Madang Plaza Shopping Mall

Parking here sucks so much! The only time it’s decent is during the week or early in the morning. If you come on a weekend good luck.
I like the stores and restaurants here, even the theater is nice. We come to this plaza often because of Lemon Tree, for the kids, Curry House, Paris Baguette, Tom and Toms, and Hmart. Only downside to Hmart is that it’s tiny inside and everything is squished together.

I love checking out new cultures and different parts of town. This time, we’re exploring what Koreatown has to offer. After having lunch at the tofu house, we wandered along Wilshire and ended up here.
This mall is very Korean, which is great because I’m not very familiar with the culture. There were many specialty coffee shops, food joints, and stores. The crowd was predominantly Korean, with a few explorers such as ourselves checking out the place for the first time. I liked it, it was clean and classy.
I will be back to try out some of the places here. Stay tuned for some updates.

Besides parking from hell, this plaza in Koreatown has a good collection of eateries from savory to sweets and everything in-​between. As far as shopping goes, there isn’t much including the HK Market. Save your sanity and take the Metro!
Nearest Metro Station: Purple Line at Wilshire/​Western Station

An open air plaza with multiple stories. One stop shopping center. This plaza has almost everything you need. a movie theater, gym, restaurant café for kids (the workers watch your kids play), daiso (everything $ 1.50), korean bbq, bunch of coffee and dessert shops (Paris baguette, tom n toms, boba time, chocolate chair, sul&beans), skincare and makeup shop, lounge, and a korean market in the basement.
The one thing that sucks really bad is their parking structure. Seriously the worst ever… kind of hazardous and crammed. But at least they validate (2 free hrs).

i used to shop here and i love eating at school foods… They have lots of trendy korean foods! I give this place 5 stars for food and movie theater but 1 star for the shopping center. They dont have a phone number to make complaints. When i searched for the office number, nobody knows it! The parking attendant (old korean man) asked us to stop while exiting the parking lot. he stopped her becuz she didn’t put her blinkers on to make a right turn. then yelled out «stupid»!! she drove off quickly to avoid confrontation. i would’ve of told that guy to shove it up his hole! Why hire people like that to ruin the companies image !

I was told the policy changed regarding free parking validation. You can only get one stamp (2 hours validation) even if you go to multiple restaurants/​stores– Every 15 min after the first 2 hours is $ 1.50
I was there for around 2.5 hours but the guy at the gate didn’t charge me so I don’t know how true this new policy is.
However, if they do enforce it, then that’s a real bummer…

Madang mall is just a big plaza which inhouses all your favorite restaurants and shops.
The restaurants include School Food, The Kangjung, Doni Burger, Curry House, Lemon Tree Kids Café and as well as Madang Korean BBQ. They also have many shops including Daiso, The Face Shop, Aladin Used Bookstore and so much more.
This plaza is also gives many variety to your dessert needs. From Tom N Toms, Boba Time, Paris Baguette, Beard Papa and the most famous, Chocolate Chair and Sul & Beans.
It also has a small empty space in the middle of the plaza where people can sit down and kids can play.
Ever since H Mart opened underground, parking has been the biggest issue. Other than that, it’s a great place to hang out with friends and family.

Madand Plaza is my favorite mall in Koreatown, it’s more modern, more upscale, it’s build outdoors, I loved its architecture and ethnic style.
It has better stores, it’s fun to walk around, check them out. It also has a decent movie theater (where they play Korean movies, so that’s nice), a bookstore and decent restaurants.
Paris Baguette, the bakery inside the mall left a huge impression on me. I didn’t buy anything, we just checked it out and we were impressed with the selection of pastries and desserts! Amazing! Everything look beautiful and tasty. OK prices. If you’re in the area, check it out. Anyone should be able to find something in here.
Decent mall, close to the Vermont/​Wilshire subway stop. Check it out if you’ll visit the area.

This place is TERRIBLE! There is no parking and the stupid parking attendants still let you in so you can drive up six floors and do a uturn. I’ll never come here ever again! This place is so stupid! The incompetence is unbearable!

