Han Kook Supermarket

Checked out HK market on a Saturday afternoon. It was quite busy inside. The produce area has some great deals. Clean interior and no funky smells.
The meats and seafood depts are both clean and well maintained. They also offer some of the lowest prices in the area for proteins.
The banchan area had me drooling. Would’ve bought some more stuff if the prices weren’t so high. There’s also an area for kimbap and other tasty snacks.
The parking area can be a bit tough to navigate during peak hours.

This is actually called HK Market… at least the sign said that.
The HK Market has some good deals. They have there own private parking lot. The parking is free for HK Market customers without a time limit. They have security outside on the lot to patrol the area while you shop.
Inside the market, they provide fresh sea food. The market also have many fruits, snacks, asian snacks, and other regular things you would find in a grocery store. The eggs in the market is kinda pricey as well as there spread for bread, but there are other things that beat the prices in competitor stores. Great prices on well seasoned raw meats, that are placed in containers, ready to be cooked at home. HK Market also provides some variations of face sheets masks.
The part that I do not like about this HK Market is that one of the cashiers is very very rude. I was waiting by the freezer for my husband getting something that he wants in the seafood isle. One of the lady told me they are closing. I checked the time, there is still 20 minutes before store closes. While I was waiting she rudely raised her hands and spoke to me very loudly that I need to hurry up. If she wanted my husband to hurry up she can tell him herself, she does not need to speak that way to me that way. I moved toward my husband on the seafood isle, yet she still rudely walked over the seafood isle and rudely rushed me once more! My husband is right there and still she insisted in rushing me when all I am doing is waiting for my husband to grab what he wants.
So a BIG TIP: Do not go to this store 30 minutes before it closes, because once it hits 20 minutes before the store closes, that cashier might rudely disrespect you and rush you. If only I knew this, I would of drove else where instead of wasting my gas and time.
But besides her, everyone else seems to provide good service.

The most Blade Runner market in LA, and that’s saying something. Beware the zone of bad driving that is their parking lot. Otherwise, thumbs up.

I am overall very impressed with what LA korea town has to offer. We also have a Han Kook Supermarket in the SF bay area, but oh man, it is so different here! Super love the freshly made red bean cakes and they are to die for! When we arrived at the market, it was already quite late and we waited half an hour for the cakes but they were well worth it! I think the locals would call in advance and pick up the order when they roll in to save some time.

They close before midnight. Make sure you get here by 1120 pm or they may arbitrarily «turn off the registers» on yer ass.

Great place to get produce, fish, meat and asian goods especially when the closest 99 ranch market it 14 miles away. Super clean and really nice employees exp they don’t carry basil

What a fun store full of all the quintessential asian (mostly Korean, some Japanese and Chinese) fare. I love their bulgogi gimbap and all the shrimp crackers your little heart could desire. They also have a TON of fresh delicious kimchee and other banchan that are really delicious and also smell really strong! Super nice and friendly work staff and a very lively consumer base… this is one of the many reasons I love LA!

Love this place. We don’t have anything this awesome in my town. Has good selection of banchan. I love the the radish kimchi and cucumber banchan.

As some who does comparison shopping I can tell you the prices of the meats are cheaper than H Mart and the other ones in Koreatown. The Veggies are definitely not as fresh or clean as H Mart and other grocery stores. Overall the selection and prices are better overall vs. other markets.

My go-​to market for Japanese/​Korean ingredients. Love sampling all of the food. Love their little restaurant. Love the bakery. Love it all.

a fantastic Asian themed supermarket right up the street from where I stay. If you are looking for specialty items from Asia they will have it at this market. All kinds of different meats fresh fish sushi you name it. very reasonably priced and busy all the time. they recently did a remodel and they also have people handing out samples of different foods. for a different shopping experience definitely come and check this place out.

Hank Kook supermarket is a small market that I decided to try a few days ago. I really like this place! For an Asian market this must be one of the cleanliest I ever been too and the prices are affordible. The produce were fresh and many were organic. The staff is wonderful and helpful. In the back they have a little store that sell fresh red bean fish shape cakes! It’s super cheap to 6 cakes for only $ 5. In addition they have a small bakery in the front that sell bread and cakes. One con about this place is the parking. I felt like the design for the parking lot was bad!

I mean, it’s great if you want Korean products. Nice, big store. Huge lot. However, their American items are mostly «junk food» type of products and low end things. Three stars for all the Korean stuff and take away the others for fact that the rest feels like I’m shopping in a bodega in Brooklyn.

Super cute clean Korean market. Small but has fresh produce, small meat and fresh seafood section. Sells cooked fish shaped red bean pancake snacks for $ 1 at the end with tray baked sweet potato $ 5, chicken wings $ 6-​$ 17.
Plenty free parking in lot.
Love the fresh fruit prices.

Big store, security, and large free parking lot.
I only come here for coconuts and some organic fruit. Every time I’ve gone in, half the coconuts are moldy (completely green & brown) — I have no idea why they keep them on display.

