One of my FAVORITE Korean restaurants in the States by FAR. I'm surprised this place only has a 4 star rating. Honestly, I was a bit hesistant on leaving a review for this place because I want to keep this place as my secret favorite spot, but it's too good for me to be selfish. I've tried maybe 5-6 different dishes here and it's never disappointed me. People say Chunju Han Il Gwan has the best budaejjigae (spam kimchi stew) but they're wrong... THIS place has the BEST budaejjigae! The owner can come off a bit rude but the food is just too good. And you know it's good when majority of the customers are older Koreans. read more

Love this warm and nice place. Really traditional Korean food. Waitress was so nice to us. The food was sooooooooo tasty. Especially the kimchi and the boss am. Will visit again! read more

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A hidden gem! Placed in a dodgy Korean strip mall, this place looks very unassuming from the outside, but I've had the best Boodae jjigae here! Full of flavor with lots of spam, sausage, rice sausage & the mandatory ramen noodles. Also had really good quality bo-ssam here!! (I though it was much better than Kobawoo in terms of meat quality and flavor). It came with a good amount of hot or cold pork, Chinese cabbage for wrapping, kimchi. This is a tiny family-owned restaurant with great service. It might be tough if you don't speak Korean, but the food will be well worth it!! Don't expect any ambiance though. read more

It's hard to find something I didn't like about this place: - It's very homey feeling. There's no rush or feeling that you are crowded by other customers (although the place was packed nearly the whole time I was there). - The service was great. One imo checked in several times to see how the food was and always had a smile. It could've had something to do with me being the only 'foreigner' in the whole place, but I really appreciated her interest. - The food was great. I only tried the somoori gookbap (beef soup?) but it was delicious and inexpensive ($8). The banchan was also really, really good, especially the kimchee and the green onion kimchee. I'd definitely go back! read more

I love their beef soup and boiled meat. taste very good and waitress is very kind. I love this place, I feel like I coming back to hometown. read more

Pork Bosam they carry was the best bosam out of whole ktown. sometimes there are a lot of people in the restaurant, parking lot gets full easily and advised to do double parking. overall nice restaurant.. read more

Yummy!! Service was awesome! We had a pretty long wait but it was Friday night. We had the spicy stew with span, ramen, tofu and rice cakes. Mmmmmmm. Everything I love in one bowl! 2 servings was plenty for the 2 of us. We also ordered the cow head bossam which was cooked really well so it was really tender. The ssam jahng (sauce) was so good we had to order more. Found us a little gem for korean comfort food. read more

Came here on a saturday night. It was kinda hard to find since its located at a small stree mall. Parking is awful and since they don't have valet (most restaurants at k town does), it was hard to find parking. The place is small and cozy, seemed very traditional and i was really excited to try their food!! My fd said that their soup was good as well as the bossam so i had big expectations towards this meal. To be honest, the soup wasn't that great. In fact, for its price ($20+), i think it was not good at all. i only saw pieces of sausages, instant noodles, tofu, and some veggies in a not very deep pot. Not worth it. However, the beef salad, and the two different types of bossams were great!!! i love mixing the salted napa with the pork, soy bean paste, and garlic!! work of art in my mouth ~! ! Although i disliked the soup, i think is a place worth of going. I might come back for other types of soup and definitely BOSSAM! read more

This place is a little hole in the wall but man oh man do they make some bomb food! I went with a group of people, 7 or so, and we ordered two boodaejjigae, which is the korean bootcamp soup. We also ordered one plate of the pyun yuk bossam and the jokbal bossam. The pyun yuk bossam was alright, I think kobawoo does it better. HOWEVER, the jokbal bossam *drool* was soooo gooooodddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is so tender and so flavorful. They took all of the meet off the port feet and pressed it down, sliced it thinly, to prepare this dish. It is one of the best jokbal I have ever had. On top of that the boodaejjigae was SO BOMB! The soup isnt too spicy. It comes out on top of a burner so it continues to cook as you eat it. While it cooks, the ramen soaks up all the goodness of the soup! I will definitely be coming back to try some of their other dishes! read more

I've been coming here for 10 years since I was a little girl and I seriously think this is the best bossam place HANDS. DOWN. The cabbage, meat, garlic, shrimp sauce, and spicy dried radish combo is the best. This place is seriously a hole in the wall. They have much more on the menu and one of my other favorites is the stew (jun Gol). I usually get the gopchang jun gol when I go with my parents and it is literally amaaaaazing. The soup is so rich in flavor from the meat and vegetables. They also have udon noodles in this stew. Yum! The best part is they mix rice and kimchi and other ingredients afterwards for you and make this wonderful delicious concoction. It is a bit on the pricey side. When I go with my mom and dad and order those two things above, the bill comes out to about 50 dollars but we are completely full off the food and most of the time, we even have leftovers. I would recommend trying this place at least once!! I'm sure you'll want to go there again =) read more

Gonjiam - Gopchang jun gol - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Had boodae jjigae and their specialty soup. Both were pretty decent but didn't have the flavor I am looking for to give five stars. Worth trying their specialty soup but would search for better boodae jjigae. read more

Gonjiam - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Truly authentic Koean food. Jokbal-muchim is my favorite. Usually a short waiting list on dinner time.

