Small dining area and long wait but food and staff were wonderful. Lots of similar choices nearby but don't pass this one up.

Literally the best hidden gem in the entire United Kingdom. Kim's Mini Meals has the most incredible, home cooked Korean meals prepare by the owner and his wife in a small kitchen. The menu is very limited, but they definitely specialize in what they make. The shop is only open for dinner from 5:30p to 8:30p and only open for 6 days a week. I recommend getting there a early because the the restaurant only has 6-7 tables. Lines form early and will wait the entire 3 hours is necessary to eat. I highly recommend the bibimpop and rice cakes with fish cakes. The meal comes with the traditional korean side dishes. Seriously. Come check out Kim's Mini Meals. read more

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We had a very pleasant dinner here. The food came out very quickly, Mr. Kim was nice (and spoke excellent English), and the food was as good as any Korean food that I've had in Koreatowns in NYC, Chicago, LA, or Seoul (except for the banchan which is on the skimpy side). The level of spice on some dishes might be too high for people who don't like spicy food BUT NOT ALL Korean food is spicy and they had non-spicy items on the menu. Two mains, tea, and soft drink was 27£. read more

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Appreciated the attention to detail in the decor. The doengjing jigae was very nice, umami but not too salty and balanced very well with the rice. The bibimbap was peng. read more

It's all true...as authentic Korean as you can get in Edinburgh. Reasonable prices, portions, service, etc. Our group had the kimchi pancakes, bibimbap, spicy pork, and a few other dishes the four of us shared. Hit the spot after a cold round of golf....and a couple of nights of Scottish food. The place is small but quaint and after all, it's all about the food. Talked to the waiter/son who told us a bit about the journey his family took to end up in edinburgh running a Korean restaurant....kind of establishment you want to support. read more

Very small and cramped. The food is okay and definitely overpriced. Seems overrated. I've been on a search for the best Korean food in Edinburgh (as a Korean) and this place is not it. read more

Need a little time to wait but you must deserve it. After waiting in the cold weather , having a nice warm meal with friends would be an unforgettable experience. Be careful, the restaurant only opens form 5:30pm to 8:30pm, don't come in any other time and it closes on Sundays. read more

Kim's Mini Meals - Formal meal - Korean Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

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Whoa! What a great dinner we had here. I highly recommend it! I ordered the hot stone plate tofu bibimbap and my husband ordered Dolsot Galbi (Pork Ribs). I love, love, love bibimbap even before I became a vegetarian so I was so excited to have it. I asked my husband how would he rate his dish. He said, "Solid five stars." Both our dishes came with banchan (side dishes), which is typical in a Korean restaurant. I love banchan! The hot stone bowl kept our food hot until we finished the last scoop. I noticed this restaurant when I was walking on the street it was on. There was a line outside, which made me curious and searched online for it. It IS a small restaurant that's why customers have to wait outside. The wait time is about 20 minutes or so (it's worth the wait!). They only accept cash. The wait staff were super nice and friendly. The ambiance is really cozy and nice decor as well. I will definitely go back to this place when I visit Edinburgh again! read more

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Quaint little place with classic music and beautiful tableware. It usually takes more than 10min to wait outside for a table. Kimchi jeon and pork ribs are highly recommended. read more

After walking over 5 miles exploring Edinburgh and being very hungry I wasn't sure if I wanted to stand in line to get into Kim's but I am sure glad that I did. The restaurant is very cute and both the food and service were excellent. My wife and I ordered the pajeon as a starter and it was very tasty. Next we ordered bulgogi and bibimbop. The bulgogi was easily the best we have ever had and the beef was just so tender; very delicious. The bibimbop was excellent as well with really flavorful mushrooms. I would highly recommend Kim's and the food really shows the love and pride that go into the of making their dishes. A few tips. This is not a place that you go and sit for hours while eating. People are lined up at the door and the restaurant needs to make room for the next customers. Also the seating is limited so a group larger than four maybe too much. read more

