This was a cozy place to enjoy some loach soup and BBQ at. The owner was really nice and attentive!

The best restaurant in CA!!! If you are looking for a speciial Korean Cusine, don't miss this spot. read more

Goopojib - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Awesome food. This is hardcore k-food. But I never taste this is hardcore which means so delicious k-food.

So delicious. It's a fantastic taste that I've never experienced before. It's Amazing!!! I want to go Goopojib everyday. read more

Best Loach Soup in Ktown! I couldn't put the soup down! Their kimchi and banchans were so good!

I had no idea there was such a delicious restaurant in LA's Koreatown! Absolutely the best! The dishes are nutritious, flavorful, and even beautifully presented! Highly recommend! read more

Goopojib - Loach Soup&BBQ Combo - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Excellent service and great food. Friendly staffs. Love the place. Definitely recommended.

좋은 친절, 좋은맛집,기분 좋은 식사 20년 넘은 전통 추어탕 맛집, 강력 추천합니다,장모님의 맛을 그대로 이어 받아 사위가 정성을 다하여 부인과 같아 최선을 다하여 모시겠습니다, read more

The food is great! I got the combo #3 and it was the perfect portion ! The vegetables are very fresh and the service was excellent!

Great authentic Korean food. I love the fish soup. It brings the memory with my mom. The fish BBQ is awesome too. read more

Excellent food and nice services! I really enjoyed the food and service. Highly recommend! read more

Goopojib - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

I think I have a new favorite place. One of the best meals I had this year. Food and service was amazing. Highly recommended ! :) read more

생 추어를 손으로 직접 갈아서 만들어서 그런지 맛이 가볍지 않고 깊은 맛이 나는 것 같아요. 추어불고기도 처음 먹어봤는데 잘 구워지고 양념이 맛있어서 부담감없이 잘 먹었습니다. 분명히 다시 또 와볼 식당이네요

Delicious !!! Everything is very fresh and clean. I come here often to eat Loach Soup & BBQ Combo. read more

Food is extremely tasty! Service is overall well done and they are very friendly :). The ambiance is homie and cozy but still clean and welcoming! read more

I dabble in Korean cuisine, I want to learn more but I'm a little intimidated. I stumbled into Goopojib and I was blown away. My server introduced everything to me and even taught me how to eat it. Incredible experience, I'll definitely be back. read more

The quality of the food is so amazing and this so authentic level of 추어탕 in Korea! I strongly recommend it. All clear read more

Goopojib - Chu-e- tang - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

So delicious fresh and friendly staff thank uuuuuuuuu. Delicioussssssssssssssssss Freshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhjj read more

I've been coming here for maybe about a year or two. This place has the best Choo Uh Tang in Los Angeles. The owners are a couple and they are really really nice. Always gives me and my family unlimited side dishes. Comes to check if we need anything every 5 minutes. Also it feels like I am in Korea because the food tastes just like the food I eat in Korea. Authentic. Its really clean and nice here because the owners are cleaning non stop. I recommend everyone to at least come here once. You will be addicted :) read more

Very good for summer Food~!One of the best Korean food for health and energy. Service for refill of side dishes is so good. read more

First off, I really enjoy the cozy atmosphere at this little gem I'm a Korean restaurant. While the food is certainly not the cheapest in my opinion, it's worth the cost. But what really made the experience memorable was the the friendly staff. Many Korean restaurants don't have really great service, so they really stand out in that regard. Would recommend. read more

I had the most amazing mudfish stew from another restaurant. I was on a hunt for more! Found Goopijib through Yelp and soon dragged my husband to join me for dinner. Thanks to the Yelper who translated the menu! My husband and I were able to just point - original mudfish stew and whole mudfish stew to the owner. Final Verdict? Unfortunately mine was a miss. Hardly any traces of mudfish. It didn't have enough spices or flavor. I added the whole dish of chopped jalapeños and garlic - I still found it very bland. My husband's whole mudfish stew was more successful - you have to be careful with the small bones but at least there were more fish (at least 6-7 mudfish) in one pot. Loved their banchan though - limited but very tasty. A little hard to get refills since the owner was busy watching her Korean drama - she had the volume blasting! Overall - $12.99 plus tax, tip, and required valet parking - we saw why we were the only two dining the entire Friday night dinner. read more

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We have finally found a restaurant here in LA that serves authentic soup that is very similar to what you can find in Korea. Their serving size is large compared to the price and the service is splendid and kind as always. I highly recommend this place for anyone who wants to try Korean "stamina" soup. read more

The food was top notch! Great service, will certainly be back! If you enjoy authentic Koren cuisine, this is where you need to be eating!!

