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.

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.

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.

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.

Waitress, who also turned out to be the chef, sorted through the pile of menus and came up with two…read morethat were in Spanish (on the right). It shows seven dishes - four soups (kimchi & pork, chicken & potato, fish, bean), and three spicy stir-fries (pork, squid, beef). The stack of menus happened to be on a counter next to our table, and looking over, it was obvious that there was a more extensive menu - I mean, nineteen dishes listed, including four that are marked for two or more people. Called her over and she admitted there were indeed more dishes - some noodle dishes, and some other things - it was a little vague. Cue the Google camera translator. It doesn't do so well with handwritten Korean, but it did pick up... "dumplings". Hmmm.... "Do you have mandu like it says here?" "Yes, in a noodle soup." One dish picked. Our ban chan arrived - a smaller selection that at most places, or, really not, a smaller selection that at the big barbecue joints, but about right for the places that serve other stuff. And, all good, and, no waste, as we finished it all over the course of the meal. So, indeed, it turns out to be dumplings, mandu, in a noodle soup. Three dumplings and a whole lot of noodles. All good, nice and al dente, and the filling packed with garlic chives and pork. The soup broth a little light on flavor, a sort of basic stock, but a request for gojuchang had her beaming, "You know gojuchang???" And then she gave me a rapid fire description of how she makes her own. Added a good dollop, and that handled the broth. (160 pesos) Our other choice, the spicy kimchi and pork soup, which was spicy, and delicious, and packed with both of those ingredients, plus a good amount of tofu, and a side bowl of rice to add to it. We added it all. Another winner. (150 pesos) We'd considered adding a third dish to our order to share - glad we didn't, these are really generous portions, and for the price, basically $9-10 per plate, a bargain. We'll happily return here in the future.

Now, "kunjip" or "keunjip" means "big house". And the sign in Spanish, or really, in English, says…read more"The Kunjip". But the actuality is that the Korean name on both the front and the menu is "deo keun jip" which means "bigger house". Now, I'm not sure bigger than what, as this isn't exactly a massive space. I forgot to take an interior photo, but what is inside is a lineup of eight bamboo surrounded booths, each with a table designed for four people (you could squeeze more, but it's a squeeze). And the booths even have bamboo curtains so that if you choose, you can dine inside your booth in privacy. We opted to leave our curtains open - two other tables were there while we were (their first Sunday lunch open, so not bad for a start), one kept them open, the other asked for them to be closed. There's a menu posted on the wall, noting an all you can eat Korean BBQ for 450 pesos (currently a shade over $16), and then listing five other dishes - two forms of cold noodles, either in soup or with spicy sauce; a spicy pork stir-fry, a sweet and spicy beef stir-fry, or a spicy beef soup. Apparently the barbecue part isn't really optional, as they started the service for that nearly as we sat down. It's just an option to order one or more of the other dishes to supplement it (they all run a shade over 200 pesos each). And this is one abundant barbecue spread. If I have any criticisms of it, it's two things - first, the grill is just too big for the table, and second, there were no non-red meat offerings, even in the various side dishes (yes, there were vegetable dishes, but nothing fish or seafood based, no chicken, just all beef and pork). Let's zoom in on some standouts. First, a couple of actual steaks, not just chopped or shredded meat, or thin slices of steak, but actual steaks, that you can cook to the temperature you like. and decent quality ones too. And the bacon, likewise, is thick cut. Also, neither is brought out frozen, a common thing at several of the Korean BBQ spots we've been to over time. There's also the usual two shredded beef offerings (not pictured, though in the front of the big spread picture), both in a soy marinade and a spicy marinade. And, in traditional service style, they brought a big platter of lettuce for making wraps (the first place we've been to where they asked if we wanted it or not rather than just bringing it). We did, also, have to ask for hot sauce (which is delicious, actually spicy, and well worth asking for), rather than it being on the table - oddly, what they did give each of us on the table was a dish of salsa criolla, the Argentine mix of tomatoes and onions in vinegar. Bowing to local tastes I imagine. A dish of stewed chinchulines, small intestine, or "chitlins" as some might call them, in a fiery pepper sauce. I think I ate about 3/4 of the dish myself. The other side dishes - a decent selection of ban chan, though we found the kimchi to be a bit tame. Interestingly they brought two different kinds of kimchi, specifying that one was for the grill and to be eaten hot with the steaks. There was also a bowl of soup, a moderately spicy miso based broth with tofu and zucchini that was decent, though not one of the better ones we've had. Some deep-fried pork on another plate, and a pretty good salad. Refills of anything, of course, are free, if you can manage. Like the place, friendly service, really good food, certainly moves this spot into one of my top five for Korean BBQ, knocking out BBQ Town in Barrio Chino to take position number 5. And, all told with a large bottle of water to share, and tip, 1060 pesos, or about $38 - $19 apiece. Not a bad deal at all.

