I stopped by this spot on a Thursday evening before a basketball run, based on a recommendation from a friend. From the outside, it's hard to see inside, and when I first walked in there were no customers, which made me a bit unsure. Later, the owner mentioned that it's more of a local neighborhood Korean spot, so it mainly gets regulars. I ordered the fermented soybean stew (cheonggukjang) and the steamed spicy monkfish (agu-jjim). The side dishes came out first, and that was already a good sign -- there were about six of them, and every single one was solid. Cheonggukjang can be hit or miss depending on your taste -- even for Koreans -- but I really enjoyed it. It had that strong, authentic flavor that you expect from a proper version of the dish. The agu-jjim was also well done, with generous portions of fish. It definitely felt like one of those dishes where frying rice at the end would hit perfectly. Based on the overall food quality, it feels like this is the kind of place where you can't really go wrong with anything on the menu. They also offer a wide variety of Korean dishes, which is a big plus. I'll be coming back for sure. read more

LA Yimone - fermented soybean stew - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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One of the best meals I've had in awhile. So fresh and authentic Korean food at its best. The 아구찜 was insanely good, packed with flavor and perfect spice. Definitely a best of the best kind of meal. read more

Authentic Korean food. Korean menu only. If you don't speak it, I heard it's fine though. Food quality is excellent and fresh. Expect lots of old korean men drinking soju and enjoying their meals here. The place is not that big so dont bring a huge crowd. read more

This is a nice casual home-y Korean spot. The lady running the place is sweet and accommodating. The food is very good quality and fresh, with a nice variety of banchan (side dishes). The bulgogi had. Wry little fat on the meat and the bibimbap had a generous amount of veggies. The rice is purple rice, which I prefer. The parking lot is free, although always crowded. The restroom is clean too. read more

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Oyster, Oyster, and Oyster If you like Korean style oysters, then you must try this place. Of course, it's always better in the cold seasons read more

LA Yimone - Bossam with oyster - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

Came around 11:30am on a Saturday for lunch and within about 10 min the restaurant was completely full. Everything is in Korean so be sure to ask for an English menu if you need it. We went off the Yelp reviews and got the oyster bossam and beef rib soup with veggies (no actual pieces of beef). The bossam itself was good, where the meat was a nice balance of lean and fat. The accompanying radish kimchi was well fermented and went well with the meat and oysters as well. The shrimp paste was a little too pungent for me. I would only get the oysters if you're really into them because they give you a very generous amount of it. We like oysters and didn't even finish half of it. I can't say this is my fav bossam in Ktown but would recommend if you really like oysters because I don't know of many places that have that as an option. Despite not having pieces of beef rib, the soup was delicious! It was hearty and flavorful, although I wish there was a bit more cabbage. This was probably my favorite of the two dishes we ordered. I really enjoyed their spread of banchan as well! Nowadays not a lot of places don't give you japchae so that was a pleasant surprise. read more

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We went for Saturday lunch here. We were recommended squid stir fry. Its spicy but was so good. We ended up ordered second. Others are good too but squid dish was the best squid stir fry I had in years. After that I did Togo from there with Chungkookjang. I always say that's Korean version of Japanese NATO. There were good too~ Only issue I have is just like other restaurants, Togo packaging. Some of juice spilled and actually got on my shirt when I was opening them to eat. But it's also because I didn't have anyone holding it while I was drivin so still 5 stars! read more

Service is a little rough around the edges but I'm assuming it's just because they've been at this for years and they know their food is delicious. Possibly the best tasting simmered cod in spicy sauce that I've had in years. Loved that they put a few pieces of rice cake which I've never seen any other place do. Portion size is perfect for two, maybe three, with a bunch of tasty side dishes. The dish usually takes a while so I recommend calling it in before you get there. read more

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If you want to go where a lot of Koreans head to for some real authentic Korean food you've got to come to La Yimone!! The food is incredible and it's like being at a family's home with the authenticity it provides. I'm glad they have a menu with pics since I don't read or speak Korean. I ordered some soup to go. Prices are still reasonable for what you get. read more

