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1st Ave-14th St (L)
Astor Place (6)
2nd Ave-Houston St (F, V)
My 300th review! Whoa!
This is one of those rare places where the main dishes are better than the appetizers. The veg dumplings were so-so and the potato pancake was entirely uninspiring. But the glass noodles with vegetables and the Bulgogi were amazing. I'd go back for those two dishes alone. A little small, a little dark, a little hipsterish but hey, it's the East Village.
Korean food in east village.
Typical date place with over-priced korean food.
To me, the food was so-so.
Don't really get the vide about this place.
I heard of this place as a good and cheap alternative to Hangawi from a friend. Unfortunately, he is just plain wrong.
There aren't too many vegetarian options on the menu. The ones that are there, taste mediocre. For appetizers, we had veg dumplings. Tasted ok, but a bit too oily. Main dish was potato noodles; the mushroom were good, the noodles themselves didn't have much flavor, or any sauce.
On a positive node, my date who is a carnivore did seem to enjoy her crab, shrimp, squid, clam soup... shudder...
Also, the place is cash only.. we paid a total of 55 bucks for two.
***3.5 stars, rounding up***
Wow. The best BimBimBap I have had in a long time.
Flavorful; the egg was cooked just like I like it. Lots of veggies and the rice was nice and crunchy at the bottom of the hot stone bowl.
Service was quick and painless and the cinnamon shot at the end of the evening undid whatever damage the kimchi did to my breath.
I'm a fan.
Good Korean. Always good to have a standby around like this.
Yum yum yum!
Dok boki was heaven on the tongue, along with just about everything else.
Nice work, ladies.
It's actually more like 3.5 stars. The service was friendly enough. Our water and tea were refilled. It's on the fancier side for Korean food, both in ambiance and menu options then what I'm used to. Unfortunately, the food was on the blander side. I eat Korean food for its spicy flavor. The food at Dok Suni disappointed. When we asked for extra spicy chili sauce, they failed to deliver, only giving us the milder stuff they serve with their bibimbop. Plus, very limited free side dishes. That's like the best part of a Korean meal. And the complimentary melon gum which loses its flavor seconds after chewing it that accompanies the check. Didn't get that as well.
What I did enjoy was the dok buki. It was the spiciest of all the dishes we ordered, but the fish cake was omitted from this dish. WTH? My jap chae was good, but not great. In lieu of the melon gum, we got shots of this cinnamon, sweet tea drink for dessert.
Conclusion is I won't be going back. Would rather try other Korean restaurants in hopes of finding something better.
This is one of my favorite Korean restaurants in East Village. I always enjoy what I get. I do tend to always order the same items. Maybe it is their best dishes but it always makes me happy. It tastes as good as when I was in Korea. Lived there for 3 1/2 years. I have an opinion or two of Korean food.
Has anyone figured out why it's Dok Suni and not Do Suni? There is no "k" in the Korean name unless my brain's been damaged without my knowledge.
The food is quite good. The kimchi bokkeum, the stir-fry squid, the mackerel with yummy-yummy-just-like-my-mummy-does-them chunks of soft radish - all spot on. The complimentary mook salad is slippery and delicious.
Complaint: the ddukbokki is good, but I think Dok Suni is the only place I've ever seen that has the gall to serve ddukbokki without oden. This is unacceptable. A wider array of banchan would also be appreciated.
Otherwise, this is a cute spot for decent Korean in a central part of the village. Not a whole lot wrong with that.
I've been going here for a few years, and I'll say it's one of the top korean places in the city. Pretty small, and on typical Fri/Sat night it's tough to get a table.
I like the jabchae, and duk boki, they of course also serve a compliment of kimchi, tofu and veggies with each meal. I also recommend the OB which comes in a 24 oz, so that will take care of business for sure.
One other thing you'll be sure to enjoy is the waitresses. They're all gorgeous. There seems to be a quick rotation, but the owner manages to find more beautiful girls soon enough. So enjoy the eye candy, they're very friendly.
