Seoul Sausage Company

Tried them for the first time today out of their truck in eagle rock. The guy had the audacity to ask me if I wanted to «tip» him before he charged my card. He got a big fat NO. Totally blew me away when he asked me that. Shouldve cancelled my order then n there but I was hungry. Sad day in america when businesses lower themselves to this point. First and last time I ever buy from this business.

I’ve been wanting to try Seoul Sausage ever since I saw them on The Great Food Truck Race. I finally got a chance to try them at Animé Impulse, organized by the food and culture event producers, Night Market. It was part of the larger Asian American Expo in Pomona. I tried the spicy sausage and the and the flaming rice ball. Both were everything I love about the flavors of the more mainstream characteristics of Korean food; spicy, sour, sweet. Definitely would go again.

I agree with some other Unilocal reviews for this joint. I had the spicy sausage with sweet cole slaw on a toasted bun and found it underwhelming. The sausage wasn’t very spicy and wasn’t so flavorful and the slaw was decent without being too sweet. Is it strange that I even had a thought that the bun was more delicious than the rest?
Overall its not a bad for a hotdog but it somehow feels incomplete. I think they could add one or two little ingredients to elevate the flavors and make it a truly 5 star hotdog.
Worth trying once but personally I probably won’t be craving it for a while.

Decided to grab some to go the other day since I was in the neighborhood and my GF never tried it before. I went with the KFC, Flaming, and Spam musubi ball. The KFC was nice and crunchy with I think some type of corn meal batter. The chicken has Plenty of flavor and comes with pickled cubed daikon. The flaming ball was like a kimchi fried rice with a twist of meat and then add some cheese. The Musubi has plenty of spam and furikake mixed in with rice that gives it the Hawaiian style and flavor people like. I didn’t get a chance to try anything else but I’m sure I’ll be back one day…

Really don’t know what the hype is about this place. I tried the Kalbi sausage at $ 7.00 and flaming ball at $ 3.00. The sausage was a bit sweet and that’s about it. The kimchi relish, garlic aioli and shallots were on the bottom so the bun pretty much absorbed it all with the sausage on top. Personally, I think it should be the other way around.
If your going to name something as flaming ball it should have some resemblance of spicyness of which this didn’t. It was nicely fried with kimchi fried rice and cheese inside but was that good.
Parking lot across the street with plenty of other eateries around. If in the area, I would rather go to Hurry Curry or Tsujita.

This place has great korean fusion food! If you are craving korean tasting hot dogs or burgers, this is it. I also like it because compared to most other restaurants on Sawtelle, this place has a relatively short line for equally great food!
I’ve tried the galbi sausage, all the rice balls and galbi poutine and they all taste great awesome.
The service is friendly and really quick and the store is very hip and clean.

Ambience: Place is clean and simple. Sitting is limited.
Service: The young guy at the register was super friendly and made conversation with me while I waited.
Sausage: I got their regular sausage and although a little spicey, it was quite tasty and hearty.
I’ve never heard of something like this in NYC so I’m glad I tried it.

Expensive.
For $ 7, you can get one of their sausages. Tried the spicy pork sausage and it was fantastic. However, the bun was like a second thought and did NOT gel well with the sausage. I just ended up feeling like I overpaid for a piece of sausage.
On the other hand, I do like their «balls». For about $ 3, you get a decent sized rice ball. The flaming has kimchi fried rice, cheese and pork! Pretty good and the Osaka is curry beef, potatoes and rice.
The line is fast since most people take it to go. Eating in the shop can be dicey because there aren’t a lot of seating options.

Located in the Sawtelle area so you know parking is going to be an issue. You’ll have to scramble for metered street parking and it’s always hard to find a spot. They have a few spots to sit at inside and a few tables outside.
Seoul Sausage offers a variety of unique items. We tried the KBBQ Beef Burger (Ground Korean BBQ Beef Patty with Garlic Jalapeño Aioli and Kimchi Relish) and Kalbi Sausage (With Kimchi Relish, Garlic Jalapeño Aioli and Fried Shallots). Both were juicy and uniquely flavored. The burger is average size and the sausage is pretty large. We also ordered Da KFC (Twice Fried Chicken with delicious sauce), the Korean Animal Style Fries (Fries with Cheese, Shoga Mayo & Pickled Garlic) and a Spam Mudubi Ball (Spam Fried Rice, Pineapple, Corn, Macaroni and Rice With Teriyaki —with Lemon Sesame Dressing). I’ve never tasted anything like this. Very delicious!

