We came here with a group of 5 on a weekday night. It was hard to get a reservation even though…read morewhen we arrived, there were maybe 2 other tables being used. Later on, there were also many other empty tables. The service was okay though, had no problems with our orders. Though to be fair, we also had very little interaction with the staff besides to just order food. If you have any budget for meals whatsoever, do not expect to be full eating here. Most dishes are $25 or more, and while look great for photos, are not filling whatsoever. We had to order 8 dishes between 5 people to even be half-filled. We went to eat somewhere else after. One dish was literally a sushi-sized piece of minced meat on top of a single Korean rice cake, where each piece was around $7-8 plus tax and tip. Another $25-30 dish was pretty much less than 10 pieces of thinly sliced meat on a small clump of rice. The food didn't particularly taste good either. I ended up just dumping leftover kimchi sauce on everything to give it some taste. Overall come here for good food pictures, not for the food itself.

I finally got to try Nui this past weekend. We didn't have a reso, but managed to snag a quick…read moretable at opening before their first lunch reservation of the day. The restaurant is small and chic with a few tables and bar seating. I'm not a big fan of the chairs as they're wooden blocks with no back support or cushion for your bottom. I noticed another customer needed a seat with backing for their elderly mother and they thoughtfully pulled a chair out from the back for her. We ordered a few things to share. I was more or less satisfied with the flavours, but wished there was a bit more completeness to the dining experience. The gomtang is this lovely clear broth with a bit of rice and pork slices inside. It is served with kimchi and some spicy sauce on the side. I wish they had actual kimchi as opposed to using some type of green leaf vegetable as I wanted some crunchy textures. Next, the pork belly rice bowl was rich and umami with galbi style pork slices and egg yolk gel. We added shaved foie gras on top ($4) and it was an additional burst of flavour. This dish does teeter towards the oily and heavy side so proceed with caution. Finally, the seafood pancake arrived. For $25, the size is a bit small, but I appreciated that it was loaded with chives and had an interesting assortment of garnish on top. I'm not sure however, if this should be called seafood pancake if it only has prawns - maybe prawn pancake? Most importantly, it was extra crispy and still tasted amazing when I had it for leftovers the next day. Where this place fell a bit short for me was the following: I understand they're going for a mid scale vibe so the menu style and price point will be above the typical homey Korean restaurant. However, it was hard to understand the vibe of this place. It would be nice to have a bit more depth to everything - the pacing of the service, description of dishes, and a couple more additions to each dish would make this place pop out more especially for the concept they seem to be going for.

We were visiting Richmond and starving, and found Mr. Bro. Our service was great and the ambiance…read morefelt like small kbbq places we ate at in Hongdae. It feels like a quick kbbq place you go with ur friends, not someplace you would take your grandma. It's very casual and I enjoyed the food. The chicken skins were so light and crispy. The meat was tender and tasty. For a group of friends drinking and hanging out this is the perfect spot.

Pleasantly surprised! Great food, the recipes were delicious, and subtly different from traditional…read moreKorean recipes. A lot of customization of sauces and spice level, choose your own banchan, and unlimited banchan! Great service, always at the ready, and available. The place is not so big, maybe 9-10 tables, but the vibe is really fun and lively. We will be back again for sure!

I'll admit it: when I'm looking for Korean food, I don't usually go off the beaten path…read more There's a reason for that. Korean food is one of those cuisines where I've always subscribed to a simple theory: if Koreans aren't eating there, why should I? You can dress up a restaurant, put some Korean words on the menu and serve kimchi with just about anything, but eventually somebody has to judge the food. And Koreans, bless them, are not exactly known for suffering quietly through mediocre kimchi. So imagine my surprise when a little Korean restaurant in the middle of Richmond, BC, actually delivers. Daan is good. Properly good. And no, this isn't the place for the ubiquitous Korean BBQ experience that seems to have taken over the culinary landscape. No sizzling tabletop grills, no elaborate choreography, no fifteen-minute explanation of which piece of meat you're supposed to cook first. Daan is for something much more important: the Korean food you actually want when you're hungry and a little homesick for the food you grew up with. This is comfort food. The stews. The noodles. The hot-plate bulgogi. The stuff that arrives at the table steaming, fragrant and unapologetically familiar. The japchae is a definite yes. The bulgogi is worth ordering. And the galbi hits that sweet spot between substantial and satisfying--the kind of meal that reminds you why Korean food became a comfort food in the first place. There is one notable disappointment: the gamjatang, or pork bone stew. And that's a bit of a shame, because a great gamjatang can be the very definition of Korean soul food. Here, it just doesn't quite get there. So skip it and spend your calories elsewhere. Prices are pretty much what you'd expect in Vancouver--roughly ten percent more than Toronto, give or take. Then again, they don't hit you with PST on restaurant food, so by the time the bill arrives, we're more or less even. What I really like about Daan, though, is that it doesn't seem desperate to be anything other than a Korean restaurant. And in a city where Korean food can sometimes mean driving to Kingsway in Burnaby, heading all the way out to Coquitlam, or joining the latest Korean BBQ craze, there's something wonderfully satisfying about finding a place in Richmond that quietly gets the assignment. You want your kimchi fix? You shouldn't have to cross the Lower Mainland. Daan is proof that sometimes the little restaurant in the middle of nowhere is exactly where you should have been looking. Definitely recommended. Just don't order the gamjatang. Cheers!!!

