Pleased to have come here. Absolutely a quality experience. Food done right, would HIGHLY recommend.
Tina Tran
We love Hanbop! It’s our go to place for everything. Casual lunch, birthday dinner, family or friend gathering, Solo dining. The food and service are tops and the ambience is perfect.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kalbi
R&C
We had beef short ribs entree and fried chicken appetizer, both were quite tasty with reasonable portions. Dessert was the fish shaped pastry with sweet bean paste filling, it was also tasty. Staff were very friendly, prices were a bit high in general. Overall a good dining experience. Support your local restaurants.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Padak
Lucía MacNicol
Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo.
4/5 stars
I automatically deducted half a point because this was my first time here and I only tried the lunch special. However the lunch specials I tried were phenomenal! Total bargain. Based on these alone, I would definitely recommend and return. I got the spicy pork and my sister the bulgogi lunch special. The side dishes we were served were mashed potato, pickled celery, and bean sprouts. My favorite was the pickled celery, definitely a must try. In the box, we also had a salad, tempura rice noodle wraps, a dumpling, fried chicken bites, and an egg roll. The salad was generic just chopped iceberg and what seemed like a higher end store bought ranch. The egg roll was meh, not salty, not sweet, slightly overcooked, but not burnt. Very typical kitchen prep egg roll. Even though these sides didn't hinder the overall quality of the meal, they also didn't add anything but color and volume to the set so I deducted another half point. There were also pickled spring onions served as a palette cleanser for the set. The onions were sensational and paired beautifully with the meats. These almost overpowered the meats as the star of the show, since they fulfilled their role so perfectly. As for the meats themselves. The spicy pork was delicious. I would have preferred a little more char to mine, but compared to that of other spots, perfectly adequate. The bulgogi was atypical, above the norm. Off the top of my head, I can't recall what herb or spice was used, but something was added to the meat to give it a freshness that I haven't seen before in a bulgogi marinade. Most of the bulgogis I've tried are just sweet, almost to a point that it's overwhelming. Whatever was added to this recipe....tantalizing. It definitely stands out from other places.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Tsurugi No Hikari
ME GUSTA MUY!!! Yep. My 2nd favorite Korean spot next to BB.Q Chicken...though only by a little. Either way, I'm never disappointed when I come here.
Food is authentic Korean. Delicious! Other drink options would be welcome. Only complaint is that our server never came back to check on us.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Ribs
C S
From beginning to end a great experience. Food was amazing, service was great — this restaurant is clearly well loved and it shows. Visited from LA and I’ll be thinking about this meal for a while. Already excited to take a trip back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amelia Fitchett
Great food! The Galbi-jjim was very tasty and tender, the galbi and soon do bou were also very flavorful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
S T A
We ordered the Kalbi beef box to go and a beef roll. Everything tasted delicious. The food was beautifully boxed. I would love to dine in next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Kalbi, Hanbop Roll
Chris Stewart
Authentic Korean food, quality and flavor is top tier. They seem to have added a lunch combo option recently and it's also great; I had the bossam and the portion size was huge.
If there was anything to change the atmosphere is all clean white tile, it could do with a few paintings or wall decor to give it personality.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Belly Lunch Special, Ban Chan
I recently visited HanBop and was really impressed. The menu was good, the place was clean, and the portion sizes were just right. I’ll definitely try the Naengmyeon combo next time I visit!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
OC Reviews
One of very few Korean restaurants in Lake Forest. This review is for takeout only, the bossam pork takeout box was put together so nicely. The rose tteokboki was delicious and not spicy. The spicy beef soup was just ok.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Reilley Luoma
Nice atmosphere and food was great. They gave a lot of side dishes at the beginning which were great as well.
My total for fried rice, Bibim Naengmyeon and possum came out to around 47$ and I thought that was a little expensive, otherwise it would have been 5 stars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Lorien Ahn
We loved 1thr dumplings soup and rose dduckbokggi. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: 만두국 Dumpling Soup
Gabriela B
Been bringing all my friends here to try Korean food! This is the only Korean spot i've gone to where the food isn't super spicy. I personally love spicy but my friends don't, so it works out for me.I've gone 4 times now. I love it here. It's small, cozy and bright. The service is outstanding. they are so attentive and ready to help. I always get the Rose Ddeok-Bokki (rice cakes in rose sauce) it's delicious, I recommend you add the ramen noodles. Also the Tuna Hanbop rolls to dip in the Rose sauce YUM!The only thing I wish is they were open longer LOL. At first I tried to come two times and found out they close midday 3-5pm and Sundays they are closed. 11am-3pm ; 5-8pm - such short hours for deliciousness, but you can really taste the quality.
Wheelchair accessibility: there are tables you can use that you can easily remove a chair to replace with a wheelchair. cozy but not small enough to not fit
Pleased to have come here. Absolutely a quality experience. Food done right, would HIGHLY recommend.
