Place is clean, food is great, can't ask for more.
It's a spicy hotpot joint inside yes plaza. Pretty much the place to eat if you're in this plaza and the rest is in Chinese so bring your wallet and your appetite
We arrive at 9 pm while they close at 11. The server at front desk just told us to leave and she refused to seat us. She mentioned there were 7 people in front of us and didn’t even try to put our name down.
Take out review! (thanks covid)You literally need just two things and MaLuBianBian will take care of the rest: Pot and electric stove. They give you everything you need to make a successful hotpot even if you have zero cooking skill - soup base in a specialty designed bag (think refillable hand wash) / flavor mix in a plastic container / table cover / bib / a box of napkins / dipping sauce in a tray that act as a plate for your food and utensils. Food super fresh. Thoroughly impressedWhat's more impressive is we managed this in a hotel... so that says a lot about how easy this was!
Food ingredient is fresh. Highly recommend.
Flavor sucks. No one serves you during dinner at all.
Food ingredient is fresh. Highly recommend.
According to Google translate "ma lu bian bian" means "by the side of the road"Sitting down and taking in the quirky decor gave me second thoughts, but between the first hesitant round of skewers, while waiting for the second giant round to cook, those second thoughts blossomed into what I can only describe as phantom nostalgia. Glad to have retuned, even though I'd never been before.The more I thought about it the more I felt like this place must have been a created by someone who was very much a "student of the craft" but without losing the joy inherent in sharing a big pot of inexpensive tiny bites.The childish impatience of waiting for your next set to finish, the way the thought "it's just a quarter" finishes your allowance way faster than you expected, there's a mural on one wall of a 90's video arcade which makes more sense the more you think about it, next to it is a mural of a cast of well known characters which maybe wouldn't usually be seated together, but of course they would come together to share the quotidian pleasure of a good meal and good company.I think these are the things they are going for, and I think they deliver. I can't wait to go back to that little spot ma lu bian bian ?
(Translated by Google) still alright(Original)還可以
Feels a bit weird with everything coming on disposable silverware and china. Food is cheap but you get very little $1.90 for 5 skewers of quarter piece of shiitake mushroom. 3.80 for less than 3oz of meat. You order through an app no Chinese just English so some translations might need some work. The staff is a bit overwhelmed, the drinks were half cold half room temp. 720pm seating time for a 7 reservation.