Guidebook for Los Angeles

Sascha/Jonathan
Sascha/Jonathan
Guidebook for Los Angeles

Food Scene

Delicious! This is a crab lover's dream. Tip: this restaurant fills up early- if you go on a weekend, check in hours prior to make sure you can get on the list.
206 locals recommend
The Boiling Crab
3377 Wilshire Blvd
206 locals recommend
Delicious! This is a crab lover's dream. Tip: this restaurant fills up early- if you go on a weekend, check in hours prior to make sure you can get on the list.
Fabulous desserts, but also excellent dinner! If you're hungry, get the mentaiko pasta. You can't go wrong with any of their desserts. Waffles? Cake? Coffee? All delicious!
25 locals recommend
Haus by Coffee Hunter
3826 West 6th Street
25 locals recommend
Fabulous desserts, but also excellent dinner! If you're hungry, get the mentaiko pasta. You can't go wrong with any of their desserts. Waffles? Cake? Coffee? All delicious!
This is the best place to get an authentic acai bowl! There are also great empanadas if you want a bite of food. Try the ham and cheese. :)
18 locals recommend
Ubatuba Acai
549 S Western Ave
18 locals recommend
This is the best place to get an authentic acai bowl! There are also great empanadas if you want a bite of food. Try the ham and cheese. :)
It's open 24 hours! In case you get a middle of the night sandwich craving, this place is available.
40 locals recommend
Subway
1813 N Cahuenga Blvd
40 locals recommend
It's open 24 hours! In case you get a middle of the night sandwich craving, this place is available.
All you can eat Korean BBQ with a $9.99 lunch special if you go before 3pm! Ask for their macaroni salad side dish (unless you dislike mayonnaise, then skip it).
Don Day
300 S Hobart Blvd
All you can eat Korean BBQ with a $9.99 lunch special if you go before 3pm! Ask for their macaroni salad side dish (unless you dislike mayonnaise, then skip it).
Who doesn't like ice cream?!
9 locals recommend
Baskin-Robbins
4048 W 3rd St
9 locals recommend
Who doesn't like ice cream?!
You're headed here for the food, not the ambience! Excellent tacos, burritos (chile verde wet burrito = yum), and beverages (horchata, pina colada, etc). They sometimes have flan!
6 locals recommend
Marielas Taco Restaurant
3662 W 3rd St
6 locals recommend
You're headed here for the food, not the ambience! Excellent tacos, burritos (chile verde wet burrito = yum), and beverages (horchata, pina colada, etc). They sometimes have flan!
There are many place to get boba in Koreatown, but this is the best. My favorites are their strawberry yogurt boba, or their strawberry peach!
6 locals recommend
I Love Boba
534 S Western Ave
6 locals recommend
There are many place to get boba in Koreatown, but this is the best. My favorites are their strawberry yogurt boba, or their strawberry peach!
For your fast food fix!
77 locals recommend
Jack in the Box
6407 Sunset Blvd
77 locals recommend
For your fast food fix!
Good old 24 hour diner food. You can order for pick up here, as well.
125 locals recommend
Denny's
5751 Sunset Blvd
125 locals recommend
Good old 24 hour diner food. You can order for pick up here, as well.
Definitely no tables here to eat your food- but you can pick it up from here or have it delivered. A Koreatown favorite.
Pizza Go
4200 W 3rd St
Definitely no tables here to eat your food- but you can pick it up from here or have it delivered. A Koreatown favorite.
Very popular!
17 locals recommend
IOTA Brew Cafe
528 S Western Ave
17 locals recommend
Very popular!
Excellent Mexican food and great ambience! Ceviche, flan, mmmmmmm....
46 locals recommend
El Cholo - The Original
1121 S Western Ave
46 locals recommend
Excellent Mexican food and great ambience! Ceviche, flan, mmmmmmm....
Roy Choi's new hotspot.
20 locals recommend
POT caFe
3515 Wilshire Boulevard
20 locals recommend
Roy Choi's new hotspot.
This is one of the best and most affordable sushi spots around. Definitely sit at the sushi bar. Limited ambiance, but the sushi quality makes up for it. Cash only but they have an ATM inside.
52 locals recommend
Noshi Sushi
4430 Beverly Blvd
52 locals recommend
This is one of the best and most affordable sushi spots around. Definitely sit at the sushi bar. Limited ambiance, but the sushi quality makes up for it. Cash only but they have an ATM inside.
For the CBTL fans.
20 locals recommend
The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf
645 W 9th St
20 locals recommend
For the CBTL fans.
In case you prefer Starbucks to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
503 locals recommend
Starbucks
7624 Melrose Ave
503 locals recommend
In case you prefer Starbucks to Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.
My absolute favorite frozen yogurt place, because there is a great fresh fruit selection as well as many frozen yogurt flavors.
60 locals recommend
Yogurtland
310 S La Brea Ave
60 locals recommend
My absolute favorite frozen yogurt place, because there is a great fresh fruit selection as well as many frozen yogurt flavors.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great nightlife spot! Start your night in their bar.
122 locals recommend
The LINE LA
3515 Wilshire Blvd
122 locals recommend
Great nightlife spot! Start your night in their bar.
You can only get in here with a password! Check their facebook page for the up to date password.
72 locals recommend
R Bar LA
3331 W 8th St
72 locals recommend
You can only get in here with a password! Check their facebook page for the up to date password.
There's a restaurant, but also a bar portion! This is great if you need a place to start your evening before hopping on the nearby metro.
16 locals recommend
Novel Cafe
3760 Wilshire Blvd
16 locals recommend
There's a restaurant, but also a bar portion! This is great if you need a place to start your evening before hopping on the nearby metro.
This is a great old dive bar!
17 locals recommend
Frank 'n Hank
518 S Western Ave
17 locals recommend
This is a great old dive bar!
Looks like a ship, but it's a bar!
62 locals recommend
HMS Bounty
3357 Wilshire Blvd
62 locals recommend
Looks like a ship, but it's a bar!
One of the more famous/well known Karaoke bars in K-Town. Lots of fun to go solo or in a group.
74 locals recommend
Brass Monkey Karaoke
3440 Wilshire Blvd
74 locals recommend
One of the more famous/well known Karaoke bars in K-Town. Lots of fun to go solo or in a group.

Essentials

In case you need a grocery store.
766 locals recommend
Ralphs
645 W 9th St
766 locals recommend
In case you need a grocery store.
Here is the grocery store I generally frequent in Koreatown. Better produce than the Ralph's directly across the street.
340 locals recommend
Vons
4520 Sunset Blvd
340 locals recommend
Here is the grocery store I generally frequent in Koreatown. Better produce than the Ralph's directly across the street.

Sightseeing

Great concert venue!
150 locals recommend
The Wiltern
3790 Wilshire Blvd
150 locals recommend
Great concert venue!

Shopping

There are so many inexpensive things for sale here, you may not know what to do with yourself. This is in a great little shopping center with many shopping options.
14 locals recommend
Daiso Japan
621 S Western Ave
14 locals recommend
There are so many inexpensive things for sale here, you may not know what to do with yourself. This is in a great little shopping center with many shopping options.
This drug store has a lot of options, as well as a pharmacy.
514 locals recommend
CVS
1747 N Cahuenga Blvd
514 locals recommend
This drug store has a lot of options, as well as a pharmacy.

Everything Else

In case you need a gym!
223 locals recommend
24 Hour Fitness
8612 Santa Monica Blvd
223 locals recommend
In case you need a gym!