If you're craving Korean try Spoon! I loved everything about it. So healthy, tasty and fresh. Presentation was on point and service was perfect. Can't wait to go back and try more dishes they have to offer read more

My favorite place to get soondubu and spicy rice cake! We've been eating here for years and they never disappoint. Great family business in Ewa, I hope they reopen the dine in area one day...but I can't complain about the cafe side as they have really good bingsu. read more

Honesty the food is very good if you ever get it! But after an hour and a half of waiting for our dinner we were told that our meals we had chosen were "out of stock". The waitress told us that they couldn't make us our meal because they were out of the dishes 1 and a half hours in. They comped our appetizer. But finally we got one of our meals. But my mother and myself went without meals. My father was the only meal given to us because it was rice. The worst part is that a group that came after us and ordered the same meal got served in less than 25 minutes. It was terrible service and at the end the icing on the cake was the waitress telling us "It just wasn't your night" read more

I really wanted to try this place and it didn't disappoint. We came an hour or so before closing on a weekday and it wasn't busy. I'm so happy this is minutes from the house! read more

Most favorite dish to order 1)Stir fry squid!!!! It's so good u MUST try. 2) Squid soup or stew it is also flavorful it comes in a big bowl 3) tofu soup. Everything else is good all yummy with taste alot of flavor. I know theres alot or other restaurants that are good...I can say this is one of them. Im glad they have this on the westside! read more

I have tried so many kimchee style soups on Oahu, this place is by is the best one, not only is the soup delicious, the servers are on point and quick. So if you want awesome kimchee soups, and superb customer service i highly recommend this restaurant. I only live up the road from here. I will definitely be back. read more

Quality is great, sides come with every meal and they will refill as long as they have supply. Great Korean food close to home, don't have to drive to town. read more

Please don't go here. You'll receive mediocre food at outrageous prices. Paid $46 (with tip) for tofu soup and Kalbi -- no drinks, no extras. They're basically charging high-end restaurant prices at a hole in the wall place. Now, I wouldn't even mind if the food was good, but it's not. The soup was bland and the kalbi portion was tiny. And no offense but the side dishes... they sucked. Save your money and go somewhere else. I love Korean food but I'm really annoyed that we went here. It boggles my mind how this place has so many good reviews. read more

There are not a lot of options in Ewa Beach for good Korean food. You can do Elim's which is fine, but on the Korean food front, it's pretty bare. So, tried this spot in the afternoon for lunch. Prices may be a little high, but in general, Korean food tends to be a bit more most of the time. I am okay with that and appreciate the banchan that always comes out. We had cucumber, cabbage kimchee, potato salad, bean sprouts, etc. -all tasty, but nothing incredible. Menu varied from bimbap to corvina, mackerel, kalbi, and lots of soup and stew options. The stone bowls included tartare with raw egg and lots of variety. I settled on the spicy squid. The portion was enormous and the sauce was sweet, but not especially spicy. I eat very spicy and it said there was an option, but the waitress didn't bother to ask - she took one look at my face and assumed mild which kind of made me mad when the food came. The squid had nice chew and the flavor was fine. She didn't refill water or the banchan, my boyfriend's mixed kalbi plate with chicken was enormous and came out in a sizzling platter-he couldn't finish and neither could I. All in all, the food was pretty good, but the service could be a little better. read more

Spoon Bunsik - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

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Great Korean food in Ewa Beach. The bibimpop and kalbi were great. Loved the bonchon as well. read more

Spoon Bunsik - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

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A great korean restaraunt for Ewa Beachers! I had the meat jun plate and an order of seafood pancake. It was good. I usually go to Kim Chee 7 in Westridge Shopping Center or Young's BBQ in Aiea (which I think are good as well). It's on par with the quality of those two. It is different though. Kim Chee 7 has a fluffier egg batter. Young's is much sweeter (both the meat and the batter). I think this place is family owned and the mom (I think?) was nice. The place seems fairly new too. I think they are still furnishing the place. The best thing of all (at least for me) is the conveniency of location for Ewa/Kapolei peeps. I'm definitely coming back here for my korean fix. read more

