This spot was quite a distance away from my hotel, but I really fancied a cozy night in (and wanted a change from all the pizza and pub food I had eaten over the week). After looking at their glowing Google reviews, I decided to order via UberEats for a late-night bite. I will note that the restaurant had my order ready quite quickly, and it arrived piping hot despite the weather being rainy and cold. We were certainly off to a great start there :) I was conflicted on what to order and ended up getting way too much food for 1 person. I got the Dakgangjeong Bento Box ($16) - crispy chicken in a sticky and sweet sauce, and edamame, purple rice, and seaweed salad on the side AND a Bulgogi Futomaki Gimbap ($15) roll with sauteed beef, crab, radish, etc. There were SO many pieces in the Bulgogi roll that it had to be separated into 2 containers. A seriously massive portion for the price. For the $31 I spent, I could have easily fed 3 people. Great value for the price, top-notch ingredients, quick service, and great presentation. Would definitely recommend! read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Dakgangjeong Bento Box - comes with seaweed salad, edamame, and purple rice - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

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We had to break away from the Irish food and get some Korean food in our system. Stopped by as it was near our hotel. After looking at the menu, we got the following: - Bulgogi - Kimchi Chigae(zigae) - Beef Chapchae(japchae) - Kimchi - Ssam Our favorite was the chopchae. The noodle was perfectly cooked and seasoned well. The bulgogi, could use more seasoning, it was bit chewy for us. Don't get the kimchi chigae, lacked that "kimchi chigae" flavor, lot of veggies, minimal kimchi. The thing I didn't get... we ordered in Korean, they responded in English... but when they spoke to each other, they spoke Korean.... what gives? read more

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Needed my Korean food after all the heaviness of Irish food so we ambled into this place-it's attached to a bar if you are inclined. Kimchi stew with pork- was good with purple rice but the banchan( side dishes were tiny -like 3 pieces of cucumber and the kimchi side dish was lackluster in flavor. Husband got the poke bowl and he said the tuna was fresh and good. read more

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Had the Bulgogi and it was very good. Shredded beef marinated in soy with onions along with sides of veggies and rice served on a hot plate. Service was very good and served quickly. read more

Ordered kimchi jjigae and fried rice. Flavor was ok. Not bad. Not the best. Egg was well done on fried rice which was a bummer. But I hate it when restaurants try to save money by using "fillers" or other methods to save money. Kimchi jjigae was filled with onions and other veggies so it wasn't primarily kimchi. The rice wasn't real purple rice. It's mixed with mostly white so it just had a faint color. Sad and shady. Update: still no response like most places do. I guess they don't think they did anything wrong ‍ read more

A block away from my hotel, got a few drinks my last night in Dublin. Fresh kimchi isn't really fresh, at least a couple of weeks old but it was still good and what I'm used to. The octopus was much better, but small portion size. Limited Korean beer selection, but tried out a new one called Gangnam which tasted like a lager. It was okay with soju when I made my somaek. Originally ordered four Hite, guess they were out of it already on a Friday night around 6:30 pm. Overall, not bad. read more

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The food might have been good had we gotten it. They seemed overwhelmed and there actually was not much service. I paid for food for take out, but it never came. Had to ask for my money back as they weren't sure when it would come back. read more

Food was okay. I guess this place is a pub at night. There was an unpleasant smell as soon as we walked in. But we went in and ate there anyways. read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

Very busy restaurant, which I thought was due to the caliber of the cuisine. In hindsight, it was probably because it's rare to find Korean food in Dublin and people are bottlenecked here. Seated conveniently in the corner of the restaurant it took quite some time to get a server, and when I finally flagged one down to ask for a beer I was informed to just go straight to the bar for it. Great. Once I finally got my Guinness, I shot for the Dakgangjeong, Seafood Pancake, and House Kimchi. After another round of drinks and wearing patience, I got my food. The Seafood Pancake was a very large and semi-crispy disk with a lot of minced shrimp and octopus, but very forward with the spring onions. (Disclaimer: I don't see seafood pancake on the menu, and I can't remember if it was a special or my friend specifically ordered it). As for the Dakgangjeong it was lightly spicy fried chicken with a very sweet finish. I was hoping for a more bold red chili paste kind of sauce, because when I ate all I could correlate it to was General Tso's chicken. The rice was delicious though! The Kimchi was good and spicy with that sodaesque fermented texture. Overall the food was decent and well presented. But the caviller and slow service turned me off from it all. Fine, put the baby in the corner but you still need to acknowledge that it exists. read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Dakgangjeong in the front, pancake party in the back. - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

