The food and service was great! It’s very clean and nice place. I will definitely go back. Kimchi was so good and spicy. Fresh food. Very friendly service! A great place. I recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gary Ogasawara
It’s great to have this Korean option in San Bruno. Water is self service with tiny cups. There were only 6 bonchon dishes. Some restaurants have 10. Food was otherwise pretty good including Spicy Squid. Service was perfunctory. For the pancake, they don’t cut it for you, but leave you a butter knife.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Kathleen Chung
ARMY stew was smaller than I thought.
Siqi Wang
Food is good but it could really use one extra waiter.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Jenny Xu
Came here on a Wednesday for dinner and was craving some good Korean food!Good:- Fast service - our army stews came out in less than 10 min- Really cozy homey vibes here, wooden aesthetic- The army stew was SO GOOD - the portion sizes were amazing and also the dish itself was the best I've had - so many different ingredients. I especially liked the ramen, the fish cakes, and the spam.- The banchan that came with the entree were great too - had some brocolli and potato salad.Bad:- Pretty simple self service water placeOverall this place was such a surprise and a gem!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Korean Army Stew
Scott F.
The service was friendly and good, easy getting refills of the banchan. Liked their kimchi and potato salad. The soldier stew was good. Definitely recommend it. The tofu soup was okay. Bibimbop was good size, though the ingredients are very western compared to most Korean restaurants. Don't recommend ordering the plain one, order it with meat. Ordered the 15 piece fried chicken, the sweet chili was a winner. It was good, but have had better at a market in daly city. Prices are higher, not sure if it's just from overall economics, inflation and we haven't been out in a while. I'd go back for the soldier stew and to try the other dishes.
myra wong
This place is very good, the atmosphere and design of the restaurant and very soothing. THERE IS A JENNIE KIM CUT OUT AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE. They have fewer options on the menu, but it shows how their few products shine brighter then others. The presentation and taste of the foods were very satisfying but a bit salty. There kimchi is very fresh and crunchy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Korean Side Dishes, Japchae, Bibimbap, Seafood Pancake, Tofu Soup
Alex Dettmer (DettMusic)
A friend of mine brought me here after talking it up for a while and it did not disappoint. I'm just disappointed I didn't go sooner. The flavors are amazing and the service was top notch and friendly. I haven't stopped thinking about the food since.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christina W.
Minari is one of my go-to comfort food spots, mostly because they have the best Army Stew in the area! I'm also a big fan of the bone-in ribeye soup. We usually pickup, but if you want to dine-in, the service is great and there's plenty of space for big parties!
Dennis R.
Had an amazing dinner here recently! It was a weeknight, but we luckily got in before a big rush came. On to the food! The four of us ordered a good amount of dishes, and they all were delicious! We ordered corn cheese, kimchi rice, galbi, bulgogi, and Korean Army Stew. Everything was super flavorful, and our group wound up full and satisfied! The service was great as well, and the food came out pretty quickly. I loved the K-pop soundtrack, too! I will definitely be back!
Service was excellent and the space is very spacious. Our server made sure to ask if we wanted more refills of the banchan which I appreciate and there was always someone readily available to assist. We ordered the cheese corn with bacon, seafood soondubu, and the army stew. I thought that my seafood soondubu was very bland and the one octopus in there was very hard. I would not recommend ordering that. I felt the prices are not worth the quality of the dishes.
Hank Fanhui Zeng
Food is good. Price is fair. We like the tofu soup.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bibimbap, Tofu Soup
Nishan M.
So delicious. Had the "Army Stew." My first time eating a soup like this and I loved it. What an incredible range of flavors and it went together so well. Made my day. The owner was as cool as it gets, visited me at the table and explained the food, and was just super welcoming. Awesome meal.
Kae H.
Got the seafood tofu soup, which was just your standard tofu soup - their regular spicy tasted pretty mild. The ban chan was okay, not super good quality or taste. The wait was really long, and the restaurant wasn't even busy. Furthermore, the prices were exorbitant for the amount and quality of food. The ambiance was simple and pretty clean, so not bad. Overall, 3/5
Jeff Ho
The Korean food at Minari is not bad. We had the 6 piece fried wings $18, seafood tofu soup $22, beef stone bibimbap $26 and saba $24. For the fried chicken wings, it came with fries but no ketchup. Some garlic aioli sauce would have been nice. The seafood tofu soup and saba was uneventfully decent. As for the stoneware beef bibimbap, I was looking forward to the crispy rice at the bottom. That was disappointing. The rice was under cooked and did not produce the bottom of the bowl crispy rice. Service was excellent.
