lol being from Ottawa I've been there hundreds of times I can practically smell it through the screen haha

@matts9424

2 жыл бұрын

🤣 the Kernel's popcorn?

30 years ago i used to work in this Mall at the Fairweather Store . Now it's completely changed a lots and so am i a mother of 2 children . It brings back my Teenager memories .. 🥰 ✌🤞

@vivianelanthier722

2 жыл бұрын

I remember Fairweather which was a good store to buy clothes at a reasonable price. I also remember Bretton which was more expensive but had wonderful clothes. I miss Friday evenings in the food court downstairs in the 80s and 90s. There were all sorts of people, young and old. Great memories!

@eddiechan1873

2 жыл бұрын

@@vivianelanthier722 Yes time flies .. 😂

@stargate6245

2 жыл бұрын

To also remember Coles bookstore or the first Disney store. Where has the time gone

I used to work in the food court during the summer when I was a teenager along with a lot of other High school students. The pay was crap but we had a blast fooling around during down time. I miss those carefree days.

In the '80s the roof-top terrace was a great place to ride your BMX. So many great memories up there.

@DaveyLuckky

2 жыл бұрын

The only great thing I remember about that place was that wavy brick roof path and angled glass triangle roof, eventually security became a regular thing keeping us away.

You should go to the main mcdonalds at Rideau always a show LOL

Lol FYI, we pronounce it "Ree-dough" . Thanks for this tour! Now i can share this with my friends and family to show them where i go basically every day... gosh i have sooo many random things that have happened to me in this mall. Lots of memories here! Id say 50% good memories and 50% bad memories.

I used to live in Ottawa when this mall first opened but seeing this it has changed greatly.I haven't been to Ottawa since 1996 and I lived there from 1975-1988.Neat to see it again.

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video!

I hung out in the Rideau Center many weekends in the late 80s and early 90s. My last visit to the mall was probably in 1995. This video showed how much it has changed. It looks quite different.

@tysonbyzon9680

2 жыл бұрын

Same here bro 👍 I love the old Rideau

It used to be half the size. It’s unrecognizable now. I saw Independence Day and Jurassic Park here when it had a theatre.

Beautiful tour of the Rideau Mall and the Dining Hall with great southing atmosphere for quick dinning. Love how you take care of sound problems. Your the best!

thank you so much for the video, i was nostalgic, i was here in 1998 for a school trip from france to canada, I remember only that there is going to be a shop with lots of fun things and jokes, a stand with lots of ice creams like we had never seen in France, and candy dispensers where there were little candies in the shape of orange, heart, bananas, the best sweets i have ever eaten

Good solution. Speeding up the parts with not-so-good audio quality. Thanks for saving us from the boring or bad parts.

Good morning Johnny..I have been to this mall once. This is like 8 years ago. It is a nice mall. 👌. Thanks for sharing 👍. Be safe out there 🙏. Have yourself a great day 😀👍😊.

Thanks Johnny for taking us through Rideau Mall Very nice Mall and I really liked Roof Terrace.

I haven't been to the Rideau Center for 10 Years.

the 4th floor used to be movie theatres 🎥 😢

I once lived in canada as student visa. I still can recall the vivid air, texture, atmosphere of good old rideau center. I wasnt able to make visit to Ottawa since I've left in 2012. I SERIOUSLY MISS CANADA.

Wow, such an impressive mall! I think the Dining Hall is a much better name than the food court, it just sounds fancy! Thank you Johnny, I've been to Ottawa but never been to the Rideau Mall!👍👍

Very clean and fresh, that roof is amazing! A lot of stores to by a lot of things if you can afford it😃TC! 🖐

Thank you Johnny great video

Very useful for looking for particular stores. Thank You

Thanks for the video. I haven't been to the Rideau center since the pandemic started.

I worked there in the late '80's. 3rd level. O.B. Allen Jewellers. So close to U Ottawa & Parliament Buildings.

Hi Johnny . Rideau Centre has definitely been upgraded & become more of a destination . Love the sky lights . Saks off 5th is reduced designer price store . Hope you bought a new pair of kicks . Mark (T.O.) 💙🌈

Hey, I've eaten at that Irish pub across from the Grand, and at that Beavertails lol! I've been to the Rideau Center too, I had fun walking around the Tiffany and Co trying to act like I had money to be there haha!

