hole in the wall restaurant but it is the best restaurant in toronto imo. the staff are incredibly kind and the owner, Hu, is such a hard worker and genuinely cares about her customers. The prices are also amazing for the amount of food you get. a must-go! read more

One of my favorite restaurants in Korea Town. Came around 12pm, the service was quick and the waiter was friendly. I ordered the Jajangmyeon and the Pork Bulgogi for lunch. The Jajangmyeon came with so many tasty side dishes ( I recommend you try each side dish it compliments the main meal!!) the black bean noodles came out hot, the serving size for the price was incredible. The creamy black bean sauce and the fresh cucumber was so delicious with the noodles and is a must try. The pork Bulgogi, the presentation was unique and again so much food for the price!! The Bulgogi has so much flavor complimented with all the onions and vegetables that come with it, and the pork was tender. Again another must try dish. I love this place and will definitely be back!! If you come to Korea Town give them a try. read more

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This place serve my all time favourite dish: the Seolleongtang (beef bone soup). I crave for this all the time. The broth is simple and delicious. The beef slices served in the soup are perfect and it is a pretty generous portion. The only thing I hate is that it is serve in a freaking lava hot soul burning bowl and it will take what seems like an eternity to be humanly possible for me to eat it. I hate waiting for food, mostly when it is just sitting in front of me and streaming up my face. There is nothing more cruel than being hungry and have to watch and wait for the food to cool down. I have ask the owner many time if it is possible to serve it not too hot or even to give me some ice so I can throw it in. She seems like a nice lady, but she is stubborn as hell and always give me grief for asking. "It will change the flavour" says the lady. But I want to eat it now! She even go to the extend to lie and say they don't have ice at the restaurant which is bull crap because they serve Naengmyeon (cold soup with literally ice in it). So what I do, is I pour my water in the soup to help cool it down and watch her disappointed face. hahaha I guess it's her house, her rules! Customers is not always right over here LOL Gotta love those stubborn traditional asian lady! Regardless, I always come back, because there is no where else that serves such a delicious Seolleongtang. Can't wait for dine in to allowed again so I can burn my lips with that piping hot soup! Haha read more

Jin Dal Lae - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Fantastic food, absolutely can't go wrong with anything you get. Service is a little slow. Be sure to get here early as the wait can get very long read more

Great food! Best Korean in town. Highly recommend the army stew and galbatang. Small family ran business. Owner is the best!

I love Koren food, and this place ranks among the top I've ever had. Great service, great food, the place is really clean and it's in a great location. read more

Jin Dal Lae - Bi bim bap... highly recommended - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

For the price and the food quality, this place is amazing. They are a family owned restaurant and they have a lot of variety of korean dishes that aren't usually available. The portion size is pretty good and my dad really loves their clam noodle soup. The amount of clams they give fills up his bowl and then some. This place is usually quite busy and so expect to wait a while as it's usually quite full. Food: 5/5 Service: 4/5 Price Point: 5/5 Overall: 4.5/5 read more

Amazing food!! We ordered the kimchi jeon, ddeokbokki and shrimp fried rice. Just putting it in your mouth the flavours exploded! The kimchi jeon was a perfect balance of crisp and fluffy - delicious! The ddeokbokki was wonderfully spicy and cooked to perfection! The shrimp fried rice was just.... Amazing! I've tried it in other restaurants around and they could never get it right... Jin Dal Lae did! Every flavour just burst forth... it was wonderful and magical!! The server was extremely kind, friendly and inviting! I've missed having Korean food for a long time and was so glad by how similar this tasted to when I had them in Korea! I will 100% continue coming back here when I'm in the area!!! read more

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Summary: Delicious Korean food! Worth going to if you're in the neighbourhood! Pros: convenient location, seating for small groups of friends, delicious options for most diets, price is great, vegetarian friendly Cons: not the most visually exciting place read more

Really delicious korean food. Tried the soft tofu stew and kimchi jeon, both were very flavourful but a bit on the oily side. Prices were very fair for the generous portions and would definitely return to try other dishes. read more

