Shiku — Restaurant in Los Angeles

If you're in Grand Central Market right now and are looking at Google Reviews to figure out what you should eat, stop reading and order from Shiku. Yes, with all the food stall excellence around you, it's that good.

Located across from Lucky Bird and near the line from Eggslut, Shiku is an excellent place to get some Asian food at Grand Central. On our recent visit, my partner and I ordered the pork belly and LA Galbi rice bowls and some spicy fried chicken on the side. We were not disappointed.

The galbi was delicate enough to be cut off the bone with a fork and so flavorful that I wondered if it was really worth eating the rice because it would take the taste out of my mouth. My partner described the pork belly as melt-in-your-mouth good, and as she completed her meal, she was sad she didn't have more.

The fried chicken was of similar excellence. Before I continue, the chicken would be best described as popcorn chicken. If you want legs, thighs, and wings Lucky Bird is right behind you. In addition, the chicken is breaded and fried in the Asian style as opposed to American. None of this takes away from the joy but you should know what you're buying.

We ordered the chicken spicy and ate it almost as fast as our rice bowls. If I had to complain about anything, it may be that the flavor of the sauce was so strong I was happy to have the rice for the bowl to bring it in check. That being said, the spicy was not too spicy. Just enough to know you ordered a spicy meal, but not so hot that it takes over the experience.

Now Shiku is inside Grand Central Market, so everything about Grand Central comes with it. If it's lunchtime on the weekend, especially during tourist season, order your food and then go find someplace to sit. It will be crowded, loud, and annoying. Shiku makes...

Came here to eat lunch to only find that the kimchi fried rice did not look like in the photo. portion was smaller, and didn’t have the extra garnishing and on top of that they don’t offer a side a free side kimchi as most Korean restaurants do. You are spending basically $13+ tax for something that costs less that $8 to make and you aren’t even getting the full treatment of an actual home style Korean meal.

Other problem: No Free Water. You can only pay for bottles. Utensils are extremely cheap elementary school ones and flimsy to eat with until I realized they had chopsticks this whole time and they don’t have them on display to know.

Sad that I had to leave this review. I usually don’t like to leave any but just thought I had to share this. Staff was friendly but it’s not exactly their fault that they are just doing their job and following orders of management. The food was okay but , again, not the price I’d pay when I know there’s way better Korean food out there worth the money. I would say this is a...

Rating for the customer service, not the food. Never got to eat here because they held my food hostage for 30 minutes until I gave up and left 🙄

I waited 30 minutes after ordering; I could see my food ready to go, but because their credit card system was down, they made me wait and wait and wait…

I had places to go and all of my friends already had their food, and I was starving and wanted to eat something, but when I tried to leave the cashier told me that I “couldn’t go” because my food was ready

It’s not my fault that your credit card system was down, so why should my time be wasted more than it already was? Eventually I just left anyways, but they kept promising me “a couple more minutes”. I didn’t get to eat lunch that day and I had...