Gam Tu Bop - Glendale, California

龔振勝

I mean, pretty straight-forward. Stuff wrapped in rice, then all that wrapped in dried seaweed. The way they give it to you is interesting. To fit all sorts of flavor palettes, they give you not just white rice, but a choice of brown rice. Then there's all sorts of different fillings to choose from. And Rather than simply just giving them to you all wrapped up in the dried seaweed, because the place is just designed for takeout, they know you're going to take this elsewhere, and not necessarily know when you're going to eat it. So to prevent the food from getting cold, or touching the rice with the moisture ruining the seaweed, they wrap the seaweed separately, and each individual portion you ordered is also wrapped. Then, it's just a matter of taking out the seaweed, and then dumping the rice with fillings on top, and folding the seaweed to wrap the rice yourself. Voila!
Really straightforward, no fuss. I like it! The only thing is, I did ask for napkins in my order, but I should've asked for some before I stepped out.

TV Head

I’ve been going to Gam Tu Bop for like 6 years now and I really like them! Their food is affordable and they have a pretty good selection. Everything from beef to mushroom rice balls and I really like their shrimp rice rolls. Just be sure to double check your order to make sure you have enough seaweed wraps. Everyone I’ve taken here really likes it and I usually comes here every time I go to Glendale Galleria

Iris Curls

Wow, the rice balls are incredibly delicious! The beef one was by far my favorite one. Rich in flavor. Spicy shrimp was second best and I’d probably substitute the crab meat for a different flavor next time. 10/10

Cheap and well packaged. Loved the salted seaweed.

Cc

I’ve had my share of rice balls. And, this place makes them strangely! They give you a separate sheet of roasted seaweed, which is normally wrapped around the rice ball at other places. Here, you have to wrap it yourself. I didn’t like the fact that it was “fussy” to eat it, and I found the beef to be too salty! They really should improve their packaging, too, as the plastic wrap didn’t seem appropriate for hot food.

Kristy Aki Oshiro

Tasty affordable rice balls with generous amounts of various Japanese and Korean fillings! This place is so good it's literally always my first stop when I drive in from Sacramento.

My favorites are spicy shrimp, beef bulgogi, unagi (eel), spicy pork and kim chee. I love that the rice balls are individually wrapped and labeled and the nori (seaweed) to wrap them in is packaged separately. I love that it's Korean nori too.

Great for takeout, travels well, fast friendly service. To go orders only. If you can't find parking out front there is a parking structure just around the corner that gives you free parking for the first 90 minutes.

Roxana Serna

I have been coming to Gam Tu Bop for several years now. Before 2020. I was in 3 times this week alone. Everything is great usually when it comes to the food. Always delicious & always very filling. The only small complaint I did have on my most recent visit this week was that some of the rice balls were significantly smaller & did not have very much filling. I had 4 of the crab & 2 of them were significantly lacking crab. They were more rice & I have never experienced that before. Other than that they have even improved on the wait time. Previously it would take around 20-30 minutes easily to get an order out. Recently I have been pleasantly surprised by the prompt fulfillment of the orders.

Giorgo Kostallas

Great prices for the quantity and quality of the food they serve. Been ordering at least bimonthly since I got here and they never miss.

My go-tos are the beef and the spicy shrimp balls, their musubi and the fried beancurd

Bryan Bazalar

Chill atmosphere and honestly, some of the best rice balls I've had in LA. Only drawback is that there is no dine-in option. It's carry out only. Finally, someone plays the music from Kingdom Hearts every time I visit and I lol every time. They get me.