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Category: Korean
Neighborhood: Inner RichmondTue-Thu. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Fri-Sat. 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m.
Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
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The importance of being a fried chicken:
Your skin is so crispy and delicious. There are speckles of sesame seeds dotting the surface of your dark golden skin. The fat has been oblilterated from beneath said crisp airiness. It is a magical texture of plump, juicy, crunchy, crispy and NOT greasy, fatty, chewy, discontent.
I liked the banchan. The kimchee was well seasoned without being all fire and no flame. I'm just full of metaphors today. Full of it. I liked the little anchovies. I like the turnip with the green onion. I liked the wilted greens. I liked the beansprouts.
And of course, the kimchee pajeon. I love pajeon. It's better than a quesadilla. It's better than tacos.
I got the soondubu. It smelled terrific and was chock-full of seafoods. But there were also tons of tidbits of chopped carrot. I hate carrots. However, always the optimist, I wow'd Lou with my chopstick ability and picked out ever piece that was the size of a tab of acid. With metal chopsticks. It was wonderous at cooling off the soup. I took the leftovers home and ate it for breakfast. My shameful soondubu redux, hiding under the kitchen table. Alone.
Lou got the daenjang chigae and it was very aromatic. It smelled like it was homemade. I smelled like it was made with love. Over the course of several weeks. And he added the carrots from my soup into his.
I hope this place stays in business. It's not as young or hip or careless as the places that Yelp has honored. But I think more people should try the food here. The quality of the tofu was leaps beyond Tofu House. I would try more stuff here if I were not so keen on turning myself in to a block of silken white tofu.
Just got back from a long lunch at To Hyang with my sister and it was the best and most fun I had at a restaurant. First I should state that my sister is good friends with the owners. So we get there and the waiter's kids where there. They are soooooo adorable! The little girl was helping her mom by bringing us utensils and she kept trying to help. My sister and I got special treatment from the kids, they kept giving us ear and eye exams throughout our meal. How many of you got free exams from kids during your meal lol
The food, as usual is super delicious!! I can't get enough of the pancakes and mackrel. The "bibim nangmyeon" (chilled buckwheat noodles with spicy sauce topped with veggies, sliced beef, and a hard-boiled egg) was super tastyy! We asked to make it less spicy, so that I would be able to eat it without having to gobble down a ton of water. Two dishes were still too much for us, so more leftovers for dinner =)
I would've tried to capture some pictures of the kitchen today, but I forgot my camera.
i came here last week with my mom and sister craving the #19 godunguh gui (grilled salted mackerel)… Read more »
2.5 stars. I take no joy in saying it, but I don't get To Hyang's 4 star average. I love Korean food and I've been to at least 15 different Korean restaurants in the bay area. I'd have to place To Hyang in the bottom 1/3 of those I've experienced.
I was lured to this restaurent by a glowing SFExaminer review. http://www.sfexaminer.... The review stated things such as "To Hyang is one of the most amazing restaurants I've been to in the bay area. It's one of the few Korean restaurants that can rival LA Korean restaurants." (paraphrased). I don't get it. To Hyang didn't seem bad, just very middling. IMO one could walk into almost any random Korean restaurant in the bay area and get this general food quality level. Much better Korean food can be found (hint: east bay or south bay).
The staff was very friendly though. Come to think of it though, maybe this was an issue - - isn't a grumpy staff a prerequisite for Korean restaurants with the best food?
The food here was quite good. The braised sea bass dish (though I like to refrain from foods labeled "sea bass" due to the overfishing) was delicious and the fish very tender. So was the seafood stew. The kimchi was also good (I assume it is made in-house.)
The only displeasure from the experience was the waitress. Koreans know that the side dishes (banchan) are a given, but she was stingy and reluctant to bring side dish refills although we were a generous group of mainly Koreans. I would prefer a Korean restaurant to at least train their nonKorean wait staff on proper customer service which is supposedly a given in our culture. There is a Korean expression that translates to "x made the flavor fall" and that is what happened with her service.
Okay so the only reason I even thought about going here was the SF Examiner review that says they make their own soy sauce. Fortuitously Jeff J and I were coming back from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and some other dinner plans were canceled due to non-H1N1 flu, so we (I) decided to check it out. It was pretty much all I talked about for the next four days. "Oh hey Sam what's up?" "Not much. Jeff and I tried this Korean place where they make their own soy sauce." Jeff rightly pointed out that I did not even order anything that included soy sauce.
