Na Moo Dol
“Na Moo Dol is a Korean "greasy spoon" located inside H Mart on 2902 Union Street.”
“Since it's a food court, there's self serve hot tea, and pick up when they call your number.”
“Each dish you order comes with Kimchi, cucumber kimchi or salad, bean sprout soup, and rice.”
Na Moo Dol
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
PokéStop Nearby: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Great food here. I got #15, the chicken dish for $12. The dish is a very big portioned dish. It comes with salad and pickled radish and cabbage (kimchi). Rice comes in a separate container. Extra rice is $1 more. It's a great dish itself. The chicken is tasty. It tastes like bulgogi but in a chicken version. I definitely would come back again.
Nestled deep inside HMart supermarket, Na Moo Dol (literally translated "Tree Stone") is a busy little restaurant that serves up quick, traditional Korean fare for patrons, many of which are hungry grocery shoppers who stop in after they suddenly realize all they've eaten that day was a banana in the morning (or maybe that's just me). If you have a hard time finding it, come into the supermarket through the parking lot entrance and you'll find this small, humble restaurant sitting between the prepared foods and the fruit section.
The gallery layout of Na Moo Dol is an interesting one, divided evenly between seating space and a narrow open kitchen where you can watch as several hands working at a rapid-fire pace to put meals together. Not Korean? No worries – a visual menu shows you pictures of each entree, accompanied by short but helpful descriptions. With only twenty three items on its menu, it's certainly not an exhaustive list of Korean entrees but it covers all of the basics, including over-rice dishes, meats, stews, and noodles. Most of them hover at the $8-$10 mark, with the exception of some seafood and meat dishes like the LA short beef rib ($17) and the unagi over rice ($18).
My friends and I ordered from all over the menu. Wanting for something hearty and warm, I went with the Jangtu Gooksu (#12), which came out in a truly enormous bowl that made several of us gasp. A generous serving of thin, rice noodles sat in a light broth made by simmering radish, anchovies, and kelp. If any one of those ingredients make you wrinkle your nose, don't worry – you don't taste any of them individually, but they come together to create a lovely soup. Mixed in were several fish cakes, enoki mushrooms, and julienned carrots and zucchini. My friend ordered the Galbi Tang, or short rib stew (#22). With generous dollops of eggs, vermicelli noodles, and – most importantly – several large pieces of tender short rib, she dug her face into her bowl and didn't speak much until she'd nearly finished her meal so I think she enjoyed it. Our other two diners ordered more ambitiously, with one ordering Spicy Stir Fried Octopus over rice (#11) and the other selecting Chung Kook Jang (#21), or fermented soybean stew. The octopus dish was surprisingly well-prepared, tender not rubbery and a savory, fiery red sauce that was only cooled by shoving mouthfuls of rice as a chaser. The latter is a stew that I've only seen Koreans and very few adventurous non-Koreans order. Made with the Korean version of natto, the soup wafts a smell that is not entirely unlike rotting garbage toward the diner's nose. Though an acquired taste, it is one of my childhood favorites and it is done very, very well at Na Moo Dol – with large chunks of tofu and chopped vegetables and rounded out beautifully with spices.
Each of our entrees came on a tray with a side of kimchee, pickled cubes of radishes and cucumber, and – depending on what you ordered – rice and soup. Everything is serve-yourself, which means you get your own napkins, utensils, and water, and you need to listen for when your entree name/number is called at the pickup window so that you can bring it to your table. Still, this also means you don't have to leave tip, which I consider a huge plus.
Na Moo Dol is a Korean "greasy spoon" located inside H Mart on 2902 Union Street. They have an entrance facing the street on Union, but there are signs pointing you to enter through H Mart. H Mart/Na Moo Dol is located in a shopping mall. There is a parking lot behind the stores. Na Moo Dol can get very hectic and you must track your orders. The ladies behind the counter would shout out orders and you may be in a disadvantage if you don't speak Korean. There are tables and you may need to share it if it gets busy. We always order food to go when we go to H Mart. La KalBi #14(roasted short beef ribs) and Chicken lunch box #15 (grilled chicken) are our favorite dishes.
"Hey, where do u guys wanna eat before catching the movie?"
"Namoodol"
"I feel like having some soup cuz I'm sick"
"Namoodol"
"Welcome back to town! What do u feel like eating?"
"Namoodol"
Yup, we are addicted to this little hut in a supermarket despite it being small and closes early (9pm or so?). How can we not crave their juicy flavorful grilled meats of all kinds (beef, chicken, pork) at satisfying quantity AND quality? And for the price, u can only get half the amount of food at any other Korean restaurant. Their most expensive dish can easily be the cheapest dish anywhere else AND it still wouldn't be as good.
There are just 20 items on the menu, but each of them are delicious, authentic, and addicting enough to keep you coming back for more of the same thing or try one of the other 19 items. Each dish comes with kimchee, spicy cucumbers, and bean sprouts garlic soup (so delish! I'll take yours if you don't want it). There's also water and hot tea dispenser at the back of the restaurant where you can fetch drinks for your party. And when you're finished, just trash all the leftovers and return the tray/containers to the pick up / drop off counter.
Catch #1 – limited seating so good luck chair hunting. Definitely eat & bounce. If u wanna chat, go elsewhere.
Catch #2 – Place ur order then perk those ears to retrieve them at the pick up counter or ur food will easily be swiped by someone else who ordered the same thing and you will wait a long long time before anyone notices that you didn't get yours.
[12 days of yelp challenge – Day 8]
Cheap Korean food in HMART.
The food comes quick. And it's delicious considering it's pretty affordable. But the prices have been rising so it's equivalent to going for lunch special at another Korean reStaurant. But I enjoy having Korean food from here while I shop. The workers are all nice and food comes out fast .
It feels like you're walking into a wall of the H-Mart, into a different dimension. A loud, dark, smokey one. For a place whose storefront is completely unapproachable from the outside, Namudol sure is crowded on any given day. I've been a few times already over the past 5 years, and it still feels the same..as though you've found a nook that has portaled you to the streets of Korea for authentic Korean food.
There's actually something satisfying about the workers yelling out orders repeatedly at the top of their angry lungs until someone claims them. It is noisy and loud, and you wonder if the employees are going to physically break down from sweating over large flames and screaming all day. But the food makes you feel really warm and fills you up the way homecooking does. They're making happy stomachs, and it's the reason they're still going strong even though I still have a hard time describing the exact location to people.
Great bang for your buck. Been here well over 20 times and for the most part, I leave fully satisfied. It's a no frills place that is attached to a supermarket so it's not the biggest place but they do have tables that you can sit at. They have a pretty good menu with great prices. It's nice that you don't need to pay tip or tax for dishes that you would get at a restaurant.
Def check it out if you want something low key. You'll be happy that you tried.