We met the most generous Korean restaurant owner here. We're staying at a nearby hotel while…read morevisiting Alaska, and wanted a light & healthy dinner. It was around 8 pm when we started searching online, and found this restaurant which closes at 10 pm. As soon as we got there the lady brought us Korean style tea to warm up. We checked the menus she gave us and ordered a soy bean soup and a seafood stir fry. Next time the lady came she brought 15 different bowls of banchan (side dishes including kimchi). We have been to many Korean restaurants all over the US but no where else has brought that many dishes if banchan. Our entrees came, same sizes as elsewhere, and just as tasty. Highly recommend this restaurant if you are in Anchorage.

I've eaten an Wonjo and Rays around the corner more than any other restaurants in Anchorage. Why?…read more The food and the service is reliably good and affordable, and the service is friendly. Korean food is my favorite food. Its diverse, favorable, and generally good for you. Eating at WonJo is like going to your grandma's. You will be well cared for, and you'll leave stuffed. The restaurant more like a house and less like a fancy restaurant that seems to be so trendy these days. Don't be fooled. This is where its at. I have never been disappointed.

We came here for a Mother's Day lunch. It was our first time and will come back. It was authentic…read morewith all the side dishes. Everything we got was quite tasty. The staff were so welcoming and attentive. We were the only one at the restaurant which I am surprised. We ordered the kimbob for our appetizers and it was favorful. The bibimbap was perfect crunch rice, served perfectly hot. The tofu stew was right amount of spicy. The Mandu/fried dumpling the kids ate very quickly. I would recommend Korean Garden. The food was yummy and service was wonderful.

I don't know if they have a new ownership or management change. They are not giving enough side…read moredishes anymore. I ordered two dinner entry with Bulgogi and Spicy Beef soup for to go. I only got two small side dishes for our meals. I understand that they are trying to save but at least give a full side dishes as same as if we were dinning in since I paid the same amount of money.

I've been coming to Hometown Restaurant for the past 5 years, and I can honestly say I've never had…read morea bad experience. Every single visit has been consistently great, which is rare to find! For the girls and I, this is our comfort spot! Semi and Maria always go above and beyond! They're incredibly friendly, attentive, and make you feel so welcomed every time you walk in. That kind of service really keeps you coming back. The food is amazing across the board, but I have to say... I will always spend the extra $5 for the mozzarella cheese on the spicy rice cake. 1000/10 every time. It's 100% worth it. If you're looking for a place with great food and even better service, this is it. Highly recommend!

got this while I was sick. Made me feel better right away. Very good and the banchan is all…read morehomemade.

Went here because it was walking distance from my hotel. Food was just like my grandma made it. The…read morespicy beef soup(yukgaejang) was delicious and the banchan included free refills. The server was attentive and friendly.

Friendly staff, cozy interior, and good food! A little bit pricey but I think it's still worth…read morevisiting. Would definitely come again. Banchan is solid as well FOOD: Kalbi (7/10) - Sauce here is really good and the meat is tender, but do think the hot plate could be a bit hotter so the meat crisps up a bit more. Tteokboki (7/10) - Again, good sauce and fillings but the portion is actually pretty small. Not many rice cake inside.

we went with a big group for dinner & the staff was so attentive to our needs & fast with service…read more The food was really good but they use too much onions. i ordered the Spicy Stir fried Squid & it had more onions then squid, we also ordered chicken fried rice with no onions & for some odd reason they put extra onions & the chicken was dry. but on a good note the kimchi pancake, seafood pancake, & banchan was freaking delish. & just a side note it is expensive. so be prepared to spend a hefty amount of money.

