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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated August 2026.
Soban · Koreatown
Infatuation's top-rated LA Korean (9.0). The Koreatown banchan temple whose soy-marinated crab and black-cod jjim have no city-wide peer.
Baroo · Arts District
Infatuation pick (8.9). Kwang Uh's Arts District fine-dining follow-up; a $125 six-course tasting that sits alongside LA's best new openings.
Jinsol Gukbap 3rd (진솔국밥 3가) · Koreatown
Infatuation pick (8.8). Koreatown pork-and-rice-soup specialist whose dwaeji gukbap is the city's definitive hangover and cold-day answer.