Take out-very friendly. Offered watered while I waited. Reviewed menu with me. Very attentive. Nice guy! Ambiance-ok. Nothing special. Whole-in-the-wall; the kind I like. Food-"I only waited 5 minutes" for my meal! "It was already prepared"! And it showed. The owner suggested the pork bellies as apposed to the plain pork, because he said they have more flavor. The meat had very little flavor!, and the meat was tuff. It was stale.The sauce over powered the flavor of the meat. Lots and lots of sauce!! I'm sorry to be so blunt but, the kimchi was bad. There were 4 or 5 kinds. I've had good Korean food in California. -Not trying to be a snob-, but jeeez. You expect kimchi to be spicy...some flavor, at the very least. You call what I ate Bulgogi! I didn't know they made it with pork. So I tried it; mistake. I could have had a feast a Taco Bell for that price lol. Didn't give one star because the guy was really nice. I had to give this review "to be honest". You guys are a business. Each customer should be just important as the next. I may have gotten a bad meal. Maybe not all are like that. But I'm saying, you can't expect to serve "ready made meals" that have allegedly been sitting for hours in the pot. Then expect your customers to pay full price. When I pay restaurant prices, I expect for a restaurant to cook up the meal, not to be a fast food experience. I paid almost $25 for that meal and it was no more than a fast food entrée. And it was stale. read more

Incredible service and incredible meal! This was our second attempt at eating here. The first time was on a BUSY Saturday night and every table was full + a line. That is when we knew we needed to eat here someday. So we decide to visit another time and today was the day! We came around 5pm Friday night and got seated immediately. Our server (perhaps the owner?) was perfectly attentive. They came for our order quickly and food came quickly too. I got the Japchae and my friend got the beef bulgogi. Both INCREDIBLE! Highly highly recommend! read more

I Love Tofu - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

So glad I found this spot right before flying back from Spokane. I also really wanted the kalbi tang but ended up on the tofu soup. This tofu soup was unique to me since the tofu was more firm and also cubed. I'm use to having soft tofu. The beef was actually super tender and like a brisket vs chunks of beef. The broth was great though, flavorful and not salty. The banchan was alright, I've had better. Overall, a good experience and I'd be back. Staff was friendly and there was a parking lot right outside of the restaurant. read more

I Love Tofu - Beef Tofu Soup; Follow me @RimyEats on Instagram - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Their dumpling soup is delicious! And the service is great! We always enjoy our visit there. Very friendly service too!

Great food, you can never go wrong everything tastes great and the service is amazing. Highly recommend.

WORST RESTAURANT EVER. HAD TO WAIT 30 MINUTES FOR A TABLE... WHILE THERE WERE AT LEAST 5 EMPTY TABLES. when I asked when my table would be ready, she told me she had to serve another table. disgustingly unacceptable service. whoever runs this business needs to train the servers again. read more

Food: I ordered beef tofu soup. The flavor of broth was interesting but the beef tasty. I was disappointed with the banchans... I'd say half of them actually had flavor. Even more odd, we couldn't get refills on all banchans and only a select few were refillable. Service: I came with a friend just before the dinner rush. There were about 4 other occupied tables and 10 free tables. We still had to wait 15 minutes to be seated. We waited another 15 minutes for our drink order and another 15 minutes to place our order. There were two employees, one female and one male. When the female finally came to take our order, we felt incredibly rushed and couldn't ask questions to get more insight. Ambiance: A bit ran down, need to replace carpet, and needs a good dusting and mopping. read more

I got the soft tofu soup, which I absolutely loved. The staff working was extremely nice and when I ordered my soup they even clarified what level of spiciness I would like. I chose to go for a 2 star spice level so that I could still enjoy the flavors of the dish. The soup obviously contains soft tofu as well as an egg, but the restaurant also allows you to add one thing of your choice. The options were vegetables, kimchi, beef, seafood, and fish egg. I chose the beef, and it paired nicely with the soups flavor. The soup is served with a side of rice. The complimentary Ban Chans were also very delicious. The kimchi was definitely not as fermented as others I had, so it had more of a sweeter flavor, but it was still very tasty. If you are ever in the Spokane area and want korean food, this is definitely a great place to go read more

I Love Tofu - Soft tofu soup with beef - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

