassing to be in such a shop. As a tourist, I would not suggest anyone to visit this shop if you are not local. There are alternatives in police bazar and also very close to this shop that have genuine interest to sell stuff and are not rude to customers. Plus point they don’t loot the customers and suggest what is speciality if you are looking for one.

This particular establishment Khasi emporium selling Khasi theme merchandise using famous khasi artist’s artwork, without his knowledge and prior permission, and the sad part is they have removed his name and claimed it as their product. Clearly violating copyright and illegally using artist work for profit. More power to artist. Very bad and rude

Out of the world ATTITUDE, Pathetic behaviour to a tourist. Even wen the shop was open n lights were on.... denied selling goods with a Stern comment "WONT SELL" we don't want to as we r closing. To this my wife with me said we can see wat we want to buy, u can just give us d same.... Shop owner Declined straight away I Won't, we have lots of customers....if we have decided we won't sell even if the shop is open. Govt of Guwahati, shillong is it wat a small store room size shop has that is Destroying tourism of North east? I m posting the live picture of the store wen it was opened. The khasi owner shamelessly said Post wherever u want. This all happened without any quarrel or any argument. Just pure Shop Ego Monopoly.

They are using other artists artwork in their products without even asking for permission or giving credits to the artist. They should be sued.

Please save yourself some respect and avoid this shop. The worst shop ever!

I have never seen such a worst shop than this. If there is something less than 'One Star', then I would have rated it with that. The owner/ staffs here are very arrogant and rude. They think that they are doing some mercy to us by selling their products. What is the meaning of running a shop, if your salesman does not know how to behave with the customers? All the tourists must ignore this shop. Then they will know the value of the peope visiting there.

Worst customer experience. The salesman was arrogant and misbehaving. He overpriced the items for us. we got the same items at much cheaper rate from meghalaya. Sadly i got the item from the shop too ehich i bought again in meghalaya at a cheaper price. He even refused us to take pictures or do video call at the shop.

Store of handloom & handicraft items. Operated by north eastern handicrafts and handloom s development corporation ltd, a govt of India enterprise. Located in Jail road, shillong opposite to Meghalaya Transpirt Corpiration Shillong bus stand. Reasonable price is a big plus point as other handloom & handicrafts store are charging high price.

Edit: First review written on: 08/07/2018, 09:20 am A third class store. Exorbitant pricing of items. Naga shawls, bags, or Khasi lungis are available atleast 4X lower prices in Shillong. The small bags cost 100 in Bara Bazar which is just 5 min walk from here. This place asks 500 for those. Naga shawls are available at 500, but this place asks 1500. AVOID.

Being one of the only state handicraft emporium works both for and against this store. On the one hand you get a plethora of bamboo and textile crafts practiced in the state with impressive designs and a decent amount of patrons coming in, but the flip side is that there is no recent exploration in range or material here, that you see happening in other major craft clusters. Products are largely stagnant in form and function which I have already seen a few years ago. No craft products beside abmboo, cane and textile is on display which was a big disappointment especially when I know there are other exquisite crafts being practiced in the state is black pottery.

Only a few items that carry bar coded stickers are sold at government approved rates (cheaper).

A Good collection of handicraft items and the staff is very friendly.

Awesome staff very friendly and the most reasonable rates in and around the market

High quality products with decent price range.

Store of handloom & handicraft items. Operated by Meghalaya handloom and handicrafts development corporation ltd, a govt of Meghalaya enterprise. Located in Jail road, shillong opposite to Meghalaya Transport Corporation Shillong bus stand. Reasonable price is a big plus point as other handloom & handicrafts store are charging high price.Collection of items are also good.

Good collection of indegenous handcrafts and handlooms at reasonable price.

Lovely products, wide variety, very well crafted and great quality. Thank you to the entire team for being so professional and prompt with our dealings. A big thumbs up👍🏻

Purchased Traditional Souvenirs at the best rates for gifting from Shillong Cityzens OSC

The price here is cheaper than nearby local shops. They buy it directly from the local people and sell it.. Only cash is taken and no cards

The have great stuff... But staff are unwilling to show their stock in the first go itself. You have to push them to show you soothing...