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My aunt and I got the worst food poisoning of our lives from the oysters here. The plates and dishes are noticeably dirty here. Please be careful, we were sick for 3-4 days. read more

My perfect to go spot when I need Korean food. Got to know this spot for its agujjim, monkfish, which is one of the best in the area. My Mom really enjoyed it and their mild agu soup as well (jiri). I got bossam to go this time and it did not disappoint. It's mostly older people eating in the small restaurant, so it's perfect to go spot for me. read more

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One of a few restaurants opens 4th of July! We visited around 7pm and ordered fermented soybean stew and beef, and boiled pork belly. Loved the stew, super authentic and boiled pork belly was soft and no bad small at all. The owner was really nice. I definitely wanna come back soon to try other menu. read more

LA Yimone - Fermented soybean stew and beef - Korean Near Me - Los Angeles, California

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Amazing Asian food taste. If you don't like hot spicy? Go to other restaurant. This place is perfect experience for Korean spicy read more

Second time here but very disappointed with the food quality and services. Not coming back.

BEWARE!! Went here last weekend and tried the pork and oyster bossam with my wife. What ensued over the following 48-72 hours was nothing short of a horror show in which we both suffered the worst food poisoning we have ever experienced. I'm sorry that I have to do this but nobody should have to go through what we and our toilet had to go through. read more

If you love Kfood, and try authentic korean food, this place is the one. My friends and I ordered simmered monkfish with bean sprouts, Bossam(steamed pork belly), and fish stew ...with lots of beers, and Soju. The owner was so friendly, and gave us side dishes "unlimited". The parking enterance was on the Westen Av side. And this place has one big screen to enjoy Dodgers game, so my friends snd I enjoyed eating kfood and watching baseball game. Was great night. read more

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I only come here for one thing, the oyster bossam. If you've read some of my reviews you know I'm not a fan of pork so when I come get the oyster bossam I always have someone eat the pork or we just get the oyster one without the pork. Apart from other bossam places this place seasons the oysters and it's just so perfect. Their oysters are fresh and plump! I don't know what they use but it doesn't look like they use the frozen ones because the frozen ones don't get so plump when it's defrosted. The lady that works is always so nice and friendly, I can't say she's very attentive because she's the only one working all the time but I never have a complaint about it, I understand. This place isn't very known and I'd like it to stay that way hahaha ! They have amazing combo deals and their soju is only $7.99 (a lot of other places have soju for $12.99) I like their spicy monk fish but I mainly go for the oyster bossam. I did hear that every dish is pretty scrumptious here and it's called "yimone" as in "aunt's place" so it's like.. home cooking read more

Good 맛있습니다 항상 맛있게 잘 먹고 있어요 굴보쌈이랑 아구찜 LA갈비가 제일 맛있어요^^ 다른 매뉴들도 다 최고입니다 포장해서 집에서 먹기 좋아요 가게는 작습니다 read more

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I think this is the 2nd time im posting comments on yelp and please, just try it. Wow!!! The oyster bossam was crazy. After i ate; i called the restaurant and i said thank you for the food. Everything tasted like homemade just like my mom made. I live pretty far away from the restaurant and there was crazy traffic. So i called the owner and she was telling me that she was gonna put some ice on the oyster to keep it fresh and cold until we picked up the food. There you go, once we opened the oyster, it was fresh and so delicious. The steamed pork belly? Gaminess was non-existent, just unctuous buttery tenderness, the banchan? Can we say regal and as crisp and fresh as fresh can be? Definitely will go back soon! read more

The lady is so nice always greets me .The food is delicious ... I love that is so like going to your aunt restaurant kind of vibe . homemade taste love it. read more

If it has an option for zero stars, I really want that The most horrible experience after eating their food. The food taste was ok but the problem happened after. I got food poisoning after taking their food, and it was serious. Vomiting 2 days with diarrhea. I called the restaurant the owner keep saying it is your body's problem, not our food's problem. So, I won't go there anymore in my life and I won't recommend this restaurant ever. read more

