The service was very friendly, made some small talk about phones with one of the servers. We got the usual half spicy half soy garlic wings and a house fried rice. The flavors are definitely the same, but the skin on the wings are kind of different. Most bonchons have a crispy outer layer that can come off, but this location didn't have that. Their fried rice is also different in texture, where the grains are actually separated like Chinese fried rice rather than the signature Korean soft fried rice. Either way, it was still good. read more

Bonchon Allston - Plain House fried rice - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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Let me start with all the positives. First, the server Dara was very friendly and attentive. She came around my table multiple times to see how I was doing, if I needed anything, and checked in on my order. Star-waitress, I'd hire her for every restaurant. Second, the ambiance is really cool. With the neon wall art, cool LED-strip lighting, and the wooden tables with cozy lights. Good, chilled-back music that's great for this type of restaurant. Lastly, the food. Best pickled radish I've ever had. Couldn't even tell it was radish at first. Had this sweet, delicate taste to it. Also, there were several beers I came across that I never tried before. They had a lot of food options to choose from which is nice. Had the seasoned fries which were tasty. Would have been helpful if they listed what was on them (e.g. parmesan) since some might be lactose intolerant. I feel most Yelp pictures don't so the appearance of the chicken its justice. My main critique about the chicken is that it's overly friend but that's my personal preference. Much like when Chinese restaurants fry chicken wings. I think if they reduced the temperature a bit, the skin wouldn't be so "uncomfortably crunchy" when biting it (yet alone messy). With sauce, the skin can act like a carmelized shell. Chicken quality is alright, but wouldn't return for it. I'd rather try one of their other dishes. read more

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Expecting a sumptuous 10 wings and 5 drums, I picked up a pre-ordered meal at the Brighton Ave. Allston store. My bad for not checking the order. Upon opening the box, I had received 4 wings and 2 drums. Can you believe it? I learned my lesson. Will take my business someplace else. No quality control. Dumplings? I didn't order those. read more

Bonchon Allston - My supposedly 10 wings and 5 drums. - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

02/3/26 Tuesday 12:58pm lunch time. Haven't been here since 5-6 yrs ago. Got the 10 piece soy garlic wings, fried rice, coleslaw and got the pork dumpling and got the Sotteok Sotteok it's a grilled rice cakes an! d mini sausages. Fried rice was good it was soft not mushy fresh. The wings are so delicious still like I remember! Soy garlic sauce they put on them are amazing! It makes you lick your fingers clean while eating them (make sure your hands are clean first thou ) the pork dumpling with the sauce on them was delicious first time trying them! Also first time trying the rice cake & mini sausages on the stick it has a spicy kick to them but just right not over spicy a good balance! The quality and freshness of the chicken, and the dumplings dough and pork was tasty and very good. The preparation and packaging in packing was great! They seem to care at lease in presentation read more

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Great place for some crispy Korean chicken wings. The restaurant is fairly decent sized for a bonchon and casual. We stopped by when they had the promo for $1 wings and got the classic soy garlic, Korean bbq and yangneom style wings. The soy garlic was great as usual, and the yangeom had a nice spice without being as spicy as the original spicy. Id pass on the Korean bbq flavor, it had a sour taste that I didn't really enjoy, I was expecting it to be more sweet. We pored it all with some beer and fried rice and it was a hearty meal. The service was quick and the staff were friendly. read more

Bonchon Allston - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

Ordered boneless wings for pickup and though they were a little stingy with the sauce, I did get a few extra wings! The flavors were great and the wings themselves were large. read more

The food was alright, a little underwhelming. Nothing was actually "bad" but nothing made us want to come back again. Everything tasted very one dimensional so it's not necessarily a bad place to get food, but don't come in expecting a super delicious experience. read more

Bonchon Allston - Bulgogi Fries - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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I found the wings very good, I like the sauces on the wings and it was very yummy. But the street corn ratio from cheese to corn was a bit overboard. There was a lot of cheese and it made it taste a little off. The waitress is really sweet and patient. I really was not a fan of the Korean corn dog because it was quite burnt. There water is so good though like the best resturant water ever. read more

Bonchon Allston - An empty glass of water. - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

Good spot if you're looking to feed a bunch of people. My friends and I have ordered take out from here a few times and it has never missed. Popcorn chicken is always a win in my book. My review is a bit outdated since I haven't had it in a while, but it's always been great. read more

