Wassada Restaurant
Address: 377 N Western Ave
Phone Number: (323) 464-3006
Phone Number: (323) 464-3006
Restaurant famous for sashimi and live octopus.
“Wa! Ssadda” can be translated from Korean as “Wow! Inexpensive!”
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Jeju Restaurant
Address: 4100 W Pico Blvd
Phone Number: (323) 731-3030
Phone Number: (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.
L.A. Yimonae
Address: 304 N Western Ave
Phone Number: (323) 464-3211
Phone Number: (323) 464-3211
Also known as Yimojip, Yimone is a Korean restaurant that specializes in Oyster Bossam (gul bossam) and Skatefish Jjim.
Kang Nam Restaurant
Address: 4103 W Olympic Blvd
Phone Number: (323) 937-1070
Phone Number: (323) 937-1070
Korean-style barbecue, eundaegu-jorim, Japanese dishes and raw fish
Namwongol Chuotang
Address: 3623 W Pico Blvd
Phone Number: (323) 733-5700
Phone Number: (323) 733-5700
This restaurant is famous for its specialty of mudfish stew.
Mapo Restaurant
Address: 3611 W 6th St
Phone Number: (213) 736-6668
Phone Number: (213) 736-6668
Mapo Kkak Doo Gee is a Korean restaurant with Korean-speaking staff.
Different from the newer Mapo Chicken Galbi restaurant on Olympic Blvd.
Dae Bok Restaurant
Address: 2010 James M Wood Blvd
Phone Number: 213-386-6660
Phone Number: 213-386-6660
Highly rated Korean restaurant whose specialty is blowfish (what the Japanese call fugu). Bok means “blowfish” and the name “Dae Bok” sounds like it means “a large amount of luck” in Korean. Located just east of Koreatown proper, in the Westlake district. FISH CUISINE RESTAURANT 대복
Goopojib Chuotang
Address: 3071 W 8th St
Phone Number: (213) 384-5537
Phone Number: (213) 384-5537
Gupojip / Gu Po Jib is a Korean restaurant on 8th & Berendo whose house specialty is mudfish (choo-wo). Has a thirty-year tradition of serving mudfish stew (chuotang), which is also available for takeout. Open until 9:00 pm on most days.
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.