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    Mala Project

    3.9 (59 reviews)
    Open 12:00 pm - 3:30 PM, 4:30 PM - 10:00 PM

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    Alan T.

    I've been to other Mala project but this is my first time in the Greenpoint location. Mala project is known for their dry hot pot and I love the food here! For me personally, I thought even the little spicy was still quite spicy. I think my favorite toppings were the eye of round beef, pork belly, and lobster ball. I also had their scallion pancakes and xiangxi fried rice as sides

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    Justin W.

    Mala Project is a great spot to come with friends to make a large Dry Pot bowl. You can all pick one seasoning (the spicy is good but the xtra spicy is too salty). Then, you pick all the ingredients you want to add! Overall, very tasty depending on what ingredients you choose. I'd recommend coming here for quick service and tasty food.

    Brandon P.

    Big portions of foood and really delicious! The ambiance is amazing and really sets the mood for a great dinner.

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    Jasmin G.

    This spot has a great vibe and the staff is friendly and welcoming. We walked in on a Sunday and got seats at the bar. Maybe we didn't order the right things, but we felt the food was just OK. The scallion pancake had a great, crispy texture but was very oily and lacked scallion flavor. The vegetable dumplings were bland and weren't enjoyable without some kind of sauce (we like them with chili oil). For mains we both got their house noodles. They gave a generous portion and the flavor was decent, but again was lacking. Overall the food was bland, especially for the price. Nice vibe to stop in for a drink / date.

    "Little spicy" dry pot with round of eye beef, fish fillet, enoki, firm tofu, bok choy, lotus root, roe fish ball, and 2x glass noodle
    Vivian L.

    Came as a party of 8 and got 2 Dry pots and 6 bowls of rice. It was the perfect meal after a long day of playing pickle ball at the park. Flavorful and we were all able to finish the food. Pricey, but ambiance was cozy and fun. Neon lights were a nice touch at this specific Mala Project location. Took a bit to get water but afterwards, our service was normal. The dry pot was cooked perfectly this time and everything was delicious. A good spot to try if you want Sichuan food in a modern space.

    Kelly Y.

    This is a bit more on the expensive side due to ambiance and location but definitely a great date spot. They charge you per ingredient so not like the typical weigh by the pound kinda deal so it may get pricey. It was really good and they did have many types of interesting beers. Service was also great. Not sure if I'd return that often but wouldn't be opposed.

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    Katie H.

    food- SO GOOD. I dream about this food. I will be ecstatic to go back. staff- very nice and helpful. vibe- ugh SO GOOD. the aesthetic was just beautiful and I loved existing in it.

    MALA DRY POT (build your own combo)
    Uma R.

    First time, had a great experience! For apps- got the peanuts which were solid, and the cold noodles which I highly recommend (we wanted a second order of it). Ordered the dry pot as our main course - enjoyed it. It was like dry hot pot. Favorite ingredients we got were the eye of round beef, bok choi, cabbage, enoki mushroom, and lamb. Also loved the cold noodles. Good cocktails too. Ambience was groovy and fun. A note- we shared our dry pot amongst two people, and had plenty of leftovers so if you have a party of 4 you could consider sharing one dry pot and then getting appetizers as well!

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    Ro R.

    Okay, I've been to the one in the city years ago and I remember I said it will do if you're not able to trek it to Flushing, but you definitely don't get the same value as you do there. I was craving mala dry pot and saw they had a Brooklyn location, so I said why not and I want to say you definitely don't get much. This was like $30 dollars and only came with one to go container and one small rice. In Flushing the one in the New World Mall, would give you two rice containers and 2-3 containers of the mala pot for that price. Craziness and I also thought the squid would be like the one in Flushing where it doesn't come scored and causing it to curl. It satisfy my craving, but made me feel ripped off.

    Lian T.

    My first dry pot! It was so flavorful and filling, just like your traditional hot pot, and I added all my favorite ingredients - quail eggs, oyster mushrooms, crab sticks. One was enough to share between two people if you add enough ingredients. I would definitely come back here for a casual hang!

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    Greenpoint location is consistently the best! Always alway always get the dry pot and for dessert, crispy mochi and herbal jelly :)

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    Pray tell, why would you send me on my way with 3 packets of duck sauce and one container of…read moreketchup for crab Rangoon?? Where is the sweet & sour? Where is the sweet chili? Cheap. There was nothing that I ordered that needed ketchup. Nothing. There wasn't even soy sauce in the bag. Then had the unmitigated gall to charge $22 for the salt baked shrimp and told me I had to pay $5 extra to substitute the lo mein for white rice. Who is eating white rice with shrimp? Girl bye. I'm not paying almost $30 for one meal from a hood Chinese spot. If there's no heat in your establishment, your prices need to be in lowercase. If it looks like you might catch staph in your establishment, your prices need not to be so loud. I also believe they overcharged me. They did have a sign saying that the prices went up, but I think they may have been too cheap to print out a new menu if that was the case. I was going off of what they had on the wall for the general public. So as I stated, I ordered crab Rangoon ($7, allegedly), honey wings ($7, allegedly), a shrimp egg roll ($2, allegedly), spare rib tips with fried rice ($12, allegedly). My total was $31. My assumption is they probably charged me extra for pork fried rice, which I didn't ask him for. I know for a fact they are not charging tax because there's no way that you're forcing people to pay in cash while also charging them for taxes that you don't pay. The crab Rangoon was actually pretty decent even though I didn't have the sauce that comes with it. The honey wings were OK. They actually taste more like honey BBQ. I prefer C&Y honey wings. It's real honey and stay hot for an hour due to the way honey maintains heat. I also don't appreciate when these spots chop up a wing and call it two wings. 1 wing is the entire thing. STINGY. The spare rib tips I don't like and neither do I like their pork fried rice. The rice is a bit bland and I don't like those large spare rib tips. I prefer the boneless spare rib tips that C&Y has. A shrimp roll is a shrimp roll is a shrimp roll. It wasn't too bad and it was actually pretty happy. The shrimp was a little bit larger than those baby shrimp that they normally stuff in shrimp rolls. Their pricing is on par with C&Y yet I don't have no issues paying what they ask and their food is good aside from their lo mein. They are not stingy and have pretty decent customer service unlike the guy who took my order here who paused my order to take another order over the phone and tend to the person behind me. This is what I get for cheating on my spot and being lazy when they both were far af.

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