Finally made it to Kim's Mini Meals for dinner last night and gotta say I am already planning a return visit. The place is tiny, so it definitely pays to book. When we left there were two groups standing out in the cold waiting for tables. I loved that you get a soup to start (last night was pea soup, which I'm not normally a fan of but it was WELL tasty), then a selection of little bites.. kimchi, pancake, meatballs, pickled daikon and something else which I've forgotten were the offerings last night. We shared a spring onion pancake as a starter, then followed it up with a bimbimbap for him and a spicy kimchi with tofu & seafood soup for me.. I was well enamoured by the purple rice I got with my soup (you also get one free refill of rice if you need, but I was happily full after the first bowl, tho you may need the second bowl if you decide to forgo a starter).. How much I enjoyed my dinner was evident by the fact that I drank every last drop of soup and left absolutely nothing in the pot.. Drinks wise.. we threw caution to the wind and tried the 'cinnamon punch', 'honey red ginseng' as well as the 'rice punch'.... The rice punch comes with rice in the bottom of the glass which was a bit weird.. even for me... the cinnamon punch was much better than expected and definitely worth a try, as is the honey red ginseng.. both were rather sweet tho. The menu is pretty small compared to Shilla which is the other Korean option in Edinburgh, but I couldn't pick one over the other. I shall be spreading my love of Korean food between both places! read more

I love these sorts of places. Bursting with personality but totally without trying. I was met at the door by Mr...err...Kim I guess, shown to a table (the last one I might add, the place was packed at 12:30 on a Monday) and had the menu explained to me. He asked if I was cool with using chopsticks. I am adept at twirling the feeding sticks so laid his mind at rest. I'm not sure what the alternative would have been. Some sort of fork perhaps? £9.50 gets you a lunch inclusive of a shot of soup, three amuse bouche and a sizzling bowl of Bibimbap (which Mr Kim came and mashed up for me as I clearly had no idea what I was supposed to be doing) and a can of rice punch. In summary; It gets busy - book ahead if you don't want to wait. The food is good. read more

There are a couple of Korean restaurants on this road, but this is by far the best! Authentic Korean restaurant managed by Mr Kim and cooked by Mrs Kim. Food is amazing - and served in porcelain you would find in a Scottish second hand shop (probably because traditional Koreanware cannot be easily found here in Edinburgh). Small, quaint, and definitely a keeper!! read more

Favorite restaurant in Edinburgh!! I ate here so many times this past year and I keep on dreaming about that pork stew. I'm not kidding, it tastes like heaven and the meat falls off so beautifully. Get there early because there's often a line for this gem. The owner is also super nice, so it's a win-win-win. Number 1 recommendation here in Edinburgh! read more

Kim's is one of those places I became interested in through Yelp reviews. And I will agree for the most part that they aren't wrong. The quality of the food is high. In two visits I've sampled several dishes either directly or by pinching from fellow diners. Of the starters I've done no wrong; the Ddeokbokki (rice cake, fish cake and veg) amazingly spicy and full of flavour, and their range of jeon (pancakes) including potato and chillies, or spring onion and seafood have all been very tasty. My first visit saw me try the Sundubu Jjigae, a spicy stew of tofu and pork meat which was flavoursome and plentiful if in need of a little more pork and little less tofu. Pork Bulgogi was the order of the day second time round and what a meal that was. Family run, the Kims are very charming and helpful. Mr Kim does the rounds, looking after his guests with a personal touch. His son also does a great job waiting on us time after time. The let downs for me are in the lack of options, the menu seeming to be padded out with a variety of the same dish, for example Bulgogi is listed four times on the menu (Osam, Chicken, Pork and Beef) where one listing with the various options subheaded would work fine. Same with the Jeon starters and the Jjigae mains. I know this is a small family business but would it hurt to put a few specials on each week to broaden our experience of Korean cuisine? The other niggle for me are the prices. A main at lunch is around the £8-9 mark, wheras dinner is up around £12-13. The latter is too much. The former more realistic and reasonable. This isn't fine dining, this is what the Kim's know and do best. There are no feats of gastronomy or luxurious surroundings to tempt us into splashing our cash. The produce hasn't been shipped in from some far off organic chicken farm or fishing bay. The Kim's keep things simple and small; their prices should reflect that. Even their corkage (£1.50 per bottle of beer) is over the odds. I'll happily dine here again. The food and family are lovely. But I'll be trying the cheaper Korean restaurant across the road before I do. read more

Not in the center/busy area of the city, but not far away. It is called "mini meals", so if you are looking for very fancy/romantic atmosphere, this might not be your best choice. But if what you want is comforting food, for example, hot and delicious soup with which you can have a full bowl of rice (yeah, Asian style), or spicy Bulgogi where the onion tenderizes and flavors the pork/beef nicely, then give it a try. So actually 4.5 stars. -0.5 star because it is cash only. read more

