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Morning Glen Mall – Shopping Centre

in Morningside Manor and Gallo Manor, eastern Sandton, Greater Johannesburg.

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Morning Glen Mall is the original shopping centre of Morningside Manor and Gallo Manor.  You can read its older history at the bottom of this page, current events below, and underneath that the list of shops with their contact details

Parking: Since 2019, all parking is free of charge at Morning Glen Mall, to our great joy. There are now "booms for security" but since you just wave at a sensor to open any boom, it isn't clear how this enhances security.

Both parking levels are accessible from Bowling Avenue just south of the BP Garage.  The lower level also has an imposing main entrance at the traffic lights on Kelvin Drive just west of Bowling Ave (down the hill).  GPS Coordinates: Main Entrance (Kelvin Drive, lower level only): -26.06793, 28.07303; Bowling Ave Entrance (both levels): -26.06612, 28.07494.  The upper level is now also accessible from a slip road in Kelvin Drive eastbound.

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Note: Megaplex does not manage the shopping centres listed on this site: Please contact Centre Management if you need more information. The Centre Office on the lower level, down the little side passage left of Country Collage, before the toilets.
Morning Glen Centre Manager: Telephone 079 879 5578. Contact: Penny Matsinhe: e-mail pmatsinhe@sacorp.co.za web site
Morning Glen Centre Marketing Manager: Telephone 010 020 2950. Contact: Katlego Lauren: e-mail kmahlase@sacorp.co.za

Opinions expressed on this site are those of Megaplex and do not necessarily reflect those of the mall nor its owners, who make no financial contribution towards this page.  They have, however, sent us some of these updates:

What is New and Complete:

  • Scarlett Fashion, Lower Level – Ladies' event dress boutique, opened January 2025.
  • Amari MJC, Shop 12, Lower Level – Ladies' boutique, opened 2024-12-14.
  • End September 2024, Postnet moved from opposite Country Collage to opposite The Crazy Store, lower level.  Chic Blush moved upstairs to shop 67, to be later replaced by Pandora Fashion in November 2024.
  • Fight City Gym, Shop 60, Upper Level and Glow 4 Events, Shop 61, Upper Level opened August 2024.
  • Sweet Delights opened 4 March 2024 in Entrance 1 opposite Protea Home.
  • Yorkshire Suit & Tailors opened opposite Protea Home and Clicks in January 2024.
  • The Foodies' Feast, a range of sampler stalls of worldwide cuisine, opened off the passage opposite Protea Home and the scenic lifts on Saturday 2 September 2023.
  • Cash Converters finally opened in shop 40 next to Food Lovers Market on Wed 23 August 2023.
  • Blueberry Beacon Family restaurant and kids playground opened in June 2023. It is on the upper level at the extreme west end of the centre overlooking the new deck and Rivonia
  • Also in June, The Golden Tee indoor golf experience opened just in from Blueberry Beacon. Real golf swings, virtual courses, rain or shine, no lightning!
  • As of May 2023 Hob Nob Bubble Tea was terminated, Mr Price Home, the SA Post Office, and Ink Sarang have vacated. Willow Way Fitness has opened on the upper level.
  • Padel courts on the north side of the mall opened October 2022 and seem popular.
  • A new parking deck increasing the number of parking bays for customers' convenience, along with new Mall entrance and scenic lifts. Access to this parking deck is directly through the enhanced entrance from Kelvin Drive.  It is envisaged to have restaurants on the deck, with a scenic view north-westwards over the Sandspruit and the suburbs towards Rivonia.
  • The new entrance at the east end (Rivonia side) of the lower level of the Mall opened in June 2022, leading to the new parking deck.
  • Protea Home moved down from the upper level and lies all along one side of that entrance, with their door right next to the Mall's Entrance 1.  The new entrance seems not to have a number yet: Entrance zero, maybe?
  • The photo shows Clicks on the right. Protea Home is in the middle, at the junction of Entrance 1 (on the left), and the new passage leading to the new entrance (curving away on the right). The patch of red upstairs is Protea Home's old sign. That area has now been remodelled into an entrance passage like the one below, with shops on either side (including Willow Way Fitness), an upstairs entrance and scenic lift.
  • You can use Free Wi-Fi when visiting Morning Glen Mall:
    1. Turn on your Wi-fi and connect to "@SmartMall Free Wi-Fi"
    2. Open your browser and click through to the Morning Glen Mall wifi landing page
    3. Complete the required fields and click "Connect Me"
    4. You are now connected and have 50MB of free wi-fi daily inside the mall.
  • Download the SmartMall App and select "Morning Glen Mall" to unlock a total of 1GB of free data daily.
  • An aesthetic upgrade to the whole interior and exterior of the mall.
  • New direct access from Kelvin Drive directly onto the upper parking deck outside Tyres & More. There are now a total of four road entrances into the Mall, and two exits.
  • Current access / egress off Kelvin Drive improved which allows for a better flow of traffic.
  • Launched the mall's first website in line with the centre's revamped brand.
  • A 900.57 kWp Solar Plant has been installed onto the roof of Morning Glen Mall, this generates approximately 1.2 GWh of electricity a year.
  • Improved routing with additional signage for the customers to navigate the car park.
  • Launch of Panarottis Restaurant has been well received.

