🥘 Best Korean in San Diego
10 korean spots in San Diego, scored and ranked for 2026.
🍽️ Open Interactive GuideTop 10 Korean Spots
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DalBam Moon Night
A Korean restaurant on Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa, San Diego's Convoy District and its main hub for Asian food and late-night eating. Menu details aren't documented yet.
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2
Buga Korean BBQ
Clairemont's tableside-charcoal Korean BBQ — a serious banchan spread, charcoal (not gas) grills built into every table, and a reputation as SD's Korean BBQ reference for two decades. The Clairemont d...
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3
Cross Street Chicken & Beer
Convoy District's Korean fried chicken bar — soy-garlic, spicy, and original crispy styles, a Korean beer and soju list, and the kind of late-night dining-room crowd that defines the Convoy after-hour...
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SURF Korean BBQ
Convoy's Korean BBQ — tableside grills, marinated short rib, a banchan program that feeds the table before you order, and an all-you-can-eat format that Convoy's KBBQ regulars use as a reliable defaul...
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5
Bonchon Convoy
The Convoy District outpost of the Korean fried-chicken chain, trading in double-fried wings and drums hand-brushed with soy garlic or spicy yangnyeom sauce. Beyond the bird it's a wide Korean-fusion ...
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6
BCD Tofu House — Convoy
BCD Tofu House brought its LA Koreatown soondubu jjigae to Convoy St and the Kearny Mesa Korean corridor received it accordingly. The spicy soft-tofu stew arrives with banchan, the BCD Beef is worth a...
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7
Jong Ga House
College Area's 24-hour Korean BBQ — tableside grilling, soondubu jjigae, banchan program, and a College Area crowd that fills the El Cajon Blvd dining room late into the morning. An SD 24-hour Korean ...
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8
Natural Style Chicken
Natural Style Chicken is a fried chicken spot that expanded from Point Loma to Hillcrest, San Diego. It serves Korean-style and other fried chicken.
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9
Woomiok
San Diego's first bone-soup specialist, on Convoy Street in Kearny Mesa from the owners of Common Theory and Realm of the 52 Remedies. The signature is seolleongtang — beef bones and oxtail simmered 2...
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10
Hive
Korean-run karaoke entertainment complex on Convoy St in Kearny Mesa with themed private suites, Korean fried chicken worth ordering, and 30 beers on tap. The K-pop and J-pop catalogs go deep enough t...
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