JinHeungGak (Mandarin House)


Address: 928 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 386-4588

This location of the Chinese restaurant chain inside Koreatown Plaza is now independent of the others. Among the notable items of the menu are the Sino-Korean dish jajangmyeon (noodles in black-bean sauce), dumplings, fried rice, shark’s fin soup, and kung pao chicken.

Ham Hung Korean Restaurant

Ham-Hung Restaurant


Address: 3109 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 381-1520

Korean restaurant known for their naengmyun with skate-wing fish

Boiling Crab seafood restaurant Brown Derby Plaza Wilshire Koreatown Los Angeles

The Boiling Crab


Address: 3377 Wilshire Blvd, #107, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: 213-389-2722 (CRAB)

“Make a cow happy. Eat seafood” — crabs, lobster, shrimp, oysters, crawfish

Chapina restaurante Los Angeles

Casa Chapina


Address: 501 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (323) 246-1997

Guatemalan restaurant

Ahgashi Gopchang

Agashi Gopchang


Address: 3744 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (323) 902-6328

Franchise of a South Korean restaurant chain whose specialty is beef intestines.

The Korean BBQ here is NOT low-quality AYCE (all you can eat).

Jeju Restaurant


Address: 4100 West Pico Boulevard #10b, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: (323) 731-3030

Korean-run Japanese restaurant specializing in hwe (sashimi / raw fish)

Open for dinner from Monday to Saturday, 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

Closed on Sundays.

Hwanghaedo restaurant

Hwang Hae Do


Address: 429 N Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (323) 468-3839

Korean restaurant known for its yooksoo bulgogi, which is a more classic style of the common bulgogi dish.

Arado restaurant

Arado Sushi Restaurant


Address: 4001 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 387-1199

Korean-owned Japanese restaurant specializing in raw-fish dishes.

El Cholo Spanish Cafe LA

El Cholo “Cafe”


Address: 1121 S Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (323) 734-2773

Mexican restaurant that’s been open since the 1920s