Moonnica C.
Yelp
The hype is real. When I was visiting LA, my friend who's gone to many different KBBQs in Koreatown recommended Brothers. I kind of wanted to keep this review the short and straightforward kind: GO TO BROTHERS OR YOU'RE MISSING OUT BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER ENJOY ANOTHER KBBQ PLACE EVER AGAIN.
Could have stopped there, but I'll actually write more if some people need more haha. We made it just in the nick before happy hour ended at 4 and we arrived 5 minutes before. Around this time, the valet isn't operating, which was fine because it was extremely empty: two cars and 2 or 3 groups eating inside (this should not sideline what I said earlier!). It's a shame because happy hour is truly worth it. The upper tiers can be nice, but I think you get enough and some of the best meat in the lowest tier already and at $40 per person!
Brothers really shows you that quality of ingredients is important. Everything was amazing from the sides to our last rounds of meats. My friend and I almost stuffed ourselves with the sides before the first round of meat came out because they were so good. My favorites were the fishcake, mayo salad, and mash potatoes. You can tell the fishcakes are extremely fresh; not a dried one and we ordered 2 or 3 more of it. We also ordered 2 more of the mayo salad! I'm not sure of exactly all the things in it, but wow was it delicious! The mash potatoes side was also different than ones I had before because it was orange colored (I believe there were some mustard in it), but either way, it was also incredibly delicious. The japchae was so yummy and fresh and there was a side of onions that go great with the meats to balance out heartiness.
For the meats, we had LA galbi, bulgolgi, pork jowl, squid, octopus, brisket, and intestine. ALL SO INCREDIBLY GOOD! And I'm not sure if it was because it wasn't busy at all, but the staff helped us cook for basically the majority of our time there. We were cooking in the beginning, but someone had come by every time soon after. We really appreciated it because we were slow to eat while talking because they were so generous with each round! The portions were so awesome everytime and I'm so serious when I say it was a lot for 3 people. My favorites were the galbi, squid, and bulgolgi (ordered the galbi and squid twice). Everything cooked so nicely and was tender to a fault. Everything melted in your mouth and went too well the salt. Of course, going amazing with their rice paper too. Rice paper is a necessity for my friend and I at KBBQ and we had 4 or 5 bowls during. I hope that the staff knew we were definitely not going to waste the rice paper every time we asked for it because I know it can be an easy side to waste. We ate all of it of course, which I hope was acknowledgeable on some level. Gosh I cannot rave about this place more. It was truly a great food experience and I wish I could come back sooner. Truly you could go here just to enjoy sides. That's how amazing this place is.