Kbop Korean Bistro

"Nearly lost in the menagerie of PR-backed restaurants that populate Dinkytown, Korea Restaurant keeps quietly chugging along with a glorious assortment of bibimbap, bulgogi, and potstickers. Lunch is mayhem, but worth every second of wait time. Prepare for self-service and generous helpings, and don’t be shy to refill on the side dishes." - Justine Jones, Jon Cheng

"With no reservations, counter service, and long, communal dining tables stretching the length of the restaurant, KBOP feels like a restaurant tailored for Dinkytown’s student-heavy traffic. This version of tteokbokki, a spicy stir fry of cylindrical rice cakes and sheets of fish cake that’s soupier and sweeter than you’ll find at others in the Twin Cities, is rumored to cure any hangover. In the winter seasons, KBOP is notable as one of the few restaurants in the Twin Cities serving tteokguk — a soup of rice cakes sliced on the bias, simmered in a collagen-rich beef stock that’s cloudy with whipped egg white, and topped with blanched greens and delicate shreds of paper-thin omelette, often eaten on Seollal (the Korean Lunar New Year)." - Julie Zhou

"Kbop’s most popular dish might be its bulgogi, sliced thin and served piping hot on a cast-iron skillet. But don’t overlook its kimchi pancakes, rice and noodle dishes (like glassy japchae stir-fried with veggies) and warming soups, like the fiery sundubu chigae, made with seafood, tofu, and a soft egg." - Justine Jones, Eater Staff