My guy ordered the beef bibimbap and I ordered the yangnyeom chicken. Both were delicious. The service was ok, we needed to signal the waiters for them to come to our table, but once we order the food we didn't wait long. Also, the restaurant sort of shares the space with a bar, so they had a great variety of drinks. Definitely recommend it. read more

You wouldn't expect a craving for Korean food to be satisfied in the heart of Dublin, or you would expect to get over it by downing a pint of Guinness and gnawing on a piece of crusty wheaten soda bread. That's why I was pleasantly surprised to find this comfy, compact hybrid of a place just down the block from my hotel north of the Liffey. There's a pub on one side, and an Asian restaurant on the other side serving both Korean and Japanese food. Usually such an unwieldy combination is a signpost for a United Nations of mediocrity, but I found the Korean food served here quite tasty and filling. I started with the € 8.50 Kimchi Vegetable Pancake, which instead of serving a platter-size one as they do stateside, came as a quartet of thin silver-dollar pancakes with a sliver of a side salad (see photo). They were crispy good and devoured in no time. As I finished, a middle-aged Korean woman, presumably the owner, came by with a couple of sweetened rice balls apparently to celebrate the full moon (see photo). OK I can dig it. It was a nice treat before the main event. For my entree, naturally I had to try their € 10.90 Bibimbop, which came in the traditional stone bowl (see photo). I kind of wished the meat came in shards rather than minced, but otherwise the assorted vegetables were delicious, and the crusty rice provided a nice contrast in texture. When the owner saw me spending so much time playing with the filters in my Instagram photos, she immediately started mixing my bowl and scolded me for waiting so long to enjoy her food. I didn't mind the verbal abuse since she reminded me a bit of my mom. Speaking of which, I took a passing glance at the sashimi on the sushi-making counter, and it looked surprisingly fresh and appetizing. Ah well, maybe next time I'm in Dublin... FOOD - 4 stars...sturdy Korean food well prepared AMBIANCE - 3.5 stars...a bit tight in there but nicely casual nonetheless SERVICE - 3.5 stars...a proud owner and a quiet staff TOTAL - 4 stars...Korean craving satisfied in Dublin read more

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This central Dublin Korean dining establishment reveals Dublin's multi cultural society in the center of Dublin IE. Adjacent to a rail line stop and around the corner from the Holiday Inn Express. This restaurant was busy due to Pride parade and Football game occurring nearby. Seating was therefore sparse but hostess sat us down after short wait. The eating fare is Japanese and Korean with sushi and bulogigi offerings. Tasty with decent portion sizing. Drink menu included rose tip kombucha. read more

Absolutely lovely place for Korean and Japanese food. We have been there twice in one week with different meals. They are a bit expensive but still offer a good deal. Don't let you mislead by the word "side dish". They are absolutely enough to feed 2-3 people as side dish. So grab some food and share. All the food we had was absolutely delicious! Only problem we had was with the english skills of the waitresses. Not sure if it's because I'm no native speaker. I requested to get the menu again and got the bill instead. I tried it again with another waitress but she came back with the card payment device... I still absolutely love this place and will definitely come back whenever I'm in Dublin. read more

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Not sure how this restaurant received the "Top Rated" award for so many years in a row. As a Korean I have to say that I was very disappointed with the quality of the food and that this is what people believe to be good Korean food when it is not. We went there for lunch and ordered the salmon nigiri appetizer, kimchi pancake starter,kimchi chigae, the spicy pork, and the kids bulgogi special. The kimchi pancake was tasty but not crispy as it should be. The kimchi chigae was just ok and so was my son's bulgogi. It was something that you would expect at a fast food lunch counter, or for those from the United States - a Mall Foodcourt. By far the worst dish was the spicy pork. It was overly salted and the pork did not have the correct flavor profile that you expect from the dish. It had a strange cumin type of after taste that I couldn't identify. My husband ate as much as he could from it but left about 1/2 of the dish uneaten. Which in the long run was better as he became sick after eating his lunch. The best bite was the salmon nigiri. The sushi rice was very good. Service was friendly but slow, even when we were one of 4 tables seated in the restaurant. The waitress never came to check on you and you had to flag her down for water refills and the check. My son's children's lunch special came with an ice cream but they never brought it out. Just overall very disappointing of a meal and the worst we had while visiting Dublin. read more

