So far hands down the best Korean bbq spot we've tried in Paris so far, and we know our stuff!…read moreA must if you are craving Korean food and want some authentic food, The banchan was soooo good. The owner and staff were lovely to speak to while we were eating, they had us laughing throughout our time there, their Korean is super good. It's a must go back to for us when we come to visit again!

So this is very good Korean with some stand out dishes. The jap chae is fresh and light, and the…read moretteokbokki was some of the best I've ever had. The galbi's sauce was good, but not great. The bulgogi unfortunately seemed like it incorporated a bit too much soy sauce. The Banchan was flavorful and diverse. Service was very attentive and overall it's clear this is a local favorite. It was definitely fun to try Korean food in Paris and worth a look if you're craving something different.

Here we are in Paris, eating Korean food! What can I say- this is what we were in the mood for…read more Our original pick was closed due to a leak. We found this place on the fly, courtesy of Yelp. The only negative about this restaurant is that it was really warm, so warm that we didn't stay for dessert. The food was excellent. We shared bibimbap and bulgogi. Both were really good. To our surprise, the food was brought out within minutes of ordering. We also ordered the excellent banchan. This was wqshed down with some cold soju. The prices weee really reasonable. Jantchi is very similar to the kins of Korean food that we get in NY, but less expensive and a bit faster paced. If you are tired of French food, it's worth a shot.

When the Korean food craving hits during the second day in Europe... look no further than the 1st…read morearrondissement, perfect location as it's close to the Louvre and lots of Asian food options. We probably checked five other Korean restaurants before settling on Jantchi. The restaurant quickly became busy during lunch. However, service was quick and I got my much needed soft tofu soup (soondubu) with the accompanying side dishes in a timely manner. I ordered the lunch soondubu, which was as expected, a bit watered down, but still hit the spot with the sesame oil flavor I was craving for. The egg is already cracked into the soup, which is not as hot as I'm used to. My boyfriend ordered the bibimbap, which came out in the stone pot and was pretty tasty ! We doubled down on the gochujang, and it was enough to keep our Korean cravings at bay for the remaining trip.

Authentic Korean food in the middle of 7th, off of Rue Cler - who knew? I should have. I can't…read morebelieve it took me almost two years to discover this place that's so close to me! Okay, fine, the prices are Rue Cler prices at around 16 EUR a dish, but at some point in your life time, you just have to give in to the idea that money can also be used to pay for convenience...but i digress... Anyway, owned by real Koreans, this place seemed to have been around for a long long time. The service is decent, although the old lady who does the cashier job is a big scary. We got the onion pancakes as a starter, then my boyfriend got the grilled spicy pork and I got the spicy beef soup. Pajun/Scallion Pancakes: DELICIOUS. I'm generally not a huge fan of the korean ones because they don't mince the green onions but use giant stalks of them - but this one was so good that I was too happy to help my boyfriend finish them. Huge portion. Dweji Bulgogi/Korean Spicy Pork BBQ. DELICOUS. They give it to you on a stovetop, but it's precooked in a pan, and the stove doesn't turn on. The presentation is kinda funny. The food is good there and no complaints. Portion was a good size too. Yukgaejang/Spicy Beef soup. TERRIBLE!!!!!! Don't get the soups here. Their soup is watery and bland and clearly not braised slowly over time. What's worse? There is no beef inside. I found like one tiny tidbit slithereen of pork. Mostly just boiled kimchi. I would venture to say that you stay away from their soup dishes. The Banchan/side dishes are great. Although the Kimchi was alcoholy and was clearly not fermented long enough, the seaweed and other pickled dishes were quite good. We did not care for the anchovies and did not try them (see pic). Overall, I believe if you are in the neighbourhood and want something Asian, this place is a worthy visit if you don't mind the price tag. It was about 60 EUR for two: one beer, and two full bellies.

We came here after we had a disappointing Korean food fail last night. We hoped this would change…read moreour experience in Korean food in Paris. We ordered beef ribs. It came with spinach soup. Soup was really good. Side dishes were home made. Some were good some were just okay. Main dish tasted great but they finely chopped up the meat and put them on the sizzling stone plate. As a result, it made the meat very dry. It service was great they greeted us with warm smiles. Place was clean and neat. Note: They did not have wi-fi. Price was more expensive than I expected but seems like this is normal pricing in Paris. So nothing extremely weird about it. They had plenty of choices when it came to appetizers, main dish, dessert, etc. Overall, this helped to replace awful experience we had last night. I would recommend this place to anyone who is craving Korean food.

