Gilpost · Yangju-si, Okjeong-dong
Chinese
Syaomara
샤오마라 Xiao mala reads as 'little mala' (小麻辣); one post notes the skewers and cup malatang are made small enough to carry around.
Compiled from 7 blog posts read in fullSources →
A mala skewer and cup-malatang shop on the ground floor of Sky Tower in Okjeong's central shopping district, Yangju — a franchise branch that opened in early 2026. You fill a basket from the showcase, pick spice, seasoning and mala levels, pay by the piece, and get the skewers fried and served in a cup. Skewers run 500 to 4,200 won each, malatang is 2,000 won per 100 g, and the minimum order is 4,000 won; receipts in the posts came to 7,380 and 11,000 won. We read 8 posts from 1 February to 21 May 2026; 7 describe a visit (two of them takeout), and one delivery post was not counted.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address경기도 양주시 옥정로 222, 스카이타워 111호 (옥정동)222 Okjeong-ro, Yangju-si, Gyeonggi-do
- Phone0507-1395-2455
- Typical spend₩500 – ₩22,000
- Floor areaFloor area 37 m² · Status In business
What sets it apart
- Skewers come out fried, and four posts say they were crisp — the cheese rice cake crisp outside and chewy inside, the cereal chicken crisp and moist, and the tofu skin crunchy in a way it never is in soup.
- Spice runs from level 0 to 3. Three posts found it hot and one did not — that one ordered level 2 and called it about as hot as Shin Ramyun, while a level-3 order came with a warning for mala beginners. One post relays the shop's own guide: level 1 is like Jin Ramen, level 2 like Shin Ramyun.
- Four posts call it cheap. One, after 7,380 won worth of skewers, said it was not filling enough to call great value.
- Three posts describe the shop as clean, pointing to the plain white interior and the sorted bins by the door for skewers, general waste, plastic and cans.
3 more
- It looks like a takeout counter, but three posts say there is seating — one lists one-, two- and four-person tables, and two found it roomier than expected.
- Two posts note that both the ordering steps and the self-bar are explained on signs. The self-bar has chilli oil, hot seasoning, scallion, mala oil, black vinegar and sesame; one post says the sesame-peanut sauce is chilled separately and costs 500 won extra.
- Three posts mention a Naver receipt-review offer: write a review and pick one free skewer — enoki-tofu roll, tofu skin or corn-cheese ball.
What 7 bloggers said
mara-kkochi
Crispy batter
We read all 7 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (4) and “Not expensive” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Seats to sit and eat 3 of 7 posts
- Review event 3 of 7 posts
- Takeout 2 of 7 posts
- Coupon 1 of 7 posts
- Beer served 1 of 7 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 1 of 7 posts |
|---|
Only one post speaks from experience about parking: Sky Tower's lot is roomy with a two-lane entrance, though that day she parked at another building. Other posts copy a note about one hour in the basement garage, and one copies that there is no dedicated lot and to use a nearby public one.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 2 of 7 posts
- Family visit 1 of 7 posts
- Date 1 of 7 posts
- Came by car 1 of 7 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
Getting inside
The address says ground floor, but no post describes the floor or any stairs from a visit.
No one mentions a step at the entrance or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller. That means we don't know, not that it is fine or not.
No post says where the toilet is or whether it is separated by gender.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves3 of 7 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way4 of 7 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 8 posts we gathered, 1 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | 4 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
What we do not know
- One post (28 February) heard that alcohol sales began on 13 February and lists two Harbin beers for 5,500 won; earlier posts mention no alcohol. One April post says a pork-skin skewer had just been added.
- Opening hours appear only as copied blocks and changed over time: three early-February 2026 posts give weekdays 12:00–21:00 and weekends 13:00–22:00 (one says 22:30), a 28 February post gives Mon–Thu 12:00–22:00 and Fri–Sun 12:00–24:00, and an 11 April post says 13:00–24:00 daily. Check before going.
- No post describes getting there by bus or subway; they only say it sits in the middle of the shopping district under a big sign.
- No one reports waiting. One post found a single group there on a weekday afternoon, and two say meat skewers sell out early. That is an absence of reports, not proof of no wait.
- Company varies: two posts went with friends, one with a partner, one with a sister, and one drove over for takeout. No one wrote about eating there alone.
- The phone number (0507-1395-2455) appears in only one delivery post, and no one says whether reservations are taken.
- What a meal costs depends on how many skewers you take. Only two receipts appear, 7,380 and 11,000 won, and the 7,380-won one did not fill its writer up — too little to say what a full meal costs.
Sources (7)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- (2026.05.) 꽤나 마음에 들었던 옥정 데이트코스_ 팬트리, 문구방구, 샤오마라, 덤브치킨 2026-05-21 · 김백수의 관심사들 · via Daum
- 양주 옥정 컵마라탕, 마라꼬치 먹을 수 있는 곳! ‘샤오마라’ 2026-04-11 · Now or Never · via Daum
- 양주 옥정동 맛집 샤오마라 마라꼬치 내돈내산 2026-03-05 · 민트블로그 · via Daum
- 양주 옥정 마라탕 맛집 샤오마라 마라탕&마라꼬치 옥정점│드디어 상륙! 2026-02-28 · 소떡의 일상 · via Daum
- 양주 옥정 컵 마라꼬치 [샤오마라 마라탕&마라꼬치] 2026-02-11 · 배부른 솔직후기 기록장 · via Daum
- 양주/옥정/샤오마라마라탕+마라꼬치 옥정점 2026-02-10 · ♡⋆｡⁺₊ ﾟsoi ﾟ₊⁺｡⋆♡ · via Daum
- 옥정동 마라꼬치 컵마라탕 맛집｜샤오마라 2026-02-01 · 밥토리의 하루 · via Daum
We opened all 290 candidate posts and kept 7 as evidence.