Food was tasty and a good value. Staff were very nice. Looks can be deceiving when looking at the restaurant from the outside. It looks like the building used to be an old American dinner that’s a little beat up but once you enter you will be greeted by a clean restaurant with clothed tables and chairs. However you can still see some of the old diner inside so it conflicts with the Korean accents. Obviously not a deal breaker but I hope they invest for a modern remodel.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Donkatsu Pork Cutlet
Eleni
Absolutely love it! We actually went to another Korean restaurant first—it was completely full, so we googled and found KORI. It seems that KORI used to be a diner, so it is quite spacious, a lot bigger than many other Korean restaurants. It’s very well decorated with nice traditional Korean background music.I had tofu soup with beef—my favorite Korean soup. It tastes very authentic. My husband had their pork katsu and enjoyed it too. Prices are really reasonable—as a value seeker, I find our dinner of good value.Service is attentive and friendly. Overall, we are very happy that we discovered KORI and plan to come back soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zion Russo
Amazing hospitality, Best food I’ve ever had, and you can tell the place has had a lot of effort and family love put into
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bulgogi in Beef Broth, Beef Short Rib Beto Lunch, Bulgogi, Chicken Teriyaki, Spicy Squid Dolsot Bibimbap, Ox Bone Soup, Kimchi Stew, Cold Noodle, California Roll, Boat Combo, Sundubu Jjigae, La Galbi La Style Beef Short Ribs, Ribs, Bibimbap Cold, Shrimp Teriyaki, Korean BBQ, L a Beef Short Rib Bento Box, Donkatsu Pork Cutlet, Black Bean Noodles, Bulgogi Lunch Box
Holly Favorito
We loved this place! Wonderful hot roasted barley tea, scallion pancake and cod stew. Great friendly service. Nice atmosphere. Highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christin Fitch
Great food on top of the best customer service experience I’ve had in a long time. The servers make you feel right at home and are very inviting. Can’t recommend enough. Portions were good sized, left full and happy.Kid-friendliness: Our server was amazing! Brought our 8 month old miso soup and our daughter so she wasn’t left out. Even held him while we boxed our left overs up and gave our daughter a tour.Wheelchair accessibility: Ramp out front.
Wow! This place was a new and extremely satisfying discovery for my husband and I. It was our first time dining here and we loved every dish we ordered from our appetizers to the dinner specials. Our wait staff and the owners were all so polite, kind, and pleasant. Without a doubt we will be returning.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kimchi Stew, La Galbi La Style Beef Short Ribs, Korean BBQ
Bernadette Trendler
My friend and I came here for the first time for dinner and we LOVED it! The food was absolutely delicious, exactly what I was hoping for - tasted authentic and fresh. The restaurant has such a good feel to it, such good energy, so clean, and incredibly welcoming. As you can see from the photos, my friend and I made a mess lol! The chef was very kind and nice to talk to. My friend and I agreed that this is our new spot and that every time I visit we will come here for dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ox Bone Soup
Alan LaRotonda
Very good, well prepared Korean food, with fast attentive service. Very fresh vegetable accompaniments, including in-house prepared kimchi. Having worked at a Korean tech firm for years, and traveled to, and eaten in Korea, I can tell you that this food is authentic.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eugenia Lucy
My family went on a Sunday night. The restaurant is clean and the service is incredibly friendly. We ordered beef soup and seafood hot pot. Udon noodles are provided for the hot pot. Side dishes are abundant and nutritious. Their Korean spinach pudding was a highlight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lynn Jones
Our first time here, and we loved it! The restaurant is very nice and the owner is sweet and funny. She is very personable and welcoming. The food was delicious! We had the spicy chicken appetizer, and it was so good. We also got the shrimp and beef rib bento box. I preferred the chicken over the beef, but both had good flavor. I definitely recommend this place. We live an hour away, but we will definitely be back.Thank you so much for a great dining experience.
Excellent Korean food. Love that it's a family business. Mom cooks the food and michelle, her daughter, serves it. We had the short ribs that you wrap and lettuce and it was phenomenal. We also got the short ribs in clear soup which was really good. We did get one dish that we didn't like because it was too spicy and salty. I'm still giving them a five rating. I also liked that they have two bathrooms: one that says Men and the other one that says Women.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delaney McKinney
My friends and I make trips out to the area from Lancaster just for this restaurant. The sides always rotate, the service is excellent, and they give great recommendations whenever we visit (although I will say, you can’t go wrong with any dish on the menu). We always have a feast when we visit, great price for so much food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Alexander Doyle
I came in on a quiet afternoon and had a lovely time. My food was delicious, my dukbokki was delicious and nice and spicy, and the stew was fantastic. The owner came out and made pleasant conversation with me and went so far as to make me two mandu in the house for me to try since it was my first time here.The tables feature a call button much like most restaurants in east asia so that if you need anything they will come to you at the press of a button. Such a shame the west has not adopted this. I cant wait to come back and ask Kimmy what to try next!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Anna Yang
Our experience at Kori was lovely! I went there for my birthday and the staff there were very kind! The food was delicious and there were free mints at the entrance. The only negative thing was the fact that our food, with six people, took about forty five minutes, which is quite long.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: California Roll, Fried Mandu Dumplings, La Galbi La Style Beef Short Ribs, L a Beef Short Rib Bento Box
Jim Warwick
Kimmy is a fantastic chef and wonderful host! Very glad we stopped in! Will def be back!Vegetarian options: Not many advertised vegetarian options, but many meat dishes can be substituted with tofu, egg, or veggies.Wheelchair accessibility: Ramp into building
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef, Bibimbap Cold, Korean BBQ
