Nice, casual Korean spot with some Japanese dishes on the menu. The service was friendly, and the food was good, but I wish the seafood pancake was a bit crispier.
Sarah K
I absolutely love this restaurant! The quality of the Korean cuisine is exceptional, and the staff are incredibly polite and attentive. The extensive variety of dishes on the menu ensures there's something to satisfy every craving. A true delight!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ben Tam
Amazing service from Taylor and Brayden, it was a little bit busy and the atmosphere was perfect. The food was absolutely incredible, I tried the BBQ unagi.
Extremely helpful staff who made us feel super welcome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Veeto Q
Really nice food and friendly server.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Side Dish, Seafood
Claudia White
Overrated place. Very disappointed :(
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Z
Got horrible food poisoning from this place, will never order again
Food: 1
Graham Garnett
The seafood pancake and fried chicken are great! Chill atmosphere and nice staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
jinho park
Best Korean restaurant in Vancouver!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rylan Verge
Had a great lunch here with some friends on our way up to Whistler for the weekend. Crispy pork katsu and delicious chashu ramen, no better combination than that! The service staff were friendly and attentive and the price was modest for the amount of food that you get. We were all stuffed and happy on our way out. Definitely give this place a try if you're in hungry and in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Laura Lin
Really good restaurant, with the delicious food and good service. The chef must have worked at high-end Korean restaurants, so he could make the such different and the best Korean food I have ever had. The eel rice is also really good
Delicious food and excellent service! My wife and I ate here on Christmas Day and the staff were being so nice to us!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
orlando osorio
The food is great and tasty, the portions are big and a lot of meat , I love it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Korean Soybean Soup with Beef
J
Tried out Ssal Korean Cuisine for a Saturday lunch. Service was mediocre. There's three daily lunch specials (11:30am to 3:00pm).
- Banchan - bean sprouts, kimchi and sliced fish cake. Kimchi was disappointing - Jang-uh dup-bap ($19.00) - deep fried BBQ eel was nicely done. Lightly fried, soft and tender. Salad was watery, standard miso soup - Gung-jung tteok-bok-ki ($18.00) - weirdly more veg than tteokboki. Wanted a chewier texture. Flavours were one-dimensional - Spicy squid dol-sot-bab ($24.00) - priciest bibimbap we've come across. Squid was good but the flavours were bland and had zero spice (waiter said it was spicier than normal)
Wasn't impressed with Ssal.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Idil Yaktubay
This place had one of if not the best tteok-bokki's I've ever had. The flavor was amazing, the spice level was just right, and it was loaded with a lot of things like noodles, dumplings, a boiled egg and veggies - and it was only $15!! Normally, you would have to pay extra for things like noodles etc. We also got the spicy fried chicken as an appetizer and it was so delicious! It was crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and the sauce tasted amazing. Our waiter was super polite, friendly, and helpful, so service was also five stars. I LOVED the cozy Christmas atmosphere they created with slow jazz music, holiday decorations, and dim light. I've been to a lot of Korean restaurants in my life and this is definitely one of the most memorable ones. 5/5 would recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Curtis Himel
We enjoyed this. We got the cucumber salad, garlic soy Korean fried chicken, and the bibimbap w/ beef. They were all tasty.
We used the chili dressing from the cucumber salad to dip the chicken in, which really complemented it's sweetness with some spice. Then we put the rest of the sauce / drippings from the chicken into the bibimbap, which was tasty. (We found the bibimbap on its own to be slightly low on flavor, but that just may the way bibimbap is.)
Nice, casual Korean spot with some Japanese dishes on the menu. The service was friendly, and the food was good, but I wish the seafood pancake was a bit crispier.
I absolutely love this restaurant! The quality of the Korean cuisine is exceptional, and the staff are incredibly polite and attentive. The extensive variety of dishes on the menu ensures there's something to satisfy every craving. A true delight!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing service from Taylor and Brayden, it was a little bit busy and the atmosphere was perfect. The food was absolutely incredible, I tried the BBQ unagi.
Extremely helpful staff who made us feel super welcome!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really nice food and friendly server.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soup, Side Dish, Seafood
Overrated place. Very disappointed :(
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Got horrible food poisoning from this place, will never order again
Food: 1
The seafood pancake and fried chicken are great! Chill atmosphere and nice staff
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best Korean restaurant in Vancouver!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Had a great lunch here with some friends on our way up to Whistler for the weekend. Crispy pork katsu and delicious chashu ramen, no better combination than that! The service staff were friendly and attentive and the price was modest for the amount of food that you get. We were all stuffed and happy on our way out. Definitely give this place a try if you're in hungry and in the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Really good restaurant, with the delicious food and good service. The chef must have worked at high-end Korean restaurants, so he could make the such different and the best Korean food I have ever had. The eel rice is also really good
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Side Dish, Seafood
Restaurantji Recommends
Delicious food and excellent service! My wife and I ate here on Christmas Day and the staff were being so nice to us!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food is great and tasty, the portions are big and a lot of meat , I love it
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Korean Soybean Soup with Beef
Tried out Ssal Korean Cuisine for a Saturday lunch. Service was mediocre. There's three daily lunch specials (11:30am to 3:00pm).
- Banchan - bean sprouts, kimchi and sliced fish cake. Kimchi was disappointing
- Jang-uh dup-bap ($19.00) - deep fried BBQ eel was nicely done. Lightly fried, soft and tender. Salad was watery, standard miso soup
- Gung-jung tteok-bok-ki ($18.00) - weirdly more veg than tteokboki. Wanted a chewier texture. Flavours were one-dimensional
- Spicy squid dol-sot-bab ($24.00) - priciest bibimbap we've come across. Squid was good but the flavours were bland and had zero spice (waiter said it was spicier than normal)
Wasn't impressed with Ssal.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
This place had one of if not the best tteok-bokki's I've ever had. The flavor was amazing, the spice level was just right, and it was loaded with a lot of things like noodles, dumplings, a boiled egg and veggies - and it was only $15!! Normally, you would have to pay extra for things like noodles etc. We also got the spicy fried chicken as an appetizer and it was so delicious! It was crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, and the sauce tasted amazing.
Our waiter was super polite, friendly, and helpful, so service was also five stars.
I LOVED the cozy Christmas atmosphere they created with slow jazz music, holiday decorations, and dim light.
I've been to a lot of Korean restaurants in my life and this is definitely one of the most memorable ones. 5/5 would recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We enjoyed this. We got the cucumber salad, garlic soy Korean fried chicken, and the bibimbap w/ beef. They were all tasty.
We used the chili dressing from the cucumber salad to dip the chicken in, which really complemented it's sweetness with some spice. Then we put the rest of the sauce / drippings from the chicken into the bibimbap, which was tasty. (We found the bibimbap on its own to be slightly low on flavor, but that just may the way bibimbap is.)
Will probably be back.
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