I usually never write reviews but this restaurant was amazing. By far the best Korean restaurant in all of North York area. My friend and I wanted some Korean food and this has a special place in my heart. The quality of the food is incredible and clean, and it taste's like a wholesome home-cooked warm meal. Staff is super friendly and kind and accommodated well to my needs. They have a pretty good variety of dishes so there's something for everyone. Overall, I'm definitely going to pop by this place again with a larger group of friends. read more

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I was attending a course in the area so I decided to finally try this restaurant. I've ordered the beef bulgogi, the sauce was nicely done in terms of flavour, the beef was a bit tough, so I had to pick the small slices to eat. The side dishes you can refill. I did find the lettuce salad interesting where they used a sesame mayo dressing. The fish a peanut side dish was good too. The food came fast and i was pressed on time so as soon as I food landed, I've asked for the bill. In and out only took me 35 mins. So I will give this a 3.5 and I will come back to try the abalone chicken soup! read more

Really decent Korean food in the Willowdale neighborhood. I brought 2 picky eater friends here and they really liked it. Their banchan is actually my favorite. I find all Korean restaurants serve slightly different banchan in general. Some places offer sweet peanuts, others radish etc. Koryo has these yummy glass noodles which I think are made from potato and also spicy cucumbers that one of my picky eater friends kept eating. The two main dishes I have tried was a simple kimchi fried rice and also a soft tofu stew. Both were really pretty good in terms of flavor. I have to also add Koryo's atmosphere is really nice and comforting. The wooden interior and the lighting, super chill. I'm sure there is tons of other Korean restaurants to pick from on that street, but Koryo is the closest to my work and they have not let me down so far. Highly recommend. read more

KoSam - kimchi fried rice - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Chicken soup and bimbimbap were very good. The chicken soup is very flavourful but the flavour was from the ingredients and not added taste. Bimbimbap is filled with toppings. I especially like the marinated mushrooms. They taste so good with the rice. Tonkatsu was just okay though. Maybe I'm just not a big fan of tonkatsu in general. I didn't think it was any special. We ordered the cheese tonkatsu. read more

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This place was okay. Got a whole hen in a soup and it was bland with no flavour. I only really liked the free appetizers or side dishes.

4.5 Excellent restaurant overall! Great unique side dishes: sweet black beans, refreshing eggplant, and a japchae loaded with mushrooms & veggies. The chicken in the samgyetang melts in your mouth as you eat it and the soon tofu broth has a wonderful rich flavour. Friendly servers greet you at the door, nice decor and plates. A little higher in price compared to korean restaurants in the area (~$50 for 2 people) but definitely worth it! read more

KoSam - Samgyetang - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Came here for a family dinner of 5 on a friday night. The female waitress that was serving us had amazing customer service - her alone would deserve a 5 star rating! Clean modern decor. Their bowls, cups, plates and cutlery is much nicer & higher quality then most reg korean restaurants. Loved the wide variety of food - didnt get a chance to actually try the fried items due to my cold but everything i had was tasty! Their battered honey and butter chicken was a huge hit as per my family! read more

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This is the best samgyaetang I've had since returning from Korea. I would like to have more ginseng, though. Come to think of it, I cannot recall seeing any in the bowl - they must have been rather small pieces. In Seoul, I had gone regularly to a restaurant in nonhyeondong and there would be enormous roots at the bottom of every bowl. Other than the shortage of ginseng, it was pretty good - just a little on the bland side. Also tried the fried chicken - it was good. And the Service was excellent. read more

This place opened last Saturday and I think it's a pretty nice place. The place is really clean, cozy looking, and spacious. I ordered the stone pot bibimbap. It was a big portion and I was definitely full. Their side dishes were also really good (and of course, free refills on those). The servers are really friendly and attentive. read more

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Came here for lunch with my friends and had the veggie bibimbop. I enjoyed the side dishes especially the potato dish. Food is pretty good, place was clean, order came out pretty quick and staff was friendly. read more

KoSam - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Let me preface this review and say that I have never been crazy about Korean food, but I really enjoyed the food and atmosphere here. Staff: There was only two people. Could be a little more efficient in terms of seating, but they were attentive (they even wiped up a minor tea spill I made, without me asking them). Ambience: It was clean and comfy. I found it odd I wasn't using Korean chopsticks though, but at the same time, I didn't really mind. Food: I ordered the Tonkatsu with Cheese, the Beef Noodle Soup, and Kosam Honey Butter Chicken. The Beef Noodle Soup really hits the spot for me. There wasn't too much soup, the broth was good, the noodles were aplenty and the beef was nice. The Tonkatsu was delicious. The chicken was the best. It was soft and the sweetness from the honey butter definitely made each bit perfect. Highly recommend! read more