But the soy-sauce-free soups we tried were pretty good! Mine was a mad spicy pork soup with dark greens, and his had dumplings or some scheisse. I dropped pork parts back in the soup like ten times and spilled it all over my shirt. Oh well, more for tomorrow!
Anyhoo, the soup and lunch special prices ($8-$10) were right, but most of the menu was in the $15 range, which is a little too much for me. Still, I'd totally come back anytime the weather is cold enough for soup (11 months out of the year in SF).
This was my second time eating Korean food and I was really glad our friends brought us here.
The food was very tasty, the service friendly and helpful and I am not even sure how I was able to eat as much as I did.
If you like Korean food or just want a down to earth dinner, definitely try this place!
My new favorite Korean restaurant! Luckily it's a hop and a skip away from where I live. I've eaten there 3 times in a week; twice sit in, once ordering out. (You even get the spread of sides when ordering out!)
The oxtail stew is amazing, just the right amount of saltiness and sweetness. The squid stirfry was so delicious I almost ate 3 bowls of rice just so the sauce didn't go to waste (but i didn't because there were hungry people waiting outside, and i was sitting by the window :/) The kalbi was decent, for once it wasn't overcooked like some other places. The kimchi stir fry with pork will stink up your apartment, but it's so worth it.
i'm going back this week i'm sure!
oh, it's not getting 5 stars only bc the service is a little slow, but they are super nice. i'm just impatient.
Really really disappointed, especially after reading all the glowing reviews. We went on a Friday night, which meant packed like sardines and incredibly slow service. Cleanliness was underwhelming. Which would all be okay if the food was extraordinary....which it wasn't. Panchans were few and bland. We got a Bibimbap and tofu soup which felt equally anemic - the former was ordinary and the latter was watery. Have no intentions of returning, especially since we can rely on our neighborhood Korean, Jang Soo.
Came here with a couple of buddies after one of them had read a review for it in the Examiner. While the meal was okay, I didn't leave as impressed as some of these other reviewers.
One thing I could certainly agree with them on is that the service is really good. The workers are nice and friendly, and the do a good job of rotating around to each table to take care of your needs. Also, the kimchee pancake that everyone speaks so highly of was a nice starter dish. It's simple, but I like the fact that it's not too thick and doughy. In fact, it's rather thin, and although it lacked some crispiness that I would have liked, it's nice because it doesn't leave you with a feeling that it's just going to sit in your stomach.
As for the rest of it, I thought it was a little more disappointing. While you do get a half dozen or so items of ban chan, there wasn't any fish cake and little anchovies! So sad. Also, I was a little disappointed with their bibimbab - the version they serve is in a metal tin, rather than in a stoneware pot. While I've seen other places do it the same way, they usually tell you in the menu description (which they may have, but I don't recall seeing it noted...or I guess I just assumed it was in the stone pot). It still had a good flavors and fresh ingredients though, so that made up for it.
The other concern I had was with the bulgogi dish that we had ordered. Nothing wrong taste and portion wise, but the dish didn't come out sizzling on the metal plate. Like the bibimbab, the food was still warm/hot, but I've grown accustomed to seeing that metal plate just smoking with the meat piping hot.
I hope that I just happened to come here on an off-night, especially since I love these family owned places with good stories behind it. If I do make it back here, I'll certainly look to order their spicy pork rib dish - looks quite tasty.
Here's todays review of this incredible place by Patricia Unterman of San Francisco Examiner. She is totally on the mark. Finally, a food writer who validates the awesome cooking by Chef Im. This is the authentic taste of Korea in San Francisco.
http://www.sfexaminer....
I fell in love with this small restaurant the first time I tasted the marinated grilled pork ribs,… Read more »
You're the best aroud
Despite the competition
I love you To Hyang
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There is a surprisingly high standard for Korean food in the Richmond District. Yet To Hyang's weekday lunch specials stand out in my mind as the best deals around. You can't beat them on price, taste, or volume, and in addition they've got friendly service and the secret isn't out yet so it doesn't get too crowded or noisy.
