City Center on 6th

Let’s address the parking situation first. The only thing you need to be complaining about when it comes to the parking is the FEE’S that are associated with it. $ 2.00 every 15 minutes is RIDICULOUS in my eyes, maybe every 30 minutes, or free 1 hour parking with validation. $ 6 bucks to use the restroom, buy a drink at the Zion Market, and look at a store or two. The parking lot is not a hassle in my eyes, it’s the cost. If you don’t want to leave your keys with the parking attendant, then shoot to park on a side spot, or behind a car.
Secondly, trying to get your parking pass validated is just as bad as the parking fee’s. Why did they put the validation machine on a separate floor than the parking lot? It’s a middle floor in between the parking lot, and the main floor to the mall. So strange!
Thirdly, the mall is SO boring. It seems as there is only 10 stores, and the only reason this mall is staying open is due to the Zion Market, which is cool, but smells awful. Some of the women in the beauty stores are rude too, and give off a bothersome vibe. Came two times, and won’t be coming back. It’s a waste of time and money.
Go to the Koreatown Plaza or the Koreatown Galleria and save your money and time.

Really bad security, someone tried to steal my bike with the security guard not 10 feet away playing on his phone.

This is for my experience shopping in the store O Hui. I have never had a more frustrating and rude shopping experience in my life. I had been browsing o hui and decided to try another shop for sheet masks but i guess since i had left while the saleslady was on the phone she assumed i had stole from her. The saleslady from o hui then found me and my bf at the second store that we had decided to browse and then presumed to warned the saleslady at the second store about us because the second store lady quickly stepped over the counter and followed me everywhere even though i was browsing right in front of her. Horrible and rude, i Will definitely not be returning to this place and will be warning my friends. Had there be a security guard i would have reported this saleslady Beware!

This review is all about parking management only!
I can confidentially say I’m a regular customer here at this mall. I’m here all the time for a quick lunch at the food court or a fast korean grocery shopping at Zion market.
Latest experience almost put me to stop coming here. I arrived the parking around 17:00 on 7÷16÷2015. You’ll find free parking on different occasions here and there but not today, fine! I’ve never had any problems with that.
I proceeded to the food court, bought the food and retained the receipt since the parking validation is on it. When done, I got back to my car and got the parking ticket along with my receipt (validation) out ready for the cashier. I handed the two things to her and got ready to step on the gas pedal…
Le her: It’s FOUR dollars
Le me: What? There’s a validation on the receipt!
Le her: Yea but we don’t do this anymore. They changed the policy already.
At that point I was so confused. Who are they? What policy? Why am I being charged $ 4 when I have 2 hours free parking validation?
Le me: The sign said free parking up to 2 hours with validation then how come I have to pay?
Le her: I gave you ONE hour. That’s why you have to pay FOUR dollars. Unless you spend more at the market, I would’ve let you go…
What the FUCK?! There’s no sign posted about minimum spent at the mall plus SHE decided on her on to give me a ONE hour validation instead of TWO. I handed her the money and asked if I could have the manager’s information, phone number or whatever. She said she didn’t have it and gave me the money back and told me this «SHAME ON YOU»
I was like you’re wrong women. SHAME ON YOU!
Date incident happened 7÷16÷2015
Time incident happened 18:30
Called 213−383−3435 three times, no one answers
The cashier was Hispanic women with severe attitude problems
The point of this review/​complain is to prevent any confusion in the future and to speak up as a customer. Four dollars is not a big deal but mistreating people really is.

This is the newest mall in Koreatown. So I wanted to check it out while I was in the area. It’s located in a better part of Koreatown, close to the Gaylord.
I wasn’t too impressed by it. There aren’t too many stores inside, it seems half empty, like they’re still trying to get business owners in.
They have a big, nice supermarket and a decent food-​court, with many decent choices of Korean dishes. Probably the quietest food court I’ve ever been it.
Cake House is a nice pastry shop they have near the supermarket, a plus comparing to the other malls in the area.