We love Hanbop! It’s our go to place for everything. Casual lunch, birthday dinner, family or friend gathering, Solo dining. The food and service are tops and the ambience is perfect.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kalbi
We had beef short ribs entree and fried chicken appetizer, both were quite tasty with reasonable portions. Dessert was the fish shaped pastry with sweet bean paste filling, it was also tasty. Staff were very friendly, prices were a bit high in general. Overall a good dining experience. Support your local restaurants.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Padak
Unfortunately I forgot to take a photo.
4/5 stars
I automatically deducted half a point because this was my first time here and I only tried the lunch special. However the lunch specials I tried were phenomenal! Total bargain.
Based on these alone, I would definitely recommend and return.
I got the spicy pork and my sister the bulgogi lunch special.
The side dishes we were served were mashed potato, pickled celery, and bean sprouts.
My favorite was the pickled celery, definitely a must try.
In the box, we also had a salad, tempura rice noodle wraps, a dumpling, fried chicken bites, and an egg roll. The salad was generic just chopped iceberg and what seemed like a higher end store bought ranch. The egg roll was meh, not salty, not sweet, slightly overcooked, but not burnt. Very typical kitchen prep egg roll. Even though these sides didn't hinder the overall quality of the meal, they also didn't add anything but color and volume to the set so I deducted another half point.
There were also pickled spring onions served as a palette cleanser for the set. The onions were sensational and paired beautifully with the meats. These almost overpowered the meats as the star of the show, since they fulfilled their role so perfectly.
As for the meats themselves. The spicy pork was delicious. I would have preferred a little more char to mine, but compared to that of other spots, perfectly adequate.
The bulgogi was atypical, above the norm. Off the top of my head, I can't recall what herb or spice was used, but something was added to the meat to give it a freshness that I haven't seen before in a bulgogi marinade. Most of the bulgogis I've tried are just sweet, almost to a point that it's overwhelming. Whatever was added to this recipe....tantalizing. It definitely stands out from other places.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
ME GUSTA MUY!!! Yep. My 2nd favorite Korean spot next to BB.Q Chicken...though only by a little. Either way, I'm never disappointed when I come here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: 파닭 Crispy Crunch Fried Popcorn Chicken, Padak, Hanbop Roll
Food is authentic Korean. Delicious! Other drink options would be welcome. Only complaint is that our server never came back to check on us.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Ribs
From beginning to end a great experience. Food was amazing, service was great — this restaurant is clearly well loved and it shows. Visited from LA and I’ll be thinking about this meal for a while. Already excited to take a trip back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food! The Galbi-jjim was very tasty and tender, the galbi and soon do bou were also very flavorful.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We ordered the Kalbi beef box to go and a beef roll. Everything tasted delicious. The food was beautifully boxed. I would love to dine in next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Kalbi, Hanbop Roll
Authentic Korean food, quality and flavor is top tier. They seem to have added a lunch combo option recently and it's also great; I had the bossam and the portion size was huge.
If there was anything to change the atmosphere is all clean white tile, it could do with a few paintings or wall decor to give it personality.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pork Belly Lunch Special, Ban Chan
Restaurantji Recommends
I recently visited HanBop and was really impressed. The menu was good, the place was clean, and the portion sizes were just right. I’ll definitely try the Naengmyeon combo next time I visit!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
One of very few Korean restaurants in Lake Forest. This review is for takeout only, the bossam pork takeout box was put together so nicely. The rose tteokboki was delicious and not spicy. The spicy beef soup was just ok.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice atmosphere and food was great. They gave a lot of side dishes at the beginning which were great as well.
My total for fried rice, Bibim Naengmyeon and possum came out to around 47$ and I thought that was a little expensive, otherwise it would have been 5 stars.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
We loved 1thr dumplings soup and rose dduckbokggi. Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: 만두국 Dumpling Soup
Been bringing all my friends here to try Korean food! This is the only Korean spot i've gone to where the food isn't super spicy. I personally love spicy but my friends don't, so it works out for me.I've gone 4 times now. I love it here. It's small, cozy and bright. The service is outstanding. they are so attentive and ready to help. I always get the Rose Ddeok-Bokki (rice cakes in rose sauce) it's delicious, I recommend you add the ramen noodles. Also the Tuna Hanbop rolls to dip in the Rose sauce YUM!The only thing I wish is they were open longer LOL. At first I tried to come two times and found out they close midday 3-5pm and Sundays they are closed. 11am-3pm ; 5-8pm - such short hours for deliciousness, but you can really taste the quality.
Wheelchair accessibility: there are tables you can use that you can easily remove a chair to replace with a wheelchair. cozy but not small enough to not fit
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: 한밥 물냉면 Cold Buckwheat Noodles, Hanbop Roll, Bento
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