Best place to purchase genuine handicraft at reasonable price

WON'T GO EVEN IF THIS IS THE LAST SHOP OPEN IN THE WORLD...!! Totally non cooperative staff. I live about 25 km away from the location, when I enquired on telephone about the books available in particular category, i was told "You have to come here and see". Even though person whom I had sent there to click some photos of available books so that I can select one was not assisted. I then forwarded list of specific books as last resort, still no cooperation. Request was bluntly turned down. Pathetic approach.

This two star rating is based on the customer service I received on the 22nd of June 2019. There were two saleswomen handling the entire store. Both these women seemed more interested in their on-going conversation, rather than the customers there. They lacked knowledge on the variety of books available. They were unenthusiastic about selling the desired books. There were two other customers next to me, who were equally unassisted by these saleswomen. To their employers, I say this, kindly train these women to be skilled, knowledgeable, patient and most importantly, PRESENT.

Very poor customer cooperation, I waited along with my friends for so long shouting and calling that uncle in the store, he was busy talking to someone else on the other side. We literally left the book there and didn't buy it. I'm not a local from here so I had to keep my calm or else I would've ruined his day .

Good for shopping vegs... and others eatable things. They are cheap and fresh as compared to other NE states. You can find meat here too. But don't go to the wine shop 😂😂

Two storied market. Vegetables on top and pork, mutton, chicken and fish on ground floor. Well lit and stocked up. No parking for four wheeler. Clean and hygienic place. Well behaved sellers.

This is a market under construction these days. The original market has been torn down and a huge three storeyed market is being built in its place. The plan is ambitious and will take some more time to finish. Currently the market runs from a makeshift location in the parking. Fresh vegetables, fruits, fish and meat are amply available in this market.

Dirty.. like all other market. U will find everything u want from chicken to vegies.. parking lot is available.. all sort of thing r available.. next to Sbi laitumkhrah

One of the Expensive market for vegetables groceries I find...as this place boast of availability of paid parking lot & the many restaurants & winestores around...

RECOMMENDATION: Do NOT go if you wanna buy things in bulk. For a quick veggies shopping, you can go. The place is good for shopping local veggies, but the prices are sometimes so insanely high. It's not a clean market, the smell from the fish section is so horrible. You can find all local veggies, imported veggies but before buying from here, try to find your veggies from the roadside street vendor. Their prices are reasonable.

The Only parking area which is full every time, no parking allowed on the road, so keep moving in circles if parking is full. Though market is good for veggies; a grocery supermarket, a bakery, gift shop, other shopping stores, restaurants are in close vicinity, getting out to go there due to parking is a problem. Traffic moves slow too. Like the review if it has helped u.... Thank you

Very expensive you will get the same cloth at cheaper price from other shop ...so be careful guys looks good from outside but they are looting us from inside. if they keep charging us higher prices it will be challenging for the long run since new competitors are at peaks.

Absolutely all in one store....with maximum collection anywhere in Shillong.... Keep up this collection and efforts of management and staff.... One star less for bit high rates. To bring people back from online to Stores ...this shop can do wonders....if they reduce their price a bit

Good shop in shillong famous for it's Scottish check clothes .can be used as a shawl made of synthetic clothing .interestingly it is manufactured in Punjab .fixed rates charged at the shop .

Huge collection of home furnishings item of clothes

They have been the seller of fabrics since a long time and hence, the reputation is reflected in the quality of products.

Fav place in Shillong. I miss the people there. Uncle s very good. Good fabric at affordable rates.

Nothing better for Scottish checks, shawls, woolen items and host of other fabric items. Simply superb.

There are a lot of shops here and you can bargain a lot here. You will find a wide variety of products here but most of the shops are clothes and there are a few Shops for mobile phones and accessories.

Small and congested shopping plaza. It’s best if you visit in the morning around 10:30am as that’s the time they’re just opening their stores and people are not crowding the place. The clothes and shoes here are good. Good quality copies of branded shoes like Nike, Adidas, New Balance and so on are easily available here. You’ll need to bargain but you will definitely get apparel that is worth the money.

You will get everything you need in this shopping mall, mostly imported clothing, shoes and accessories. Their collections are really good but the one thing that I don't like much is you will get the same choice of collections in all the shops. The shop keepers are all good in dealing with customers.

