Ok. First, the parking gets PACKED! So plan accordingly as it may be busy when you arrive. Second, the interior is nicely designed; however the seating in some areas are not so desirable (I.e. near the door , in winter it gets drafty COLD!!). Best seats are by the window, back area you are next to either the bathroom, the kitchen or a party room (also so drafty!). So enough about the nuances, let's talk about the food. Unlike many other Korean places, they don't serve banchan (gratuitous side dishes of veggies or protein) except for kimchi. But OH MY KIMCHI, theirs is truly AUTHENTIC and savory, combined with radish kimchi, theirs is the traditional ttukbaegi (뚝배기) - fermented in a traditional Korean earthenware pot - kind of kimchi. IYKYK.. My guest and I ordered two traditional soups - one was Seolleongtang, a traditional Korean milky-white soup made by simmering ox bones, brisket, and other cuts for hours, creating a rich, creamy broth. Their version was somewhat rich, with pieces of brisket, noodles and the bottom swimming with rice which souped up the liquid toward the end. It is naturally bland so you need to add the salt provided as well as scallion, which is refreshing to the soup. Second dish was Yukgaejang, a spicy, savory Korean soup made with shredded beef, scallions, and other vegetables like bracken fern (gosari), clear potato noodles and bean sprouts, simmered in a rich, red chili-infused broth. WARNING : their version is SPICY!! I mean, I DO spicy but this was SUPER CAPCASIN-ed!! It's mostly due to the hot temperature of the soup that makes it ten times worse --once the soup cools you can really taste the savoriness! This dish comes with a side of white rice (no purple rice is available). Service is a little slow despite the restaurant not being super busy. Which was odd because the parking lot was FULL as commented before. When we were able to flag down a server/busser, we did get served with a smile - which was pleasant. All in all, we did finish the meal but will have to be specific about the heat for the soup next time we return! FOOD: 3.5 (0.5 for Kimchi ) SERVICE: 3 read more

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Had early dinner Friday nite. There weren't too many people dining out. There were more items on the menu now. The cabbage and turnip kimchi tasted better than before. The sulungtang and bindaedeok tasted as good as before. But spicy pork dolsot bibimbap needed more pork. The server was nice and friendly. read more

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Restaurant interior is lovely. Meal was good. They forgot one of our dishes and tried to cover it up... We let it slide. Parking is tight so arrive early and plan accordingly. read more

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I've heard a lot about this place and how it's one of the more authentic Korean places. I absolutely love their bossam and seolleongtang. I wish I was more hungry, so I could enjoy and eat more of it. Service was fast, and the vibes are very clean and open. read more

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everything was good! we went pretty late so it was quiet and slow which was nice. love the kimchi and soup here! read more

Gammeeok - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

Their seafood pancake is solid. It is home made with mixed seafood that you can see and taste. Its better than some places that put a lot of flour and not much seafood. Their soup - Seollong tang was a good beef broth for this cold weather. It comes with a very small amount of sliced beef and even smaller amount of noodles which I'm ok with since I'm here for the broth. It usually comes with rice inside the soup but I asked for it on the side. I wanted something simple in ingredients and this is just right. If you want more flavor, you could add the scallions, salt and kimichi with radish in your soup which I did towards the end. The food came out pretty quickly as there weren't too many people for dinner on Friday night just yet however, they never came by to refill our water or check on us. In a way if you wanted to eat with a friend and not be bothered, this works but refilling water would have been better. The inside is clean and quiet for 7:30 on a Friday night. read more

Gammeeok - Seafood Pancake. - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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I don't know what happened to Gammeeok. I recently tried my usuals but it disappointed me and accompanies twice. Something wrong with the Kimchi, which used to be great, and Dogani Tang and Seolleong Tang were bad. Meats were not good, and soup wasn't giving any impressions. We left the place without finishing more than the half of the meals. Unfortunately I am giving up with this restaurant. I found empty seats and parking space at one of the busiest hours - Saturday and Friday dinner times. Probably other Yelp reviewers might know what's going on. read more

