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1 Han Bat Shul Lung TangKoreatown's landmark seolleongtang, nearly all it serves👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Walk-in only
Family-run since 1987 (the original opened in Korea in 1953). One dish: milky ox-bone seolleongtang with brisket or offal, seasoned at the table with salt, scallions and kimchi. Fast, cheap and open early.
4163 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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2 Jinsol GukbapBusan-style pork gukbap simmered 24 hours🛵 🚚 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Busan-style pork-and-rice soup from a broth simmered 24 hours, plus a pork belly kimchi stew big enough for a table. Generous portions, easy under $20 a person.
4031 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90020Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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3 Jun Won DakMother-and-son samgyetang, four-dish menu👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Call (213) 263-9135
A tiny Koreatown room serving samgyetang, the whole young chicken stuffed with rice and ginseng and simmered in an herby broth. Dakdoritang, a spicy chicken stew, is the other regulars' order. Call ahead for the two tables.
4254 1/2 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90020Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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4 MDK NoodlesKnife-cut kalguksu from Seoul's Myung Dong Kyoja🛵 🚚 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Seoul import known for kalguksu: hand-cut noodles in chicken broth with ground chicken and pork dumplings, best ordered spicy. The garlicky house kimchi is famous.
3630 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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5 Surawon Tofu HouseHouse-made tofu soondubu with a nutty black-soybean option🚚 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on Uber Eats
Makes its silken tofu in-house, so the bubbling brick-red soondubu is nuttier than Koreatown's chains. Upgrade to black-soybean tofu for $1 and pair with short rib, pork belly or raw crab in a combo.
2833 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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6 Chunju Han-il KwanOld-school budae jjigae on a tabletop burner🛵 🚚 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Budae jjigae, the army stew: meats, instant ramen and rice cakes simmering on a tabletop burner, built for two to four.
3450 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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7 BCD Tofu House24-hour soondubu chain, Wilshire flagship🛵 🚚 🏆 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Order onlineOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Open-all-hours soondubu in ten flavors, from dumplings to doenjang to intestine. LA Times names the Wilshire location, open 24 hours.
3575 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010Google Maps ↗Recognitions2026 OAD Casual N. America RecommendedLast reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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8 Hangari Bajirak KalguksuHand-cut noodle soup shop with queues🛵 🚚 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Order onlineOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Koreatown soup shop with a line out the door for hand-cut kalguksu: chicken for cold weather or a spicy seafood version with clams, mussels and crab in anchovy broth.
3470 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA 90020Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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9 Lee GaNew-school soup specialist: galbitang, gukbap, yukgaejang🛵 🚚 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Order onlineOrder on DoorDashOrder on Uber Eats
Bubbling stone pots of galbitang, seolleongtang, yukgaejang and a spicy ox-bone gukbap with napa cabbage. Also known for fresh buckwheat naengmyeon and big steamed mandu.
698 S Vermont Ave #106, Los Angeles, CA 90005Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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10 Myung Ga HaejanggukHangover-cure haejangguk with beef and blood curd👶🏻 GardenaSouth Bay Walk-in only
Haejangguk, the hangover soup: umami-heavy beef broth in a stone bowl with cabbage, brisket and cubes of pig's blood. Eater names the Gardena branch (also in La Canada Flintridge and Arcadia).
1425 Artesia Blvd Ste 5, Gardena, CA 90248Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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11 Sun Nong Dan24-hour seolleongtang and oxtail soup, galbijjim by night🚚 👶🏻 KoreatownDowntown & Central Walk-in onlyOrder on Uber Eats
24-hour Koreatown institution. Soups include oxtail with brisket, a hangover helper after the bars, though most tables order the fire-red galbijjim.
710 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005Google Maps ↗Last reviewed: Oct 30, 2026
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