Bannsang is nom nom worthy in the heart of Auckland for a great price for what u get. Asian food in…read moreNew Zealand is pretty tasty but this place hit the spot. I had their traditional beef and pork dumplings that come in at whopping 8 of them enough to share. The traditional dishes come with plenty of meat mixed with Vegs side of rice and three small sides to excite the taste buds. Price is on point and food comes to table at a reasonable wait. Came in and got seated right away around 830pm. The place isn't fairly large so i can see if it got busy a long wait.

We can verify that their good reviews are based on solid evidence that Bann Sang is one of the best…read moreKorean restaurants in Auckland's downtown area! Located on a trendy area of High Street near Victoria, the restaurant (upstairs and downstairs as well) serves excellent and authentic Korean cuisine. We ordered Dolsot bibimbap (hot pot style) and the rice was crunchy on the bottom as required. Yum! The kalbi short ribs with rice and ban chan (veggie side dishes) was well seasoned and tender! Would go here again. Friendly service too. Despite the excellent food and a trendy location, Bann Sang refuses to over-inflate prices- they are very reasonable!

Here in New Zealand visiting from Los Angeles. This restaurant has very authentic Korean tasting…read morefood. Everything I ordered tasted so good and the employees here are very nice. If you want good Korean food, come here!

The food here is incredible. Really high quality and delicious. Recommended by Korean food experts…read more- so we went. And love it. Lovely quiet corner for our family to eat in, and helpful staff. Love the button to call the wait staff - means they're not popping in every 5 min. Worth a visit.

Avoid this restaurant at all cost!!! Bad food quality and horrible service... wonder why it's still…read moreopen

Whoa, Gangnam Style, the restaurant. Good on them for capitalizing on the popularity of their…read morecountryman, but they may need to change their name in a few months when he fades into oblivion. I also think they need to proofread their promotional materials which say "enjoy infinite new concept is self-buffet" hmm. Still $12 for lunch or $23 for dinner, all you can cook/eat, and a funny name, is a pretty good bargain. I have seen a lot of people going in here who look to me to be Korean, so I take that as a sign of authenticity and reasonable quality.

Huge selection of meats and side dishes that you cook at your table. Excellent value!! They even…read morehave ice cream which was delicious!!

The server was nice and accommodating. When I told her that we didn't like spicy foods, she noted…read moreour preferences. The interior is spacious also. Great place for Korean food.

4/5! I enjoyed my time here with my friends - didn't order the food, but loved all the fried…read morechicken and most of the other dishes that we got! Beware that it's a loud environment - but I didn't quite mind that since this is the kind of Korean drama late night happy eating/chatting with friends (and get some drinks haha!). I loved these dishes: - Dak Gang Jung (Fried boneless chicken with spicy & sweet sauce served with rice cakes): really tasty!!! - Almond Chicken (Fried boneless chicken with almond coating served with sweet chili & mayo dip): nice and crunchy! - Garlic Butter Chicken (Fried boneless chicken coated in honey garlic butter sauce): always love a good fried chicken that's sweet, crunchy, and buttery! - Cheese Dduk Bok Gi (Rice cake in spicy sauce topped with melted cheese): I just really like cheese fondue or just cheese in general! Not so memorable: - Kimchi Jeon (kimchi pancake): it wasn't horrible but I don't remember much of it... - Bu Dae Jji Gae (Korean Spicy "army soup" with ham, veggies, sausage mix & noodles): it's probably good, but I'm not a bu dae jji gae connoisseur... haha There's also a good selection of soju here as you may have guessed :) Overall, its a nice place to chill, chat, have a few drinks and noms with friends! Recommend!

This place was okay. It didn't really stand out to me and the food was for the most part average. I…read moregot the pork set, and the pork was cooked decently, but the flavor was a bit lacking, and it was kind of overly oiled without substantial taste to back it up. The side dishes were also passable, so overall, just an okay place for me.

Found this hole in the wall in the Britomart area. It looks like they've been around since 1999…read more I'm so glad I stopped to try it. The place is easy to miss as it occupies a small space among a small restaurant row on Commerce St. The only indication of the kind of food available inside are a couple of pictures of Korean BBQ dishes on the glass facade plus the name Bamboo. Definitely a must-try. I ordered the small Bulogogi Beef with Rice for $13. It came with 3 side dishes / banchan (potato and carrots, kimchi, bean sprouts). The dish was big enough for the price. I loved the bulgogi -- it had a very tender bite, a subtle sweetness and a peppery after-taste. It was perfect. I can't wait to try more of their dishes. I love Korean food and this place ranks among my top 10.

This restaurant was selected by our host for a private food tour - that counts for a lot IMO…read more It's a smaller, quiet restaurant. The food had a lot of flavor and was well prepared - Calamari Pancake, Pork Bell & Kimchi Pie, Lamb Neck.