The BOMB in my opinion. It's a little small but the food is great (and I'm korean!) and the atmosphere is nice. The kimchi soup, the tofu soup and the bibimbap are always reliable.
The only reason i didn't give it 5 stars was because it is cash only, and the wait can be kinda long depending on when you go.
Other than that, anyone I take here always winds up loving the place.
Add some soju to the mix and you got yourself a happy little stomach!
All right. First things first: The ambiance is charming, and I was happy that I didn't have to push my way through the throngs of people around Herald Square to find some Korean food. I really wanted to like this place, and I was hoping I'd love the food, but I didn't.
I should give my voice some backing: I lived in Korea for more than two years, during which time I ate a lot of Korean food (which I ordered in Korean, thank you very much). In K-town I have my list of favorites as well as my list of not-very-good restaurants. I was hoping that Dok Suni would make it to the favorite list, but it didn't. I didn't care that they don't supply many pan chan (as others have commented on), because this is not a K-town restaurant. I did, however, care about the flavor. I ordered the kimchi stew because I wasn't feeling that well, and I always eat it when I'm sick. The flavor was just off. The broth was thin and bordered on sweet. The first thing my taste buds hit on was ketchup, and though I am not saying they use ketchup, I am saying it had that weird sweetness that ketchup has. When I was eating my stew I looked over at my friends who were cheerfully eating: one, the japchae; the other, bulgogi. Neither dish looked really delicious.
Don't get me wrong, this place is just fine if you need Korean food and can't make it to K-town (or better yet, Queens), and I think it's probably awesome if you've never had Korean food. But, for those people who have eaten enough Korean food to know what tastes okay versus what tastes really good, this is not the place for you. I should go back to give it another chance, but it's going to be hard to justify, especially since K-town is equally close to my apartment.
And I want to echo Steph C's query on why the Korean says "Do Suni" while the English spelling is "Dok Suni." I don't get it.
I didn't expect much going in, but it was actually very decent Korean food. I've passed by this place millions of times but never ate there before thinking of all these mediocre Korean restaurants in Manhattan. I dare say this place is actually better than most restaurants on 32nd St. We ordered ddukbokki, seafood pancake, and stir-fried squid. I was happy with all three dishes, except like the poster before me noted, no fish cakes in ddukbokki! Blasphemy! Anyway it's a decent Korean restaurant at a convenient location. Cash only, BTW.
This restaurant inspired me to join Yelp, so I was kind of surprised to see so many critical reviews. It's not like actually going to Seoul, but the food retains an authenticity nonetheless. It is located just north of all those Indian places on 1st Ave. in the LES, which is why you've probably missed it before. I can't say I've ever hung out in "K-Town" in midtown, but I have been to several other excellent Korean places in NYC. The fact that this place is in the LES and not "K-Town" is what earns it that fifth star, in my mind. The decor of this restaurant is great; the wall-paper is in fact the text of an old Korean calligraphic manuscript. They were playing some chill pop music with healthy, optimistic lyrics. I ordered the vegetarian-friendly Japchae noodles [a good standard by which to judge any Korean restaurant] and they were delicious! The price on the Galbi seemed fair too. The waitress was friendly, aware, and quick. She even gave me a spot of cinnamon tea w/ginger, on the house! Altogether, a very fine time...highly recommended! "As good as it gets!"
It may qualify as "Americanized Korean"... but it's tasty, reasonably priced, never packed with douchebags and it's in my neighborhood- for 15 years in fact. I like the idea of sharing Dok Suni's humongous mixed green salad with my companions; vegetable gyoza, kimchi Jeon, vegetable bibimbap and the hot rice wine which comes in a stainless steel kettle.
Perfect for a date or small group. Good for vegetarians and non -vegetarians alike. I appreciate that the servers don't hover or attempt to up-sell. It's dark, intimate; they play ( not blast ) old-school R&B and disco and the service is pleasant. You can actually carry on a conversation.
