These soups are actually filling, very tasty and exquisite. Very quick, the ladies are helpful and fast with orders. It's in the side market seating area and the tables are attended on cleanliness pretty quick. read more

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A good lunch spot that won't break the bank! The food quality is always good and very generous for the price you are charged. They might take a little long to prepare, but if you call it in, it should be fine. read more

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Customer service is good. The place is clean. It's adjacent to a supermarket and a café inside a little Galleria mall. It wasn't busy people were quietly eating. I love that kind of quiet café ambience in the soup was refreshing. Aside from it coming out 15 minutes at a place that's called 5-minute noodle, it was pretty refreshing and just what I needed. I only wish there was more meat. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Not 5-Minute Bowl anymore. 15-minutes and counting .. on a COLD noodle bowl.. - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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The food is good and prices are reasonable here. This is the restaurant in the food court at Galleria in Koreatown. There is parking in the garage structure, and you have to take the elevator/escalator down to the first floor. The food court is behind the bakery. The food takes no more than 15 minutes to be ready. There is a lot of seating in the food court. The bathroom is in the back, and the door may be locked. You may have to ask someone for the code. I like the fried pork and shrimp. It's an easy meal to take away. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Menu from May 2024 - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Very good food, friendly service, quick food delivery and great value. Had the enormous fried dumplings and the spicy beef and tofu soup. Very nice variety of food options. You place your order and are given a pager to return once it's ready, literally a few minutes. Ample seating adjacent to a Korean market. Had a nice vibe with a lot of patrons. Didn't feel rushed to eat and leave. Entire meal with soda was a little over $20. The complimentary kimchi, spicy cucumbers, and daikon radish was also very good. read more

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Great lunch spot. I work next door and many of the employees from my building goes here for lunch. Good food @ decent prices. I usually get the tuna kimbap, which often runs out if I go after 12. They probably make a limited amount as tuna can go bad quickly. I've tried the mini kimbap which was tasty but pricey if you think about the fact rice & some vege rolled in small dried seaweed is $1.50. One of ny coworkers always gets the bibimbap & loves it. The vegetables are fresh & well seasoned, they'll remove the beef or put it in a different container upon request. I've also tried shrimp fried rice, prepacked lunches, "jeons" - fish, squash, chives (it's next to the kimbaps in the front near the cash register). Some of my coworkers pick up food to go at the end of the day for dinner. The man at the register is always friendly & helpful when asked questions. They have cold barley tea which everyone seems to enjoy. read more

Tried cold noodle and Bulgogi+noodle combo on 7/11. Dishes came out fast and has alot of noodles. Great service and the owner is really kind. Plenty of parking spots and seating area. Visited here many many times and always delicious. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Menu prices as of July 11, 2025 - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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If you're looking for the "hottest new trend" or "top 10 places to find xyz," this place wasn't made for you. Instead you'll find a family business looking to get you fast and cheap, but also comforting and filling food that was made to feed the masses. 5 Minute Bowl is serving food to both the group of teenagers after school who are gossiping about how attractive Sunghoon or Michael B Jordan is, alongside a group of granny's who are also talking about how attractive they are. The portion sizes, alongside the banchan, for the price you get is hard to match. Everyone seems to leave a little happier, and a little more bloated. read more

Really great food and service. Inside a mall next to an amazing Korean restaurant. Very low prices. Vliental mostly Korean grandmas and pas

Located in the Korean Galleria Market 5 min bowl/ Shang Hai Ban Jum offers affordable comfort food the restaurant has ample seats. Although I wasn't sure of the name - peep the receipt pic. (Guess I'll post on both) Nonetheless the restaurant serves both Chinese and Korean food. Initially, my partner and I wanted a Chicken Teriyaki Dosirak and Crispy Mandoo but the gentleman taking my order said he didn't have either so I quickly made the decision of what would be similar - Chicken katsu and 2 Steamed Wang Mandoo. $19 out the door, the food was enough for 3 people - We ended up taking some Katsu and a whole Mandoo home! The food came out hot honestly, this place is affordable and delicious! Would recommend them any day! read more