It's a small menu and I hope they keep it that way. Everything on the menu was carefully thought…read moreout & presented (we dined a la carte). Age kimchi pie w/ the pork belly was surprising & original. They really managed to work in the smokey flavor into the wild prawn (presented on a stick) & served with scrumptious vegan mayo. Fried chicken was delightful crunchy morsel served w/ homemade daikon pickle on side. Charcoal BBQ (hibachi on the table) was authentic as advertised, with vegetable ssam & all the trimmings. Venison bulgogi well seasoned. Chocolate kumara & lemon curd was fluffy & puffy. Service excellent, even though they were working with just two cooks in kitchen & one server (who explained everything very carefully). Wine list could be a bit longer -- but nice to see BekSeJu on the list. This restaurant is a real gem.

One of my favourite food places in the CBD, the food is great to share or order for yourself but…read moreyou're going to want to try a bit of everything - it's all tasty! As for drinks I highly recommend their soju sangria jugs. My favourite flavour so far has been watermelon but they do change depending on season so currently the flavours are all citrus, these are still great though! Service is fast and friendly most of the time. The ambiance reflects the neon street lights in the city of Seoul so it's also very Insta-worthy! Another great thing about this restaurant is it's open till late, as in very early hours of the morning late, so it's a great spot to treat yourself and your mates before or after a night out on the town especially with it being close to many clubs and bars in the CBD.

Walked by one night and wanted to try the soju they had displayed in the window…read more Came the next evening, but the soju was not cold. Sorry, but soju must be ice cold. We had rose theokbokki, Bossam and two different chickens. The food was tasty. We would have definitely stayed longer and ate more, but the soju didn't do it for us.

The Asian Fusion food is delicious here! I love the vibe of the secret courtyard in the back of the…read morerestaurant. Staff are friendly and helpful with food recommendations too :)

Cool little hole in the wall, serving Korean fusion. Only a few seats up front, but fun covered…read moregarden seating tucked in the back. It was just myself here on a biz trip, so could not order much. Got the chicken thigh karrage with a very tasty sauce on it that was not Korean at all. (wish I snapped a picture of the menu). Also the kimchi sampler (white, red, and cucumber) Also the grilled zucchini, which down under thay have some odd name for (I had to google it, and don't remember exactly, but was like the word parasol, but that was not it). Anyway, this too was delicious due to the sauce on and under it. Under was a combo of creamed feta and olive oil, on top was what looked like thyme leaves, which had been sauted in olive oil. However, the taste was not thyme. Sprinkeled on top was pine nuts. Very delicious none the less. I did ask the waitress what it was, but she was new snd did not know. I recommend this place

Oh, wow. We ate here tonight and I was just blown away. We split two dishes -- the beef ribs and…read morethe combination platter -- and I swear there was a subtly adversarial mood at our table as we wordlessly raced each other for the food. I haven't had food this good in quite awhile. The ribs were just spectacular. A modest-size serving but the meat was out of this world: so tender and delicate, literally falling off the bone, and slightly to the 'rare' end of the spectrum, which is how beef should be. It was cooked in some mystery manner that gave it the most divine skin: almost caramelized. We opted for a side of plantain with this one, as I'd never tried that vegetable. It came in slivers, deep-fried, and was decadent even if I couldn't really discern the taste of the plantain itself. The other dish, the mixed platter, was larger in size, and everything on it was likewise superb. There was a large serving of pork (in fact this was the 'main event' on the plate) which, while less flavoursome than the ribs, was still delightfully tender. I found that the best bits were at the bottom, where the meat had come into contact with whatever sauce/oil they'd drizzled on the plate (which had pooled around the base of the 'pyramid' of meat). There was blood sausage, which, next to the ribs, was my favourite item of the evening: closely rivalled by another variety of sausage, I forget which exactly, that was also on the plate. The chips were to die for in their own right -- large, rustically-cut, sinfully oily. I loved the idea of choosing your preferred sauce to go with each dish. We opted for guacamole for the platter and tamarindo for the ribs, though we drizzled a bit of each over both dishes. They gave an already decadent feast that final accent of flavour. Even the side-salads were delicious. The ambiance was lovely, the place is so elegantly done and a very pleasant space for a meal and a chat, especially seated in the rear courtyard as we were. The staff were fantastic too. The girl who served us clearly has a passion for the menu. You get a sense that it's a very 'house-proud' restaurant in that the servers all hail (by the looks/sounds of it) from Latin America and so they're selling something they're familiar with and that's dear to them. Everything about this place is perfect! I left pleasantly sated but at the same time pining for a whole heap more simply by virtue of how delicious it had been. And they're not greedy about the prices either, even though they could probably get away with it with food this good. $25 for the admittedly smallish rib dish, and $30 for the generously-sized combination plate. Totally worth it.

We had an excellent dinner here this evening: house made chorizo, beef empanadas, arepas, and slow…read morecooked beef. Very nice beer list as well