Best Korean Restaurants in Chicago

We go to Daebak often and things are usually very good, however tonight we took our friends from out of town and experienced very slow service. The restaurant was not very busy and seemed to have plenty of staff, however they seemed more concerned with cleaning instead of providing service to their customers. We had a reservation but was told they had to “prepare our table” and were finally seated. Once seated, we had to raise our hands to have our order taken, then again to request water, and then again to get our check. This is not our usual experience, but it’s very unfortunate that this happened when we recommended and brought new customers to Daebak.

great! the service was amazing and the food was so delicious

The quality of the meat is outstanding, but the food overall is delicious! Everything we ate was amazing. We had the wagyu set, soybean soup, dumplings, tteokboki, steak tartare, raw oysters, monkey bread, and banana sesame. Homemade kimchi!!! All delicious and the service was phenomenal. Thomas, Kellen, Eric, and Alexis were all attentive and made everything perfect. Will be back every time we visit Chicago from Ohio. Could not have been happier with the experience.

Huge fan of this place. Always recommend the bulgogi and LA Kalbi. Great spot to visit next to United Center right before a game or concert!!

Amazing good, knowledgeable waitstaff, def try the scallion pancakes, kimchi fried rice, soondubu stew, and self-grill a meat in the table inset grill (rec’d heritage pork belly)