This is a Korean restaurant that serves very traditional Korean dish. Chueotang is a soup made from mudfish. I have been coming to this place for years! Even before House of the Chigae next door came to this plaza. Chueotang is certainly an acquired taste. I did not like it as a child, but I seem to enjoy it more and more as I age. The owner lady is very nice. I wish this place had English menu and signs so non-Koreans can try this place out more easily. You get a free mudfish bulgogi after getting ten stamps! (Cash only). If you are referring to my menu photo, They do not have that many items on their menu. Assuming that they are not selling the items without the price tags... Far left: (mudfish soup) is everyone's favorite. Fish is blended into the broth. Second from the left: instead of blending the mudfish with the soup, you have to do all the work (separate bones) and pay more! Haha. Third one with prices (mudfish bulgogi). Last but not least, $15.99 one is mudfish soup and mudfish bulgogi combo! I would say try this one if you want to get the full experience with mudfish. read more

Goopojib - Refer to my review for the description of the entire menu! Yelp is not letting me translate all the items on the menu haha. - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

This is my first time trying this restaurant and I liked it. A lot better than I thought. Very tasty food and service was excellent too. Definitely will be back again. read more

A jem I found while I was looking for Loach Soup in LA for my pregnant wife. A quality Choo-Uh-Tang is not so easy to find in the states, and Goopojip is definitely a good one. A bit on the pricer side but worth it. read more

I found a hair in the soop. It was really long and 3pcs of them. It was so scared. The daughter of owner never gave us discounts or free coke or something. Worst . Stinge read more

This place is hidden gem! my very first time to try the choo uh tang! Omg this was great, a healthy and tasty. It didnt smell at all, very tasty. This stew made me warm and full. I also ordered the choo uh bulgogi, this is my favorite at all! Very delicious and never had this kind of texture! Server/owner was very friendly and nice too, i highly recommanded come again! read more

No one knows about these kinds of "maht jib"s (flavor house--yelp won't let me post in Korean ugh) unless you're the older generation or a ktown lifer. Foods you've probably never heard of. Flavors you've never tasted. Less than 10 items on the menu so you know it's going to be good. Grandma/cook sitting in the corner in sweats and an apron watching Korean TV. Get outside your comfort zone! There's more to our food than soon dubu and kalbi. Give it a try for a ktown "deep cut"! read more

Goopojib - Demolished - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Warning: the soup served here is a very traditional Korean dish and is not for the faint of heart. The broth is strong in flavor and pungent in smell, but the outcome is absolutely delicious. If you aren't feeling adventurous, this isn't the place for you. But if you are, feel free to refer to my review below. Let's start with a little education. Chu-uh-tang or mudfish stew is made with the Miggulaji fish (Chinese muddy loach, Misgurnus mizolepis). The fish is ground up into a powder, which is then stewed with a bunch of herby ingredients to produce a viscous delightful soup. Some ingredients may include garlic chive leaves and green onions, as well as the traditional fermented soy bean and red pepper pastes. Gu Po Jip's are made stewed with large cabbage leaves as well as which give more substance and make this dish extra filling. On the plus side, this stew is supposed to be good for you. Yes, it's healthy. Loach itself is high in protein and offers the consumer other nutritional value including iron, calcium, unsaturated fats, vitamin A, and mucin, which aids digestion. Because of it's unsaturated fat content, chu uh tang is often served to patients suffering from high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and obesity. But enough information. Onto how the food actually tastes. Chu-uh-tang is, when it comes down to it, delicious. It has a viscous grainy texture, and tastes herb-like. In other words, the soup is very aromatic and has heart-warming, belly-filling qualities to it. It isn't too salty, it isn't too spicy. It's just perfect for a cold winter day. Plus, you can top off your chu-uh-tang with minced garlic for flavor, crushed sesame seeds for nuttiness, diced jalapeno for spice, and more buchu (garlic chive leaves) for a grassy fibrous texture, all which compliment the stew well. And did I mention Gu Po Jip is a restaurant that's came from Korea and established itself here? You know it's good if the food, concept and all comes from the native country. ;) So if you're still wondering if you should try chu-uh-tang, I implore you to experiment and play with your taste buds. You never know if you'll like something unless you try it! Notes: * Parking lot is shared so it's small. * Located right across the street from Mountain Cafe. * You may want to bring a Korean speaker with you because this establishment is run by ahjummas. * To-go containers were a little too effective. They sealed the food in tight, but you need to use a sharp utensil to cut through the plastic film. * 3 orders is enough to share among four people if you'd like. read more

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The best choo-a-tang in SoCal for the past 8 years at least which is how long we have been going there. On par with the better places in Korea in terms of taste. The service is a little slow and they often run out of the choo-a-galbi towards the end of lunch and dinner. Regardless, it is a well-being dish and tastes delicious as well. Lots of older people that always want to eat "well-being". As the years passed, it has gotten busier and busier. There is usually a wait during lunch and dinner hours. We feed ourselves and order quite a bit to take home to the folks when we go to LA. They are closed on Sundays which is understandable but would allow us to eat there more often. read more

Healing food.....very best chu uh tang in KOREA town......ehen I feel..tired... this is the food............... read more

Goopojib - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Very traditional korean food. It was my first time eating there and really loved the broth. Flavor was just right and side dish kimchi was a kicker too. read more

Goopojib - Good food. Def going back. - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

If you know what Chueotang is... this is the best place ever. They keep it very original and traditional. Whenever I visit LA, I always go to this place and end up eating way too much. I order the mudfish bulgogi and then 2 orders of Chueotang - yes, all for me! read more

This place should be known. Traditional Korean dish for stamina and energy booster. Feels good after the meal. I often get sleepy after the meal in most of the restaurant but here, i can tell they dont use msg. read more

Very old style chooertang. I've been to so many nice ones in Korea so I think my expectation was too high.. I think this is traditional 80's authentic style which might work for old generations. All the banchan, overall taste, ambience and even service was not for people who are expecting modernized chooertang recipe. read more