While exploring the city, it was a pleasant discovery of Korean restaurant. I placed an order of Gamjatang. Water didn’t seem filtered because I smelled a strong water-tab odor. When Gamjatang came out, I was astounded and speechless because that food is not the Gamjatang that I have known for the entirety of my life. It’s too salty like other side dishes. I had to ask for another rice to alleviate the level of salty.Also, it’s overpriced. As a traveller from California, the price is a range of $18-$20, but this place charges you $28. I just don’t understand how the price was set. It’s way beyond market price for the quality.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
Pinar Ozcan
If you know Kfood, you can’t rate this spot below a five for the taste. It’s simply amazing.However the mains are overpriced. I’m from New York and even there the prices are usually lower. Massive portions that might justify the price, but if you aren’t a big eater it’s only a waste of the food that is left over.Just giving my honest feedback.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Edoardo Brovero
I specifically and clearly asked that my dish shouldn't be spicy (zero spicy! Because of health issues) and the result was a dense sprinkle of red spicy powder on top of everything. I could not eat it and I still had to pay for it. Very disappointed that a simple request like this was not attended.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
김제환 (흰수염)
My wife says I have to give it 5 stars. I took out bibimbap and soft tofu stew. There was a restaurant with a higher rating, but after reading the reviews, I thought this place would be better, so I went there. Please note that the staff does not speak Korean. The bibimbap was larger than I expected, and the soft tofu stew had a lot of seafood. The three of us, my wife, and daughter, ate our fill. Thank you.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Michael Shin
I can’t believe this restaurant is named Mandu, the direct translation of which means dumplings, and when we ordered the only dumplings on the menu, it tasted worse than frozen dumplings from Costco. Over priced Korean food. Head over to Annandale for better quality food. Sad.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Jungsu Kim
Nicely decorated Korean restaurant.In general, most dishes had generous portion size.4.5 star for food.A bit pricey for Korean food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
이종관
A place I visited during my trip to the US in 2013. The owner is very nice and the atmosphere is nice. I want to go again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
IndiaK
Our group has a vegetarian and someone with celiac and the staff was knowledgable and helpful about navigating the menu. The food was delicious and the atmosphere of the restaurant was great.
차도연
I was in dire need of a kimchi transfusion during my trip to North America, so I searched for reviews and came to this place... I sympathize with the international student below. The price is not cheap, but the side dishes are neat, and with only four unlimited refills of water, I was in tears. I was so moved by this that I wrote it. At first, it didn't feel like the kimbap heaven we're used to, so it felt a bit bitter. It may taste salty, but when you eat it, it feels like it tastes like shit.. And the portion is a lot ㅜㅜ
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David M
food is good but the space is subpar. customers aren't blind: wipe down your walls and banquettes, pick a better layout for the tables instead of cramming ppl next to walls, fix your lighting, hide the service area. and what's up with the bar area?? i'd order takeout instead.
I was having Korean in-laws visiting and called the restaurant the day before to see if someone who speaks Korean will be working the night of the reservation. I was told "yes" but it turned out that was not true and the menus of this Korean restaurant were not in Korean. I speak little Korean but was showed an app to get it translated finally. Other than that, food was fantastic and our relatives enjoyed it too!
ivan m
Everything was great, the food and seating. Our server was very bad, as soon as we got there he told us that we only had an hour and a half and that we better hurry up even though there were more empty tables. Then 20 minutes before our scheduled leave time he started rushing us by offering to take our food to go. He interrupted me multiple times to hurry me out of this restaurant. It's unfortunate that the best Koream food in DC has such poor service. Next time I'll go to Annandale, VA where the best Korean restaurants are and, after this experience i've decided its worth the drive. Then we he brought the food back to-go there was significantly less in the containers than what was in our plates. FYI the average entre price is 32 dollars. Also, I am Hispanic and my friend was too, so I take these kind of actions as discriminatory. This considering that the two tables next to us were not being hurried like us, arriving earlier than our table too! I am against restaurants that have servers that feel that they can make management decisions themselves. I can blatantly see how our table was treated and the one next to us. I of course left a bad tip after that horrible service. Our server was a white male by the way. I can confidently say the food is great, but bad management and bad hirring decisions have left a bad taste in my mouth. I feel bad for the cooks since they did a great job, they just let a very rude person take the food out and interact with us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Sizzling Dolsot Bibimbap
Gus May
I came here recently and they were doing a special bulgogi burger. Absolutely outstanding. This place is an institution, and Chef Yesoon and Danny are local legends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nuri Lee
The food was really good. I had the spicy beef stew and the KFC chicken as an appetizer. The Stew was hot (still boiling when it arrived) and came with a bowl of rice and complementary vegetables. The spice in the stew was not overwhelming and very flavorful. My only complaint is that since the food is very niche, there should be pictures of each dish on the menu. It was really hard to decide what to order because I wasn't sure what alot of the items were.Vegetarian options: For some of the non-vegetarian meals, there were options to make them vegetarian.
