Palmi Korean Cuisine & Teriyaki

Not Korean anymore. Its chinese

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Note: 120% vegetarian / vegan unfriendly.

Oh god where should I start? Flies that fly around indoor even when the doors were always shut, the lingering cigarette smell, the overly sweet teriyaki sauce, the gamey beef (despite the heavy sugary teriyaki sauce), the years-old gyoza, the suspicious dark spots on my raw lettuce salad, or the bland steamed tofu plate that cost no more than $2 to make but they charged $17 for (check out the photo!) ?

I've been wanting to check out this place and we finally paid a visit this week. We were the only two people in-shop on a weekday at 6PM, and we soon figured out why. I ordered a teriyaki combo of beef and gyoza, while my partner who's vegetarian got a tofu teriyaki. The owner was considerate enough to clarify with my partner that their default tofu is fried with animal oil. He suggested steamed tofu as a replacement, and my partner happily accepted that. Little did we know, that was a total mistake.

It didn't take long for the food to be served, and I was already sus-ed out by the look of it - dark pile of beef strips next to rice and sad looking lettuce salad, plus four gyozas. The sauce was so heavy that it was impossible to tell what the meat was. Then upon first bite I was completely turned off - the teriyaki sauce was overly sweet even by American standard, and salty too. And despite the heavy dressing, the beef still tasted gamey... The gyozas tasted worse than store-bought ones, not much filling and tasted like they've been frozen forever.

Oh and this wasn't even the worst part yet... when my partner's food was served, it was even sadder - cubes of steamed tofu (the tofu looked like it was taken right out of store containers, just cut into cubes) laying around next to rice and sad looking salad. Check out the photo for how cheap the dish looked. It came with a dark sauce for seasoning yet the owner told us the sauce was in fact not vegetarian. So my partner had to create his own seasoning of soy sauce and sriracha hot sauce to finish his food. And btw, the sriracha bottle looked quite gross... So yea, my partner paid $17+ to eat cubes of flavorless unseasoned steamed tofu with white rice and pieces of raw lettuce - something we've made many times at home with much better seasoning and taste with the cost of $3 max.

This place also has no service. You order at the front, the food gets served, and you need to bus your own table and get your own water. Needless to say, never coming back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Good grub, But for 20 plus bucks for one meal I would expect more than a child sized portion. I'm 5 foot 100 lbs and I am still hungry after eating.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 3

I don't think it was perfect Korean food, but it was okay.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was actually really good. Like really good.
Only complaint is I spent 24 bucks and food/cost ratio is pretty low. Maybe more rice or chicken if it's 24 USD. BESIDES THAT it was good

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spicy Chicken Teriyaki

So good! I ordered the kimchi friend rice and even though i loooooved it, the chicken teriyaki was my favorite.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Very unhappy with my experience. I ordered a katsu chicken with egg roll dish. I went to pay and was charged 32. When I received my receipt I noticed the discrepancy as the price for the Katsu Chicken & egg roll dish is listed as 16. I brought this up to guy running the restaurant and he just laughed. He clearly knew what he was doing. Very deceitful, I will not be going back to this place ever again.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Food came out super quick! It was tasty, just a slight after taste I didn't like. The guy at the front was super friendly. ^_^

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Spicy Chicken

The tofu soup and the bibimbap was just average.

I enjoyed the delicious Tofu Stone Bibimbap I had for dinner and would love to try it again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

As a Seattlite of 30+ years, it's hard to find good quality Teriyaki. The basic order of Chicken Teriyaki gives you your classic iceberg style salad, and poppy dressing- distinct to what you typically get in Seattle. The rice is a decent amount on plate if you need to fill up after enjoying the chicken and salad. The chicken is very well charred for flavor, and soft and tender. Juicy, and not stringy. You get a very nice portion of quality flavor, and fill. You can also fill up on complimentary egg flower soup. There is hot tea, and filtered water as well. I would dine in/takeout if you want quality over quantity!

Vegetarian options: I'm sure the cook can make sure you are accommodated.

Wheelchair accessibility: Entrance and seating is accessible.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Spicy chicken teriyaki is fire!

Food: 5

service drinks and egg flower soup.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Teriyaki is delicious but prices on online ordering were significantly lower than the prices listed in the store. So I was a bit shocked when I paid around $10 more than expected. My thought is the website is just outdated since they don’t accept online orders?

When I came back to Korea, what I miss most about Seattle is this restaurant’s bibimbap. Even though I eat bibimbap all over Korea, nothing tastes as good as the bibimbap here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5