Seoul Bakery

Today is Lunar New Year, and I picked up a serving for 20 people. The rice cakes were so fresh, chewy and still warm. We ordered 3 different types for $ 40. The workers/​owner can come off rude, I am not sure why he seems so angry, but he doesn;t seem like a mean person. He gave us suggestions on what type of rice cake people likes and gave us a lot of extra rice cakes too.

The man there is rude and does not accommodate with customers request. He always has something bad to say. I have asked him to give us variety of rice cake in our catering order but he is claiming that he is busy and cannot do it. I bought $ 150 worth of rice cake and asked if they can give us some wooden chopsticks, and they give me freakin 2! He also yells at me when he talks back, maybe he has a hearing problem. I am never going to go there ever again. They need to me more nicer to their customers.

I like the Korean rice cakes here out of all other places. I like that they open up super early so that I can get lunch. The Kim bap is good here as well, i prefer the ones that has beef. The spicy rice cake is yummy as well. The Korean rice drink is the best hear. Some of the ladies aren’t super nice but what can you do.

Dduk is delicious! The owner is just direct– he’s not mean. This is a great place to go for delicious dduk (some of the best I’ve ever had) and fast service… especially if you aren’t of a super sensitive disposition.

My favorite kimbap place in LA! The rice cakes are super yummy too. My absolute favorite is the pumpkin rice cake with sweet beans. So good!

This place is horrible.
I do not eat Seoul rice duk but San Su dang was closed by noon so I had to come in this place. Olympic rice bakery is best place (been here when I was 20 years old and still coming) but we decided to try this place.
OMG …
The owner was so rude. I asked her I need to make a box for the gift and she select the rice cake by herself without asking. she did not give me any chance to decide my own. I though this is a very rude manner. right after she told me $ 38.00 total but gave me $ 1.00 change back and I asked her why and she gave me $ 1.00 back.
She accept cash only no matter how much I purchase it.
I end up spending cash instead of credit card. I told her I need to seperate two differnt boxs and she was so upset so I told her never mind and give me a boxs and I will seperate for it. Very rude and I felt so bad after I spending money. I swear the god that I will never come here again. The duk teast was terrible too. That was the reson she pick up the those duk to get rid off inventory… bad business. so getto… NO BUSINESS MIND.

Uh. Say what? The owner has never been mean to me. He’s actually very helpful and honest when it comes down to rice cakes. But I don’t like rice cakes, I only eat a tiny piece if I absolutely have to. The stars are actually for their shik-​hye (sweet rice drink). It is so delicious and tastes homemade. It’s a bit sweeter than how I make it, but with work AND school, I am never in the mood to make anything. So I grab that $ 15 gallon of shik-​hye, throw it in the kim-​chi fridge (somewhat like a hybrid of freezer and fridge specifically designed for kim-​chi, but can be used for anything) and wait a couple hours and finish the whole thing within 2 days. I love the kim-​chi fridge+shik-hye combo cus the it makes the drink icy, but not frozen. If you know what I mean.
Docked one star for the OMFG packed parking. With cheap Korean BBQ, phở, and Yoshinoya in the same structure, you know parking’s gotta be hell.
Tip: Try going in with a smile and say hello when you enter. I know it’s gonna be hard after the painful parking situation. But at least the «mean» owner will loosen up a bit.
After reading the 1 star reviews, I came to think that people might be mistaking his «old fashioned» ways as being mean/​rude. I did notice he has a rough tongue and comes off as having an attitude, but if you really hear him out he’s just being one of those men that say what they want and do what they want. I agree it’s not the best way to run business, but their old fashioned ways are what makes their food that much better. With that being said, you have to finish whatever you got from there quick cus it will go bad quick, esp in hot weather. They don’t sell certain types of rice cakes during the summer bc they’ll go bad so quickly. No preservatives and unnecessary additives that make your food last forever.
Cash only!

So the only reason I know about this place is because of my Korean coworker who told me their spicy rice cakes are good. She did warn me in advance that the owner/​salesperson man might be mean but of course I did not listen.
I went their looking for spicy rice cakes and to give them my money and all I got was attitude and lack of customer service by a bunch of grouchos.
Lets just say I learned to just make spicy rice cake dish my self and not planning to come back.

