Samgyetang Koreatown

Buil Samgyetang


Address: 859 S Western Ave, Los Angeles 90005
Phone: (213) 739-0001

Korean restaurant whose house specialty is chicken stewed with ginseng

Buddha's birthday Koreatown

Thal Mah Sah Buddhist Temple


Address: 3505 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019

Located in the southwest area of Koreatown, “Tahl Ma Sa” is a modest Buddhist shrine with a main hall for prayer, a small bell pavilion, and small Buddha statues.

hanbok for children

Meehee Hanbok


Address: 3461 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (213) 388-3377

Kim Me-Hee’s hanbok shop has been in the heart of Koreatown for over 25 years.

She is famous for providing Lisa Ling and Sandra Oh with their hanbok dresses.

Korean Restaurant Hyun Poong Gom Tang

Hyun Poong Gom Tang


Address: 244 S Oxford Ave, Ste 18, Los Angeles, CA 90004
Phone: (213) 480-3130

Korean restaurant in a strip mall in North Koreatown.

Menu includes kimchi-jjim, gamjatang (pork bone soup), dakdoritang (spicy chicken stew) and bossam.

San Soo Dang


Address: 761 Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90005
Phone: (213) 487-1717

A ddeok-jib that sells so-called Korean rice “cakes” called ddeok and similar products.

Moobongri Soondae – Moved


Address: 2949 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 387-1600

Korean restaurant whose specialty is Soondae (blood sausages)

Olympic Korean Rice Cake


Address: 3110 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90006
Phone: (213) 387-3131

A “bakery” that makes tteok (떡), a traditional Korean “cake” made with glutinous rice flour, by steaming.

Somseeneh Kimchi House on Pico

Som See Neh


Address: 4100 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90019
Phone: (323) 373-0650

A specialty Korean food store that sells jars of kimchi and bags of frozen handmade mandu (dumplings)

솜씨네

Hwa Sun Ji Tea & Coffee


Address: 3960 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Phone: (213) 382-5302

Hwasunji, traditional Korean teahouse on Wilshire Boulevard.

Tea, coffee and misutgaru with traditional snacks (cookies and crackers).