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The food is good but the service is a bit lacking. I came here for lunch on a rainy Sunday and surprisingly the place was pretty empty. But the front parking lot was full for some reason. There are additional spots in the back. Since we were a group of 7, they seated us in the room in the back. This was nice and private but also there is no call button and no one came to check up on us so whenever we needed something we had to yell or step out of the room to get someone's attention. They also kept forgetting things we asked for so we had to get up multiple times, which was inconvenient and disruptive. This could be easily solved with a call button and/or more attentive waitstaff. I also felt that our server was a bit cold/rude to us. Just the vibe wasn't very welcoming and she acted like she didn't want to be there. I ordered the seolleongtang, and it was pretty standard. Nothing amazing but not bad either. One weird thing is my rice came already in the soup... I prefer my rice on the side. If I had known, I might have specifically requested my rice on the side in advance. The Deluxe version comes with rice on the side. One thing about this soup is that you season it yourself- there's salt and pepper on the table. Season, taste, and add more until you like it (but do a little at a time bc it's not good if it's too salty.) They also give a big bowl of sliced scallion and I recommend adding a spoonful for the full experience. I also tried the cheese dolsamkim (basically kimchi/samgyupsal fried rice with cheese and corn, served in a hot stone pot so the rice gets crispy at the bottom). This dish comes with a small bowl of seolleongtang as well. It was really good and I'd get it again. read more

Favorite Korean restaurant in NJ for hot soup and LA Galbi. Very clean, calm, nice atmosphere with great service. Highly recommend! read more

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Kind of a bit surprised with all the poor reviews. Came in without any expectations and they definitely exceeded my expectations. To start off they only give 1 Banchan of kimchi and radish. Kimchi was super fresh and sour but didn't love the radish that gave a bit of an after taste. We also got their galbi tang which tasted very light, great comfort soup and gave a good amount of beef bone. Wished there was a little more glass noodle though The boryang kori tang was sweet and light and was also very generous with the ox tail Love that it's 24/7 now. Will certainly be back if I need a good hangover / comfort soup read more

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TLDR: Solid spot for Korean soups. Don't understand the reviews. Came for a quick family dinner and everything was enjoyable. I too and stumped by the negative reviews. Ample parking, clean restaurant, nice layout, very comfortable - a wide range of excellent Korean soups. I don't see what the problem is. Everyone's dish was good. The pancake was nice and crispy, fluffy in the center. Thin-sliced spicy pork belly was delightful. I had sips of everyone's broth but I thoroughly enjoyed my yukkaejang. Spicy, beefy, so hot and just wonderfully satisfying. Especially for the brisk night that it was. If you're craving something heartwarming and comforting, Gameeok is perfect. read more

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I have no idea why this place has such bad reviews. My bf and I love coming here. The soup is soul soothingly hearty, the kimchi is always bomb and the service is great. This is our go to spot on a cold night. read more

Gammeeok - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

Average tasting food at this restaurant. There appears to be a solid amount of patrons both eat in and take out. Was in town for a meeting so was short on time. They appear to be understaffed because at one point, the owner came from behind the register counter to help take orders from patrons seated waiting to have their food orders taken. We ordered 5 bibimbaps and 2 soups. The taste reviews was it was ok but not bad. The one thing that everyone did like a lot was the kimchi (reason for the 3rd star). Perhaps the lunch rush put pressure for the kitchen. To that point, the kitchen did a very good job getting food out in a fast pace. read more

Gammeeok - Dolsat bibimbap (egg was already mixed in before taking picture) - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

I don't know why it took so long for me to come here, but we finally did after spending a night at king sauna while I was working nights. I really like that it's open 24/7. The seolleongtang was pretty good and they actually give it to you with the rice already mixed in which was interesting. The kimchi here is fire. The seafood pancake was kind of sad with not enough seafood or crispiness, but not the worst I've had. Wish there were more late night options in the area like this! read more

Gammeeok - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

Absolutely amazing. Dont let the low ratings fool you!!! Dont sleep on this! This! This is the authentic place. The low ratings r probably from the rice bowls. Dont get the rice bowls! Get. The. Soup. This is my snowy winter I need my hot soup go to place. Everything is so clean- from the layout to the general environment of the restaurant. I absolutely love coming here and so does my husband. Plenty of parking in the lot. Otherwise there's street parking. There's a sink with soap outside the bathrooms as well as inside. I thought that was handy. Gomtang deluxe 5/5 it's got the meat, the noodles and the clean soup. Scallions and salt are on the side. Boiled pork and scallions 5/5 soooo cool with the soybean paste. Wrap the pork in the cabbage with jalapeño! There's so many other things on the menu - usually I get the dogani tang - you dip the white pieces in soysauce. Can't wait to try the spicy dogani dish next time! read more