I love Kimchi! I was initially a bit hesitant when I walked in as it doesn't look particularly fancy or impressive, but I soon learned that the impressive thing is what I suppose you would want, the food! The food is genuinely fantastic. It's Korean... fusion, maybe? The staff are really sweet and helpful, the menu has loads of options for different tastes (and plenty of veggie options too). Everything I have had here has been out-of-this-world-delicious (with the exception of the bibimap, which I found bland/ick - i was told by my dining partner it was due to the lack of meat? anyway!) But everything else Is lovely. I would (and do, all the time) really recommend trying their Soy Potato Sushi Roll if you haven't. Really different to anywhere else that I havent tried in Dublin. Love it! read more

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Ireland culture is new to me but Korean food and culture is not. It was so neat to see Korean cuisine offered in an Ireland-influenced ambience. The food is absolutely amazing! I ordered the udong with shrimp tempura after a really long day. Their extended hours is a nice treat for late night travelers. read more

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I've only every eaten Korean food 3 times before, twice in in Dublin (Han Sung and Arisu ages ago, and once in Japan), and I have to say I was pretty impressed with Kimchi. I don't know much about Korean food, but I found Kimchi to have a really authentic feel to it, and i loved the bibimbap! It was pretty packed but the service was still quite good, and they have a nice button on the table to call the waiter (I wish every restaurant had this!). I loved the lively atmosphere and the service was pretty quick, which was surprising since it was quite crowded! In terms of price, I found it very reasonable; most mains were in the 10 euro range, starters were 5~6 and sides were 3~4 euro. The lunch menu is pretty small so it seems better to come here for dinner (you can check them online) when there's a lot more stuff. They also have a few Japanese dishes too in addition to all the Korean dishes like sushi, sashimi etc if you're not into spicy. My favourite Korean dish is Bibimbap, and they do pretty good ones here! read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Tofu bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

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YUM officially found my favourite Korean restaurant here. This place gets quite busy but you have the option of having your food in the co-joining (is this even a word?!) pub so you should be seated fairly quickly if you're not fussy. Service is quick and food very tasty. We stuck to the traditional dishes - bibimbap and the beef bulgogi, both very yummy. The bibimbap stone bowl could be hotter though, so it will caramelise some of the rice to a lovely crispy crunch! read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Bulgogi rolls (not my favourite tbh) - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

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This is one of the strangest but best places I've been in a long time. It is half Korean/Japanese restaurant and other half is a traditional Irish pub. Stay with me here--I know it sounds like a recipe for disaster but it is not. Our airBNB hosts had recommended it and there are tons of awards on the front door. When we walked in there were no tables available unless you had reservations (good sign!) but were told we could eat on the bar side which we were happy to do. The bar side did play the randomest old school playlist and mix your standard pub decorations with Asian language posters but it wasn't off putting to have your dinner there. We ordered Salmon and Avocado Maki, Tempura Shrimp Udon and Jeyuk. Our sushi came out first and it was really good. I'm picky with my sushi because I love it so much and this stood up to my high standards. Next came my Udon and my husbands Jeyuk. My noodles were great but I wish the tempura shrimp had been served on the side rather than on top of the soup as the batter went a bit soggy. My husband liked his Korean chilli pork but wished he'd maybe gone for beef as the pork was an odd cut. Our dumplings never came and when we told a waitress (being on the pub side they can be hard to catch) she went and yelled at the food runners (well I assume she yelled at them based on her tone) and shortly after we received the dumplings which were nice but I was very full at that point. If we hadn't have had to pay up front (which you do on the bar side) I would have just said to leave it. It was definitely an experience and I'd recommend it if you are in the Chinatown area (Parnell Street just off top of O'Connell street) of Dublin. read more

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I used to really love this place. If I had reviewed on the first time I went in I would have given it five stars, but since then the place has really let it slip. This was the first place I ever tried the Korean dish bibimbap. I loved it. Even though their menu is full of other amazing looking dishes I nearly always go back to the bibimbap. I had not been her for about a year, maybe more, and I convinced my girlfriend that we should go in here for a pre-cinema feed. I ordered bibimbap along with a number of other sides and dishes. Most of it was fantastic but the bibimbap only had like 4 pieces of beef in it. For a dish that is primarily a beef dish this is not really ok. Now the other food was all amazing. The soya potato sushi rolls are some of the nicest sushi I have ever had. I should probably be giving four stars, but I can't really help but feel bitter about my bibimbap. As a bar the place is nice to drink too. They have a decent selection of beers and also have a loyalty card system; buy 6 beers and your 7th is free. read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Soya potato roll. Hiding under all that delicious fried potato is delicious avocado and cream cheese sushi. - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

