Jincook — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Long story short, definitely not going back. now here’s the good the bad and the ugly...now started off good and went left HARD smh. the ambience is cool. The food is good.. the problem started when our server disappear for about 20 minutes if not more after we finished eating! everyone else just walked past our table completely ignoring us.. I watched our waiter, walk back in to the restaurant from outside and proceed to talk with coworkers and didn’t even look our way. in the meantime 2 woman at the table right in front of us finished eating and one of them started, brushing her teeth vigorously for about five minutes right at her table in the middle of the restaurant!! Her girlfriend just kept on with the conversation they were having like nothing is wrong . my date and just sat there and couldn’t believe what we were watching transpire in front of us. The woman brushing her teeth, then took a glass of the water she had at the table and started rinsing her mouth and then spit the water into another restaurants glass before placing her dental retainer into her mouth. I have never seen anything or heard of anything like this in my life. it was so cringe and is still impossible for me to wrap my head around. I wanted to speak with the Maniger but at this point we were so ready to get out of there. I grabbed the next person walking past the table ask for the check never got an explanation for the horrible service and I don’t wanna know why nobody told this woman to stop brushing rinsing and spitting at the table into a restaurant dishes. I just know I’m never going back. I had food to go. I didn’t even take it. We...

Yes. Just so much yes from this place.

We came by Saturday afternoon and at first service was a bit slow because they were short staffed but throughout our meal a few more staff members joined and made the evening much better. We didn't have any issues before as everyone was super friendly and worked as fast as they could, but we still noticed a difference later on.

The banchan was all delicious. Fish cakes were tasty, kimchi was so good, and the pickled daikon was super crunchy.

The marinated dumplings were fantastic, meaty with a crunchy exterior while drenched in a delicious sauce with a kick.

We also ordered the traditional pork soup that came loaded with thinly sliced pork, green onions, noodles, and a side of rice. It wasn't heavy but man was this a HUGE bowl It fed three of us! they also come with a side of salted shrimp and we were informed by the waitress to make a mini wrap with the pork, shrimp, kimchi, etc and it was fantastic!!

Lastly the sweet potato katsu was to die for. Huge slab of katsu sliced into four big pieces, tender juicy pork, the slight sweet flavor and creamy texture from the potato, so much gooey cheese, all in a crunchy batter. There was a rice wall dividing the katsu from the amazing curry that was just a delight.

We will...

Came here on a Sat night after going to church nearby. 1hr wait for our party of 5 at 745pm. We were one of the larger groups waiting. We saw a big corner table free up and thought they would seat us but they seated a group of 3 instead. It became clear they were just going to go in order on the list so if you like that equity, then good. When it was our turn, they crammed us in a booth.

Food is decent, for the valley. Enough to satisfy. The service, on the other hand, is very below average. Either they don't have proper training or don't give a care because they have customers coming in regardless.

Maybe the bad service is also because of the tone set by a lady server who we were wondering is either the owner or general manager.

She argued with my friend Andrew who had put his name down as it looked written like Angie. She brought refills of our banchan but literally forgot to bring refills of our barley tea as part of the same request.

They brought our check but did not come back with pay terminal until we kept asking so that was 15 mins later.

Overall, want some decent korean food in the Valley, this spot is ok. But the terrible service is what brought me here to write this review.

Oh, and the lady also accidentally spilled hot water on the child...