Seoul Korean Tofu House

4229 Convoy Street, San Diego
(858) 573-2511

Recent Reviews

Nola

Business is closed

alex

Excellent Korean food! Love all the included side dishes. The tteokbokki and beef bulgogi was delicious.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Side Dishes Ban Chan Set

Davis Lee

DO NOT BOTHER. Do yourself a favor and go down the street to any of the other half dozen korean tofu houses.Slow 2 pm on a Sunday, trying to grab a quick lunch and was craving tofu soup. Came in, made eye contact with the single server in the whole restaurant and signaled "table for 1", zero acknowledgement or response. Waited while he typed at the PoS and watched the two kitchen workers chatted on their phones behind the front desk on their break. Tried again, this time the waiter said to put my name down on the waitlist, a waitlist of 1 with no one else around waiting at all.Stood in the doorway waiting for 10 mins, watched the waiter move around with the speed of a sloth and the attitude of zero care or compassion, I get it, server jobs suck, but this guy had the most amazing disinterested face ever and moved as if he was paid by the second, not the hour. Counted 6 uncleared tables with no signs of being cleared anytime soon, 3 seated tables with zero food served, and patrons looking around as if puzzled as to why their food wasn't there yet.10 mins of standing like an idiot at the doorway still waiting to be seated or acknowledged later, another 2 people come up to wait behind me. Turned around, advised them to leave as well, and just went down the street to another tofu house. Absolute waste of time.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Max Walder

Food was super delish. Had tofu soup with kimchi and bulgogi and spare ribs. The bonchon was super flavorful as well. Ribs were marinated well, grilled, and super tender. Can’t wait to go back and eat more of the

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Diem Nguyen

We love eating here.The intestines soup is so good. The kimchi is fresh and sidedishes are tasty. Service is fast and friendly.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mike Chang

Conclusion:Really wanted to like this place due to the menu variety, but can't because of the disappointing service. DO NOT COME JUST BEFORE CLOSING, they'll rob you. (much less food, and up your gratuity probably)Menu/Food: (4)Packs everything you might want to eat, from Tofu stew, Galbi, Bulgogi to Bibimbap. Topokki to street vendor fried food, they all tastes pretty good. However, we came just before they called for last order, got two tofu soup, and the portion was definitely lacking compared to other places, only 80% full.Service: (1)1. Like many (Korean) restaurants, when you want more side dishes and waves your hand to the waiter, they pretend not to see you.2. Came on a Saturday night, door said closes at 10pm, but actually made last call around 8:20pm, and closed the door at 9. We weren't rushed, but felt cheated. Please update the restaurant hours.3. THEY CHARGED 21% AUTO GRATUITY FOR PARTY OF FIVE. This was not specified on the menu (see my upload). I also feel cheated on by this since auto gratuity is usually for 6+, and 21% is a bit more than others. My bill only stated 1 guest, so my guess is it's not an auto system function. No other reviews mentioned this. Made me wonder if this is a restaurant policy or an act of our waiter.4. (Again related to early closing) They didn't actively ask if we want our side dished refilled, or state no more dish dish refills after last order. As a result, we receive ONE extra piece of potato as our ONLY refill to the side dishes. Feels like an insult, telling us "This is what you get for coming before we close"Atmosphere: (4)Nothing to comment on. Was "late night", two more tables remaining after we left. Wasn't too loud.Parking:As always, this plaza sucks for parking

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Regular Bowl Bibimbap, Tofu Stew, Tteokbokki

Neal Langerman

All I can say is WOW. We had the mixed tofu soup. Amazing. One photo is the condiments to put into the boiling soup.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Sheryl K.

Not what I expected, very limited menu according to my adult daughter who came with me and had been here a year ago. I can't say I cared for much beyond the fried pumpkin and the vegetable tofu soup. Couldn't stand the blasting music. Definitely not conducive to a meal.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Kimchi Pancake

