Delicious garlic pepper chicken! It tastes really really good!!!! Definitely recommend coming to try Take note of the opening hours though cause it closes at 8pm and there is a break in the afternoon so remember to check before coming I heard the pork kalbi is really good as well Definitely will come and try next time read more

Koreana - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

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Spicy pork over rice is good. It's a cheap restaurant and who doesn't love Korean food. read more

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This is good place to eat Korean food. I like all menu so I can not choose one of them. So exciting!! If you are traveling the niagara falls NY, stop by this place. So clean and neat place, fast serving, delicious foods!! I love it! read more

Koreana - Jjam-bbong & Pork Kalbi - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

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Cute, cozy, and makes you feel right at home. Koreana is the place to go if you'd like to sit down and enjoy a home cooked meal. Although the menu consists of not many food items, but when you get there, you still are indecisive of what to get. hahaha Everything looks so good! The food is so delicious, I want to come back and get some more! Try the Chicken Bulgogi, the sauces and seasoning are tasty and the food is cooked just right! Only thing missing from this place is a large pot of hot Jasmine tea. read more

Koreana - Beef Bone Stew (Comes with Rice, Kimchi, and Veggies) - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

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Since discovering Koreana, I've eaten there 3 times in the last 2 weeks. This is my go to spot. I've had Korean food in Buffalo, Rochester, and Toronto. Koreana is by far the best in the area. The owner is a lovely lady. She is so nice. I highly recommend the pork kalbi. That is my favorite item. The soups are not overly salty. As many have said, this is what a Korean mom would cook for you. The price is right. $20 for two is a bargain. Closed on Sunday. Certain items are only available on certain days. I'm still chasing that Potato Soup. read more

Koreana - Before - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

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I have been there few times. But apart from the last visit, all my previous outings were duds. Either I ordered wrong kind of food (which did not go well with my taste buds) or the well-known foods which was not up to the mark. Finally on my last visit, I ordered the food that I actually liked. It was spicy crispy fried chicken with rice. It was really good and the quantity was also good. read more

Koreana - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

WOULDN'T RECOMMEND this place to anybody!!! The owner/server is so rude to customers. I went there one time and the owner was being unbelievably rude but I decided to let it slide since it was pretty late and I thought he must've had a long day. But hearing stories from my friends, it wasn't just me, he was really rude to several different friends of mine. Honestly, the food isn't that bad but it surely doesn't compensate for his bad attitude and the poorly managed place. I do not usually write Yelp reviews but had to do this one because it is unacceptable to treat a customer that indecently. read more

My first time trying Korean food, and I absolutely loved it! My sister-in-law and I didn't always know what exactly we were eating, but every bite was so good! She had the skirt steak soup, which was nice, but the bibimbap bowl blew us away! It was a big bowl of yumminess! Very reasonably priced, great portions and friendly staff. Highly recommended for the slightly adventurous foodie - definitely going back! read more

Koreana - Skirt steak soup and bibimbap - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

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Before I explain why I only give one star, I wanna put it out there real quick that their food is decent (and quite good for a few signature items). For those of you who are looking for some korean comfort food, you probably will not be disappointed. But this is the only good thing I can say about this place. The thing that turns me off about the restaurant is the management (or you can say the type of arrogant mannerism that the owner assumes). A couple of weeks back, a korean friend of mine got into a critical medical situation. Families had to fly in from Korea and were faced with difficult, life-and-death decisions. My friends and I decided to order food from koreana in the hope that it will bring some consolation and comfort to the families. We ended up having six to seven orders. However, upon pick-up, I noticed that i was only given two side dishes and they were packaged in those laughable, tiny containers (for those of you who want to know the actual size of the container, you can find pictures of it provided by other customers). I was confused on the spot, because people typically get two to three side dishes (per order) if they choose to eat in. I approached the owner and asked if I should have been given more. He looked at me dead in the eyes and said no. I didn't want to make a scene, so I walked him through my confusion, explaining that I think it's only fair that I have more, but he insisted that's all I get for my approximately 70-dollar order. 2 incredibly small side dishes for 7 orders. Out of despair, I made an emotional appeal: I explained to the owner that I bought the food for people in the hospital who are extremely vulnerable at the moment and I was only hoping he could spare me a few more out of kindness (since he thinks i'm only entitled to two). He literally smirked and asked "how many more do you want?" I said it will be great if i can have three to four more (so that each order will at least come with one side dish in spite of its dismal portion). He said he could give me more, but with each additional container, I will have to pay 1.25 dollar. Since I was already cashed out, I pulled out three dollars and walked away with two more. I've been in Buffalo since 2009 and have always been a fan of the restaurant. But in the light of the event, it really helps me realize that it's not the food but the people who run the business that makes all the difference. As much as I love their crispy fried chicken, I am not coming back here. Goodbye. read more

