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    Kimchi Box

    3.8 (14 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 9:00 pm

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    Small wings - soy garlic and Korean sassy sauces
    Katy C.

    I'd heard about Kimchi Box, a fast-casual Korean spot that has a few locations now, so I was excited to check it out while on our way back to Grand Rapids from Ann Arbor recently. I love Korean food, and we don't have a ton of options like this at home so it was fun to try. They were doing a lot of takeout but they have plenty of space inside to dine in. The menu is pretty large and includes tacos, K-BBQ boxes, lots of shareable/appetizers, Korean fried chicken (wings and popcorn chicken), sandwiches, bibimbap, and cup bap (Korean BBQ in a cup). Everything sounded amazing, so it was tough to pick. I went with the spicy pork box, and Nate got the kimchi chicken sandwich. We also got a small order of wings with soy garlic and Korean sassy sauce. The small order is 6 large wings. Our food came out pretty quickly and everything was presented really nicely. The spicy pork box looked like a bento box and came with a generous portion of spicy pork, a big scoop of rice, a salad with ginger dressing, a fried mandu (dumpling), and some orange slices. Honestly this was big enough that we could have shared it, but I was really hungry so I finished most of it! The pork was tender and really flavorful, and not super spicy. I loved the fresh salad and the mandu was really interesting, it had maybe chicken and some noodles inside. I liked it! The kimchi chicken sandwich was stacked high and the chicken was super crispy on the outside and tender inside. It was pretty messy to eat, but so delicious. The wings were huge! The crispiness was over the top good. The sauces were sticky and messy in the best way and we really liked them both. I loved this spot and would definitely go back to try more stuff - I saw a bowl of the bibimbap and it was a big portion and looked really delicious. I'd love to try their japchae, tteokkbokki, and the honey butter powder fries!

    Amethyst W.

    The counter service was in a nasty mood. She definitely did not want to be working here at all. Sorry for the inconvenience of ordering food. Anyways, we ordered bibimbap, Kimchi fries and Tbokki. The kimchi fries should have just been fries. The toppings are super sparse. The Tbokki were rock hard, it's like they forgot to cook them before dosing it with sauce. The bibimbap looks way better than it tastes. Their sauces are watered down. All of it is blah. Not worth the $50 we spent here I've tried all the locations - so convenient, but all terrible

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    Eric S.

    Easy parking in the surface lot behind the restaurant. Inside is ok but the tables on Grand River are nice. Boxes are good and they use higher quality ingredients. Our favorite was the bulgogi Kimbap!

    Puddy M.

    If you want quick and tasty Korean food stop by here. Love the presentation as well and that you get a little of everything in the box.

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    If you've eaten Korean food before, this is low tier Korean food. And the service is even worse.

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    2 years ago

    Food was amazing. Service sucked. Vibe of the restaurant was also only ok. Good made up for everything tho.

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    3 years ago

    come here if you want to wait for 30 mins! it's definitely not "fast" casual. the food is okay tho

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    If you ever wanted to visit a restaurant that was having an identity crisis, then this is a place…read morefor you!! Instead of Bowl Express, they should call the place 'United Nations Cafeteria'! In fact, the front of the restaurant really has no sign that identifies the place as a restaurant, other then pictures of Korean foods, even then the place is hard to miss! Unless you happen to go to Tasty Twist since it's located next door. The decor is very 70's.... the wall colors of purple and orange-ish yellow color mixed in with green MSU banner, etc. doesn't not blend well.... The main menu is on the wall behind the cash register and they have one menu that's on the counter top. We were the only customers there and our intention was to get the chicken to see how it was, but ended up ordering other foods. After we looked at the menu, we settled on the following: - Bulgogi Burger - Bulgogi Gyro - Original Gyro - whole order of seasoned chicken The man who took our order also did the cooking... don't expect to get your food quickly; we got all of our food together.. I think it took around 20 minutes to get them. Bulgogi Burger - concept is the same as hamburger, but the meat is replaced with bulgogi, since the meat is loose, expect some to land on your lap. It's served with lettuce, tomatoes and 1000 Island dressing on a sesame buns. Gyro - onions, lettuce with either original or bulgogi served with cucumber sauce. The original was decent... even for E. Lansing area... granted I had better Gyro's in my life, but being in EL area, it was decent. Chicken - whole chicken is chopped into smaller pieces, battered, fried and mixed with Korean Red Sauce and topped with chopped peanuts (if you are allergic to peanuts, make sure you let them know). The chicken was hot (temp hot), the sauce had little kick to it thanks to the chili powder and black peppers that were used. The sauce is thick, thus it'll stick to your fingers. If you get the seasoned chicken, you should get some side of rice. For the Burger and Gyro's we opted to go with the combo, which comes with fountain drink and small side of fries. The fries were okay, bot the best... frozen fries refried and served. The fountain drinks are hidden in the back, so you'll have to find your way for the drinks. There is no focus on single product with offering of others around that product... it's free for all, as you can get hamburger and bibimbop all at once. The Fusion foods they have was nice... the place is also outside of MSU campus area, thus requires one to either walk, bike, bus it or drive. I did notice that they take online orders through third parties. I think they can streamline their menu and focus on few major food items... it took us some time to decide on what to get because of the so many offering. I ended up giving 3 stars since 2.5 isn't allowed... I think this place could become something, but again they should redo their menu and shrink it down.

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