Xiaoxing Luo

My family of 4 went here and we weren't very satisfied with the service.The food we ordered:- Short ribs: it was too well done, the meat was incredibly stretchy and chewy. the flavoring is good though, i wouldn't recommend this dish 3/5- Ramyeon and Dumplings: it was spicy, had meat/veg filling dumplings. it was mid, i wouldn't recommend either 3/5- Sinjeon's Set B: Rose tteokbokki + Deep fried set: their Tteokbokki is really delicious but sweet. it was creamy and had a kick but very sweet. if you have a sweet tooth, that's for you. As for the Deep fried set, it was delicious actually. The *sweet potato fried and the seaweed roll* was my favorite. I'd personally recommend just getting specific dishes of the deep fried items and not a set because it wasn't all yummy unless you want to try it all. I'd also recommend substituting for the rose tteokbokki for sweetness and less spicy. 5/5The Service:- Our server didn't seem like he wanted to work there. He recommended the chicken/veg dumplings but we never received it. Instead, they told us they "mixed" the chicken/veg dumplings into our deep fried set. That was very much an excuse....We never received any. We also originally received the wrong teokkbokki too, came out as the regular and not the Rose. Overall, they seem like a mess and don't have it all together. The only reason why I gave it a 2 is because at least the food came out fast. 2/5

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

Xiaoxing Qin

My family of 4 went here and we weren't very satisfied with the service.The food we ordered:- Short ribs: it was too well done, the meat was incredibly stretchy and chewy. the flavoring is good though, i wouldn't recommend this dish 3/5- Ramyeon and Dumplings: it was spicy, had meat/veg filling dumplings. it was mid, i wouldn't recommend either 3/5- Sinjeon's Set B: Rose tteokbokki + Deep fried set: their Tteokbokki is really delicious but sweet. it was creamy and had a kick but very sweet. if you have a sweet tooth, that's for you. As for the Deep fried set, it was delicious actually. The *sweet potato fried and the seaweed roll* was my favorite. I'd personally recommend just getting specific dishes of the deep fried items and not a set because it wasn't all yummy unless you want to try it all. I'd also recommend substituting for the rose tteokbokki for sweetness and less spicy. 5/5The Service:- Our server didn't seem like he wanted to work there. He recommended the chicken/veg dumplings but we never received it. Instead, they told us they "mixed" the chicken/veg dumplings into our deep fried set. That was very much an excuse....We never received any. We also originally received the wrong teokkbokki too, came out as the regular and not the Rose. Overall, they seem like a mess and don't have it all together. The only reason why I gave it a 2 is because at least the food came out fast. 2/5

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 2

NikaNumber1

Located at the Convoy Center shopping plaza with a lot of other Asian restaurants. 10% discount if you check-in here. Ordered the regular tteokbokki with boiled eggs (comes with two), spicy, #4 veggie tofu + spicy chicken bulgogi. $47.41. The banchans: broccoli, fish cake, kimchi, bean sprouts, cucumber kimchi, braised potatoes. All were okay, but the braised potatoes was the best out of all of the 6 banchans. The spicy BBQ chicken is rich with flavor and spicy too. Not a big fan of broccoli with the chicken, the meat is really tender and flavorful. The tteokbokki has an almost smoky flavor to it. The regular spice has a lot of kick to it, somewhere between a medium and hot level. The tteokbokki is plain rice cakes with add-ons. The tofu soup with veggies, the dreaded broccoli, not a fan of broccoli in my soup, unless it’s cream of broccoli, maybe. Service is okay, not super warm or friendly from the male staff, the female staff seemed a bit more friendly, but the food is good at least. The combination meals are a nice plus and allows you to try more out for a meal. The food overall is all very flavorful and spicy by default. All of the food really smells great too.

Austin K.

Still open on postmates and doordash. This is a terrible excuse for korean food, the mandu is literally frozen trader joes dumplings, the galbi jim is the worst ive ever had and it has bell pepper in it? What the heck

Benjamin T. HUYNH

+1 for Friendly and Professional staffsWish the food taste better … Very bland soup and thick batter for pajeon

Lady Z.

Good portions. Flavor was not very good. There was mushy texture on the spicy pork bulgogi. Rice was over cooked. Spicy tofu soup did not have much depth to it for flavor.As for side dishes, fish cake was dry. Kimchi was good. Bean sprouts were soggy. I'll try it once more to change my rating, if I'm not paying. Just sayin...

Anessa C

The food was good. A little pricey for Korean food. The service was lacking as they weren't very attentive. My friend enjoyed the short ribs. She said it was really tasty and tender.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Haemulpajun Seafood Pancake, Beef Short Ribs

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