We love the food here! Its so tasty and your order comes with 6 different sides that are refillable. Dress cozy cause you will be stuffed!! The music is cute too not a Kpop fan but I love watching the music videos cause they look cool. read more

Ordered Take out today after discovering that the proprietors are "Band Parents" of my student. Got there around 6:40P and the place was filled with customers and people waiting in line outside. My take out order was ready in 20 minutes as stated over the phone. Workers were so polite and appreciative that I had to leave a tip (yes even though it was take out!) Their prices are very reasonable with generous servings. yoo ke jang: a spicy beef soup with vegies is very tasty, pieces of beef are unusually tender, served with a generous portion of rice and picked vegies i.e. cucumber, kim chee, sea weed, bean sprouts (also very tasty) and rice! Not the authentic fiery hot Korean style (thank God!) I'm sure you could order it "spicy". I'm only 1/2 way through as I'm writing this review and I already know that I won't be able to eat the entire soup/namul in one sitting! I'll send my review on the Bi Bhim Bap that I also ordered after lunch tomorrow! read more

I can't believe I've only recently discovered this place! My coworker introduced me to this place because she knows I love Korean food. And since then, I've come frequently. I live 20-25 minutes away but the food is so worth the drive. Their staff is always so nice and helpful when I come by, too. read more

It's so nice food, and service. I can say this is the best Korean food I have ever tried on this island.

Spoon added an area that you can order Bingsu and drinks. I ordered the Mango Bingsu because I wanted to see if it lived up to the same expectations in South Korea. For those who are not familiar with Bingsu it is almost like shave ice but the ice is more finer. When I took that first bite it reminded me when I first had it in South Korea. The portion size was definitely big and it is enough to share for two people. I will definitely come again when I'm craving for something sweet. read more

My girlfriend and I decided to have dinner with a couple friends on a Sunday night, they were set to close somewhere around 9, so set forward to reserve seating for a party of 4 at 7:30. Before pulling the trigger I obviously went on yelp and did some research, what I found wasn't really appealing but I'd figure ahh what the heck it's yakiniku, good pricing and it's close to home. Upon arrival we were greeted and was asked what we could be helped with. We told them I had a reservation for 4. It was a full house and there was one table that was by itself I assumed it was for us but nothing was set, the server prompt us it will be ready so we took a step outside to look at the menu. I wasn't displeased, as I can see it was surely busy. Around 7:45 we got seated and my friends had just got parking and joined us. Now is the begging of our dining experience, immediately our sides were served which we really Enjoyed. Water took some time to get to our table, after browsing the menu we all agreed on 2 orders of combo A which consisted of porkbelly brisket, no less shortrib and shortrib. Must I say I was impressed buy the amount. We also got friend shrimp, gyoza and seafood pancake. The time for use to get our uncooked meat was plausible. As we cooked we remembered we had placed an order of seafood pancake, it never got to us until the last 30 minutes of us eating. When I had told the server to cancel the order she said it was done. It was kind of rude to tell me "but it's done." But I really was in a good mood to just take it home. Another thing that I couldn't understand is that they had the audacity to serve us not room temperature water but hot water. We wanted a refill of our ice water, but they had apparently ran out of ice. So we orders can soda. After 15 minutes they had an employee run over to 7-11 to buy ice. I really appreciated that, but that kind of was a bad reason to serve hot water. Overall the food was awesome. service really really really really and I mean REALLY understaffed. The reason why I'm giving 3 stars is because this place has potential, it definitely has room to improve. Please make the adjustments to have this rating 5 stars! The pricing is very fair. If you want us to wipe the grill down, please provide us napkins to do so. Ventilation in the restaurant definitely needs work, it was like a smoke house at one point. Environment is awesome also the location is quite pleasant. read more

Excellent Korean. Very authentic tasting food similar to what you would find in an authentic Korean restaurant in CA. Highly recommend although they don't have grills where you can cook the food at your table. Also no liquor lic so it BrB! read more

