Don't be put off by the compact menu - Paju executes the dishes wonderfully. Seafood pancake was nice and crunchy, and bulgogi quinoa bowl was tasty - saw some other patrons just having the bowl as their dinnerService was good but not always proactive. For example she didn't ask about allergies, and when we told her about them, she didn't seem to really get it. There was a pear allergy and she confirmed the pear was a garnish so could be omitted. The dish then came with the pear, and she said they could simply be removed (by us).Would be great if there were even more vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Gyu
we enjoyed sujebi, fried rice and bulgogi. All dishes were excellent, and we were left curious about trying other items on the menu, as it seems they interpret Korean cuisine very well. The restaurant interior was clean and the decor was neat, while the staff was also friendly.
Christine C
Really nice experience here!The waitress recommended that two of us split an appetizer and two of the larger dishes, so we opted for the daisy salad, bulgogi, fried rice, and ended with bingsu for dessert. We started with the daisy pistachio cream salad which was delightful and flavorful. It was a fresh way to start the meal. Followed with the bulgogi which had a unique texture with the puffed quinoa, but it was incredible! The fried rice was our least favorite. It didn’t have much flavor or … wow factor as the other dishes. It needed to be paired with something; unfortunately this one we got last after we’d finished the others and it just didn’t meet the mark set by the other two dishes.We ended with the bingsu which was really tasty. Not quite as dry as traditional bingsu, but still incredible taste.Also glad we made a reservation! It fills up FAST!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Daniel
Best korean tapas in seattle area!!!This restaurant is must try!!
what an exquisite dining experience! paju is a korean fusion small plates restaurant with a small menu that seems to have remained the same for some time, but each dish is tried and true.reservations can be made online with a $50 deposit that is refunded as soon as you are seated.the ambiance is a small, dimly lit space that is suitable for date nights or small group gatherings, probably best less than 6 people.we got the yellowtail, beef tartare, pancake, octopus, fried rice, and the bulgogi. it's recommended to order 2 dishes per person. some of the dishes are frankly difficult to share (such as the yellow tail). the pancake and the octopus were delicious and i'd highly recommend. the bonito flakes on top of the pancake was a perfect crunch that complemented the sweet, gooey texture of the fried dough. and the garnish on the octopus was impeccable, i could wipe the plate clean!the fried rice is a bit overrated.we finished every morsel and grain of rice.
Wife and I had dinner here last night and ordered the gem salad, tartare, mushrooms, fried rice and bulgogi. Outside of the mushrooms, we thought everything else was just OK. Not too much flavor overall and couldn't taste many of the ingredients listed on the menu for each dish. Maybe we just like stronger flavors and Paju is going for a lighter style and it's not our thing. Also, at this price point we were hoping for more. Finally, the service was alright but our first waiter was cold to us and seemed to leave half way through.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
T Ha
Lovely time! I will come back for sure. Everything was great, my favorite part was the Octopus.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Octopus
남광우
Octopus highly recommendedFrench interpretation of Korean food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily Lo
Came here as a walk in with my husband. We were both blown away at every dish. The bulgogi had a crispy quinoa element that took the texture to the next level. Service was excellent and attentive. Definitely will be back.
We had a great experience here at Paju ? The current lunch menu is limited to 9 dishes. As a group of 4, we ordered 8 dishes in total ?• Yellowtail (4/5⭐️): A great combination of the sourness of green apple & sauce with the freshness of yellowtail. It would be 5/5⭐️ if it was morr creative in the taste.• Beef Tartare (4/5⭐️): The beef was fresh. My friends who barely eat raw food but they could still enjoy this dish. However, I expected there were more flavors in seasoning.• Octopus (5/5⭐️): MY FAVORITE ?❤️ Super flavorful and delicious. Love how they combine everything together to make it the perfect bite of Octopus.• Sujebi (4/5⭐️): I personally don’t like pastas but the dish by itself was really good. That was my friend’s fav!!• Mushroom (5/5⭐️): MY 2ND FAV ? There is no word to describe the dish because you have to taste to fly to the moon ?• Paju Fried Rice (2/5⭐️): The biggest minus point during my experience. In the menu, there was bacon and kimchi but we didn’t taste any of those. The dish was totally plain, no saltiness from bacon or no sourness from kimchi. We couldn’t even finish the whole plate. It was basically plain fried rice.• Truffle Rib-eye Steak Bulgogi (5/5⭐️): MY TOP 3 ✨ You can smell a lot of truffle in this one. Well-marinated beef with enoki mushrooms.• Paju Crispy Pancake (4/5⭐️): It was good but not a “wow” to me.In addition, our server was not really friendly. When he introduced the dishes, he just told us to order the whole menu because everything was small portion. I know the portion is small but the way how he told us to order bothers me. He said “So you have 4 people and our portion is small so basically you can order the whole menu”. I mean he could approach the problem in the friendlier way or make a joke about that.Otherwise, we enjoyed the vibes, atmosphere, and especially the food at Paju ?