A good place to get fashionable garments at reasonable rates. Most of the stuff are copies of branded items but they are of good quality though. But some shopkeepers ask for so much money for an ordinary product also, so you have to know how to bargain with most of these shopkeepers, otherwise, you'll just end up paying more than what it's actually cost. You have to explore the whole building to get what you want. It's a bit stuffy and congested, nonetheless, you'll get good items if you know how to search. so all the best 😁

One of the oldest place but if you compare the price it's better you buy from H&M and other online platform. The service is so bad only few people are good and will be nice to you help you to choose the rest are full of arrogant sellers who will try to sell you the old items in high price. Few are welcoming but most of the sellers will be busy using their phone with weird look on their face making you feel uncomfortable and when you ask the price you feel like running away. Conclusion: The items which you get here there's no big difference in price you can buy it online from H&M, Urbanic and there are many Instagram stores with best service. Rating it 1 for the arrogant behavior.

Really appreciate that they cleaned and tiled the centre bottom of the staircase. Clothes are overpriced but regular customers know that majority of your shopping exerience here is the bargaining. It also house one of my favorite restaurants in Shillong - the Tibet Kitchen.

One of the oldest markets in Shillong,police bazar I guess .. One of the best shopping hubs in Shillong You can get quite a good range of clothing starting from accessories like hats , caps , gloves , scarves , really trendy jackets and coats , jeans . Also you get the advantage of bargaining a little 😅 👍

Polo Bazar are the one of the oldest market but now it's quite good it has shifted to new market .

Nice market .....hindi knowing people is available here shopkeeper are cooperative and the things Are available in cheep price and also you can buy the things in retails

The climate is owesome that in aday you may find like all the four season happen🥴😂 in one day at a time...

The bazaar is busy and can find mostly everything i.e essential needs. One huge problem is when it comes to parking of vehicles. No places around except one area that are usually full parking. Very congested when there's a football match and other varieties like mela, trade fair, during elections results, so on and so forth.

Absolutely fresh vegeis and at great price

Local market of shillong. The full market area is filled with shops, be it cloth materials, grocery, stationery, food items . We saw many fish stalls even at 6.30 pm in the evening. Many momo stalls were present there at the upper part of the road. Momo costs Rs 30 per plate containing 5 pieces momo. One can find many chicken shops. Fast food shops are also available here. A good spent in an evening walk.

good place to do quick shopping but the only letdown is the location has limited car parking facilities. Editing my review in November 2020. New parking spaces came up with the opening of the newly constructed Polo Market building.

Yep nice clothes are found but for me all i go to find are shoes there are good quality of shoea

A bit congested place. We can bargain price. It's always good to visit many of the shops before deciding to buy.

Very good place. Bargain at half the price they spoke. Huge shoes, jackets and pants collection. I bought 2 cargo pants at 1200 where they quoted 2700. If you've have good bargaining skills this place is for you. Shoes aren't that good quality but looks are stylish.

Very good place. You must know how to bargain at . Huge shoes, jackets and pants collection. Shoes aren't that good quality but looks are stylish. Overall Good place to buy

Kind of dirty n a busy place

Best place to buy shoes and other clothing items at a very low and reasonable prices. Lower part of the building complex doesn't have proper ventilation so it is quite hot, stuffy and smelly if there are too many people inside the complex.

Gud place for shopping at chip and reasonable price 👌 👍

One of the busiest road in Shillong. The traffic was too much over her. Surrounded by don bosco school.

Nice place indeed.

If you spell out travelling as a lesson in history and anthropology, then the DBCIC in Meghalaya is the one place you shouldn't miss for the world. The Museum, although privately run, is in an excellent condition and proves to be a comprehensive source on the history and life in the north east. The library housed in the museum is a boon for those looking to research, or even brush up their knowledge of the state and its 6 sisters. And as is the aesthetic blessing that every north eastern destination has, the DBCIC does not dissapoint in that department either with the skywalk (not meant for those with vertigo or for the faint hearted), which offers a magnificent view of Shillong.

Nice place, every moment here is lot of gathering... Of traffic and the customer, and tourists

Nice 4 way road point. One road connects to police point, another towards dhankheti bus stop, 3rd one towards PB, last one toward European block. This place is full of convent schools, colleges etc e.g saint marys, don bosco school, st. Anthony etc. Well maintained stop. Nice scenic view.

Dystopian looking place

It's a small historical square. N it invokes feelings of nostalgia as we grew up around the square. Definitely one of the few places of importance around shillong.

Great job