The staff are so friendly...the owner is so nice...the service...awesome...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andrew Altrichter
Had the Bulgogi one night for dinner. The service and food were both great. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Broiled Beef Bulgogi
P Chhun
Our new go-to for Korean. Yes, there will be a wait for seating or none available if you go too late and if you did not reserve ahead. Yes, the service won't be excellent because they get super busy and well, you just have to be patient. However, the food is FANTASTIC and a great selection in their menu. We absolutely love the garlic chicken gizzard (tough to find anywhere!) love love love the vibe, feel like you're in a restaurant in Korea. We can tell that most customers there are also Korean. So if the place is full of their own people, you know it's good! KPop on the TV and fun decor. We love this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Matt Frey
My favorite Korean restaurant! Food is delicious and they are open late. There's not really any waiting area here, so if you go during prime time, it's best to have a reservation.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
M Herrera
Terrible
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Hokyung Roh
Had chicken feel but forgot to take photo.It’s a customary that they will serve you one fish cake on a skewer per person for free. Cute Korean pub!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Spicy Chicken Feet with Rice Balls
Eugene Valbray
Visiting that restaurant occasionallyVery pleased with service and dishes as wellThank you very muchHighly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hugo Botello
Good place if you like Korean food!
Ellen H
Hidden gem, friendly and cozy place. Fish cakes were offered once we seated. Foods were nice and hot when they bring them to our table. Crispy hot Dumplings, seafood noodles soup was our little one’s favorite, The noodles are perfectly cooked mild broth, but flavorful. Generous portion of pork Katsu with thick flavorful dipping sauce, Loved the salad comes along with the dish. According to my husband that was one of the best kimchi fried rice he had in a while. The place gets busy quickly. The music was a little loud. But we can’t wait to return .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yoojin L.
This is my favorite korean restaurant. They are so many korean food including korean street food . I can eat dinner or side dish with drink. The seafood pancake has more seafood than other restaurants and yummy! And the stir fry chicken gizzards is no bad smells of chicken. That is fresh! And Spicy sea nail salad is very healthful and delicious. Also It's delicious to eat the side noodles with spicy sea nail salad . The atmosphere and service are good .
There is a lot of love about this place but the flavors are inconsistent. The vibes and decor are great. They have the call button and do respond quickly if you press it.The banchan and complimentary fishcake were great. I ended up finishing my rice with just the banchan as my pairing.The pupae soup was an adventurous move for me. It wasn't bad, met expectations. Crunchy shell some hot soup. Had very earthy tones. Not sure if the soup method boils out the pupae too much. Might be better as a fried pupae dish. The beef intestines hotpot was disappointing. I let the soup reduce as much as I could but no flavor ended up in the noodles, radish or intestines. It seemed to lack salt. The soup mostly tasted of chili that didn't have depth. The biggest issue was with the beef intestines themselves. Difficult to chew and absorbed no flavor from the soup. The worst part was that there was a bitter aftertaste. I personally love getting intestines in various forms but this dish showed minimal preparation of the intestines. It seemed like the ingredients were just added raw to this pot and hoped that it would come together. The waitress did say the intestines usually don't absorb much flavor but I couldn't get over the bitter aftertaste. Seems like a poor choice to put intestines in a soup if it doesn't absorb flavor.The inconsistency comes when you compare the intense flavors of the banchan with the salt lacking hotpot and pupae. Shouldn't food be more salty if it's intended for people who are drinking soju?? I wasn't drinking and the main dishes tasted bland to me.
I was told by a friend of mine that the food was pretty traditional and came here with my Korean girlfriend to try it out. Unfortunately, it wasn't traditional. We had corn cheese, seafood soup, and the spicy chicken and rice cake dish. The corn cheese was as expected, but the spicy chicken dish had no flavor. It didn't even have the spice that was in the name. All I could taste was cheese. We were very disappointed in this because we make similar dishes at home the way my girlfriends mom and grandma make it. The seafood soup had an okay flavor, but there were only 3 tiny pieces of seafood inside of a huge bowl of soup. It was far overpriced for what was received. The restaurant was pretty empty, so service was fast, at least, and they even were nice enough to lend us a charger for the ports at the table. I understand that this is a Korean bar, but I've had much better experiences and food in Korean town in LA at Korean bars. We will not be coming back.
Jessica L.
After reading all the reviews, I had high expectations; however, left quite disappointed. The restaurant is pretty quaint and decorated like a classic pocha. The service is friendly and fast! They give large portions so I definitely recommend sharing. We ordered the spicy kalguksu, spicy chicken with cheese, and corn cheese. The food is quite bland and watered down. As a Korean, I wouldn't say that this isn't authentic, but cannot say that they have good food. I honestly would not recommend.
Darwin P.
Although I've never been to Korea, I suspect this might be the most authentic Korean joint I've been to in the US: dishes contain tastes and textures rare in "American" cooking and menu in Korean (with English subtitles). Negatives were the continuous throng of smokers too close to the main entrance; plus the place looks a bit run down. Positives are great food and drinks, with lots of meant order seafood in each entree.
