Namwongol

This is the place you want to go for some healthy authentic Korean food. This restaurant is best known for their mud fish stew and stinky soybean soup ( don't let the smell alarm you it's super gut healthy and super yummy). The service is good they are very sweet and kind.

This is health issue. If you are eating a mudfish soup here, be careful because there might be broken stone pot pieces. If you happen to chew some hard solid pieces, no it's not a mudfish bone. It might be broken pieces of stone pot. It happened to me. They replaced with brand new mudfish soup, even their second pot had same issue.

Our new favorite spot . I love the spicy beef soup and especially the eel was super delicious. We'll be back!

This is my go-to place when I don't have appetite. I born and grew up in Korea. Their mud fish soup is definitely number one in OC, or California or America! Good flavor and staffs are very friendly. Highly recommended if you want authentic Korean mud fish soup!

Authentic Korean restaurant that my picky family approves of! They give a good selection of ban chan which usually includes kimchi, bean sprouts, seaweed, and cucumbers (banchan may vary based on rotation). My favorite dish here is the squid stir fry. Although it's a spicy dish, I would say it's just barely spicy! Full of flavor and the squid is not perfectly tender and not chewy. 5/5 recommend this dish!

Wow their famous mudfish stew was very good. I didn't taste or smell any fishy taste and it was very hearty and tasty. Oh I was skeptical at first because I'm not used to eating foods that are "exotic" but after I tasted the mudfish stew I have to say that their food is very good. Their side dishes were also very good. Additionally, I tried their goat stew and it was very good as well. It did have a gamy taste to it so I don't think I would order it myself but I would recommend it for others.They serve alcohol like soju and beer.I would recommend going here. All of my family members and even my cousins who are in the younger generation really loved the stews as well.

Mud fish soup sounds unappetizing, but this place does an amazing job with their soup. Kinda pricey but the side dishes definitely make it worth it. Wish this place opened later, they close so soon

Came here with a friend when car's being serviced. Excellent hidden gem! It's located in a plaza that is on the main street so if you don't look closely it can be a little hard to find. However parking is a breeze since it's a big outdoor lot. The decor inside is very classy, with interesting Korean framed pictures as well as appetizing food pictures on the wall. Also a big screen TV on the wall for game watchers.The food is awesome. One of the best side dishes that I've eaten (compared to other KBBQs). The gensen chicken was superb. The vegetable pancake was also great. They also give you extremely delicious purple rice (for a lack of the proper word). Pricing isn't cheap, but it is worth the price.Will definitely come back for Korean dishes! Keep up the good work.

It is an authentic Korean restaurant located on Beach Blvd in a small plaza with the taco bell. I've gone mostly in the evenings to have their tasty soups.They are known for their mud fish soup. Although the name and fish does not sound appealing, it is very delicious and very healthy for you. An equally good soup I've tried here is the goat stew. The goat stew has a lot of good goat meat chunks and has some pretty flavorful leafy greens in there. It is personally my favorite. My husband loves it too and he is non-Korean. Everything else on the menu, you can really try if you want, but the soups are what this place is known for.Seating is very easy to find. A lot of days aren't very packed and there are enough staff members working to accommodate you and your party.

The food of Namwongol is very traditional food. Especially winter time is good to go.