The foods were okay. The meat (head meat) is somewhat different from the usual taste and texture you could feel from other type of korean meat soup. Its a little bit more chewy. I heard their jeon gol is pretty good which ima try next time for sure! read more

Another one of those hole in the wall, mom and pop, family type restaurants that are worth visiting in Korea town. Gonjiam is really easy to miss because of how small it is so just keep your eyes peeled. The interior, as I mentioned before, is small and cannot fit too many people in it so I recommend coming with a small group. The restaurant has a real homey vibe with good service. The highlight of my visit here has to be the beef soup, very rich and filling. The bossam was also very good even though they're not really known for it. If you want to avoid waiting in line or anything Gonjiam is available on RushOrder(HUNGRY3: code for new users). Overall a very good experience, I'll probably be back here sooner than later. read more

I enjoyed this place a lot! When I first moved to LA, a native Angeleno brought me here as a quintessential K-town hidden gem. It's very small and the decor very limited. It's in a small plaza with a few parking spots. I recall good family business type service. We ordered 4 dishes for 2 people, which was way too much. However, we managed to finish. The highlight was the big bowl of soup with lots of veggies and meat. Boy, was this spicy. What I didn't know was that after you get to a certain point, you can have them add rice to it to make it a delicious rice dish. By this point, you will be so full you will explode, so just ask to take it to go. Basically another meal. read more

This is my favorite place to eat suyook . It's been forever since they're open and it's my favorite place for the longes t time. Gook nap is also super Tyammy as well read more

first heard about this korean restaurant on an excellent food blog i read: http://immaeatchu.blogspot.com/2006/12/red-hot-bubbling-cauldron-of-mandu.html her pics of spicy dumpling soup with udon noodles had me salivating. so we promptly went in search of gonjiam...but couldn't find it. it wasn't a total loss that night because we ended up stumbling into another korean restaurant and discovering crazy delicious cheesy fried rice (see review http://www.yelp.com/biz/xIQU6U3WXtry00E-J9pRvg). but i'm persistent. so we looked again tonight...and success! gonjiam is in a small plaza on beverly just west of western. if you see neon, christmas lights and a shady liquor store, you've arrived. the spicy dumpling soup was super satisfying with fat dumplings, noodles, mushrooms, tofu, rice cakes, zucchini and napa cabbage. the wait staff is friendly too! we were stuffed, but there was one lonely dumpling left in the pot. i asked if we could take it home, and the waitress came back and showed us how she put the dumpling in a styrofoam container and topped it off with fresh soup for us. so nice! read more

Our family's favorite Korean place to eat! Gonjiam casserole and pork bossam are our favorites. The people who work here are great, too!!!

Because the prices were so high here for lunch, and the plates so big of course, my friend and I could only get the pork bossam and the beef soup to try. I really wanted to try some other items, but we would never been able to finish and the bill would've been ridiculous! Seems like I missed out on the budae jigae, maybe next time? The bossam was good, but not as life-altering as Kobawoo House. The beef in the soup was so good, really tender and flavorful. The banchan really stood out as being some of the best I've had in a while. Cute little place to check out, maybe with a few more people so you can try more food than we did. read more

4.5 stars for me. Word of caution: This place is very authentic Korean - may not be suitable for some people. When I was there with my wife, there was a table full of drunk middle-aged Korean men dropping F-bombs (in Korean, of course, which means the C-bomb) every other sentence. And true to their form, they had to spill something and make a big mess. Anyhoo, the food - we ordered Gopchang Jungol (Tripe Stew) - was very, very good. Including tax, the bill came out to $29 (for both of us) - and they don't charge for the extra bowl of rice. I go to Korea twice a year for business and I've been to the "Top Rated Gopchang Jungol Restaurant" in Gangnam area that charges 80,000 won (~$72) for two. They had literally about half the amount of Gopchang in their jungol, which was almost comical. Gonjiam's broth was authentic and just right, not overly thick nor too thin and I didn't get the sense that they resort to the "magic powder." Plenty of gopchang inside the stew and they nailed the kkakdugi too. On a cold drizzly day like when we were there, there simply isn't anything better. Cannot wait to go back and try other things... PS. This restaurant goes to show you that you don't need to be in the heart of K-town and spend ungodly amount of money on advertising to succeed. Simply excellent food and very reasonable prices. Don't expect 5-star service but the ajummas there are very nice and patient. read more

Real good Budae Jjigae... wow Real hard to find place. In a not-so-nice small strip mall. But be brave and park and go in, and what a food experience. Good homely service, people eat and enjoy, no fancy stuff. read more

I'm a long time customer it's little old outdated interior but one of the authentic restaurants in k town . They have a good mixed noodle with vegetables and different kinds of soups. Must try suyook and boodae chigae at this place read more

I will definately come back with my family! Best korean food~ Jaengban noodle is awesome!!! read more

Bu dae jeegae is excellent! We r korean and thought it might not be traditional taste but it was! Small venue seating only 9tables.. mom and pop corner store style.. would recommend. read more

I love this place! The people who work here are all very friendly and nice. The place itself is not that big/wide but its very traditional. I usually eat budaejjigae (military soup?) which is spicy soup with kimchi, ham and sausages, beans, and pepper. There sulungtang is really good too so if you are not a spicy food lover, try that sulungtang. read more

Came to this address at 9pm. Couldn't find the place. Called but no one answered. Wrong address posted?