Delicious fusion. Great use of textures. Great taste! The food tells a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Yingting Xiao
My favorite in Seattle! Everything on the menu is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Octopus, Beef Tartare
John Peltonen
My group was very much looking forward to this experience but, unfortunately, the restaurant was not accommodating to those in our party with food allergies.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Bella K
Felt like we were rushed out of there. And the crispy pancake had so much bonito flakes that we couldn’t finish it since it was so salty. Very very small portions (they do warn you) and very pricey
Don't be put off by the compact menu - Paju executes the dishes wonderfully. Seafood pancake was nice and crunchy, and bulgogi quinoa bowl was tasty - saw some other patrons just having the bowl as their dinnerService was good but not always proactive. For example she didn't ask about allergies, and when we told her about them, she didn't seem to really get it. There was a pear allergy and she confirmed the pear was a garnish so could be omitted. The dish then came with the pear, and she said they could simply be removed (by us).Would be great if there were even more vegetarian options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
we enjoyed sujebi, fried rice and bulgogi. All dishes were excellent, and we were left curious about trying other items on the menu, as it seems they interpret Korean cuisine very well. The restaurant interior was clean and the decor was neat, while the staff was also friendly.
Really nice experience here!The waitress recommended that two of us split an appetizer and two of the larger dishes, so we opted for the daisy salad, bulgogi, fried rice, and ended with bingsu for dessert. We started with the daisy pistachio cream salad which was delightful and flavorful. It was a fresh way to start the meal. Followed with the bulgogi which had a unique texture with the puffed quinoa, but it was incredible! The fried rice was our least favorite. It didn’t have much flavor or … wow factor as the other dishes. It needed to be paired with something; unfortunately this one we got last after we’d finished the others and it just didn’t meet the mark set by the other two dishes.We ended with the bingsu which was really tasty. Not quite as dry as traditional bingsu, but still incredible taste.Also glad we made a reservation! It fills up FAST!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Best korean tapas in seattle area!!!This restaurant is must try!!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sujebi, Octopus, Okonomiyaki Style, Crispy Seafood Pancake, Shaved Ice
what an exquisite dining experience! paju is a korean fusion small plates restaurant with a small menu that seems to have remained the same for some time, but each dish is tried and true.reservations can be made online with a $50 deposit that is refunded as soon as you are seated.the ambiance is a small, dimly lit space that is suitable for date nights or small group gatherings, probably best less than 6 people.we got the yellowtail, beef tartare, pancake, octopus, fried rice, and the bulgogi. it's recommended to order 2 dishes per person. some of the dishes are frankly difficult to share (such as the yellow tail). the pancake and the octopus were delicious and i'd highly recommend. the bonito flakes on top of the pancake was a perfect crunch that complemented the sweet, gooey texture of the fried dough. and the garnish on the octopus was impeccable, i could wipe the plate clean!the fried rice is a bit overrated.we finished every morsel and grain of rice.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Octopus, Crispy Seafood Pancake
Wife and I had dinner here last night and ordered the gem salad, tartare, mushrooms, fried rice and bulgogi. Outside of the mushrooms, we thought everything else was just OK. Not too much flavor overall and couldn't taste many of the ingredients listed on the menu for each dish. Maybe we just like stronger flavors and Paju is going for a lighter style and it's not our thing. Also, at this price point we were hoping for more. Finally, the service was alright but our first waiter was cold to us and seemed to leave half way through.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Lovely time! I will come back for sure. Everything was great, my favorite part was the Octopus.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Octopus
Octopus highly recommendedFrench interpretation of Korean food
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here as a walk in with my husband. We were both blown away at every dish. The bulgogi had a crispy quinoa element that took the texture to the next level. Service was excellent and attentive. Definitely will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
4.5 stars. delicious. ?Very good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Octopus, Truffle Bulgogi
Restaurantji Recommends
We had a great experience here at Paju ? The current lunch menu is limited to 9 dishes. As a group of 4, we ordered 8 dishes in total ?• Yellowtail (4/5⭐️): A great combination of the sourness of green apple & sauce with the freshness of yellowtail. It would be 5/5⭐️ if it was morr creative in the taste.• Beef Tartare (4/5⭐️): The beef was fresh. My friends who barely eat raw food but they could still enjoy this dish. However, I expected there were more flavors in seasoning.• Octopus (5/5⭐️): MY FAVORITE ?❤️ Super flavorful and delicious. Love how they combine everything together to make it the perfect bite of Octopus.• Sujebi (4/5⭐️): I personally don’t like pastas but the dish by itself was really good. That was my friend’s fav!!• Mushroom (5/5⭐️): MY 2ND FAV ? There is no word to describe the dish because you have to taste to fly to the moon ?• Paju Fried Rice (2/5⭐️): The biggest minus point during my experience. In the menu, there was bacon and kimchi but we didn’t taste any of those. The dish was totally plain, no saltiness from bacon or no sourness from kimchi. We couldn’t even finish the whole plate. It was basically plain fried rice.• Truffle Rib-eye Steak Bulgogi (5/5⭐️): MY TOP 3 ✨ You can smell a lot of truffle in this one. Well-marinated beef with enoki mushrooms.• Paju Crispy Pancake (4/5⭐️): It was good but not a “wow” to me.In addition, our server was not really friendly. When he introduced the dishes, he just told us to order the whole menu because everything was small portion. I know the portion is small but the way how he told us to order bothers me. He said “So you have 4 people and our portion is small so basically you can order the whole menu”. I mean he could approach the problem in the friendlier way or make a joke about that.Otherwise, we enjoyed the vibes, atmosphere, and especially the food at Paju ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Octopus, Truffle Bulgogi, Beef Tartare
Delicious fusion. Great use of textures. Great taste! The food tells a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My favorite in Seattle! Everything on the menu is
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Octopus, Beef Tartare
My group was very much looking forward to this experience but, unfortunately, the restaurant was not accommodating to those in our party with food allergies.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Felt like we were rushed out of there. And the crispy pancake had so much bonito flakes that we couldn’t finish it since it was so salty. Very very small portions (they do warn you) and very pricey