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Ever since the owners changed the food is not good anymore. We stopped coming for over a year. We thought we would try it again and ordered takeout. I ordered kalbee and 2 bibimbop. She tells me that they only have 1 bibimbop left (what???)I was very confused. I asked her how could they have only 1 left. I asked do they not put some rice, vegetables, egg, and some beef on top. So how could they have only one left????I hung up the phone and looked at the reviews and figured it out. The food is "pre-made"!!!! OMG. That is so crazy. I've never been to a Korean restaurant where the food is "pre-made". read more

We've driven by this place often but just stopped for the first time tonight. We were greeted and shown to a booth right away. Is the interior beautiful? Not really, but it's fine. We ordered stir fried tofu that comes with onions and some veggies in a dark, semi-sweet sauce. Plus steamed rice and several little condiments bowls (ban Chan) with kimchi, cucumbers, and more. The tofu dish wasn't huge but was plenty to share. We always order a 1 star at a new restaurant because you don't know how hot it will be. Next time we'll try a 2 star. We also ordered yakisoba with chicken and there were also veggies you could identify. Very good. They have a nice take out menu. read more

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LOVE LOVE LOVE THEIR FOOD! We first came to I Love Tofu with my family that was visiting us in Spokane. We were greeted and served by this very polite lady and we never stopped going. I have tried a lot of their food but their Bibimbop trumps it all for me. It is a really nice place that ranges from busy to quiet but highly recommended! My only thing is it is sometimes dirty but that has never stopped me. read more

Service was fast and staff was friendly. Food was deliciously prepared. We were asked the level of spiciness and got 2/5. It was just right!! Ban Chan or side dishes were depict. read more

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Absolutely terrible service! I was looking forward to trying this place and I arrived at 8:00 pm to eat. I was told by the server that I could only order to go after 8 pm (the restaurant is open until 9 pm). I told her it is just 8 pm now. She said she doesn't make the rules and I can only order food to go. I asked if I can order to go and sit down and eat at a table. She said no. I said you are willing to lose a customer over a minute on the clock? She said the owner makes the rules and she has to follow them. I walked out and will never go back. Very poor business decision. There were only 4 people in the restaurant. read more

I Love Tofu - Outside of restaurant - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

They called 911 on myself and my daughter for complaining about inedible food. And demanded I pay for it. Customer service under this new ownership is beyond acceptable, the reviews don't lie. House of Seoul in Airway Heights is your best bet!! I've been eating here for years, and have promoted this business more than any restaurants I've dined at. Tonight I ordered food for me and my daughter and received the worst tasting pork bulgogi in my life! It was inedible. I mentioned it to the server, Cherry, and politely asked for the chicken instead and I will pay for the difference, or for it to be remade, or be taken off my ticket. She tried to argue and say they are made different and the chicken is not marinated only the beef and pork is marinated. I'm not dumb, I am a 20yr career chef to know you marinate bulgogi... it even says it on their menu. She declined to make any adjustment. The manager Leo then comes out demanded that it is my order and I WILL pay for it. After going back and forth with him he told me to sue him if I don't like the food. I finished my meal washed my hands and went up to pay my ticket, and Leo was on the phone with 911 giving them my description and daughter's, saying I'm am refusing to pay after I ate more than half of the food(fat lie) I asked to speak with the operator and did so. I will NEVER visit establishment and recommend it no more. read more

I Love Tofu - The more than 1/2 eaten inedible pork bulgogi reported to police. - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

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The door was locked when we came for lunch Sunday at noon. We stood around for a minute thinking the hostess forgot the time, no one came. The outside of the restaurant is grungy and needs some attention. read more

Delicious! Service was really great. Very grateful we have access to Korean food in Spokane read more

I Love Tofu - Bulgogi - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

I will say that I like the food. But I will also say that eating here is very expensive and if I am given the option to eat at Korean restaurants in Airway Heights that are much more affordable, I will choose those in the future. My daughter's fried rice had frozen mixed peas and carrots in them, and the gyoza were run of the mill ones from a frozen bag you can get at any asian market. I guess lunch specials on the weekdays are the way to go here. But we can go and get those in Airway Heights too. read more

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Stopped by on a weekday and the parking lot was empty. We came in and the server was super welcoming but unfortunately it was kinda warm inside, however it was a really hot day so I can't blame that all on them. The ban-chans were good and I liked their kimchi. I got the cold noodle soup and it was alright, I wish their was more ice in the broth. It was more cool temperature rather than cold. They gave vinegar and spicy mustard for my dish which I appreciated. Overall it was a good meal but nothing really wowed me. read more

I Love Tofu - Cold noodles and banchans - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Best Korean food in Spokane. I recommend the pork belly bulgogi, the kalbi, and the kimchi fried rice.

