Family-Owned • Serving Monterey County

Korean BBQ That Feels Like Home.

Every dish is prepared the way Umma learned at home—by taste, by memory, and by hand.

Pull up a chair. There's always room at the table.

Korean BBQ short ribs with side dishes and rice

THE NAKWON EXPERIENCE

Good food is meant to be shared.

Gather around the table, cook at your own pace, and enjoy a meal together. Select tables feature traditional Korean BBQ grills for those who want to cook right at the table.

Grill at the table

Enjoy galbi, pork belly, and bulgogi cooked right at your table. Grill availability varies, so ask when you arrive.

Hand-cut & house-made

Meats are prepared in-house, and our kimchi and banchan are still made the way Umma learned at home.

Gather & Share

Korean BBQ isn't meant to be rushed. The best meals are the ones that keep everyone at the table a little longer.

Hands in gloves holding fresh kimchi cabbage

FROM OUR FAMILY KITCHEN

No shortcuts. No secret recipes.

Just good ingredients, hard work, and the flavors our family grew up with. The kimchi is still made by hand. The recipes are still prepared the way we learned at home.

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RECOGNITION

A Best of Monterey
Favorite.

We've never tried to be fancy.

Just good Korean food, family recipes, and meals meant to be shared.

SERVING THE PENINSULA

Marina

Monterey

Salinas

Carmel

Pacific Grove

Seaside

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Korean BBQ That Feels Like Home.​