Kimchee Market — Local services in New York

Kimchee Market is a quaint new addition to Greenpoint. It's a miniature grocer that triples as a miniature Korean lunch takeaway store and what one can only assume is a kitchen for a larger sister location elsewhere (there is a pretty big kitchen past the front counter?). The grocery selection is very small -- a few Korean + Japanese snacks, some bottles of teas, a few pieces of machinery, and bags of premium rice make up the bulk of it.

During lunch they sell a kimbap box special for around ~$11, which is easily Williamsburg prices... but the issue is that (though the 'korean sushi' is tasty for what it is) Kimchee Market isn't in Williamsburg. Hearken to a place like Woorijip in Manhattan, which sells kimbap boxes for 3/4 the price but has to pay big city rent, and one starts to wonder if Kimchee Market is shaving truffles on top of their offerings. You can get much more for eleven bucks in this neighborhood... though I'm rooting for Kimchee, I think they need to reevaluate their value...

Cute place, great customer service and convenient location. Now to the cons, the price vs quantity.

We came in because we saw the sign for 20% off hot food if you pick up and the prices for the Dosirak (Korean lunchbox served all day) were really reasonable. For $12.99 I got kimchee/banchan, white & purple rice, pork mandoos AND kalbi?! Crazy deal. Then I got my food and it was quite a let down. At $10.39 (including the 20% off) I got 3 pieces of kalbi, a sauce container size of white rice, a sauce container size of purple rice, a sauce container of kimchi, half a sauce container of banchan and two fried pork mandoos that could probably fit in a sauce container lol

At this price I know that I shouldn't have expected too much but this was pretty ridiculous. They should really call this a "snack" rather than a lunchbox. The food itself was good but I wouldn't go out of my way. You're paying for the...

Been ordering for years, and before that Dokebi, but recently turned for the worse. Driver asked for a tip; I had tipped ~20% online and showed receipt. He says the restaurant probably just keeps that. I called the restaurant to ask for an explanation, and they said they'd call back and never did. (Note these days most third party drivers have told me they don't want to deliver for a cash tip, they want to know before they accept a delivery, so I tip online). On top of this I didn't realize until the next day that two of the banchan I ordered ($8 each) were...