Skip to main content

Ziyarah Taxi

Red Sea Mall Jeddah 2026: Opening Hours, Shops & Getting There

Red Sea Mall is Jeddah’s north-side landmark mall on the Al-Hamra waterfront — and for a visitor it does two jobs: a genuinely good shopping-and-dining stop, and the city’s most reliable indoor plan when the heat, dust or rain makes the Corniche a bad idea. This page gives you the practical bits a maps pin won’t: the real opening hours (including Friday and prayer-time closures), what’s actually inside, where to park, and a fixed-price ride there — so a mall trip stays simple instead of turning into a parking hunt.

Red Sea Mall at a glance
What it is Major north-Jeddah shopping, dining & leisure mall (cinema, food court, brands, hypermarket)
Where Al-Hamra, on the northern Corniche — ~20–25 min from Jeddah airport (JED)
Opening hours Sat–Thu 09:00–24:00 · Fri 13:00–24:00 (official)
Prayer closures Short closures (~20–30 min) around prayer times
Parking Free multi-level on-site parking
Family angle Indoor, air-conditioned, stroller-friendly — the hot/rainy-day fallback
Pairs with Fakieh Aquarium + the Corniche (both on the same Al-Hamra frontage)
Contact redseamall.com · +966 12 215 1551

What is Red Sea Mall?

Red Sea Mall is one of the big shopping-and-leisure malls on Jeddah’s northern Al-Hamra frontage, right by the Corniche. It combines retail brands, a hypermarket, a food court and restaurants, a cinema and family leisure under one air-conditioned roof. Its location makes it the natural indoor half of a Jeddah day: pair it with the aquarium and the waterfront next door, or use it as the plan when the weather turns.

Opening hours (and the Friday catch)

  • Standard hours: Sat–Thu 09:00–24:00; Friday 13:00–24:00 (the mall’s own site governs — some third-party listings still show the older 10:00 open).
  • Prayer times: shops close briefly around each prayer — typically a 20–30 minute shutter — so factor that into a tight visit.
  • Ramadan & Eid: hours shift significantly in Ramadan and around Eid — confirm at redseamall.com before a special-season trip.

What’s inside (shops, dining, leisure)

  • Shopping: a broad brand mix plus a hypermarket — the everyday-and-everything mall for the north side.
  • Food: food court plus seated restaurants and cafés.
  • Leisure: a cinema and family entertainment, which is what makes it a genuine “keep the kids busy for a few hours” option.
  • A word of honesty: store rosters change constantly. Check the official directory at redseamall.com for a specific store or opening rather than trusting a fixed list.

Why it’s the hot-day / rainy-day plan

Jeddah’s heat, occasional rain and dust mean every trip needs an indoor fallback. Red Sea Mall is the north-side one:

  • Air-conditioned, all under one roof — no sun exposure between stops.
  • Kid-friendly — food, cinema and play options in one place.
  • On the Corniche frontage — so you can do the waterfront or the Fakieh Aquarium and fall back to the mall if the weather changes. For why the season matters, see the Jeddah weather guide.

Getting to Red Sea Mall by taxi

  • Where you’re dropped: main mall entrances off the Al-Hamra frontage — kerbside drop, no parking walk — and pick-up from the same entrance when you’re done.
  • Run times: ~20–25 minutes from Jeddah airport (JED), roughly ~15–20 minutes from central Jeddah.
  • Parking: free multi-level parking if you drive — but the low-stress move is a fixed-price ride that drops and collects you at the door.
  • The ride: in-town sedan at our approved fixed in-town fare — see the Jeddah taxi service rate table. (Metered-taxi comparison: ~SAR 13 base plus ~SAR 2.7/km, so a 5 km hop is ~SAR 26.5 before waiting and any peak surcharge; our price is fixed and quoted up front.)

Good to know

  • Dress: modest dress for public/mall areas — national norms are in the culture essentials guide.
  • Busy times: evenings and weekends are busiest; weekday mornings are calmest.
  • Combine it: the Corniche and the aquarium are both next door — see the Corniche guide.

FAQs: Red Sea Mall Jeddah

What are Red Sea Mall’s opening hours? Sat–Thu 09:00–24:00 and Friday 13:00–24:00 (official). Ramadan/Eid hours differ — confirm at redseamall.com. Short closures occur around prayer times.

Where is Red Sea Mall? On the Al-Hamra / northern Corniche frontage in Jeddah — about 20–25 minutes from the airport.

What’s inside Red Sea Mall? Shops and a hypermarket, a food court and restaurants, a cinema and family entertainment. Check redseamall.com for a specific store.

Is parking free? Yes — free multi-level on-site parking.

Is Red Sea Mall good for families? Yes — it’s indoor and air-conditioned with food, cinema and play options, making it the reliable hot-day or rainy-day plan (and a good backup to the Corniche).

How do I get to Red Sea Mall? A fixed-price private ride drops and collects you at the entrance — ~20–25 min from the airport. See the Jeddah taxi service.

Continue planning

Sources: redseamall.com (official hours, phone and store directory); bayut.sa / gulfmagazine.co (mall profile and location). Ramadan/Eid hours and the store line-up can change — check redseamall.com before a special-season trip.

Our Services