@AA-jq6cv

2 жыл бұрын

@katie M . I will take there when ever I visit.

@peforster6725

2 жыл бұрын

Elephant & Company was by there. Loved that place when I worked at the Rideau Centre in the late 80's

I completely forgot they had a rooftop terrace. They should add events up there.

Can you access theWestin hotel from within the Rideau Centre…

There is a lot to check out in Ottawa, stay longer. We even got ghost tours and amazing rivers

Beautiful

I am not much into going to malls also...but I go for the bookstores and to just people watch!

Such a beautiful mall so johhnny which one of the hotels you stay is the nicest montreal or ottawa.

Ah, the beige city mall.

Dear Mr. Johnny Strides.... OK, Dude... Johnny is Toronto's Vlogger.... This is has got to be the BEST INTRO to any of your VLOGS!!!!!...... Excellent method of compensating for 'Technical Audio Glitches'....... If you just happened to breathe in some helium and speak during the INTRO that would be even more hilarious... "MY name is Johnny Strides and my audio is squeaky like my voice, but I am speaking in this Mickey Mouse tone because I just breathed in helium... I felt the urge to be freaky!"..... "Wow, my squeaky-freaky voice is attracting female mice!"...... "Anyone interested in sucking up some helium with me as I explore Ottawa's Rideau Mall?".... "I am beginning to see pink elephants flapping their big ears!" .... "Oh shit, I think I'm totally high on helium!".... The end..... Always in Good Taste.... CHEERS.... Be Supportive and Subscribe.... And Check out Johnny Stumbles.... "Wow, this helium-shit is good... I feel like an astronaut floating through space!".....

How much I'd love to go out for a stroll with you in Toronto soon. I'll be moving to nova Scotia as of 2022 all the way from Indonesia btw!

wonder how many of those unless stores are still open right now

I don't shop at malls with fancy expensive clothing and things. I go to Second-hand Stores to buy all my clothes. Saves me tons of $$$ and will continue to shop at used places.

@henryleedupuis6917

2 жыл бұрын

Thats why I shop at Winners yo save lots of money there too yo!😎

@janishart5128

2 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea - provided you can find what you want. More power to you!!!

You missed the view of Rideau Street from the rooftop! I also like to "sneak" into the stairwells of the Chateau Laurier for some pretty rad views of the Senate Building and Major's Hill Park.

@janicedale1413

2 жыл бұрын

My high school prom was at the Chateau Laurier in 1981! I was about to hop a bus and go to the Byward Market and the Rideau Center... I'm over it. Going to stick closer to home...lol

@trmd

2 жыл бұрын

@@janicedale1413 Awesome! I moved here in 2011 from Sudbury, left, and came back in 2015. Used to visit family here frequently as a kid in the 90s. Would love to hear some stories about the Chateau and Downtown back in the 80s!

How far is this mall from the via rail station

Isnt bayshore bigger tho?

Miss the ByWard Market. Thanks for the walk.

On the MacKenzie-King entrance there’s a bus area

Cam on ban tui xem thanh pho Ottawa canada

I lived in Ottawa during the 90s, and I always enjoyed walking the malls. But I would say that the St. Laurent Centre is bigger.

Aww man I haven't been there in so long maybe since 2006. Looks so modern almost futuristic

is there some youtuber living in winnipeg

You mentioned several times that National Defense was located in a non-descript location next to your hotel. However they actually do have a much larger and secure headquarters just down Nicholas on the right (see the tall building down the street at 26:08.) They also have a large campus out in the suburban west end of Ottawa (in a field.).

Hi Johnny it is a big mall

Did you guys see the red Lamborghini Countach at 0:31?

Enjoyable video! For future reference, it's pronounced "Ree doe" (phonetically)

🥰🥰🥰🥰🤩🤩🤩

You should visit Bayshore Shopping Mall in Ottawa, it's 3 times bigger

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard it expanded recently, however I personally hate shopping malls and ones that are out of the way to get to? No thanks :P

better than any malls in toronto because once you step outside its beautiful dt ottawa

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

lol that's subjective... also you're comparing Ottawa to a city that's nearly 6 times larger.

Does Downtown Ottawa have an underground city like Montreal's RESO or Toronto's PATH?