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Really considerate and welcoming service! Almost no wait or any issues getting seated and food comes out pretty quickly. Music is a good blend of chill and upbeat. Would definitely recommend as a night out spot! read more

The service is quite lackluster, meaning they only seem to do the bare minimum. No one came by to refill the kimchi or refill the water or to ask how everything is. The food's not bad. I had the dolsot bibimbap which came in a hot stone bowl and had a little beef, raw egg yolk, egg threads, mushroom, carrots, bean sprouts, zucchini, and vegetable. It was pretty good. There was a small bowl of sullungtang that came with it, that was also good. Gammeok is open 24/7 so it's a good late night place for food and drinks. read more

The service was good! Everyone is polite and food came out moderately fast. The restaurant looks clean and has a cool aesthetic like a traditional Korean house. However, the food was quite expensive. Considering the portion wasn't huge and the taste wasn't that impressively different from other spots. There were also no side dishes except for kimchi. read more

Gammeeok - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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A good spot for solid food! Definitely recommend the sul lung tang, which was hearty and perfect for a rainy day. The dumplings were delicious with lots of filling. They are also known for their in-house kimchi which pairs well with their stews and soups. Service is great and the food comes out quickly. read more

I came here happy to see it in passing while I was shopping at Hmart in Fort Lee bc I used to go to the one in Manhattan with friends and family for years before it moved to a 2nd floor location in K-town. So I came here to enjoy the classic Solong Tang (beef bone broth) dish and Yuk ke jang (shredded beef in spicy broth). The kimchi was good. But that's the only side dish that came w my meals. And the scallions weren't all fresh. There were some old wilted ones in the mix so I tried to avoid them going into my soup. But the Solong Tang was good besides that. The good thing about the Fort Lee location is they have a parking lot as it's hard to find parking to eat out in Fort Lee sometimes. So having a lot makes it easy to eat out in read more

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Their sullungtang here is a lot better then the one in NYC. The broth had more in-depth flavor then one in NYC. Can't beat the kimchi!! I would have bought it to take home but next time. Soup came out quick, the difference between here and NYC - the broth was not boiling hot, the soup bowl was not served on a plate... whereas in NYC, it was boiling hot and bowl served on a plate. read more

Gammeeok - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

3 stars is soooo criminal - My fam and i have frequented these so often since coming to NJ 10+ yrs ago and theyve always been amazing. Always loved the dolsot bibimbap and bindaetteok and the memories of the seolleongtang makes me miss eating beef. I am convinced they have the BEST kimchi in the world... Trust i have been to korea so many times i should have found a better one by now. But something abt the perfect fermented taste of this one... nothing compares... read more

Gammeeok - Dolsot Bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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I've had both positive and negative experiences with tofu kimchi bokkeum, and this one was among the better ones. The atmosphere was lively, which is typical for a Friday night. As for the service, it was simply flawless. read more

Gammeeok - Tofu kimchi bokkeum - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

Well I'm definitely surprised to see the amount of negative reviews! This is a 24/7 restaurant people, we need this for late night eats in NJ! My experience was definitely contrary to others. Our wait staff was diligent and courteous. We ordered the seafood pancake, seoulleong tang, and seoulleong tang deluxe. The only ban chan was one medium dish of kimchi, so of course I'd want more. My seoulleong tang had the rice already in it, which made it look a lot fuller whereas the deluxe had rice on the side. However it was still a large enough portion for me to eat so I wasn't so annoyed with it being in there. Overall I had a good experience and would definitely come back for late night eats! read more

I've always liked the NYC location, but the Fort Lee location is amazing. I always come for a late night meal and the vibes are immaculate. I notice that it's never too crowded at night and the staff pretty much leaves you alone unless you flag them down. Major win in my book. The food is really good here and dare I say, better the NYC location! I've tried the Dolsamkim and it was really good (also super spicy, haha). Of course the true star of Gammeeok is their seolleong tang, which is so hearty on a cold winter day. Paired with their kimchi that is a mix of cabbage and radish, the food is pure perfection here. I love that there's never a wait and it's not crowded at night. Definitely a must eat if you're looking for a hearty meal! read more