In fact, To Hyang has only let me down once, and it was because I tried to go on a Monday and they're closed that day of the week. I ended up at some famous and popular, over-rated dump on Clement, and I was so sad that I couldn't have some tasty, reasonably priced Korean food instead.
I wish I could work nights and weekends so I could eat at To Hyang 4 days a week (they're closed Monday in case you weren't reading closely enough.)
Korean family owned and run Korean restaurant with great food and service. Nice selection of banchan and the spicy pork ribs (their signature dish) is amazing! I would go there just to eat the ribs! Another must try, the spicy tofu soup w/ veggies. Yum... (see pics posted).
The interior of the restaurant is clean, spacious and cozy. My girlfriend and I sat here for 2 hours eating and chitchatting away...very happy with full bellies.
Only come here for seafood tofu pot lunches and it's fantastic. Small, clean, cozy. Not a lot of people at the times I come, which is after 1 PM, but that's how I like it.
$10.95. Takes Amex. Closer to me than My Tofu House.
Fantastic!
I came out of a Korean movie a couple nights ago (It was "Thirst") with a friend and was in a Korean eating mood. So we walked around Geary and found this place. Although it was kinda empty (at around 11:30pm, of course), the ladies were nice enough to serve my friend and I.
The food itself was pretty good, about as good as some other Korean places I hit up. I ended up getting the rice cake with pork dumplings soup, which is a suggested dish if you don't want to sleep with a bunch of spicy food in your stomach, lol. The service was pretty neat (and one of the girls was pretty cute, no joke).
I would definitely go back!
Great family style Korean food and open late to boot and to my absolute joy it's around the corner from where I live!
The owners are wonderful!
Just don't stay way past closing flirting with the waitress or you might get a bit of the evil eye from mom who by the way is an amazing cook and not someone I would ever want to upset. ;)
This is Korean home style cooking at it's best. No frills, fresh, flavorful comfort food. I will be happily returning to try every dish on the menu. Updates to come.
By the way, if you get their soup, go for the small beer instead of the big one. I think I sloshed all the way home.
Yay! I'm a fan!
Loved loved LOVED!! We were trying to break out of our food rut - the same 27 fabulous places over and OVER again - and we had just left Cheap Pete's. The free kimchi pancake with all the little condiments was a terrific start. It's thicker than the Vietnamese version and I liked it a lot more. Flavor was similar to a skinny omelet.
Our server (Korean but either American born or spoke damn fluent English) highly recommended the short ribs and we also chose the bulgogi since we're kinda bibimbap'd out from other places. I'm not a ribs person or a big beef eater, but the sizzling tray of beef onions and peppers (think Korean fajitas) were spectacular and stuff here is HOT!! (Gargled with diet Coke.) The ribs were also spectacular, very meaty tender and fall off the bone.
They've only been there a little under a year - I hope they stay around. I can't think of any other place I know of that compares.
The food was YUMMY. The waitress was UBER NICE! *blush*
My Hunnie and I ordered my faves: Soon Dobu*, Jap Chae**, and Galbi*** and they were very yummy. Flavorful but not overpowering. Teehee, and they give you more food than at Teo's. =P
The waitress was really nice. I had to ask her to come back several times before giving her my order. Can't help it; it was hard to choose a few items from all the yummy dishes on the menu! I also kept asking the waitress for "something" (e.g. plates, bowls, drinks, etc)...like one item at a time -- yeah, I know that can get pretty annoying. The waitress didn't mug at me or give me an attitude like at most Asian, family-style restaurant that I've been to. (^_^) She was always prompt to refill my water and tea. Their barley + corn tea is very yummy, too!
FREE pancake is always a plus! (^_~)
*, **, *** - I don't really know how you spell these :P
* - Spicy soft tofu soup
** - Stir-fried clear noodle
*** - BBQ beef short ribs
Awesome.
A friend who'd lived in Korea raved when he found out Yelp had convinced me to check this place out. Yum!
Good, cheap food. Quick, friendly service. Clean place.
We got the free kimchi pancake and it was awesome! the condiments were delicious. My bibimbap was very tasty, as was my friend's bulgogi. I also got a delicous soup.
Lunch prices are outrageously low!