Oh, hello there. Mouthgasm. Had a wee lunch here today and I have to say, this is absolutely amazing food. Not only is the staff superbly friendly and endearing, they're also incredibly helpful. ... Although I guess having two tall (very tall) blond blue-eyed Dutchies walk in kinda betrayed the secret that we were -in fact- not Korean. I've never felt quite that tall before. Right-o onwards with the food: I had the Scottish beef dish, which I forgot the name of but only because it was so splawesome that I couldn't remember my conversational skills while I was eating it. I could only think about the beef and when it would be polite to take another bite. He had the stone-pot which looked amazing, but was a wee bit spicy for me. Keep in mind, if you're not that good with spicy (I'm not) ask before hand, and when in doubt, get the Scottish beef. It's just .. well .. it's now a full 10 hours later and I still can't think up a good description. THAT's how good it was. Did I mention this is ridiculously cheap as well? And that they have Delfts blue clogs and Van Gogh pictures hanging about? I didn't? Well what are you looking at me for? Don't take my word for it, go check it out for yourself! read more

Loved this place! Mr Kim is so lovely and the food was fantastic. We started off with the kimchi pancake and jap chae. Both very generous portions as the menu told us already. Pancake was nice and crisp on the outside, my two year old son loved this. And the jap chae flavours were delicious. My main was the bimbimbap while my husband had the pork bulgogi hotplate. Overall the food was excellent and we will definitely go back to this cosy little place. read more

Kim's Mini Meals - Korean Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

Amazingly delicious! We tried the rice cake (deokbokki) bibimbab, ramen, beef, chicken and squid bulgogi, and all of them were superb!!! Highly recommended if you want some authentic Korean food in when in Edinburgh read more

I was here with my family a few months ago during our holiday trip. We found it rated quite high on Yelp and thus decided to give it a try. And it was wayyyy better than we'd thought! We tried almost all of the menu, from the rice cake (ddeokbokki) to the beef, squid bulgogi and the noodle (ramyun), and all of them were marvellous! It's the best Korean food I've ever tried, better than many Korean restaurants I've been to in London to be honest! You should definitely come to this place when you're in Edinburgh read more

So the secret is finally out!- I was wondering when a yelper would discover this little gem and it's time has come :) I came here in October of last year when Kim's had just opened- they are absolutely lovely here and even gave us a few extra dishes since we were newbies to Korean food and they were newbies in Edinburgh. They take proud in their food, everything is home cooked and if you do decide to divulge in this small establishment I strongly recommend you book in advance ! They even often less hot dishes for the weaker ones like myself. Definitely a must! read more

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new player in town. Welcome, Kim's Mini Meals, you are a fine addition to the culinary delights of this old town. Unlike Shilla, your prices are pretty reasonable, and when asked to convert my dolsot bibimbap from meat-based to not, not only did you do it, but you checked to see if I would eat an egg or not. Your kimchi jeon was crunchy and flavourful, with little grease, although I would have preferred a wee dipping sauce to go with it, it did stand on its own. Dolsot didn't give me my craven crunchy bits and as the sauces were already added I didn't get to make choice on the level of spice, but it was good and full of vegetables. In my limited experience, Korean restaurants present you with some wee amuse bouche type things - here was fried anchovies, marinaded courgettes, KIM CHEE (take that Shilla and your charging to have that on top!), and some spiced aubergine. You would be perfect if that honeyed potato was included, but I pick, I pick. That, and the potato soup to start were tasty and the price at the end was incredibly reasonable. Service was a little slow to start, but picked up quite rapidly after, with us barely finishing the kimchi jeon before beef bulgogi and my bibimbap appeared. Could do with a little more pacing. I would also argue that the menu is quite small (and why so much spam!) but flexibility helps broaden that out! But overall, I am extremely happy with Kim's Mini Meals - it's tiny, but lovely. read more

I visited Kim's Mini Meals with my Total Food Geeks chums, including the lovely Jenny L. We sampled just about everything they had on the menu, and some extra bits and pieces, too. For me, there were as many misses as hits, and none of the hits was a knockout blow. Overall, we said: "I admired it more than I liked it. My fellow Geeks took to it with unabashed adoration, but it lacked a real "killer dish" or "killer flavour" to hook me in. It's a place I'd happily recommend for others to go and try. I'd take people there who were keen to try something a little different. But I can't say it's particularly high on my own personal list of places for a repeat visit." Having said that, I have booked to go back with a group of work colleagues (mainly because one of them is named Kim ;-)), because I did like their schtick, the lovely china place settings, and the service, hence the four stars. I hope on my second visit the food thrills me a little more. read more

Whilst I'd order something next time (no idea why I stepped outside my comfort zone & went for a seafood dish) the overall experience here is very pleasant. Courteous, attentive & swift service, fantastic portion sizes of very well made dishes and an atmosphere of eating at your favourite granny's (if your granny's Korean). Booking's probably a good idea though as we were lucky to get a seat for dinner before the evening rush descended. read more

