🇰🇷 Koreatown LA, Buena Park & Garden Grove
Korean SoCal: Koreatown & Orange County
Curated by Simir Shah
8 spots across Southern California — add your zip or city to sort by what's closest to you
Korean American Center / King Sejong Institute
Irvine
A nonprofit in Irvine offering Korean language instruction through the government-affiliated King Sejong Institute, plus cultural events and community programs for Orange County families.
🗓️ Mon–Fri (hours vary); visits by appointment
H Mart (Diamond Jamboree)
Irvine
The Korean grocery anchor of Diamond Jamboree, one of Southern California's busiest Asian dining centers. The surrounding plaza is packed with Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese restaurants and cafes.
🗓️ Daily 8am–10pm
Orange County Koreatown (Garden Grove)
Garden Grove
Orange County's original Koreatown, officially designated in 2019, runs about two miles along Garden Grove Boulevard with Korean restaurants, markets, bakeries, and tofu houses.
🗓️ Open daily; business hours vary
Zion Market
Buena Park
A large Korean grocery store on Beach Boulevard with fresh produce, a butcher, prepared banchan, and a food court. Good for stocking a Korean pantry or grabbing ready-made meals.
🗓️ Daily 7am–9pm
The Source OC
Buena Park
An open-air complex on Beach Boulevard with Korean restaurants, dessert cafes, K-pop and beauty shops, a cinema, and an indoor playground. A family-friendly hub of Buena Park's Korean dining scene.
🗓️ Mon–Thu 10am–8pm, Fri–Sat 10am–9pm (store hours vary)
Park's BBQ
Los Angeles · Restaurant
A long-running Koreatown gogi-jip (tabletop grill house) on Vermont Avenue known for premium cuts and banchan, with Michelin recognition. Reservations recommended.
🗓️ Daily 11am–10pm
💵 $$$ Korean BBQ
Koreatown Galleria
Los Angeles
A three-story Korean shopping complex at Olympic and Western anchored by Galleria Market, a full Korean supermarket, plus a food court and bakeries. A central landmark of LA's Koreatown.
🗓️ Daily; market Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 11am–6pm
Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles (KCCLA)
Los Angeles
Run by South Korea's Ministry of Culture on Miracle Mile, with rotating art exhibits, a museum, library, and free classes in language, taekwondo, and traditional arts. Family-friendly cultural programming.
🗓️ Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 9am–1pm; closed Sun
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