One of my favourite korean spots in Vancouver, they have a great pork bone stew which is hefty and…read moremore than enough for 2 people. But their kimbap takes the cake, the BEST kimbap i've had here sad that they only serve it during lunch hours. Would come back way more if it wasn't so far away from the skytrain stop

Came here again with my friends after I told them how good my first experience was. Luckily, I was…read moreable to get their limited set this day and it really did live up to the hype. I got their eel set, which was my second choice since the pork jaw was sold out. I love all the side dishes that they give you with the meal. You get to try a little bit of everything. The portion size is also huge. 10 out of 10 will come back again.

The last time I tried zoomak was three years ago for the exact same thing - the pork cheek lunch…read moreset. I'm happy to report that it is still just as good. The side dishes this time was beef tartare, kimchi cucumbers, kimchi, pickled cabbage, egg plant, tofu, kimchi jeon (pancake), deep fried rice cake, fried chicken, and deep fried tofu. There's many side dishes so even if there's one you don't like, there's plenty others you can choose from and I really like that variety! I was very surprised they had beef tartare as one of the side dishes! My favourites had to be the vinegar eggplant, deep fried rice cake (loved the chewy texture of this one!), and the fried chicken. Above all though, the pork cheek and seaweed clam soup were definitely the stars of the show. Overall I really recommend trying this meal out if you're ever in gastown! This is exclusively available at lunch and from what I know they do sell out so come out when they open to make sure it's still available!

This was one of the most disappointing experiences I've had at a Korean restaurant…read more The service was incredibly slow, but the biggest issue was that the staff completely forgot to place our order. After waiting an unusually long time, we finally asked about our food and only then discovered that our order had never been entered. As a result, we wasted nearly two hours of our time. What made the experience even more frustrating was that they did not serve banchan or rice while we were waiting. In Korean restaurants, it is common courtesy to provide banchan and rice so customers have something to enjoy before the main dishes arrive. Instead, we sat there with nothing. It honestly felt like they were trying to avoid refilling the unlimited banchan rather than taking care of their customers. The food itself was only average and certainly not worth the excessive wait. As a Korean, I am very familiar with Korean food and the level of hospitality that customers should expect. Good Korean restaurants make guests feel welcome even when the kitchen is busy. Unfortunately, that was not the case here. Mistakes happen, but how a restaurant handles those mistakes says a lot about how much they value their customers. Based on this experience, I cannot recommend this restaurant and will not be returning.

Great food and service! They don't allow reservations, so you need to arrive and put your name down…read moreon the wait-list if the restaurant is full. There are some seats to sit down and wait in the front. Since we had a bigger group, they requested that we order before we sit down so they can bring the food immediately once the table was ready. That was pretty nice. The food tasted good and the banchan was delicious. I really liked their purple rice. They also gave us some mandoo for the long wait. We ordered the Bulgogi Topokki, Bo Ssam, and various stews. All were yummy!

Still as great as always located inside Brentwood mall. We came during their anniversary and…read moreappreciated the discounted prices. The sooda box and platter was a hit as always. Consistently tasty! Be sure to make a reservation.