@jaghazarian4338

2 жыл бұрын

No

@doinafred3049

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately no , Ottawa is much smaller than MTL.👍🇨🇦

people were always smoking cigarettes at the food court. do u guys remember the ashtray made out of foil? hahaha

13:25 😯😳😮

Canada was my dream world. Was trying to get a job for the last 4 years, and due to pandemic my bad luck I can't make it. Atleast before my death I wish will be there once.

@jayjayjellybean5907

2 жыл бұрын

No no. We don't need more of you.

@rajarajan429

2 жыл бұрын

@@jayjayjellybean5907 Aww..

@Julessou

2 жыл бұрын

You are more than welcome here 🤗 Don’t listen to negative people please.

@rajarajan429

2 жыл бұрын

@@Julessou I have applied many more jobs in Canada since I have 10 years of IT industry experience. But no reply. Aww

Nice rideau view.

Very beautiful mall!

august 15 is my birthday lol

The stores are empty, nobody is shopping. That says a lot

Hey

shop for your need, not for your want.

Dear Mr. Johnn Strides... WARNING.... TONGUE AND CHEEK... This is supposed to be a clean all-ages vlog, but I happen to notice the BRA Commerical... Oops!.... I fully understand that the camera just swerved in that BRA COMMERICAL because sometimes mechanical devices have a mind of their own... It's totally understandable, these things do happen.... Hey, nice curves.... NO not girl!.... The architecture of the interior of the Rideau Centre Mall... Sheesh!.... All some guys have on their minds are curvature a BRA Commerical, but I am talking about the splendor of the Rideau Centre Mall!..... Sincerely, Clayton Crawford

Your title is wrong...Rideau is one shopping mall among others in Ottawa but not the largest one...You should visit BAYSHORE Shopping Mall (my preferred One) and SAINT-LAURENT Mall... :) are larger than Rideau

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

So this list is wrong? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_shopping_centres_in_Canada

@jontdoe4111

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyStrides yes

@deborah8056

2 жыл бұрын

Bayshore is the biggest mall in Ottawa but St Laurent is smaller than Rideau.

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

@@deborah8056 How can Bayshore be the largest mall in Ottawa when it's half the size of the Rideau Centre? Just curious...

@deborah8056

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyStrides It was recently renovated/expanded about 5 years ago. What's on wikipedia is not updated.

I'm from MTL. but i'll put that mall up against any mall in MTL.

It's REE-doe, not rid-OH...

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

Did I not say it correctly at the start of the video? People really take offence to French words & names being mispronounced to an extremely anal level it seems.

@gkjsooley

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyStrides English speakers here (Ottawa) pronounce it REE-doe.

They spent all that money on this mall and there is not one useful store there

“Biggest mall” it’s not a big mall at all actually. And you’re over pronouncing the DOE part in Rideau.

@janishart5128

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that's how it's pronounced in French, so, maybe he's French?

@janeyick1943

2 жыл бұрын

@@janishart5128 Yes it is a French name/word, but I am almost certain that it's still not that over pronounced in french. At least not Canadian french. (yes there is a difference in Canadian french to french elsewhere).

@janishart5128

2 жыл бұрын

@@janeyick1943: Yes, that's true, and I agree that there is definitely a difference between Canadian French and French elsewhere. Canadian French uses more 'slang' words.

Overpriced snobby mall. They charged me like $20 just to park. They can bulldoze that place and build affordable housing.

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

That's not unreasonable for downtown parking anywhere IMO

You missed the homeless people lying all over the sidewalks. The drunks passed out at the bus stops and the drug dealing scum I never. Never. Go there.

@user-hq1hn2yp7v

2 жыл бұрын

i remember the hippie guy with a wheelchair.

This just my opinion. The city of Ottawa is the most boring capital city in the world…… I have travelled to a lot of cities around the world and you can actually seat in a patio and enjoy live music or enjoy an outdoor concert; I know we are in regulations do to Covid…. But even before the pandemic hit us……there was no life, even today still no entertainment for tourist after 6 pm on any given day……. Like I said just my opinion….

Ottawa really isnt nice. You completely avoided all the crack heads and homeless people. And hobos taking dumps in front of the malls. This is not the true representation of ottawa. Ottawa is DIRTY.

@JohnnyStrides

2 жыл бұрын

lol Ottawa is fine.

Overprice and high crimes area, not safe.

@tysonbyzon9680

2 жыл бұрын

F *** you don't put our city down 😡