Very good! The bulgogi, kimchee, and moochee moochim was a little on the sweet side but was still…read morequite delicious when we added denjang to the amazing and deliciously prepared bossam. The pindeduk was extra crispy and delicious as well! Service was impeccable the ambiance was delightful and clean. Would go back anytime! It is deemed "old Korea town" but I would say it's the Real Korea flavor.

Korean food, how I've missed you. As someone who used to live in a town where 50% of residents were…read morenative born Koreans, Una Cancion Coreana made me feel right at home. It's a bit off the beaten path, in a small Korean area in the barrio of Flores. It took me about 45 minutes to arrive from where I live (Recoleta) but the commute was definitely worth it! A lovely, clean and modern atmosphere and friendly staff greets you as you walk in the door. The restaurant seems small, but there are several rooms for larger groups, so don't fret if the front of the restaurant seems very busy. The menu is diverse and has all the Korean staples. Being a vegetarian, my go-to is always veggie bibimbap. If you have any questions, the waitstaff is very helpful. Our server was fluent in English as well as Spanish and Korean - impressive! The bibmbap was just what I thought it would be. Amazingly fresh, great flavors, and a taste of home (Fort Lee, NJ) Prices are reasonable considering any "exotic" food here is always more on the expensive side. The authenticity is there as well, so if you're used to Korean food, you know what you're getting. I'm so happy I got to try Korean food in Buenos Aires. Even though it's a long trip for me, I might be making another visit back to Una Cancion soon.

almuerzo sábado al mediodía : ambos platos estaban…read moreriquísimos: vegetariano y con carne : nada Servicio: excelente y rapidísimo Deco: tranqui, cantina de comida rápida Tip: comida al paso con sabores alucinantes lunch Saturday noon : both dishes were great: the vegetarian and the meat : nothing Service: excellent and quick service Deco: chill, fast food canteen Tip: amazing flavors in a fast food service

Had lunch here today and it was delicious. We both got the bibimbap clásico, one spicy one not, and…read moreit's the best I've had in awhile. The tea we got was also very good. I would even go just for the tea. The waitress was very nice and helpful with ordering. It was a little tight with the amount of people but still very worth it.

I do like Namu. The menu is very limited, 14 items only, appetizers and principle plates included…read more For the Palermo neighborhood, the comida coreana is good. The food could be spicier, with a better selection of side dishes (banchan), and slightly larger portions of some items. The better Korean food requires a bus ride or 2 from this area, 45-55 minutes usually, to 1 of the two Korea towns in Buenos Aires.

About two weeks ago I was alerted by a friend to the imminent opening of a new spot in the heart of…read morePalermo, Namu, José Cabrera 5600, corner of Fitz Roy, taking over the spot abandoned by Roy Bar, a sort of dive craft beer bar (is that an oxymoron?) that offered up burgers and wraps. Although I'm not overly fond of reviewing spots when they first open, as everyone needs time to get their act together, I thought I'd give it a try, and then decide whether to hold off and give them a couple of weeks, or go ahead. Obviously, I've decided to go ahead. Pretty room, with an interesting "garden" ceiling (I think it's all plastic plants, but some of them look real, maybe it's a mix?). The menu is relatively short, with just five appetizers and eight main courses available. They do cover a nice range of different types of dishes. Of course, dumplings are my litmus test at most Asian restaurants, and the gun-mandu were delicate, flavorful, and cooked perfectly. Even with only five of them, they're a far better deal at 170 pesos than last week's round of eight mediocre ones for 180 pesos at the "fast food" Dumpling House. Interestingly, unlike any other Korean restaurant I've been to, they don't put banchan on the table at the beginning of the meal. They're only served with the main courses, and, different dishes get a different number of (and presumably selection of) side dishes. I ordered up the daeji-bulgogi, spicy marinated pork, stir-fried, and served with rice. Again, unusual in the presentation, normally this would come with a side of lettuce leaves and some pickled vegetables to create wraps. But, it was absolutely delicious as is, I just missed that fresh crunch of the lettuce. 380 pesos. I'd also asked for extra picante, and someone came out of the kitchen to let me know that because of the marinating process, it was a set level of spicy (pretty mild, as it turned out, despite the three chili symbol next to it on the menu), but they were happy to bring me a little side dish of gochujang chili paste to add to my tongue's content. The banchan - very good, and nicely spicy kimchi, quite good pickled daikon, and just okay stewed eggplant and marinated tofu. Overall, love the space, excellent service. Both dishes I tried were absolutely delicious. By comparison to either Koreatown, and for portions that are a bit smaller than you'd find out there, it's a bit pricey, but for the heart of Palermo, it's actually a quite reasonable meal for the quality. And, they take debit/credit cards (Visa only), something almost non-existent in either Koreatown. I will definitely be back for more! Highly recommended.