The staff are so friendly...the owner is so nice...the service...awesome...
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had the Bulgogi one night for dinner. The service and food were both great. Highly recommend.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Broiled Beef Bulgogi
Our new go-to for Korean. Yes, there will be a wait for seating or none available if you go too late and if you did not reserve ahead. Yes, the service won't be excellent because they get super busy and well, you just have to be patient. However, the food is FANTASTIC and a great selection in their menu. We absolutely love the garlic chicken gizzard (tough to find anywhere!) love love love the vibe, feel like you're in a restaurant in Korea. We can tell that most customers there are also Korean. So if the place is full of their own people, you know it's good! KPop on the TV and fun decor. We love this place!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
My favorite Korean restaurant! Food is delicious and they are open late. There's not really any waiting area here, so if you go during prime time, it's best to have a reservation.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Terrible
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Had chicken feel but forgot to take photo.It’s a customary that they will serve you one fish cake on a skewer per person for free. Cute Korean pub!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Spicy Chicken Feet with Rice Balls
Visiting that restaurant occasionallyVery pleased with service and dishes as wellThank you very muchHighly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good place if you like Korean food!
Hidden gem, friendly and cozy place. Fish cakes were offered once we seated. Foods were nice and hot when they bring them to our table. Crispy hot Dumplings, seafood noodles soup was our little one’s favorite, The noodles are perfectly cooked mild broth, but flavorful. Generous portion of pork Katsu with thick flavorful dipping sauce, Loved the salad comes along with the dish. According to my husband that was one of the best kimchi fried rice he had in a while. The place gets busy quickly. The music was a little loud. But we can’t wait to return .
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
This is my favorite korean restaurant. They are so many korean food including korean street food . I can eat dinner or side dish with drink. The seafood pancake has more seafood than other restaurants and yummy! And the stir fry chicken gizzards is no bad smells of chicken. That is fresh! And Spicy sea nail salad is very healthful and delicious. Also It's delicious to eat the side noodles with spicy sea nail salad . The atmosphere and service are good .
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There is a lot of love about this place but the flavors are inconsistent. The vibes and decor are great. They have the call button and do respond quickly if you press it.The banchan and complimentary fishcake were great. I ended up finishing my rice with just the banchan as my pairing.The pupae soup was an adventurous move for me. It wasn't bad, met expectations. Crunchy shell some hot soup. Had very earthy tones. Not sure if the soup method boils out the pupae too much. Might be better as a fried pupae dish. The beef intestines hotpot was disappointing. I let the soup reduce as much as I could but no flavor ended up in the noodles, radish or intestines. It seemed to lack salt. The soup mostly tasted of chili that didn't have depth. The biggest issue was with the beef intestines themselves. Difficult to chew and absorbed no flavor from the soup. The worst part was that there was a bitter aftertaste. I personally love getting intestines in various forms but this dish showed minimal preparation of the intestines. It seemed like the ingredients were just added raw to this pot and hoped that it would come together. The waitress did say the intestines usually don't absorb much flavor but I couldn't get over the bitter aftertaste. Seems like a poor choice to put intestines in a soup if it doesn't absorb flavor.The inconsistency comes when you compare the intense flavors of the banchan with the salt lacking hotpot and pupae. Shouldn't food be more salty if it's intended for people who are drinking soju?? I wasn't drinking and the main dishes tasted bland to me.
Everything was great and had no complaints!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Steamed Pork Belly, Meat Dumplings, Chicken Wings
I was told by a friend of mine that the food was pretty traditional and came here with my Korean girlfriend to try it out. Unfortunately, it wasn't traditional. We had corn cheese, seafood soup, and the spicy chicken and rice cake dish. The corn cheese was as expected, but the spicy chicken dish had no flavor. It didn't even have the spice that was in the name. All I could taste was cheese. We were very disappointed in this because we make similar dishes at home the way my girlfriends mom and grandma make it. The seafood soup had an okay flavor, but there were only 3 tiny pieces of seafood inside of a huge bowl of soup. It was far overpriced for what was received. The restaurant was pretty empty, so service was fast, at least, and they even were nice enough to lend us a charger for the ports at the table. I understand that this is a Korean bar, but I've had much better experiences and food in Korean town in LA at Korean bars. We will not be coming back.
After reading all the reviews, I had high expectations; however, left quite disappointed. The restaurant is pretty quaint and decorated like a classic pocha. The service is friendly and fast! They give large portions so I definitely recommend sharing. We ordered the spicy kalguksu, spicy chicken with cheese, and corn cheese. The food is quite bland and watered down. As a Korean, I wouldn't say that this isn't authentic, but cannot say that they have good food. I honestly would not recommend.
Although I've never been to Korea, I suspect this might be the most authentic Korean joint I've been to in the US: dishes contain tastes and textures rare in "American" cooking and menu in Korean (with English subtitles). Negatives were the continuous throng of smokers too close to the main entrance; plus the place looks a bit run down. Positives are great food and drinks, with lots of meant order seafood in each entree.