No res on a Friday evening, they did seat us but we had to be out in an hour Food came out quickly and was great! Well seasoned but I found the sauces slightly lacking. Appetizers were better than the main somehow.

Mala Project is one of my favorite restaurants in the city! Their dry pots are amazing and you can pick all your favorite items to include! I love that they have several different varieties of mushrooms, proteins, and veggies. The flavors are phenomenal. You really can't go wrong here!

Came here on a short trip and it genuinely makes me upset that they do not have a location in socal. I love mala spicy, this place really hit the spot. I ordered the dry pot with glass noodles, eye of round beef, and enoki mushroom at the spicest level with a bowl of rice. Amazing flavor, portions were enough for two meals, maybe a tad bit pricey if you pick 2+ ingredients for your bowl but honestly worth it. Everyone working was also very friendly and attentive, and the atmosphere was nice. Would love to come back here next time I'm in ny :)

Do you have the spice tolerance of Satan himself and love hot pot but hate how soupy it always is. Well come on down to Mala Project, where you can customize your drypots with everything under the sun! Truly a beautiful experience. Get the peanuts, skip the shots, and get the yogurt/milk drink!

This is a wonderful lunch spot during the middle of work hours. We went right at 12 and the place got busy pretty quick. The lunch special prices are very affordable in comparison to the portions. I got the Year of the Pork Belly lunch special with mild spice and the spice flavor was amazing! The portions were so generous, I finished only half of it and it comes with a small bowl of rice. The sliced potatos were delicious (I thought it was ginger at first haha) and the pork belly was rich in spices! This place is not anything extraordinary, but a great place to pit stop great food for work on a busy work day as the service was fast! I don't eat out for lunch often, but I will be coming back here should I not feel like making my own lunch.

Yummy dry pot spot with multiple locations in the city. We came here on a Monday afternoon with no wait. They usually recommend at least 6 items for 2 people which we thought was plenty to share between us! Rice is not included and $1 each bowl. The beef reminded me of the thin hot pot slices, and the lamb was juicy and tender. There were 4 flavor/spice options and we chose 'spicy' which packed a good punch and worked well with rice. Fish tofu, fish ball with roe all tasted just as good. Would recommend a visit, but would say there are more authentic (and cheaper) dry pot places in Flushing Ty for reading :)

The spice level was a true Chinese spicy, very satisfying. In fact, I would caution others to not get the max spice level cuz I was dying a little and i usually get the most spicy at other places! The portion size was huge, food came really fast as well! I did think it was a bit overpriced but overall great spot!

(G)o or no go - GO!! if you love spice that isbut spice is adjustable so nw if that's a nonnegotiable. A relatively new Midtown spot with small tables, cozy ambiance! perfect place for a long overdue catch up or a first date who has potential (W)hy - not bad portion sizes for what you pay and authentic spice (A)ge - pretty solidly in the 20s (M)enu - lots of veggie, pork, chicken, beef options, allll the sides, everything you need for "make your own bowl" Tldr: Service was quick! Cocktails were cute! Spice was spICYYy Would go again!

First time visiting - didn't expect a Midtown Chinese Dry Hotpot would be this authentic!! We ordered beef tenderloin, beef tendon, beef trip, fish fillet, lotus root, Chinese cabbage, tofu skin, and king oyster mushroom Highly recommend beef tendon! It's not common to see in dry hotpot in NYC (I remember I only had it at a hotpot place in Brooklyn) The sauce/flavor is very authentic, very similar to the home taste!! Portion wise - it's not small. For the items ordered, we two didn't finish and had a to-go box. It's around three people portion in my view.

Yeaaaaa I read the reviews beforehand and kinda knew what I was getting into with the dry pot prices... but I have to say they were well worth it!! Okay firstly, I love Mala Project's website. When I visited their website on desktop, I opened up to some pretty relaxing and chill tunes too. It def hyped me up to go to the resto. My friends and I ordered the dan dan noodles, Fish with pickled peppers and mushrooms (enoki), and dry pot. For the dry pot we ordered: - 2 Eye of rounds (beef) - 1 squid - 1 wood ear mushroom - 1 lotus root - 1 chinese cabbage - 1 5 spice firm tofu The squid and 5-spice firm tofu is NOT worth it. The squid comes in skinny pieces and had a tough consistency, so to me it wasn't worth it to add as a protein. The 5-spice firm tofu... had no spice. It tasted flavorless and didn't hold much of the mala flavor. Everything else was great though, and the veggies we chose were great. The 2x eye of rounds were well worth it and provided a lot of good protein. Overall quite hearty and such a delicious flavor that had us finish every last bit of the dry pot bowl. The dan dan noodles were okay... minimal meat that came more like a topping to the dish (a small mound of ground meat on top of the noodles), so it surprised me as a $15 dish. The sauce was underneath the noodles, which was basically chili oil. It was the least impressive dan dan noodles I've had. The fish was amazing though. I loved how it was served on top of enoki mushrooms. It was great flavor all around and a nice consistency. The service was a bit too touchy - although there was one guy who was taking our orders at the beginning, some other female server swooped in and took our main order once we were ready. Starting there, our table seemed to have 2 main servers, and throughout the night we were asked more than 10 times how we were doing and if we needed anything, while we were in the middle of eating (rather than having empty bowls, raised hands, or showing signs of needing the servers). So that was a bit odd. Otherwise, great food in this establishment. Our dry pot with those 7 ingredients came to a total of $50 or so. and with tax and tip I paid about $38 so it wasn't too bad for yummy food!