Bonchon was easily one of my favorite places to eat at growing up, especially this location at the time when this was the only one around! With all the bb.q chicken locations popping up, and all the flavor options they offer, I have not felt the need to visit Bonchon in a while. Last I visited, my experience was kind of disappointing as I remembered loving this place so much and I recall leaving here thinking that the quality really went downhill, from the service to the food. Our food arrived to the table lukewarm and basically became cold within minutes. And I am a temperature person, so when food isn't hot enough, I just have a hard time enjoying the experience. And let me just say, when I first found out about bb.q chicken (the one down the street) a couple years ago before they started popping up w/ many locations, I tried it and honestly liked Bonchon still more. Bonchon was still very good a few years ago and the size of the wings and drumsticks were HUGE! You can see it from past reviews and pictures that the size in chicken is very noticeable and now, the pieces are very tiny and just not the same quality and taste. I also miss when they used to offer the salmon avocado ball... it was my favorite menu item ever! Unfortunately, my last visit was not the most pleasant due to the quality of food and the not-so-good service. Parking: Pretty difficult to get a parking spot right outside of Bonchon but there generally are more parking spots available on Harvard Ave. read more

The Drumsticks were huge! Chickes didn't had enough sauces on it and little dry inside. Place was empty 7pm and te services were okay, not the best. Overall, it was okay but I wouldn't recommend nor come back. read more

Bonchon Allston - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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Spicy ALERT: the spicy option for the fried chicken is REALLY SPICY so beware! Today we decided to have the soy garlic flavor and it was tasty as always! The chicken is breaded and double fried before being tossed in sauce for that extra perfect crunch! Also know that their drum sticks are HUGE (the size of my face) if you decide to try them out~ The tteokbokki was also pretty spicy but enjoyable The bulgogi udon had a strong shittake mushroom based broth flavor and had an overall very comforting taste 10/10 fried chicken craving satisfied read more

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Very good Korean fried chicken. Various types and sauces, all good. Worth trying. Non-chicken dishes also pretty good.

3.5 for food Ordered the family meal (12 wings + 6 drum sticks, half plain, half soy garlic, fried rice, and French fries) and japchae. The chicken was a good portion and extremely crispy. When they say plain chicken, they do mean plain, it didn't even taste like the chicken was salted which is not the norm for Korean chicken. Definitely order with sauce. The fried rice was good but the portion size was disappointing, definitely not enough for a family meal. French fries were really good, well seasoned, crispy, freshly fried. Japchae was good, on the sweeter side, the noodle portion was good but for the price was really light on beef. Overall the food was good. read more

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Bulgogi fries? Fire. Fried chicken? Delish. One of the first restaurants a coworker recommended to me when I first moved to boston

Excellent Korean style crunchy fried chicken with the amenities. I have never been disappointed with their menu choices.

Fried chicken is still great but what is going on with the dinning room completely empty at 7:00 pm on a Saturday. Al the other Korean Restaurants in the area where packed read more

We enjoyed everything. The combo was flavorful and spicy. Super crispy, and even stays that way the next day (I had a couple of leftover pieces the next day). We also enjoyed the bulgogi fries. It was a combo of flavors I didn't know I needed... but now I definitely do: cheesy, kimchi, scallion-y, and sweet thinly cut bulgogi meat on top of fries. read more

Bonchon Allston - Combo - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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Had a gift card to Bonchon and finally decided to check it out. We ordered Tteobokki, Popcorn shrimp and a half&half order of boneless chicken with soy garlic and spicy sauce. The popcorn shrimp was probably the best out of the 3. A bit salty but crispy enough. The Korean fried chicken was extremely disappointing. It was very dry, the actual chicken had no seasoning, and the breading was extremely tough. Both the soy garlic and spicy sauces just didn't have a good enough taste to redeem the chicken. I always expect KFC to be juicy and crispy but I got neither at Bonchon. The Tteobokki was quite spicy and mind you, I can handle spice but it was extremely hot so be forewarned. The texture of the rice cakes and the fishcakes was on point though. Probably won't come back but glad I gave it a try. read more