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I can't seem to understand why this place has negative ratings. I visit 5 minute bowl at least once a week since it's walking distance from work and I've been very pleased with the food. I often get the short rib or the bulgogi and I love them both! The taste and quality is consistent. It's a great option for all the Korean bbq lovers since their prices are great and the quality doesn't disappoint. You get a lot for the amount you pay. My orders always come with their delicious banchans. read more

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I love eating here. So comforting. Very quiet and chill place to be. The service is good, I feel bad that you have to leave your tray on the table for them to clean. read more

5 Minute Bowl - #52 Spicy Beef Tofu Soup - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Great place to come eat. They have a lot of popular options for reasonable prices. I paid 13.03 total for the xl black bean noodles. 11.87 menu price. The regular portion can be had for 9.13. Noodles, rice, dumplings, tempura meats, grilled meats, and even korean lunch boxes. Everything is mostly self serve. They give you a pager that buzzes when the food is ready. They have barley tea on tap. Help support hard working people trying to make ends meet! read more

The old man cashier is nice but the old woman who hand you the food who is also korean is not nice and she shouldn't be working there. Our bill net to $45 for dine in and when we have left over they are charging 1 dollar for container wherein last week we ate its free from young server. Food is good but server old woman is not. Cashier is nice. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Leftover of mongolian beef , Tongsooyook,shrimp fried rice and sides - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Great place for lunch. We always get shrimp fried rice to go and the price just went up recently. It comes with some pickels & some source of spicy soup with octopus tentacles in it (sometimes can be very spicy). Usually pretty crowded around lunch time so I would suggest you go there early or you can also call and order ahead of time. Older Korean gentlemen that works there are nice and friendly and they don't take Amex but you can pay with Apple Pay (linked to Amex). A side order of Kimchi is highly recommended! read more

The shrimp fried rice and service is great. Very clean and fast.I definitely recommend this place.

Very nice lady working at this place. Good food at a very reasonable price. I ordered the Bibimbap for $8.99. A decent amount of food they serve along with a few banchan consisting of seaweed soup, Kim Chi potatoes, Kim Chi turnips, etc. It was decent for what was ordered. The Bibimbap comes with small proportions of beef, sliced carrots, a fried egg, and spinach, with a small bowl of rice to mix into. The red chili paste in the plastic bottle along with sesame oil was used to mix into the Bibimbap for a spicy kick, and a bit more flavor with the sesame oil... Also probably used to prevent the dish from being too dry. Mix the Bibimbap thoroughly and enjoy! They have a good variety of items that can be ordered such as gamjatung (pork bone soup) with good amount of meat, oxtail soup, bulgogi with rice and vegetables, just a few I named that was stuck in my mind. My friend ordered the gamjatung, and it was also delicious. It was spicy though... But it was fine. The food does come out in about 5 minutes. Quite impressive actually! As the name of this place has pretty much proven themselves to serve in a timely manner. But, I wonder if it's still five minutes when they're busy. Lol. We'll see as I plan to come back again soon. It's located in the food court near a bakery and a coffee shop on the first floor of this plaza. It use to be a car dealership that has been overhauled. Parking with lots of parking spaces (obviously), and it's on Vermont Ave and 5th Street. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Love this place. Tasty hot al dente dumplings in comforting, hot broth. The way they prepare their mackerel, too, is delicious and moist!

Ignore all the negative reviews about the mool naeng myun because I just had it and it was pretty good. I can't believe the price of $8.95 for mool naeng myun. Most places charge $11.99 for a bowl of cold noodles and $8.95 is the ultimate bargain. With tax, it's actually $9.80 but that's still crazy cheap. I haven't seen a price like this since the 1990's. If you look at the prices for all the food here, you will notice every thing is pretty cheap. I will come back to try other items because this place might be my favorite Korean restaurant. read more

