Updating the review because the service was amazing during the second visit. Was offered refills on the side dishes and was given an extra side dish of kimchi.
Ordered the pork bone soup and the portion was big, almost double the size of other Korean restaurants. The food still took a long time but a it was a fair trade a for freshly prepared meal.
Biggest reason for updating review was for the waitress who ran out in the cold without a jacket (almost half a block) because she thought the huge tip was forgotten change.
-Updated March 29, 2016
Walk into a very simply renovated restaurants where all the tables and chairs were black. Have a choice of booth or table, the waitress lets the customer choose. There are lunch specials on the first page of the menu, followed by starters and entrees. There was only one waitress working during lunch so the wait for service was a bit long. The food also took some time so it must have been made fresh.
Meal came with three appetizers: coleslaw, kimchi and pickled radish. The blazing chicken fried rice was first to arrive. It tasted very good when it was hot, it was sticky rice and it was made perfectly. The chicken just as its name was blazing spicy. After the dish cooled down, there was a visible amount of oil covering the plate and the rice. It was less appetizing by then as the oil taste was more apparent as well. The assorted fried plate was amazing. The fries and sweet potato fries were fried to perfection. The exterior was crispy and the interior had this airy sensation. The calamari was crispy but could use a bit more seasoning, the two sauces (aioli and sweet plum sauce) were great to dip. The fried chicken was good but not a huge fan of white meat, always feels a bit dry.
Overall, will go again to grab lunch on those not so busy work days where sneaking away for more than an hour would be okay.