Since I lived only a few blocks down from this shopping center, I frequented the Daiso located within. The Daiso is pretty good. It’s definitely my favorite that I’ve been to in Los Angeles.
I’ve not been to the CGV, but I only hear good things, albeit with the addendum of it being on the pricey side.
The restaurants are all good, and though I didn’t end up eating there, this place has a School Food.
My favorite part of this mall (other than the fabulous, traditional Korean architecture) is the Aladdin bookstore on the third level. It has books in both Korean and English and though it has a great selection of newly released books, I’m definitely here for the Used Books selection. It. Is. Vast.
And they have a parking garage! Though I am a huge fan of the bookstore, the rest of the plaza, to me, was just sort of «ehhh.» There’s not much here unless you’re in the market for food.

I love that they have CGV Cinema and Daiso but DEFINITELY need more restaurants and stores!
Until then. it’s just A-​OK…

This «mall» was the third one in our K-​town visit and while it had a very nice shop called Daiso that we all enjoyed browsing there wasn’t a lot else going on there. We did get some coffee cronuts from Paris Baguette which was nice.
There’s free valet parking with validation. The parking attendant told me to get validations from each store we visited so I think that each validation is only good for so long.
It’s an open air layout so it felt very familiar to me. They also have a movie theater which showers both current Hollywood releases and Korean/​Asian films.

This plaza isn’t that big but is extreme busy in the weekend. I can see why is so packed here it got a theater, gym, daiso, and even Paris baguette. The parking structure is 7 stories tall, but the lot is actually small and only compact spot. The parking is free if you validate, most of the vendor gave you two hours.
I not too far of the layout, but it is a good location and I guess they try to make the best of the space available. This mall does remind me like those find in Asia, compact space and separate by many floors.

From ashes rise the Phoenix! When I was a lad, one restaurant (Woo Lae Oak) sat where mighty Madang now sits. An ambitious plan resulted in Woo Lae Oak being bulldozed and a mall built in its place. An economic downturn resulted in 90% of its storefronts sitting empty, for years. Fast forward to 2014 and watch out everybody, Madang is a hit! Movie theatre, School Food, Daiso, Curry House, a gym (always empty, but you can’t have it all), a super Paris Baguette (ask for manager Joe, he’s awesome) and more. Any two different stores can validate, resulting in roomy free parking. Best kept secret, ladies: a shop on the second floor has gently-​used high end bags. Nobody needs to know. Gents, even I picked up a black LV mens’ wallet for pennies on the Korean Won. You must try Madang Plaza!

I’ll be honest, this mall is a little boring for me. I love the design however; it’s absolutely gorgeous but this mall doesn’t have too much stores.
My only favorite store here is Aladdin Used bookstore
I hope this mall will spice things up, I want this mall to stay. I believe that they’re going to have an H mart soon. Can’t wait…

The Madang Plaza Shopping Mall (aka Madang Mall) is a shopping center in Koreatown, in which the concept was inspired by traditional Korean design. In Korean, madang means «courtyard» or the garden of a traditional Korean housing complex.
It opened in June 2010 with three levels of shopping and entertainment. Located, just North of Wilshire Blvd on the western side of Western Ave, where the famous Woo Lae Oak restaurant once stood. There’s a parking structure underneath the shopping center. Escalators lead up to the main level. If you validate your ticket, parking is FREE.
It’s a nice looking mall and they already added a decent sized Christmas Tree in the main courtyard for the holiday season.
MADANG DIRECTORY
— Chocolate Chair
— Daiso Japan
— Lemon Tree Kids Restaurant
— Doni Burger
— Madang 621 Korean BBQ Restaurant
— Tom N Toms Coffee Shop
— Boba Time
— Beard Papa
— Cosmetic World
— Paris Baguette Café & Bakeshop
— One Dental
— Bobo’s
— Yu Hair Salon
— Curry House
— Fitness M Gym
— Chosun Myungju
— Aladdin Bookstore
— School Food
— Gang Jung Chicken
— CGV Cinema
Often very crowded on the weekends, if you can maneuver like a crafty ninja, then you’ll have no problems avoiding the people as you jump, twirl, and somersault your way thru. ENJOY!