Trivia: Baechu-kimchi is the most common type of kimchi and its primary ingredient is what type of…read morecabbage? I can't wait to taste the side dishes again. So tasty, so fresh. But the macaroni salad...weird? Or am I missing something? It tasted like run of the meal, store bought macaroni salad. Is it for the non fermenters? Cause that ain't me! Those fermented side dishes were the stars, until the bibimbap came out. The clay pot was more a large plate, but it was HOT and it made the rice exactly like I like it: crispy on the bottom and soft on the top. All the accoutrements were tasty and blended well with the rice and sauce. I wasn't sure what each of them were, so I tried a little bit at a time. They all had some unique savory flavors. In the end I mixed them all together for a final flash and bang of flavor. Service was excellent. Maybe the owner, maybe the manager was also seated at the bar and he stopped by at the end of my meal to ask about everything. Friendly and professional. The restaurant is clean and has great lighting. When one walks in, the bbq side is to the right and there is a bar area to the left. There is both tables and bar seating.

It's tough competition I think. Looking up what dosirak means, it's a packed meal like a lunchbox…read moreso the concept makes sense of being a small place and taking to go because that's how it's all served. The toss up for me is that the price and quality is the same as you could get at a regular sit down place (e.g., stone pots and more banchan). The bibimbap was a little hard to eat in the tall container and I didn't get the crispy rice I prefer from the pots. But it was delicious, and my husband loved the bulgogi. We'd like to go back to try the other foods, knowing now what to expect. The staff are super friendly as well.

I loved the food here. Being Korean myself I thought the food was legit. I got the bibimbap and my…read morefriend got the kalbi dosirak and we split the kimbap and bungeoppap. Everything was extremely fresh and tasty. The only bad part is that they don't have real plates or dishes so you really have to take the stuff home and the kalbi dosirak didn't have as many side dishes as you would get if you ate at a sit down place. Otherwise it was delightful and I would gladly go back again-maybe next time just take it to go so I can eat on real dishes, etc. also their prices have changed and each dish is now more expensive than originally posted.

My husband took me here for my birthday and while yes, I do like Korean food, I think he'd been…read moremeaning to come here for a long time. Service here was super. We were promptly greeted and seated. The restaurant was super clean and the exhaust fans were the best. They were also very keen on replacing a crisping grill plate as often as it was needed. Our hostess was also our server and she was so nice plus plenty of other servers checked in on us plenty. I think for two people and a child it was very reasonable in price. Maybe under $120 before tip including a soda and a few appetizers. The portions here are big as far as meat goes. And unlike other Korean bbq I've had, they kind of have you dump the meat on the grill and take the plate with them. It felt different but I have no issues with that. Towards the end I was stuffed and I think I'd recommend ordering maybe half an order of meat for the last round if you're not famished. My favorite dish was definitely the cheese corn really because I love esquites. My husband was a big fan of the japchae which was also worth getting. My three year old picky daughter enjoyed the pork belly and plain rice. This is definitely somewhere I'd come back to. They had great quality food and plenty of sides for me to chow down on.

We've been coming back sine they've opened! Great customer service, can be pricey but i personally…read morethink it's the best AYCE & kbbq spot in town! Place is always clean and service is always great, the quality of the food as well as quantity is always great. definitely would recommend great for groups or a date night.

Got some takeout for dinner last night. I tried the rice bowl with kimchi fried rice, Kalbi beef &…read morean over easy egg. The kimchi fried rice could have used more punch. Maybe more spice, or more kimchi? Bacon? I couldn't tell what it was that was missing but I've tried many versions of this in Hawaii and it was blander than those. The Kalbi beef wasn't ribs! I was disappointed, it was just like shaved beef. Egg was good. Everything not bad, but in my opinion could have been better. Husband tried the kimchirito, or kimchi burrito. He said it was fine, enjoyed it but won't seek it out again due to the off-the-wall fusion of flavors. He did say it was nice to be able to sit at the bar and have a cold beer while he waited for our take out order. Our child tried an order of gyoza which were great! She also liked the seasoned tater tots that came with her dad's burrito. Might come back to try the actual Kalbi rib plate.