Pretty boring mall but the design is incredible just like the Madang Plaza shopping mall. Not too much stores here. Oh, this is the only mall in Koreatown to not have a bookstore (what can I say? I love books!)
Food court is just like any other food court in Koreatown malls. If you’ve been to one food court in Koreatown, then you come here, you won’t get blown away.
Other than that, it’s just a great place to relax and people watch, just like what the old Koreans I saw were doing

I was at the Crystal Spa and the Zion Market this evening after a long day and when I tried to pull my car out of the parking spot, the valet sign was blocking the car. I looked over at the valet guy to see if he was going to move it and he just sat there watching. So I had to get out of the car and move the sign out of the way myself so I could reverse out of the spot. When I was forwarding he came over and banged on my window. I rolled the window down and he said «so who is gonna move the sign back?» And then he cursed at me. I am a regular customer at this center but with bad attitude parking attendants who do not realize it was their mistake in blocking a customer’s car and then cursing at a customer, I will not be returning to this center. Plenty of other paces to spa and shop in Ktown.

Cons — Parking lot is poorly planned. If possible I try to park on the street which isn’t much better.
Pros —
Cake house bakery on the first floor. Noticed on Sunday afternoons its a hot spot of Koreans aged 50+ ton hang out after Sunday Service oh and myself of course.
2^nd floor food court — lots of decent options
Face Shop — just started trying out their products. (Korean beauty shop)
Planet Beauty — another beauty shop, had Korean and non-​Korean products

While parking can get a little tough, even on a weeknight, City Center is still one of my favorite shopping centers in K-​town!
City Center does have an underground parking garage, with one hour free with validation! Don’t forget to get your parking validated, otherwise it will cost you $ 5!
There are a variety of stores, but I typically come to shop at Zion, grab some pastries from Cake House and stock up on skincare items at The Face Shop! There is also the newly opened EMC, which is a fresh seafood and raw bar and offer $ 1 oysters during happy hour!

I love this beautiful, clean and fairly new mall in Koreatown. It is definitely one of my favorite Korean «malls” to visit as it has everything there. There are some cute shops and the food court is pretty good too. I love getting my hair done at Étude Lounge, relaxing at Crystal Spa and munching on Cocohodo. At night, you can karaōke at Bobos or grab drinks at Orange. Zion market opens really late which is very convenient. They have a parking structure below on the right side of the mall. Make sure to get it validated; weekends are usually free. During late evenings, they offer valet or you can self-​park on the other levels.

Looks can sure be deceiving. If you swing past the outside of City Center on 6^th, it’s a beautiful building that runs along 6^th St in Koreatown. It seems like an upper scale shopping complex, more new than old, with potential written all over it. However, once you step inside, you’ll be disappointed by what you see. Actually, you won’t see much of anything since there’s a lot of unused area with a bunch of empty stores. For a 3 story building, you hate to see dry real estate. What a waste of space.
When this place was built, I thought it could compete with the Koreatown Galleria and Koreatown Plaza. Now, I’m not sure how investors plan on staying afloat with the building being so empty. Even the underground parking (located on S Alexandria Ave) can get crowded and I detest the tight parking spaces.
Here are the notables.
Zion Market
Cake House
Wilshire State Bank
Orange Bar & Grill
Bobos Karaōke
Touhmi
Cocohodo (bonus points if you can find it without help)
Next on my quest for shopping centers within K-​town — Galleria Market. FIGHTING!

PROS :
the shopping center part is clean, bright
interesting shops
the bakery (Cake House) is the only place worth going to
CONS :
parking lot sucks!
crowded (especially by the food/​market area)
rude people (what happened to saying «Excuse me!» instead of plowing through people with your cart/​stroller/​self?!)
OVERALL :
My experience was «meh» at best. Not a place I’d go out of my way to go to again.