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.

I had no idea that this place existed. I've never seen it noted on lists of Korean restaurants here…read morein town. The outside makes it look like a catering hall or events hall - which, apparently, it used to be. You'd think they'd put something on the outside to let people know that it's now, and for years apparently, has been, a Korean bbq restaurant, kind of right on the edge of the Floresta part of Koreatown. We were surprised to be one of only two groups at the dinner here. Then again, that may be partially because of the place simply not being well known. It's a Korean barbecue, featuring bulgogi, cooked at the table, and, by the waiter, rather than leaving it in our hands, which is a nice touch. Though, that may have been because there were so few people there, and four waiters, plus the owner and someone at the register. Of particular note, the mandu, Korean dumplings, some of the best around, and the scallion pancakes, plus excellent kimchi of both Asian cabbage and daikon. It's all you can eat, and runs, I think, 700 pesos per person, plus beverage. We liked everything, and while it doesn't knock any of my Korean bbq spots off of my top favorites, it's certainly well worth going to. And, they're open Monday through Saturday, lunch and dinner!

Now, from the outside you'd barely know the place was there - it looks like just another house on…read morethe block, and, from what I've seen in passing by, the little teeny paper sign in a windowpane of the door is only stuck up there when they're actually open. The place is a house, that's been converted to two dining rooms - one small, one a bit larger, and almost everything behind it has been turned into kitchen and storage. It's attended to by the couple who own it - and in fact, I'd tried to go solo a week or two ago and the gentleman had answered the door, but told me that there wasn't any food because his wife had gone out to do some shopping and she's the cook! That was also the second time I'd tried to go and found them not open - so, it's worth checking in advance, either by message on their Facebook page or a phone call. Six of us hit the table and other than one person's request for a particular dish, the choice was left in my hands. The owner and I talked back and forth and picked out four additional dishes to share around the table. The specialty here, like at Silvy, just a few blocks away on the same street, are classic Korean soups. First up, a small selection of ban chan - probably the smallest selection I've seen to date (a bit later one additional one was added in to a second round). All really quite good. Arriving first on the table, the bulgogi, which I'd actually not realized was a soup - thinking it was the grilled beef on a platter with some vegetables for us to all share. But, as it turned out, pretty much everything really is a soup on the menu. The pot arrived with the ingredients uncooked, over a gas burner, which we fired up and let it come to a boil and cook for about 10-12 minutes. Stocked with beef, vegetables, rice cakes, and soy flour noodles, a really tasty rendition of this dish, and more than enough to share around. It's officially a portion for "2" at 500 pesos, but easily feeding more than that, especially if you're eating anything else. Next up, the dish requested by one of my lunch companions, the kimchi cheese bab - basically a mildly spiced kimchi fried rice with a bit of scrambled egg and some cheese atop. Our least favorite dish, and while this is what this dish is traditionally, it's not what our friend thought it was. 190 pesos The tok mandu guk - a very mild, clear soup with scrambled egg, rice cakes, and a trio of pork mandu, or dumplings. Despite being lightest dish, I think this was my personal favorite - it was just so well balanced and tasty. Plus, dumplings - which admittedly we each only got a half of, but I'd go back just for a bowl of that on my own.190 pesos. A piping hot, and piping picante bowl of yukgaejang, spicy beef soup - another delicious bowl of broth. A little light on the stuff in it, I think there were just three small pieces of beef, and a bit of egg, and maybe just a few too many beansprouts. 190 pesos. And, we finished off with a bowl of cold buckwheat noodle soup, mul naengmyeon, with zucchini, egg, beef, and daikon. Completely refreshing and a great way to finish off the meal. 180 pesos. Overall, comfortable spot to have lunch or dinner, there's definitely a "home" feel to it. Really good, solid cooking. Pricing is fair - each of the individual plates running the equivalent of around $11. With water, a large bottle of beer and a small bottle of soju to split, plus tip, we left happily for 275 pesos apiece, about $15.50, and we all had more than enough to eat and drink. On a comparison basis, I prefer the food at both Silvy and Singul Bongul in Floresta, and KU:L in Flores (though it's only open for lunch on weekends), but I'd happily eat here again.

