Tang Bar

I visited Tang Bar after hearing it’s a popular Mala Tang brand in China, and it didn’t disappoint. The restaurant is located inside a mall, so make sure to check their hours — they close at 7 p.m. on Sundays. I arrived at 6:30 p.m., and it was still quite busy with a long line of customers. At $15.99 per pound, it’s a bit pricey, but the ingredients, from vegetables to meats, were all very fresh, which made it worth it. The process involves lining up to pick your ingredients, so be prepared for some wait time. I spent around $30 and chose the Sichuan spice level, the spiciest option, which was incredibly flavorful and made me sweat — just as I expected! One thing I found interesting was how many non-Asian customers were dining here. Most of them chose very mild spice levels (0 or 1), resulting in a lighter broth. The overall experience was great, with bold flavors and the perfect amount of spice. If I’m ever in the area again, I’d definitely return!

Saturday lunch was quick even though busy. Line flowed, as long as people knew what to do. My mom got the laksa base and I got Tom Yum since it’s only offered on the weekends. Selection of meats, veggies and noodles were good. Liked that you could weigh half way to check how much you’re at. Seating was a bit hard due to the busyness but at least there are communal tables. Would definitely return to try their other bases or even the sauce version.

this place has the best tom yum broth i’ve ever tried. it’s sooo flavorful and i end up drinking the soop even though i usually never at other places. they only have tom yum on weekends so plan accordingly 😃 so many things you can put in your bowl and the dining area is cozy

This place is great as you can choose your own food and spice level for the broth (or dry), but the seating arrangement is horrible. It is hard to find seats for two people, let alone three. Also, remember to buy a drink before you go here, but the free water is decent. It can get some getting used to if you haven't gone to look for chopsticks, papers, water, and anything else you need. Also remember to ask for take out containers if you are not going to finish!

Tang Bar is a restuarant that specializes in paying how much your bowl weighs. You grab all the items that you want in your dish, weight it, choose a flavor, and then they’ll make the dish for you. They have broth flavors and non-broth flavors along with a few vegetarian options, as well. It can get really busy even on weekdays, which can cause the meals to take around 30 to 45 minutes to be ready. I recommend going shopping, grabbing boba, or even getting groceries while you wait LOL. There were times where I would visit a few stores, grab boba, and my dish still would not be done yet. Seating can also be limited. There are communal seats, but it can be limited when they are busy. There are a lot of options to choose from, and I have only tried the soup-based ones. I have tried the chicken broth, pickled veggies, just a kick, laksa, and hot and sour. My favorite soup bases are the pickled veggies and the laksa. The laksa is coconuty and not as spicy as the just a kick flavor. The pickled veggies is not spicy at all and like its name, has a pickle taste kind of like Asian pickled sour mustard vegetable taste. The chicken broth was milder and not as flavorful as the others but was good for days I felt a bit sick. I think the hot and sour was spicer than the just a kick and was like a spicy version of hot and sour soup with a thicker broth than the others. Usually, my bowls are around $20 or so, and it fulls me up pretty well. They also have a scale in the middle where you can preweigh your bowl to gauge your weight before reaching the checkout line. Overall, the broths are very flavorful, and I really enjoy the different options they have or the broths and non-broth flavors. I also like that there is a lot of variety and options of toppings for your bowl. However, it can take quite some time for the food to be done, but it means they’re making it fresh!

Personal size noodle bar. A wide variety of Ingradients to select from. If you are not careful, it is very easy to pack up too much food than you can eat. Luckily, you can always get Togo containers. Food is charged by weights. From personal experience, it ranges from $13 to $35 per person, depending how much you picked up. The place is almost always busy. The wait can be quite long. I have once waited for near an hour. You will be able to find seating before your food is ready. Somehow, it just works out that way. So we just find seating, hang out or get drinks and hangout.

Tang bar is a grab in a bowl to add to your dish kind of food establishment. You grab ingredients, and they charge by the pound prior to adding it to a soup base or stir fry. I've only ever gotten the soup base, though, and have tried a few different flavors from their spicest to their most mild, and I've enjoyed them all. The ingredients all feel fresh, and every broth is extremely flavorful. I would give this place close to 5 stars every time. However, on my last visit with a few friends and my significant other, Tang bar somehow mixed our two ingredients bowls up. I got the spicest flavor broth, and my friends got the pickled mild spice. The only remedy Tang Bar did was to drain the soup and place the ingredients in the original soup base. This caused my friends ingredients to be too spicy for them to eat, and my veggies were wilted and meat too chewy because of the double boiling of the ingredients. This also caused us to have to wait even longer for our food, up to about another 20 to 25 minutes. Other than that mess up, it would be 5 stars all around the board, but because of this slip up, I would give Tang bar closer to 4.5 stars rounded down due to Google rating system.

This place is located on the 2nd floor of the mall. There are limited seats and usually lines during dinner hours on weekends and difficult to find a seat. The place has its hand wash sink, filtered cold and hard water which is a plus. Personally I think the food price is OK which is little above average and paid by weight of food before cooking. All foods are fresh and varieties of soup base to choose from. All food serves in a big bowl. Usually enough for two.