Sushi was fresh and tasted great. Price was excellent. We get lunch here consistently and it is…read morealways tasty and prepared well. Mark

Love this place - diverse menu including somewhat hard to find robata…read more Friendly servers Decent prices

Found a great place that doesn't close at 8pm. This place is open late with dim lit lights. It's…read moreright on Harvard Street off the Coolidge Corner stop with street parking. Came to this place for the tapas but I was surprised to see there speciality's which were on the pricier side for more than $30 a dish. The waiters were nice and attentive and the menu is a QR scan code. We got a few tapas to share including the fried spam which had a great presentation in a the spam can. We got the fried rice cake which was better than I expected. It came with 3 on a stick and with 2 dipping which we mixed. They also had special tapas are more dinner sized for around more then $20 each dish. We got the Army Stew and it came with a variety of different sausages, spam and ramen. The dish seemed small when it first came out but was well sized for a meal. Would definitely want to come back for a drink but overall a great place for a late night bite. The vibes are great and we just spent time talking. It has a clean bathroom with Aesop soap, it is a little small but it felt really nice.

Do you want some yummy drinks and delicious Korean tapas alongside? Guess what, this is the place…read moreto be!!! From the good music, to the very attentive staff, this place is a VIBE! Loved all of the food I got and ESPECIALLY the delicious drinks!! Personally, the love potion was sooooooo good!!! And I loved the Galbi skewers, absolutely delicious and the sauce was YUM! You gotta check this place out, you won't regret it!!

Food is amazing here. I got the tofu soup came out perfect. Piping hot and not too spicy but enough…read morekick to remind you this place serves authentic Korean food. Side of rice to help calm down the spiciness. The veggies still had the crunch too. Something magical about soup when the veggies retain the firmness. Drinks are good here. Priced about right. Toki highball is what I went with. Toki whiskey is made for highball so if you get the chance order it. Not many places do it as well. Oftentimes it's too watery. Here not so much. Maybe cause they get so many tourists that know the real deal they can't fake it. Ambiance is the real reason to come come here. Right next door to Fenway. Open late. Feels really open here. Bar had plenty of space. They also have booths and tables. Service is top notch. Bartenders are super accommodating and friendly. Most importantly professional and attentive. Highly recommend for late night authentic Korean food.

Nothing like being greeted by the rudest security at the door…read more This is a mature place with grown adults and some families. His tone, shouting at people, rudeness and dry self started off wrong and no matter what the restaurant delivered (not much) it was hard to make a come back especially after leaving a Red Sox game around the corner. Food is ok. Paper plates paper cups. $1 for a side ranch is not necessary with buffalo wings. Alcohol must be ordered at the bar only. Food at the table. Tip automatically included. They won't say anything and only if you look at your receipt. Visiting so I will for sure not to return here if I come back BUT it is open till 2a I guess that's the only plus I will add to this story. Not again.

We tried some very unique and special flavors. It was a fantastic experience…read more Service was good, frienship, Ambiance, beautifull..

Tableside service is great and meats are fresh. There is also a good variety of banchan that they…read morewill refill for you. The music is a tad loud but pretty standard for most kbbq places.

Came here and tried their set menu for 2 (there's 2 tiers to select from and both of us had to pick…read morethe same set). When we went (9/2026), they their base tier which starts at $60 per person with additional items you can add for an upcharge or the Premium option which has no upcharge and includes A5 wagyu steak. Do note that because they're assuming a party of 2, when making a seafood and meat selection, it'll be for the BOTH of you (ie: you only get 2 seafood and 1 meat choices, not 4 seafood and 2 meat as we had originally thought). We decided to be baller and went with the Premium option ($98 per person as of 9/2026). Here are what we chose: - Appetizers - An assortment of banchan side dishes that are common in many Korean restaurants with a noticeable improvement in flavor and quality (Japchae was especially tasty). The kimchi was good and not overly fermented (plus for me, slight minus for the missus). The biggest bummer is that there is NO refills. - Seafood - We happened to get the Boton Ebi (a single marinated shrimp) as well as the Yanyong Scallop which were both fresh. Note that they are both raw so if you're not into raw seafood then beware! We selected the Ganjang Gejang which is a raw marinated crab in a sweet and savory soy sauce. Luckily they provide you with gloves so that you can get in there without making a mess of your hands. It was indeed fresh but wasn't my cup of tea (not used to raw crab). The missus LOVED it however so if you're Korean, this is likely right up your alley. Meat - We selected the Kalbi Chim and oh boy was this delicious. The sauce the kalbi was braised in was delicious and the meat was so tender and flavorful. I wish we had 2 servings of this as I would inhale both of them. Likewise, the A5 wagyu was equally delicious with a sweet and savory sauce glaze poured on top of the sizzling steak. It was a melt-in-your-mouth experience and another highlight of the meal. Main course - The Samgyetang is one of the main attractions to this establishment. Again, if you're Korean this dish can hold a special memory for you. As for me however, the best analogy I could come up with is to think of it as a chicken noodle soup, only with gelatinous rice instead of noodles. It's quite the spectacle as they bring out a portable stove to boil the dish on. The wait staff will then break apart the chicken for you which is nice. I will say that the chicken was delectable and extremely tender. The broth is very comforting and perfect for a cold day. I was surprised as to how much I enjoyed it. Be wary of bones however! Dessert - Ice cream from an establishment across the street. Nothing special for us. Overall we enjoyed our experience here. One of the BIGGEST issues we had however (aside from the non-refillable side dishes), is the complete absence of complimentary rice for the meal (aside from the rice in the Samgyetang which happens at the end. We found it baffling that it's $4 for a small bowl of rice (barely enough for one). Considering the delicious sauces we had for the A5 wagyu and the kalbi chim, it's such a waste to not have rice to mix it in. For $60 (or $98), the fact they don't include rice is a slap in the face for anyone who enjoys Asian food with rice and comes across as stingy (the rice was nothing special to us!). Our recommendation to the owner/chef is to throw in some rice for free as I'm sure they won't go bankrupt over it. Docking them for the rice alone. Aside from that I would still recommend this location especially for those who enjoy a hearty Samgytang.