I went here to buy a big tray of rice cake for someone’s birthday.
The owner there was really mean.
I wish there was a zero star.

This is the place to go when one has to contribute to a potluck/​shower/​party and doesn’t have time to cook or pick up processed snacks.
Everything is freshly made and neatly wrapped. Better tasting and cheaper than the ones at the Korean grocery stores.
Minus one star because the signs says Four Angels, Inc., and the service is minimal.
Still, the best place to pick up kimbap, which comes in beef, fish cake or vegetarian. Be sure to ask which one is which.

the worst service I’ve ever received!
please do not go here if you are intending on ordering the traditional cakes for a party or an event like I did for my son’s first birthday (dol). Not only did they not have my order ready on time, they berated my mom when she went to pick it up. When my mom mentioned that the party starts at 11am and the order was requested to be picked up at 9:30, their response to her was, «you think you’re the only one with an order. We’re really busy so just wait.» excuse me?! You are a business! And this is to my little 77 year old mom! what kind of business yells at grannies who show up on time when you promised to deliver? If you can’t meet your deadlines, don’t promise it and definitely don’t berate your customers for showing up on time! They finally finished the rice cakes at 10:35 a full hour and 5 minutes late from when I asked for it and my parents were late for the party with the centerpieces for the main table.
Even with their tardiness, if they simply said a «i’m sorry it’s taking a while» it would’ve been fine. sure they are late, but a little kindness and humility goes a long way. But their lack of customer service is truly unforgivable.
It’s not like their cakes are that great either. We had more than ¾ of the large rainbow rice cake left over because even the little old grandma’s said it was too dry.

Never have I ever had gyungdan dduk so good… I don’t know what it is, but LA korean food is so much better than dallas. I’m a sucker for gyungdan and right when i took my first bite, i knew this was special. The red bean filling had deep complex flavors. You get the cinnamon, a strange note of vanilla, and of course the meaty red bean. Buy em quick, cause they sell out pretty fast in the morning.

I don’t understand what happened to this place. It used to be so much better than this. They had different types of rice cakes and their kim bab used to be good. Now it’s run down and extremely filthy.

My favorite place to get kimbap at 6 in the morning. Mmmmmm. It’s super hard to park during normal business hours but kimbop is totally worth it! The guy that works there (owner?) is obviously a morning person. He’s nice and attentive at 6 in the morning! Their rice cakes are good too but nothing special.

i went here at a friend’s recommendation to rent paebaek stuff. for ~$ 500, you can get all the whole shabang of a traditional paebaek (i wouldn’t even be able to list it out or identify it if you paid me). we also ordered an army sized tray of kimbop for only $ 20 to eat for lunch while we were getting ready in the hotel room.
the folks working here don’t speak a lick of english and i had to bring a translator because my korean is far from superb. and they are total korean style and refused to even speak to my coordinator about delivery arrangements until everything was paid in full. delivery was prompt and everything came as promised. the dduk was super tasty and everybody enjoyed the experience.

First off, one star taken away because this place is extremely hard to find if you are not Korean. 1, because the signs are entirely in Korean, and 2, for some reason, the storefront has a sign that says «Four Angels Inc», but my friend says the Korean text, when translated, is supposed to be «Seoul Bakery.» Yeah, confusing!
Once I got past the confusion and was able to find the place (thanks to my Korean friend’s directions), I had no problems picking up my phone order. I had called a few days ahead to order a party tray of kimbap that was $ 25. They have trays for all sizes and budgets in $ 5 increments. I think there’s a $ 20 one, $ 30, $ 35, etc. The $ 25 supposedly feeds 15 – 20 people, but for a potluck, it easily fed around 35 people, with some rolls leftover.
I would definitely recommend this place– they had my order ready and securely packaged. My family liked how they tasted and asked me to order more trays for our next potluck. The bakery sells all kinds of goodies such as dduk as well, so I’m looking forward to coming back here!