DGM SOJU BAR - DwitGolMok
Korean restaurant · Koreatown ·
Fried chicken, kimchi pancakes, and soju shots served
Fried chicken, kimchi pancakes, and soju shots served
"Thanks to Bravo, your New York friends think you party at Weho clubstaurants with bottle service and sparklers. Show them the other side of nightlife in LA’s after-hours epicenter: Koreatown. Start at this semi-subterranean pub where groups of friends go to tear into seafood pancakes and split beer towers to a K-pop soundtrack, and the neon-lit outdoor courtyard pops off like a back alley in Seoul most nights. DGM is also centrally located to kick off a neighborhood bar crawl, so bring your friends here for food and drinks before heading into the real mess." - brant cox
"DwitGolMok—better known as DGM—channels the energy of a back-alley pocha in Seoul. The outdoor courtyard is a blur of neon signs, plastic stools, and groups playing drinking games, plus there’s a graffitied indoor area that’s just as loud and chaotic. It’s an ideal spot to start or finish a night out in Koreatown, and though we like the food at Dan Sung Sa a bit better, the snacky anju here, like seafood pancakes and spicy wings, are great for filling your stomach between soju shots." - sylvio martins, cathy park
"Also not too far from the Wiltern, this is a noisy dive bar with graffiti on the walls. Provided you can find your way in (the tiny entrance marked by a green doorway is in the back alley, which you enter through a parking lot north of Wilshire), DGM’s worth checking out at least once for a beer and soju with DGM’s Korean regulars. The food menus won’t be in English, but the servers are all happy to help guide you and make recommendations. The pretty good food won’t blow your mind, but DGM’s chicken wings, rice cakes, cheesy corn, and kimchi pancakes all beat the crap out of a typical dive bar’s food offerings. You might witness some crazy moments here, to which we can only comfort you with, “Forget it, Jake. It’s Koreatown.”" - eric lane
"Walking into DwitGolMok (or DGM, as most people call it) in Koreatown is like walking into a crowded street market that’s somehow entirely indoors. This rowdy tavern off of Wilshire has seemingly endless nooks and crannies full of hidden booths and graffiti-covered pathways leading to even more hidden booths. And everyone is drinking soju out of copper pots and eating as much excellent Korean bar food as possible (get the seafood pancake). Weekdays are definitely more low-key, but come Friday and Saturday, expect a decent wait." - brant cox, brett keating
"When it comes to drinking food, Dwit Gol Mok (or DGM, as it’s commonly referred to) can feel like the center of the universe in Koreatown. This semi-hidden, sprawling pub has endless nooks and crannies full of friends drinking soju, sharing snacks, and drawing on the graffiti-covered walls. The whole place feels more like an open-air night market than an indoor bar on Wilshire. When it comes time to line your stomach with some food, be sure to get a seafood pancake, corn cheese, spicy chicken wings, and any other small plate that you spy stacked on the table next to you." - brant cox