Jin Dal Lae - kimchi jeon, banchan, soft tofu stew, beef hot stone bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Yummy authentic Korean food! We walked up and down Bloor in Korea town to find the restaurant with the most Korean people eating there and this was a hit! I got bibimbap with beef tartare and my friend got a heaping plate of juicy kailbi and it is exactly what we needed!! It's mom and pop and simple but delicious. There was only one server (poor guy!) who was so efficient and attentive! I truly commend him, he didn't even forget to refill our water! Please tip him well if you see him! Will definitely be back often whenever a good hearty Korean meal is needed . read more

Jin Dal Lae - so good - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

It gets really busy so better make a reservation beforehand. My fav dishes here are the seafood pancake (must try), soondubu, bibimbap, and cold noodles with watermelon (yes, really). There's also a seafood stew with crispy rice cakes which is listed as a single portion but it was more than enough to feed 2. The octopus stew was good but too sweet for my taste. The table bbq was NOT good. The meat was very tough. The grill never got hot enough so the meat came out steamed and rubbery. The value is also terrible for table bbq compared to other places. read more

Literally the best restaurant in Koreatown, no need to look further. The side dishes are plentiful and unique to Jin Dal Lae (seasoned fish cakes, some sort of greens, etc.), and even the regular ones are done very well (the potatoes are great). But the best thing they offer is their pork bone soup, which is one of my favourite dishes. There's really no need to waste your time with trying any other pork bone soup in Toronto. The meat is plentiful (at least 1.5x as much as any other restaurant in the area), crazy flavourful and fall-off-the-bone, melt-in-your-mouth tender. Soup itself is delicious too. All-around delicious experience. To be honest I've tried a couple of their other dishes too which were good but not mind-blowingly amazing like the pork bone soup: seafood soondubu stew was good, with huge pieces of seafood, but had an overwhelming dashi taste, which I don't really think soondubu should have; and dukbokki, which was good and generous with glass noodles, but had sort of a strong wine taste and wasn't spicy enough. But the pork bone soup is enough to have me coming back every week (sometimes 2 or 3 times)! Also: service is amazing. Definitely come here. read more

I went here quite a few times for take out during the lockdown. I always order Boosam, which is the steamed pork with cabbage. It is great. I don't know much about other dishes. Take out is nicely packed. read more

The Kalbi ribs and pork bone soup are really good. They also have really soft tofu for the tofu stew. I have been here twice during covid for take out inky and despite eating it 15 min later it's still amazing. read more

Stumbled across this place while searching for Korean fried chicken and it did not did not disappoint - super crisp batter , perfect sauce ! The bulgogi and jap chae were also excellent and really good banchan too ! Definitely going to become regulars. The only drawback was the food didn't all come out the same time. read more

One of the best korean restaurants down at the bloor street korean town. This is my group of friend's go-to spot whenever we crave for korean food. The food never fails us here and the owner is super kind and friendly! We go so often that she remembers us haha. The interior is always very clean. Taste is always consistent. Portions are quite generous, I usually have a hard time finishing my food even though it's so good. Favourite dishes: soon tofu jjigae, bulgogi/spicy squid deopab, seafood pancake, sweet and spicy chicken, and pork bone soup. It can get quite busy during the weekends so I'd recommend making a reservation if you're going with a big group! 10/10 read more

Jin Dal Lae - Bulgogi (bottom) and spicy squid (top) deopab - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Definitely one of the better places to go for Korean food in Toronto Korean town. The sweet and sour chicken was good and a dish that created a great sense of "pow" for our taste buds. I personally got the Pork Bone Soup which has always and will be a favorite popular Korean dish of mines and they did not let me down. Flavor was great, kimchi inside was good and soup broth was amazing. We also got an rice cake with egg as the appetizer and it was awesome. A restaurant really has to go beyond and above for me to give a 5 star usually and hence, why I did not feel like it was in my right to fully give it that one bounce up. However, it is within my top 5 Korean restaurants that I have ever ate at in Toronto (Cannot count the time I went with my guy friends to Korea haha). On a serious note, a must go to place for Korean food when you have a craving for top tier Korean food to satisfy yourself and leaves you with a smile to boost. PS. Side dishes were also in my top 5 in terms of variety and taste within the Toronto community and the waitresses were very understanding when we ask for a refill of the side dishes with no judgement. Side dishes for days. read more

