This place is located inside the food court of Lotte Plaza. One of the items I get most often is the gamjahtang. It is a hearty soup made with neck bones and potatoes I believe. This time I did carry out. It wasn't as good as I remembered but to be honest, it's been awhile and I forgot how I liked it. I usually eat it there and it comes out piping hot and then I add additional seasoning mixture of coarse salt and Korean pepper flakes. That was my mistake. Now I need to order again just to experience it as I remember liking it.
Kendoll C.
Finding myself again craving their small soondae platter, we ordered a small portion to-go. The dish came with a side of white rice, daikon, kimchi, and spicy sauce- I was a bit disappointed to discover either the small platter doesn't come with the pork trotter-ot they just forgot it, but we did get ample fresh sausage so no woes. The sausage was fresh, with the exact rich, meaty, chewy, spicy flavor profile I was hoping for. We ate a fair amount and still had ample for leftover dishes.
Linda Park
Unfriendly ownerblur
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Samuel Shiao
I love Seoul Soondae, definitely a rare find to have somewhere you can get soondae in the area. Highly recommend the soondae if you haven't had it before, although I enjoyed the jaeyook bokkeum as well. Will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jin P.
My go to soondae soup place! Located inside a Lotte market food court, Seoul soondae has really good soondae in the Maryland area. I usually get the Soondae soup combo that comes with a side of soondae. They give you a decent amount of soondae on the side and I really like the soup as well. It's a pretty popular spot and every time I go, there's a lot of customers -- but the wait is short and service fast. Not a place you'd drive far for, but if you live in the area and want some soondae soup, this place is it!
Lauren Lee
Classic Korean food in lotte mart! Delicious and fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dahlia C.
The food there is good...the worker can be a little judgmental if you're young/non Korean so the service can vary. There's not much to say about the ambiance except there are seats and they'll give you plates instead of to go container.
Donald Jegede
Food underwhelming. Cannot even do Kimchi right. Neighboring food stand "Manna" will be money better spent. Avoid.
Amy P.
This place is inside the old Lotte plaza and it's a hit or miss for us. We always get the soondae soup in white broth and the pork trotter but depending on who's taking the order, you might end up with the bean paste broth for the soup. The food is delicious but the service does need some work. As a Korean, I order in Korean asking for the white broth soondae soup and sometimes I'll still end up with the bean paste soup. Once, I made the mistake of not checking before leaving because they wrapped it up so tight and ended up with 3 wrong soups.
Han Su
Food is authentic, that’s what matters the most, I don’t give a f about the service as people pay no tips here.
I ate Seoul soup a few days ago, and the rice was not the same day but the previous day, and the soup was just water, sweet and spicy, and it was so tasteless as if it was boiled with chili powder. It's a waste of money to buy foo
Jane
The best food stall in this Lotte market food court in my opinion. It is very hard to find soondae around this area and theirs taste the closest to the ones I had in Korea.
Janet K.
The best food stall in this Lotte market food court in my opinion. It is very hard to find soondae around this area and theirs taste the closest to the ones I had in Korea.
Ken Marsh
Ordered cold noodles and spicy pork, they were out of noodles (?). The "spicy pork" turned out to be intestine, an alternate on the menu. Order taker never asked which we wanted, pork is listed first.The alternate meat is actually SUPPOSED to be tripe (beef stomach), but that is not what we got, we got intestine not tripe. Order taker argued "that's what it is in Korean" (well then how about don't print it wrong on the menu in English). Couldn't give us a refund or replacement without "contacting the owner."Tried to eat the veggies out of it, but it wasn't even that good.Bad food, bad service, bad policies. Avoid at all costs.
Steve L.
So disappointed. Food is not fresh. It was like frozen food from lotte and thaw and selling it.
This place is located inside the food court of Lotte Plaza. One of the items I get most often is the gamjahtang. It is a hearty soup made with neck bones and potatoes I believe. This time I did carry out. It wasn't as good as I remembered but to be honest, it's been awhile and I forgot how I liked it. I usually eat it there and it comes out piping hot and then I add additional seasoning mixture of coarse salt and Korean pepper flakes. That was my mistake. Now I need to order again just to experience it as I remember liking it.
Finding myself again craving their small soondae platter, we ordered a small portion to-go. The dish came with a side of white rice, daikon, kimchi, and spicy sauce- I was a bit disappointed to discover either the small platter doesn't come with the pork trotter-ot they just forgot it, but we did get ample fresh sausage so no woes. The sausage was fresh, with the exact rich, meaty, chewy, spicy flavor profile I was hoping for. We ate a fair amount and still had ample for leftover dishes.
Unfriendly ownerblur
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
I love Seoul Soondae, definitely a rare find to have somewhere you can get soondae in the area. Highly recommend the soondae if you haven't had it before, although I enjoyed the jaeyook bokkeum as well. Will be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My go to soondae soup place! Located inside a Lotte market food court, Seoul soondae has really good soondae in the Maryland area. I usually get the Soondae soup combo that comes with a side of soondae. They give you a decent amount of soondae on the side and I really like the soup as well. It's a pretty popular spot and every time I go, there's a lot of customers -- but the wait is short and service fast. Not a place you'd drive far for, but if you live in the area and want some soondae soup, this place is it!
Classic Korean food in lotte mart! Delicious and fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The food there is good...the worker can be a little judgmental if you're young/non Korean so the service can vary. There's not much to say about the ambiance except there are seats and they'll give you plates instead of to go container.
Food underwhelming. Cannot even do Kimchi right. Neighboring food stand "Manna" will be money better spent. Avoid.
This place is inside the old Lotte plaza and it's a hit or miss for us. We always get the soondae soup in white broth and the pork trotter but depending on who's taking the order, you might end up with the bean paste broth for the soup. The food is delicious but the service does need some work. As a Korean, I order in Korean asking for the white broth soondae soup and sometimes I'll still end up with the bean paste soup. Once, I made the mistake of not checking before leaving because they wrapped it up so tight and ended up with 3 wrong soups.
Food is authentic, that’s what matters the most, I don’t give a f about the service as people pay no tips here.
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I ate Seoul soup a few days ago, and the rice was not the same day but the previous day, and the soup was just water, sweet and spicy, and it was so tasteless as if it was boiled with chili powder. It's a waste of money to buy foo
The best food stall in this Lotte market food court in my opinion. It is very hard to find soondae around this area and theirs taste the closest to the ones I had in Korea.
The best food stall in this Lotte market food court in my opinion. It is very hard to find soondae around this area and theirs taste the closest to the ones I had in Korea.
Ordered cold noodles and spicy pork, they were out of noodles (?). The "spicy pork" turned out to be intestine, an alternate on the menu. Order taker never asked which we wanted, pork is listed first.The alternate meat is actually SUPPOSED to be tripe (beef stomach), but that is not what we got, we got intestine not tripe. Order taker argued "that's what it is in Korean" (well then how about don't print it wrong on the menu in English). Couldn't give us a refund or replacement without "contacting the owner."Tried to eat the veggies out of it, but it wasn't even that good.Bad food, bad service, bad policies. Avoid at all costs.
So disappointed. Food is not fresh. It was like frozen food from lotte and thaw and selling it.