Always look at newest reviews!!!…read more We saw the 4.4 red stars and thought this was gona be an amazing place. The first red flag was 1pm on week day and there was only 3 parties in the place. The one and only server was very nice, but being the only one, twice when new parties entered he would walk away. Wife ordered chicken katsu rice plate. The overall theme is everything is bland. EVERYTHING.. Her cabbage slaw/salad had a white creamy sauce, my best guess is mayo mixed with ranch but only if both was every kind of free there is, fat, sugar, carb, keto, and most importantly, taste FREE. Her rice was purple, there were purple chunks, not sure if it was potato, the rice was mushy, wet, and Bland. Her kutsu sauce was made from the same everything free ingredients. Come on man, Kutsu sauce is 3 ingredients and all three are bold flavors, how do you mess that up. But ok, they want to be fusion, maybe add some cilantro or chili. She asked for soy sauce and salt to try and add some flavor. Half way through she has me hold out my hand and pours a handful of the "salt" from the shaker. It was not salt granules, almost looked like a salt substitute. I honestly don't know what it was but when I tasted it I would be extremely generous by saying I got a 25% salt flavor. Normally, you put 2-4 tablespoons of salt in your hand and lick your finger, when you taste that, you get a powerful punch in the mouth of dam, that's salty. I was dumbfounded, if they are using that "salt" to cook with them makes since why everything is so bland. I don't want to repeat the Bland Bland Bland theme over and over. I had bulgogi, kutsu, and BBQ chicken tacos. I will skip to the end- yep, you guessed it, Bland. We did have the bulgogi egg roll, I do want to touch on this only because I was so mad at myself once we left I dug Into the reviews. These are one of the most positive commented items, BUT those comments are from over a year ago. Overall, 11$ for two small egg rolls cut in half is ridiculous. Then if you bite/taste just the egg roll, there is a 5% taste of bulgogi sauce. Which again is so explosive of a sauce. But, If you drown the egg roll in the creamy mild sriracha sauce then the egg roll is ok. If you forget what it should taste like and just concentrate on how did they make the sauce with no heat, then you could get at least a 2-2.5 star. Server deserves 5 stars, Food deserves 2 stars.

I was excited to try out Hott Spot on a date with my son and his partner Unfortunately it was…read morereally disappointing. The concept is great with individual pot warmers. But the food itself just isn't that good. I definitely won't be back.

Walked in randomly for a late lunch and it was awkward to say the least. We were the only ones in…read morethere and there was no music playing so it was silent other than the 2 people working the front of house, who just sat chit chatting at a table and then the entire kitchen staff came out to eat too. After about 20 minutes of us being there, they put on YouTube for music. But mind you it is us and the workers. I felt like I was intruding their break or something. I had never been here before and would have appreciated an explanation or any tips/tricks on eating what we ordered and we didn't receive any. The food was ok but I wouldn't come back due to how awkward the entire experience was.

I had vowed not yo return here since there are a plethora of superior ethnic grocers in Anchorage…read more However, in the process of looking for something specific I was unable to find for my husband after trying multiple stores, I was compelled to try here. As was not suprised to find this store is even more dilapidated than the last time I was there. Honestly, it looks like a front for something else... the store is super sketch and I'd think twice before eating anything edible/perishable from here. I highly doubt they worry about rotating stock ot would pass a health inspection if Anchorage bothered to do them anymore. They do have a pretty large kitchenware section (which is what I was looking for) but I was unable to locate what I needed. In general, I recommend looking elsewhere.

I can't understand half of the signs and most of the workers speak limited English, but hey, it's…read morean oriental market! I like coming here to get my kimchi or rice cake fix or try some new exotic vegetable that I have only seen in my mangas. Lots of different eating utensils and oddball beauty fixes. I like the face masks near the front of the store, and usually try to do something new, like the pads that draw out the toxins out the bottom of your feet. The interior doesn't look the best, but it doesn't deter me from making a stop when I need something. Most recently a teapot. Will come again.