WOK BAR

I love malatang and didn't expect to find such a good place in Koreatown. Both hot pot and dry pot are priced by weight and they cost the same. It came to around $20-25 a bowl putting in everything I wanted (and one bowl last me 2 meals). I really like the flavor of the finished bowl. I went for the lowest possible spicy level and it's doable. The good thing was that it didn't reduce other flavor, just the spice. The dry pot was much more spicy than the soup one and I had to wash it in soup before eating. But overall, this was a very delicious malatang. They also have skewers. The squid tentacle was very good. I didn't really like squid texture but I finished the tentacle because it's really good. The korean dumplings were very good too. They also have wangzai milk (chinese sweet milk).

✨Do you have a high spice tolerance level and love Korean comfort food? This one’s for you✨ Wok Bar is all fired up in the heart of LA’s Koreatown neighborhood, with the freshest ingredients to choose from and customize for your Malatang, be it in hotpot soup form or dry hot pot, AND so many flavorful dishes to choose from, including our favorite sweet and sour pork with the crispiest batter and even meat skewers that are always a hit🙌🏼 First time trying Korean cuisine or don’t know what to get? Order this lineup and thank me later: 🍲Spicy Hot Pot Soup 🥘Spicy Dry Hot Pot 🥓Sweet and Sour Pork 🥟Steamed Dumplings 🥖Fried Bread 🍢Lamb Skewer 🍢Beef Skewer 🌶️Mala Jokbal 🔥Malaban

Way too expensive. Two of us shared one dry pot and one sweet and sour pork, and we ended up paying freaking $80 including tip. Tissues are kept on the staff’s desk, so you have to ask every time you need one. Even water isn’t free, you have to pay for it. Everything is overpriced, and honestly, I didn’t find anything special about the food. The sweet and sour pork was especially disappointing. It had a weird smell, like the pork wasn’t fresh. They barely put sauce on it, so I could hardly taste the ‘sweet and sour’ at all

First of all, coming from a Chinese person - extremely good food, the ultimate male spot for you. secondly, to the person with literally a Chinese last name that left a whole review calling this “Korean” comfort food - this is Chinese and you being Chinese but going around saying that and not even know this is your own people’s food is so baffling to me and this is how we get our food and culture taken. The reason why the have Korean language in store is because Malatang had gotten very popular in Korea and this store IS in Ktown, maybe do some research before posting an AI rewrite of an review here and act like a google influencer 💀

I usually don't like malatang (that Chinese numbing spice) but this place actually pretty good. You can choose to do dry or wet (soup based) - and you pay by weight. They have a little section where you load up your bowl with whatever you want and you just hand it over to the counter and they'll weigh it, charge you, and bring it out. Load this thing up with meat and fishballs! Seating won't accommodate more than four people and space is a little bit tight. Parking is a little rough - they have a tiny lot and valet at certain hours.