Delicious. Perhaps a little TOO delicious at certain moments.
It’s easy to order a lot of filling food all at once. My girlfriend and I ordered the KBBQ burger, Kalbi sausage, Korean animal-​style fries, and a lil osaka ball. Certain items (like the burger) did not look very massive, but they are deceptively filling, and we both walked away very stuffed.
Staff was very attentive, and their service was spot-​on. Granted, we did show up at an off-​peak time. Nevertheless, we felt great there.
Parking: Residential street parking is the way to go. They have a $ 5 lot next to it, but street parking is free. Pay attention to the signs to avoid a ticket. Sundays are nice though.

Always fun to pay a return visit to a longtime favorite.
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— Seoul Sausage is just as delicious as it’s ever been, but it seems as though the hype surrounding this place has mellowed out a bit. I seldom see much of a crowd around the place like I have in years past — but I guess that if there’s a silver lining to be found in this, it would be that there’s also little to worry about in terms of wait times.
— During our most recent visit, we tried the newest addition to the Seoul Sausage menu: Vinny’s Adobo Fried Chicken Sandwich ($ 8).
I was pleasantly surprised by how large the portion size of the sandwich was — we’re talking two generous pieces of fried chicken into one sandwich! The chicken was seasoned nicely (i.e. not too salty) and had a both a crisp crust and a flaky interior. My only gripe would be that I didn’t really taste any adobo flavor whatsoever — the dish was pretty much just a very-​well executed classic fried chicken sandwich.
And yes, if you’re wondering — the mainstays that made Seoul Sausage so popular are just as fantastic now as they were when you first discovered the place. The Galbi Poutine & Lil’ Osaka Rice Ball both continue to serve as excellent options for both sharing & solo hoarding.
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— The overall dining experience at Seoul Sausage has made big strides forward from a practical point-​of-​view. Namely, it’s good to see that there’s now available free water (as opposed to having only Boxed Water for sale in the past!), and that there’s now a restroom for patrons to use. (It was a little bit annoying having to bring our own water during previous visits for the simple sake of saving a few bucks…)
Good to see Seoul Sausage making these minor, yet still very necessary refinements to its overall product.
— Also happened to notice during a recent visit that Seoul Sausage is going to be introducing a breakfast on the weekends from 9 AM until noon. I’ll be sure to pay a visit sometime in the future — this sounds like just what the doctor ordered after a long night out!

I’ve wanted to try this place for the longest time. The simple fact that they won the Great Food Truck Race makes me think it’s worth a try. it just took me a while to get here haha! We got the Kalbi Sausage, a flaming ball, and Da KFC to share. Everything was delicious but the flaming ball was my favorite. It was a flavorful little fried rice ball. Da KFC would have probably been my favorite because I love wings and the sauce but a little sad to find it to be boneless wings :(
The staff was really nice. They gave us all the different sauces they had with our meal because we didn’t know the difference. If you know me. I LOVE SAUCE!

Oh so good. Yeah I found out about them from the food network, don’t judge me I’m not as cool as you.
Loved the fried rice balls. Usually I hate kimchi but the flaming ball might have changed my mind. And the little osaka had me just crying from joy.
The spicy pork sausage wasn’t anything special and just gave me heat. Until about 30 minutes. Cooled down it was much tastier and a great pairing for the slaw.
But, the winner here was the lamb sausage. So glad my father in law let me try it. Holy crud cakes this is the most delicious greek sausage I have ever had. Better than any greek place.
So glad this is on the way to my in-​laws.

The rating is purely for the fried rice balls: Flaming Ball and Lil’ Osaka Ball. As the balls, looked very tasty and smelled delicious, but the actual taste was a bit disappointing.
These fried balls both come with a sauce that is mayo based. Flaming ball (²⁄₅ stars), had a little spice and the sauce tasted purely like the Kewpie mayonnaise with a little spice. My bf and I do prefer the Lil Osaka Ball (3.5÷5) more because it was packed with more flavor – something like Japanese curry. However, both balls were dry. Needs a lot of sauce to help it out a bit.
Will definitely come back to try the Galbi fries and sausages! Hopefully, they’re much better.