A member of our party doesn't eat seafood or other meats besides chicken, so Iru was the perfect…read morerestaurant for them: where chicken is the star of the show. We arrived at our reservation time and were seated promptly. They had 4 set menus to choose from or an à la carte option that does not include their signature samgyetang. We got the lowest priced set menu, which included all their banchan plus the choice of sweet shrimp or scallop, and we didn't feel we were missing out on anything. Higher priced tiers included additional items such as galbi or crab, but our meal was plenty filling and tasty without them. All the food we were served was delicious. The 9 banchan dishes we got included a variety of kimchi, seaweed, and vegetables and were a decent portion size to share a set between two people. After we finished most of our banchan, the samgyetang was brought out and put on portable heaters on our table, where the servers broke the chicken down right in front of us. The chicken was so tender and delicious, and the broth was flavorful and hearty, but not heavy. We were given one chicken to share for every 2 people, and the portion size made for a very filling dinner. Although pricey, this was the perfect place to go for our special occasion. The servers were friendly and attentive, and the decor was simple and clean. I would definitely come back again!

I've been wanting to try SANBADA for the longest time--wow, did it deliver! Loved all of the…read morebanchan (esp the soup of the day) and the entrees (the grilled mackerel of my dreamsss). Really felt like a home-cooked feast! To top it all off, service was great, thanks to Dev. Can't wait to go back!

Mackerel Set is the best! And service is great and helpful in explaining the menu. The ambiance is…read morecomfortable and I don't feel cramped when eating.

Please go here! Everything I've ever gotten on the menu has been absolutely delicious. The Okra?…read morePlease bring that back on the menu, it's the best! The drinks? Also the best. Can't go wrong with a big or small group, and sometimes there is live music. Recommendations: Okra, double cooked duck, lava fish(!), beef on fire, spicy crunchy cucumber, hunan street noodles

I really enjoyed this place! All the food was very flavorful. I see why it's busy. We came here for…read morerestaurant week so we got to try lots of things on the menu. Vibes were buzzing in here, from the amazing smells as soon as we walked in to the live music going on. Service was great, our server helped with recos and spice levels.

The food at Nowon is delicious! It was busy on a Thursday night, but luckily we were able to walk…read moreand get a table with ease. I ordered the bibimbap, a Leech & Chong mocktail, and the fried chicken as an appetizer. This was such a comfort meal especially after a busy week at work. The dishes were flavorful. The mocktail was good, although it was a little too sweet for my personal taste I also really enjoy the atmosphere here. Every time I've come, the staff has been friendly and welcoming. My favorite part is the '90s and early 2000s music videos projected onto the wall by the kitchen. It gives the restaurant such a fun, nostalgic vibe that makes the whole experience even better. Definitely a place I always enjoy coming back to!

Full disclosure: I'm usually the person side-eyeing "Asian fusion" on a menu. The genre has earned…read moreits skepticism (too often it's food sanded down into something more marketable, less itself). So when I say Nowon won me over, I mean it as a real compliment. The ambiance itself is intimate, fun, colorful. An experience. First visit, we went with the Classic Mixtape, which is essentially a prix fixe served family style at $49/person. Smart move for a first time in theory; you cover a lot of ground fast. Here's what that ground looked like: chilled cucumber kimchi, whipped yuzu ricotta toast, wok-charred lamb lettuce wraps, General Lee's Fried Chicken, the Legendary Cheeseburger, and truffle parm tots. Honest review of the Mixtape: uneven, but the highs are high enough to forgive it. The cucumber kimchi and ricotta toast didn't move me. The tots were fine...just tots. But the lamb lettuce wraps had real flavor and restraint, the fried chicken delivered exactly what its name promises (it's general tso's chicken so it can't really be bad), and the Legendary Cheeseburger is, in fact, kind of legendary. Worth noting that "half a burger per person" sounds stingy on paper and somehow still satisfies. My regret? Glancing at the tables around me mid-meal and watching Japchae and Spicy Buldak Chicken go by. Both looked like the right call. Next time I'm skipping the Mixtape and building my own plate around those two plus the fried chicken and burger. Sometimes the prix fixe teaches you exactly what to order à la carte. Nowon is the rare fusion spot that feels like it's adding something rather than diluting it. Come hungry, look at what your neighbors ordered, and adjust accordingly.