I love Korean food and was very excited to finally get to give this place a try. The place gives off the small family business vibe, which I am a passionate supporter of. You order food at the counter and they call you up to pick it up on a lunch table tray. This is something unique that I have never seen done at a Korean place before. It added to the charm of the place. I got the bulgogi over rice and my sister got the spicy pork over rice. It was a substantial amount of food for about $9 a dish. The pictures on yelp are true to the portion sizes. The food feels and tastes very homemade, it is just like dining in a Korean household. The sides, as some have mentioned, aren't as varied as other Korean places I have been to and the menu isn't as large, but it is understandable given the scale of this restaurant. I will definitely be going back and would highly recommend! read more

The best Korean food in Buffalo, hands down. I get the garlic pepper fried chicken and the bangyetang (chicken soup) is also a must try. Though their menu is very small and their hours are short (they close at 8), I still try to get food here once a week. Unfortunately they don't deliver or I'd get food here more often. It's a no frills experience and you serve yourself, but the food more than makes up for it. read more

Small resturant. Small menu but good food and a good price. Place is clean and minimalistic feeling. We paid after we finished our food which is new to me lol. The portions are very big. Side dishes are okay. Definitely a good spot for a college student lol read more

Koreana - Spicy chicken over rice -- not super spicy but delicious - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

Being new to the city, I'm in search of restaurants to call my favorites or go to places for foods. I came here looking to satisfy a craving for Korean food. Upon walking it, the restaurant had a very simple lay out. The set up reminded me of a cafeteria style place where you order your meal, then you pick it up on a tray once its ready and grab utensils from the side. The staff is very friendly. The jiajangmyun was tastey, reminded me of stuff I would get back in Cali. However, their special of the day, pork kalbi left alot to be desired. The other thing its lacking is the number of side dishes they provided. Typically you would get close to a dozen small side dishes, however there were only 3 side dishes. Not the best, but not the worst. Definitely worth revisiting. read more

All right. Little things to know: For me a Korean restaurant cannot get 5 stars unless it has a burner per table. Not knocking on Koreana, it's just that Korean cuisine is relatively new to the area and hasn't expanded yet, and this isn't a Korean BBQ that are more popular on the Left coast. But on to the actual review, the food is great. I've eaten here three times now, three different dishes. The bulgogi was solid and not sure why I tempted fate by getting the Chinese-style garlic pepper chicken, which was just OK, but the spicy pork has been the best. By far. I'd say it ranks just higher than a medium level spice if you're a softie like me but for ~10$, these meals are a steal. Huge plate of rice topped with your meat of choice & three smallish tasters of kimchi. There's no frills here, food, nice amount of korean books if you can read Hangul and a TV in the corner, usually playing some korean food channel. 4/5 for sure. Hard to find a better value for your dollar than here. Check out the market next door if you like Koreana (Best Asian Market) -- it's mostly Korean items if not entirely. Dumplings, fermented soy bean pastes and other goodies are in there for a great price. read more

