Urbanspace 570 Lex - McLean

UrbanSpace is such an improvement over Isabella's Eatery. The food is more diverse and fresher, the staff is nicer, a better set up without a formal dining hall. Most of all so much less pretentious! The premium food court is like a Taste of DC with an unique mix of stalls from flagship restaurants in DC Andy's Pizza, Stomping Ground (cafe), Donburi (Japanese), Sen Khao (Laotian from team of Thip Khao), Ice Cream Jubilee, and Lady M. (layered crepes from Lower EastSide Manhattan not sure why that's in the mall). It's nice to see more traditional Asian restaurants rather than sushi and relief not to see another cupcake shop. My favorite food is Donburi's hearty Japanese Tofu Veggie Curry, StompingGround's Biscuit egg cheese avocado sammie, and Ice Cream Jubilee's Caramel Banana Bourbon ice cream. The breakfast sammie biscuit sandwiches at Stomping Ground really hit the spot! I like how you can craft your own and added egg, cheddarcheese, and the lemon avocado mash. The hearty sandwich was quite a doozy to eat and delightfully messy! The biscuits are so fluffy and moist that I'll opt just for the biscuit next time. A big improvement over Isabella's defunct coffeeshop that didn't really offer much breakfast options. Ice Cream Jubilee offers a variety 16 to be exact of fun and traditional flavors. During Ice Cream Jubilee's soft opening I only saw the standard flavors and got the Caramel BananaBourbon ice cream and Cookies and Cookie Dough. I recently saw newer interesting flavors like Pumpkin Chai, Candy Cane Pretzel, Boozy Egg Nog and Thai Iced Tea. Will be back! Donburi's savory Tofu Veggie Curry is bursting with flavor inevery bite! I love the crispy tofu and the white rice soaking up all of the curry's rich flavor. I enjoyed the pickled radish, scallions, and peppers with the curry. My husband liked Karaagedon Curry with chicken, which was identical tomine but with fried chicken instead of tofu. Excited to come back and try out the other s

I'm pretty much obsessed with this place. I come to Tyson's Galleria regularly just to eat at Urbanspace. They have so many great options. Sen Khao (Laotian) is my go-to. Donburi also has incredible foods. Lady M cakes are delicious and super popular. They also have great pop ups you don't want to miss out on!

I cannot speak for any of the other vendors, but the bowl of Mix Katsudon Donburi brought honest-to-god, I-am-not-exaggerating, tears to my eyes. The tender boiled rice with eggy bits, the dark meat chicken, the tempura shrimp with soggy breading bits underneath the crispy outside, the little purple pickled thingies, the sweet mayo; I feel spuritually satisfied. Please, for the love of all that holy, nobody tell me how much sodium is in that meal, nobody tell me the caloriecount. I?m going to order it again tomorrow.