Cuisine
Best Korean in Los Angeles
Korean spots pulled from our Los Angeles guides — picked by taste, price, and vibe rather than crowd averages. Here's who each one is for.
Gushi
$Korean · Westwood / Sawtelle
Gushi is a tiny Westwood Village window doing Korean-style marinated meat over rice — the 'Gushi bowl' piled with garlic-heavy beef or chicken is cheap, fast, and seriously filling. It's a longtime student favorite for good reason: maximum flavor and volume for very little money, right in the Village.
BCD Tofu House
$Korean / Soondubu · Koreatown / Westwood / DTLA
BCD Tofu House on Wilshire in Koreatown is open 24 hours and a short ride from USC. The soondubu — soft tofu hot pot still bubbling when it hits the table, spice level 1–5 — is $12–16 with rice and banchan. At 1am after a long night it's one of the best meals in the city. Order level 3, crack the egg in at the table, and eat with the communal rice.