Fun afternoon! Great candy shop. Would recommend for window shopping or if you would like to buy…read moresomething, though it's a bit pricy but you can find some stuff for a good price. Especially at the farmers market there is a booth where you can make your own soda and although the line was long it moved quickly and had a great result. I strongly recommend the farmers market for a cheaper selection of food and fun drinks.

My non-LA pilled brain keeps mixing this one up with the Americana but it makes sense since they're…read moreallegedly designed by the same people. I don't think I go out of my way to visit the Grove, considering the distance and the difficulty of getting parking. Huge crowds, have to pay for parking, and even if you walk farther away, it's a risk to get towed and there's metered parking too that hit a 2 hour maximum, at least the last time I went there. Aside from accidentally wandering in here or being here for a specific event (seeing Yoshiki over a decade ago or the 20th anniversary Rilakkuma pop up, which was absolutely fisted with people), I've only wandered here on accident when hanging out with friends elsewhere. There's a good number of shops and eateries though, especially since it sort of shares the space/is right next to the Farmer's Market (great open area to go shop and to go dine). Large overlap of the same shops and eateries as the Americana, but there's things there that we don't have in Glendale. Lot of higher end businesses. Big fan of the La La Land Kind Cafe and what they do, their drinks, and their aesthetic. It's not a bad outdoors mall, considering how "fancy" it is, the fact that it's outside in the California sunshine, and the fountain with the Bellagio style musical water shows, but just know that the parking can get hideous.

This mall is a hidden gem but it is poorly maintained. Both up escalators have been out of…read moreoperation for 5+ months. The elevator has a 4-person limit and going over that will cause the elevator to become stuck and beep very loud (which is so sketchy). The permit listed on the elevator expired in 2023 as well. It's always lively and bustling with younger AND older generations of Koreans plus plenty of non-Koreans looking to explore the culture! As someone who has lived in Koreatown his whole life, this place is a pillar of Korean-American culture. By the way, cell reception is completely non-existent in many areas of the mall including H-Mart and the food court. Restrooms are on the first floor.

+ Bustling Korean commercial area. Lots of coming and going…read more Nice place to take a break from the downtown LA hustle. - The restrooms in the food court were completely closed, so I had to search a bit farther. If they have to do maintenance, they should avoid doing so during such busy hours. + Nicole's Coffee Shop was kind enough to validate my parking without me buying anything. I decided to support their business anyway. - The food court is very limited on hydrating, healthy drinks. I had barely walked around inside the Plaza for 15min when suddenly all the lights went out. Inside H-Mart was so dark. I ran outta there. Sunlight still shown through the windows, thankfully. Everyone was confused. I rushed back to my car in the parking garage and booked it outta there. Thankfully the gatekeeper's barricade arm was staying up (so my validated parking ticket didn't matter) so I could drive off quickly before the exit became a bottleneck. Turns out West LA had a blackout... the one time I ever visit LA! Shame, cuz I wanted to walk around Koreatown Plaza a little more before heading to the next checkpoint in my itinerary.

This is a review specifically for the little plant store in the parking garage…read more It's a small store, the lady here sells quite a variety of plants. Prices range from $10 and up for her orchid selection. Good quality and just a sweet place that I can recommend to those who like plants!

I spent some time at a LA shopping center just browsing, and the atmosphere made it easy to slow…read moredown and enjoy the experience.

