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(213) 380-1113
2717 W Olympic Blvd Ste 108
Los Angeles,
CA
90006
34.0528
-118.2923
Neighborhoods: Wilshire Center / Koreatown, Central LA
Price:
$
Last updated 9.05.09
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Local Favorite, Organic, Hidden Find
General Info:
Open 7 Days
Cuisine:
What People Are Saying About Beverly Soon Tofu Restaurant
Featured Review
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Contributor
In Short – The small restaurant brims with neighborhood regulars, from suits on lunch to fast food-weary students. Weekend nights, it's not unusual to find film-school types occupying the rugged wood tables. Varying in intensity from plain to hot, cauldrons of silky tofu are the order of choice: soy chunks in steamy broth are combined with add-ins like beef, clams, shrimp or veggies. Upon serving, a raw egg is broken over the bowl and cooks in the boiling stew.
Editor's Tips
- What to Drink:
- The restaurant serves an amber-colored barley-and-corn beverage that quells spicy flavors. Ask your server, or point.
- Look Good:
- Pots arrive sputtering red-hot broth. Hold your napkin over the bowl until the bubbling subsides, avoiding injury and dry-cleaning bills.
- Know Before You Go:
- Order it "hot" and your dish will be spiked with mouth-burning peppers. Also, the "brown rice" is not the expected staple, but a red bean-infused grain.
| ambiance | 50.0% positive |
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| drinks | 100.0% positive |
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| food quality | 88.88999938964844% positive |
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| overall | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 100.0% positive |
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| value | 100.0% positive |
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10/22/09
Spicy and Authentic!
by Anne Y
This place serves very authentic soon tofu. It's among the spiciest soon tofu I've had. Try the combination, with little pieces of seafood and meat. It's a must-try for tofu fans.
08/07/08
Yummy Tofu Soup
by joanovarq
I am not an authority on Korean food, but when a Korean friend of mine brought me to this place, I was floored by the soon tofu soup. The restaurant is a total hole in the wall in a strip mall, and the parking is terrible. Also, the little appetizers that they serve before the main course were a bit too exotic for my taste (they give you fee "starters" of kimchee and a number of other vegetable concoctions). But the tofu soup was great. They have other things on the menu, like Korean BBQ, but this restaurant is all about the soup. You have the choice of ordering different "flavors" of the tofu soup (seafood, beef, etc.). It's a spicy red soup chock full of tofu that they bring to you in a sizzling hotpot; they also give you a raw egg that you put into the hot soup to give more body to the soup. It's hot, spicy, flavorful and delicious. After I ate their soon tofu soup for the first time, I was craving it for a week and had to go back again for more!
- Pros: Soon Tofu
- Cons: parking, ambience
04/21/04
the best
by mjlee322
I've been going to this place for Years! it's the Best Tofu house in town. Don't fall for the other places because they are not the originals. A great place to eat with a great ambiance! THe portions are great with all the barley tea I can drink and never ending side dishes!
06/19/03
um...pardon?
by dwg
one of the reviews above says something about the portions being too small for the price charged. um...my regular order at beverly soontofu is 8 dollars for an unfinishably large casserole, and all the sides i can eat. i suppose 8 dollars is more than 7 dollars, and is even more than 6 or 5 dollars, but ARE YOU SERIOUS? where else can you get more great food than you can eat for under 10 bucks? ok, i know a lot of places, but my point is that beverly soontofu is definitely one of them.
10/09/02
Average soon tofu
by lupin
Its only OK. I prefer Sokomdong across the street - the soondubu is richer, and the panchans are better - they have raw crab, and you get the brown rice cooked the stone pot...mmmm
The Details on Beverly Soon Tofu Restaurant
Place Categories:
- flavorful various soon dubu soups
- more great food
- great tofu soup
- order dollars
- big hassel
- friendly staff
- great ambiance
- great the portions
- terrible parking
- fascinating cultural experience
- great place
- full red soup chock
- good delicous