Go here. :-)
This is a family run restaurant. The mom or auntie is the chef and the waitress speaks perfect English and is friendly. Most of the food is your standard Korean fare but you could tell it was also her own family's recipe. No real standouts but the kalbi was made with pretty good beef. Her kimchee and cold appetizer were a bit too salty and spicy...but that probably has to do with her own individual style.
A nice neighborhood joint but probably not good enough to travel long distances for.
Spicy pork bulgogi is awesome
different kind of soon dubu(tofu soup), usually get it w/ pork or beef - had vegetable spicy - good but different w/ the red pepper, zucchini, etc..
this is like coming to aunties kitchen or something - exactly what i was in the mood for -- cozy, spicy soup of meat/veggies w/ the egg, and i adore barley tea
also - for the koreans or aficianados out there kimchee is much better then most places - spicy and fresh
Real Seoul style small clean eatery, attention paid to the side dishes, nice little freebies, good balance of taste.
A welcome addition.
We just discovered To Hyang this weekend. We opted out of the usual late night destinations (King of Thai and Genki Ramen) for something different. We frequent Arang (in the Fillmore), so we were on the lookout for another late night Korean restaurant. Behold, we found another one!
We ate here at 10:15pm. The waitress gave us very good service and we felt right at home.
The panchan was good and it even came with a tasty pancake! If you were to compare the panchan to Arang (another "value" Korean place), we'd give To Hyang the slight nod.
We got Bip Bim Bap and a Korean noodle soup (we forget the name but it was a clean broth with homemade noodles). Both were excellent. the BBB was silky (the rice was perfectly cooked-- wasn't dry like some other places). The homemade noodles were a fantastic surprise. We'd definitely come back for the noodles.
Four stars because of the flexible hours.
So far ToHyang has 33 reviews with the average of 4 stars.
This is why I can't trust Yelp Reviews completely.
People who left good review were either gustatorially dull or those who have no idea what Korean food is all about. I don't like to be rude, but that's how bad this restaurant is.
Small, cozy, clean, nice server,,,,well I can agree with these praises all day, however, their food, the most important element of an eatery spoils everything. Although I did not try every item on their menu, I had enough half-bites to be able to conclude my feedback for this place: To Hyang does not serve good food.
This was the only Korean place still open at midnight. I had the salted mackerel and my boyfriend had the cold noodles. Finally, a salted mackerel that ISN'T TOO SALTY. Some places go a little overboard with the salt. My boyfriend's noodles were good -- they must be cut up 'cause it's really elastic-y. The waitress was nice and was on her zebra skin covered MacBook the entire time. We also got a the pancake for free! It was all very good. I'm glad I now know of a late night Korean joint in case my crazy cravings kick in in the middle of the night.
Date & Time: Thursday November 20, 2008 @ 6pm
Company: Michael
Crowd: Just Us & A Cute Asian Girl in Work-Out Clothes
Vibe: Hole-in-The-Wall
Music: Pop
Decor: Small Space w/ Tightly-Packed Tables for Deux & Quatre. Mirrored & White Brick Walls
Service: Very Nice & Efficient. Gave Us Complimentary Korean Pancakes:)
Imbibe: Soju
Devour: Spicy Tofu Soup, BBQ Chicken & Short Ribs
Total: $48.79
3.5 rounded up.
in all honesty, the way we rate these restaurants, bars, here on yelp isnt really fair.
i mean, some of us make it a point to visit a place a few times before reviewing, some of us make it a point to revisit a place that originally you gave only one star to, just to make sure you didnt just come "on a bad day", but is this really enough to be given the right to proclaim to all that will listen about the quality of a place?
i guess if we all consider this once in awhile rather than do some dipshit things like *something i couldnt believe when i heard it*.................. say something like
GIVE ME FREE SHIT OR I WILL GIVE YOU A BAD REVIEW?
trust me, if you said that to me in my hopefully in the near future restaurant and/or bar, watch out for flying chairs coming your direction.
i was driving down geary when i spotted this place. a few days later i had the chance to try it out. the menu isnt korean bbq.... THANK GOD. there seriously need to be more REAL korean food places like this.
