It's pretty small compared to other restaurant but the food was much more tastier and staffs are…read moresuper friendly. Must visit.

I ordered both of their bibimbap. Traditional one and the other is with beef tartare…read more They both tastes wonderful. Beef are good quality. If you are from North America, you will find yourself leaving with a full stomach as they provide the same portion as in NA. €18 per bibimbap

The final stop of the many Korean restaurants I visited during my 6 nights in Paris, Kim & Kim was…read morethe 2nd closest one to my hotel. It was my last night in Paris, and wanted to finish it with a deconstructed cooked kimchi dish. It wasn't to my taste. The restaurant was empty of customers when I entered, watched over by a young Korean man (assuming related to the owners). He spoke perfect accented French, and a decent English but no Korean. Beyond that, he just wanted to do his front-of-house job and efficiently take my order. I ordered two dishes I hadn't ever tried before: a kimchi crepe with cheese (11€) and Kimchi Jaeyook (14€) with a side of white rice (2,5€). I also got a large carafe of tap water which I served myself. Eating kimchi, I figured I would need the entire pitcher, which indeed was the case. Crepe - came first. Cheese was an ingredient that I only ate with Korean food just recently, but it can work pretty well. But in this case, even though the melted cheese on top of the crepe was plentiful, the melding of the ingredients didn't work for me. Ended up eating a couple of pieces and left the rest. Jaeyook - this came with 4 small banchan, and the potato was pretty good. The kimchi was old, very sour....which meant, the cooked jaeyook with kimchi wasn't great. The pieces of thinly sliced pork was shoulder which meant a lot of fat and gristle (which I actually like), but the sour and a bit mushy kimchi made the dish unappetizing. It came with a generous amount of firm tofu served cold in large bricks. Would have much preferred it warmed up along with the pork. For the price though, it was a generous amount of food. Had to leave a large portion of the meal, and asked for my check. By this time, other folks had started to come in to dine and it was getting busier. I felt good about that, so slowly walked back to my hotel before it got too dark/late and appreciated the pure number of Korean restaurants in the City of Lights. For the five Korean restaurants I visited during my trip, none of them were bad. But the others either had incredible ambience or an out-in-front dish that I'll remember for a while. Kim & Kim kinda reminded me of the many late night Korean restaurants one can find in KTown LA, but with a dish I didn't like. Thus, it was my least favorite: ranked fifth.

Don't be fooled by its decor. This is a very decent Korean restaurant. Will definitely go back for…read morea second visit.

I had passed this place many times before but a recent occasion finally gave me a chance to go with…read moresome friends. Delicious food and friendly service. It was also really nice of the staff to come over and help my friends who had had never experience Korean BBQ before. They helped them cook and showed them what to look for so they could do it in the future themselves.

Awesome Korean experience. Great atmosphere and very friendly staff. Detailed menu options in…read moreEnglish.

When two Korean friends suggested we dine at this family-run Korean restaurant, the oldest one in…read moreParis they boasted, I knew we were going to be in for some sizzling, spicy, sumptuous goodness. Even before the metal chopsticks hit my lips I was already smitten by the place. With its simple rectangular layout, wood-paneled walls, granny-like flourishes and large booths, it looked like its interiors hadn't been touched since its (likely) opening in the 70s. A quick tour through the reviews on Yelp and I was able to suggest a dish that our hosts had never had before: the deep fried, scallion-smothered chicken wings. If there is one thing that you need to order it is this, the house specialty. Order it as an appetizer with the calamari and cucumber salad before proceeding onto the bbq festivities.

Food was good. We had the house special #13 friend chicken and the noodle spicy soup #27. The…read morechicken was pretty much what we would call friend wings maybe in a light batter. The noodles were great just wish there was more broth. Overall good place for Korean food. Feel free to ask for an English menu if you do not know how to read the French one. Oh and the Korean beer was delicious. Almost felt like it had a honey finish to it! Yummy!

Really good Korean food in a small cozy and artistic place...won year-to-year awards. Highly…read morerecommend if you are craving Korean food in Paris!

I am happy to report that Dokkebi now sets a sunnyside up egg atop its bibimbap. For a while there…read morethey simply adorned their hot bowls with thin strips of scrambled egg, which didn't give the traditional Korean dish the sumptuous consistency it needed. It's a small place, and has had its Christmas decorations up since early October so it feels even smaller and cozier these days. Very attentive staff. I usually go with the dinner menu formula: a bibimbap with the meat of your choice (beef for me), preceded by two starters of your choosing. I always get the gyoza and something else, either the kimchi pancake (slightly spicy) or the glass noodles (love that consistency!). I am curious about the spicy calamari appetizer, so I might try that next time. But leave the non-kimchi crêpe be: without that spicy oomph it doesn't add any value to your meal. It's a struggle to finish the whole bowl, though at the end you're left with the crispy charred rice bits, cooked in the stone pot throughout the meal. Mmmm. I always add the accoutrements to my bowl, which are served on sets of small square platters for diners to share. Thank goodness my partner isn't keen on the extra bits (I'll admit, sometimes it's difficult to tell just what they are), as there isn't much to go around! Even with the change in egg, the bowls are drier than others I've had in Paris and elsewhere. The kimchi and veggie sides help, but they don't remedy the problem. I try to save my gyoza sauce to lubricate this part of the meal--but sometimes they take it away without me realizing. Note: they don't bring hot sauce automatically. You'll have to ask for this on the side.