Way back, I'd seen a listing for Modurang Korean restaurant, somewhere along the line, but I'd come…read moreby this address, seen this Miami Vice cyan colored facade, no indication of a restaurant, and just figured I'd gotten it wrong or it was long gone (it is, they closed five years ago when they sold the house to new owners). This was in the days before I knew how much of Buenos Aires' culinary scene, particularly in "ethnic barrios" goes on behind such fronts. The place is now Bogotá Restaurante. There's no sign, just a door buzzer, that I confidently rang, figuring I was about to either discover a restaurant, or apologize to a homeowner. Restaurant, it is. I am clearly the only non-Korean here, other than a couple of the staff. Though listening in a bit, I find that one of the nearby tables is a family of Korean-ancestry tourists from somewhere in Central America, who had heard about this place and wanted to check it out. Although I got a couple of glances from some of the guests, the guy running the room didn't seem surprised by a white boy coming in, and there was no awkwardness. Other than... the menu is only in Korean. But, handy Google camera ready translate gave me enough to pick out more or less what most of the dishes were, and, later, I translate the menu for future use. I picked out a favorite...Spicy stir-fried calamari, absolutely dead-on delicious, the calamari perfectly tender. Maybe a little heavy on the onions and green onions, but still plenty of tentacles. Rice, and a little selection of banchan - fiery kimchi, the same with pickled daikon, a little beansprout salad, some tofu that wasn't all that interesting, and a little cold salad of sliced hotdogs and pickled onions - I've never quite gotten this Korean fascination with cold hotdogs and pickled vegetables, but it's at least interesting. As a note, beyond being completely in Korean, the menu also has no prices on it, but it's clearly not the kind of place that's charging big bucks. This plate, plus a bottle of water, and tip, and I was out of there for a shade under 300 pesos. Firing off some photos on Instagram and all that, I got a near immediate response from my usual Sunday lunch companion, that he wanted to give it a try too, so we planned another visit a few days later. Almost the same banchan, but, thankfully, no hotdogs this time, that particular dish replaced by some sauteed eggplant. His pick, a classic dolsot bibimbap - vegetables, meat, rice, in a piping hot stone bowl. You let it sit for a few minutes to get a little crunch on the surface of the rice from the bowl, and then mix it all together with a bit of the spicy paste there to the side, to your own tastes. Comes with soup - a rather weak broth we thought, but the bibimbap was delicious and was polished off in minutes. As was my bowl of kimchi jigae, a stew, or soup, of fiery kimchi and pork. Some people leave the rice on the side to just eat a little at a time, some mix some in, I put it all in, and happily slurp my way to the bottom of the bowl. These are not huge portions, though perfectly satisfying, and we could have headed out at this point, but I really wanted to try the cold noodles. I was, however, thinking about a different cold noodle dish - where it's basically a bowl of sweet potato noodles either in or on the side of an icy cold broth - a favorite way to end a Korean meal. Which may account for the chef/owner's quizzical looks when I ordered it, but she brought it nonetheless. This version was somen, the very thin, pale white wheat noodles, topped with vegetables, a hard boiled egg, and a spicy sauce to mix together. It was delicious, and we didn't do too badly... though didn't quite empty the bowl. This time we actually got a hand-written bill from her, and she was, by the way, delightful to chat with a bit about the restaurant and Korean food. The dishes all run, it seems 250 or 260 pesos apiece, which is a bargain for this quality and quantity. True homestyle Korean cooking, in, a Korean home.