PSA for those that dont know
JAPANESE DONT EAT SUSHI EVERYDAY
KOREANS DONT EAT KALBI EVERYDAY
VIETNAMESE DONT EAT PHO EVERYDAY
i opted for bibimbap. i usually never order bibimbap if it doesnt come in a sizzling bowl *CARMELIZED RICE!!* but the waitress mentioned there was KANG JANG KAE JANG on the specials menu....
i took a big risk ordering KAE JANG from a restaurant stateside. you see, kae jang is raw marinated blue crab. SOME korean places have yang yum kae jang, a spicy marinated blue crab and i have been known to try in once in awhile, but that is usually after i heat it through on a grill. regular soy sauce marinated raw blue crab, its REAL easy for something to go wrong and in those cases, you can get liquid shits for a day on the best side or worst side, catch some crazy bacteria disease shit that originates from the crabs lungs and you die. basically its a big risk to take if you dont trust the establishment. that being said order at you own risk.
personally i love the stuff. its one of my favorite things to eat. when i visit my sister in korea, within a day or two of visiting, she always brings me by here.... did i ever mention just how awesome my older sister is?
here, at to hyang? well i would say its was good, for american standards. of course i cant compare it to my goto shop in shinsa dong in seoul korea where this shot was taken
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but for american standards, it was good.
the reason i ordered the bibimbap was to mix the bibimbap into the raw blue crabs *butter*.... brains and roe basically. you plop a spoonful of rice into the crab shells head and mix it all up. its surprisingly good.
anyone thats seen hen a at any of our clam bakes knows this.
this is gold.
getting back on track, like i said the blue crab was decent enough. it was prepared safely. im still alive, no liquid shit and it tasted good. this means someone took a good amount of time to prepare this. if they can take the time to do this, they will do the same for their other dishes and i want to try more items on their menu because of this.
the bibimbap though, man, it was WAY BETTER than i expected. i really wasnt expecting much, but the rice was well cooked, the seasoning was great.... id say this is perhaps one of the best bibimbaps ive gotten in sf.... and of course this leads back to my original point. some palces have good days, some places have bad days. some places make one thing better than another, yet we are so quick to pass judgement.
jens dak tang (chicken stew type deal) wasnt to hers or my standards. if we had just eaten that and made our minds up about this place, we probably would have never gone back.
if we made up our minds from my bibimbap alone, we would probably be going back tonight.
what did i take away from our lunch here? theres a new korean place in sf and im very pleased to say, i will come back here to try some more dishes out. im sure there will be misses, but i hope there are more hits. the service was great, the prices reasonable and i really like my bibimbap. im very glad there is another korean option here in sf.
but i must note. there is one thing the either scares me or excites me or maybe both about their menu. you see, items like nyang myun (cold beef broth with buckwheat noodles) and dak tang..... these things take a lot of time to prepare. most places that make these items well, they ONLY serve that item or something closely related to it.
euge l is on this. he will report back soon.
I would give this place 2 stars, but it just opened, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.
Dak Tang which is normally called dak dori tang was just ok. Not your typical dak tang. not enough broth. potatoes were WAAAAAAY undercooked. Almost raw. Chicken was good but overall the dish just left me wanting more. MUCH MUCH more.
We also ordered the house special fried chicken. It took over 30 minutes to come to the table. We were done with our meals and were waiting for the chicken. That's just wrong. Chicken doesn't take that long to cook. I don't know why it took them so long. And even after all that waiting, it wasn't that good. And a little overcooked.
Eugy's bibimbap was good. Really good.
I will come back. But I will wait 6 months. You should wait too.
This is the type of Korean restaurant I was hoping SF would get! Cute minimalist Korean decor, open late (3 AM Thurs-Sat & midnight other days), good prices, good solid comfort food. I hope it can stay open with those kind of hours though. I'm glad they're closed Mondays now because they deserve a day off, I mean on the weekends they're open for 20 hrs/day.
I ordered the Dak Tang. I've never had it before, but it really was good. Marinated chicken with potatoes. Very comforting. I got extra spicy and when it came in the waitress asked if it was spicy enough. It came in a square-ish plate with sloping sides, which was odd, but it worked & looked nice. She also asked me very nicely which side dishes I wanted extra of and didn't show me a surprised-slightly-annoyed look as I occasionally get at other restaurants when I say all of them! Sadly I didn't get the yummy pancake that some of the other reviewers wrote about, but I guess that means I'll just have to keep on going back! I did get napa, zuke, cucumber, anchovy, choy sum, -- all of which had the right amount of salt & spiciness, & dry toasted seaweed sheets.
