This spots definitely family style hole in the wall local cuisine. Authentic korean taste made by aunts moms etc. Portions are huge too so perfect for sharing. looks like its been here forever also. literally feels like korea, actual definition of Mom and Pop vibes : ) We visited for a early Saturday dinner around 3-4 pm empty. which is nice we got the whole place to ourselves. Ordered the braised korean fish took about 15 minutes to get it right but it was worth the wait. Huge portions for both of us to share and leftovers, even better the next day. Would go back for the Bossam for sure, they specialize in a few dishes all made with love from the ajummas! I love supporting these small businesses, these ladies work so hard to feed you and that is their biggest gift of love. read more

Their food is consistently good. We ordered food to pick up to take to my inlaws. Didnt realize it was lunar 1/15 (정월 대보름) & they had special rice & extra side dishes. I'm not a fan of beans but their 5 grain rice which contained beans was very good. I liked the texture of the ri e as well as the taste. They were generous with the amount of rice & side dishes they packed for us. Cod stew was well done with the radish having the flavors of the seasoning well soaked in. The pork neck bone soup was well enjoyed by my husband & his mother. Mother-in-law commented the meat flavor was good & tender, "It melts in your mouth", she said. The restaurant was packed with older korean customers - i guess it's a big hit when they do this special rice & side dishes every year (on lunar 1/15). They had extra people working in the kitchen as well as in the dining area as they knew thereb will be a crowd coming tonight (it was 3/3 this year - lunar dates change every year). read more

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Kalchi Gui is so good here.... 10/10. Not too salty, just how I like with little crisp. Portion size is good for 2-3 ppl. Bossam is huge with 2 types of kimch! Portion size is for 3-4 ppl. Portions are great for the value of the price. This place is a hole in the wall that has friendly staff and good food. Great for families. I don't believe they serve alcohols here.. This place is located in a plaza where it's not too busy so parking isn't too difficult. read more

Jang Dok Dae - Shareable dishes - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

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This hole-in-the-wall restaurant serves authentic Korean dishes. I tried the kong guksu and was very well made. The cold soup was very thick, which I found to be unique unlike typical kong guksu. Portion sizes are huge as well. The restaurant stayed a bit warm at first, but the workers eventually turned on the AC. read more

Jang Dok Dae - Kong guksu - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

3.75 rounded to a 4. This is an authentic and traditional Korean restaurant, like the ones you'd find in the rural seaside areas of S. Korea. The interior isn't anything stellar and this place is definitely a mom and pop shop. I could already tell by all the older folks that dine and takeout here. This place seems to specialize in fish-entrees. We ordered the kalchi gui, eundaegu jorim, and seafood pancake. If you come here, you should get a fish/seafood entree instead of a noodle or meat entree. The kalchi gui was sooooo good. The eundaegu jorim was good, but not the best I've had. The seafood pancake was very generous with the amount of seafood inside, but was slightly tough and not the best I've had. But still fair. I'd say the prices for the specific dishes we got were really fair though compared to other places. The dishes automatically come with banchan/side dishes, rice, and soybean soup. The soybean soup was not great, banchan was p good, and I have no complaints about the rice. Service was so friendly, kind, and attentive. They also seem to get a lot of regulars because of how friendly and personal they were with some of the tables. I'd say because this place is authentic, the flavors aren't super saturated with salt and sugar. The flavor is more in the fish, produce ingredients, and classic Korean fermented pastes. They don't like to hide the flavors with a ton of salt and sugar. read more

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Came here with family for lunch. The place itself is small, very Mom and Pop cozy feel. They have plenty of traditional Korean dishes, but I believe they are most known for their fried and braised fish. We ordered 1 fried and 1 braised fish along with their cold soybean noodle. Everything came out so fresh and was delicious. I would definitely come back. read more

Jang Dok Dae is a lovely, family owned Korean restaurant on the edge of Norwalk and Cerritos. It is on a corner lot with plenty of parking. The staff/owners are very sweet and try to make everything homemade. The black sesame soup with hand pulled noodles is the best dish, and not many Korean restaurants have it! read more

Delicious food, cheap, pretentious waitress and friendiness. I especially recommend the bossam and silver cod roe. Oh! The cold radish noodle I had today were the best read more

Quiet mom&pop shop. Great service, very authentic, HUGE PORTIONS! The bossam could probably feed 5 people. I plan to come back and try more dishes here. read more

Jang Dok Dae - Pork bossam - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

I found this place through Yelp and tried for the first time. Their grilled cutlass fish was so good! If you love discovering new food and restaurants, especially Korean cuisine, be sure to check out my other reviews or visit my TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sunflower92618?_t=ZT-8w1r30S5Gnu&_r=1 read more

Unique tastes and reasonable prices. The owner was very humble and kind. I would visit again definitely.

