The Vape Source – Chapman Plaza

This is a great place located in koreatown with great employees that are extremely helpful. This spot is super cool and has a huge selection of vapes, juice and etc. Make sure to stop by!

Great customer service. I walked into this store the other day and I felt like I was just like at the other location on wilshire and western. Super friendly staff always looking out for the customer. Their product knowledge is on point and they are always recommending the best products that fit my needs. Will manages these both stores and it does not surprise me at all that they have 5 stars. They earned it! I used to go to other shops around 1^st Street but their prices are good and their products are premnium. I always come back because they are so attentive and even remember what my favorite juice is. That is simply amazing! Go here, you won’t be disappointed!

Awesome place! Has a great variety of juices, mods, tanks and all of you vape needs. Great ambiance to come in and hang out. I would suggest this place to my friends

Definitely the best vape shop in town!!! I usually go to the wilshire location but this shop is equally awesome!
Thanks william for taking care of us

I ran out of juice and I was so sad until I looked on Unilocal and saw that vape source has another location and stays open later! Since I love vape source so much I decided to come by and saw the general manager again! He obviously wasn’t smiling that much and I figured he came from his store which closes at 10 and he works 14 hour shift so I decided to make him happy and buy more juice! I ended up buying wtf, smh, medel, delacey, shell shock, green, noise, and the grape white! Thank you so much again will! Keep up the hard work!

I was referred here by Will from their Wilshire location. Kevin greeted me on his glidecraft (lol). Both him and Andy assisted me with everything. We sat and talked about vaping. Their quality of products for both stores is amazing. Juice selection is off the charts. Really cool shop set up. The Vape source is the place to go for all your vaping needs.

Vape source is an amazing place to stop by to get juice or mods. The worker Carlos is super informative and very helpful. They have a large selection of juices, and the fact that they are open late is a plus. If you need juice or mods, stop by vape source!

I’ve been to a lot of vape stores in ktown and this place stands out and above the rest. Great selection on juice and mods at very affordable prices. If you’re into vaping or just getting into it definitely come check this place out!

The Vape Source inside Chapman Plaza is one of my favorite vape shop located in the heart of Koreatown, I drive all the way from the SFV to come here. I love that they’re open late, and conveniently located right by some amazing Korean BBQ places. Plus, they always have all the newest juices and products. They also have the best promotions that bring down their prices to unbeatable. Best of all, they have a staff that will go above and beyond to make sure you are satisfied and a happy customer.

I haven’t been to this location as much as i go to the one on Wilshire but i still love this location as much as the Wilshire one. The parking might be a little troublesome when you go during the night because of all the kbqq places in the mall but regardless when i finally find parking, and walk in they always greet me with a big smile. I like that they close later than the one on Wilshire because i end work around 11 and its along the way to my house. Last time I bought an atty from Wilshire but for some reason it kept burning out. I walked into this location to pick up a new atty but guess what, they just swapped it out for a new not yet a better atty. Some say they have bad work ethic but I think not. If you walk in with a smile they will too but if you walk in there ready to blow them out they can only have such an attitude.
I love vape source overall; Wilshire or Chapman.