I really hate to say it, because I really like the kind lady who makes the food, but the food at Koreana isn't very good. Anything soup based will be bland about 90% of the time so be prepared. Their menu is very very limited so I'd say the safest item on the menu is bibimbap. Anything else soup based, such as soft tofu soup, you'll be playing Russian roulette with your taste buds. As for side dishes, be prepared to be highly disappointed if you're used to eating at Korean restaurants that give a variety of different side dishes. I know the owners changed once or twice while I've been in the area so I wouldn't read too much into the older reviews as they won't pertain to the new owners. Why do I continue to eat here? Well, they're cheaper than the other rip-off Korean restaurants in the area and I have this small hope inside me that leads to me believe that today is my lucky day for her to get my meal right. read more

Best Kalbi ever!!!! I used to go to UB almost 4 years ago but am now residing in Bay Area, where we had abundant Korean food but I can never find anything like Koreana,especially their Kalbi. I recently went back to Buffalo for a visit and Koreana is definitely on the top of my must-do list. I still can't forget how delicious their Kalbi & their spicy pork were. The sauce was just one of a kind. I wish they give more of the sauce so that I can pour it all over my rice *drooling~~~~* You need to know the schedule for the dishes coz they don't serve same menu everyday. They used to serve a whole bowl of purple rice but now they cut back on the purple rice & have 95% white rice instead :( but I still love them ^_^ read more

I haven't tried other Korean spots,but I have tasted authentic Korean food from friends and family. This place easily show as authentic. If you want authentic Korean for a cheap price- here it is. I got the Tofu stew which has tofu, shrimp, clams and veggies in a red pepper base. I got it to go.. I felt so refreshed after that hot meal it had just enough spice the flavors were delicious and it was very homey. Generous portion..I was satisfied and will continue going. $10 (cash only) for this :) Free drink when you review on yelp. ;) Genuinely like this place read more

Koreana - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

This has got to be the most homie Korean restaurant around Buffalo. Everything about it just reminds me of a Korean family house. When I think of a "family restaurant", this is exactly what I think of. Small, tidy and homie. Contrary to most commercialized restaurant, the food here is probably the closest to what a Korean mom would cook at home. Hence this place attracts mostly Korean costumers. I don't frequent this place because of the price range, but if you like authentic "Korean" food, this would be the joint! Lastly, like others had mentioned, because there's only 1 or 2 people working, their service might be a little slow. But the old lady that works there is the sweeties lady for sure :) read more

So this place was originally just a Korea restaurant. The food was good and the prices were about average. Actually one of my favorite joints to get some Korean food. It's been changed to serve Korean-Chinese food. They do have a handful of things from the previous menu but now it specializes in black-bean noodles, seafood noodle soup and sweet and sour pork. The portions are a bit small in my opinion but it's nice to finally have a place with black bean noodles. read more

We are arirang fans, but this place is arguably better. The low prices are the first thing you notice. What's really amazing is the way they pile on the meat in the gamjatang. The short rib soup was quite good. The main thing this place is missing is booze. You have to pick another place (like arirang) if you want beer, soju, bek se ju, or makkoli with your meal. But, you definitely get more for your money here. read more

Koreana - Short rib soup & gamjatang - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

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Quick low down: $15 card minimum. $10-15 meals Favorite dish: Garlic Pepper Chicken Wait time: 10-15 minutes #40 percent of a good meal is knowing what to order. read more

It was a disappointment there was barely any sauce to my noodle, and everything tasted extremely bland.

A sweet little mom & pop joint right off the Boulevard, this cash-only cafe is conveniently located right next to Best Asian Market, my favorite Asian grocery store in WNY. I've tried a number of dishes here, from the bibimbap (a popular vegetarian rice dish served with a fried egg on top) to the pork and beef bulgogi (literally translated as "fire meat," these dishes are made with tender marinated meat). There's only about a dozen dishes on the menu -- a random sampling of what you'd find at a similar family joint in South Korea. This may be why the place is packed with Korean students and families every night. Everything here is tasty enough, though nothing so far has knocked my socks off. My recos: try the spicy sundubujigae, made with soft tofu and red pepper paste, and doenjangjigae, made with clams and soybean-based broth. (Don't forget a spoon and a pair of chopsticks for prying the clams from their shells, and don't be afraid to spoon your stew over the bowl of rice offered with every bowl to cool it down -- that's what it's there for.) Both soups seem a little thinner and less savory than I'd like, but they still leave me with that "cleansed on the inside and out" feeling that only Korean soup can give you. And be sure to sample all the "panchan," or side dishes, from the spicy, garlicky kimchi (made with fermented cabbage) to the greens dressed in doenjang (fermented soybean past). For extra cultural credit, you may want to say "gamsa hamnida" and give a little bow on your way out -- this means "thank you" in Korean, and the proprietors will give you a giant smile! read more