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This was right before I got the flu and I wanted something comforting which is hard to find when your surrounded by fast food in my work area, I used my yelp app and found this place and realized it's a block away in the Korean market by my job. Off my coworker and I went.. Initially what attracted to me to this place was the picture of ramen noodles... and a picture does say a thousand words.. I ordered the ramen bowl with rice cakes ( didn't know what rice cakes where) regardless! We ordered our food, was given a beeper and in about 5-7 minutes our order was ready and BIG.. I could swim in that bowl, enough that I had leftovers for dinner. The service is nice and friendly, the food is fresh to made since I burned my tongue and prices are very wallet friendly.. read more

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Nice cheap Korean food in a Korean mall in Korean Town in the middle of LA. Price is just right. Quite a crowd during lunchtime and dinner. There are other food dishes to try if you like. read more

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This place is located in the food court of the galleria supermarket and also has a good amount of seating and parking available. Went here early weekend morning, around 10am and they were serving food thankfully as I was starving. Prices are good and I went with the Oxtail Soup. The lady at the register was very nice and warned me that the soup itself really had no flavor and would be accompanied with salt/pepper. I nodded that I was okay with as I've had this in Korea before which was how they make this dish. After waiting for at least 12 minutes (definitely not 5 :P), I got my food which had the salt and pepper shaker, steamed rice, as well as some ban chan. Ban chan was pretty good but I noticed that some of my friends had different ones though mine was better since I had fish cakes and they didn't. There was a lot of oxtail in the soup which was really awesome. There were about 4 huge chunks and after putting some salt and pepper, tasted perfect. This was exactly what I wanted and wasn't disappointed. I'd eat here all the time if I lived in Ktown. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Oxtail soup - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

This is a decent average place close to work that is serves food quick and has ample seating. It is located in the food court of the galleria next to the supermarket. Spicy beef soup came with banchan and a bowl of rice at under $10 with tax. I got mild but wished I had gone with medium spice. The soup wasn't as flavorful as I had hoped, but it helped me warm my bones on a rare gloomy and cold day during the summer. It's hard to say I would come back for dinner especially since there is more quality korean food in the area. Would come back if I needed a quick fix for Korean food that would fit into my lunch break. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Spicy beef soup - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Read through my reviews and you'll know when it's a hot day I'm always craving naeng myun. Bf and I decided to get some fresh air and walk to the Galleria Mart Food Court. For being fast food, it was a little bit pricier than we expected--our total bill was almost $25. It was a good amount of food, but not really enough for leftovers. Plus you order at the counter and pick up your food yourself. Like many people have said, it's no where close to 5 minutes! It took our food about 15 minutes. Overall I liked the broth and the casual atmosphere, I may go again. read more

Had jjampong with rice. $9.84 filled up two people. Lots of real seafoods, not from seafood mix with vegetables. Big bangs for less than $10. I had yaki Mandu in the past here. They make fresh mandu and it was Yummy read more

I love 5 Minute Bowl! It's so cheap and you get so much food. They have an extensive menu of entrees, lunch specials, and cold noodle combos. Seriously, they have a lot of food on their menu and it's impossible not to find something you'd want to eat. All the lunch specials are an average of $6 and you get a huge entree and the requisite banchan. The bulgogi combo is pretty good, although the meat itself is pretty bland. I really like their bibimbap. It's served in a gigantic bowl full of vegetables and rice, and it comes with a bowl of seaweed soup. Their kimchi and rice cake ramen is also tasty and filling and is only $4.99. They have a breakfast menu, available from 8AM - 10:30AM everyday. There's plenty of seating and they keep the area really clean. After your meal, you can walk over to Cake House for dessert! This 5 minute bowl is located inside the Galleria Market so it's super convenient and easy to get to. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Bulgogi combo with seaweed soup. - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Went here for lunch on a week day. This is located in a food court in the Koreatown Galleria. There is nice outdoor patio adjacent to the food court if you want a quieter ambience. I ordered the Spicy Soft Tofu Soup. It arrived boling in a cast iron bowl complete with rice, and banchan (small dishes like kimchee, radishes, etc.) The soup was tasty but not as spicy as I had imagined it to be. Next time I will make sure they add enough spice. Maybe they thought because I wasn't Korean it would be too hot? There were a couple clams, shrimp with the heads on, and mussels sans the shells in the soup. The tofu was soft and the trick to eating it is to get a small spoonful of rice and dip that into the soup. The kimchee was nice and garlicky. I actually ate all the banchan as well. Very good for $6.99! I imagine the galleria gets pretty busy on weekends so I would just go here on weekdays. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Delicious Spicy Soft Tofu Soup. Clams, Shrimp, Mussels. Was a great deal and very filling. Must go back! - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

