Incredibly tasty little spot to get Korean corn dogs. Prices are also very reasonable for how good…read morethis stuff is. Definitely try the potato-covered hot dog!

I got the squid ink cheese rice dog with a bit of garlic butter and sugar, and sweet mayo for…read moredipping, and the volcano rice dog with ramen topping and chipotle sauce for dipping. The squid ink cheese rice dog is made with squid ink batter, mozzarella cheese, and a beef hot dog. It was good, but the hot dog was saltier and didn't stick to the skewer as well, maybe because the hot dog comes out at the bottom to look like a squid. I wasn't a huge fan of the sweet mayo, but I didn't really need it. The volcano rice dog has a 6-inch spicy sausage (jalapeño and 3-cheese, pork and chicken mixed). It's much larger than the regular ones, especially with toppings like ramen, so it was bit difficult to eat but huge and filling, and I loved the kick it had without overpowering. I didn't need any dipping sauce, but the chipotle was good. My husband got the poutine hotdog (rice dog) and the cheddar cheese rice dog with spicy mayo. The (new?) poutine hotdog is a full cheese (whole mozzarella) and hot dog rice dog with potato topping and a side of beef gravy. The gravy was dark with a bit of melted cheese on top. Unexpectedly, the gravy was actually really good. The cheddar cheese rice dog is has a beef and chicken mixed hot dog wrapped in cheddar cheese. Not sure if it's available all the time since it's the first time I've seen it, but I spotted Korean fried chicken on the menu and I had to try theirs. We got a small sweet and spicy (yangnyum) which was listed as the most popular. It came with a few waffle fries for some reason, but no complaints. It was definitely on the sweet side and super saucy, probably better fresh/eaten there instead of for delivery to avoid it getting soggier over time. It was still pretty crispy and sticky. My husband enjoyed it, but it was a little too much for me (sauce and sweetness) and glad we got the small. It seems expensive for one, especially with extra toppings and sauces, but they're super filling and always a treat!

great food and good Service Pork Bone Soup…read moreFried Chicken Purple Rice Beef Bulgogi Soy Sauce Chicken

Two-time visitors, and equally happy the second time as the first. Enthusiastic, friendly service…read moreand a (albeit small) menu bursting with flavourful, creative combinations. We did not leave hungry either time and the prices are more than fair.

July 13, 2026 - We ordered a pork bibimbap and a small original chicken. It came with the standard…read morebanchan: kimchi, honey glazed potatoes, and bean sprouts. The bibimbap was good. Mixed together, you get a bit of everything and it was seasoned well. I don't think it's possible to mess up bibimbap . The fried chicken was good. Crispy exterior with a tender inside.

It is a typical Korean restaurant! We ordered tofu bibimbap, and gamjatang. The portion sizes were…read moreaverage. Bibimbap was good. Gamjatang was a bit off (still acceptable), just seemed like an overly-diluted bone booth. I will definitely stick with bibimbap next time!

We have been going for coffee at the Mac Donald's next door for years and when this place opened…read morethe first thing g I thought was that in such an odd location that it would never survive. Well... it's still here so today we decided to give it a try. It's small and cosy and extremely busy... no wonder. The food was awesome. We both had the General Tao with rice and 2 egg rolls and it was mouth watering g. The egg rolls are the best we have ever eaten in our 67 years. They add some spice to it that makes it outstanding and it is packed which is so much better than most other Asian restaurants. If you are looking for Asian food... find this place and give it a try I am certain you will not be disappointed!!!

Saturday night, takeout night! The fam and I went with Nom Nom tonight and chose a couple of…read moredifferent dishes out. The hubby recently got takeout from Nom Nom a couple of weeks ago, and forgot how good it was, while it has been a couple of years since I've had takeout from here. We ordered the sesame balls, veggie spring rolls, sweet potato croquettes, tofu spicy fried noodles, and Singapore noodles. The sesame balls and the veggie spring rolls were reminiscent of the stuff you'd get at an AYCE restaurant, but they were still good. The sweet potato croquettes was a first for me, and they were very much like a large hash brown, but super fluffy inside. My suggestion is to wait for them to cool down a bit and eat them warm or room temperature. My toddler loved these, but I thought they were just OK. The Korean spicy fried noodles was the star of the show, although a bit too greasy for my liking, they did hit the spot. I really enjoyed their take on cooking tofu. I think they took deep fried puffed tofu, flattened it down and fried it with the noodles, where it resembled sliced pork. There was a lot of nice color to it, as well as a slight char, and the texture was amazing. Keep it mind, it was a tad greasy as well. I didn't care for the Singapore noodles. My hubby loves this dish, but said he's had it made better else where, so its all personal preference. I do like that you can customize a lot of the meals into vegetarian meals, so major kudos to that. I don't crave Asian cuisine all that often, so I don't think I will be rushing back, but it was nice to switch things up and try out something new.

