Mala Tang

Both the dry pot and the hot pot are very authentic . I suggest the build your own dry pot with sweet potato noodles , wood ear mushroom , naps cabbage and beef .

"One of the best parts of living in this current iteration of food obsession is moving past the 'dash-American'...With Mala Tang we learn more Chinese, beyond the Chinese-American beef and broccoli ."

Awesome hot pot Szechuan style restaurant in Arlington. A little bit far from Clarendon metro but well worth the short walk.

Braised beef noodles on the lunch menu ! For $8, you get a giant bowl of succulent chewy noodles in a flavorful hot pot broth flecked with cilantro . The mapo tofu is also the best I've had in the area.

If it's your first time try the Hot Pot Combinations. Once you are comfortable you should order a la carte Hot Pot . But remember...they are big portions ! Ask for extra MaLa with your hot pot ...

Fantastic place for vegetarian and meat eaters perfect hang out with friends and family. Try the enoki mushroom . The sauce bar is amazing selection and all grade of spices.

What to get: Hot pot with pork , prawns , green-bean leaves, and wood-ear mushrooms ; wood-ear mushrooms with chili oil and cilantro ; pork dumplings ; dan-dan noodles ; scallion pancake .

The personal hot pots are great! Get the Chinese option, so so deliciously spicy !

Never been to Hot pot before, and I was really excited! Impressed. Sweet plum wine was great. Very fun experience

Dry Pot ! Why cook for yourself when you've gone through the trouble of going out! Leave it to the pros, spicy and delicious!

We had the food delivered and it was nothing to remember. Just the meat was fresh you could taste that. Flavor wise very underwhelming.

They don’t hold back on the spices here. The mapo tofu was yum!

Great place for single portions of hot pot

"Order the hot pot with mala broth and sort through the long ingredient list for a pick-your-own-(slurping)-adventure." - November 2012 Issue

Great hot pot spot ! This place is off the chizz-ain!

Good and authentic the 'dry' pot is damn good !

Hot pot is not be missed. Cumin lamb good too

The MaPs Tofu is the best i've ever had. Red wine beef is also awesome

Great food and fun. Parking is in the building garage .

Love the pork buns and cold spicy shredded beef . Wish they had happy hour on the weekends.

Get wine marinated beef . Yum! Ask for extra spicy mala tang. Try lamb next.

So good! And they have sweet potato noodles or my gluten allergic tummy!!!

You might want to bring someone who knows what they're doing.

Make sure you mix the soup with lots of ingredients :-)

Very fun to cook it all yourself

Get the enoki mushrooms , water chestnut , and the fishballs. Ohhh yeeaaa

Cumin chicken is worth the trip.

Spicy and have a lot of seasoning

Try Taiwan beer . It's delicious.

One hot pot for two people is plenty of food.

Mapo Tofu is spicy with ground pork

A place for Chinese plates

You cook your own food like melting pot. Food was fresh but I don't like the idea of cooking my own food at a restaurant .

Surf and turf hotpot ..

Park on p1. 7-11 open now across the street.

Spicy Cold Noodles

Make a reservation .

Get the Zhong dumplings !

Make a reservation

Food was good. Service was terrible.

Anyone used to authentic Asian food should not eat here.

Mung bean noodles