Ilinja Gamjatang

This place is absolutely amazing! I came with a group of three and ordered the medium-sized Gam Ja Tang--it was the good portion for us.You can tell this spot is authentic, as most of the customers were Korean, and the staff spoke little English. Despite that, they were super helpful and even assisted with prepping the food.The broth was rich and flavorful, and the combination of potatoes and rice cakes made the soup even more delicious. Definitely a must-try for anyone craving legit Korean comfort food!

This place was recommended by a friend, and it did not disappoint! They have a pretty limited menu and specialize in gamjatang. We ordered the large size for 3 people (though definitelycould have ordered the medium), and it came with lots of meat, bean sprouts, potato chunks, and potato pasta. We also added extra kalguksu for $4 because we wanted extra carbs but it probably wasn't with it since it was onlya small handful of noodles. The soup broth was so savory and tasty and the meat was reallytender and flavorful. We ended up taking a bunch home because we couldn't finish, and those leftovers provided me with two more meals (I added some tofu, rice cakes, veggies at home and it was amazing). Overall a great place to try on cold weather or if you're just craving some soup!

If you're looking for a cozy dinner spot, definitely check out this place. It's a mom and pop shop that specializes in pork bone soup and it really feels like it. The menu is very simple, with four standard soup/stew/contents options and size/ add on options. I also like that there are tongs and a soup spoon included so people wont need to reach into the pot with their personal chopsticks/spoon. This makes the meal reasonable for sharing with friends and colleagues. We got size medium and it came with 3 rice but fed four people, so depending on your party's hunger level you may choose to judge the size, start smaller and include add ons for rice / ingredients as desired. We got the GamJa Tang (pictured) and it was very tasty. As pictured, our pot was piled high with several vegetables and lots of meat. Some bones had a lot of meat and some had just a little but the average amount was reasonable for the price. There was also a healthy portion of each vegetable. Lots of potatoes, bean sprouts, cabbage and rice cakes. The broth was rich and cozy and made all the ingredients that much more delicious as it was absorbed. There is a healthy heap of gochujang but I didn't really find it to be a lot of heat, even though the menu said "spicy". It might make some people sad but I found it to be very accommodating for sharing with a group with different spice tolerances. The banchan included are daikon kimchi, cabbage kimchi and a zucchini/carrot side dish. They are all very tasty and mild for those who don't tolerate spicy. There is also a horseradish sauce that is available for dipping, although if I had enough I'd probably try to swim in it. It's very delicious! Overall, I'm really happy with my experience here and I highly recommend others to enjoy it as well. Hope you give it a try soon!

This is a new gamjatang place that opened up recently. The inside is pretty spacious with lots of tables that seat 4 each. The atmosphere is pleasant and clean with trendy upbeat music playing overhead. This restaurant only serves pork bone stew. The menu consists of 3 versions of it: spicy, non-spicy, and non-spicy with seafood. You can order extra toppings as well. Each stew comes in 3 sizes - small, medium, and large. The difference is - small comes with 2 bowls of rice and has enough food for two people, medium has 3 bowls of rice, large has (I assume) more. Complimentary small dishes include kimchi cabbage, kimchi radish, and squash. And, boy, were they delicious! We ordered a small spicy stew to split between 3 people. The stew came out fast. There's a hotplate thing at each table. The meat is pre-cooked, but the veggies are uncooked, so you have to wait for the stew to boil and cook the veggies before eating (took maybe 5 mins). The stew tasted amazing - meat was super tender and flavorful, veggies were refreshing, and broth was good and just a little spicy. Pro Tip for leftovers: Save your rice til the end. Let the broth simmer until there's only 1/4 left, then dump your rice and any leftover veggies and small dishes in, turn up the heat, and make your own gamjatang fried rice. Tastes great!

Amazing addition to K town Carrollton that represents real authentic Korean food. This is the first gamjatang specialized restaurant in DFW. Gamjatang translates to potato (gamja) tang (soup). It is made with pork bone broth, perilla seeds, flavorful seasoning paste with soybean base, pork neck bone, potato, leafy greens, soybean sprouts. It is meant to be shared so bring at least one other person with you! Between three people we shared medium and it was plenty. Gamjatang is boiled right at the table using induction and it has so much flavor and depth. You can choose to accompany it with bowl of white rice and/or choose to add extra starch such as udon, knife cut noodles, dough, glass noodle, or ramen noodles in the soup as well. The soup itself is very rich, porky, a little nutty from the perilla seed powder, with a bit of kick. It's considered a Korean comfort food and will make you sweat. The meat falls off the bone so easily and is tender. It can be hard to pick the meat off the bone if you're not an avid chopstick user but you can always use the plastic glove they give you to hold on to the bone to tear the meat off. When you're comfortably full with a bit of broth left, you can ask them for fried rice which is made at the table using your leftover broth. This is a very authentic way of finishing off Korean foods!If you're wanting an authentic Korean comfort food experience, this is the place to go. As other reviews said, it tastes just as good as gamjatang you would get in Korea. The service is also excellent and it's a family run business. I'm happy more traditional style Korean restaurants are popping up in this area.

Better than the original from Korea! Very straight forward toward the gamjatang itself. No gimmicks or add-ons.

From the moment we walked in, we were greeted with a smile. We ordered the gam ja tang, and it was delicious. The dishes were brought out very fast, and we had to wait for the soup to boil at the table, and we get to control the intensity of the heat at the table. It is very convenient. The soup is a flavorful pork based broth. It came with pork bone, potatoes, bean sprouts, and cabbage. It is medium spicy. We came right before dinner on a weekend, and there were plenty of seats. No music playing, but great quiet ambience.

This was so legit!! Their gamjatang was so delicious and perfectly spicy, the meat nice and tender. We opted to add glass noodles, which I really think is the move. They make an, in my opinion, even more delicious fried rice in the end with your leftovers, which made a great lunch the next day!

Delicious food, meant for sharing with a table. Wasn't too spicy and you can easily add in extra food into the pot if you want more of certain things. The auntie was super nice and provided great service and jokes.

Shits bomb bro. Reminds me of 함지박 back home when it was still ran by the 할머니 when it was on Pico and Crenshaw. IYKYK. I wish I lived in Dallas instead of Houston.