This is a great place to stock up on all of your Asian goods. They sell very fresh produce (Napa cabbage, eggplant, everything!). I was very impressed with the selection and how fresh it was, in some veggies, even fresher than Whole Foods O_​_​O
They also have a market going on. They sell Banchan to go, self-​serve style. So you can get your fried fish, kim chi, bean sprouts, etc! They’re hot (or cold depending on prep) and ready to go. In addition they sell those amazing Mung-​bean pancake fish snacks/​desserts, which are HOT OFF THE PRESS. Very nice snack to munch on during your grocery store visit! They are cheap too, $ 1 each or 6 for $ 5. You can even watch the lady making them! :) ALSO they sell the Korean Sushi, Gimbap, in those infamous styrofoam & syran wrap packaging. It was only $ 4 for a package of 20 pieces! Score!
Similar to Costco, they have sampling for their various products. Unlike TJs which is only one featured product of the day, they have several different tables around the store where you can try at least 7 different things in that one grocery store visit!
Hard not to go nuts here. Stocked up with rice, noodles (fresh udon noodles!), veggies, sushi, condiments like soy sauce, and more. Free and easy parking lot too. Coming here when I have my cravings!

I don’t know what half the stuff in here is but I wanna know! I wanna know it all.
It’s a bright, clean, gringo-​friendly Asian grocery store. All the noodles you desire, all the tofu, all the sauces and vinegars galore. I bought really, really delicious no-​GMO soft tofu for $ 0.99. I found the toban djan I needed for mapo tofu. I did not find the shaoxing wine, but maybe because that’s more Chinese? I have no idea. Maybe I just couldn’t see it, it’s a total possibility.
The fruits and vegetables look fresh and inviting. The meat and fish areas take up almost all of the back wall and all of one side, but I found them easy to avoid. Parking is easy!!! If you’ve never shopped at an Asian market before, this is a great first step.
If you’re vegan and your looking to expand your international cooking repertoire, I highly recommend Terry Hope Romero’s «Vegan Eats World.» She’s the reason I started shopping here, and it’s been a culinary adventure!

Han Kook Supermarket (aka HK Market) is like the less hectic and smaller version of Zion Market and is populated mostly by older Korean adults. It’s located off 1^st and Western in busy Koreatown and surprisingly has a big parking lot for customers.
When I visit, I don’t feel that welcoming, friendly, customer-​oriented vibe and service is pretty much non-​existent with the exception of paying at the cashier. Also every time I’ve been here, customers are rude cuz they shove past me with their carts without so much as an «Excuse me.» Yeah no bueno, where’s your manners at? That’s why there’s only 2 reasons I come here:
1.) SOJU/​SAKE — They have an entire aisle showcasing a massive selection of original and flavored Sojus and Sakes. Prices for the small to medium sized bottles range from $ 5 – 8, while the larger bottles are more expensive (can’t remember exact prices, sorry!). If you’re not fond of soju or sake, they also have Hite and Sapporo.
2.) FRUIT — I love the low prices and HUGE size of their fruit, particularly their Ginormous Fuji apples and Korean Singo Pears. On my first visit, the apples looked clean, ripe, and fresh that I couldn’t help but grab a few. But TODAY, most seemed dirty, dented, and scuffed, that I literally sifted through the apples to find good ones. I’m partially OCD when it comes to picking fruit, but today I just really wanted apples. I also got mangos cuz they were big, slightly ripe, and only $ 1.49 each. Wanted bananas too, but they looked so tiny. Overall, finding good fruit here is a hit-​or-​miss kinda thing!
**TIP: If you wanna bulk up on apples or pears, there are pre-​packaged boxes of Fuji apples for $ 16.99 and Korean Singo Pears for $ 23.99!
As I explored the rest of the store, the only thing that stood out was their special Banchan section, where you can get Kimchi and other side items you’d typically get at Korean BBQ spots. There’s a small restaurant next to the Banchan area and a Cake House near the exit. HK Market accepts cash, credit/​debit card, and EBT cards and they give you a plastic shopping bag for your purchase.
HK Market is obviously for the Korean folks. So unless I’m stocking up on Soju, Sake, or Fruit, you really wouldn’t find me shopping here on a daily basis!

One of the dirtier Korean grocery stores I’ve been to. And, one of the emptiest. I’m sure the two go hand in hand.
I was on a hunt for awesome pickling cucumbers to deliver to my dad who would turn the fresh veg into amazing, briny pickle magic and I knew that I needed to find either a Persian or a Korean store. Both cuisines LOVE their cucumbers and so that’s usually where you find the freshest, crunchiest cukes.
Not gonna lie, the fresh cucumbers here were freaking outstanding. Also, like 3lbs for a dollar which is an incredible price. I loaded up on these green beauties and delivered them to my loving father. So, that was good.
But the rest of the store, especially the fish and banchan section were a turnoff and a half. The counters were dirty, the separate prepared dishes were wide open where the flavors seemed to be intermingling amidst the entire buffet. Fish for sale looked miserable – bloody, sunken eyes, morbidly gray gills and dull, dried out skin. Just the textbook stuff of the kind of fish you probably don’t want to buy unless you like it a little… funky.
Also, the boxes of the awesome Korean table grapes looked like they haven’t really been moving fast enough. The stores in West Covina and Diamond Bar I’m used to usually have these flying off the shelves and they always seem fresh. Here, they looked overly moldy and with a lot of the individual grapes on the bunch struggling to look alive and tasty. Since Korean table grapes are not the cheapest of treats, this seemed like an incredibly bad buy.
Just not a very impressive store. At all. I really expected something better in the middle of LA’s Koreatown. I need to find another one as my base for Korean goodies.

Located on Western and 1^st. Closer to Miracle Mile so that’s probably the main reason why I come to this one. Don’t get me wrong, I really like HK Market. It’s smaller, less hectic, and has a parking lot. Great place to just run in and out to grab the necessities. Think smaller, quieter version of Galleria. They also have a banchan bar that offers the usual and a few of my faves: spicy raw crab, spicy squid. Nom nom. I noticed that, overall, their prices are average and they offer great discounts sporadically.