Great atmosphere and vibe for parties and gathering with friends/family. Food was ok. The sooda…read moreplate was the highlight but the japchae and seafood pancake was lackluster. The japchae barely had meat in it and was 90% noodle. The seafood pancake barely had seafood in it with it mostly being imitation crab and batter. I also made a reservation for my group a couple of days ago but they didn't write it on the daily calendar (only on their phone notes?) so I had to wait for a table as they didn't have one ready. Service was really lacking with us needing to ask multiple times for more banchan and to see where our food was. Take out containers are $0.35 as well

The restaurant is nicely decorated and there is a parking lot next the restaurant. We went for the…read morelunch special which is a good deal. The restaurant got busy quickly with a bunch of people also interested in the lunch special We get a choice of soup and tea (grapefruit or grapefruit ginger tea) the ordering is through a qr code. But we noticed the prices on the ordering portal is about a dollar more expensive than what is print on the menu for every item. Overall, all the sides were good. The soup didnt have that much contents in it. But for the price it was ok

This place is located on the dredded 'eat street' in Richmond, which is notorious for terrible…read moreparking. All the spots in this complex have a restaurant name on them, and we could not find any with Cherry Food House on them. I noticed everyone just parked anywhere, regardless of which restaurant. This place is busy! I would suggest booking ahead. Service is very friendly but hard to flag down because they are busy. The call button at the table didn't work. The food has big portions, especially the big pots. Normal price could be around $50+, but the budaejjigae is $37 here, and the pan was wide and deep. However, the downside was the taste. It does taste like normal Korean food, and things are a bit off. The budaejjigae feels like it didn't have dashi in it. The seafood green onion pancake was 90% imitation crab. Pajeons are supposed to be mainly green onion, but this felt like a cake of imitation crab only. Maybe a couple of pieces of green onion, cuttlefish, and shrimp. The fried chicken was ok. They serve free dessert at the end - feels like some pudding with sweet syrup. If you don't mind about taste and just want a lot of food for cheap then this is for you.

First off, the restaurant feels cozy and pretty clean. Second, the food was not Bad. Third, the…read morewaiter was kind and helpful. The banchan are delicious! The kimchi is spicy and fresh. The potato was the star of the show and perfectly soft and just the right amount of flavoring and slight sweetness. The seaweed Was well seasoned and slightly vinegary to help cut any of the heavy feeling of the broths we ordered. The seollungtang was delicious! THey season it beforehand which I have not experienced before, but they season it well. The broth was rich and the meat was soft. It also comes with glass noodles which has a great chewy texture. The galbitang was just okay. It didn't taste like the usual one I eat, and the galbi had a strange texture. I wonder if it was frozen and then cooked. And it had a slightly unpleasant taste to it-- in Korean it's " 고기 잡내가 나요" -- like an unpleasant meaty/gamey taste. I also found a hair in the broth but it was towards the bottom when I are most of it. Overall, I would come back for the selongtang!

Was looking forward to my experience here. I live somewhat close to the area, so pass by it fairly…read moreoften. I finally decided I wanted to try it after reading all the 5 star reviews. Don't get me wrong, the food is good here. I ordered the gamjutang and seafood pancake. Having seen a recent post on Instagram and reading the reviews, I thought I finally found a match to my favorite gamjutang (from Damso), and didn't have to travel all the way downtown. Unfortunately, Damso is yet to be beat. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with the gamjutang here, but it's lacking. The bones barely had any meat to them, and it just lacked spice/onions. The bowl of rice they gave you was on the smaller side as well. The seafood pancake seems to have skyrocketed in price too. From looking at Google reviews of the picture of the menu, it seems the price increased by $10; it's now closer to $30. Anyways, what really disappointed me wasn't the food. It was the service. I came in shortly after 6:40pm on a Thursday. The first room was booked up, so the gentleman took me to the side room. It was a bit odd, as I was the only one in that room the entire time I was there (2 hours). I wouldn't be so annoyed if it wasn't the fact that barely anyone checked up on me. Initially in the first hour, they were still attentive; then after the food arrived, they forgot about me. I kept thinking surely, someone would check up on me from time to time; perhaps to refill my water, but then 30 minutes passed, then an hour. Finally after so long my server showed up again; I have no idea where she disappeared to. I quickly asked for the bill and packed up what I couldn't finish and left. I'm still willing to give this place a second chance, but they need to be more attentive next time. Overall the food was good, though lacking in some areas. In the end, I'll still recommend this restaurant if your in the area and want some good Korean food.