I went with my family here tonight and experienced horrible discriminative service. The owner was a very mean lady who tried to rush us to leave so she can attend to new customers. I then saw another table where they served fried rice as service and when I asked for it, she pretty much denied my request. I will never go back to a restaurant where the owner is arrogant and discriminates customers. read more

One of my friends told me this place use no MSG. (believe or not.) And I really loved their 'Pudae chigae' and 'Jhun' !! Deeeeelicious ! But the thing is it felt quite pricey if you know how to make them. ;s well, if you are not Korean, or you don't know how to make any of their food, you should try it ! No regrets ! P read more

The lettuce wrap thing I ate was so good. It's definitely more on the milder taste but if you like none salty pork it's good! definitely try it out. read more

aghhhh. Just went today for the first time. THEIR BUDAEJJIGAE. That broth was BOMBBBBB. Just a warning, budaejjigae is usually served boiling, on a portable stove, so it's a good idea to pour in some water as you eat so that the water content doesn't evaporate away and leave you with a super salty soup. it's just it's best eaten while boiling, and if you don't know how to take care of your soup, you should just turn off the fire once it's done cooking. ANYWAYS. it was yummeh in my tummeh :) the stew itself has a variety of veggies, kimchi, spam, fancy sausage, ramen noodles, rice cake, and beans. it's spicy but not that spicy - consider it mild with spiciness there just for flavor? Anyways this restaurant is kinda like a hole in the wall... the mall it's in doesn't seem like that, but the entrance and the interior is - it's not a big restaurant, and it had like an odd salon-y smell when i first entered - not bad enough for me to drop a star, but noticable; for the note, it seems like there's a spa next door. Anyways, thankfully the scent was blown away by the powerful delicious aroma of the stew hehe :) the stew is probably good for up to three ladies! i went with a friend and we had a third of the stew as leftovers. Food was great and service was friendly and very home-y. would definitely come again :) read more

This is one of the best hole in the wall restaurants in ktown for sure! Doesnt even have english translation type of hole in the wall status. Theyre known for their gonjiam jungol (casserol) so its best to get that. The soup is so creamy and tasteful, definitely enough for 3-4 people. We also the bossam (i think #11, its the one most people get- pork) and it was sooo good. The kimchi side was bomb, the meat was so soft and well cooked. It is a well deserved meal everyone should try. read more

Wow, this place is quite the place to go to for all the people who are in love with traditional Korean dishes, such as ones that they call "boshintang." They're the kind of hot soup that Koreans love eating to boost their energy, and I seriously cannot even say how much I loved this place, going there for the first time yesterday. Between 5 people, we ate an order of spicy squid dish, and an order(?) of one of their soups that I'm not sure the name of, but apparently that's what the restaurant specializes in. It's a small place, and definitely a hole in the wall kind of a place here in Koreatown. I would have to say that the best part of the whole dinner was at the end, when the lady made us fried rice with the little bit of the left over soup, with the addition of things like kimchi. I would have to say that it's one of the best kimchi fried rice at the end of a soup dish ever. The parking lot isn't very big, but at least it wasn't valet. Awesome. read more

I've been their customer for 5 years and every time I order food for Togo I aways ask them " may I get the radish kimchi, instead of the spicy green onion " but today while I picked up my food they said they NEVER EVER made a spicy green onion for the side dishes, in Yelp you could see that they do make them LOL it's not a big deal . however, then the lady called out everyone inside the kitchen and asked them if they ever made the spicy green onion ever since they open the restaurant.. Each one of them said they haven't made it before.... And the lady embarrassed me in front of the people inside the restaurant!! and what can I say~~ they all disagree. Just proven me that they are not truthful with their customers :/ read more

This place is so yummy!! And the owner is such a sweet and friendly lady. The food was excellent and the service was awesome! I totally recommend if you are looking for some comfort food:) read more

The best food around western always has the best delicacys planning to take my girl here for dinner see you soon

First of all, I hate writing a bad review based on service alone but this incident angered me so much that I have to. The soup was pretty good and I have no problem with it. However the lady that served us pissed me off. When we asked for the check, she started to make an excuse about how she brought the wrong soup. She accidentally brought the soup with extra meat to our table instead of the other table. She said it cost about 2 more dollars but mentioned that it was her fault. So, I am thinking if she is bringing this up so that we pay more. I still asked for a check and she said no because it was the wrong order and I am like what kind of place don't give check. So we try to give credit card and she said it has to be at least 20 which is bullcrap. I am not sure what her intention were but I am wondering if she is treating us this way because we are young and she could get away with it. I do not know if she did not want to get in trouble for messing up or trying to pocket the extra cash for tip but I am definitely not coming back no matter how good the food is. read more