The food and service was great! It’s very clean and nice place. I will definitely go back. Kimchi was so good and spicy. Fresh food. Very friendly service! A great place. I recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
It’s great to have this Korean option in San Bruno. Water is self service with tiny cups. There were only 6 bonchon dishes. Some restaurants have 10. Food was otherwise pretty good including Spicy Squid. Service was perfunctory. For the pancake, they don’t cut it for you, but leave you a butter knife.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
ARMY stew was smaller than I thought.
Food is good but it could really use one extra waiter.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Came here on a Wednesday for dinner and was craving some good Korean food!Good:- Fast service - our army stews came out in less than 10 min- Really cozy homey vibes here, wooden aesthetic- The army stew was SO GOOD - the portion sizes were amazing and also the dish itself was the best I've had - so many different ingredients. I especially liked the ramen, the fish cakes, and the spam.- The banchan that came with the entree were great too - had some brocolli and potato salad.Bad:- Pretty simple self service water placeOverall this place was such a surprise and a gem!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Korean Army Stew
The service was friendly and good, easy getting refills of the banchan. Liked their kimchi and potato salad. The soldier stew was good. Definitely recommend it. The tofu soup was okay. Bibimbop was good size, though the ingredients are very western compared to most Korean restaurants. Don't recommend ordering the plain one, order it with meat. Ordered the 15 piece fried chicken, the sweet chili was a winner. It was good, but have had better at a market in daly city. Prices are higher, not sure if it's just from overall economics, inflation and we haven't been out in a while. I'd go back for the soldier stew and to try the other dishes.
This place is very good, the atmosphere and design of the restaurant and very soothing. THERE IS A JENNIE KIM CUT OUT AT THE FRONT OF THE STORE. They have fewer options on the menu, but it shows how their few products shine brighter then others. The presentation and taste of the foods were very satisfying but a bit salty. There kimchi is very fresh and crunchy.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Korean Side Dishes, Japchae, Bibimbap, Seafood Pancake, Tofu Soup
A friend of mine brought me here after talking it up for a while and it did not disappoint. I'm just disappointed I didn't go sooner. The flavors are amazing and the service was top notch and friendly. I haven't stopped thinking about the food since.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Minari is one of my go-to comfort food spots, mostly because they have the best Army Stew in the area! I'm also a big fan of the bone-in ribeye soup. We usually pickup, but if you want to dine-in, the service is great and there's plenty of space for big parties!
Had an amazing dinner here recently! It was a weeknight, but we luckily got in before a big rush came. On to the food! The four of us ordered a good amount of dishes, and they all were delicious! We ordered corn cheese, kimchi rice, galbi, bulgogi, and Korean Army Stew. Everything was super flavorful, and our group wound up full and satisfied! The service was great as well, and the food came out pretty quickly. I loved the K-pop soundtrack, too! I will definitely be back!
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Service was excellent and the space is very spacious. Our server made sure to ask if we wanted more refills of the banchan which I appreciate and there was always someone readily available to assist. We ordered the cheese corn with bacon, seafood soondubu, and the army stew. I thought that my seafood soondubu was very bland and the one octopus in there was very hard. I would not recommend ordering that. I felt the prices are not worth the quality of the dishes.
Food is good. Price is fair. We like the tofu soup.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bibimbap, Tofu Soup
So delicious. Had the "Army Stew." My first time eating a soup like this and I loved it. What an incredible range of flavors and it went together so well. Made my day. The owner was as cool as it gets, visited me at the table and explained the food, and was just super welcoming. Awesome meal.
Got the seafood tofu soup, which was just your standard tofu soup - their regular spicy tasted pretty mild. The ban chan was okay, not super good quality or taste. The wait was really long, and the restaurant wasn't even busy. Furthermore, the prices were exorbitant for the amount and quality of food. The ambiance was simple and pretty clean, so not bad. Overall, 3/5
The Korean food at Minari is not bad. We had the 6 piece fried wings $18, seafood tofu soup $22, beef stone bibimbap $26 and saba $24. For the fried chicken wings, it came with fries but no ketchup. Some garlic aioli sauce would have been nice. The seafood tofu soup and saba was uneventfully decent. As for the stoneware beef bibimbap, I was looking forward to the crispy rice at the bottom. That was disappointing. The rice was under cooked and did not produce the bottom of the bowl crispy rice. Service was excellent.