This is a place I always go to when I go to LA.It's a loach stew restaurant, and the cheonggukjang is really delicious~Grilled mackerel, stir-fried pork, and stews are all delicious~!!I always order the loach stew and cheonggukjang every time I go.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bean Paste Stew, Boiled Mudfish in Soy Sauce
Sarah Kim
Chueotang is the best in LA. The side dishes are also very neat and delicious. This would be the best restaurant if only the servers were a little more friendly. Best loach soup restaurant ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: 추어탕
Don C.
Mudfish soup, this is the place for this soup. You can't really see the fish as it's ground up. But the flavors are good.
Tralfamadore P.
The loach soup is delicious. If you have a group and are willing to pick through some whole fish, get the fried croaker!
Shelly D.
Great food, friendly staff, and pleasant ambiance! The mudfish stews were great, very tasty!! It kinda reminds me of a gamjatang bc of the perilla seeds. The side dishes were so good -- kimchi was very fresh (not too sour not too sweet) and the jelly one very yummy too. The restroom is spotless; you can tell that the owner really takes care of this place
kitty lee
The food is not bad however, a small amount that they charge such as to go box for a one dollar each and each take out menu for a dollar would be very irritated. Those should be the part of the services. Not want to go there anymore.Parking: There was some homeless looking in the parking lot which scared me.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
Nak Yong Choi
The best place to get Korean mudwater fish soup 추어탕The soup is piping hot so only put about half of the rice to enjoy the dish. If you put all the rice in, due to the heat they turn into porridge haha. But really wonderful banchans and soup. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Linda Jin
Giving a half star!! Food is fine but runs too late. (Especially for fish and octopus one) Also, owner’s attitude and service is terrible.Sorry to say but I’d rather go to Jinsol right next to it.
Foods is make me healing. Have to try once need energy. Service person was smiling and restaurant was clean all the time
Marie-Soleil
This place is a wonderful mom-and-pop restaurant with food that shines and is absolutely delicious. The banchans are really good. We got the kimchi jjigae and the beef bulgogi. I will be back to taste their fish soup, which they are apparently famous for. I highly recommend the place.Parking: Decent amount of parking.
Nathan P.
Came here 12/17/2022. Nam Won Gol is a Korean restaurant specializing in cheap and hearty Korean stews. Their signature is "chew-au-tang" which is a soup that is made of ground-up loaches (think of a tiny catfish). I believe their signature is $17.99 or $16.99, but if you aren't in the mood for soup there are other options like stir-fried bulgogi, steamed fish, and grilled fish. The banchan spread is magnificent here and it can only be described as homemade, wholesome, and hearty. This is an amazing place to experience real Korean cuisine at an incredible cost. I recommend this place to get an authentic Korean experience.
Paul H.
This place isn't the most aesthetically pleasing and it'll never be in no culinary class tantamount to a Soowon or even a Chosun Galbee(restaurant/s), but Nam Won Gol makes really competent foods at great prices . Aka: A Seoul restaurant in the Gangnam district of Apkujeong has a corvina fish which is on par with this place yet this place in LA does it better ! Side note : It's always the restaurants with no pretense that do food right !! Always IMO
Daniel D.
Food was great and authentic the squid and soup was memorable. Staff was extremely friendly and accommodating will return next time I'm in the area
This is a place I always go to when I go to LA.It's a loach stew restaurant, and the cheonggukjang is really delicious~Grilled mackerel, stir-fried pork, and stews are all delicious~!!I always order the loach stew and cheonggukjang every time I go.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bean Paste Stew, Boiled Mudfish in Soy Sauce
Chueotang is the best in LA. The side dishes are also very neat and delicious. This would be the best restaurant if only the servers were a little more friendly. Best loach soup restaurant ?
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: 추어탕
Mudfish soup, this is the place for this soup. You can't really see the fish as it's ground up. But the flavors are good.
The loach soup is delicious. If you have a group and are willing to pick through some whole fish, get the fried croaker!
Great food, friendly staff, and pleasant ambiance! The mudfish stews were great, very tasty!! It kinda reminds me of a gamjatang bc of the perilla seeds. The side dishes were so good -- kimchi was very fresh (not too sour not too sweet) and the jelly one very yummy too. The restroom is spotless; you can tell that the owner really takes care of this place
The food is not bad however, a small amount that they charge such as to go box for a one dollar each and each take out menu for a dollar would be very irritated. Those should be the part of the services. Not want to go there anymore.Parking: There was some homeless looking in the parking lot which scared me.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
The best place to get Korean mudwater fish soup 추어탕The soup is piping hot so only put about half of the rice to enjoy the dish. If you put all the rice in, due to the heat they turn into porridge haha. But really wonderful banchans and soup. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Giving a half star!! Food is fine but runs too late. (Especially for fish and octopus one) Also, owner’s attitude and service is terrible.Sorry to say but I’d rather go to Jinsol right next to it.
So delicious and healthy.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kindly service, so delicious soup
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Foods is make me healing. Have to try once need energy. Service person was smiling and restaurant was clean all the time
This place is a wonderful mom-and-pop restaurant with food that shines and is absolutely delicious. The banchans are really good. We got the kimchi jjigae and the beef bulgogi. I will be back to taste their fish soup, which they are apparently famous for. I highly recommend the place.Parking: Decent amount of parking.
Came here 12/17/2022. Nam Won Gol is a Korean restaurant specializing in cheap and hearty Korean stews. Their signature is "chew-au-tang" which is a soup that is made of ground-up loaches (think of a tiny catfish). I believe their signature is $17.99 or $16.99, but if you aren't in the mood for soup there are other options like stir-fried bulgogi, steamed fish, and grilled fish. The banchan spread is magnificent here and it can only be described as homemade, wholesome, and hearty. This is an amazing place to experience real Korean cuisine at an incredible cost. I recommend this place to get an authentic Korean experience.
This place isn't the most aesthetically pleasing and it'll never be in no culinary class tantamount to a Soowon or even a Chosun Galbee(restaurant/s), but Nam Won Gol makes really competent foods at great prices . Aka: A Seoul restaurant in the Gangnam district of Apkujeong has a corvina fish which is on par with this place yet this place in LA does it better ! Side note : It's always the restaurants with no pretense that do food right !! Always IMO
Food was great and authentic the squid and soup was memorable. Staff was extremely friendly and accommodating will return next time I'm in the area