Gam Tu Bop — Restaurant in Glendale

I mean, pretty straight-forward. Stuff wrapped in rice, then all that wrapped in dried seaweed. The way they give it to you is interesting. To fit all sorts of flavor palettes, they give you not just white rice, but a choice of brown rice. Then there's all sorts of different fillings to choose from. And Rather than simply just giving them to you all wrapped up in the dried seaweed, because the place is just designed for takeout, they know you're going to take this elsewhere, and not necessarily know when you're going to eat it. So to prevent the food from getting cold, or touching the rice with the moisture ruining the seaweed, they wrap the seaweed separately, and each individual portion you ordered is also wrapped. Then, it's just a matter of taking out the seaweed, and then dumping the rice with fillings on top, and folding the seaweed to wrap the rice yourself. Voila! Really straightforward, no fuss. I like it! The only thing is, I did ask for napkins in my order, but I should've asked for some before I...

By far this is the best rice ball place I’ve ever been to. I used to live a block from here and I would order take out from here multiple times a week. Now that I don’t live nearby, I stop here every time I’m in the area.

My favorites are spicy shrimp and unagi (eel). The unagi does have small flexible bones once in a while but that is just part of ordering eel anywhere. Still amazing! My partner loves the chicken teriyaki!

This place is by far my favorite savory restaurant in the Glendale area. Great, filling meal for $6-$9 ish depending on how hungry you are (2-3 🍙). Tons of outdoor seating across the street.

I’ve tried 🍙 restaurants in Santa Monica, Pasadena, and Northridge. This one has the best filling and the best ratio/the most filling. Everything tasted fresh, does not taste like preservatives.

A must try when you’re in the area! Or even when...

Very dissatisfied with the person that identified himself as the Gam Tu Bop manager. I agree with a different 1 star Google review, — “They really should improve their packaging, too, as the plastic wrap didn’t seem appropriate for hot food...” Any time I’ve ordered for pickup in the past the order was packaged in a cardboard box. Tonight, when I decided to respectfully speak up to ask for the usual small disposable cardboard box to put my to-go order in to keep warm (instead of the flimsy, thin paper container it came in), this manager told me he will not put to-go order in a cardboard box, in the most rude way, “You can’t have everything you want..” He was annoyed that I asked and lacked customer service skills because that comment and few he made that followed were impatient with sharp tone. Totally uncalled...