In a strip-mall hiding in the back off NFB, there is a little taste of Korea. It was my first time trying Korean food, and so far I'm not sure I'm a big fan, so I want to be upfront about that. My partners in this foodie tryst seemed more enamored with it than I, so I upped my review from 3 to 4 stars for them. The décor is simple: white walls with a little pop of color near the kitchen, wood and tile kitchen tables and chairs, a few posters and a tv. All in all, not too bad, but nothing great. The parking was not bad, since the other shops in the mall do not seem to be overcrowded. It's more of a deli or a Panara, than a restaurant, but if you aren't into tipping, this can be a nice advantage. You go up to the counter and order your food and they call you to come and get it from the window when it's ready. Then when you are finished eating you bring your dirty dishes up to the counter when you're done. So, not a good place for a first date fellas. The prices seen in the menus on Yelp have all gone up to a little over $9 or more. About a .45 increase. We tried the Pork Kalbi, the black bean noodle, the bibimbop, and the Garlic Pepper Chicken. We based our choices on the recommendations found here, on Yelp. My partners LOVED the Garlic Pepper Chicken. They described it like it was General Taos on steroids. Not too hot, lightly sweet-sauced, deeply fried tender chicken. I enjoyed it, but I guess I'm just not enjoying fried foods like I used to, since I've gone mostly plant-based, whole foods, so I want to be clear...this was good, just not my style. My favorite was the BiBimBop. Very tasty sauce and I loved the freshness. So did everyone else at the table. The amount of beef was tiny, though. Not sure how traditional that is, and I didn't mind it. The black bean noodles were tasty, but the guys I was with thought they were just ok and after a while I felt they were too oily to keep eating. I'm glad we were all sharing and that wasn't all I had ordered for myself. The Pork Kalbi was tender and in a nice broth, but it was mostly bones and hardly any meat. As I understand it, some people love this 'eating off the bone' tender kind of meat so much that they don't care about quantity or fattiness. We are not these types, so this was our least favorite dish. The rice was a bit gummy. The banchan/side dishes were good. Some of the other dishes I saw looked lovely. The seafood stew looked so very fresh. All in all, I think it's a fine Korean spot and if you love Korean food, you might truly love this place. read more

The place was very clean and cute. There is many options but a couple of them are available only on some days. I came here on a saturday so the pork kalbi I wanted wasn't available. Next time I guess. I got jjam bbong instead. read more

I'm a Korean that has been extremely K food deprived since I moved to Buffalo 6 years ago. The one Korean restaurant in williamsville was such a huge disappointment to me. It was not very authentic and extremely over priced. I found this place years ago when the previous owner ran it. Her menu was different from the current menu. When ownership changed, I decided to give it a go and I have been a fan ever since. It's hard to find a place that serves pretty authentic flavored jja jang myun (black bean noodles) and jjam bbong (spicy seafood noodle soup). This place hits the spot for me everytime I go. My husband isn't a huge find of Korean food but he does enjoy the bulgogi dish. When people ask me where's a good Korean food place to go in Buffalo, I always recommend this place. The menu may be very limited, but the owner makes each and every dish very well. Cheap, simple, easy and delicious. read more