One of the few Korean restaurants that's open for breakfast, and they have two items on their breakfast menu, one of which is pork blood jelly...I will have to get up before 11 one of these days for that.
Now for the minor annoyances. The acoustics could be better. Normally I don't care about that in a restaurant, but in one that looks as homey as this, I shouldn't hear my spoon hit my plate and reverberate througout the room. And a bunch of things on the menu & parts of items are crossed out. It looks kind of tacky & it is kind of disappointing to see what could have been (no more japchae for lunch :( ), but perhaps they are just waiting until the menu has been sufficiently blacklined before printing new ones.
No matter. It's super yummy and a block away from home!
Haha TimTam, I beat you! (sorry, I am a l yelp nerd)
We came here upon my friend's recommendation. He had never been here, but he knows and loves food, so I'm always down to try new places with him.
Okay, the server was actually really nice. No "agima" types here. Also, the interior is really clean, white, and nice. That being said, the food was actually really good. I shared a chicken and potato stew with my friend. It was delicious! Comforting, filling, tasty. They can make it as spicy as you'd like (we had the mild). There is not the traditional "Brothers" bbq here, so you don't leave smelling like bulgogi. We had a big bottle of OB, and then a pitcher of Hite. Okay... the "pitcher" of Hite was like $16. Um, to me that is totally over priced. Still, overall this was a delicious meal. Here's a tip: get the kimchee pancake! It is sooo good.
This place just opened- check it out!
small cottage like restaurant with drawings on the wall. pretty cozy. music in background.
sampling:
haejangguk(7..99) spicy beef bone soup with (dried) greens, soup was made from homemade stock. soup was very tasty but didn't look that appetizing. very dark green looking. didn't sense any msg.
6 banchan plus kimchi pancake, a glutinuous dish that tasted like mochi. not spicy at all. banchan better than average.
service: not a problem since she eventually left a pot of water on the table.
3 stars cuz of a perceived bill miscalulation.
Probably more like 3.75 stars. Solid Korean food, good prices (I assume b/c I don't remember them either way).
Kimchee Jun -- good. Although we had to ask for sauce.
Bulgobi -- good. Fatty meat, but that always seems to be the case (except when my mom makes it -- she knows to cut the fat off for me. Yes, I'm spoiled).
Bibimnangmyeung -- very good. Although, they brought out a few condiments for it, but not cochichong. So, we asked for it.
Soondoboo -- bleh. Bland.
My favorite Korean place is still the place that's on the corner of Geary and Fillmore, though. But this is a close second. Or maybe that place waay out on Balboa. Regardless, I'd go again in a heartbeat especially since I'm in that neighborhood all the time.
I was invited to To Hyang last Saturday by a co-worker and it was a great spot with good eats.
You know how you go to your best friend's house and their mom is great in the kitchen ? Its kind of like that with a likable staff.
To Hyang service what I'm gonna call traditional Korean food since moms was in the back hooking it up. So don't walk in the door expecting BBQ or anything like that.
I had the grilled salted mackerel with a assortment of condiment. Pickled radishes in a spicy sauce, spicy cabbage which is a house specialty (try it!), and cold tender greens.
They have a lot of dishes on the menu. I wish I had more time to order other dishes especially some of the noodle dishes. I love me some noodles. I'll definitely be back soon.
per euge's review i suggested this place and we went here late night. this place, not so good. maybe their lunch menu is better.
so we ordered awgoo jjeem, gamja-tang, and ojing-a bokkum and non of these were up to par.
i love gamja-tang and i am used to the goong-mol to be more like a stew consistancy but this place was soupy. the color of the soup was also likea beef stock. the real soup is suppose to be red and spicy. i didn't even know i was eating gamja-tang. i was waiting the whole meal for it.
the ojing-a bokkum was rubbery and not spicy at all. the ojinga wasn't even seasoned. it was as if they just made the sauce then mixed in the octupus right before serving.
the awgoo jjeem was bland as well.
i didn't see that gea-jang euge was talkin about. they definitely had plenty of soju and beer.
i would rather walk up the block and go to teo then this place. maybe lunch will be different.
i'm not Korean, so I know that I probably wouldn't know a good korean restaurant if it stuck kim chi up my nose, but I LOVE THIS PLACE. I have eaten at a few other korean places, and this was just as good as the fancy ones but it was cheaper and friendlier and more relaxed and more of a place you could go very often. The woman working there and her mom are so sweet and all the side dishes were super yummy. I ordered the bibimbap and it was SO GOOD. The ONLY thing that Hanuri does better than this place is their in house roasted corn and barley tea, but I will choose To Hyang 9 times out of ten instead because everything about it is awesome.