This place has no sign on the door, it just looks like a house with a buzzer, but I'd been clued in…read morethat there was a "Korean Fried Chicken" spot along that block (in fact, that's how Google Maps marks it, although they think it's across the street at 682, a vacant lot - I've tried to change it, but they haven't accepted the change). There is actually a restaurant sign on the house next door at 685, but it was locked up tight. I stood around for a few minutes figuring out my next stop, and luckily, a couple of businessmen came along, rang the bell, and went in, and I saw it was a restaurant. So, gave it a shot. They were quite welcoming, and let me know that at lunch they only offer the various iterations of fried chicken, or the stir fried noodle dishes, the rest of the menu is dinner only. The name, dagi myeoni, means tea ceremony. I ordered the "Chicken Hot", to which my waitress replied, "But without the spicy sauce, right?" "No, I like spicy." "Okay...." Food arrives, a whopping place of wings separated into joints, in a sweet and sour sauce with no kick. "This isn't spicy, don't you have an actual spicy sauce like it says on the menu?" "Well, we gave you the sweet and sour because spicy isn't for you." "I want spicy." Heads to the kitchen, comes back with sweet and sour sauce with maybe a tablespoon of gojuchang stirred into it. "Here's spicy sauce, but you won't be able to eat it." I ate it all (really good, could still use more kick), they were shocked. "How did you eat that, it's too spicy for you people?" "Not for me. Next time, spicy like Koreans eat it, okay?" She was so sweet about it all though that I handed her a decent tip and got an "Okay!" with a big grin. Oh, and they'd given me salad and sweet pickled daikon for my ban chan, while the tables around me got kimchi and other spicy dishes for theirs.

Nice array of ban chan, as well as great shortribs. Unlike many of the places we've tried, here the…read moremeat comes already cooked - there's a big parrilla out in a rear courtyard and someone out there grilling up the ribs (most of the meat is already sliced off the bone), and it's served on a little tabletop grill with a few coals underneath to keep the meat hot. There's also a plate of perfectly cooked and delicious oxtail, some fried fish, fried chicken wings, and more, including probably the best soup we've had at one of these restaurants. The one thing we both agreed on that was that while there were perhaps a few fewer dishes than at some of the others, there wasn't a single misstep. Each and every dish fell somewhere between good and excellent. And, that more than justifies the slightly higher price of 350 pesos/person instead of the more typical 300. Put this one at the top of your list for Korean barbecue in town.

Literally meaning "In Yu's house", this is apparently one of the older Korean BBQ restaurants in…read moretown. It's a little fancier than the other places we've been, and, a little pricier (at 380 pesos/person plus beverages). At the same time, the service is better, and much more attentive than any of the other spots we've been (setting aside the occasional flirtatious waiter). Although they were never full, they got close to it, and they'd advised me when I contacted them that they don't take walk-in diners, it's reservation only. Big array of ban chan. High quality, no doubt. Fewer sort of "side dishes" - there were some scallion pancakes, some deep-fried stuffed zucchini, and a soup, and that was about it. More variety in the meat selection for the grill, with shortribs, hanger steak, pork belly, some tripas (both small and large intestines - something I've not seen anywhere else), and calamari tentacles. There was also an odd sort of egg mixture in one of the little troughs where the cooking grease runs off, and we were show to mix in the raw, frozen corn off to the side there, and let it cook by virtue of the hot grease dripping into it. Kind of comes out like a sweet corn pudding that I don't want to eat again. Overall, nice space, friendly and attentive service, and good food. It doesn't supplant my top three for Korean BBQ, but it is good, and might be the only daytime Korean BBQ spot over in the Floresta Koreatown (which, in response to the other review already posted here, isn't particularly dangerous, even at night - I might not wander the streets, but just to go to a restaurant, it's fine).