10/10, this place is SO good. Honestly still thinking about that salmon teriyaki and the seafood…read moretofu stew we ordered (which didn't make the cut for the photos cause it was literally devoured within 2 minutes). It was our first-time trying it because the original restaurant we wanted to go to on Somerset was closed, but we were definitely not let down. They open at 11:30 on the weekend and we were a bit early but the staff was super friendly and accommodating- letting us sit down, browse the menu and even place our order before they "officially" opened. Out of all the dine-in korean restaurants we've tried so far in Ottawa (which I know is quite limited and most aren't authentic- but that's not to say they aren't good): Alirang, Maht, Daldongnae, etc. This is definitely top tier AND we will be coming back. As a small business, they are generous with their refillable complimentary side dishes (which is so yum), the flavour HITS, and the service is so good and welcoming. They kept checking in with us, turned down the volume to the TV that we were sitting under, and kept refilling our tea. inside the restaurant is also quite spacious and has comfortable seating arrangements. But we were sitting next to the AC which can be quite breezy!

A return visit for the Bulgogi plate - so delicious. And the service is super friendly. Even the…read moremanager came by at the end of my meal to make sure everything was to my liking. It's no wonder this place is so busy. Large portions, everything so fresh tasting and great service makes for 5 stars. A winning combination.

First time visiting and overall a good experience…read more Prices were reasonable and portions fair. Service was friendly and I liked that most tables had some privacy with dividers. We ordered the Army Pot which was spicier than expected, but still enjoyable. Side dishes were okay, and the kimchi pancake was a bit salty for my taste. A nice touch was being served both water and tea pitchers right away. Descent spot for Korean food in Ottawa.

Haven't been back to Alirang in a while and it seems to have gone downhill. We got the seafood…read morepancake, tangsuyuk, galbitang, pork kimchi jjigae, bulgogi and ojingeo bokum/spicy squid. - galbitang was very beefy with a good amount of tender beef ribs. - ojingeo bokum had a good amount of heat and the squid was cooked perfectly. - Seafood pancake was greasy but not crispy and the flour wasn't mixed evenly with pockets of doughy flour. - Bulgogi was standard. - Tangsuyuk was freshly fried but the crisp didn't hold up to the end of the meal and the sauce was a ginger forward and leaned more Chinese than Korean - Pork kimchi jjigae - lacked a depth of flavour, maybe the anchovy stock base?, and had tomato flavour in it which wasn't terrible but definitely not expected. Also, I didn't realize the restaurant is run by Chinese folks now. Not sure if it always has been but that to me explains why some of the dishes seemed to have some familiar chinese flavours. Service was quite slow and we had to actually make an effort in flagging down our server. Washrooms are quite dirty and the odour made its way into the dining room area.

The store special of fried chicken was as good as recommended. My friend and I tried the green…read moreonion fried chicken with sauce on the side to get a good taste of the fried chicken. It was tasty, slightly juicy and very crispy. The sauces were a bit sweet. As mentioned below, Table 85 made the best fried chicken in their old location. The spicy seafood noodle was good but not great. It is a huge portion and more than enough for one person. Could be shared if you are not huge eaters. I hesitated between 3 and 4 stars. They were only cubed daikon radish as a free side. A far cry from the appies that normally accompany Korean food. They also don't sell rice which I also found unusual for a Korean restaurant. I guess it more of a fried chicken fast food joint.