Food was tasty and a good value. Staff were very nice. Looks can be deceiving when looking at the restaurant from the outside. It looks like the building used to be an old American dinner that’s a little beat up but once you enter you will be greeted by a clean restaurant with clothed tables and chairs. However you can still see some of the old diner inside so it conflicts with the Korean accents. Obviously not a deal breaker but I hope they invest for a modern remodel.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Donkatsu Pork Cutlet
Absolutely love it! We actually went to another Korean restaurant first—it was completely full, so we googled and found KORI. It seems that KORI used to be a diner, so it is quite spacious, a lot bigger than many other Korean restaurants. It’s very well decorated with nice traditional Korean background music.I had tofu soup with beef—my favorite Korean soup. It tastes very authentic. My husband had their pork katsu and enjoyed it too. Prices are really reasonable—as a value seeker, I find our dinner of good value.Service is attentive and friendly. Overall, we are very happy that we discovered KORI and plan to come back soon.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing hospitality, Best food I’ve ever had, and you can tell the place has had a lot of effort and family love put into
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bulgogi in Beef Broth, Beef Short Rib Beto Lunch, Bulgogi, Chicken Teriyaki, Spicy Squid Dolsot Bibimbap, Ox Bone Soup, Kimchi Stew, Cold Noodle, California Roll, Boat Combo, Sundubu Jjigae, La Galbi La Style Beef Short Ribs, Ribs, Bibimbap Cold, Shrimp Teriyaki, Korean BBQ, L a Beef Short Rib Bento Box, Donkatsu Pork Cutlet, Black Bean Noodles, Bulgogi Lunch Box
We loved this place! Wonderful hot roasted barley tea, scallion pancake and cod stew. Great friendly service. Nice atmosphere. Highly
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food on top of the best customer service experience I’ve had in a long time. The servers make you feel right at home and are very inviting. Can’t recommend enough. Portions were good sized, left full and happy.Kid-friendliness: Our server was amazing! Brought our 8 month old miso soup and our daughter so she wasn’t left out. Even held him while we boxed our left overs up and gave our daughter a tour.Wheelchair accessibility: Ramp out front.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bulgogi, Cold Noodle, Bulgogi Lunch Box
Wow! This place was a new and extremely satisfying discovery for my husband and I. It was our first time dining here and we loved every dish we ordered from our appetizers to the dinner specials. Our wait staff and the owners were all so polite, kind, and pleasant. Without a doubt we will be returning.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Kimchi Stew, La Galbi La Style Beef Short Ribs, Korean BBQ
My friend and I came here for the first time for dinner and we LOVED it! The food was absolutely delicious, exactly what I was hoping for - tasted authentic and fresh. The restaurant has such a good feel to it, such good energy, so clean, and incredibly welcoming. As you can see from the photos, my friend and I made a mess lol! The chef was very kind and nice to talk to. My friend and I agreed that this is our new spot and that every time I visit we will come here for dinner!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ox Bone Soup
Very good, well prepared Korean food, with fast attentive service. Very fresh vegetable accompaniments, including in-house prepared kimchi. Having worked at a Korean tech firm for years, and traveled to, and eaten in Korea, I can tell you that this food is authentic.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
My family went on a Sunday night. The restaurant is clean and the service is incredibly friendly. We ordered beef soup and seafood hot pot. Udon noodles are provided for the hot pot. Side dishes are abundant and nutritious. Their Korean spinach pudding was a highlight.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our first time here, and we loved it! The restaurant is very nice and the owner is sweet and funny. She is very personable and welcoming. The food was delicious! We had the spicy chicken appetizer, and it was so good. We also got the shrimp and beef rib bento box. I preferred the chicken over the beef, but both had good flavor. I definitely recommend this place. We live an hour away, but we will definitely be back.Thank you so much for a great dining experience.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent Korean food. Love that it's a family business. Mom cooks the food and michelle, her daughter, serves it. We had the short ribs that you wrap and lettuce and it was phenomenal. We also got the short ribs in clear soup which was really good. We did get one dish that we didn't like because it was too spicy and salty. I'm still giving them a five rating. I also liked that they have two bathrooms: one that says Men and the other one that says Women.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My friends and I make trips out to the area from Lancaster just for this restaurant. The sides always rotate, the service is excellent, and they give great recommendations whenever we visit (although I will say, you can’t go wrong with any dish on the menu). We always have a feast when we visit, great price for so much food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I came in on a quiet afternoon and had a lovely time. My food was delicious, my dukbokki was delicious and nice and spicy, and the stew was fantastic. The owner came out and made pleasant conversation with me and went so far as to make me two mandu in the house for me to try since it was my first time here.The tables feature a call button much like most restaurants in east asia so that if you need anything they will come to you at the press of a button. Such a shame the west has not adopted this. I cant wait to come back and ask Kimmy what to try next!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Our experience at Kori was lovely! I went there for my birthday and the staff there were very kind! The food was delicious and there were free mints at the entrance. The only negative thing was the fact that our food, with six people, took about forty five minutes, which is quite long.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: California Roll, Fried Mandu Dumplings, La Galbi La Style Beef Short Ribs, L a Beef Short Rib Bento Box
Kimmy is a fantastic chef and wonderful host! Very glad we stopped in! Will def be back!Vegetarian options: Not many advertised vegetarian options, but many meat dishes can be substituted with tofu, egg, or veggies.Wheelchair accessibility: Ramp into building
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Beef, Bibimbap Cold, Korean BBQ