Jin Heung Ghak

I came here on a Sunday afternoon to have lunch with the babe. We've been here once before and decided to go back. The place is located inside the Korean galleria in K-town. It's a casual sit down place that serves Korean/Chinese food.

We started with the steamed dumplings. It comes in an order of 8 pieces and they are huge! I've never seen dumplings so big....takes at least three big bites to finish one. They are pretty good with a really thick skin which is great if you like it that way. See my posted pic for evidence....

I got the seafood ja jang mein and the babe got the regular ja jang mein. I usually opt for the sauce on the side because it can be a bit heavy for me. The noodles are tasty and the black sauce is the right blend of ingredients.

In conclusion, a great place to go if you got the urge for some ja jang mein. Afterwards, I recommend spending time in the grocery at the basement level to get some great Korean groceries!

The food quality has definitely diminished.

I had a food particle in my water and when I asked for a new one, that one had a bug in it. When I asked again for a new water, the waiter laughed as if I was joking. I didn't think it was funny.

I remember this used to be the place to get korean/chinese food, but not anymore.

I mean, what can you expect from a food court, right?

I say, skip this place cause you never know what other things that may be in your food. If they can't keep things out of the water, how are they keeping things out of their entrees.

For mall food court food it's a-ok. Surprisingly the tang soo yuk (sweet and sour pork) were almost on par with Young King (I went for dinner the night before!), except that their sauce is already poured on top. Ja jjang myun was also pretty good. Kimchi and radish were fine.

If I'm here shopping and I get hungry for lunch, it would be an option again.

The noodles here were really disappointing...
The jja jang myun had watery sauce, so it was bland.
The seafood jjam bbong was also bland and not spicy.

Mehhhhhhhhhhhh.

Bad jjambbong
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This restaurant is in the Koreatown Galleria. After shopping for some rice cakes for Chuseok (moon festival), I had the munchies for some spicy noodle soup.

Unfortunately, I stumbled upon this place. It sort of looks like the hole in the wall where you might expect to get GOOD jjambbong. But after one bite, I let out a disappointed sigh and placed my chopsticks down.

The food tastes how the restaurant looks - pretty drab and neglected. The broth was bland and salty without much spice. The noodles and veggies were pretty limp. Its just a horrible hodgepodge of cheap ingredients. I really hate to waste food so I picked at it for a few minutes, grabbed my check, and went elsewhere.


There actually can be bad jjambbong in koreatown. Ugh. I have had better jjambbong in the form of instant noodles. Don't come here for jjambbong. Below the 5th percentile of all LA/OC jjambbongs

Don't know about the food, but their boba teas are ok...although all that flavoring had me wondering if I was filling myself with chemicals...

I enjoyed my boba and have lived to tell the tale ;)

Came here with a group of 6, had just visited the broad. There was only one other party of 2 in the restaurant. The restaurant was decent sized and had only two workers in the front. Between the 6 of us, we ordered 3 black bean noodle, 1 seafood noodle, 1 order of sweet and sour shrimp, 1 order of sweet and sour pork and lastly, pork fried dumplings. The black bean noodle was good and they even divided it up for us into 6 individual bowls. The seafood noodle and the sweet and sour shrimp was the best. The sweet and sour pork was not good. If you do order the sweet and sour pork, make sure to ask for the sauce on the side so you don't get your pork all soggy. I didn't really enjoy the pork fried dumplings, only had 1 piece. We had a lot of food leftover that we ended up throwing away. The entire bill with tip came out to $90 between the six of us.

I came here with my girlfriend since we were just craving a sit down place to grab some food after shopping at the supermarket downstairs. Of course, I shouldn't have expected authentic Chinese food, but the food was extremely overpriced (more so than very nice Chinese/Cantonese restaurants in nicer areas) and not that good, to be blatantly honest. Once we were seated, we were served tea, which was bland and diluted. The 魚香肉絲 had a weird taste to it, the 糖醋豬肉 was soggy, tasteless, and looked disgusting. The spicy seafood noodle was alright in flavor, perhaps the only thing that we ended up eating. The only good thing I could possibly write about was the fried rice, which tasted par to that of other restaurants. As for the service, we were not satisfied with the promptness or the attitude of the workers there. The check arrived early, and then afterwards, the employee confronted us regarding not giving enough tip. When the service and food are exceptional, I wouldn't mind tipping more; however, when it is subpar, don't expect much. Overall, this place is really not that great for the food or service. I will definitely not be coming back anytime soon, nor do I recommend it to anyone. You might as well go eat outside in the food court area. I regret not reading yelp reviews in advance. :(

AMBIANCE (2/5):
The restaurant had its own dining room, unlike that of the foot court outside of it.
FOOD (1/5)
SERVICE (1/5)

OVERALL (1.3/5)

More like 2.5 stars, but I kinda feel bad since their rating is already below 3 stars. It's a little restaurant in a mall, so don't expect much. Jajangmyun was just okay and was pretty cheap (I mean it's usually cheap though, right?) even though I've had better. If you're feeling like being served and paying tip, come here or just go out to the food court and get some jajangmyun for the same price and self-service.

P.S. their kimchi tastes weird.

Sam Sun Jja Jang Myun was pretty good. A lot of seafood. The noodles were perfectly cooked.

Shrimp fried rice was pretty good, especially with the sides of Jja Jang and Jjam Bbong broth to dip the rice in.

Tang Soo Yuk was flavorless. Very bland. I don't recommend this dish.

Their cabbage kimchee was really good!

Our service was awesome. Our server was very friendly and professional.