🔥 Best BBQ in Los Angeles
19 bbq spots in Los Angeles, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 BBQ Spots
1
Park's BBQ
The Koreatown standard for tableside Korean BBQ, and it earned that position with USDA Prime cuts and banchan that actually holds up next to the meat. The grilling is serious, the quality is consisten...
91
2
K-Team BBQ
Jenee Kim's pork-focused follow-up to Park's BBQ doubles down on thick-cut collar slabs and frozen galbi over the tabletop grill. The emphasis is on quality cuts rather than a wide menu. If you know P...
90
3
Moo's Craft Barbecue
Andrew and Michelle Munoz run a Central Texas-style barbecue operation in Lincoln Heights, smoking over oak in a tradition that takes time. The brisket is the headline, but the ribs and housemade saus...
90
4
Baekjeong
Still the K-town KBBQ benchmark. Thick-cut pork belly sizzled on a hotstone, brisket that rewards patience, banchan refreshed without asking. Trendy decor inspired by Korean architecture; the line is ...
90
5
ABSteak by Akira Back
Akira Back's high-end K-town-polish-meets-steakhouse-ambition entry. Dry-aged wagyu grilled tableside, banchan that takes itself seriously, and a dining room engineered for anniversaries and expense a...
89
6
Jeong Yuk Jeom Korean BBQ
Dry-aged beef in a K-town KBBQ format is still a specialty, and Jeong Yuk Jeom is the address for it. Proper aging program, grilled tableside with the respect it deserves, banchan set up to reward the...
88
7
Salazar
Frogtown's Sonoran-style grill — an open-air courtyard, mesquite grill running visible from the bar, and a menu that reads Mexican-steakhouse-on-a-garden-patio. The rib-eye taco is the signature; the ...
88
8
Ray's Texas BBQ
Ray's carries founder Rene Ramirez's legacy forward through his wife Anabell and sons, keeping the Texas barbecue tradition alive in Huntington Park. This is family-run smoke with a story behind every...
87
9
Soot Bull Jip
The charcoal-over-gas argument starts here. Soot Bull Jip has been grilling on actual lumpwood charcoal for decades — the smoke you leave with is part of the bill. Galbi, bulgogi, pork belly — no tabl...
87
10
Daedo Sikdang
Daedo treats ribeye like the steakhouse it is — Angus prime, sliced thick, grilled on charcoal, served with the banchan spread K-town expects. One of the few K-town steakhouses that actually competes ...
87
All 19 BBQ Spots in Los Angeles
Chosun Galbee
87
Ahgassi Gopchang
86
Rodney's Ribs
86
Sun Ha Jang
85
Corner Place
85
Feng Mao Mutton Kebab
84
Pigya
84
Yerim Korean BBQ
82
Slab
75
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