Dok Suni is one of the participating restaurants for Korean restaurant week which ends 10/4.. you have 2 days left...hurry! 3 people...$22.00 each after tax and tip.
Mix of Cold & Longing
Soft Tofu Soup (still good since day one)
Creamy blocks of fresh tofu, in a spicy broth that just hits the high notes just so... mix of clams, shrimp and squid gives a nice welcoming.
Mackerel (sliced pieces -in my eyes not as good as I remembered)
Strong, pungent fish that sit in a pool of the traditional chili reds and sliced onions.
Jenny, Korena, & Debbie are no longer in the mix from yesteryears
circa 1993... yes, I was there religiously!
And Now?
I miss the Question from the waitress: Brown Rice or White?
I miss the Pine Nuts in the cinnamon shot at the end of dinner.
Sometimes it's best to leave the Past in the Past.
PS Temp. dropped "Freezing Cold" as they must have Turned OFF the Heat to let us know -It's time for You to Go! (Think I'll stick to Do Hwa)
I haven't eaten at every Korean spot in NYC, but of those I've visited, this is by far my favorite. I generally stick to the bibimbop, but friends I've eaten with always seem to love whatever they order here as well.
Two important FYI's (to avoid disappointment): it's cash only, and there is always a wait at dinner time and later.
I had a great dinner here tonight, and I'll be back.
First, Zagat said something like the service is sweet, if distracted ... nailed it! We went late, and the waitresses weren't too busy and were pleasantly attentive while we ordered and ate. As we finished our entrees, they sort of forgot about us and it would have been distressing had we cared to leave, but I was enjoying people watching and the music - kinda R&B with some non-offensive k-pop-esque stuff thrown in. The atmosphere was relaxed-fun.
And the food was delicious. We had the sticky rice cake starter, bimbimbop, and the ribeye bulgogi. Since everyone is talking about spiciness here, I'll say that the standard starter plate and the sticky rice cakes were much peppier than the mains, but everything had big flavor.
The meal just hit the spot, and the bimbimbop was served in a pitch hot clay pot that kept everything warm till the end and nicely crisped the rice on the bottom. Portions were big - we didn't run out of lettuce with the bulgogi (important), and left cheerfully full.
It was solid enough to make me want to pop my Yelp cherry.
1 app, 2 entrees, no drinks - $47 incl. tax/tip (cash only)
Love their food. It's def. my favorite korean restaurant. I, of course, recommend the bulgogi or bimbibop and the ginger martinis are tasty. I will note that for the prices you pay, you could get slightly larger portions but it's still the best nyc korean food in a friendly atmosphere.
I returned to Dok Suni's for the millionth time on New Year's Day. We had originally wanted to visit Ippudo, but as New Year's is very important in Japan we were fresh out of luck. I think it was really a blessing in disguise because I had another incredible experience.
We opted to go all out and share several appetizers as there were five of us and we were celebration our friend's day off (rare, he is a workaholic bartender) and the upcoming 3am departure of my boyfriend and his best friend to Ecuador. I had to introduce my friends to the marvelous creation that is Duk Boki. My friend chose the vegetable dumplings and I suggested the kimchi pancake. The d'uk boki was wonderfully gooey, the mild rice cake seemed to be resurrected by the red pepper garlic sauce. The kimchi pancake and vegetable dumplings were yummy, but nothing that made me go WOW. I just love pancakes.
With our appetizers the staff presented us with some complimentary "New Years soup", which was definitely the d'uk gook, a soothing egg drop soup with sticky rice cakes. My boyfriend didn't finish his so I removed the rice cakes and put added them to the leftover d'uk boki and sauce to take home. Mmmmmm. Our other complimentary plate (presented to all patrons on normal days of the year) was pleasing as usual, a tasty selection of kimchi. Broccoli, refreshing slivers of cucumber, cabbage, and scrumptious little black beans. I think that everything tastes better when it's on the house.
