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    MaDang the Courtyard

    3.2 (71 reviews)
    Open • 8:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    Key L.

    Workers are reportedly allowed to smoke on the 6th and 7 th floors inside the building, according to a security guard who was working an evening weekday shift. While shopping in the building, I could clearly smell cigarette smoke and nicotine. If smoking is taking place indoors, I would appreciate it if this matter could be investigated and the building's no-smoking policy enforced.

    Sarah S.

    MaDang is one of my favorite little Korean malls. I don't think it can really be called a mall and def not a strip mall - nope - Courtyard really is the best way to describe MaDang. I legit love coming here because it's just so gorgeous! Clean, always organized, the usual elderly grandpa patrolling around as security looking for those doing wrong, lol! There is a huge parking garage which always has parking. Be sure to get validated and cross your fingers to hope a movie at CGV doesn't get out the same time you want to leave. That's the only downfall of MaDang, exiting at night from the garage is hit or miss. Last night, I got right out! Other nights, been stuck for 45 minutes. So, truly hit or miss. There is SO MUCH good at MaDang. Shopping, eats, the aforementioned coffee shop, bookshops...let me highlight a few favorites: ~ Heuk Hwa Dang - their ice cream and coffee is great, adorabley cute space! ~ H-Mart Supermarket - who doesn't love groceries?! lol ~ Beard Papa - cream puffs are nomz. ~ Daiso - I love deals and Daiso is full of them! ~Sul & Beans - Patbingsu deliciousness to amaze your out of town friends, lol. ~Somi Somi - Ah-Boong, a fish-shaped waffle cone filled with your choice of filling and topped with soft serve - similar to taiyaki and so good. Kpop Music Town K-Pop Store - self explainatory. Jung Kook army bias here. I been rocking with Kpop since Seotaiji and H.O.T. so I'll always be a fan. ~Aladdin Bookstore - friends always want to go here for Korean books while in town. ~Pelicana Chicken - KFC straight from Korea with great happy hour deals. ~CGV Cinema - movies in Korean! The fact that Korean shopping malls exist in KTown is truly dope af. I love MaDang, love bringing my out of town friends, and I'm truly a MaDang regular.

    Melissa G.

    MaDang the Courtyard is just that: a small courtyard in the middle of densely populated Koreatown. Literally steps from the Wilshire/Western station of the Metro's Purple line, it has a lot of accessibility if you're coming here using public transit. However, if you're driving in, be sure to enter the parking garage on Manhattan Place, the next street west of Western Avenue. You can turn onto Manhattan Place from either direction off of 6th Street, but you can only make a right onto the block from the Wilshire Blvd side. Wilshire has a center median so don't even think about making a left hand turn! Not only that, it is packed solid on weekends! Lots of families, couples and the like to hang out or do grocery shopping at H-Mart. You can expect to wait in a traffic line just to get into the garage. It's narrow and there's validated parking in a lot of the stores so keep that in mind! I've only come here for easy, cutie shopping at Daiso - a favorite store of mine. I've started to frequent Jeong Yuk Jeom, whose meat dishes are so good, I think about it when I'm not there! I've also been to the CGV cinemas a few years ago to see Pirates of the Caribbean on the 360-degree screen, which is out of this world! And a fun, unique experience for cinephiles. They also show plenty of Korean cinema as well. Paris Baguette is here - I love their little pastries! But as a courtyard, MaDang is just a courtyard. Plan ahead for weekend visits and have fun!

    This plaza is really convenient with Daiso, SomiSomi, Potobox, and H Mart all in one area. It's easy to stop by for quick shopping, dessert, or a photo booth session. Parking is simple, and H Mart offers validation that makes the rate much cheaper. The plaza is clean, walkable, and has a good mix of stores. A reliable stop whenever I'm in the area.

    Banana Milk latte and Dalgona latte

    So many shops to check out, DEFINITELY have to get a potato cheese corndog every time I'm there

    Jo S.

    This mall grew on me, each time I went back recently I discovered more and more stores to check out and shop at. The decor (Korean inspired) is very nice and stylish, it's an outdoor mall with a movie theater, a supermarket (H-Mart, downstairs), many places to eat at (I love Paris Baguette!), ice cream stores, restaurants. Aladdin Bookstore is always nice to shop at and Daiso is great to browse, get things you need or things that are just fun, because the price is right! If I'd live in the area I'd explore more their restaurants and cool dessert places. Nice plaza, not too big, cool decor, right off Wilshire/Western subway stop. It has it own parking lot as well. Ma Dong Plaza is one of these place, more times you go, more fun you have!

    Julienne P.

    This mall looks like it's newly built. Spacious and clean. It has a few restaurants, dessert shops and an H-Mart here. We enjoyed our time buying dessert and eating it in the center courtyard.

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    Ask the Community - MaDang the Courtyard

    When does the parking garage close?

    There are hours listed near the top of the business page

    What are the parking lot hours and price? All day parking price? When does the lot closes?

    Does the parking structure have EV chargers?

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    Review Highlights - MaDang the Courtyard

    “You can get dinner, boba, ice cream, cosmetics, a trinket at daiso, and your groceries all in one place.”

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    Sometimes when I go to Little Tokyo there are parts that I don't always visit, but the Japanese…read moreVillage Plaza is somewhere that I always make sure to stop by and visit. Yes, part of it is because it's smack dab in the center, but the main part of it is because a lot of the businesses I like to shop at and peruse are located here, as well as lots of the places I like to get food and snacks from. I like visiting what I deem the "Anime Jungle pit" since eventually the entire underground section was taken over by businesses related to or owned by Anime Jungle, but in that pit, when there's no crazy lines, I like to visit Anime Jungle, Q Pop Shop, Little Akihabara LA (depending on the collab pop up), Kiddleton Kiosk, and maybe I got into the model kit or the TCG/vidya game shop, but not as often. Outside of the pit in the plaza area, sometimes I like to go to Monkey Pants, but it is a small shop, but they have cute trinkets and sometimes character mascots have meet and greet events, Catch on the 3rd floor, Neko Stop, Maneki Neko, Tokyo Japanese Lifestyle, the Sanrio store, Nijiya for quick drinks or snacks, Yamazaki bakery for the meat buns, Mitsuru Cafe for super cheap dango and takoyaki, and sometimes they have cool collab decoration and events throughout this location. It definitely gets crowded and busy here, the parking garage can get quite fisted, so it's not somewhere I park normally, but I will definitely visit.

    This plaza is the most stunning part of Little Tokyo. The whole space has been setup to mimic a…read moresmall village of like space of Japan. The open space has beautiful lanterns hanging from the top. There are spots to sit and rest. Both street parking and parking garages are available for visitors. In this plaza there's a lot to do. There are several restaurants first of all. Then there's bakery store, gift shop, Japanese grocery store, ice cream parlor and it's adjacent to another mall building. The plaza is mostly clean and safe to walk around. We spent about an hour here. We bough some stuff from Nijiya market, got kimono from Shinyodo gift shop and got ice cream from Little Tokyo Ice cream and yogurt. All staff members in each store were nice. Prices varied from average to high based on products.

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    Japanese Village Plaza - @jhennybventures (ig/TikTok) happy kid

    @jhennybventures (ig/TikTok) happy kid

    Japanese Village Plaza - The bell tower

    The bell tower

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