16 Best Soup in Buena Park

“Delighted with their service and food. Serving is perfectly good for 2 and with reasonable price.“

“Service was top notch tonight“

“Han Yang is good. It’s also wonderfully old school. Nothing about the place feels particularly interested in being redesigned for Instagram, which I appreciate. You come here for Korean comfort food, metal dishes of banchan, enormous bowls of soup and stone pots hot enough to continue cooking your dinner while you eat it. And that stone pot is where I’d start.

The gondre dolsot bibimbap was fantastic. Gondre is Korean thistle and here it gets worked through the rice with the egg, seaweed and everything else until the whole thing becomes earthy, savory and deeply satisfying. But the best part comes underneath. Leave it alone long enough and the rice against the stone develops that beautiful scorched crust, nurungji, which you eventually scrape loose and mix back through everything.

That combination of the greens, sesame, egg and crispy rice is ridiculously good. There are dishes you finish because you’re hungry and dishes where you keep digging around the bottom of the bowl because you’re convinced there must be another good piece hiding somewhere. This was the latter.

The galbitang was more complicated for me. The beef itself was excellent. Generous pieces, tender, falling easily from the bone and soft enough that our kids loved it. Plenty of green onion, too. My issue was the broth. I prefer galbitang on the restrained side so I can decide where it goes from there. Same reason I like seolleongtang arriving almost defiantly plain, give me the broth and let me dress it up myself with salt, saeujeot or whatever else I want.

Han Yang has already made those decisions for you. The galbitang broth was noticeably sweet and salty and eventually it became a little much for me. That’s preference as much as criticism, plenty of people will probably love it exactly as it arrives. I just wanted the volume turned down.

The banchan was similarly mixed but mostly good. The napa kimchi was solid and nicely balanced. The kkakdugi was particularly good. The mustard greens, however, were ferociously sour. I like fermented food. These had me physically wincing.

The dipping sauce for the galbi was excellent, though and I kept going back to it. Rice was average and a little dry. It did its job.

Service was good and the whole experience was easy. The room itself has some age on it, tables are fairly close together and depending on where you’re seated you may find yourself with a commanding view of the bathroom door. Nobody has ever requested the chef’s table at the restroom, but here we are.

Somehow I don’t particularly mind any of it. Han Yang feels like a restaurant that knows what it is. It isn’t polished into anonymity. People are here eating giant bowls of soup, mixing rice in scorching stone pots and getting on with their lives. And when a restaurant can put something as good as that gondre bibimbap in front of me, I can forgive a dry bowl of rice and a bathroom with excellent sightlines.

Absolutely coming back. And next time, I’m getting that bibimbap again.“

“My first time and very satisfied. I ordered pork soup with rice and it is soooooo good!“

“Not only the gomtang (beef bone soup) but all the other dishes here are delicious, too. We ordered the budae-jjigae (army base stew); the portion was generous, and it tasted great.
And the server was so friendly. We had an even better time thanks to the server who took care of us.“

“The food is alright. The one I had in LA was much better!“

“I love this place! Its low-key, it's clean and the lady that opens is just absolutely amazing! Been here a few times already. My goto is The Mul Naengmyun (Korean cold noodle with icey beef broth) . Absolutely delicious! The banchan varieties are tasty and they always as k to refill you up.. All the soups (hot) are very flavorful, hearty, and tasty!!!!!! Highly recommend. Fullerton location by amerige heights is very delicious too!!here is my preference though😀“

“전반적으로 한국의 죠스떡볶이와 바르다 김선생과 같이 퀄리티와 위생에 신경쓰시는 노력이 너무 잘 보여지네요! 김밥과 떡볶이 분식들 모두 만족하고 먹고 갑니다. 더 대박나시길 바랄게요 :)“

“My favorite spot to get soon tofu and galbi combo. Their galbi quality is really good and better than most restaurants. I highly recommend dining in to get all the accoutrements with your meal although Togo is what I usually get to eat at home. Also they give you noorungji after using the stone pot that the rice was cooked in.“

“Been to this place a couple time. It's nice and quaint with really good service, and a welcoming atmosphere. The food is well worth the price in my opinion, tasting amazing and not having to wait much for it as well. So far it's the go too Korean Restaruant for my fiance and I. Would also recommend the Green Onion Pancake.“

“I stopped by this place during lunch hour, I was recommended th Gamja Tang Lunch special by the waitress how seem to primarily speak Korean (good sign the food is legit).The plate was huge and it came in with plenty of little side dishes, as you can see on the picture.Price was super affordable for all the food I was served.This is the first time I've tried this specific plate, but based on pure taste buds, the food was great and I would love to come back to try the rest of the menu.“

“We came here for lunch on Sunday for the first time and it exceeded our expectations. We usually go to Baekjong in this area for KBBQ but decided to venture out this time. We're glad we ended up at this restaurant. There were 3 other tables occupied so we were seated right away. We ordered the seafood pancake (Haemul Pajeon), cold buckwheat noodle soup (Mul Naengmyeon) combo with spicy pork. The pancake has plenty of squid, shrimp and clams in there, a good balance with the amount of green onion and batter. The skillet pan is a bit too hot and burned the bottom part of the pancake. The sauce that comes with it is nice and tangy. I'll give it a 3/5.

The cold noodle soup is really nice, the noodles are very chewy, the soup is icy and refreshing. It's topped with half boiled egg, sliced pork and cucumber. There's mustard and vinegar on the side to balance out the soup profile based on personal preferences. I wish there's a scissor or the staff offers to cut the noodles as they are quite chewy. (4/5). The spicy pork has a good balance of gochujang, gochugaru, soy sauce, minced garlic, mirin, sesame oil, ginger and syrup. It's cooked with the right amount of char. (4/5).
When paying, the lady asked me to put the tip on Zelle, instead of the whole amount on my credit card, which was rather inconvenient.“

“Crystal was seriously the sweetest! She was so friendly, attentive, and just had such a warm personality. She made us feel really welcomed and taken care of without being over the top. You can tell she genuinely cares about her customers and enjoys what she does. Such a sweet girl and definitely made our experience that much better. Thank you, Crystal! 💕“

“Hands down our favorite quick-bite spot in The Source OC! We visit regularly and stick w/ the Mala stir-fried noodles because they are packed with flavor and served in pretty good portions. Fair warning: it has a bit of a spicy kick!

Unlike some of the other spots nearby w/ tiny portions, Seoul Tang & Noodle never disappoints on size or quality. Plus, the service is always super sweet and welcoming. Highly recommend stopping by if you’re at the mall!

It’s not some super fancy restaurant so if that’s what you’re looking for, there are quite a few just outside the food court.“

“If you order one naengmyeon (cold noodles) here, they give you an extra noodle refill for free. If you get the water naengmyeon, you can try a small bibim (spicy) naengmyeon on the side. It’s basically a 'buy one, get a half free' deal.

​Their grilled galbi (short ribs) is delicious too.

​I highly recommend ordering a water naengmyeon, enjoying it with the half-portion of bibim noodles, and pairing it all with the galbi.“

“10/10 food, it's very good and the service was very nice if I had unlimited money I would eat here every day, the lady working there is very nice and sweet and hardworking. The food is very good I ordered the rare steak pho and I added some chili sauce to it and oyster sauce it added very good flavor. 10/10 food I would definitely eat here again and bring my family and friends.“