If there’s no line then don’t eat there. I should listened to my motto when I came here.
We came in and the guy at the cashier was not welcoming at all. We were asking about the menu and he just yawns and answers our questions like he wanted us out of there.
We ordered galbi sausage, the KFC, and spam musubi ball and everything sucked.
The galbi sausage was the most boring hot dog I’ve ever eaten. The sausage itself tasted like nothing and just had the texture of sausage. The sauce was unmemorable that I can’t even tell you about it.
The KFC is worst than the actual KFC chicken place. It was so drenched in sauce that it was inedible. The sauce was very tangy and didn’t taste Korean at all. I mean just because you put some radish on top and green onions doesn’t make it Korean. The breading was good and crispy but the chicken was non existent.
The spam musubi ball was cold in the middle. There was barely any spam and just rice. For $ 3 I really expected a lot more out of these small rice balls.
I was definitely disappointed after eating here and I will not return.

I’ve seen the Seoul Sausage Company truck lingering around the corners of downtown Los Angeles several times, and the fact that I appreciate German influenced street food made it enticing to visit their brick + mortar location in Sawtelle. Personally, I was never keen on ‘urban style Korean food’ simply because it’s not ‘authentic’ like what I’m used to, but Seoul Sausage Company completely changed my opinion in regards to that, and I absolutely love the German influence in their Korean sausages.
What I had:
K A L B I: [ $ 7 ]
Expect full Korean BBQ explosion! This Seoul sausage is adorned with kimchi relish, garlic jalapeño aioli, and fresh shallots. It was much more than I expected and it was quite yummy! It was moist, full of flavour, and adorned with heaps of garnishes, a total plus for me!
D A K F C: [ $ 8 ]
I like Korean style fried chicken, so I obviously couldn’t pass this up. Twice fried chicken with gochujang [spicy Korean chili paste] honey, picked daikon and accompanied by a kimchi cheddar pineapple cornbread gave these guys a twist of a little Southern in Korean street food!
L I L O S A K A: [ $ 3 ]
Flash fried ball of rice, this little big guy was made of curry rice, beef, and potatoes. Korean food has some Japanese influence in it and I thought this rice ball reminded me of Vermont curry, something my mum tends to make once in a while. Yumm!
I’m looking forward to trying their new location in Little Tokyo ASAP!

While the galbi and spicy pork sausages are popular and undeniably delicious, I was blown away by the Korean animal style fries. The sauce was unlike any other, really surpasses In-n-Out’s animal style fries.
I liked everything that Seoul sausage had to offer, but… and this may sound funny, I prefer the sausage out of its casing. I find the sausages were easier to chew without that extra layer on the outside. Maybe some folks enjoy that, but not me.
Still, I’ll be back for those fries. Only $ 5 and super filling. Worth every dollar!

I went on a LA day trip this past weekend and stopped at Seoul Sausage (my second visit there overall). My first time was about 2 summers ago when I lived in the area for a short while. Seoul Sausage has stuck with me ever since and I’m glad to have been back.
This time I ordered the galbi sausage and shared all three rice balls (flaming, Spam musubi, Osaka) with two other people. The galbi sausage was delicious as usual, but I wish it had more toppings and just… more sausage haha. The spicy pork sausage has a little more oomph to it. I got the poutine at my first visit and wish I got it this time too because I remember it being really good, however all our food was already very filling. My favorite rice ball is probably the Spam one. All the rice ball sauces were extra delicious though.
The food is fairly cheap but I don’t think the portions are the greatest. One rice ball = $ 3 and those aren’t big at all.
Seoul Sausage is a clean, little shop off of Sawtelle. Not too much seating but you get your food wrapped in paper or in boxes so you can take it to go! I like this place for a quick stop for food, if I still lived there I would visit a few times a month…
I also saw that they’re working on a bigger restaurant/​bar? Looking forward to that if I’m ever back in the area.

Just like the Unilocal rating system says, this place is just a-​okay. There wasn’t anything that was stood out from other places.
They do have a spam ball that is made up of mostly macaroni and a bit of spam that’s been deep fried. It’s an interesting concept, but definitely wasn’t anything amazing. We also ordered their galbi poutine, which was also just a-​okay.
Their service was pretty good/​friendly and they have an assortment of cute drinks. I might come back and try their sausages if I’m ever in the area again.

Seoul Sausage Company is a fusion Korean kind of cuisine. Feeling the hip vibe of the menu, this place serves up mean food. I wish I had more off of the menu, but that means I will have motivation to come back!
FOOD: We got Da KFC and Spam Masubi. The Korean Fried Chicken was amazing, with the right amount of sauce and crisp to it, I could eat a bucket of that chicken. The Spam Masubi was also good. The spam was great, but what I loved was the crispness of the Masubi. The sauce that it came with though was not very good, but I think it was on the sweet side for me.
A little overpriced for the masubi, but da KFC was solid. Quite tasty! I found the portions to be on the small side, but tasty overall.