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| - The atmosphere of this restaurant is good, it's a rather large Korean restaurant with regular table seating and shoes off traditional Korean seating at low tables with your shoes off. I suppose the novelty of the Korean seating is partly what makes the experience feel authentic. Came on a Saturday night and it was packed, good thing we had reservations.
The food was okay, but not as tasty as I usually associate with Korean food. Now this may be down to personal preference (spicy not mild) and perhaps we ordered the wrong dishes there. My staple Korean dishes are seafood pancake (to share) and a kimchi based soup. There seafood pancake was pretty good, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. But, the dipping sauce was bland compared to other Korean places and there wasn't that much seafood inside for the almost $30 price tag. The kimchi soon tofu soup was good, but again lacked a punch that I'm used to getting in a kimchi stew. Also, rice wasn't included in the price of the soup, which was already considerably higher than most places in Koreatown at $12 for a medium (which looks like the usual size in most places). The Bibimbap was bland, but you could season it to your own taste, and they were able to accommodate our vegetarian friends by putting the meat on a side plate. We also had the seafood soup, sweet and sour chicken, and ddeokbokki (spicy rice cakes), which were all okay but not memorable. There were only 3 side dishes, which was disappointing, but at least they let you refill them.
Overall service was good. This is a good place for a big group as there are lots of tables and lots of sharing options, they can easily split your bills, and take credit card, but I would not return myself.
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