Jenna K.
Yelp
Authentic is the first word that comes to mind, the taste of these soups are truly deep in savory flavor and reminiscent of my visits to Korea. Especially the Kkakdugi (spicy diced radish kimchi) which was sensational!
The Beef Bone Broth had lot of beef slices with deep bone broth flavor but the winner was yukgaejang soup with its ample shredded beef and leek with savory flavorful soup based that was divine. The meat was on the bones and it was delicious yet the quantity was not as much for the price. However, I still think ir is worth it for the deep umami souptaste, even if it is on the pricier end of this type of dish.
Service is as busy and hectic as expected in this type of restaurant. They weren't too keen on refilling the "banchan" (side dish) that's one of the reasons I enjoy Korean food. This is one of the service points that I look for whenever I visit Korean restaurant so they did not meet the full mark as I would've given to others who make you want to come back because the service is so good.
Nestled among rules of smaller shops in the Hannam market shopping centre, Onga is located between Café Trois and Lovely Puppy House. Seating is cafeteria style, and it reminds me of many traditional Korean restaurant interiors of experience, experienced firsthand. It does get a bit noisier as more people come in because everyone is usually talking. The menu is the placemat and selections are on the smaller end as their specialty is soup/broth based dishes.
Free parking is right in front of the restaurant, if you can find one. No worries as there's plenty because it is a shopping center with a grocery store. It doesn't look like it's the shopping center crowd. If you know what I mean. Because Hannam Market also has food court inside many people take advantage of that eat their and shop for groceries. This seems to be more people who purposely go to a restaurant and then a lot of them go to the café next-door, which is kind of a common thing among Korean patrons.
Since there are other two restaurants/food food court that carry the same dish (one being inside the Hannam Market and other being DOL Restaurant that is on the complete opposite end of the shopping center in the corner), this place I would visit again if I had guests from out of town so that they would have a solid, good meal and the café experience next-door.
My rating for the food is 5.0 and the restaurant itself is 4.0.