As for main courses, the man ordered the beef bulgogi (my usual choice) so I decided to order the pork option. Both delicious, but I think I'm a creature of habit and spent the bulk of dinner staring enviously as he lovingly wrapped the delectable beef in giant leaves of lettuce. Our friends ordered the bibimbop, the miso stew, and the "Hot & Spicy Broiled Squid". When Dok Suni says "hot and spicy" you'd better believe it. Our dining companion, usually a lover of spice, was weeping. He loved the dish but I had never seen spice take such a physical toll on him. The bimbimbop always gets great reviews, as you can probably read from below. I have no idea how the miso stew was because the girl that ordered it was suffering from a stomach bug and the spice was too much to handle. It doesn't mention anything about the jalapenos, so she was pretty disappointed. I wasn't. I walked out incredibly satisfied and in wonderful sprits.
I am so happy to report that Dok Suni continues to be a consistently first class establishment. I don't think I have any desire to dine at any other Korean restaurant.
Best Korean food I've had in NYC. Well, anywhere. I've been to other Korean joints and this one… Read more »
Did anyone else notice the incongruities of the reviews for Dok Suni here? A lot of reviews stress that this is an American interpretation of Korean food, and yet others talk about how this reminds them of home-cooked Korean food.
They're actually both right. Yes, the food is much less spicy than Korean food ought to be, and yes, the food, minus the spiciness, reminds me of home cooking. But don't think that when I say home-cooking, I mean a sweet old Korean lady working diligently over the stove in rural Korea; no, I mean working (or just lazy) Korean mothers like mine who take all the shortcuts.
I got the gabli because that's fail proof. And indeed, it was tender, it was sweet, and it had a slight bite. So what am I complaining about? For one, considering the price, the portions were absolutely meager. Cup your two hands together into a bowl. Yeah, the galbi wouldn't even fill that space.
But why complain about the price and portions if it was so good? Because no one should charge that much for that little of coke galbi.
Here is the lazy-Korean recipe used by most mothers I know (I do know very few original gangsters that insist on doing it old school):
1) Buy some spare ribs and marinate them in coke for couple of hours (yes, coke)
2) Drain the coke (this does get messy and gross)
3) Add garlic, soy sauce, sesame oil, and pepper (optional: ginger, crushed Asian pear, sesame seed, rice vinegar, green onion, etc.)
4) Grill.
(Technically speaking, you could just grill it after marinating the meat in coke only)
I'm not saying I know for certain Dok Suni makes the cop-out coke galbi. Hell, they might have some 100 ingredient- 200 step recipe.I'm just pointing out that you can use that recipe with very little effort and time for only fraction of the price charged, and get within 96% of Dok Suni's tastes.
My friend and I also got the soondubu, or tofu stew. I liked the tofu, because it was silky, soft, and high quality, but I had major qualms about the soup in which the tofu came. My friend, who openly admits to not being a critical Korean food eater, took one slurp and said, "Dude, this is water and pepper paste." The base lacks body and flavor that soondubu should ideally have, and just tries to cover it up with spice. The soup should be more of a broth, having taking in the flavors of the seafood and tofu, but it tastes as if the seafood was added last moment.
And this was also the first Korean restaurant where they didn't even fill half the metal rice bowl. I understand small portions are the standard of chic restaurants, but seriously, with the little galbi you gave me, I need to fill my stomach with something.
The banchan (side dishes) were alright. They weren't as spicy as I would have liked, especially the kimchi, but they came in a nice presentation which is an anomaly for Korean food. But they also gave very little. They gave about 2 bites worth of Kimchi the first time, and after asking for kimchi refills twice, they just plopped down a big ol' dish. Thanks. Could we do that from the beginning next time?