I had been wanting to try The Fry ever since they first opened up in Toronto, but hadn't gotten…read morearound to it. Then they opened a location on Elgin St and for some reason or other, I still hadn't gone. Then they opened this location in Barrhaven, and I thought "hmm, free and plentiful parking, in a shopping plaza, and close to our friends' house, there is no excuse not to go!" So my husband and I went there last night with our friends who live near the restaurant. The Fry's specialty is Korean fried chicken. My husband and I shared the standard "half & half" ($28.99), which was a whole chicken, half of it plain fried chicken and the other half fried chicken in sauce. Our friends (another couple) got the "special half & half" ($29.99), which is also a whole chicken except you get to choose how you want the halves (choices are plain fried chicken, fried chicken in sauce, fried chicken in spicy sauce and soy garlic chicken). They got plain fried chicken and soy garlic chicken. They also got a basket of sweet potato fries ($7.49). Like all Korean restaurants, they start you off with some banchan (free appetizers). We got a skillet of sizzling corn, and some pickled daikon radish and pasta salad. We got 1 plate of each for the 4 of us. You can look at the pictures I posted, but I felt the daikon radish and pasta salad portion was pretty stingy. There were literally 6 pieces of rotini in the pasta salad for the 4 of us to share (!). I didn't have any corn, but those who did said it was ok. Just corn in some butter and heated up. The pickled daikon radish was good. It wasn't too strong in flavour. The pasta salad was pretty much rotini with some diced red and green bell peppers in a mayo-based sauce. It was good. Now on to the main attraction: the fried chicken! So I specifically told our server that I cannot eat sesame seeds, so please tell the kitchen not to sprinkle sesame seeds on my order of friend chicken with sauce. Well, guess what? It was the last basket to arrive and came covered in sesame seeds. So I reminded the server of my request and she said "oh yeah, sorry" and took it away. So luckily I was able to eat the other half which was just plain fried chicken. My husband and I were almost finished the plain fried chicken before they brought out the re-made sauced one. Now in our situation it was fine because we were going to share anyway, but had I been waiting for the sauced chicken, everyone else would have practically finished their meal before I would have gotten mine. The server did apologize again when she brought the new one out. The plain fried chicken was good. It wasn't too salty and the batter was just right. However, I really liked the sauced one. The sauce was garlicky and slight sweet. The pieces are cut up into small pieces, smaller than you would get at other fried chicken places like Kentucky Fried Chicken, Popeye's or Church's. The chicken also comes piping hot, so be careful you don't burn yourself! Service was good in that they were polite and nice, and they checked up on us occasionally and brought us extra napkins when they saw things were getting a little messy, lol. They also give you a water jug for the table and they refilled it when it was running low without us having to ask. When it came time to pay the bill, I noticed that they did not compensate us for their sesame seed screw up. Now my expectations for such matters are pretty low, like maybe a free dessert, or 10% off the item they made the error on, or even 5% off your next visit, just any small gesture to take responsibility for the mistake. So I was a bit disappointed in the way they handled the situation. At least the server apologized. Decor is pretty casual. There are 3 TVs that play sports and one TV that plays Korean pop music videos. The place is brand spanking new as they just opened up March 4, 2017. It's where the Corny Dog used to be (and before that Spuds). Overall, the chicken was good, but I found the sauce not as flavourful as Bonchon Chicken (in the USA) or Table 85 (the hidden gem here in Ottawa). Oh and they are still waiting for their liquor license as of the writing of this review. Also, if you are trying to eat healthily, you are out of luck at The Fry. I mean with a name like The Fry, what do you expect? The majority of the menu items are deep-fried. There are no salads or vegetable dishes (with the exception of buttered corn, and I guess french fries and sweet potato fries - but these are by no means healthy choices even if they are technically vegetables).

My review is for our takeout experience not dining in (Covid times)…read more The Pro's: - Food was very cheap, I was sure my wife made a mistake since we had so many dishes, she said it was so cheap she was sure its all small portions. - Nice sized portions - very tasty, we tried a few veggie dishes all were unique and spot on. Just for the korean pancakes tgey deserve 5 stars - Nice change from the regular too sweet or blend taste I got used to fron takeouts The Con's Very slow delivery time, about 1 hour.

25/12/24 We haven't been to this restaurant for a while, so…read morewe decided to have Korean food and come here on Christmas Day. The food was good, with enough quantity to eat and take home as leftovers. We were a party of nine taking the regular (not BBQ), so they put two tables together for us. Our only complaint about that was that the tables were not the same height. The amenities (restrooms) were not very pleasant, as the trash cans looked as if they have not been emptied in a month (they were overflowing), and there was toiled paper on the floor. In addition, the floor did not look very clean. Food: 4 | Service: 3 | Atmosphere: 2 Recommended dishes: Beef Ribs, Miso Soup Kid-friendliness: There aren't any meals for kids, so you would mostly likely get a couple of dishes and get plates to share.