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This is the second time I visited this newly opened restaurant in ten days. The first time my boyfriend and I had ordered the pork bone soup (special opening price: $6). The broth was super delicious and the meat was so soft that it came away from the bones almost effortlessly. We were also surprised that there were eight side dishes, which is a bit more than the typical Korean restaurant around town. This time we have three people so we decided to order a bigger pot of spicy lamb stew, seafood pancake, and tempura to share. The lamb stew is a much much bigger portion size than the $6 soup, and it comes with noodles so it is very filling. The three of us could not finish it in the end. Compared to that of the pork bone soup, the broth of the lamb stew has an unique minty taste, which I'm not accustomed to. It is still good, but I personally prefer the pork bone soup. The seafood pancake is pretty thick and tasty, but I would like it even more if it is crispier at the bottom. All three of us really enjoyed the tempura. The batter is really light and crispy and the veggies and shrimps are fresh and cooked just right. The restaurant is small, but it has a nice homey feel to it. The owner is very friendly and always smiling. Prices are reasonable. I will definitely be back to try other items on the menu. read more

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So many banchans! The service was quick and attentive -- something I'm not used to in Koreatown. As for the food, the soondubu was sadly not as flavourful as I've found in other places (like Buk Chang Dong Soon Tofu). As well, their kimchi pancake seemed to lack... kimchi? Overall, not terrible... but not terribly good either. You're better off going somewhere else for your soondubu cravings. read more

Jin Dal Lae - Tofu stew! - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Came here for dinner, no lineups compared to Sunrise House down the street. It's a family run restaurant, the lady was really nice and had good service. I came here for the Bulgogi stew ($9.99) because not a lot of the places have it. It tasted pretty good! We also tried the pork bone soup ($7.99) , the soup wasn't that good but the pork bones were flavourful! The prices are reasonable at this place! read more

Jin Dal Lae - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Came here for dinner on a Friday night around 9pm. There's only a few tables at the restaurant, but the seating is spacious and comfortable when you're seated. My friend and I ordered the budae jiggae (which serves 2) and it was delicious. It is served on the table and it came with ramen, mushrooms, spam, sausage, soft tofu, kimchi, and dumplings. We found the food to be flavorful and definitely a comforting meal, especially on a chilly day. And the banchan side dishes were good too, I loved how they gave a good amount of side dishes! The prices here are very reasonable too, I would love to come back to try other things on the menu if I'm ever in the area. read more

Jin Dal Lae - Budae jjigae - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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I ordered the pork bone soup a few weeks ago and it was amazing!! It was definitely worth the price that I paid.. it was much cheaper than I expected. I went later in the evening, (on a weekday as well) so there weren't many people. There's some seating available, i'd say it would be a great idea to bring a small group of people. There's a huge screen on the back wall playing kpop videos on repeat as well. There's also wifi available!! The service is really friendly and i'll be back again :) read more

VERY Disappointed. This is an updated review. I would take back my my previous 5-star review posted a year ago. I placed an order from Ubereats around 7:15pm, then the APP notified me at 8:00pm that the order got cancelled. During these 45 minutes, I heard NOTHING from the restaurant, not even an Explanation. I wouldn't even find out if it wasn't the app notification. I could have ordered from another restaurant if they told me ahead of time. I tried twice to call them, and finally the owner picked up the phone said she cancelled it bcuz they were too busy and couldn't prepare my food, not showing a slightest bit of regret that they value their customers. It took them 45 MINUTES to realize that they were too busy to prepare 2 stews and 1 Japchae, what a joke. I've been to this restaurant since their first day opened, I ate in the restaurant and ordered from ubereats/foodora thousands of times, referred my friends and family to come, rated them high on social media cuz at the beginning they were doing a great job but not many people came and I'd love to see them survive in the neighborhood. Now I'm really disappointed. Such a waste of time. read more

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This is the best Korean joint in Koreatown, hands down, and I've tried literally all of them. It's kinda pricy so it's not an all-the-time kind of place, but you get what you pay for when it comes to this restaurant. Everything so flavourful. You can just tell they aren't the kind of place to cut corners on anything, it's just so obvious in the food that everything is done carefully and with dedication. Also their banchan are just the most varied and amazing. Never an afterthought. Service is also so good (when that used to be a thing). Can't sing their praises enough. read more

Omg this is amazing place to have Korean food. Especially the taste of pork bone soup and spicy seafood noodles. Holy smokes! So scrumptious! read more