Out of all the Westfield malls, Century City is among one of the most popular ones, although it's…read morevery frustrating at times whenever visiting here, especially during holiday and peak hours. Parking - One of the dealbreakers in my opinion. Especially during peak hours, it can feel like a maze here, you'll find that it's very easily to get lost here. Worse part is that parking is NOT FREE. However, there's parking validation but only specific stores. They don't tell you or list what stores give validation but even then, it's not for the whole duration and only for a specific time frame. A bit frustrating to deal with overall. However, there's plenty of good sides of the mall. The shops here are great, there's most of the stores that you'll find when it comes to luxury, and higher end shops. Ranges from Apple, Lucid, Tesla, Dyson, lululemon, Therabody, etc. The vibe here is very modern, lights up very nicely since it's a outdoor mall. It's very pretty here during the holidays, my wife and I came during Christmas to see all the holiday lights, Christmas Carols, and artificial snow, which turned out to our favorites. It was such a romantic and chill vibe, very cool to see this yearly. They often has collaboration events here such as these events, so be on the lookout for that. Food here is decent, over the years, they've added plenty of popular spots like Chick Fila, Shake Shack, but the staples here are most certainly Din Tai Fung, HaiDiLao Hot pot, Ramen Nagi, and plenty of other notable spots. I would say, they're all worthy to check out, just haven't had time to check them all out yet. Directory online and in person is very informative as well for the restaurants. Drinks wise, there's bars around the mall, but inside the mall, my go to here is Chagee Tea and Wushiland, both solid boba spots, Chagee of course is more trendy at the moment though. Very popular regardless. There's also Blue Bottle Coffee which I find very underrated. I absolutely love their Cascara Fizz, very much a soda like drink, definitely worth checking out as well.

Parking is validated up to 3 hours. Anything past 3 hours, they start charging an arm and a leg…read more($14 parking for dinner + movie AFTER validation). Customer service on the phone for the parking is rude and hung up on me before I finished my sentence. Place may look nice, but there are much better places to go.

MaDang is a nice little plaza with a small sampling of shops, though mostly eateries. There's H…read moreMart and Daiso, but otherwise it's frequented for parking in this part of Koreatown. Parking is fairly expensive without validation, and they often validate for two hours. Cost without validation? $2 per 15 minutes with a daily max of $36 I believe... yeah it can be pretty expensive here without validation! But in terms of convenience and what there is, this definitely has its pros / cons.

MaDang is one of my favorite little Korean malls. I don't think it can really be called a mall and…read moredef 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.

I've been visiting Ovation back when it was still called the Hollywood and Highland Center…read more Back then it used to have these amazing huge elephants on columns, but apparently, they were taken down because they referenced a filmmaker who was racist. If you didn't know the backstory, you'd never know. Now the plaza is rather plain. At least the bridges with views of the Hollywood sign are still there. When it's Oscar season, the shops are covered up with huge curtains and the red tiled grand staircase acts as a red carpet. My most recent visit was for the Chinese New Year celebrations. They had performers, a fashion show, and booths where you could do different things, like write down a wish and tie it up on a tree or get a special good luck red envelope that normally contains money, but in this case they stuffed them with coupons for a few of the nearby shops. The mall itself is a typical mall with stores you'd see anywhere else in the U.S., it's not crazy expensive like Rodeo Drive. The main difference is that the Chinese Movie Theater holds movie premieres and the Dolby Theater holds the Oscar Awards, so same, but not the same. I greatly appreciate the underground parking garage since parking is always an issue in L.A. and there are enough levels that if one level is full, you can just drive down to the next ones. I've had issues with paying for parking, though, everything from one of the machines not accepting my card only to find out I was charged twice, to paying a ridiculous amount because the event I went to at Dolby Theater wouldn't validate. My advice is to buy something, anything at one of the shops or restaurants so you can get that purple validation ticket. That way you'll pay $3 instead of an hour's worth of work or more, and make sure to put that purple ticket in first and then the regular white one. And no matter how many times I've been here, the zigzag directions for both the parking garage and escalators are disorienting, like why? Why not make it straightforward? Is the confusion on purpose to make us slow down? I've lost count of how many times I've been here and I'm sure that for one reason or another I'll be back because even though some parts of it are frustrating, for the most part it's good because of the special events it holds and the sheer energy of it being a tourist destination.

Scam ass parking lot and terrible. Mall changed management / identity from the old Babylon shopping…read morecenter, which was iconic. Now you can read Kenneth Anger's book Hollywood Babylon as you walk through a mall that's not related to the name of the book at all. How pointless. And to top it off, you'll get screwed on parking.