I thought at first that I did like the atmosphere, but the more I think about it, it's really nothing more than a candle lit room with old-Korean text wall paper. The wall paper is really cool and you can have fun looking at some of the no longer existent letters, but other than that, it's no show stopper.
When there's so many other options in the neighborhood, skip out on the shortcut Korean food priced higher than it should be; or if you really want some Korean food and have some spare change, just go to your neighborhood grocery and get some coke.
P.S.: If you want to go authentic and get the non-coke-cop-out recipe, let me know.
So this is strictly a review on the food since I had delivery.
Not even close! If I had the ingredients, I woulda cooked it better myself!
Anyone know of a authentic Korean restaurant, please let me know. I would love to try it.
Absolutely one of my favorite restaurants in NYC, it made Korean my favorite Asian cuisine. Loved the bibimbop. Good for vegetarians.
It is a pretty small restaurant and so, will always have a line. Waiting for about 30 minutes at the bar, which served food in addition to drinks. The prices were very decent for a NYC restaurant, even though it is in the East Village.
Food was tasty & decent portion. Appetizers were good as well. Highly recommend the house salad, which is served on top of some cold noodles. The Bibimbop with beef was served steaming hot and delicious. Even had a taste of the short ribs which was very tender.
Overall, it is highly recommended, even if there is a wait. Just try to make it to the bar for the wait. Also, they take cash only.
Dok Suni is NOT a traditional Korean restaurant like others in K-town or Flushing.. yet sort of chic, stylish and Americanized Korean food place.. They do have lots of typical Korean food choices on the menu..
OK!
I got Yuk Gae Jang.. Joolie T. got Bibibap - cold, and Kimchi Jeon for appetizer!
Yuk Gae Jang was NO spice at all which it supposed to be.. but the soup was rich enough... of course, Bibibap - cold, the sauce (red pepper paste) was NO hot + fresh ingredients! Kimchi Jeon? sour enough but again NO NO spicy.. their Banchan set (side dishes) was pretty tasty, but the portion was NO big..
for late night dinner, was ideal!
waitress here, her service was something missing (she forgot to give us water, cold water..) but consistent!
if you cannot eat HOT spicy Korean food, please go here, and enjoy it!
also, you can have best MOOK (Jelly) as appetizer & Su Jung Ga (a fruit punch - made of honey, dried persimmons, pine nuts and cinnamon) as desert. it's free!
oh oh! there's bar too!
ONLY CASH!
I never knew Korean food was so good!
Wow.
My Korean friend Ji took me here... She said it reminded her of her mother's cooking.
We loved the food and came out so full that we could not move. My spiciness tolerance is not that high (but you want a tint of spiciness) so this was just right for me. Those with higher tolerance might find it a little too tame.
We had bibimbap, bulgogi, kimchee-simmered tofu and beef, pa-jun... the portions are fairly generous and we shared everything.
The place has a hole-in-the-wall feel... very East Village. If this were in my neighborhood I would go here once a week!
Having lived in Korea for a significant period of time, I feel particularly qualified to comment on the food here, and the extent to which this food resembles actual Korean food is that the dishes mostly have Korean names. This, of course, doesn't mean that the food is automatically relegated to "bad" status. It's just not Korean Korean, but very heavily tailored to the American tongue. All the dishes are sweeter and less spicy than their Korean counterparts, especially the kimchi. In fact, the kimchi was by far the most disappointing food I had here.
It was very crowded when we arrived , and we were starving so we settled for a seat at the bar, right in front of the bartender. What a great idea! Rather than having one waitress that we had to flag down, all three waitresses gladly took care of our needs with a smile.
I'm not the kind of person who expects special treatment at restaurants, so towards the end of my meal when I turned my head to the sound of "This is a ginger martini. Here, try it," I almost fell off my bar stool. The bartender had some leftover in her shaker from one that a different customer ordered and just offered me up a half a glass of martini, completely unprompted. This kind of unnecessary generosity will always earn a repeat visit (and an extra star!) from me.