What Koryo does better than anybody else in Toronto is their samgyetang. I see many reviews disparaging some of their other items - namely, the bibimbap and bulgogi. These are two dishes that have gained in popularity amongst foreign audiences, and as a result, have become a mainstay at Korean restaurants in Toronto. That said - for a restaurant whose prized item is the samgyetang, to judge them based on a grilled meat dish is akin to judging a burger place on their salads. There's been a recent bump in Korean restaurants in Toronto, but many of them have focused on combining Korean and Western flavours. This is a fine endeavour on its own, but Koryo stands as a newer restaurant that also focuses on more traditional dishes. Samgyetang, which had had started off as a dish for the upper classes during the Joseon era, has now become an iconic summer dish in Korea. Its reputation as a health food is one of the drivers for its popularity, but the combination of chicken, ginseng, sticky rice, garlic, and jujubes is also a unique and delicious combination. Koryo is a very strong addition to this city, which until recently had a dearth of Korean food. Certainly worth a visit. read more

The restaurant was clean and service was great. I only give 3 stars because we weren't impressed with the food. I should add that we didn't order their signature dishes; maybe we would have had a better experience if we had. We ordered the hot stone bibimbap. It was not that hot. It stopped sizzling really early and the rice didn't crisp. It was pretty bland despite adding a lot of their sauce. Portion size was good. The side dishes weren't terrible. We also had the seafood/onion pancake. This was better than the bibimbap but not that memorable. I would consider coming back (and order their signature dishes) as the servers were friendly and service was good. read more

Lots of great menu options and not too expensive. I get their kimchi rice as take-out and I highly recommend this dish. The meals come quickly, hot, and with cutlery. I got very tasty sides too. read more

$18 honey butter chicken comes out with like 10 chunks of chicken and mine had an awkward piece of cartilage in it. It was tasty chicken but at $18, I'm expecting more either in portion or in presentation or flavor or quality. Ideally all of the above. read more

Came here for lunch with a few of my colleagues a while back when it was still pretty new. Ordered the fried meat thing with the cheese and spinach inside. It took forever to come out... and when it did... it was the wrong order. I had to wait forever for the correct order to come out. That's two forevers I had to wait! When the food arrived, it looked very nice. But... I can see what they're trying to do by putting the fried meat on the cooling rack, but the bottom was a bit soggy anyways. It was a unique dish no doubt but it tasted just okay. The cheese leaked out a bit and got stuck in the rack, and considering the portions ain't all that big, it was a struggle to scrape and eat all dem cheese bits. 3/5 When it was time to pay the bill, the waitress said something along the lines of "is this the group that waited long?". Aw yeh it is! So here I am anticipating some of that sweet sweet discount, but lo and behold... regular price. :( read more

Great food but at the pricier side. We tried a variety of dishes and found all to be delicious. The fried chicken tasted great but the portions was a bit small. The portion of the "soup dishes" was perfect. The ginseng chicken soup was delicious and perfect for the cold weather in the winter. read more

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Their fried chicken is to die for!! We literally come here back to back days for the food... the patio is lively and the servers are wonderful! The fried chicken and the short rib patty is a must.. even if we have to wait for a spot at the patio it's worth it because the heart feels happy at this spot read more

Love this restaurant. The three times I went I tried something different. Great food and not too expensive considering the other restaurants around the area. I'm just taking one star down because I do not give five stars easily. But I highly recommend it. Read some reviews complaining about salt? Salt is bad for your health and they acknowledge it by leaving a whole salt container on each table - to each its own. I don't eat salt regularly, so I was very happy with the food. read more

Waitress dropped the grilled hot plate almost fell on my lap, thank god I was we wearing Jean's and my car keys was in my pocket. If it was a centimeter higher it would be a very different story. Experience was awkward after that, they didn't give us any discount for dropping that sizzling hot plate on my lap. All this could have been prevented if she held the sizzling plate with TWO HANDS. OVERALL EXPERIENCE WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING, SAFE TO SAY NEVER GOING THERE AGAIN! read more

KoSam - Sizzling hot plate fell towards me, could have been my skin - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

Food was quite good, especially Samgyetang. Side dishes were just okay. Will come again. read more

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Came to this restaurant because i'm really hungry with my husband. We ordered 1. Gom Tang Soup : red soup with cow broth, doesnt have any taste except salt :( 2. Mushroom organic bibimbap : they serve us very slowly, so our bibimbap is 50% burnt because of the hot bowl 3. Beef bulgogi something : the only thing that is normal I think that's all read more

