하뭉냉면 포트리 (Homung Nangmyun Fort Lee)

Delicious food and great experience of spicy Korean noodles

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

I've been here several times with my family, including my parents. While their name suggests that they specialize in naengmyeon (냉면), they serve a variety of dishes, many soup-based. Everything including the banchan tastes flavorful, and the dishes are reasonably priced. The 냉면 is, of course, great if you're in the mood for cold noodles. The potato pork stew (감자탕) and rice cake dumpling soup (떡만둣국 with very big dumplings) are satisfying too. They also serve the beef broth (육수) as the hot drink like at many other 냉면 places.

The staff is very friendly, inviting and always made sure that our experience was going well. The dining area is clean and spacious and can accomodate larger groups.

There's a free parking lot next to the restaurant, but it can fill up since it shares the space with another restaurant. However, there's plenty of street parking that's metered most days during the daytime except Sundays and holidays (but it's cheaper than other areas of Fort Lee). Note that this location is NOT affliated with the one in Closter, NJ. They're 2 separate owners.

Highly recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best Korean naengmyun place in the area. So fortunate to have this place in Fort Lee

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Idk what people are giving low reviews for but this is one of my favorite restaurants in bergen country. The host lady who works there is so sweet and super accommodating every time I go (my boyfriend even asked if they could give him garlic and peppers and she gave us a huge plate) and the food is amazing.

The mool nangmyeon is usually what I order but today was my first day trying non-nangmyeon dishes and they were all hits. We got the gal bi tang, kalguksu, and dumpling soup and they were all surprisingly very solid. Pajeon was really good too.

I have been over 15 times and the food is always consistent!! Definitely worth a try if you’ve never been!!

Reminds me of childhood. This is the same one as the one in Closter and it brought that nostalgic feeling. The bibimnengmyun is deliciously seasoned and fermented like real bibimnengmyun sauce. The dumplings are a must. Will definitely be back for my nengmyun cravings. For people saying the old man is cold or mean, remember you’re going into a Korean restaurant and Korean culture is different from every other culture. Just because someone is not smiling and not speaking doesn’t mean they’re treating you badly or being rude. Understand there may be a language barrier and cultural differences. Anyways, the food is phenomenal and clean and tastes like a family meal.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Delicious!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Terrible cold noodle. It just isn't good. Do not waste your money at this place. The old man is also very grumpy and unfriendly.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Tried the boiled beef (suyuk) along with the spicy and regular cold noodles. The warm broth they serve on the side was actually really good. Overall, the food was just very average — nothing special.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Coming from a 50 year old person who’s been to many three-star Michelin restaurants around the world, I’d implore you to ignore the negative reviews. This is the best expression of cold Korean noodles in the area (including NyC Koreatown) by far. More than that, everything on their menu reminds me of home cooking as if your Korean grandma was a Korean version of Gordan Ramsey cooking for you at home without the pomp and circumstance.

Cold noodle broth, in particular, is all about nuance and depth. For the reviewers who are negative, with due respect, I think they miss the point. It’s easy to make something sweet and sour. But it’s hard to make something deep and nuanced - and this is especially true for Korean cold noodles. And this place does that in spades because they take a long time to make their bone broth which is essential to cold noodles.

But again it’s not just about cold noodles. All dishes that are based on bone broth is excellent here.

You owe yourself a visit. Keep an open mind. Don’t think “big portions” and “explosive flavors”. Think depth and authenticity. And if you keep that in mind, I think you will agree with me that this is a gem.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This was a really disappointing meal because I felt really unwelcome despite the actual cold noodles being ok. I came in craving naengmyun on a random afternoon at around 4 PM – the place was a ghost town with maybe one other table occupied, so it’s not like I was taking up valuable real estate during a lunch rush. So there were 10+ empty tables. From the moment I sat down, the owners treated me like I’d personally offended their ancestors by daring to order a single dish to share with my boyfriend. I was getting death stares as I lifted my chopsticks because I was apparently committing an unforgiven sin to step in for a snack during off hours. despite paying $22 for a bowl of noods?

Honestly, the service was frostier than the noodles....When I walked out, the old man even shook his head at me! I don’t understand why they’re trying so hard to shame their customers. If someone’s coming in at an awkward time to share a single dish, it’s clearly meant as a snack. If you don’t want people coming in for snacks, either don’t open your doors at off-hours (like other restaurant that are closed between lunch and dinner), or clearly specify a minimum order requirement on your menu. Or just come at me rather than glare and shake your head in a passive (but very aggressive) manner. Bad vibes....

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Terrible service...

Girlfriend and I stopped by at 3pm on a Saturday and the place was completely empty. We ordered one large nengmyun to share since we weren’t that hungry and figured it wouldn’t be a problem. The owner questions us about getting one item to which we reply that yeah, we only want one for now because we're not that hungry and ask if we can have a sharing plate. We tell him we might get more later if that's alright since it's an awkward time to which he doesn't respond but audibly sighs and backs up while glaring at us.

When it was time to pay, no one came over so I went up to the counter. The owner tosses my check at me without looking up. Weird, but ultimately i'm not bothered, and I pay and even leave a 20% tip. At this point, the guy snatches the pen away from where I put it down and slams it down, finally looking up just to glare at me without a word. I'm still not too bothered, but finally as we're leaving, this man stands up, glares at us, takes a step towards us, crosses his arms and comically starts shaking his head at us and looking us up and down like he's some 깡패 (korean gangster). We're standing there appalled and I ask him in Korean if there's a problem, which he ignores, just continuing his head shaking. I walk up to him and say clearly say, still using 존댓말 (polite language), that if there's a problem he should tell us. He ignores me and just keeps looking down at us so I kind of shrug and leave. Super, super weird.

Very confusing, and easily the most hostile service I’ve ever had. If it sounds funny reading this, it kind of was, but in person it was super off putting and so aggressive for no reason. There's no place for that kind of behavior. We're not some savages and I treated the old man with respect and spoke to him with deference in korean only for him to treat me and my girlfriend like we were some animals. There's nowhere on the menu that says one entree per person is necessary even though seemingly that would solve all their problems.

Do not recommend. Can't run a business like that.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

right tasting korea cold noodle.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Doesnt taste good and very small portion. Should avoid at all time. Over priced for what they give you.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

First time in years we got denied using the toilets for our toddler.

Atmosphere: 1

Lunch special was a great deal. Clean seating area. Friendly staff. Food was good too.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5