Samgyetang (broiled chicken soup) was disappointing. The broth just tastes like rice porridge because they put too much rice in the soup. Not even the right type of rice - supposed to be glutinous rice. No fragrance of herbs. Anchovies noodle soup (kalguksoo) was good read more

Best authentic korean restaurant in town!! Dak do ri tang, kal guk soo, gam ja tang, are must try read more

Very traditional Korean food. Hole in the wall mom and pop feel in a not so nice plaza. Although I highly recommend this place for it's tasty, authentic food, I think outside of an adventurous few or those very familiar with korean food and culture, I would not be able to recommend this to non-koreans as it may not be appreciated. Not to say it's not great, I love this place. A good family spot, not so much a date spot. Give it a try! read more

this is a TRADITIONAL korean restaurant, so whenever my grandma wants to eat out, we often come here. if you're used to americanized korean food, which ig you wouldn't be able to differentiate if you haven't had homemade korean food, maybe this isn't for you. but if you like traditional korean food like 은대구조림, this is nice. the lady who runs it doesn't speak fluent english, so if you don't speak korean, pls look into what dishes you want to order ahead of time. most customers are middle aged-elders read more

Jang Dok Dae - 은대구조림 - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

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Maybe we didn't order their specialty item.. but there was a "star" icon to show it as "popular item" . Honestly very disappointed in my Samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup). So much rice, no soup. Definitely prepared differently than other places, all the ingredients were outside of the chicken. Overall - it was a big bowl of porridge. read more

Jang Dok Dae - Samgyetang (Chicken ginseng soup) - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

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food wasn't good.. nice lady but banchan was bland and flavorless. chicken kalgooksoo tasted like water w noodles And spicy ribs was overly sweet with gochujang sauce. I hate to give such a bad review but it was such a waste of money. read more

Got the eundaegu jorim (braised black cod) here and absolutely loved it! Customer service was on point too. Will definitely be back.

This place is an old school Korean restaurant but the food is excellent. As someone who recently moved from Koreatown LA to a gateway city, I had to find my go to Korean restaurant and I think this is one of my favorite places. We like to get the Uhndaegoo jorim (braised black cod). Some of our other favorites are the dahk gae jang, as well as the bohtsahm. The atmosphere is very modest and simple, but this is the kind of place that suits me. I highly recommend this place both for Korean traditionalists as well as non-Koreans who just want some really good quality Korean food. read more

Coming here is like eating at your grandma's house. Everything is delicious and tastes the way it should. Service is quick and kind. If you love traditional Korean fish dishes this is your place, if you love traditional Korean soups this is your place. You will note that all the other diners are older Koreans because this is the way Korean home cooking is meant to taste. Whenever I missed my mom's cooking I come here to get my fill. read more

Feels like home. The best Korean food in Cerritos imo. The lady who makes the food has been here for over 15 years. They work hard and make delicious food. We ordered catering for a party and everyone said it was the best catered Korean food ever! Love this place. Try it out you won't be disappointed! read more

One of my favorite authentic Korean restaurants to go to. Why? They do the whole old-fashioned, authentic appetizer of barley (bori) rice with green-stemmed kimchi (choongmoo kimchi) with bean paste (dwenjang)! You don't see this nowadays. It truly tastes like Korea/gramma's cooking. I love ordering their fish steamed dishes. My go-to is the kalchi jorim (marinated steamed cod) because the sauce that they marinate the fish in is absolutely amazing. Although the color of the broth is red and looks spicy, it is not that spicy (in my opinion). I also love their pork steamed short ribs (dweji galbi jjim) which comes with rice cakes and steamed radish. You can get that dish in a small or large. Also tried the seafood pancake, which was decent and portion is very generous. Their seafood hand-cut noodles (kalgooksu) was also satiating, if you want noodles in hot broth. Parking is not too bad, although they share it with an AYCE kbbq and sushi restaurant. The plaza is right across from the ABC Unified District - the same plaza as Fantastic Burger. The staff is very efficient and quick to attend to your needs. read more

This place give off a homey kind of vibe. All the customers here are pretty much Korean. Their food is pretty good. We got the chicken kalguksu which was pretty good chicken noodle soup. This is a great dish if you're feeling sick or during winter when it's cold. It's a pretty huge size and definitely can feed two people. We also got their seafood pancake and it's a little different s I feel like their seafood pancake is thicker. It was pretty tasty and crunchy. read more

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This place feels like a home-cooked meal made by my mom, which I love. The owner is so generous, and the waitress provides excellent service! The pork ribs here are delicious. read more

Authentic korean mom & pop restaurant. Always left here super satisfied AND leftovers!

