Maru Korean Bistro

125 2nd St E, North Vancouver
(604) 566-6292

Recent Reviews

Yunah Noh

The pasta sauce was really good and enough. It went really well with the chicken. Thank you for the Korean pasta I missed. The food we chose was a success. Fresh kimchi is really delicious. Corn cheese and beer are a good combination.

Emma D.

Love the Korean fried chicken here but the other dish isn’t the best. I wish the menu has pictures of the food so I can have a better idea of what I’m getting. The portion is quite big so I think it would be better to go with a bigger group so you can order and try more dishes.

Jeremy Y

Out of the 4 dishes we ordered. I can recommend the Five Spiced Pork Belly on the Rice and the Seafood & Veg. Pancake. The presentation of the rice bowl is perfect and the pancake has a good variety of seafood with a bit of crunch of it.However, that's not something I can say about the other two dishes unfortunately...The Pork Neck Bone Soup is way too spicy, even though it's not stated to be spicy like the others. The Soy Garlic Korean Fried Chicken has no taste of garlic at all. It's pretty much fried chicken dipped in soy sauce.

karanveer singh

This place had really good fried chicken (was so good, I kept eating before taking a picture) and the seafood pancake was great too!

Matt B.

Tasty Korean food with some vegan options but horrendously overpriced. We stopped in for dinner on a Friday at about 6pm. The place is very large and only maybe 1/4 of it was occupied by diners. Their menu has "VA" (vegan option available) next to items that can be prepared vegan, so we found three items to share: -Wild mushroom japchae ($21). This was nicely prepared, maybe a touch oily, with lots of green and red peppers, various types of mushrooms, and onions. Very tasty classic Korean dish, but unjustifiably pricey. 4/5 -Korean pancakes ($25). A large portion of potato pancakes heavily fried and thus quite crispy, with various vegetables. This was too oily / greasy for us, but still tasty. And c'mon, $25 for this? Maybe that price makes some kind of sense for the seafood version of this, but for potato pancakes with veggies, it's a complete rip-off. 3/5 -Royal ddok-bokky (rice cakes) ($21). Nice dish with the thin rice cake tubes, cooked with cabbage, onion, carrot, mushrooms and fried tofu, with a rather sweet brown sauce. Tasty but a bit too sweet. 3.5/5 Extremely friendly service overall and a pleasant environment. We had plenty of food leftover to take home for another meal each. But the prices ($21-25) for these dishes is pretty nuts, so I can't see us returning often. There aren't many full, authentic Korean places that do vegan options though, so it's worth checking out.

Narmatha A

I liked the food and options here but the service was lacklustre and rushed.

Winnielw C

Every meals are just perfect!Large but bit old place.Price is fair. $165.90 for 5 people (without tips)

Carmen P.

The gamjatang didn't have the depth it should and needed more perilla seed powder. The seafood pancake was great with the ssam dipping sauce but I had high expectations with all the high reviews. Will have to try it again. Might be an off day.

Cardinal Hill

Pretty busy but great covid protocol. A bit shy on meat in their dokk bokki.

Kimberly D

I've been coming here since moving to the North Shore 2 years ago. My favourite Korean restaurant and have been doing lots of takeout due to covid and it's just as good as when you dine in. The KFC, Japchae, and Miso& Coffe Cured Pork Belly are our favourites. I would eat here weekly if I could!

Art Ito

Excellent customer service, kind servers and awesome korean food! Must try the entire menu!

Grace E.

Great traditional and modern Korean food and friendly service! Tables are well distanced to follow covid protocols, which was very appreciated.

Matthew Mayer

This is by far the best option for Korean food on the North Shore. The service was outstanding, food was wonderful and much better than expected even with the high reviews (had the pork belly bowl, seafood pancake (sooo good!), tofu soup, and KFC). All of it was delicious, I will certainly be coming back and bringing friends often.

Andrew

Surprisingly good for the area. There are better places that would require some travelling, but for North Vancouver it is good. Portions were decently sized and appetizers came on personalized dishes. Bibimbap tasted great.

Luiza Pastia

we really liked the cocktails here and also the food was quite good for the price ?

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