I totally forgot to give my review for this disappointing service restaurant. We had such a…read morehorrible experience here. The food is really great. We were so happy to find this restaurant at first. But on our second visit, they put us in the upstairs area KNOWING it would close within 30 mins. We thought the restaurant was closing in 30 so we ate super fast. Despite doing so, they rushed us twice. After going downstairs we saw many customers still downstairs and was told that only upstairs was closing. WHY DID YOU PUT US UPSTAIRS THEN? We complained to the server and owner, both of them just shrugged. We are Asians - my husband is Korea actually. This is so embarrassing when our own kind in a foreign country treats people this way. I do not recommend coming here until their attitude improves.

After 4 days in Paris, we needed a break from French cuisine, so we ended at Ilang, which was near…read moreour hotel and had decent reviews. The restaurant was quite busy, and there is seating on two floors. We sat on the ground level, cooled off with some Cass beers, and ordered away. Definitely get the spicy squid - it was very flavorful, spicy without kicking your butt, and oh so tender. Skip the Korean fried chicken, which had an odd texture. While we didn't have the largest assortment of banchan, they were all quite good. The haricot vert was a little odd, as I have never had that in Korea, but I guess it makes perfect sense in Paris :). Prices are very reasonable, and service was fast. Definitely a nice spot for Korea food in a convenient location.

A stroll to the center of the unassuming Brey Rue is Misa B…read more Immediately a smiley monsieur with a warm welcome along with his staff greeting us was a pleasurable Parisian beginning! Cozy commodious ~ modest modern decor with a newness & clean comfort. The soft gold metal dinnerware that gave the ambience an added touch. Corean craft ~ hard to find biere from the motherland not usually found in other Korean restaurants. Both are tasty pairings with everything. #5. Kimchi stir-fried pork with sautéed kimchi & fresh tofu was yummy ~ spiced just right, subtle amount of pork to give the kimchee delish flavor. #24 DOENJANC JICAE ~ light, not overly fermented or salted, came out piping hot perfect. #14 Marinated Beef Rib ~ tender cut pre lengthened with bone on end. Faint marinaded quality meat. Tasty. Banchan ~ fresh assortment and more than happy to refill any favorites. New grilling tables had excellent smoke removal technology without the loud vacuuming noise. Touch tap easy to adjust the temperature to your liking. Too full for dessert from the scrumptious dinner, the complimentary Gilbert chew was just right. We appreciated the monsieur asking if we are enjoying ourselves throughout the dinner & acknowledged us leaving with a spirited thank you and to please come back again. Nothing but pleased satisfaction from Misa! Highly recommend.

Unfortunately only had time to try the bibimbap, but it was still good! Presentation and taste were…read morejust like other Korean restaurants I've been to. Same water jar, similar cups, and plates/cutlery. Interior design and setup felt just like any other dimly lit spot too. Service felt all the same too - good and efficient.

For a new place and in a random location, we were pleasantly surprised by this place! We got good…read morebanchan options and our dishes were good. The only feedback is we needed the bibimbop bowl to be HOT! There was no sizzle or crispy rice! Ommababbb- dooo whooopp.

Good and honest korean restaurant. I went there couple of…read moretimes for lunch break, the 'dosirak' (=bento) is well made and well composed. A real korean Mama works in the kitchen and you can feel it in your plate. The place is packed from 12.30, so better to get there a little bit before.

