Som See Neh
Address: 4100 W Pico Blvd
Phone Number: (323) 373-0650
Phone Number: (323) 373-0650
A specialty Korean food store that sells jars of kimchi and bags of frozen handmade mandu (dumplings)
dumplings
Mandu or Mandoo (만두) are dumplings in Korean cuisine. Kimchi mandoo, fried mandoo, steamed mandoo, and shrimp dumplings are very popular varieties that can be found in Koreatown LA.
WaBa Grill
Address: 650 S Western Ave
Phone Number: 213-384-9900
Phone Number: 213-384-9900
The Waba Grill restaurant chain opened its Wiltern Theater location on the Western Avenue side, south of Wilshire Boulevard, in 2016.
JinHeungGak (Mandarin House)
Address: 928 S Western Ave
Phone Number: 213-386-4588
Phone Number: 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.
Young King Restaurant
Address: 3100 W Olympic Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 487-6154
Phone Number: (213) 487-6154
Young King serves classic Korean-Chinese dishes like tangsuyuk (sweet-and-sour pork) and jajangmyeon (noodles with black bean sauce).
A vegetarian jajangmyeon can be ordered if desired.
This restaurant’s name is pronounced “Yeong Gyeong” in Korean.
Wool Um Ma
Address: 124 N Western Ave
Phone Number: (323) 469-9329
Phone Number: (323) 469-9329
A small Korean eatery inside the HK Supermarket on Western Avenue for eat-in and to-go.
Kimbap, dumplings, mandoo, bulgogi over rice…
Myungdong Gyoja
Address: 3630 Wilshire Blvd
Phone Number: (213) 385-7789
Phone Number: (213) 385-7789
Myeongdong Kyoja serves kalgooksoo (knife-cut noodles), kong-guksu (noodles in soymilk; available only in the summer), and mandoo (dumplings). Health rating of A as of 06/15/2012. * No longer open 24 hours. Now closes at around 10:00 pm. Opens at 8:00 am.
Yu Chun Chic Naengmyun
Address: 3185 W Olympic Blvd
Phone Number: 213-382-3815
Phone Number: 213-382-3815
Yoocheon is Korean restaurant whose specialty is chik naeng-myeon (cold noodles with the main ingredient being arrowroot, not the usual buckwheat).
Dumpling House
Address: 3525 W 3rd St
Phone Number: (213) 389-3899
Phone Number: (213) 389-3899
The sign outside used to just plainly say “Dumplings.” Business hours most days are 11:00 am to 9:30 pm. Korean name: 천하만두 Chinese name: 包子之家 (House of Dumplings) Opened in January 2015 in the old space of Apples Bakery (aka Flour Etc) on 3rd Street.
Pao Jao Dumpling House
Address: 928 S Western Ave
Phone Number: (213) 385-1881
Phone Number: (213) 385-1881
PAOJAO is a Chinese-inspired food stall in Koreatown Plaza’s food court that serves dumplings and affordable bowls of jajangmyeon (noodles with black-bean sauce). Items on their menu include shrimp dumplings and also green-colored Chlorella (algae) buns. They also have large steamed buns filled with red bean. Known for bad service towards non-Koreans.
In 2010, the Los Angeles City Council formally declared Koreatown's borders as Western Avenue, Olympic Boulevard, Vermont Avenue, and 3rd Street, with a business corridor on Western from 3rd to Rosewood Avenue.