Service was wonderful here. I got the shrimp level three spice. I really enjoyed it. Will go back soon

We were really craving some Asian cuisine on our drive through Spokane and stumbled upon this Korean restaurant that had your standard a la carte KBBQ, tofu soup, bibimbap, and a variety of comforting Korean soups. I got the Galbi Tang and my boyfriend got a chicken yakisoba. The Galbi Tang satisfied my soup craving, and I was skeptical at first about my boyfriend's chicken yakisoba, but it also turned out to be pretty good! Overall, I would recommend if you're passing by Spokane and craving some decent Korean food. read more

The gyoza we ordered were still cold, the coke tasted weird, we ordered 3 soups and they only gave us one set of side dishes for 3 people to share. Service is ok but the restaurant is old, grungy, and dinghy. Restroom was decent. My kimchi soup was hot which was great but it lacked kimchi. Overall it is decent but I have had way better. read more

I have been searching for good Korean food ever since I moved to Spokane and I have finally found it! I Love Tofu is the only place I go out to eat for lunch now when I work in that area once a week. It's almost a tradition now where I work North and then plan on I Love Tofu for lunch. Their lunch special is amazing, so much food for such a great price! The sides are unlimited and the portions are large. Only difference between lunch and dinner is that you get a soup at lunch, while dinner has an even larger portion with a bigger menu as well. The service is amazing here, as they are always checking if you need more sides or rice. And the restaurant is relatively clean for what it looks like on the outside, but don't let that deter you from going in! If you like Korean food, you definitely need to try this place! It is hard to miss while driving north on Division with its huge sign. Look out for them on the right, a little further north from the Northtown mall. read more

I Love Tofu - Many many sides - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

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We love tofu so thought we would try it! Didn't disappoint us either. We ordered quite a few things today...Bibimbap, Fried Flounder, Tofu Soup, and Chapchae and of course all the side dishes. Everything we tried was tasty, so I don't think you can go wrong with whatever you choose. read more

I Love Tofu - a table full of food - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Love this place delicious food fast service! They refill your side dishes as many times as you would like which is great

The food is amazing and definitely try the mackerel it's delicious!! Authentic and very flavorful

Overall, this was a pleasant dining experience minus the fact that I didn't know what any of the food on the menu meant. I had to ask the waiter a lot to help me. That's probably the only reason why I subtracted a star. The food- I got the spicy pork bulgogi. It was super delicious and I loved eating it with the rice. My mom got sweet potato noodles with beef soup. She really enjoyed it except for the fact that there was a lot of beef and not a lot of noodle. My dad got spicy kimchi tofu soup. It had pork in it. Again, his main complaint was there was a lot of meat, and not a lot of tofu. My cousin got Dolsot Bibimbap, which is rice with many different things to stir in. She got the version that was in a hot stone bowl, making it warmer. My sister got chicken fried rice. She loved the meat and this time, the portions were perfect. She loved the flavors as well. The service- Pretty typical service, the waiter was a little busy, kinda rushing around everywhere, but it was still a pleasant dining experience. Our waiter was very helpful in translating the menu. All in all, I liked eating at this restaurant and would gladly go back for another meal. read more

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I do simply crave this spot. The owners are amazing and the staff is so friendly and attentive to their customers, it does truly feel like home. I love Asian cuisine and really have fallen in love with Korean food too. The restaurant smells heavenly when you arrive and there are such amazing aromas that you know just smell of home cooked food. The spacious dining area makes it a great place to eat with friends or family. The hot tea is tasty, and cozy whilst the miso soup is always a plus for me. I love miso! The first time I had lunch here we had the pork belly dish and it was just insanely tasty. Not too spicy, but flavorful and tender. I love pork belly to a fault so this was a great dish. The second time was bulgogi and it hit the spot after a day roaming the farm. The egg was placed perfectly over delicious eats that are still a comfort food craving of mine after all this time. The spicy soup and the array of dishes just keeps making me want to come back for more! read more

I Love Tofu - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

I don't understand people here in Spokane. Several people told me to check out this place. I'm new to Spokane so I listened to them and took my family to this place. I gotta say, very disappointing and not worth the hype. Expensive, small selection, small portion, long wait time. Food was subpar and definitely couldn't justify the price. Even a normal Korean food cart in Portland can beat this place. I talked to a Korean friend here yesterday and she told me to avoid this place, so I'm not the only one who feel the same way about them. Since you can't ask for much in Spokane (especially Asian food), I appreciate their existence but I definitely won't return. If they were located in somewhere else, I don't think they would survive. read more