I came here for lunch with a friend and doesn't seem like it's super known yet which was great for us because we got seated right away. The service was great and food was delicious. I got the Hot Stone Spicy Pork Dupbap and it was definitely spicy but also full of great flavours. It came with this fried lotus root chip thing and I wish there was more because it was so good! The dish also came with soup and it definitely tasted herbally but that's how you know it's full of good stuff (my fellow Asians know what I mean, hahah). I know this area is filled with a lot of different Korean restaurants already but I would say If you're looking for a quick and tasty meal, definitely give this place a try! read more

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Koryo is a new Korean restaurant at Yonge and Sheppard. It occupies the space where yogurtys and freshii used to be. The restaurant has a nice aesthetic with plenty of dark brown earth tones and ample use of wood and leather. Overall, a comfortable place to sit and have dinner with friends and family. The service staff were also very attentive and friendly which added to making the dinner experience a positive one. We had the Samgyetang which, I believe, is a specialty dish of this restaurant. It is a whole chicken stuffed with rice, dates, chestnuts, herbs, and ginseng. I believe there are supposed to be some health benefits to some of these items - especially the ginseng. It comes in a soup that is literally boiling when it comes to your table. Also, you might find the soup somewhat bland, but we were told that no salt or pepper is added to the soup and that we could add it ourselves as there was salt and pepper available at the table. I felt this was a nice touch as it allows you to season the soup to your liking. Overall, the soup was quite good and definitely filling (it was a whole chicken after all). The chicken was tender and while it came in a soup, the meat was a little "dry" which is pretty typical of boiled chicken. We also had the Seol Long Tang which is a beef soup. I enjoyed this dish. There was plenty of beef and some tendon which was good. Once again, the soup initially came out bland, but this was easily fixed by adding a pinch of salt and some pepper to my taste. The soup broth had good texture to it and was just shy of having the sticky lip-smacking quality you might find in some ramen broths for example. Once again, another good dish. We also wanted to try the fried chicken, but unfortunately, they had none available. Therefore, we got the seafood and chive pancake. It was thicker than I was expecting and the pancake was somewhat chewy and doughy (is that a real word?), but the flavour was good. In the end, I enjoyed my dinner and would like to return so I can try some of the other menu items (there is a fairly extensive menu). Prices are reasonable for what you get as the food is good, the restaurant is comfortable, and the service is friendly. read more

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I am curious about why this restaurant got so many positive reviews. I ordered samgaetang (19.99) which is their signature dish, and it has basically no taste, not even salty. And the meat is so tough and hard to eat. Also ordered bibimbap which tastes worse than many other korean restaurants I have tried. read more

Hands down! One of the best korean restaurant I've ever tried in toronto! A true gem which I highly recommend. This restaurant is called Koryo Restaurant which is located near Yonge and Shepperd. The servers were so nice and they definitely know which dish to recommend because all the food I had were incredible. Today I had their stir-friend pork intestine which had an amazing flavour(I love the sauce that they use! It has a nice kick to it) and I also had spicy pork on a hotstone, a dish I'll probably have a lot from now on in this restaurant! The side dishes that they serve are way better than the ones I have tried in other Korean restaurant. I also appreciate how they asked me if I wanted more side dishes since not many restaurant do that unless you ask. Definitely will be coming back here for more! Maybe try out their patio while we have a nice weather :) read more

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One of the best Korean food restaurants in North York. Fried chicken was crisp and delicious, and the rice cakes were perfectly seasoned. The variety of side dishes were a bonus and was very tasty. read more

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Really hate to do this since the servers were trying their very best to cater to our needs (e.g., asking us if everything was ok, being diligent about giving us water), but the food at this place was awful. Granted, we didn't order their signature chicken soup. That said, the dishes we got were really bad: the short rib patty was really salty and didn't have any other taste, while the chicken dupbap was the complete opposite in that it was really really bland. We thought it was just us but then overheard the people at the table beside us also complain about how bland their food was. I hope for Koryo's sake that they're just ironing out the kinks since they just opened recently. But if the best thing you can say about a place is that it's servers try their best to compensate for how bad the food is, I don't have high hopes. read more

KoSam - Short rib patty - Korean Near Me - Toronto, Ontario

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Nope. Had the organic mushroom dolsot bibimbop without the meat. Was bland, so had to add a ton of spicy sauce, which then made it overly salty. Also-the bowl is supposed to be hot so it can crisp up the rice. Mine wasn't hot enough to do any crisping, so it was just like having a side of plain steamed rice. Not impressed for the $17 price tag of the entree. They could have at least taken some dollars off because I asked for no beef. read more