While exploring the city, it was a pleasant discovery of Korean restaurant. I placed an order of Gamjatang. Water didn’t seem filtered because I smelled a strong water-tab odor. When Gamjatang came out, I was astounded and speechless because that food is not the Gamjatang that I have known for the entirety of my life. It’s too salty like other side dishes. I had to ask for another rice to alleviate the level of salty.Also, it’s overpriced. As a traveller from California, the price is a range of $18-$20, but this place charges you $28. I just don’t understand how the price was set. It’s way beyond market price for the quality.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 4
If you know Kfood, you can’t rate this spot below a five for the taste. It’s simply amazing.However the mains are overpriced. I’m from New York and even there the prices are usually lower. Massive portions that might justify the price, but if you aren’t a big eater it’s only a waste of the food that is left over.Just giving my honest feedback.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I specifically and clearly asked that my dish shouldn't be spicy (zero spicy! Because of health issues) and the result was a dense sprinkle of red spicy powder on top of everything. I could not eat it and I still had to pay for it. Very disappointed that a simple request like this was not attended.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
My wife says I have to give it 5 stars. I took out bibimbap and soft tofu stew. There was a restaurant with a higher rating, but after reading the reviews, I thought this place would be better, so I went there. Please note that the staff does not speak Korean. The bibimbap was larger than I expected, and the soft tofu stew had a lot of seafood. The three of us, my wife, and daughter, ate our fill. Thank you.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I can’t believe this restaurant is named Mandu, the direct translation of which means dumplings, and when we ordered the only dumplings on the menu, it tasted worse than frozen dumplings from Costco. Over priced Korean food. Head over to Annandale for better quality food. Sad.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 5
Nicely decorated Korean restaurant.In general, most dishes had generous portion size.4.5 star for food.A bit pricey for Korean food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
A place I visited during my trip to the US in 2013. The owner is very nice and the atmosphere is nice. I want to go again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our group has a vegetarian and someone with celiac and the staff was knowledgable and helpful about navigating the menu. The food was delicious and the atmosphere of the restaurant was great.
I was in dire need of a kimchi transfusion during my trip to North America, so I searched for reviews and came to this place... I sympathize with the international student below. The price is not cheap, but the side dishes are neat, and with only four unlimited refills of water, I was in tears. I was so moved by this that I wrote it. At first, it didn't feel like the kimbap heaven we're used to, so it felt a bit bitter. It may taste salty, but when you eat it, it feels like it tastes like shit.. And the portion is a lot ㅜㅜ
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
food is good but the space is subpar. customers aren't blind: wipe down your walls and banquettes, pick a better layout for the tables instead of cramming ppl next to walls, fix your lighting, hide the service area. and what's up with the bar area?? i'd order takeout instead.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
I was having Korean in-laws visiting and called the restaurant the day before to see if someone who speaks Korean will be working the night of the reservation. I was told "yes" but it turned out that was not true and the menus of this Korean restaurant were not in Korean. I speak little Korean but was showed an app to get it translated finally. Other than that, food was fantastic and our relatives enjoyed it too!
Everything was great, the food and seating. Our server was very bad, as soon as we got there he told us that we only had an hour and a half and that we better hurry up even though there were more empty tables. Then 20 minutes before our scheduled leave time he started rushing us by offering to take our food to go. He interrupted me multiple times to hurry me out of this restaurant. It's unfortunate that the best Koream food in DC has such poor service. Next time I'll go to Annandale, VA where the best Korean restaurants are and, after this experience i've decided its worth the drive. Then we he brought the food back to-go there was significantly less in the containers than what was in our plates. FYI the average entre price is 32 dollars. Also, I am Hispanic and my friend was too, so I take these kind of actions as discriminatory. This considering that the two tables next to us were not being hurried like us, arriving earlier than our table too! I am against restaurants that have servers that feel that they can make management decisions themselves. I can blatantly see how our table was treated and the one next to us. I of course left a bad tip after that horrible service. Our server was a white male by the way. I can confidently say the food is great, but bad management and bad hirring decisions have left a bad taste in my mouth. I feel bad for the cooks since they did a great job, they just let a very rude person take the food out and interact with us.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Sizzling Dolsot Bibimbap
I came here recently and they were doing a special bulgogi burger. Absolutely outstanding. This place is an institution, and Chef Yesoon and Danny are local legends.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food was really good. I had the spicy beef stew and the KFC chicken as an appetizer. The Stew was hot (still boiling when it arrived) and came with a bowl of rice and complementary vegetables. The spice in the stew was not overwhelming and very flavorful. My only complaint is that since the food is very niche, there should be pictures of each dish on the menu. It was really hard to decide what to order because I wasn't sure what alot of the items were.Vegetarian options: For some of the non-vegetarian meals, there were options to make them vegetarian.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wow. Amazing amazing Korean soup.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5