I haven't had Korean BBQ for 2 months. I was desperate. They said this restaurant is in a dangerous…read moreneighborhood. "DO NOT go there at night!" I went during the afternoon with a friend. I arrived at 3pm. They looked closed. I knocked. The owner said hello. He then opened the restaurant for us. We were the only 2 in the whole place. Boy am I glad I went. The meats were plentiful. The banchans were delicious. My stomach was crying out in joy. What a hidden gem in the roughest parts of BA. Go there and eat. But don't go at night.

Walked in and saw two customer eating. The restaurant person came over and said they are closing…read more We were there at 2pm & sign said 3pm closing. And that they don't accept credit card. Then walked away. So much for a hardy Korean food.

A revisit to Bi Won, more or less on the border of Recoleta and Congreso areas, a place I first…read morereviewed on my blog about 30 seconds after I arrived in BA a decade ago. Absolutely nothing has changed. No, really, nothing. The ambiance is exactly as it has always been, perhaps, at best, mildly spruced up, but more just enough to not quite let it go to seed. I'm pretty sure the same waiters are working as have always been. The menu is identical other than pricing - okay, there's a change - dinner for two will now run you around 4-500 pesos with tip, still eminently reasonable for the food, which is as solid, authentic, and tasty as it was ten years ago - we obviously shared the ban chan dishes, and the waiter even brought more different ones when he saw how much we enjoyed; and then pork dumpling soup (manduguk), and a gobdol bibimbap in the piping hot stone bowl. It saves a trip to bajo Flores or Floresta to get a fix on Korean flavors - which does not negate that there are plenty of spots out there with more delicious and more authentic food. Bi Won gets a more touristy crowd, but on most of my visits, the tourists have been Korean, looking for a taste of something familiar amidst the plethora of parrillas in the city.

Spicy kimchee...yes! So many places serve bland kimchee…read more Love the atmosphere and good food. I had mandu and chapchae. Will have to come back to try more dishes before my vacation ends.

I didn't expect to get Korean ramyeon so excellent in Argentina. The bulgogi beef was super tender…read more The broth was dense and savory. The noodles were thick and chewy. This place is excellent .

Taking over the spot recently vacated by the oil-infused kitchen of Tan's Food. A competing Korean…read morebarbecue spot to BBQ Town a couple of blocks away on Juramento, they certainly give each other a run for the money. This place definitely has the edge when it comes to variety and quantity of banchan and kimchi (with six varieties of the stuff mixed in there!). One of the fun things about Korean barbecue is the whole cook it yourself schtick. Here, that's not an option. A waiter does it for you - I can't imagine they can do that when the place is full, but we were the only folk there, and he wouldn't let us touch it. The meat is far more limited than the banchan selection with just slices of bacon, some beef shortrib meat, and some prawns. The latter were a bit mealy, the texture of having been deep frozen for way too long. The two red meats, however, were delicious, and we ordered another round. I like that they include tteok-bokki, the Korean rice cakes, though the sauce was a bit bland compared to the usual. And, two different clam and tofu soups, one "spicy" (not), and one not (also not). As best we could tell, they were identical soups other than the addition of a small amount of chili paste which did little more than color the broth. One other big plus in addition to the banchan array - of which we could have made a meal - is a three-tap selection of craft beer. On the other hand, we haven't been to BBQ Town in about two years, so they well may have added craft beer in too - it's all the rage the last couple of years. The all you can eat barbecue comes in at 950 pesos/person, plus beverages, or about $16, so figure on, with drinks and tip, around $20. Not a bad deal at all, and easier to get to for many folk than the ones in Flores or Floresta.