Jasmine C.
Google
i’ve been here twice and really love the food! the food is very cleanly made. i just wish the portions were bigger. as a korean, i am always looking for authentic korean food in the area and while the food is great, i am not thrilled about portion sizes. the galbitang is delicious but just so small it’s almost laughable. they should be giving double the soup size (not talking meat here) and the rice size should also be bigger. we are two small korean girls and we left lunch feeling hungry still. it would be one thing if the place was advertised as small tapas size plates but it’s definitely not and neither do the prices reflect that.
and also having to order all the side dishes separately at steep prices is also a draw back.
the decorations are cute though and the place has a nice vibe.
if the portions were larger i would come back here frequently not but sure how much id recommend it in general.
EDIT: after restaurant had responded to me. I'd like to respond:
I understand how to make galibang. You don't need to explain that to me as a Korean... But the broth amount barely covers the bottom of the bowl. I genuinely felt that the 2 person portion size should have been for one singular person. And it was not explained to us that the two person galbitang was smaller portion. It was actually explained that it was a larger portion split into two for sharing. So it seems like the information shared to me is completely different from what you explained in this review response. Nor does price does not indicate that it's more of a singular portion split for two for tasting as it was nearly double the singular price. It would be great it that was clarified in the menu and also explained better in person.
You are the only restaurant I've been able to find in Cape Town that serves Galbitang so please trust me in saying that I would love to come back to your place. and I am happy to pay high prices for food but please look at your reviews. Many of the reviews mention food portion size and it would be great that you could consider these comments before going into defense mode when responding to reviews. Furthermore, I've been to plenty of korean restaurants where banchan is ordered as an extra so I understand your wish to not waste food. But when I order something that I pay for it would be great if that was also not a tiny portion ie your bowl of rice.
I want to love your restaurant, trust me I really do. I would love to bring my husband and eat cleanly made Korean food when I'm missing my mother country food. But everyone knows that Dim Sum is small plates. That is an absolute given and it's cultural. But Korean food is not inherently like that meaning, if that is how you want your restaurant to be then your marketing and customer information is lacking. Maybe you need to change your menu to state that all dishes are small plates? I'm just throwing out suggestions here. But I implore you to really consider your reviews because making a long response to my review on google maps is not the answer. The answer is to change something in the customer experience so that the information you just explained to me is very very clear to every customer who walks in so that no one leaves disappointed.
maybe it needs to be:
"in the meantime
shared korean small plates"
anyways, you can take my advice or not. I'm just a customer who desperately wanted to love your food and was left a bit disappointed (specifically in portion size). Taste was great. Best of luck! I am still keen to come back sometime. Cheers