The stars is for the wait and the price. If I was giving stars for the food it would be 4 and a half. Went on a Saturday afternoon, it's a small place maybe can seat about 40 people. Only had one girl and she was actually really good but with a full house, it took longer than I'm used to waiting. Dont go there hungry... I ordered 3 dishes and it came with unlimited sides, which is a plus. Yet I paid almost $100 with the tip. The food was all good, just pricey! read more

This restaurant has THE BEST korean food EVER. I was not disappointed. The staff were very good in directing us towards what we should order because it was my first time here with family. We are VERY big eaters so I was satisfied that the plates we ordered were more than enough. BE SURE TO ORDER THE SEAFOOD PANCAKE and Kalbi!!! Yum yum! I'm 100% sure my family and I will be back again! read more

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My favorite Korean restaurant on the island. Seriously, whenever someone visits, I let them in on Ewa Beach's best kept secret -- Spoon Korean Kitchen. The food is always fresh, authentic, and tasty -- and if you eat in, you get unlimited banchan! My favorite is the beef soft tofu soup & kalbi. The service is extremely friendly & sometimes they'll take a photo of you for their wall! Love this place and hope they stay in business forever. read more

Great little place with excellent authentic Korean food. My favorite Sangitang or Ginseng chicken saladoup (Cornish hen in a hot pot). Great service if it isn't too busy. read more

This place was by far the best Korean I had in Hawaii. I have been here twice the food was always amazing. The service was a bit slow my second time but it's such a small spot I was not mad about it. The wait staff are so attentive and respectable read more

Coming from Korea, we were skeptical of all the grave reviews for Spoom, but they delivered. This will be our go to place for Korean food. Only critique is of the kimchi and seafood pancakes. Wish it were more crispier. It seems like they use bacon grease, which adds great flavor, but we're fans of extra crispy Korean pancakes. read more

I'm so happy I found this place. It was the best Korean food I ate in awhile. We ordered seafood pancake, kalbi, garlic shrimp and my all time favorite yuk hae. Everything was phenomenal including the side appetizer that come w/the plate. It's not your usual Yummy's selection (waayyy better). I was most surprised that they had Yuk hae (beef tartare). I usually drive to town for that dish and it was definitely better here. Sorry didn't get to take pictures ,we devoured our food read more

The portions are very big and the atmosphere is simple but nice. My family and I ordered 3 things from the menu and had plenty of leftovers. The food is super authentic and the vibe is very welcoming! read more

OMG! The name of the restaurant really speaks for itself! Ordered shrimp fried rice for $13.95 and it's so small, maybe 5 tablespoon only! Ramen Ya has way bigger portions!! I will no longer be ordering from this place! Expensive and very small portions read more

Spoon Bunsik - Korean Near Me - Ewa Beach, Hawaii

The food here was so good, and has been consistently good. I highly recommend. Customer service was also great each time.

Solid Korean food with great service. The marinated Kalbi was the best item in our bbq combo and the tofu soup with seafood was delicious.

Ever since this place opened I have always gone here just to order the Tteokbokki with cheese. The staff are very pleasant every time and I have never had a bad experience before. I always introduce this place to my friends because this is the best Korean authentic food in the area. Can't wait to eat here again!! read more

This is the best Korean food. Very authentic and always good service and love the k pop music videos

The food was good not great. They charge you the dine in price for takeout as of Jan 1st, 2018 which is soooooo expensive! They also didn't tell me until I was done ordering and I would have felt stupid to change my mind. I was charged $80 for two plate lunches(almost $100 with tip), a soup and a side order of Korean pancake which if I ate in town at Millions I could have gotten wayyyy more food. Or even 4 plates at yummy kbbq. Overpriced. The potato salad had mustard in it which didn't taste that good. They also forgot my meat Jun sauce. read more

Their seafood pancake is soooo good! Overall, great place! Unfortunately, you cannot cook for yourselves like back then. Food is still ono!

