Warm, comforting food for the area - a special place if you're looking for a no frills, Korean…read morerestaurant that will fulfill your KBBQ and rice needs.

I order a hot pot and it was amazing. They have a gluten free option for me and there was plenty of…read moreother dishes that had gf as well. The cost of the food was pretty cheap considering what was in the hot pot. The service was also great.

I tried this restaurant a year later and am happy to report it was just as good! I look forward to…read morecoming back again.

Visiting for a Monday lunch at around 1PM, we had no idea Horang would be that popular. At the…read moretime, the place was completely full and we were advised there would be a 30 minute wait for bar seating. We wandered over to the attached Horang Market, a little grocery store filled with Korean goods, to browse while waiting. In our case, we were lucky to be at the tail end of the lunch rush. It actually took only 15 minutes and we managed to get a table! Korean Fried Chicken, Yangyum Glaze, Half ($21) - A half order of the fried chicken consists of eight pieces. I thought going into the restaurant it would be only four pieces and was planning to order another dish as well, but thankfully I asked the waitress and she explained everything. As a surprise, we actually got nine pieces of chicken since two pieces had stuck together! The pieces are all boneless thighs, with the dark meat allowing the meat to remain juicy through the frying process. It's kept skin on, and the skin is rendered out excellently. They simply salt and pepper the skin, then dip into the batter. The fried coating is applied evenly, resulting in a consistent bite that remains somewhat crisp even through being dipped in the yangnyeom glaze. I'd say the crispness isn't as robust as other KFCs I've eaten, but it's still pleasing nonetheless. The sauce is of course the draw. It's extremely viscous, basically to the consistency of caramel due to the amount of sugar added. It's slightly funky with a faint heat that's barely felt in the mouth. The dish comes with one dipping sauce that isn't required at all given how flavorful the chicken is. We got the garlic aioli anyways, which is surprisingly strong in garlic flavor with the mayo completely eliminating the garlic pungency. It's actually much stronger than a toum that we had from a Middle-Eastern place the day before. (5/5) Charred Daeji Galbi Soban ($23) - This order comes with a variety of different banchan: Mandu - Two pieces. I'm not sure if these are made in house, but I'm leaning towards these being commercial. They have very uniformly thin wrappers housing a mix of savory and very salty ground pork, mushrooms, and vermicelli noodles. The wrappers are dried out and kind of leathery in chew. They are served in a sauce that I think is a combination of vinegar, soy sauce, and sugar, making it sweet, tangy, savory, and salty. I think they precook these and let them sit in an open warmer, which explains why they are so dry. Japchae - The japchae is very salty like too much soy sauce was added, yet also feels very dry and missing the fragrant and oily sesame sheen. The noodles feel undercooked in some portions, being very firm, different from the bouncy texture I normally associate with sweet potato noodles. This isn't a very good japchae. Napa Denjang Soup - Includes napa and tofu. Pretty standard miso taste, not particularly strong or funky. Prawn Twigim - Two pieces. Tender, sweet shrimp, covered with tempura batter and fried. This gives a light crisp coating. They add the same soy/vinegar dipping sauce on the bottom of the serving container, soggifying the ends of the tempura a bit. Kimbap - Two pieces. They are filled with plenty of chopped carrot, a piece of pickled daikon, some avocado and tofu skin in rice and seaweed. Simple, but fresh and tasty. Salad - Greens in a very sweet and citrusy dressing. Lightly dressed, no dressing pools on the bottom. The main dish includes perfectly cooked medium grain rice with great texture and mouthfeel. On top, they have a couple pieces of charred galbi with a thick sweet sauce glazed on top. The taste of the char actually penetrates into the rice, creating a flavorful bite. The galbi is fatty, tender, not too chewy and generally tastes quite nice especially due to the glaze. (3/5) I really enjoyed the Korean fried chicken served at Horang. For the Charred Daeji Galbi Soban, while the main dish was good, I found the banchan to only be subpar to average. Then again, I wasn't expecting to find good Korean food in Nanaimo in the first place, so it was still a pleasant surprise. Washrooms - Three rooms, one for men, one for women, last one accessible.

Best food in Nanaimo!…read more I dined in on my lunch break having seen the good reviews online. I was not disappointed! The quiet establishment (on Friday around 2:00) had a pleasant and clean atmosphere with some K-Pop music playing on a TV situated in a corner. The menu is clear and easy to order from. If you struggle with pronunciations, each order has a corresponding number and an image of each dish. I ordered the SO BULGOGI DEOP-BAP. It was phenomenal! The beef and rice were cooked perfectly had a slight sweetness to it, the kimchi had a perfect spiciness, the bean sprouts and cabbage were fresh, and the romaine lettuce with the chili dressing was delicious and sweet. In addition to the atmosphere and the food, the prices I considered very fair for the quality and quantity of the food. Lastly, the service was good. This will definitely be one of my #1 spots to eat on Vancouver Island! I am so pleased to have finally been introduced to this culinary gem. Incredible!

The food is excellent, and they have to share meals which are a great price. It feels like a small…read morefamily run place and everyone is very friendly.

Hidden gem by an ice rink - was in town to snowboard Whistler and craving some Korean food and…read morefound this spot. Sneakily good bowls and street food and friendly service. Soy chicken was fried crisply and perfectly sweet and salty, and balanced with pickled veggies. Would come back again!

Super happy to find this place tucked in the Meadow Park Sports Center. Friendly service, amazing…read morekimchi, gimbap, bibimbap and other drinks and snacks are available. Just a short drive away from Whistler village but worth it for good affordable korean food!

Our family absolutely loves this restaurant! For the few years they've been open, we had only…read morepicked up their kimchi to go-which I LOVE! I didn't think my family enjoyed Korean food so I hadn't taken them. We recently started going for dinner and we're slowly working our way through the menu...we haven't found anything we haven't liked! The sweet spicy fried chicken is a MUST try! The restaurant is family owned and the service is always excellent!

The service is not the greatest and I was the only customer then. I also dislike it when the staff…read moretried to pigeonhole me by first assuming I'm from a certain country, and did the guessing game just to know my background. What does that have to do with food?!?!?! I find it most disconcerting. Then when I requested for gochujang sauce as I like it on my rice, she said no. When I clarified they did not have it, she insisted I did not need it for my order, that it was only for bibimbap. Finally she brought me some with a shake of her head when I said I liked it on my rice. I was basically left alone after that. She did not check if I needed top up of tea and I had to get her attention for iced water since the weather was so hot. The food (seafood tofu soup) was ok, nothing spectacular. But this is Gibsons where you do not get many options for korean food. There were quite a number of people calling for take out. The restaurant is pretty warm and stuffy too, due to the hot sunny day. Not sure how it is during summer, if there is air conditioning inside. The service makes me hesitate to return here in future.

Sad to say this place is temporarily loses. But the owner came out and apologized. Seemed really…read morenice.

Amazing food and service! I'm glad a friend told me about…read morethis spot or else we would have never found it. This restaurant is off the busy path and in an older looking building, but it is a diamond in the rough! We started off with the K-Fried chicken and our server recommended the sweet and spicy version and it was amazing! We then had the Korean beef bulgogi and the pork tenderloin katsu! Both were awesome! We will definitely make this a stop when we head up to Whistler!

Stopped by for a quick lunch and was pleasantly surprised! Ordered a combo with chicken and fries…read moreand a side of kimchee. Owners seemed very nice, good service and good value.

The food was amazing. The people are very friendly. A small…read moregroup (we had 6) can eat in the restaurant but it's probably best to pickup and go!