Went here with Slinky Woman for New Years Eve. What's with the name? Does it comfort me to know it's not Swish by Kim? I'd feel better if Han invented hanguel or the cheugugi. The restaurant is a little hard to find from the street in the dark. I was even sober. The actual name is not very prominent compared to the window lettering that identifies it as a ssäm bar. And why the umlaut? Are they Motörhead,or Deathtöngue? The waitresses are quite tattooed and have their boobs on display. Swish has the trappings of an unnecessary umlaut band in restaurant form. But "swish" doesn't conjure up much in the way of Nazareth style power ballads.
We had the swish which turned out to be hot pot. I don't recall Koreans in Korea ever calling it swish. It was usually called shabu shabu, borrowing from the Japanese name for hot pot. Although my extensive research indicates shabu shabu is Japanese onomonopia for the "swish swish" sound you make stirring up your hot pot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabu-shabu). Are they trying to start something here or is this more of that irritating "let's translate adequately named Korean foods into close english approximations that sound weird to everyone concerned" Korean proclivity. See my treatise at my kimbap dot com / roll dot com review. (http://www.yelp.ca/biz/roll-com-toronto)
We had the seafood swish which comprised a decent enough seafood for two. We had bi bim bap wraps on the side plus we tried to order the pork neck tacos but got the spicy pork buns instead. Bi bimming the wrap concept didn't really do much for me. The pork buns were amazing, although I'm pretty sure I could knock those off in my slow cooker no probs. Prices were okay, especially for a NYE.
It does get loud. Not the kind of place you want to discuss the future of your dating relationship with a slinky woman. If you're looking for a kind of funky Asian-y up-market gastropub type experience and you've not experienced a lot of time in Korea sitting cross legged in real Korean soju hofs, you might find Swish by Han exotic and a fun visit.
Cool washrooms.