Gammeeok - Seolleong Tang - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

Most of the time, I trust Yelp reviews and become little hesitant to check out the place when the reviews are subpar. However, my local friend in NJ insisted that I try this place. Okay... why not? I was astonished by their Kimchi taste. If you want to know what amazing, authentic Kimchi tastes like, this is the place to check out. I had to ask for more because it was superb. Anyways, the main dishes are also good. We ended up sharing seafood pancake as appetizer and got Soondae soup. Both were good. I highly recommend this place if you crave authentic Korean soup with amazing Kimchi on the side. read more

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Very bad and inexperienced service. This happened just now Sunday, September 29, 2024 around 12:30pm. I ordered for pick up got home and realized it was the wrong food. Called and they were quite rude and said there is nothing I could do. They asked if I can come in but told them I would appreciate if they could deliver the food. Since the food was not for myself, I went back to get the replacement order. But again the workers not feeling bad for what happened... I don't understand. If the restaurant messed up, I should be treated with more respect and offered something since I made another trip? Then I told them you should really have made the effort to try to deliver the food. They told me then, why didn't you tell us? But they are the ones who refused! Lost total respect for this establishment. Look for other places that have more respect for customers. read more

Very disappointing to give this place 2 stars. We ordered the bibimbap and sullungtang, staples for this restaurant, and they were both underwhelming. First, the bibimbap was poorly constructed as if I could have made it by just buying banchan and putting together the dish and the sullungtang lacked some flavor. It also had a lot of rice and not much noodle. If you don't want rice in the soup, please let them know. The broth also wasn't very hot. Kimchi was okay, not what I remembered. It just seemed like some of the recipes were tweaked for the worse, don't think I'll be back. read more

Ordered the spicy chicken soup and the spicy beef soup. ( and ) The spicy beef soup was actually one of the best i've had. Great beefy flavor, good quality beef, fresh veggies, the broth was spicy and had a great depth of flavor! The spicy chicken soup wasn't my favorite. It had a pretty decent flavor, but i thought it was a bit bland. It did have a nice veggie, healthy flavor though. I want to also note that the wait staff was excellent! Very curteous and made me feel at home! Cheers! read more

Gammeeok - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

They have very good food and fast service. Delicious entrees and appetizers. Beef was excellent.

Always a solid sellongtang spot! Recently came here and there was outdoor dining and indoor dining also started again in New Jersey (it seemed like they had place settings set up but no one was eating inside). They've expanded the outdoor seating area in the back parking lot. It's quaint and cozy! Even as the weather gets colder, a hot bowl of sellongtang would make it the perfect spot. They've always only ever given kimchi and kkakdugi so not sure why some would complain about other banchan dishes. Their bindaetteok is solid. It's crispy and smooth (rather than having a lot of whole mung beans inside). You can't go wrong with the sellongtang here! I had the gukbap and galbi tang too recently. The cheese kimchi dolsot was a good choice too. Gammeeok is a solid Korean restaurant in Fort Lee! Would recommend it and wouldn't let the other negative reviews deter you from trying it. read more

This place was very just alright. Menu is suuuper traditional Korean. Think seollangtang, naengmyun, Parkin, bossam, etc but the interior is quite modern in contrast. We ordered seollangtangs, bibim naengmyun (bc they were out of mul), and the man doo. Everything was good, not great or memorable. So many better options back in LA's ktown. Kimchi was okay, ggakduggi was great. The seasoning for the kimchi tasted a bit Americanized though and a little unfamiliar. Also not spicy at all. Music was so confusing. They were playing hip hop, like Travis Scott and Cardi B. Didn't match the food but was into the music. Open 24/7! read more

Gammeeok - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

If I'm craving ox bone soup (seolleongtang) or bibimbap, this is where I come. Part of the reason is that I enjoy their kimchi, but this time the kimchi was less ripe than previous times I've come. The soup itself hits the spot though. You can add as much salt/pepper/chopped scallions as you want. I would love this restaurant more if they served steamed egg in the stone pot like how So Moon Nan Jip does. read more

