Andrew L.
Yelp
Okay, so being in Paris, you're going to pay more for anything that's not French, or anything that's specifically a restaurant and not a café/brasserie.
However, after having lived in Korea for a year, I get the hankering from time to time for some good Korean food. I carefully looked through the reviews on here and on an equivalent French website, and this place seemed to be one of, if not the best Korean restaurant in Paris. Now, I have nothing else to compare it to except authentic Korean food, since this it the first time I've had Korean in Paris. I wasn't let down, though.
The restaurant is quite modern and quite nothing like the inside of a real Korean restaurant. Porcelain bowls? Glass water glasses? Glass pitchers? This is clearly Paris, and not Korea, the land of metal everything and hanging vents over your barbecue table.
I brought my date here because I wanted to share Korean cuisine with her and she'd never had it before. We ordered japchae (), regular bibimbap (), and dak (chicken) bulgogi (). The japchae was spot on, though served as an appetizer (entrée) whereas I've usually seen it as a main course in Korea. The bibimbap was dolsot (hotpot) style, and was pretty good. Too bad they didn't put a raw egg on top, but that's a question of style rather than authenticity. The dak bulgogi was really good. I'd seen dakgalbi on the menu and it was really expensive, and I was very surprised to find that the dak bulgogi was very much like dakgalbi, of course minus the ricecake. It had zucchini in it, which I can't ever recall seeing in much Korean food, but in terms of the authenticity of the food, that was the ONLY thing I could think of that wasn't authentic.
The food was well spiced, served in a pretty timely manner, and presented well. The service was good, and I got a few laughs out of them when I ordered in Korean and complimented the food in Korean. Not something they expect from a white guy in Paris, I suppose? (As a side note, I always like that no matter how bad your Korean is, they always tell you that you speak good Korean whenever you try. Very much Korean!)
Highly recommended. Come when it opens at 7PM (well, for the dinner shift) or else you may be faced with a longer wait for your food since the place fills up quickly. It has a reputation, and for a good reason!