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I've been many times to the restaurant and was always happy. The food was stellar. I haven't been since covid though and wow things have changed. I ordered boneless wings and I received a box of dry, rock hard nuggets. I kid you not that even my dog turned these down. Into the trash they went. What a waste of $30 in Uber Eats. This might keep me from ever returning. This is not just bad, it's unacceptable. I would have had better luck with a frozen bag of Tyson nuggets. This is no exaggeration either. I order from bonchon expecting the same level of quality I've always gotten, but I'm highly disappointed. I actually skip the Waltham one because the food is so bad there and always get the Allston/Brighton one, but man, are they all just headed downhill now? read more

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Food was delish have been going here for a long time never disappointed. Had the chicken wings half and half white rice and kimchi. Amazingly and flavorful. The spicy one make sure you have your radishes close by lol. Service was great they're two gentlemen there that are very helpful and making sure you are all set. Very good customer service. Ambience great as well. Very busy but by the taste of this food you know why. When you are in the area please go. read more

Bonchon Allston - Soy and spicy delish - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

I visited BonChon for a quick lunch before going to a concert. We (group of three) ordered two lunch specials, which came with 4 pieces of wings and 2 drumsticks with a side of pickled radish and rice. For main dishes, we ordered the tteokbokki and takoyaki as a starter. The KFC was pretty good, crunchy, flavors weren't overpowering and were pretty filling. It was my first time trying gimmari, or Korean deep-fried seaweed rolls and it was super good. The tteokbokki was also good shareable portion for us. I think BonChon is great to go on a date if you want leftovers or with a group of friends. We paid $20 each and were pretty full afterward so it was definitely worth it. Service was also fast and friendly as well. I'd definitely go back! read more

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DO NOT GET THE CHICKEN KATSU!! Bonchon has good wings, but everything else is mid as fuck... but I just ordered chicken katsu, and the skin was burnt, there was NO panko, and the meat was DRY as all hell. Not mention how bad the rice was, but that's a lesser insult... holy shit. I just can't believe that for a place that is so good at wings, they fucked up the katsu this badly. What a waste of my goddamn money. Fuck you, Bonchon. Fuck you. read more

I haven't been to Bonchon in while since i do not live in the area, coming out on a friday night was pleasant. Got seated immediately and was given waters. Waiter kept up with refilling our drinks since the food we picked was quite spicy. The food was amazing, there were korean tacos but they got eaten before i was able to even take a picture. The pork bao buns were very good, the pork was a bit fatty but it was cooked perfect so it melted in my mouth. The fried chicken always hits, their spicy is no joke spicy so if you can't handle heat definitely stick to the regular BBQ. Their drums are huge and the skin is super crunchy, meat falls off the bone. The only real inconvenience was that that food was too hot to eat when it came out, definitely not complaining about that! But, did burn my mouth trying to dig into my main course because it was too hot to eat. Their special fries have a great crunch and seasoned very well. The donut was amazing, it comes out fresh, hot, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside served with a side of sweetened condensed milk, to die for. They had basketball games playing, loved that. Couple of TVs, kept me entertained for sure. Not a loud environment, could enjoy my meal and have a conversation with my significant other without having to yell across the table. Not sure why this place doesn't have better reviews, love Bonchon! read more

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I've rarely if ever left reviews after years of using yelp, but I'm shocked at the food here. I ordered 24 boneless wings through delivery and they were extremely overcooked, almost burnt. There was barely any sauce which was especially frustrating considering how dry they were. I deeply regret spending $40 on this and I can't imagine coming back. read more