Awesome Korean restaurant! Staff was nice and seated and served us promptly. The restaurant was tidy and clean with plenty of natural light coming through. Their fried rice was AMAZING and their gyoza was good too. Lunch menu has some good deals right now but overall I thought the prices were very reasonable. I'd definitely recommend this place to a friend! read more

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Absolutely HORRIBLE Service. I don't want to say it was everyone but it took that one person to ruin it for me. I was waiting for them to get an order and was already waiting for 10 minutes - was looking at the menu and noticed they used white out and as a curious person I wanted to see how much the price went up. I removed some (a little bit) of the white out not thinking much of it. While I was placing my order another older worker came and took the menus from us - came back and scolded us for the white out.. which I get, but was so rude about it and rolled her eyes as she walked away. She went back to the cash register - then LITERALLY pulled out her white out that took 2 seconds to put back.... I could feel her staring at us eat and could feel the tension from her. I do think the food was bad- but a bit salty. Don't think the prices were worth the amount of food you got... Also would like to note we had to wait 30 minutes to pay, saw around and there were only 3 other people than us. Think they were eating - which I don't mind, I get it we all need breaks! but it looked like there were no employees available and I felt so weird already... when the older lady gave us our check she just left it on the side with attitude but didn't say anything and we wanted split checks, we wanted to leave at this point and didn't want to make it harder so we paid and left read more

I Love Tofu - Chicken fried rice - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

The service from the owner was extremely poor! After we ordered our food, the owner turned off the heat immediately after serving the dishes. She didn't ask us if we needed the heat turned off, even though some of the dishes weren't fully cooked. The most frustrating part was, while my friend and I were chatting and discussing whether the Korean food in this restaurant was authentic, the owner eavesdropped on our conversation! It was very rude! The owner immediately yelled at us. Apparently, she had been eavesdropping on our conversation! Overall, the experience was really bad! The taste wasn't great either! We were also supposed to get free refills of kimchi, but they didn't give us any. The environmental sanitation is also very poor. We definitely won't be coming back. read more

My kids are peering over my shoulders ensuring that I give this restaurant 5 stars. They loved the kimchi fried rice and the Kalbi. Gyoza superb as well. Soon dubu was authentic. The restaurant smelled sooo good as soon as we walked in. Funniest part was when the waitress brought out the pancheon and noodles to our table, we were salivating, she looked down, realized it wasn't ours, and walked away. We burst out laughing. We would've ate that too. Yums! read more

The food was outstanding, as always. You guys never disappoint--your consistency and quality keep us coming back every time!

Highly recommend! Stir fried baby octopus was so so good. The octopus was tender and delicious. Plenty for two people. Quick and friendly service! read more

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Good spot for some traditional soondubu (spicy tofu soup). They have beef, pork, seafood, and veggie-- we got the seafood and it didn't taste like fresh seafood, but not bad. The menu had several korean grill items, e.g. bulgogi, and some popular shared dishes, e.g. japchae, pajeon. We also got monkfish stew which tasted kind of fusion-y in a good way. Nice, attentive waitress, funky island decor, and quick service made it a pleasant dining experien. Will definitely drop in again when I'm in the mood for tofu soup! read more

I Love Tofu - Monkfish stew ($15) and seafood soondubu ($15) - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Verry flavorful and filling food , anything you get will be great, the water was a bit weird hence the four stars but it was great and I finished everything , a funky smell but all in all a great place . Ambiance was great. Service was great as well read more

I Love Tofu - I got the pork belly bull somthing and it was great - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

Food is great but every single time I try to come here in the time they posted online they shoo me away from the window. I showed up there tonight and a lady was frantically shooing me and my husband away from the building. on the site it shows that they didn't close for another hour and a half. Absolutely ridiculous. Showed up at 6:30pm and they close at 8pm. read more

I Love Tofu - Times posted time right now for reference. - Korean Near Me - Spokane, Washington

I went there for the first time today and it was beyond amazing. I got the stir fried tofu and octopus platter it was amazing. Never have has a thing like it before I would go back for dinner it was so good read more

Food is good we got the soup and two different kinds of meat plates one was the kalbi ribs and the other one was the bulgogi. It was so much food that we got to take some home but it was gone by night time. Soup lasted me till the next day and it was so good. Definitely go again and try different stuff. Customer service was great lady was busy but we didn't really need anything so it being busy after we got seated wasn't a problem food didn't take long to come out. read more