This was my first time at Spoon Korean Kitchen and I was thoroughly surprised by what I experienced. It felt like home style Korean cooking at its best. Yes, this was a Korean BBQ joint, but it was more than that. It offered a range of items that all appealed to the comforts of home cooking. The side dishes were delicious and they were a plenty. I won't go into each one individually, but let it be said that one could get full from just having the side dishes. As this was a Korean BBQ joint, its judged by its precision cooking of its meats and this place was on point. The kalbi beef and chicken were nice and moist and tender. Each bite as flavorful as the next. The kimchee fried rice, while it lacked a little heat had a complex ranged of flavors. The vegetable "pancakes" were a little disappointing as it was a tad too greasy and somehow it masked the flavors of the vegetables, but YMMV. I would say if I have an opportunity to visit again, I would tried the kimchee pancakes along with their full spread on Korean BBQ. There were a couple of issues that took away the one star. The services while good wasn't proactive. We had to ask for silverware and more napkins and the pace was slower than expected. My understanding was there was only one chef or cook in the kitchen therefore the food came out one order at a time. If that somehow bothers you, one can safely assume that this place would be a perfect takeout location. Place your orders ahead of time and pick up your order once its ready to skip some of the service deficiencies. read more

I was kinda disappointed on the portions of what you pay for! The taste of the food was good, I've had better. We paid $40 for a plate of vegetable fried rice and a combo plate which we chose bulgogi and meat jun. I'm an islander and i like when we all full, good to go with leftovers. I had my 3 year old that coulda ate all the fried rice to herself, my 12 and 14 year old. If you go in there hungry, expect that this is reaallllyyyy portioned sizes and to me, pricey for what you going pay for. The combo plate (pick 2 meats and come with 1 bowl rice) was almost $27 (HELLA PORTIONED). The vegetable fried rice was over $11 and VERY PORTIONED (I'm used to seeing that plate mounted everywhere else!!!). The flavor is good, but like I said I had better, bit on the sweeter side of flavor for meat. AND we didn't get our water until we were almost done with our food (had to pound em so that it could fill my belleh). They were nice servers tho, just disappointed cuz I read good reviews and not much bad ones. Sooooooo, this will be my first and last trip here. read more

We had a party of 6 dine in for the yakiniku on an early Friday evening. I mentioned that it was busy because the restaurant was full and there were people waiting outside. The owner said it was actually light considering it was Friday. So I guess if you plan on going on a Friday evening and have a fairly "large" group, you should make reservations because they asked if we had one. Fortunately it was a "light" crowd and we were able to get 2 tables. With a party of 6, 4 adults and 2 kids, we ordered 2 combo A, side order of mandoo, vegetable pancake and spicy rice cake which I'm not even gonna attempt to spell. That was way too much food for us. The combo says it will feed 2/3 people and I would say that's about right for adults with average size appetites. We thought the food was good and better than Sura at the Ka Makana Alii mall in Kapolei. It was cheaper, more food and tastier. FYI, the combo A which comes with short rib, marinated big bone kal bi, pork belly and thinly sliced brisket is $57. It's cheaper than the combo we got at Sura that only came with 3 meats. read more

Tried this place for the first time last week. We ordered some take out and it did not disappoint. The serving size is generous we definitely ordered way too much food but we didn't mind because it taste great the next day too. The Spicy Stir fried Squid was our favorite. read more

It's was really disappointed how poor service , Because they are getting popular. Price is keep going up and They just close or stop taking order before even closing time . And they don't even answer phone call. I drove all the way from Waikele to Ewa and they simply told me that they runout food so we don't serve anymore . What a shame . read more

This place is really good. We had the fish jun, seasoned lettuce, the fish egg stew and shrimp fried rice. Our server was attentive and kind. Authentic Korean food right in Ewa Beach, can't beat it. For an older building it was as clean as could be inside. read more

Pricey, but good Korean food. The ginseng chicken soup is the best when you have a cold.