Ordered: Spicy Korean Chicken Stew, Spicy Korean Braised Short Ribs, Boiled Pork Wraps, Grilled Cutlassfish, Extra-strong Fermented Soybean Paste Stew, Korean Chicken Noodle Soup, and so many extra side dishes that might break the table, lol. . Review: If you have a craving for authentic Korean dishes, this is the place to visit. You know place is legit when you see elders regularly visit here to dine. Reminds you of good old authentic korean dishes that were made by grandma living in countryside. Will definitely visit here again! read more

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One of the best home style Korean restaurants you'll find in all of SoCal. The food all tastes extremely fresh, healthy, "made with love". The lady chastised us for not eating all the vegetables with our meal, balancing all the different flavors perfectly. Like our moms back home would. It was an amazing experience. read more

Jang Dok Dae - Yeolmu Boribap (Doenjang), Seafood Kalguksu, Jogi Gui, and all the great little fresh banchans and doenjang jjigae - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

This spot was the first dine-in restaurant my family ate at since the start of COVID, and it did not disappoint. My boyfriend was craving homestyle Korean food, and this place did the trick. Everything we ordered was very flavorful. All of the meats were tender and fused perfectly with the sauces. The pancake was tasty and perfectly crispy with a subtle seafood flavor (more on that later). I honestly don't usually don't care too much about service as long as the food is good, but this place had noteworthy service. Our waitress went above-and-beyond the entire meal and was very attentive. She noticed the sun was in our eyes and quickly moved our table to a better spot. Right when my family and I were commenting about how good the pancake was, the waitress came out apologizing profusely saying the pancake was over cooked and that she took it off our bill. We told her it was perfect, but she insisted on refunding us. We were blown away by the delicious meal and attentive service. This restaurant is a family owned eatery that I would recommend supporting. I know that we will be back. Thank you! read more

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I'm not gonna order Gamja Tang. Bone had a little meat and the portion size was smaller than I ate it before. Disappointed!!

Finally had a chance to come back for take out and OMG are they doing it right! The food is phenomenal as always and the takeout experience isn't lost because they so beautifully pack everything you would need. I will definitely be coming back! I love this little hidden gem in Cerritos. It's definitely mother's home cooking Korean and you can taste the love. read more

Jang Dok Dae - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

Jan chee gooksu and pa jeon are my go-to items. Solid, no frills , real ajjumas and great service .

I'd come here with my grandpa on the regular, and every time we come, we leave with our bellies full and a smile on our faces. The food here hits home and the service is quick and friendly, never had an ill experience here. I look forward to coming back~ read more

Typical Korean food, good quality, super hot soup. I think I was the only non-korean there read more

Jang Dok Dae - Menu August 2022 - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

Jang Dok Dae is a small restaurant hidden in a strip mall that serves food that would remind you of your mom's cooking (even if your mom isn't Korean). The servers are very nice and don't take umbrage at my butchering of Korean language with my bad pronunciation. I ordered the seafood pancake which was simple, wholesome and tasty. ! read more

Jang Dok Dae - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

This is where we go for special occasions when we want solid Korean food, particularly savory soups. But that is not to say the other stuff on the menu is not worth trying. Some of the dishes deserve special recognition, because they are not typical (in my experience) or because they are exceptional. Not typical could include the Yeolmu Boribap, which is daikon radish greens mixed with barley rice and other ingredients. Very tasty and filling, even if I can't recall having it elsewhere. We really like it. Seasonal? Maybe. Exceptional could include the Doenjang soup/chigae, which we all agree is maybe the best we have tried in years. It is a treat. Many regard this dish, served elsewhere, as a pedestrian food, ordinary and a staple, but here it is elevated. The Chunggukjang is a more rustic version of the Doenjang soup/chigae, and it is very delicious. For the uninitiated, this is a stew made from something like (Japanese) natto, and it isn't great for a hot day, but rather, awesome for cold weather dining. Delicious, not for the delicate. In sum, this is a mom-and-pop style place, not some corporate chain, exactly the kind of place we like to support. People in the area who seek good homestyle Korean food will know this place and appreciate what they do here. read more

This restaurant is a hidden gem among the many Korean restaurants in the area. I love their Gamjatang and their kimchi is the best I've ever tried in all my years of eating Korean food. They give generous portions and their prices are very reasonable. read more

Try this restaurant, the food is good and the service is good and overall a very nice environment. I would definitely come here again. If you're around the area, check it out. read more

I have found my new favorite Korean restaurant! The chicken kalguksu is a must try. I have been craving chicken kalguksu (knife cut noodle soup) since I visited Hangari Kalguksu but was too lazy to make the drive to koreatown and fight for parking. I honestly don't fully remember the exact flavor profile of that one but this one is pretty darn good. The portions are huge, the side dishes are yummy, and the price is fantastic. The gamjatang was 11.99 and the chicken kalguksu was 8.99. The service is also super friendly! Will definitely return to try more dishes! read more

Jang Dok Dae - Gamjatang and chicken Kalguksu - Korean Near Me - Cerritos, California

They make the best korean foods. Amazing !!!! Quality, taste all good! Even side dishes are great too!! And they are so kind like a korean mom. I just ordered two dishes for my family but they gave us extra soups even we didn't ask. If you are real Korean, you should try. read more

Yelp 100 Challenge 2017 54/100 Bookmarked this place a while back and decided to give it a try. It's a pretty small restaurant but there were plenty of seats when we came for dinner on a weekend night. The side dishes were ordinary and the kimchi was not ripe enough. We tried two soups and I wasn't very impressed by either one of them. They were pretty bland. There wasn't much flavor though they do give you a ton of noodles. Considering the huge number of Korean restaurants in the area, I doubt I would come back to this one. There just wasn't anything special about it. read more