The quality of service I experienced here has been completely unacceptable. When I entered the shop, there were 2 people present. One person was just laid out on the couch sideways which had me assume it was a friend of the other person that immediately jumped up to greet us. That’s fine – seeing friends of shopkeepers just hanging out was nothing out of the ordinary for me. Turns out, however, the person that stood up was the Employee, and the person remaining on the couch completely ignoring the customers was, in fact, the Manager. Wow.
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When my friend and I came into the store, no other customers were present. As we were discussing the product with the Employee, another customer came in – the Manager still unmoved, as if the Manager were a stone – and the other customer approached the counter. As my friend and I were discussing the product, the Employee took the brief opportunity to acknowledge the other customer’s presence and ask if he knew what he wanted; my assumption was that the Employee can take care of another customer quickly if possible while my friend and I were occupied discussing stuff with each other. The other customer appeared to know what he wanted at first, but began asking 20 questions and completely drew away the attention of the Employee from my friend and I. Still, the Manager was on the couch laid out sideways watching television.
The Employee gave me the sense that they were new to the job and didn’t seem to know much about the product (s) at all. We had general questions about the product, differences between newer models, battery life, etc – simple things, I thought. The Employee seemed to be shuffling around for words completely without answers to our questions. I don’t want to throw this Employee under the bus at all, especially if the Employee is new or still in training, however, judging by the couch potato management it was very easy to deduce the Employee likely received little or no training. I did get the sense that the Employee was friendly and eager to be helpful. Thumbs-​up to that.
The other customer that interrupted us (I daresay) had made a purchase and left. The Employee finally returned to our attention. My friend and I were ready to make a purchase in excess of $ 200 and two other customers walked in just before we finished up and left. The potato still unmoved and nonchalant. There was maybe an approximate 5~10 minutes before we were completely checked out and on our way out of the store as we were receiving detailed instructions from the Employee on proper use and care of the product that we just purchased; 5~10 minutes of two customers standing around without acknowledgement; 5~10 minutes of potato.
I feel that this Manager should be dismissed from employment; that the Employee, or any other employee (s) receive better training on the products they are selling; and that the owner of this business make decisions to improve the quality of service that is provided to its customers. I for one, will not be returning to this shop, and I would never recommend it to my network. In fact, if I were asked, I would vehemently steer anyone away from Vape Source. This behavior from management at any business is absolutely unacceptable – a business shouldn’t treat potential customers as if they did not exist.

This place probably has most of the best juices out there imo. The only problem with these guys is that they are incredibly unreliable in terms of hours of operation. This is the third time this has happened where I come to get juice roughly 30 minutes to an hour after their posted opening time, and there’s no one to be seen. There were at least three people outside (2 of which left) that were waiting for the place to be open.
That’s what you call laziness and bad management.

Nothing special but solid vape place with traditional dark lighting and big screens. Super helpful when I go in to have my coils changed.

The Steve Aoki guy is super helpful. Overall friendly staff. Awesome selection of juice.

Love this place! Helpful staff + wide variety of juices :-) cheap prices, nice ambiance! Definitely come here~

My vape blew up on me since they gave me an unmodulated one, it literally sizzled and burnt and melted the battery and scared the shit out of me but the manager said it was impossible to happen… AND I found out theyre quite pricey and compared to another spot I found in ktown that im loyal too with better genuine friendly customer service.
Thought this place was better than it actually was

I’ve been going to this vape shop for a while now. They give you the right service you need, and they’re not like other people who would try to give you extra service for additional charges.
Also there’s this one guy that’s really nice. Ask for Carlos if you go here and he’ll take really good care of you :)

This shop, like the other location on wilshire, is super awesome. The staff is really welcoming, they have huge variety of mods and attys so you can choose from a lot. And their juice variety is jus as expanded, if not more.
I went in the other day to buy a new mod, and I fell in love with the CKS praxis. Man, that thing is so nice and the staff helped give me a discount too! I was so stoked so I have to give them huge props for that and being so patient with me.
If you have to choose a shop to come to, come here or the wilshire location

So I had purchased a brand new Kangertech starter kit from a shop called the vape supply co. in downtown and unfortunately, I dropped it the very next day which resulted my device to malfunction. I took it back to them in hopes of getting it repaired but they didn’t seem to really care much about it even after explaining to them that I had purchased it from them just the previous day. They didn’t even attempt to reach for any tools to get it fixed. The guy had a careless attitude and basically said sorry, we can’t help.
I thought of tossing my device and going back to smoking cigarettes again. But I didn’t give up and I found the Vape Source. An employee named Kevin asked to see my device, even though I didn’t purchase it from here. He then simply fixed the issue within minutes and saved the device from being scrap and saved me from going back to cigarettes again.
Businesses are fueled by keeping it real with the customers and believing in the products in which is being sold that they stand by. What’s awesome is that Kevin expected nothing back in return at the Vape Source.
Now I know at least these guys are out there to help people get off cigarettes unlike others who just want to take your money.

Parking is awful!
But when you do find parking you’ll try some juices while the friendly staff assists you. There are always deals on the juices so that’s a big plus.