Waiting for an event to start! Spring event! The place is so clean. Loving it!…read more The Concierge is so nice and the place has so many different stores to shop at! Can't wait to be back!

On the ground floor valet area most evenings I can usually smell smoke or pot smoke and it's pretty…read morebad. Even the elevator had strong smell recently. They really need to crack down on this. Whenever you enter the 2nd floor parking, there's a strong waft of cooking oil coming from downstairs. The parking gate usually does not recognize your car has been validated so you have to manually stick your ticket in. That also needs to be fixed.

I really want to give this place 5 stars but I think with its current iteration it isn't quite…read morethere yet only because there's so much space that needs businesses to come in. That being said, ROW DTLA is a dreamscape when it comes to filming content and just catching city vibes in a safe space. Located near the Arts District this space of buildings used to be utilized for the textile industry. With multi floored buildings creating rows of foot traffic on the ground this space is perfect for events, pop ups, and get togethers. It's one of the reasons why Smorgasburg is held here on Sundays. It's why on any given weekend there may be an event being held, whether it be to celebrate AAPI month or the different creatives in the area. This space is filled with homegrown businesses and unique shops to visit. One of my favorite places is Hightide which is a Japanese stationary and supplies shop. The vibes are immaculate and walking in really feels like being in a store in Japan. Another popular space is Scent Bar for those who love perfume and are aromaphiles. With plenty of small curated artists being featured in this apothecary of aromas, Scent Bar is a nice stop whilst visiting the Row. If you're looking for interesting and discussion worthy furniture A+R is a must, located at one of the ends of the Row. For good coffee with artistic vibes you got to check out GGET (Go Get Em Tiger). Next to that if you're looking for stronger waters is Flask & Field with smaller batch and independent distilleries and crafters. All of this and the parking is free for the first 2 hours. In LA, that's unheard of! And it's a large parking structure with modern infrastructure. Blessed. With all this, hopefully ROW DTLA will continue to grow with more businesses and still retain its charm as time marches forward. Good for a short stay or half a day, if you're looking for things to do in LA proper, ROW DTLA is worth your drive.

Came here to go to the innisfree pop up which was in one of their locations. There's a huge parking…read morestructure here for paid parking, but it's really spacious with lots of spots. It's literally right next to where Smorgasburg is being held, so we spent whatever little time we had there and didn't really explore the rest of ROW DTLA. Though I have to say that I was very surprised that were even still in LA. No graffiti, trash everywhere, smell of human wastes or anything. Very clean, modern, spacious, and calming even with the crowds of people there. Felt like an oasis in LA. Though that comes with the price, seeing the businesses here. Yes they look nice but it's giving hoity toity performative LA folks vibe and I can see why rent to live in LA is so high. Nothing really piqued my interest as a non normie, but I'm sure if you are one or like these kind of non franchise, off label places, for normie looking, better quality clothes, home goods, etc. this is for you.

Considering this is located right in the heart of Hollywood Blvd area, I'd say this could be a…read morebigger, better, and more spectacular mall !!! Still a cool place to hang out, take a break, use restrooms, and window shop after a long tiresome walk up/down Hollywood Blvd.

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CITY CENTER ON 6TH is a multi-level building that was built to host many many shops and…read morerestaurants. Unfortunately, it's at least half empty. The reason I was in here is probably the reason why most people walk in here, the H Mart supermarket on the ground floor. It is a great place to hunt for Korean skin care products in the various mom-and-pop stores. There are also kawaii shops if you're hunting for gifts. There are various spas and cafes occupying some units. If the manage to attract a dozen restaurants and 3rd wave coffee shops, this place will be hopping in no time!

support koreatown small buisnesses if you wanna see places like this still open. all these shops…read morebeing closed, escalators not working, etc are due to low foot traffic after covid due to racism. People avoided koreatown specifically due to covid orginating from chinatown and alot of koreatown restaurants with 2-3 hour wait times became empty. Combined with today's economy, so many small businesses/restaurants have closed now due.