KOREANA - It's an adorable little restaurant tucked away in a small plaza, and the food is PHENOMENAL. It's a fast food setup where you order at the counter and wait to get your food to sit and eat. BUT the food is not anything like fast food. It's a legit entree you would see at any sit down family restaurant, and the food is GOOD. My favorite is the Bibim Bap and garlic pepper chicken. Every plate is very well balanced. The food is well done by the chef who seems to be the owner there. Real cool guy. The restaurant is popular among the Korean population, too, and the food feels very authentic. Overall it's a classic tucked away treasure and I hope you will try it, because honestly it's good enough to be a top restaurant in the area. Just make sure you know their hours! read more

I've only ever had their bibimpap at lunchtime. It was very good, and I will not hesitate to return. The tables are pretty and clean. Open on Mondays. read more

It was a bad experience. When I got there after 35 minutes, my food was not ready and the cook realized later that he didn't see my order. And the food was not what I ordered. Instead of jangban jjajang it was just jjajang that was $3 cheaper. Jjajang had little sauce and it wasn't enough. I don't think I will go this place again. FYI I'm Korean read more

Given that this is a small outfit and one of a handful in the Buffalo area, this place definitely deserves 4 stars. The food service can be slow but that's because its more of a walk up counter with only 1 person taking the order and cooking the food. If you are the type of person you can appreciate a mom 'n pop store going against the tide in an ocean of big box food chains then this is your kind of place for a cheap (but not quick) meal. Try the spicy pork special! P.S. It's a small world in Buffalo...the lady is in the extended family of the proprietor of Hana mart. read more

I would give it a 3.5 for the food but the comfort and coziness from the restaurant makes up for it. I ordered the pork kalbi, I expected it to be spicy but it wasn't at all. Still good though! I really enjoy their kimchi they give as an appetizer, it has a sweet and spicy taste to it. read more

Koreana - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

Love this place. Even with the new owner, Danny Kang, the mom and pop feel still remains. I only wish you could get everything on the menu every day, instead of some dishes only being served on certain ones. Food is great and you can alway ask for more side dishes! read more

I am visiting this place first time with my husband. I was very excited initially after seeing the review on yelp. Food looked really yum but believe me we regretted after trying out the food. Hot chicken over rice is pathetic and has no taste. Garlic pepper chicken tasted good at first but it became chewy after 5 minutes. My jaw started aching after a while. The only good part about this place is cabbage pickle which i enjoyed. Not visiting this place in future again... read more

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A pretty good Korean restaurant in the Buffalo/Niagara Area. Most of my Korean friends would say that the food served here are "home style" Korean cooking. It makes them feel like home. I personally like their Hot Chicken Bulgogi - my girlfriend is a addicted to this that there was a period in 2010 where she visited Koreana three times a week for six months until the cook recognized her. Since it is an authentic Korean restaurant, customers also get a lot of side dishes with your order. Typically you get your usual Kimchi, as well as other vegetables. I believe they had changed owners too recently. Thus, their menu have expanded. I love their "Melted Shrimp" and "Honey-Pepper Chicken" ! And finally, now they accept credit cards! read more

Delicious no nonsense homecooked get in get out Korean cuisine. Had the beef bulgogi and spicy pork on rice. Filling and savory, perfect for lunch, the flavor is amazing. Will definitely be back! read more

Korean has good food, I would suggest anything on the menu especially bibimbap which is an extremely simple dish but has a ton of flavor from meat, to spice, to even veggies read more

I wished they have more to pick from the menu but their food is good in general. It's hard to find good Korean place compared to NYC. I liked their free appetizers, the egg one tased really good, normally the korean restaurants provide those. And i like korean spicy food especially their stews read more

Koreana - Stew !!! - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

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Definitely one of the best Korean food in town. Limited items but most of them good. Try the pork kalbi and spicy pork. Very authentic read more

Koreana - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

Delicious Korean food at a reasonable price. I had the garlic chicken and it was covered in garlic, creating the perfect level of spiciness. Just be aware that you must spend $15 to use a credit card at this establishment. read more

Koreana - Korean Near Me - Tonawanda, New York

Visit with family. Very good place with reasonable price. Table is clean and delicious Korean food. read more