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This place makes me cry tears of joy - who knew I could ever find decent Korean food in Ireland. It's a little weird hybrid of Korean restaurant slash beer garden?...but that's besides the point. The Korean food is bomb. Go for the Korean pancake (seafood!) it comes with a beautiful sauce. The spicy tofu soup is pretty decent as well. The place gets a little crowded so I recommend calling ahead to get a reservation. Again, as long as you're safe with the menu you're getting yourself a rather decent Korean meal :) read more

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This is a lovely restaurant serving Korean / Japanese food. Eaten here twice... I've had the tuna sashimi here, they're nice and fresh. The tempura prawns are lovely as are the battered prawns I had for a main. Both visits the food and service were excellent. You can see why this place has won a lot of food awards - they're well deserved! read more

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3 words - authentic, choices and tasty I read a lot about this place before I came here, most of the reviews were really good, so I obviously expected the 3 above! No disappointment, it was a great food experience! I tried Sashimi, the Crazy Roll and Bulgogi - everything was delicious! Also ordered some Sake, but surprisingly that was s*** - tasted watery and like ethanol! That's not the reason why I give 4 stars. Don't like the fact that everything feels a bit rushed at this place, waitress staff are nice but they always checked if you are finished and if they can clean up - I think they like quick rotation here. Otherwise I am happy, and yes - I would go back - but only for a "quick meal" rather than dinner and drinks out. read more

Delicious Korean food. Tried many things but the best deal was the Korean beer, Super cheap for the quantity and it tasted great with the food. We got the Korean BBQ and Fried Chicken and could barely eat all the food. A great place that made out stay in Dublin! read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Chicken! - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

Found this awesome place thanks to Yelp. It was located right to the place were we stayed, we were lucky and got a table in the corner despite not having reserved a table. The restaurant was very busy bit we received a warm welcome, had to wait for sometime to order though, but we did not mind. The place was buzzing and anyway, the menu was quite extensive and interesting which kept us busy for some minutes. After ordering the dishes arrived quickly and were steaming hot. I had a vegetable stew with rice which was absolutely amazing and tasty. A little bit spicy but still alright. Try Korean Beer. Try this restaurant. It´s just lovely..... read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

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The service was not great on my last visit here. Due to mix up with the booking, the staff were unable to cope with us and the others diners in for dinner. But they fitted us in all the same, which was good of them. With twelve of us sat between two tables in the bar, we waited to order and then waited for the food. It took well over an hour. In fairness they gave us three bottles of Korean wine to make up for it. Food was ok. The pumpkin croquette a highlight, although it could do with an accompanying sauce. The bulgogi bibimbap with chilli not as mind blowing as I remember. Service at the bar was quite slow also at one point. I guess it was busy for a Wednesday night. My partner was not a fan before this visit, but I managed to convince him to come along. I very much doubt either of us will be back if I'm honest. read more

Overall: Good Korean food. Good portions, fast serving and very tasteful. Good selection of different dishes and drinks varieties are fine too. Friendly and very smiling staff and absolutely fair prices. Recommended! read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

Suffering with a terrible hangover, I stopped by here recently with a friend for lunch. We were lucky to get a table for 3 as it was packed at 1pm! I went for the chicken Mandu (like gyoza) with delicious chicken and herb stuffing and the beef bibimbap. Both were really tasty and there was so much of my main I took half of it home in a carton for supper that evening! I would have liked a little more beef in the main dish but it was piping hot and just what I needed, total comfort food but with the added bonus of all the healthy vegetables in it to cure me! read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Beef bibimbap before I stirred it up - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

The only korean/japanese food place I will ever need :)) Relaxed atmosphere, homey and pleasant. I'm still going trough the menu but so far, I was very happy with all the meals and tastes. It's hard to be in this area and not come in at least for a roll :)) read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Teriyaki chicken has you sleeping like a baby *_* - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