Kim's Mini Meals - Korean Near Me - Edinburgh, EDH

Love this cute little place! Always crowded and definitely a wait, but once you're in... the service is great (Mr. Kim once took our order outside while waiting for a table, under an umbrella), food is delicious. Worth the wait! read more

I absolutely agree with the rest of you. This is a delightful little place that I've been longing to try for ages. I happened to get the chance to try it on Monday night - and couldn't have been happier that I did. I ate an exceptionally nice pork and squid in red curry paste with pineapple dressed salad dish with their very lovely sticky rice. The owner did a really rather superb sales job. His wife does all the cooking. He clearly just talks it up. She doesn't use any MSG. She cooks with entirely natural ingredients - a lot of citrus fruits to get the right strength of flavour. The result is a delicate and incredibly subtely flavoured treat. The only pity about the place is they don't serve beer. But this is easily fixed as they welcome BYOB. So go prepared and you'll be enchanted. read more

If this were California, I'd probably give this place a 3.5, but I have to lower my Asian food standards for Scotland. Kim's Mini Meals is definitely the best Korean restaurant in the city. They're banchan was just okay, but their dishes were good and very authentic. Also, the place is one of the few restaurants in Edinburgh where you possibly have to wait in line, which means it's very popular. The best part of Kim's, though, is the service. The owners/servers are all excellent, warm, and kind. We had pork bulgogi and Ddeokbokki. read more

Super yummy food, every time. Definitely this place is worth going to for dinner. You have to wait in line sometimes to get a table, and you have to queue outside, so be prepared for that. Worth the line though! read more

So Kim's mini meals temporarily closed, but has reopened! Yay! I came here for lunch today with a good friend. It was packed and we waited outside for a while, so when we eventually got a table the owner gave us free genmaicha tea.I ordered the tofu stew with kimchi. I specified I wanted it to be spicy. For £8 we got a soup starter (pea soup-not very Korean but tasty and warming), a little taster of vegetables and kitchen (my friend ate the chicken as I don't eat meat), and our mains with rice. Everything was well presented and colourful, service was fast and friendly (though I have heard from others that the owner often preaches his religious views to customers, we didn't have this experience). The setting is appropriately cosy, with strangely out-of-place memorabilia from Barcelona and random other ornaments decorating every space, it feels a little cluttered, but bizarrely in a good way. Still tasty Korean food with friendly service in an even cosier environment. read more

Went here last night after reading glowing reviews on Yelp and I wasn't disappointed. The restaurant is very cosy, shall we say, and my two friends (both of whom aren't what you would call petite) had to fight our way into the corner which made things tight but maneagable. We had fried tofu to start with between the three of us (the starters are all large) .There were four big pieces of tofu sitting in a sweet soy sauce covered in fresh chopped veg, sesame seeds and chilli. The veg included tomato and cucumber which gave the plate a freshness, while the raw chilli gave it spice and the sesame seeds a nice mellow nuttiness,the sweet soy sauce completed the picture. So far so good. Then came the mains, I'd gone for pork ribs as suggested by our waiter and again I was not disappointed. A large bubbling cauldron of loveliness was placed before me . The sauce was boiling violently and it was suggested by the waiter (this time unneccessarily) that it would not be wise to touch it! About 7 or 8 healthy sized pork ribs stuck out of the frothing morass like something out of 'The Flintstone's". My friend had the vegetarian bibimbap, a Korean favourite, essentially various chopped veg and a fried egg, on top of a bed of sticky rice, with a spicy, sweet sauce. My other friend had the pork bulgogi which came with rice and lettuce. Mr Kim demonstrated how you use the lettuce to wrap up the meat with a small amount of rice, like a small sushi roll. The meat was covered completely in the sweet, slightly salty, spicy Korean sauce that seems to be a large part of the cuisine. Back to the ribs, I gingerly grasped one from the bubbling pot of hades with my chopsticks and brought it to my mouth, it was delicious. This is an oft' used cliche, but the meat literally fell off the bone, it was so tender.The fat had almost completely melted away leaving a lovely silky richness and depth of flavour, yet there was still just enough texture and flakiness to give the meat some structure. They were in a sweet soy soup and I finished it completely (there was a smattering of fresh mushrooms and sesame seed as well) and the rice was sticky and dry which made it easy to eat using chopsticks. We had 4 or 5 complimentary sides which is common in Korean restaurants including the obligatory Kimchi (spicy pickled cabbage), broccolli covered in spicy red sauce, cold sweet egg rolls, some sweet fish cakes (sort of rubbery but nice texture, again in spicy sauce) and some cucumber with spicy sauce. Only two small issues, one the small space and secondly compared to other Korean restaurants I've been to the size and number of the complimentary sides was pretty small but this may have been due to the lack of space on the table. It was very reasonably priced, all the above came to only 41 pounds including corkage and an adorable 'dessert' ,consisting of a strawberry and piece of sponge cake skewered on a cocktail fork! So in conclusion I'd say, GO GET THEM THERE RIBS!! :-) It's wise to book in advance, particularly at the weekend. read more

