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| - I'm not familiar with Cleveland so it took me a while to find the restaurant. You actually need to turn on 38th Ave. and then turn into the parking lot of the grocery store. When you go in, go up the stairs and you'll see Miega. Miega seemed to be the only store upstairs, but I didn't really look around. It looks as though the building is being remodeled and maybe there will be more restaurants/stores coming soon.
First off, I think that the name of their restaurant is misleading. The reason i decided to come to Miega vs the other Korean restaurants in town was because I was expecting a Korean BBQ with a grill at each table where you can grill your own meat. I was a little disappointed to see this was a Korean restaurant not a Korean BBQ. There were no built in grills at any of the tables. I honestly think I should give this restaurant a 2 star rating because I was very disappointed that it was not an actual Korean BBQ! Very misleading!! Change your name!
As far as Korean restaurants go, it's not a really fancy restaurant but seemed like a clean, quick place to grab a bite to eat. There was a large screen where you could watch Korean TV.
Food:
The bahn chan (side dishes) were pretty good but they didn't offer us any refills. (But we didn't ask for refills either). They had a lot of the typical bahn chan like kimchi, bean sprouts (kong nah mool), fish cakes (odeng). I really liked their pickled hot peppers and the small little korean pancakes.
For the meal, we got the Galbi dolsot bibimbap and the Jja jang myun. The galbi in the bibimbap was pretty tasty but it didn't seem like there was much of a variety for the vegetables in the bibimbap.
As for the Jjajangmyun, it was sweeter than what I'm used to. It also seemed that the noodles were dry noodles that they boiled as opposed to the fresh dough ones. (Although I may be mistaken). There were also a LOT of onion and not much meat in the sauce. Definitely not the best jjajangmyun that I've had but better some places.
I decided to give Miega a 3 start rating because the banchan was pretty good, the service was good, the waitress was nice and attentive (but then again there were hardly any other people in the restaurant), and overall the food was ok for the price.
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