Reasonable price for the taste! Their pork bone soup is pretty good, but could be spicier. Meat easily falls off the bones. The soondubu is also a good 4/5. The egg is cooked perfectly and it has the right amount of heat. They also give a lot of side dishes (we got 8) compared to other restaurants. They usually have specials that are posted in front of the restaurant, which are good incentives for people to come in. This week, they give one free pop with a purchase of pork bone soup. read more

- The only thing I have tried here is Pork Bone Soup: it tasted good but a bit on the sweet size, price and portion are reasonable and it also comes with 8 side dishes which all tasted pretttty goood - Service was fast and friendly, the waitress comes to your table once in a while to make sure everything is good - I would definitely come back to try more of their dishes read more

Jin Dal Lae - really enjoyed all of their side dishes - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

We came here on a Sunday afternoon for lunch and were seated immediately. Vast selection of side dishes which I like. Prices are reasonable too. The waitress was very polite and sweet, she even offered if we wanted a second set of side dishes. read more

Jin Dal Lae - Side dishes ! - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Had a chance to go here with a friend on a Thursday evening, quite empty. We opted for the two bbq choice meat option (pork belly, short ribs) which comes with choice soup (spicy tofu). Came out to around $45. Standard sides, Kim Chi was notably tasty. Meat came with standard lettuce, spicy sauce, and a sesame oil sauce which was delicious. Excellent quality pork belly, but short ribs came semi pre-cooked. Spicy tofu soup was incredible. For two people it was more than enough food, we were so full by the end of it. The service was extremely friendly. Would come back for sure! Price- 4/5 Taste- 4.5/5 Atmosphere- 3/5 Service- 5/5 Cleanliness- 4/5 read more

This place is sooo good! And it's super cheap! I got the LA galbi and it really hit the spot. I'm pretty picky with my galbi too. My bf got the dolsot bibimbap and it was standard. Pretty good. Tons of side dishes and the service was great! Unlimited sides and tea! read more

ordered foodora delivery just now and wow this place is great! Food was amazing, price was inexpensive and portions were super generous. read more

Jin Da Lae is absolutely amazing and I don't get amazed easily. The price to portion is great and the food has a lot Of flavor. The hot pot, fried chicken, Dduk bo ki and deopbap are great. The workers are all super Cool and welcoming. Hope I can go eat here again after COVID read more

Wow. Stumbled in here with my partner because it was still open and completely full. The kindest staff greeted us and kept checking up on us while we waited for a table and throughout our stay. Great experience off the bat. The food did not disappoint. We had the spicy octopus (the best I've ever had, cooked perfectly and seasoned beautifully), spicy tofu stew (the freshest tasting tofu we've had in a long time), and the beef brisket stew (this was one of the tastiest stews I've ever had). Everything was impressively delicious, and we were so happy to find our new favorite Korean restaurant in Toronto. We'll definitely be back. read more

New spot in Korean town! I had the kimchi chiagae and it was delicious. Was not too salty, and a perfect amount of spice! Side dishes were delicious as well! Must try! read more

Jin Dal Lae - Kimchi chigae - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Their hot pots(Jeongol / ) are the best! Generous portions, and well balanced. It's not overly salty or sweet compared to "westernized" Korean food restaurants. Jeongols are just like what my mom used to make. Side dishes are well made as well. My new favourite Korean food place now. Also, they are not overpriced. All Jeongols are $25-30, for 2 people. (Possibly 3). Best price to taste/portion ratio I know of. read more

I was lucky to drive around Toronto downtown in the last day of my trip from Vancouver. Found Korean town, the food and price is all great! They even gave me 10% off. read more

Just picked this restaurant at random and I am so glad we did. We ordered bulblgogi jeongol for two and it was enough for three. Side dishes were not bad and complimented the main dish well. It tasted great and had lots of bulgogi in it. Highly recommended. read more

Jin Dal Lae - Bulbogi jeongol - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Huge portions, reasonable prices. Pork bone soup was very flavourful...not too spicy nor too bland. Had the perfect amount of spice..not too salty. Excellent customer service, waitress was very polite and attentive...will definitely come back again! read more

Jin Dal Lae - Ttukbaegi Bulgogi, pork bone soup and dynamite roll - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Best Korean food in the GTA, highly recommend. The workers are very kind, and make the visit very special