Food was good. Interior is nice and clean. But staff were not kids friendly at all. Didn't feel like we were welcomed there with three kids with us. There is no parking but it was easy to park on the street but it was quite expensive. $4 for an hour. read more

I've been to their other location by finch and it was pretty good. The reason I gave this restaurant one star was due to the service. Given that it was a Friday night, we knew we had to wait a while and that's okay. There weren't that many people, with only our group of 7 and the other group of 2. After half an hour of waiting, we saw a few tables opening up and felt a sigh of relief. But to our surprise, the waiter asked the group of 2 to sit and invited us to sit at the table beside them. He's like you are a group of 4 right? No. We gave him the dirtiest look, we have 7, and circled our fingers around the group. At this point, he knew he made a big mistake. Instead of asking the other 2 to move elsewhere (at this time I wasn't sure if there were other tables), a manager came out to clarify what happened. The resolution she came up with was we needed to split up and have 3 people stand while the other 4 can start eating. No. No. No. So we just left. They tried to persuade us to stay, but no. Lol. You guys just traded 7 people's worth of tips for 2. read more

Dinner w a friend on Thursday night. First time. Not too busy. Ordered green onion and seafood pancake to start. Just like most Korean restaurants, this pancake was very oily. Had to blot with napkin. It was quite large and tasty, lots of green onion. We did not finish it as we were so full. Think it was $12. I got regular hot stone bibimbap $13.50. My friend got chicken du bap. Both were tasty and had bit of modern twist with lotus chip and those white jelly things. Side dishes were ok, different and I was not used to them. Prefer the traditional side dishes. No kimchi. A lot of different radishes (I think). And a tiny romaine leaf salad? Slightly more pricey, but worth it bec it had nice decor and modern vibe unlike the 'family' atmosphere of most Korean restaurants. Service was no bad, similar to most asian restaurants. Had to ask for knife or scissor to cut pancake, they brought scissors. Not super attentive, but not rude. They were great with splitting the bill and splitting the cost of the pancake between the 2 bills, appreciate that. Would come back. read more

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Really nice authentic place. Love the decor, very pleasant. Great service and attentive staff. We ordered two hot plate, seafood pancake and everything was delicious. Definitely recommend and will go back read more

This place was absolutely incredible! If you are looking for authentic home-style Korean food, look no further. I've been to so many Korean restaurants in Toronto and in the area of this one, any KoSam is just better than all the others. I really felt like I was eating at home. The Samgyetang - traditional chicken soup alone is worth the stop. You will find nothing that comes close to it. You can't go wrong with anything on the menu. I highly recommend this place! read more

Had the beef bulgogi at this place . It was bland and dry. You can find better at take out. The chicken soup was tasteless and was a chore to eat. Place wasn't busy and I see why. read more

The soup here is great if you're feeling a little under the weather, came a little late and had to do takeout but it was still good!

This is a new Korean restaurant and they specialize in Chicken Ginseng Soup. I came with my GF and we had 1 CGS and 1 of their special tonkatsu with multiple layers. I've had Chicken Ginseng Soup in Korea and nothing you find in Toronto will come close to that. I had it in a very famous spot in Korea where there are line ups even on random weekdays. In Toronto, in general the problem is lack of flavor, in particular ginseng flavor. And although Koryo specializes in this dish, their taste isn't that strong. They've added stuffing inside the chicken but the stuffing doesn't have much taste. Also, if I remember correctly there should be a chili sauce for the chicken. We did not get such a thing. If you go to Apgujung near Yonge/Steeles, they do the 3 course chicken ginseng soup and I find that version better than what's served at Koryo. Now...Koryo does have options where you can add things like Perilla seeds or abalone but I think the ginseng and chicken flavor is what make or break this dish. And the negligible amount of noodles they give you is like a joke. The donkatsu is a layered version with cheese and spinach inside. After trying it, I kind of wish we just picked a regular donkatsu. I didn't find it very special. Go to Katsuya if you want the best donkatsu. Koryo's is not bad, it's just that it didn't blow my mind and it's more expensive than Katsuya's. It didn't even come with miso soup which is common for this dish. This place has nice décor. It's new and modern unlike more traditional places. Overall, would I come back? I guess if I'm in the area. read more

Ordered bulgogi bibimbap but pretty sure they gave me the regular bibimbap with ground beef. Anyway, the bibimbap was served lukewarm and the amount of beef in it was minuscule. None of the rice got crispy at the bottom. Extremely overpriced at $13.50. read more

Tried the chicken ginseng soup and soup was bland. Had to add salt. Selection was little and they didn't have pork bone soup or sweet and sour pork!!! Pancake and fried chicken was alright. The higher score was due to friendly service. read more