The food was very traditional and super yummy! And the staff is incredibly fast and friendly. Highly recommend if in the area, I will definitely be coming back. read more

My favorite Korean place in LA, hands down. It's small, it's noisy, and sometimes the owners get overwhelmed with the crowd. The food is amazing!!! I just love it. Pure comfort. I love coming here after Beverly Hot Springs which is a block away. read more

When my mom told me about the great meal she'd had at LA Yimone, I asked if it was a new place, as it had something like ten Yelp reviews. She said that it had been around for years, but that the only people who went were middle-aged Korean regulars. That about sold me. My mom and I went for lunch a couple weeks ago, walking in just around noon on a Wednesday. The place was small, a hole in the wall in the same strip mall as the Kim Sun Young hair salon on Western, by the KFC. I'd driven past it probably a thousand times over the years. It hides in plain sight behind a legitimately unappealing storefront, a glass door and two adjoining glass panels papered over from inside with aging signage. Not sure why they thought printing the entire menu and plastering it on both sides of the door would be more attractive than, oh, a clear view into a homey little restaurant. The inside was much nicer, plain and welcoming in the way of tiny home-style Korean restaurants. It wasn't full, but there were some occupied tables. One of the parties was white, even. I got the sense that everyone else was a regular. There was only one person working the restaurant, as far as I could tell--I'm guessing she was the eponymous Yimo, or Auntie. She seemed to do all the cooking and serving, somehow, though surely she had some help in the kitchen. It was all very pleasant and casual and friendly. The food was great. The banchan spread was on point. Excellent kimchis and namuls, including a spinach namul with bits of sesame or tofu that I really liked. Potato salad with sweet, crisp apple. Firm tofu with a satisfying spicy sauce. The rice was right, purple and tasty, good with everything, especially our soup. We ordered the dongtae maeuntang and the ojingeo bokkeum for our meal. Lovely, spicy Korean bounty. The dongtae maeuntang was a jungol, a big hot pot for two kept cooking on the table. This was a spicy fish soup swimming with pollack and vegetables and mushrooms. The fish was flaky and hearty, and I loved the soup, which was both powerfully spicy and complex in flavor. The fresh fragrant stalks of minari went a long way. The ojingeo bokkeum was also fantastic. Spicy squid and vegetable stir-fry with plenty of tender, supple squid. I always love ojingeo bokkeum, but thought Yimone's was especially good. I love home-style Korean cooking, and though my mother does it best, I can never have to many Yimos' spots in my restaurant rotation. LA Yimone happens to be a short drive from my house, and I'm happy I found a new auntie to visit for great banchan and spicy Korean food. read more

Surprised about this place! FREE PARKING. In ktown that is always a plus! So onto the food... This is a hometown korean food and we just wanted something that had no wait. they only had local korean speaking guests. So we were the only non-koreans but they still treated us great! Which i appreciate because sometimes korean only places can be rude with mean ajimaaa's. We ordered: - Kimchee and tofu soup, we got the large to share. it was great and hotpot style with a warmer at the table. Lots of kimchee and tofu to make it warm and soothing! - seafood pancake big crispy pieces! it was great. - banchan: 8 different types. All very good. My favorites were the kimchee, zuchinii, and jap chae! Although i wished they had like seaweed or more green like veggies. Also lots of the regulars were getting buzzed off soju and looked like they were having a grand ole time. Would come back to try more next time! read more

Been back a couple of times and I'm less and less with "Yimo's" hospitality and service. She hustles around alone but isn't really that sharp and doesn't really treat customers the same as she used to. Not sure what's going on. The food is good. I like their Banchan in particular. But I'm pretty disappointed with their declining level of service. It seems like the food and atmosphere is no longer the focus of this place, but it's to bring in cash. Oh well... read more

