MaDang the Courtyard

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!

Cute lil plaza in korea town that has just about everything! HERE ARE MY RECS:
-Aladdin Bookstore: English and Korean books (support small business)
-Hmart: groceries
-Jeong Yuk Jeom: solid kbbq
-Daiso: fun dollar store
-Sul & Beans: krn shaved ice (best in town!)
-Little Light: cute little accessory joint they clothes and phone charms are cute but their earrings are very poor quality
-CGV Cinema: watch korean movies

Parking can be a little crazy btw

Used to have lots of better food choices and better cafes but it's a bit outdated now. If it wasn't for the Aladdin used bookstore, i probably wouldn't come back.

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.

I love this mall! It is incredibly easy for you to bring your kids/family and find something to eat, watch a movie, shop for makeup/clothes, do your grocery shopping, and hit up Daiso for small trinkets/household goods. If you're meeting a bunch of friends, it's super easy to grab dinner, watch a movie and then eat dessert~ all in the same spot.

Depending on the time of day, you may have to wait for a parking spot but 99% of the time you can always find something. Every vendor in this plaza will give you a stamp for free parking with a small purchase (food, drink, etc).

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!

I really love visiting LA but the traffic is always so rough! It's so nice to find shopping centers that pretty much have everything Korean related in one place. We didn't get to check out everything here but if you are a Kpop/Kdrama lovers then there is a lot to see. On my last visit we visited Sul & Beans which has amazing Pat Bing Soo (Korean shaved ice), Cosmetic World had a ton of different Korean brands, and Paris Baguette! Next time I'm in LA I would like to watch a Korean movie at CGV (it's a Korean movie theatre, and I hope they have caramel popcorn like in Korea). Also, there is a Korean restaurant there that we will have to check out. Some other awesome things are they have Kpop store, Hmart, and Daiso! The only thing missing is a Korean spa~

Came here after our AYCE BBQ to walk off all we ate. I ordered 3 bingsoo for the 5 of us and we nothing left but the container. It was nice and cold eating it outside on on a cold night. Perfect combo:) Its a cute little spot to hang out at night, but they just don't have a lot of seating. Visiting from Northern CA so we had to try as many places as we can.

Our main goal was to meet Dana K. here and go to Chocolate Chair for the Dragon's Breath dessert - the one with the smoke coming out of the mouth and nose!

Yuri and I were early and found street parking. Later, we found out that parking in the garage is free with purchase at any of the many shops and restaurants. So, we moved the car to the garage - entrance is on Manhattan Place.

We went to:
Daiso - cute merchandise from Japan. Most items are $1.50.
SomiSomi - Fish shaped waffle cone and soft serve ice cream
Chocolate Chair - Dragon's Breath dessert

We most likely will return to this Shopping Mall in Koreatown in LA because of all of the cool stores! We also noticed that there's a movie theater on the upper level and Paris Baguette on the Ground level! I liked the Asian style décor and landscaping! There was a visible Security Guard, so it seemed "safer", too! LOL!

I decided to go to MaDang for dessert. While here, I ended up exploring the plaza. The roommate and I got here on Tuesday, November 20th around 2pm.

We started off at SomiSomi for an ah-boong. Not the best flavor wise, but very cute. Afterwards, we went to Hmart and bought a bunch of snacks. I adore Korean supermarkets. Next up was Daiso so I could raid their candy aisle. Gimme all that gummy and sour candy!

The plaza is small, but has a good amount of floors. There's a number of shops to explore. Downstairs there was a car display with commercials running in Korean which I thought was cute. I think the commercials were dubbed in Korean and subbed in English. A little funny as I think the commercials were originally in English based on the actors.

I believe they offer two hour validation if you park in the parking structure. Plenty of time to check out the entire plaza.