Los Angeles, CA
For Korean in Los Angeles, the local food press points to Soban, Baroo, and Jinsol Gukbap 3rd (진솔국밥 3가). Picks from The Infatuation, updated April 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated April 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.
Kobawoo House · Koreatown
Infatuation pick (8.7) — open since 1983; the neighborhood's reference plate of bossam and a reliable date-night Koreatown room.
Restaurant Ki · Little Tokyo
Infatuation pick (8.6) — 12-course Little Tokyo tasting at $300 per person, the most ambitious Korean fine-dining seat in the city.
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