Gammeeok - Kimchi - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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This review is from my recent experience at Gammeeok after midnight. I'm guessing that most, if not all, the reviews here are from the day time. Picked up my nephew from JFK and came here because it was the only place that is open 24 hrs. There were 2 older Korean waiters who made it look obvious that they were not happy to be there. No greetings. Not rude but very indifferent. Made me feel guilty that we were there late so they were forced to get up and serve us (both were casually sitting on chairs when I first walked in). Seoulungtang was ok. But the service and atmosphere was subpar. Waiters made sure that customers were not wanted. read more

Gam Mee Ok consistently delivers that warm bowl of tang when you need it. While it may not be the best sul lung tang available, they're consistently good, with good quality banchans, at a nicely decorated, clean and chic space. On a recent visit I tried their Gal Bi Tang (beef short rib soup) as I was struggling with a cold, and they delivered a TON of short ribs in the pot that I had to take them out onto a plate in order to eat the soup! Also ordered their Bin Dae Dduk (mungbean pancake) appetizer which was light, crispy, and tasty with the jalapeno soy sauce dip. I left feeling like a champ! Gam Mee Ok will always be that go-to spot after a bout with cold or a hangover for many, or when you are craving that bowl of hearty meal-in-a-bowl. read more

Staff allows DRUNK customers to HARASS other customers here. I came here with my brother and elderly mother who is 74 on Wednesday at 7:30pm. There were a couple of drunk older men causing a disturbance and the staff did NOTHING to quiet them. Other customers left because they couldn't handle it anymore. The staff kept giving them alcohol. We asked the drunk men to quiet down and they apologized but then kept on yelling and cursing. We asked them to quiet down again and then they yelled and cursed at my mom. Really? Wtf? I yelled at them and called the police...the men were so drunk that they couldn't even stand straight or speak correctly. What did the staff do? Absolutely nothing. Oh wait. Actually they did one thing. The staff kept giving more alcohol to the drunk men before they ran away to avoid the police I had requested. When I told them that the police were coming, they left, fighting each other. Here are the pics of the shots they left behind before they ran away to avoid the police. It was on a weeknight at 7:30!!! read more

Gammeeok - A shot of liquor provided by the staff to very drunk customers who left to avoid the police - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

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Went for lunch. The place was spacious and there was only one other table occupied the whole time. The parking lot is precariously sloped, not the best situation when going in and out in a jiffy. Now the food. This was my first visit to NJ Gammeeok. Despite the high prices, the food was squarely mediocre at best. Sullungtang was not even piping hot. Strangely (probably to skimp on quantity), they serve RICE IN THE SOUP, which I have never seen before. That is not how it's usually done. The quality was certainly lacking, and the few pieces of meat were on the tough side. The worst part was the kimchi (the only side dish) which was nasty, like it was left out for a long time and the servers just poured some kimchi juice on top of leftover dried out kimchi. Not worth the money. read more

I really like how conveniently located this is to the highway! We came here after a concert in MetLife and it did the job! The service was very good. The free kimchi was too sour to my taste though. We had the seoulongtang, pancake, and yukgaejang. All were good and I would go back. read more

I went there with my 2 young children. We ordered 1 galbitang and 1 bibimbab which didn't seem to take too long to cook for. But we had to wait for about 45 minutes without any explanation, we eventually got the food 5 minutes after I asked why it took so long . I am assuming that they started to cook my orders when I asked . Then I found 3 long and curly metal pieces which looked like a part of metal dish scrubber. Then no one even apologized for that, they just kicked us out once I complained the issue . The server just kept saying that there was neither manager or owner of the restaurant, just asked us to leave . read more

Gammeeok - Galbitang - Korean Near Me - Fort Lee, New Jersey

Gam Mee Ok had been my spot after morning jog since they used to open 24 hrs. Sadly, the pandemic made them open with limited operation. However, their quality and taste never disappointed me. I personally pick seolongtang, deluxe seolongtang, beef rib, and ox tail soup. They had a point to open this place for 24/7- the more bones are boiled, the more you get the flavorful taste from their broth. Then, the fresh cuts of beef, delivered from the local Korean based butcher daily, were served in their broth. Unlike other korean broth based dishes, the soup comes with the plain broth- condiments or sodium needed. Their kimchi is absolutely phenomenal along with their soup and enhances your dining experience at Gammeok. read more

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