I had a chance to dine at 5 different Korean restaurants during my visit to Paris in early…read moreDecember. Soon Grill Champs-Élysées was a lunch stop on day 2, dining with my nephew who had been doing a semester abroad. Calling it a Korean bbq restaurant does Soon an injustice. It is a fine dining establishment with very competitive prices, and a pretty complex variety of dishes, giving good examples of how far Korean cuisine can go. "The Korean government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), designated "Excellent Overseas Korean Restaurants" to promote high-quality hansik (Korean food) globally." There are seven now, with 3 in Singapore, 3 in Los Angeles, and only one in Europe: Soon Grill Champs-Elysees. This is the second branch of Soon Grill, which opened its first Korean BBQ in le Marais 10 years before. And of the five restaurants I visited, Soon was at the top. Like most Paris restaurants serving lunch, it opened at noon. We got there early, sitting in a nice outdoor waiting area. They invited us in (without a reservation ) around 11:50, which doesn't always happen. The lunch was everything that our dinner the previous night had not been: elegant atmosphere, great tableside service, and an incredible attention to detail (the dishes were prepared with a lot of individual effort). We were seated separate from a sole diner (but in a communal table). A self-service water carafe was immediately brought over and continuously refilled as we drank. We had come for the lunch menu, split into two groups: 1. bibimbap menu (stone bowl mixed rice plus a small dish of a classic korean meat dish) for 27€; 2. degustation menu (appetizer, main tableside barbeque dish, dessert) for 45€. My nephew chose from the bibimbap menu: beef tartare bibimbap with a side of chicken bulgogi. It came with a fermented bean soup. The raw beef was thinly sliced ribeye (the same used for beef bulgogi), and it was a large amount. I would have thought that the beef would have been partially cooked by the stone bowl, but that wasn't the case. The meal also came with a decent amount of chicken (dok) bulgogi as the 2nd entree. If an extra bowl of rice had been ordered, this would have been enough food for two people. I got to sample a bite before he tore into it, and found it to be good, though I wish the bowl had been a lot hotter. One thing to impress was the knife work...everything had been chopped so finely and evenly..and bibimbap is all about the various vegetable ingredients mixed with the crispy rice. Japchae was my choice for app, and the glass noodle dish was excellent. Not too oily, with the same knife work: the egg had been separated into yolk and white and had been chopped so finely, that at first glance, I thought the white was imitation crab. They did not have the soy-braised kalbi, so ended up getting the grilled lamb firstribs. This brought on the full bbq experience, with the meat being carved and grilled tableside by the server. The ventilation was excellent, didn't smell barbeque at all. Dessert was Daeboreum, a rice ice cream, with cereal chips, pear mousse, and soy crumble. Dessert in Korean meals is usually simpler, usually cut up fruit. So this was different, surprising, and delicious. Both meals came with set of 4 individual banchans and a communal bowl of kimchi (which was definitely aged strongly). One banchan was very finely shredded potato. Another was individually presented cucumber slices...even the banchan seemed to be individually prepped into each small dish. The kimchi gives good info that a kimchi stew or kimchi fried rice here would be really good. The personalization is crazy here...as if you asked for 2 slices of cucumber instead of 3, they would probably accommodate. The restaurant used the most elegant (and heavy) metal dishware I've ever seen at a Korean restaurant. They even had a display of it in the front, with a price if you wanted to take a set home. The service was aloof, but very attentive and accurate. But what impressed me the most was the ingredient prep. Both bibimbap and japchae can be amazing when the multitude of ingredients is processed so finely, to create a different blended taste, greater than the sum of its ingredients. That for me, is elevated cooking and something I will seek out.

Delicious! What a welcome break from the equally delicious yet heavy French cuisine. We just so…read morehappened to find this place when looking for something different to eat in the 8th. Food and service were absolutely wonderful. I really enjoyed the rice cake. Unlike Korean bBQ in USA, the server here cooked the pork belly for us which was nice because she spoke English and we had a fun time chatting.

One of two Korean restaurants close by to the hotel we were staying, and chose the one that was…read morecloser. Came for dinner on a Thursday around 7, and we were the only ones inside. Not the friendliest hostess or server, but efficient. I was curious what Korean food (which is known to stay pretty consistent regardless of which country you are in) would taste like in France, and didn't want to just do KBBQ. The table we sat at, did have a gas bbq pit. They immediately offered a carafe of water, which we could serve ourselves. We started off with Crepe au kimchi (€12) , and it was very, very good. The kimchi was sufficiently sour to give the pancake a nice kick, and just enough hot oil had been used to make the pancake crispy but not too oily. It had been cut into the right sized squares, perfect to pick up with chopsticks. It was a great start. We ordered bibimbap with raw beef (€16) , beef BBQ (bulgogi for €19,5), and kimchi pork soup with tofu (€14). The kimchi pork soup used the same really ripe kimchi. It had generous portion, the broth had permeated the tofu nicely, and there was the right amount of fatty pork. With a bowl of white rice (€2), it was a good meal for me and I was satisfied. My wife's bulgogi came with white rice and 6 banchans. It was very tender and well marinated. She grilled it herself...the ventilation was good...we didn't smell smokey afterwards. My daughter was less impressed with the bibimbap..it had quality ingredients (and the raw beef could be cooked in the very hot stone bowl)....but the hot sauce didn't taste right. It wasn't salty enough (per her). The 6 banchans were hit/miss. I really liked the kimchi and the cole slaw. The marinated wood ear mushrooms were unusual for a banchan, but I enjoyed it. The sweet potatoes had a funny after-taste, more tasteless than sweet. The bean sprouts and green beans added a nice crunch to my meal. After everything, the total came out to €63,50. Pretty good food, decent price. Worth going to.

Great food. Service was excellent. Very authentic atmosphere. Saki was great and the beer was ice…read morecold.