Kobawoo House
Korean restaurant · Koreatown ·
Traditional Korean fare featuring steamed pork belly & seafood pancakes
Traditional Korean fare featuring steamed pork belly & seafood pancakes
"A Koreatown bossam specialist opened by Brian Baik’s parents in 1983, this longtime spot first operated on Beverly Boulevard before moving off Vermont, and it later hosted Corridor 109’s Monday-night pop-ups where guests entered through the kitchen for an exclusive feel." - Rebecca Roland
"Good god, this restaurant is tasty. Tucked inside Seven Vermont Plaza, it's among the top korean bbq spots. It offers valet service but does not take reservations. Show up a bit early to put your name in and grab a tipple nearby while you wait - it's worth it. MMMmmmm, just thinking about their.....makes the tummy grumble. Bossam, pork belly, all top of the korean bbq rock." - The HR Dept
"Kobawoo House has been around since 1983, and while Koreatown has changed a lot, this place hasn’t. It’s still a tranquil, wood-filled restaurant that serves amazing jeon, steaming bowls of yuk gae jang, and the best bossam in the neighborhood. Each slice of Kobawoo’s boiled pork belly is half jiggly-soft pork fat, half juicy meat that breaks apart in one chomp. For such a rich cut of pig, it’s incredibly light, especially when you build ssam with salted cabbage, a dab of fermented shrimp paste, and sweet pickled radishes. Portions are huge, so come for the smaller lunch special if you’re dining solo." - sylvio martins, brant cox, garrett snyder, cathy park
"Kobawoo House has been around since before Koreatown was the land of limited street parking and soju bars blasting pop music. This traditional Korean restaurant is an oasis of calm in a strip mall off busy Vermont Avenue where you can sit peacefully in a booth while a water fountain trickles in the background. Kobawoo serves excellent jeon and chewy acorn noodles, but the specialty here is undoubtedly bossam. The portions are huge, the service is warm, and you'll leave with a renewed appreciation for the power of pork belly with kimchi." - brant cox, cathy park, garrett snyder, sylvio martins
"One of the most classic Koreatown restaurants, Kobawoo opened by the Baik family back in 1983 and has endured for over 40 years by serving some of the best homestyle Korean food in Los Angeles. The nearly 30-year-old traditional wooden chairs and tables are enough of a reason to visit this dimly-lit strip mall space.Though crowds show up mainly for the superior bossam, a Korean specialty featuring pork belly slices and accompaniments, it’s worth trying basically everything on the menu, including the hulking seafood pajeon and kimchi stew in a stone pot." - Matthew Kang