Bonchon Allston - Overcooked boneless wings the size of Mcdonald nuggets - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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Here is my letter to management after I made the grave mistake of giving them another chance. To, Whoever cares....enough! There was a time a while back I considered a franchise option for BonChon. I was impressed by the quality, food and ambience. However, after repeatedly having bad dine in experiences, I kept ordering the wings as takeout. Yesterday I made the grave mistake of taking a date to BonChon. The worst decision of my life. I ordered the Boneless chicken wings and returned them TWICE, finally ended up not eating at all. The quality, presentation and temperature were all off. Food is supposed to look good and piping hot, mine looked over breaded, burnt (BURNT, not double fried) and sauce was coated by a 4 year old I had to remind the server to provide us with the coleslaw and the raddish. He informed be BonChon is now so cheap, they offer you a choice of only 1. I cannot believe how far you have sunk Ordered the Taekbokki, its supposed to have melted cheese. They literally had cheese sprinkled on top, like shredded cheese not melted. It was disgusting. I was a customer of takeout a few times a year (bad dine in experiences: untrained staff, bad food presentation/quality, dirty plates and glasses), BUT NOW, even the food is rotten quality wise. It's just overall disappointing that this location offers absolute trash off a service, bad food (not cooked well, not hot on arrival, cheese isnt melted ffs), staff forgets to provide the coleslaw and raddish, has to be informed, delays it by 15 minutes, and finally arrives with a tiny cup. What is wrong with you people? The boneless wings are over breaded, as a customer, its blatantly obvious quality has taken a back seat. I am disgusted with your overall service and quality of food, enough to send this to management in hopes there is light at the end of the tunnel for your establishment. As for me, please, dont bother with a coupon, or any courtesy which would be no more than a formality at this point. You cannot pay me enough to go back to a bonchon location EVER. I had to remind the server to provide us with the coleslaw and the radish. He informed be BonChon is now so cheap, they offer you a choice of only 1. I cannot believe how far you have sunk coleslaw and reddish, has to be informed, delays it by 15 minutes, and finally arrives with a tiny cup. What is wrong with you people? I'm Out! Sunny read more

Bonchon Allston - WTF is this??? Didnt even bother melting it. - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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This review does NOT focus on the food quality at Bonchon - I have considered it to always be great when I have visited in past years. I made plans to go to Bonchon on Brighton Ave this past evening, for dinner prior to a show. Unfortunately, I did not know until I was physically at the restaurant, that the dining room is currently CLOSED for some kind of renovations. The location IS open for take-out, but no seating currently available. I am disappointed that there is no online posting that points this out - it is not listed on the restaurant site itself. I do not seem to be able to Google any online messages that describe the current dining room closure situation or projected duration. So, unfortunately, my dinned plans were shut down unexpectedly last evening. read more

I've been Bonchon all around the world, and I can tell you the quality definitely varies per store. I've been going here since it first opened in Boston, and it has the best tasting Korean Fried chicken for the Soy Garlic flavor! In terms of food, I would recommend the avocado salad and Half & Half wings/drums. It's enough for 3 people, and some leftovers. Delicious just thinking about bonchon wings has me hungry. read more

Bonchon Allston - avocado salad - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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We needed food ASAP after sitting at a restaurant in Boston for an hour and a half waiting for our drinks/food to come that never did. We ordered ahead to here and it was ready on time and SO flavorful. We got large drumsticks(WHICH WERE HUGE!!), takoyaki, and bulgogi loaded fries. It was all phenomenal and the drumsticks were super crunchy and flavorful (we did half spicy and half soy garlic (not a soy sauce person but I loved them). Overall 10/10 would order again! read more

Bonchon Allston - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

I have been here a few times, and the soy garlic wings are delicious. Everything else I've gotten I guess is just not my cup of tea. Called ahead but they do not take reservations. Arrived and tried to put name down, but they would not add us to the waitlist until every person in the party was at the restaurant. Disclaimer: I am bad with spice, so take this as you will. - Soy garlic wings are consistently crispy and perfectly seasoned. Hot wings are too spicy for me personally to enjoy. However even when I am with friends who enjoy spice and we order 50/50 soy and hot, the soy are always the first to be finished. - Tteokbokki: I am not a huge fan of tteokbokki in general, but here it always feels overly saucy with not a lot of rice cake. It was extra spicy this last time I went, which for my friends meant a tiny bit spicier than usual but fine for them. - House fried rice with bacon was fine but didn't stand out. Hardly spicy even for me. - Seafood scallion pancake was very greasy and pretty soggy. - Boodae Jjigae I am not a fan of. My friends enjoyed it. Would return for the soy garlic chicken but none of the other dishes. read more

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Terrible terrible terrible! Just ordered 8 spicy wings for lunch and cannot be more disappointed! The chicken wings were very dry and looked like it was refried multiple times! The spicy flavor was not the same! It was more like the American spice instead of the Korean spice. Also, the wings were much smaller! 8 wings for $12.59 total. Not worth it! Not happy with it! Not likely to come back! read more

Bonchon Allston - Small tiny box - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

