Cho Sim

Authentic Korean food at good prices. Perfect for a casual dinner with friends. Atmosphere was a little bland as the lights kept getting darker throughout the night but otherwise a wide open space which is good for groups. For the food, we would have preferred more tofu in the kimchi soup but flavours were good. Sides are decently priced too. Would recommend the seaweed dishes. Cocktails were also 2-4-1 (£12 in total) which is a good price. Would return to try the BBQ options

Visited with a friend and had a great experience! We ordered the large Korean Fried Chicken (Garlic Mayo flavour - 12pcs, £13.5), Beef Japchae (£9.5), and Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup, £18.5). • Food was fantastic and piping hot. Everything is clearly cooked fresh to order. • The Korean Fried Chicken was perfectly fried, very crispy, and the Garlic Mayo sauce was delicious. • The Beef Japchae was a generous portion, though slightly on the salty side. • Highly recommend the Samgyetang (Ginseng Chicken Soup)! It was very authentic, with sticky rice, red dates, and ginseng stuffed inside the chicken. The red dates and goji berries were noticeably sweet, showing good quality ingredients. The staff were polite and friendly. Will definitely visit again!

I went to Cho Sim this evening always wanted to try this restaurant since I moved to the area recently. The staff was warm and welcoming, we got a table quickly they patiently took our order. The restaurant environment was lovely and bill was good for the amount of we ordered. We definitely recommend this restaurant. Definitely will revisit without a doubt.

Food was disappointing, either salty, bland or bad texture. Kimchi and kimchi pancake were great though, same with the customer service. Fried chicken, texture was stringy and dry. Beef rib soup, a lot of beef which were tender but soup was salty. It comes with rice. The rib eye BBQ was plain despite description saying it was seasoned with salt. Kimchi was great, probably home made. The kimchi pancake was crispy and not greasy.

Well, the space of the restaurant is small. So if it gets busy, it’ll probably be limited amount of space. The food for kimchi jjigae was alright but it barely had any pork meat inside. The kimchi fried rice wasn’t great. The pancake was the only highlight . Service was standard, food came at a good time. Only main downside was I can smell the toilet bleach. Where we was sitting- we wasn’t sitting that close.

The Korean food here is very average and not authentic. The jjampong soup lacks depth, tasted like instant noodle base and chilli powder. The kimchi seafood pancake is alright, but overall, it’s a mediocre experience. I would give it a 3.5 star, but unfortunately, there’s no such option.

The food was amazing, the korean wings were boneless and the topokki sauce was flavourful while the actual rice cakes were cooked to perfection. would be better if there was another member of staff working as the service was slightly slow however the food came out very quickly

I recommend this restaurant and would visit again. Really enjoyed having authentic korean food here. It's the closest my wife and I have had to the stews we ate in Korea. We loved the Budae Jigae (9/10) and liked the Yook Gae Jang (7.5/10). We thought the seafood pajeon was average (6.5/10). The flavour was different to all the ones we've had in Korea, but it was still decent and worth trying once. It's a shame there's no free banchan to accompany the meal. Perhaps they should have a minimum bill requirement and give banchan for people who are paying X amount. Atmosphere: We wished they played Korean music. There's a few Korean restaurants in New Malden that play Korean music and the atmosphere is just a bit better because of it. Drink: It's nice that they sell the canned grape drink (Haitai Grape Bon Bon). Although their markup is 2x for such a small can. (£3 Vs £1.50 in shops). Last time I had it was in Korea and very much missed it, which is why I just had to have it. Our order: Budae Ji Gae £14.50 Korea army stew serving with ramyun noodle and rice Yook Gae Jang £14.50 Spicy beef soup with spring onion,beanspout, glass noodle and egg Served with rice Seafood Pa Jeon £11.00 Traditional Korean pancake with spring onion and mixed seafood served with soy sauce Bon Bon Grape Juice £3.00 238ml

Just discover this new place in the neighborhood. The seaweed salad was fresh crunchy and spicy. Really enjoyed the Topokki as well. Maybe a little too sweet?