Excellent Korean food, really did not expect this level of quality Korean cuisine in Edinburgh

Totally one of the best Asian restaurants I've ever been in Edinburgh with affordable price (can be stuffed with under 10 pounds) and considerate staff there. As a Chinese who had a lot of Korean food in China, I would say this restaurant serves real Korean food. The staff there will even teach you how to eat their food properly, and serves you with a little candy when you're finished. The only shortcoming would probably be that there are always a lot of people waiting as it's so popular!!! read more

Speaking as a Korean, the food here is authentic and amazing. Sundubu jjigae (spicy tofu stew) cured my cold. It's just how my mum would cook food for my family back in Seoul- so good and nutritious! The owner is real friendly too. it's a family-run business which adds a home-ly feel to the place. It has a photo album of each food with the ingredient for those of you who are not familiar with Korean food. I've been to many Korean places in different countries, and this place is one of the best. read more

I used to be a regular years ago and loved it but was really disappointed to come back, the bimbimbap is tasteless, the bowl made it too hot to eat for the first 20 minutes, there was just a sprinkle of meat, the waitress tried to explain to me that the meat was minced and that s why I couldn't t find it in the dish. Eventhough the starters tasted good, they were really tiny. Overall, I would t recommend the place. read more

Even before my half Korean friend and I came to study abroad in Edinburgh, we were ranting about how much we would miss Korean food. There is a minuscule Korean population in Edinburgh, and we were dreading the fact that our moms would not be able to make delicious homemade meals for us. The first time I heard about Kim's Mini Meals was through my Director of Studies at the University of Edinburgh. He is Chinese and has never tried Kim's himself, but proceeded to tell me how he's only heard good things about Kim's and even printed out a map with directions for me during our meeting. At that time my friend and I were Edinburgh newbies, so we got pretty lost trying to find this little place. However, after being there once it was very easy to find the next times. We went around 6pm for dinner, and we happily saw many other Koreans at the restaurant. It is quite small, with only maybe 4 tables, but it is super cute and homey. Larger parties need reservations, which you can easily make by calling Kim's. The restaurant is owned by a husband a wife, and they are the cutest little Korean couple. I definitely felt at home, and even spoke to them in Korean. I ordered Dol Sot Bibimbap (rice, beef, vegetables, and an egg in a hot stone pot), and it was more than heavenly, just like my mom cooks it at home. My friend got the regular Bibimbap, and we also ordered Haemul Pajeon (Korean seafood pancake type dish). They also served us free soup and banchan (side dishes that typically come with Korean meals). I cannot tell you how much we enjoyed our meals! We were ecstatic to have found such a delicious restaurant on our first try. When our parents visit Edinburgh, we are definitely bringing them to Kim's. read more

A small restaurant, but neat. And the servers are very cute. Nice Korean dishes here, with a fair price.

Delicious food cooked by Mrs Kim, friendly services by Mr. Kim. Price is very reasonable with such good quality. The choice is not so big but enough. Will definitely come again! Highly recommended! read more

Fantastic food and atmosphere. Service is great too and everything feels just right. Only thing is that the process differed in my case from the bill to the menu and the appetisers given were a bit stingy. read more

A little restaurant on the Michelin list. Not as what I imagined, they have quite narrow choices of food. Since the place is quite small and no reservation would be accepted, you need to come early. It was full in 30mins and those who didn't have seats had to wait outside in the cold winter because they weren't allowed to get in which I didn't feel good about. The soup I ordered was not very good but the pancake was not bad. Anyway, it was not as good as I imagined. If for Korean food, I think sodaeng which is 2mins walk away from Kim's was better and they had better service too. read more

Phenomenal. I haven't ventured further than the bulgogis (chicken, pork, and osam) but they have all been delicious. This is the kind of place that you don't want to tell people about because it's small and the last thing you want to do is recommend the person that took the last table. BUT finding it so hard to find that place in Edinburgh that is delicious, filling, and satisfying time and time again I have to spread the news about a place like this. read more