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Bonchon used to be our family's favorite place for Korean fried chicken. My family and I used to come by here all the time when we were in Boston visiting my sister at Northeastern University. However, the food has changed quite significantly in the last few years. There is so much inconsistency depending on the day. Lately, I've been noticing that the chicken is leaning on the dry side and lacking enough of the soy garlic sauce to compensate for this. Unfortunately, I can't say I will come back again because I've already given them multiple opportunities for redemption and have been let down each time. I've seen Bonchon through its rapid growth in opening new locations throughout the years so the inconsistency is probably due to the loosening grip of the overarching management and quality control. Additionally, it is frustrating how the family meal considers cold slaw and pickled radish as an add-on side. This used to come free with the chicken. read more

Horrible service from this branch. The server seemed to forget about my table until we had to wave down someone. We ordered the chicken and the tteobokki. There was something very off with the tteokbokki. It didn't taste right and the color was so off. I've had tteokbokki from other restaurants and this is definitely not how it should taste/look like. The chicken wasn't as crispy as it used to be. Not sure what happened to this specific Bonchon spot, but I will not be coming back. read more

Bonchon is still good but don't expect too much from service right now. Times have changed. Post pandemic indoor dining is a post apocalypse landscape where it's tough to hire enough people. Seasoned fries, amazing. Bonchon no longer has XL combo of wings and drums, so the next size down L combo is the biggest you can get ($39 (up from $32)). Their fried chicken is so much better dining in than take out. Unfortunately you only get one side with each chicken order, down from pre-pandemic of getting both coleslaw and pickled radish per order of chicken. Service is slow as there's only 2-3 people working the entire restaurant. I feel like table spacing is the same as prepandemic as well. read more

Really tasty guilty pleasure of mine is bonchon! Constantly craving their sweet and spicy chicken and pickled radish. It's a great option for catering to small get-togethers as well, although the food sometimes gets soggy after delivery. I will still keep ordering from them bc their crispy chicken is delectable read more

Food: I love Bonchon - never tried anything from there which has disappointed me. Although, I've only been like 2-3 times (usually for celebrations like last day of work, friends going away, birthday) but all the times I've been, everything was DELICIOUS. Flavors are always on point. Portions are BIG (good for splitting), definitely warm, filling, LARGE variety of menu items to choose from - I love their scallion pancakes LOL, but honestly anything is good. Location: Since portions are so big and there is so much variety in their menu, Bonchon is def a good place to come with friends. I've been to the Allston and Harvard Square area and both are in fun locations for sure. I like Allston for its' variety of Asian food (and desserts, omg, so much to choose from). read more

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Wow..a cockroach right next to me during dinner?? NICE. Bonchon has been shut down multiple times for failing health inspection and now I understand why. If there is a cockroach in the dining area, I can't even imagine how many there are in the KITCHEN. Told the waiter, and he failed to kill the roach. After that, we just grabbed the bill and left immediately. Will not be returning ever and the restaurant probably needs another inspection. As for the food, the chicken wasn't crispy enough and the sauce wasn't covered thoroughly. The seafood pancake wasn't cooked thoroughly either so some parts were floppy and wet. Spicy japchae is the only thing I would recommend. read more

Bonchon Allston - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

I've seen roaches a my table here twice... Both times, they've given me a measely 5% off my bill. read more

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Can't get enough of this chicken! A family dinner, we highly recommend the spicy chicken drumsticks with Tteokbokki (stir fried rice cakes in a spicy Korean sauce topped with melted cheese). The chicken that we got was half soy garlic which I would say has no spiciness to it and the other half was spicy. A perfect 50:50 ratio for those in our group that couldn't handle the spice. You get free refills of your bowls of coleslaw and radish which are great palate cleansers! The wait can be frustrating sometime, but we got lucky and only had to wait 5 minutes read more

Bonchon Allston - Tteokbokki, soy garlic and spicy chicken drumsticks - Korean Near Me - Allston, Massachusetts

My first time coming here was pre-covid, I decided to check out the Allston location as it was close by. Service was just OK, and your order can get a bit pricey, but the food was simply delicious. Havent been back to dine in person since, just takeout orders. A must-have are their renowned soy garlic wings! Fries are always crispy and lightly salted. As for the sushi, I was surprisingly impressed. I'm always thrown into a food coma after eating here, as the portions are huge. There was so much flavor in everything I tried. Experience overall was satisfactory; I would definitely suggest Bonchon if you're around. read more