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Just average. Service was average, food was average, experience average. Skip it if you can, as in if you know of a better korean place that you know you like, go there instead. Portions - good size, good amount, the amount an average person should be eating and just a wee bit more. You probably won't be able to take home any leftovers. Service - poor. Not sure if this is just the Irish/korean way, but our waters weren't refilled once and we probably couldn't even ask for a refill because we weren't really tended to. Also, another customer was asking what kind of seafood a certain seafood dish contained. The lady at the till didn't know, had to find someone else and ask them. They were busy that night with a big 25 or so party of other Koreans and they were visibly flustered. Food - poor/average. Husband got bibimbap, not that much meat. I got soondubu (sp?) which is the spicy seafood soup + rice. The dish started off average and then progressed to poor. It started off average because the only seafood in my seafood soup were those tiny shrimps and strips of what I think is squid. It progressed to poor because when the temperature of the dish cooled from scalding hot to warm, I noticed its flavor was just bland. Now, I'm more of a bland eater, so for me to say something is bland means it quite bland. It tasted like spicy water with a small pinch on salt, perhaps because it was lacking a key ingredient: seafood. However, somewhat of a pleasant surprise was the fraction of a mussel I found towards the end of my meal. Sides - best part! The Kim chi was the best part of our meal. Flavorful and fresh (as fresh as fermented veggies can be =p). The cucumber, bean sprouts, and potato sides were also flavorful and good for texture. If the sides are the best part, just don't bother coming unless this is the only korean place near you. read more

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I had the salmon bibimbap and I liked it. Since it was the first bibimbap I've ever had, I can't say if it was very authentic or how it was compared to other restaurants. The staff was very friendly. The interior isn't bad and there is a pub connected from which you can also order food. I'm not sure if it is part of the restaurant. read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Salmon bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

-took an hour to get our food -got the wrong drinks -when we got our dish, half of the dish didn't come... Until much later -the waiter actually took our soy sauce and sauce away read more

Ryan W is so right about this place - strange but great! We were staying in the area and I loved the idea of being able to order Korean and Japanese, so we made a booking and headed over for dinner. Booking is pretty much essential - we had a meal here around 6pm on a Thursday and everyone who arrived after us was seated in the bar area rather than the restaurant. The bar is fine, although it's a little dark and gloomy. I ordered aubergine tempura and bulgogi, and had an Asahi to wash it down. There's a really good range of beers here all around the €5 mark. When my aubergine tempura arrived I actually thought perhaps they'd delivered me the wrong dish as there was nothing tempura about it. It was half an aubergine with soybean paste dressing as described but it wasn't in any kind of batter. It was an ok starter, pretty bland if I'm perfectly honest and aubergine is one of my fav veggies so that was a shame. Thankfully the bulgogi made up for it - a delicious sizzling platter of beef cooked in soy sauce with a Korean dressing, with sides of kimchi, pickles, tofu, bean sprouts and rice. For €13 you definitely didn't feel short changed for the amount of food in front of you. There was so much beef and the flavour was great - I was worried it was going to be bland like the aubergine but thankfully the sauce was really delicious. This is a very casual restaurant and service was a little patchy - you had to try to grab staff as they went by rather than them checking back up on you, but nothing to complain about or dock any stars for. read more

Kimchi Hophouse - Bulgogi - Korean Near Me - Dublin, D

Pretty good food for the price. For 10 euros I got a Bulgogi with rice and kimchi on the side. Defo coming back read more

A pint of Bav is your only man? They sell more Bavaria here than in any other pub I've visited. The branding will hit you the second you walk in. You know that Guinness Is Good For You poster in your local? It's not here. The ghost sign over the door may tell you you're in Shakesperes, but this is 'The Hop' to me and all my friends. We've had great nights here. Free shots to mark birthdays, large meals to mark emigration, polite coughs to mark closing time. There are few pubs in Dublin city where I feel like a 'local', but this is one of them. The food is SUPERB. I rarely engage in capslock, so take that as a serious endorsement. Never mind the seperate area, get the food and bring it into the bar. A few pitchers and kimchi, bliss. The only downer is the music. Jaysus Lee, if I've said it once I've said it a thousand times. MIKA was on in there last time I was in. It's 2011! It's a small complaint, and you can barely hear it over the chatter. Hop House, I love you. The changing face of Parnell Street is something I welcome, and this pub is the jewel in her crown. read more