What does love and attention taste like? Apparently spicy, complex, and authentic. That was what I experienced here. Just returning from a month spent in Seoul, South Korea, I longed for something that would remind my tastebuds and senses of the warm, down-to-earth food of this nation. I was skeptical at first that such a place could exist but my friend and fellow food affectionado assured me it did.
Walking in at 11PM, this place was still able to serve up the best Korean food I've had this side of the Pacific. We had the boiled ribs, as well as the grilled ribs. The spice was wonderful. Second, we enjoyed some wonderful chigae. On the side of all this, we were offered an array of kimchi and beautiful home-made alcohol.
Needless to say, I highly recommend this fine establishment. In a perfect world, I would keep this place a secret to myself. Alas, given the high quality of the food, I find it hard to do such a thing. So, enjoy!
Tofu soup was a bit watery, dumpling soup was a bit bland. Service is great though and I can see this place improving a lot over time though. I'll be back.
I came back here couple of days ago and notice they have added some extra items and some of the prices has changed. This time I am came with 2 of my other friends and we tired Grilled Marinated Pork Ribs which was really really good, we asked for spicy. There sauce is very tasty. Loved it. We also ordered Chap Chae (Glasss noodles) This items was also good. Better than other Korean restaurants. We also ordered Sauteed Squid with veggies which was very good and tasty also. The service was great here too.
This place has only been open for about a Month. The waitress is very nice, I was talking to her and… Read more »
Maybe this place is too authentic. We had the chilled buckwheat noodles; the entire thing was drenched in just spicy, salty sauce. There wasn't any soup, just pure sauce, so the entire dish was just salty and spicy. In addition, the toppings of half an egg, some radishes, and few slices of beef isn't that great of a value. I don't see how this is rated at one $. We also ordered the spicy pork ribs, while the ribs were good enough; the meat wasn't exactly tender and dropping of the bone. The service is great and attentive, but that will not save this restaurant. We went in at 7pm on a Friday night just to try out the new restuarant, but half way through, we just wanted the check and get out of there. We walked out dissatisfied and glaced over to the Brother's BBQ joint which was packed! We regretted not going over to the tried and true in the first place. Not recommended.
korean comfort food...brandish stews 'n' braising....simmered meats to raw crab dining..stewed black goat and korean pancakes..tasting and seasoning fine....but, need of better cookin' control....chicken liquid heated too high..too fast....yield tough hard chicken whites....soups good and "bi-bim-bap" fine (rice, meat and vegetable mixture in red hot/sweet saucing)...suggest quick simple dishes...stray from dishes requiring simmering or brasing...no time..quick high heat cooking....atleast, all fresh made to order...
I really thought this restaurant offers some selections that you don't typically see in other Korean restaurant. They do offer the typical favorites such as bibimbap and bulgogi... but since i saw there were some items that i normally didn't see so i decided to try something new. I had the pork rib with potatoes and green in spicy soup...oh boy... if you like spicy.. definitely you must try this or anything spicy is hot... haha i need to ask for mild for next time, since the chef is so generous on the making sure you get your spicy flavor in it... I really like my cousin's home made flour noodles in soup. Even though it looks plain and simple.. it really was flavorful and yummy... i couldn't help myself asking for some of her noodles... it was that good. =) my sister's spicy chicken stew with potatoes was good too... great services too! next time I'll come back and try their lunch menu since it's a reasonable price for that..... there's a lot of meter parking in the daytime... resident parking might be harder on weekends tho...
KFC and 1/2 priced beer!
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond
Birthday Free
Neighborhood: Western…
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond
Category: Korean
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond
Category: Korean
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond
Category: Korean
Neighborhood: Outer Richmond
Category: Korean
Neighborhood: Inner Richmond
Category: Korean
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