I am home and my belly is busting…read more The KimChi and the BBQ beef were a fantastic way to stave off the winter cold. Yum! Happy smiling service!

Let's put it this way,…read more This was great: * Great Korean BBQ (go for the beef BBQ), * The menu is really interesting and copious, * The infrastructure is quite amazing in this restaurant: iPads for ordering, BBQ system integrated in the table which avoid being bothered by the heat..., * You can watch Korean soap opera during your meal, which is somewhat amusing. This could be improved: * The decoration could be a little bit less kitsch, but nothing disturbing. To sum up: This place is a solid Korean BBQ restaurant with an amusing quantity of unusual features (iPads ...).

Amazing casual restaurant for Korean dumplings…read more Was a bit late for our reservation , but was able to be accommodated. We had the kimchi and beef dumplings - super delicious. The wrap was just next level compared to a lot of other Korean dumplings I've had. Would definitely go back - and order a lot more than just two orders next time haha.

Worst "korean" food I've ever had. The ambiance of the restaurant was fine; no bad notes on that…read morefront. However, in terms of the food and the culinary description of the restaurant's background, I could not have been more disappointed -- truthfully, I was fuming when I left the restaurant. My friend and I found this restaurant on a list from Vogue France about the best Korean restaurants in Paris. We were very excited for our meal because we were missing having Asian food on our Europe trip and saw Mandoobar had great michelin reviews. Our expectations were high because of how this restaurant prided itself in being "authentic" and the chef's upbringing in Seoul. We ordered the Korean side salad, gougi mandoo, shrimp mandoo, kimchi mandoo, and the sea bream tartare. All of these dishes stated they had sesame oil, vinegar, gochugaru, and/or gochujang (all staple Korean ingredients) in these dishes. This could not have been farther from the truth. The dishes were ridiculously bland, leaving my friend and I to drown our mandoo and sea bream in the sad "soy sauce" (which isn't even Korean) dish they gave us on the side. Aside from the five-year-old level taste profile of our meal, to make matters worse, our kimchi mandoo DID NOT EVEN HAVE KIMCHI IN IT. We had to open up our dumplings after eating the first one to check if there was kimchi in it because, once again, the taste was not there at all. We were met with two red pepper flakes in the filling that were supposed to "mimic" the flavors of kimchi (which it absolutely did not). Not a single dish lived up to our expectations, nor should any of them be considered Korean food -- let alone AUTHENTIC Korean food. To validate my review, I am Korean, have grown up eating homemade Korean food made by my immigrant aunts/grandmother/mother, and have visited Korea multiple times. We were furious when we had to pay $80 for the food we did get and we were still hungry when we left the restaurant. We were happier to leave the restaurant hungry than continue to order more food at this establishment. If I am ever in Paris again, I will never spend a single euro at Mandoobar and would strongly advise anyone who is craving and looking for a delicious Korean meal to NOT go to this restaurant. Save your money and time and visit Shin Jung (7 min walk away from Mandoobar) instead. My friend and I went here immediately after leaving Mandoobar and were pleasantly greeted not only by Korean restaurant staff and chef but also with delightful Korean aromatics. Tldr; DO NOT GO TO MANDOOBAR -- scam, NOT authentic Korean food, go to Shin Jung instead.

Fully packed and small place, but didnt require a reservation to get a table for dinner. The…read morestarter (shrimp salad) was excellent and worth of five stars but the main course (calamares) only decent. The waiters spoke english but were totally lost and forgetting who ordered what. For example while we were waiting for the main course they came asking would we like to have desert served now.. Getting the check and money back took around 15 minutes each. Normally Id give 4 stars for a good meal but the crowded and noisy atmosphere along with the service issues drops the experience to three.

This was really delicious! A great find. The owner was very accommodating to our two kids. They…read moreeven have an English menu which is really useful when you have independent children. We had the Bimbimbap (?) which was super yums and our ten year old who has his heart set on fried rice ( :/ ) ate it all up. The starters were fantastic also - try the dumplings. They don't disappoint. Very fresh and very delicious. I would definitely step in and try Korean food even if you've never had it before. Just FYI, we had a toddler in our gang and they were really nice about our stroller and extra bowl situation :) Highly recommend!