We stumbled across 5 Minute Bowl after looking for a quick lunch at the Galleria. From the name, it sounded like a place to get a quick fix of Korean tofu soup. I ordered the spicy tofu soup with pork. It was served with four banchans with rice included. The portion of the tofu soup was perfect. It had lots of vegetables in it, so thumbs up if you like veggies. Also, if you like spicy, make sure you order the spiciest option possible. I ordered "spicy" and it was not spicy at all. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Spicy tofu soup with pork - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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I came here for lunch because I work nearby. Ate alone because I didn't have a lunch companion that day, but it's A-OK because it's in a food court and nobody bothers you or stares at you. I got the Bulgogi Dupbap, which comes with 4 different sides and miyukgook (seaweed soup). It's not the most amazing thing but for $6.99 + tax, it's a pretty awesome deal! It was piping hot and fresh and I'd say my order did really take only 5 minutes. I'll definitely be back for more lonely lunches haha~ read more

5 Minute Bowl - Bulgogi dupbap! That miyukgook is a nice bonus! - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Being located in the Galleria makes it perfect to grab actual dinner and shop for future dinners :) Ordered the spicy braised chicken. The chicken is sooooo soft and the carrots, you can cut them with a fork. I've also had the soy sauce one too. The spicy one does have a little kick but it's not too spicy. The soy sauce one has really good flavor. It comes with some side but they can vary from week to week. It also comes with rice. The food court is always kept clean with plenty of seating. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Spicy braised chicken, partially eaten - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I usually come to the plaza where this spot is located on Wednesdays with friends, and this is my go-to place for food. It's not too heavy on the wallet and most of their entrees can feed two or more people (depending on how much you eat). They also give a good amount of banchan with your order. My personal favorites would have to be their braised beef stew (very flavorful and the beef is cooked to tender perfection), spicy tofu soup (you can customize the spiciness), and the short rib soup. read more

5 Minute Bowl - Bibimbap fix. - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I actually really love eating here during my lunch break because its cheap and convenient. My favorite is the dosirak (bento), which has a variety of little sides and their meat portion is huge. Free parking garage and plentiful seating. For dessert you can stop by the bakery in the same building which is also tasty. read more

This place is sooo good everything from the sushi to the traditional Korean dishes. The staff is very friendly and my order is always quick to come up. The portions are very generous as well. read more

Husband and I were stopping by the Galleria Market to pick up groceries and thought it wouldn't hurt to try one of the food court options before doing any shopping. We'd never heard anything particularly good about the food court offerings there, but hey, we hadn't heard anything bad about the place either. Provided two choices, "Shanghai Bowl" and "Five Minute Bowl" (aka "Vons Oven Chicken" - whaaaat?), my husband gravitated toward the latter. We were in the market for some mediocre bulgogi over rice, and figured, "How bad could it be?" Husband also ordered the cold noodle soup because it was super hot yesterday. Again, how bad could it be? Um, BAD. Let's just say we made a wrong turn and "Five Minute Bowl" was far from tasty town. We would've been better off purchasing prepared food from the supermarket. The bulgogi over rice was accompanied by a styrofoam tray of banchan (kimchi, radishes, seaweed, and omelet). Not a single item was delicious, the bowl itself was bearable but was more like a massive bowl of soggy rice topped off with onions, strands of glass noodles and enoki, and beef "bits". Hospital food served at the Good Samaritan is better than this. As for the cold noodle soup, don't get me started. A bowl of noodles floating in diluted pickled ice water topped off with scoops of shredded cucumber, shredded radish and a hardboiled egg. Not delicious. And for the record, these bowls of "what did we order" took fifteen to twenty minutes... Not five... read more