Even though it was too dark to read the menu, and the food was hardly Korean, Dok Suni is a charming little place with service that makes all the difference. 4 stars.
I like Dok Suni very much, albeit is not a traditional Korean restaurant. It is more of a culinary interpretation of a Korean food, though they do have some typical staples.
The place itself is small and dark, accommodating little more than twenty patrons. To the left is a small bar that you can eat at if you are alone. The walls are covered with pages of a book with scrawling Korean text. The staff is friendly and they don't rush you even WHEN it gets very crowded.
My favorite meal here is to start the Dumplings (fried with ground vegetable stuffing) and for entree the Jalapeno Chicken (fried flour-batter chicken sauteed in spicy jalapeno, soy & garlic sauce) or the Kalbi (grilled California style prime short ribs marinated Korean style).
I prefer Bonjoo down the avenue, but this is a different experience worth at least one visit.
Fancy.
Hypnotic.
Trendy.
Decent service.
Bad Korean food.
I'll give them 3 stars for the decor but the fancy Christmas lights and platinum blonde Korean waitresses don't do anything for me. Yes, it's cash only but you come to expect it. Almost every bad ass Asian restaurant takes cash only and gives you shitty service. Having said that the service here is exceptionally good. :0)
I must be missing something since I read the reviews here prior to going and somehow got disappointed. I still think the best Korean food in NYC is Kun Jip on 32nd between 5th and Broadway.
Dok Suni means "strong woman" in Korean. I have to give it up to these ladies! who said a women can't hold down a successful business. ( hands clapping!!!)
This is a small place, no reservations, it's a 1st come 1st serve, Great service. This is closest good Korean food if you can't make it all the way to KTown.
The most I love about this place besides the food is that you don't come out smell like you BBQ. The food is all grilled and prepare for you, so all you have to do is eat.
Most tradition Korean joints, allows you to gill the food yourself or someone will assist you.
******* FYI - CASH ONLY
It had literally been months since I last saw Brette, and a dinner date was long overdue. "I really think we should go to Dok Suni. It's a Korean restaurant located in my old neighborhood and the food is great." After perusing Dok Suni's menu online, I agreed to meet Brette for a bite after work.
The casual restaurant is located in the heart of the East Village. As I approached Dok Suni, a man who had clearly broken out of a mental institution asked me if I could spare some change. From head to toe, he was decked out in all-white scrubs, white gloves, white slippers and a white cap.
The restaurant's space was nothing fancy, yet it evoked a warmth that made me feel at-ease and comfortable. of the tables were occupied with patrons and overhead, that Sinatra-wannabe, Michael Buble (who I loathe), was screaming from the speakers. Luckily, after alerting a waitress that the music was piercing, my ears got a bit of a break from the terrible re-mix of "Summer Wind."
Since Brette had previously dined at Dok Suni, I let her take the reigns on ordering a shared appetizer. The D'uk-Bo-Ki, a traditional sticky rice-cake sautéed in a spicy red pepper and garlic sauce, was not at all what I had imagined. What resembled doughy "tubes" (with a texture similar to gnocchi), roughly the size and width of your thumb, arrived drowning in a thick, vegetable-laden sauce. I was pleased with the dish, but observed that the gravy was made with too much cornstarch, thus resulting in a large congealed glop. Simultaneously, a complimentary plate of sliced cucumber arrived with a delicious soy-based sauce that was topped with salad onions. As an entrée, I chose the monkfish, stewed in spicy chili pepper sauce with rock shrimp, bean sprouts and watercress. Served alongside was a bowl of white rice and mid-ban-chan (a variety of marinated vegetables). I immediately noticed that my entrée's "spicy chili pepper sauce" looked vaguely familiar to the "spicy red pepper sauce" that came with the rice cakes. After one bite, it was confirmed: The sauces were the same, indeed. As my fork swam through the plate in search of protein, I was alarmed at the appearance of the fish. Gristly to the taste, and bruised to the eye, the monkfish was nearly inedible. If it weren't for the complimentary vegetables and white rice that accompanied my meal, there's no doubt that I would have walked away starving.
