I'm surprised by these reviews. In fact I wasn't going to bother to review this place because it's always so packed with people I assumed they'd already have a huge list of good reviews. This is basically an echo of Jacob's review but I needs to put my two cents in.
I've only had really good meals here. I don't order kalbi and mul naeng myun because they don't specialize in it and I'm convinced you have to go to L.A. or Flushings, NY or my mother's house to eat these things properly. I go straight for the stews which are really great! Get the Kimchi Jigae Jungol (family style kimchi jigae) and their bosam. The kimchi jigae is really the best I've had on bloor and their bo-sam came with really fresh oysters and good slices of pork belly and spicy radish moochim. The pahn-chan is really the best on Bloor street like Jacob in the previous review mentioned.
Service is best when their son is working (Super "tall skinny dude" ). When my folks arrive to a lineup here and there is no place to sit and wait he'll ask my parents if they'd like to wait in their heated car (forgive them for killing the earth with their idling gas fumes). He will then walk the block over in the cold to let them know a table is open for them. He really breaks the bad service tradition most people experience when they eat Korean which mainly stems from language barriers.
I dunno, maybe it's 'cause I mainly dine here with the parents that I've never had a bad meal. If that's the case that I extend an open invitation* to anyone that would like to join me and my folks here for dinner 'cause it's really that good!
*you can eat we us and my parents will probably foot the bill but in return we expect fan dancing and deep formal new year bows in return. dig it? dug it.