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Shops in the Ground Floor (Lower Level):  Back to top

Clicks is at the west entrance, Entrance 1, the first entrance you get to when entering from Kelvin Drive). Shops below are listed in shop number order, clockwise from Entrance 1 (Clicks) to the new Entrance 3 (Pizza Perfect), and back via Entrance 2 (ATMS) to opposite Clicks (see floor plan below):

Ground Floor (Lower Level) Plan:  Back to top

This plan shows the new passage on the left between Clicks (shop 23) and Protea Home (shop 22) leading past the SPCA Book Nook to The Foodies' Feast and the new open parking deck overlooking the Padel courts.

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Shops in the Upper Level (First Floor):  Back to top

These are listed in shop order, from Tyres & More outside, Panarottis Restaurant at the east entrance, clockwise inside to Revive Dry Clean Factory, Willowway Fitness and Blueberry Beacon in the west, and back east to Food Lovers Market and Cash Converters. See floor plan below.
Links on This Page:
Ground Floor
Ground plan
Upper Level
Upper plan
Nearby Places of Interest
Google Map of Area
A Bit of History

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Links to Other Pages:
Megaplex Home page – Overview of Shops, Facilities, and Accommodation in Rivonia, Morningside, Morningside Manor, Gallo Manor and surroundings

Other Shopping Centres in the Morningside area:
 90° on Rivonia
The Wedge, Morningside
Morningside Shopping Centre (Rivonia Road)
Morning View, South Road

Shopping Centres in Rivonia:
Rivonia Central
Rivonia Village
Rivonia Junction
Mutual Mews
Early Dawn Mall
Other Shops in Rivonia

Accommodation & Restaurants:
Accommodation in Rivonia,
Restaurants in Rivonia,
Restaurant reviews for Rivonia
Morningside Restaurant reviews

Shopping Centres in Woodmead:
Overview of Shops in Woodmead Dunwoody Centre
Woodmead Value Mart
Woodmead Super Value Centre
Woodmead Commercial Park
Woodmead Retail Park
Woodmead Square

Other Places of Interest:
Culture: Books, Movies, etc
Sandspruit Hiking Trail,
Ernest Ullmann Park Recreation Centre,
Montrose Nursery Garden Centre and Gia's Coffee Shop,
Manor Medical Centre,
Morningside Country Club,
Rooms To Let in Morningside

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First Floor (Upper Level) Plan:  Back to top

The plan is sketchy on the left where we drew in the new passage leading to The Golden Tee and Blueberry Beacon restaurant. The mall's own website does not have a floor plan at all.

Basement

Accessible either from the stairs and scenic lifts on the extreme east of the centre, or by driving directly in (not turning right) at the main entrance on Kelvin Drive.  Drive through the first parking deck and down the ramp to the bottom level.  There you will find:

Nearby amenities include:  Back to top

Map to Centre:   Back to top

The red marker as shown above marks the position of the centre on the map below.  Other centres in Morningside and Wendywood are shown with markers of  different colours.


View Morningside Shops in a larger map

A Little History:  Back to top

Morning Glen Mall is the original shopping centre of Morningside Manor and Gallo Manor.  It started as a simple single-story structure surrounded by a car park.

After many years of serving a growing community, it expanded substantially in the late 2000's.  While shops continued to trade, and moved around as needed, a second storey of shops and car park was added  The floor area was substantially increased.  As of 1 November 2009 all shops had moved into Phase 1 of the new part.  Silver Pine Spur (now gone) opened March 2010 on the upper level, and Pizza Perfect (replaced by a new one in December 2019 on the Lower Level) and Burger Perfect (now gone) in late June.  The Second Phase opened at the end of August 2010 with Woolworths (now gone), Meltz (now gone), DIY Depot (now Mica Hardware) and Capitec Bank (now gone).  After some changes, the tenant mix settled down.

Ownership and management of the centre changed on 1 April 2016.  The new management strangely did its best to get rid of the tenants, notably the Spur, resulting in a rather empty centre.

A newer team (as of May 2018)  has been reversing this with some success. The eastern end of the centre was revamped in 2019 into early 2020. The lower east-facing entrance was closed and replaced wtih what is now Entrance 3, and Mica moved from the west end to the the east end where the entrance was.  Above that, the east entrance was moved to above Entrance 3, and Food Lovers Market opened on Thursday 23 January 2020.  The western end was revamped in April 2022, with a more imposing entrance.  In April 2022, Panarottis Italian Restaurant moved in.

Below left: looking into the mall from inside the old west entrance next to Natural Effects.
Below right: the same view today, from inside the Mall just outside Food Lovers market and Natural Effects.

"Before". Upper Level East on 2016-06-04

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Other shopping centres in the area: 90° on Rivonia, The Wedge, Morningside, Woodmead Retail Park.

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