For a place called 5 minute bowl, you expect it to be service that reflects the name but not really so. Nevermind though, the food is good and comes out at a acceptable amount of time. Came to pickup a quick meal to-go with my brothers. I ordered 2 spicy pork ribs thinking that when my brother said the one portion was big enough to share he was maybe banking on a light dinner. I didn't eat the whole day so I ordered my own and was surprised he wasn't lying. The to-go bowl was filled to the top with stew, and I got to half before saving the rest for later. The flavor itself was spicy and good. The braise on the ribs were good, they were tender and flavorful. There was a few rice cakes thrown in there as well. It came with rice, some seaweed soup, and banchan of cabbage kimchee, radish kimchee, seaweed and fishcakes. For $7.99 it's a solid, heavy meal. I also got a Korean pancake thinking it wasn't enough but we had way than enough food. It was just OK, it was a bit greasy as far as mung bean pancakes go. For a fast food type joint, this was a solid meal with leftovers. The pork tasted even better the next day when it soaked all that spicy sauce in. read more

This place also sells "Vons Chicken." These people are straight up LIARS. Purchased a boneless chicken box. We asked if it was chicken breast - not cheap ass thigh meat - and they told us it was 100% breast. Charged us $12.99 plus tax. We come home and notice there isn't a single piece of breast in the box. WTF. We call and they continue to insist that it's breast meat. Straight up liars. I was tempted to go throw the chicken in their face and ask them if it tastes like breast. Do not go to this place. Fuckin lyin bastards. read more

5 Minute Bowl - These lying assholes continue to insist this is breast meat, when it's clearly cheap thigh meat. Lying assholes! - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I was in Koreatown last week and had a craving for noodles. Checked Yelp and found this unassuming, clean, and DELICIOUS noodle joint. My first venture was a vegetarian bowl, served piping hot and very tasty (spiced well). On my return trip, I saw a young Korean lad enjoying a bowl that looked pretty tasty also. I asked him what the dish was and he warned me that it was very spicy. Smelled good from where I stood, so I pointed to his bowl at the order counter. The waitress tried to warn me off but I stood my ground. It included some shredded beef, pickled veggies and rice noodles. Again, delicious! Mind you, I can handle the kick of hot and spicy with a minimum of brow mopping and nose wiping, but I was put to the test. I'll have to admit that I handled it better than the Korean lad! All in all, I've come here twice and I will be back with my family. Forgive me for not being able to mention specific menu names, Korean fare is new to me. read more

3.5 STARS. 5 Minute Bowl is a restaurant in the Korea Galleria food court. By its name, you'd expect food to come out in 5 minutes .. but it took more like 10 minutes and there weren't a lot of people there. Aside from that gripe, they have good prices for korean fast food. We're talking beef & rice, sul lantang, bibmibap ... lunch items cost at most $7 and you get a large portion. Friend + I got a beef, veggie and rice mix. Comes with free soup and sides of banchans. It cost $6. Good deal! The meat was okay, the rice was mushy ... and the veggies all ran together. However, my other friend got the sul langtang and I was really impressed at how good it was! Thick &hearty slices of meat, delicious broth and good noodles. Wow! For $7! So yeah, if you come here.. expect 10 minute wait (you can look at girly stuff or something .. a buzzer will tell you to come get your food). and ... get the sul langtang (beef soup bowl). read more

This place serves VNS chicken. I was getting a bit frustrated because I was searching VNS chicken and this 5 minute bowl kept popping up but I have confirmed it exists. My favorite dish from VNS chicken is the spicy chicken. The sauce has the perfect balance of sweet, savory, and spice. Make sure you order 15 minutes in advance when you to-go because they always take forever. Their prices also increased by $3! I remember when it was $9.99 for a whole chicken and now it's $12.99. That's a pretty big increase considering it's only chicken and sauce. Whatever, I'd still keep coming back because I'm addicted. read more

For the price and the food over its pretty good. I had the bulgogi dub bab and it came with 4 side dishes and soup. They give you plenty of side dishes so you don't have to keep asking for more. It also came with a small bow of seaweed soup. They give you enough portion (a little bit of everything) to leave happy and full. read more