Perhaps I ordered wrong? In any event, I'm willing to give this restaurant one more chance.
I love the intimate atmosphere in this Korea-meets-east village-hip restaurant. The food is awesome, spicy and flavorful and served in huge portions. I love the squid
Its the best Korean food you can find without traveling into the outer boroughs, and its well worth the slight wait you may have to endure to get a table in this small restaurant.
Be prepared, Sok Suni is cash only.
Outside of K-town or Flushing, this is probably the best Korean food I've had in NY. They even have duk-boki (memories of childhood winters are stirring). The atmosphere is perfect for a nice night out with friends, and it won't kill your wallet.
I dropped by with a few friends and we ordered all sorts of dishes and shared. Everything was spot on good (even if one of my buddies complained about the kalbi - I thought it was great).
hands down my favorite Korean resto in NY. I've been going here since 1997! Homestyle - definitely not a run of the mill Korean place -
great cocktails too.
Update 12/2008 - Dok Suni's is no longer owned by the same mother/daughter team. They opened a new place in the West Village called Do Hwa. Wonderful cuisine as to be expected. Go here instead.
This food is much better than Korea town 32nd street......... From a korean american that should say something.......
I have been here 3 times and each time its been very tasty.
I get the dukboki ( spicy ricecake) and kimchi pajun(pancake)....for appetizers...
Pulgogi...is great..
CASH ONLY! JUST REMEMBER BEFORE YOU COME OR GO TO DELI ON THE NEXT BLOCK.
Good food and OB beer. Not Korean BBQ -- they lack the in table grills and corresponding howl of industrial ventilation units ... so that's a wash. I especially likes the very spicy mochi appetizer, which I haven't seen before. I found the portions to be universally sufficient, don't over order.
Not exactly the Korean BBQ experience, but if you think of it as simply a Korean restaurant? A good place.
My boss who is Korean took us to Dok Suni on a Friday night. The ambiance of the place was really cool- wall paper that had Korean writing on it, and dimly lit candles really made the place intersting.
I was able to taste a little bit of everything, from kimchi and scallion pancakes, kim bohp to bibimbop. I've had bibimbops at other places before, but I thought the one I had at Dok Suni was the best. I definitely will go back again to try their bulgogi.
I was very homesick one year, and for my birthday we ate at Dok Suni's. I was immediately transported back to sitting at my mom's kitchen table with an empty bowl, waiting for her to finish preparing my favorite soup. The flavors were that close to my mother's recipe and just as spicy!
So if you like Yuk ke jang, this place is the place to go to. If you don't know and like spicy beef broth soups, then this is the place to try it.
PROS:
Is it just me or is the all-gal wait staff more attractive, on average, than all the other korean joints?.. hmmm... need to investigate more. I must say that the service here was superb... i mean, especially good...the hostess (very cute) expanded my table from 2 to 6 and the place was pretty full... then on top of that most of our party was 20mins late... maybe they were mad, but they didn't show it... (although they could have pissed in my jiggae). Great bulgogi, galbi..... no table BBQ but the meats were seasoned perfectly... almost tasted like it came off a wood grill... japchae, bibimbap, yukejang... all very excellent. The highlight was the jalepeno fried chicken.... ordered a second serving!
CONS:
pretty tiny place... at night its pretty dark (enough for candles at the tables)... banchans come out in very small quantities but were tasty. Location is a bit out of the way... but is walking dist to Kims video, so i'll let it slide.
OVERALL:
Great out of the way place that most of your korean friends have not tried... you should try it. The owner's daughter wrote a cook book/memoir... creatively called "Dok Suni"... which I read... and now i totally understand the food there.
Neighborhood: East Village
Category: Korean
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Category: Korean
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Category: Korean
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