Oh, Kimchi/Hop-House, how I love thee. I'm a huge fan of Korean food and this place is my go-to place for it. Not that we have many Korean restaurants in Dublin to begin with, but that's another story. Now, if you're Korean, you'll probably not be 100% satisfied here - not spicy enough/too mild/tastes different - at least that's what some of my Korean friends have "complained" about. Then again, restaurant food is usually never quite as amazing as mom's home made cooking, and Koreans take their food seriously, so they might see it a little more critically from the get-go. That said, Kimchi still serves delicious, authentic Korean food and you'll find all the staples here: Bibimbap, Doenjang Jigae, Dak Galbi, Oden Tang and Japchae and many more. They range from mild to almost-too-spicy-for-western-people-but-only-slightly-and-still-delicious - although, when you order some of the spicier things, one of the lovely waitresses (and one waiter) will usually always say:"It's spicy, though. Do you like spicy?". Presumably to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into and to cover their tracks - if you faint from the spiciness, at least they warned you ;-) Most of the main dishes come with Banchan (which are small side dishes that are always served along with cooked rice) that vary depending on the day as well as the #1 dish that gave the restaurant its name: Kimchi. People either love it or hate it, but I found the Kimchi served at, well, Kimchi, to be pretty good. Not too spicy, not too sour, not too fermented. When people ask me what it is, I always tell my German friends to imagine Sauerkraut, but mixed with red pepper paste and garlic - that usually either makes them extremely excited or say "Okay, so not gonna try it." Besides Korean dishes, you can get a variety of Japanese things, and while I've never tried those, I assume they'd probably taste just as good. You can also get a variety of Korean alcohol - from delicious Seoljoongmae (Plum wine) to Korean beer to Korea's #1 alcoholic drink, Soju. Word of advice: Poktanju (Soju-Bombs, where you drop a shotglass of soju in your beer) are only to be enjoyed by those with an iron stomach. What else is there to mention? Price wise, you get really good value for money. It's neither too pricey nor too cheap, and the portions are decently sized. The atmosphere is nice - a mixed crowd of Koreans and non-Koreans, ranging from young to old, tourists and locals, with a rough-but-atmospheric interior and lovely, really friendly wait-staff. Over all, I can absolutely recommend this place to those who want to try something outside the typical "Asian food" variety and to those who simply love Korean food. read more

So, it's an unexpectedly sunny day, and you absolutely have to find a beer garden which is not packed? I will meet you here in fifteen minutes. You arrive here completely underwhelmed. This is an old man's bar for old men. The stained glass windows don't let any light in or out. The entire bar is grubby, and the posters advertising gigs are all about six years old. The front door doesn't even open properly and gets stuck once you do manage to muster the upper body strength to open it. This place has been called the Hop House for years yet, the sign on the front of the building still advertises "The Shakespeare." You step inside, but something isn't right. Instead of the line of sixty-year-olds at the bar, there's a distinctly younger, trendier crowd mingling with the older customers. The bar food menu is mostly sushi, and if you're lucky, you can purchase a two litre bottle of authentic Korean beer named "Max." You opt for a sojo cocktail. But wait. Where did that beer garden go? You step through a few rotting doorframes and are immediately basking in sunlight. Wow. This is great. You sit down. As you drink, the reality of your situation dawns on you. For a start, the walls are a bit high and the surrounding buildings are a bit grim, so it's not really the sunniest or the most aesthetically pleasing of surroundings. You might describe the murals as "inspired," if not a little bit tacky. In the meantime, the picnic bench you're sitting on is extremely unstable and is about to fall apart. On the plus side, there is table service. Now here is the best part. For every six pints, the bar staff will happily provide you with a free starter (or a free pint, but that is much harder to divide among a group.) This guarantees a constant stream of snacks, which can be supplemented by an occasional main. This basically ensures you never need to leave the bar. Until closing time, of course. read more

If you like Korean food--and I like Korean food--Hop House is the best that Dublin has to offer. Their sundubu chi gae was nice (although I could do without rock shrimp in anything) and their BBQ was better. They also carry Hite beer. The bibimbap is good, but could use more veggies in it. Dublin, it's time to start loving Korean food! Start here. read more

Meeeeeh. I was really excited about this place because of all the glowing reviews it's received on here. So, the venue itself is cool - a Korean restaurant mashed up with an old school pub. Cool. The beer garden out the back is big enough but needs some love - it's a little old and faded and a tad on the dreary side. Our waiter was lovely - maybe not the very best English but he was keen to help (though a little concerned looking at times - I felt bad asking him for things in case I added to his worry lines!) The food was the main issue - I got a bowl of bibimbap. I remembered being obsessed with this from when I was in Korea and was so excited about it. Unfortunately it was extremely bland. I had to dump a whole bowl of chili sauce on top of it to make it tastier. Some parts of it were pretty cold too. I had mixed it all up well, but still the cold came through. Overall, I'd give it another shot, but wouldn't be rushing back particularly. read more

Kimchi does great Bibimbap! The staff are really helpful. The 1st time I ate here, they showed me how to eat a Bibimbap! Every time I've eaten there since, they ask if people at the table would like their dishes explained. The duck Teriyaki is good too. As prices go, it's really reasonable for the generous portions. read more