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Today I came to Yimone for fermented soybean stew. It's one of the best in town, I must say. The banchans ( side dishes) are prepared south region country style and taste like mom's cooking. This is a family owned restaurant and the owner runs the floor, you may call her "Yimo" , she will be happy to be called with that. Yimone in Korean means Auntie's (mother's side), "Yimo" or "Emo" means auntie. My favorite ones from here are soybean stew, steamed spicy monkfish mixed with sprouts, seafood pancake, stirr fried spicy squid with veggies. If you are a group of over 8 people, you must call ahead as this place has a small capacity. If you want an authentic Korean food with good set of banchans this is the one. Parking is avaible usually I arrive avoiding busy hours. read more

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It's convenient close to work so I eat here often The cooking is like moms cooking the atmosphere is cozy.. Owner is friendly and nice until it really gets busy but I understand cuz it's like that everywhere This place gets more busier in the evenings where group of elderly ppl come to drink so I'm usually here for lunch I like the banchans she prepared everyday and she also makes good kimchee just like how l like it. read more

Yimone is tucked away in one of the many plazas in Korea Town, and it is the authentic Korean culinary experience that you are looking for. The outside is nondescript and the inside is cozy and quaint without all the frills. The cooks do not dumb their dishes down for our American palates. The broths for the soups are all rich and flavorfully complex, and the complimentary refillable side dishes (banchan) are always excellent. The spicy squid rice dish, the spicy beef soup, and the beef rib soup are the menu items my partner and I can always count on when we come. They always serve complimentary barley tea which is a very welcome change from water. this is definitely a place i would recommend if you're looking for some authentically tasty food read more

The food was ok. What I really want to talk about is adding an extra dollar for tip. I picked up food and did not dine at the restaurant, yet I decided to leave a small tip for goodwill. I just checked my credit card bill and $1 more was added. Shady! Stay away from this restaurant. read more

They have awesome food! It is the best authentic korean food restaurant in los angeles. Omg their banchan... Omg... Their banchan.. Tastes just like home. If you wanna try authentic korean food made by loving korean hands, give yimone a try. Yimone literally means "Mom's Sister" or "Aunt". It's like you suddenly have a korean aunt who makes you amazing korean food anytime you want. Awesome!!! I swear everything on the menu is freakin fantastic. read more

Food is good but they need a menu in eNglish to attract people thaT more not can read Korean . I can read English in menu with American words . But food is good from aunt yimone read more

Closed at 9pm on Thursday. Hours are wrong. People are eating at 9:20, but they're not interested in new customers.

My bf and I got dinner here because it had good reviews. We ordered beef soon tofu and yukgaejang (spicy beef vegetable soup). The banchans were actually pretty good, but the soups themselves were really lacking. Neither of us had that much beef (like... 7 super tiny pieces) in our soups and the broth itself tasted like just shin ramen soup packet... Also nobody refilled my water the entire time. People working there seemed nice, but won't be going back. read more

Im hesitant to write this review because this place needs to remain a secret. Yimone translates to Aunties Place. And the woman who runs this place is just like a favorite aunt who makes you great food. Everything I've had is delicious but some things are def not for the American palette. Better know some korean cause its hard to order otherwise. Just point at the pictures. Food A Service B Parking C read more

I love Agugim here for the best Korean food. Since it is near from my workplace in LA Koreatown, I often eat lunch at this Korean restaurant. They have good prices for the Most popular Korean food. read more

Omg.. writing this review while im eating cuz it's that freakin good. The 6 banchan that come w/the entree (side dishes) are some of the best I've ever had, period. I ordered the kimchi jjigae and it tastes just like my moms. I love how they immediately provide korean wild rice instead of white rice without having to ask. The korean lady working here is super sweet! So happy i found this place because it's literally 5 min walking distance from my house :) read more

Super hole in the wall Korean restaurant with a variety of items ranging from soup to fish casseroles/stews and hot stone rice dishes. It's a good sized menu and every dish is perfectly portioned and executed. Solid traditional Korean restaurant with no frills. There's a parking lot with always plenty of spots. The owner (I think) is super friendly and very attentive. This has become my go-to spot once a week. read more

I ordered kimchi tofu casserole and seafood pancakes to go. Found an ant in my soup and will never go back to this place. Very disappointed.

Good value, tastes good, and the owner working here is really nice. However, the entries have very little meat in them.