Han Guuk Guan — Restaurant in Melbourne

We tried some Korean-Chinese dishes here, and the portions were really big!

🍜 Black Bean Noodles (자짱면) $20 + extra noodle $5 The round fried ball on top tasted good. Sauce was nice, but not much pork inside.

🍲 Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup (짬뽕) $22 Tasty soup with lots of seafood — good for us.

🍤 Half Spicy Seafood Noodle + Half Sweet & Sour Pork (탕 짬면) $32 Noodles were rich and spicy. Pork was crunchy with thick meat, not just flour. Sauce came separate, which we recommend so the pork stays crispy.

🥢 Half Black Bean Noodle + Half Sweet & Sour Pork (탕짜면) $30 Same crunchy pork, and you can try two dishes in one.

탕볶짬 (spicy seafood noodle, fried rice, sweet sour pork) $40 Same crunchy pork, and you can try three dishes in one.

사촌간짜장 (sichuan black bean noodles) $25 it is more spicy than normal black bean noodle but not too spicy and they put shrimp tempura & fried egg on top

✨ Big serving sizes. The sweet & sour pork was our favourite — crunchy, meaty, and so good.

The restaurant is small, in a little alley, and the feeling inside is just like Korea. 👍 Recommended if you are craving Korean-style...

In-Depth Review:

Customer Service 5/5 *Cistomer service here is very friendly, professional and with a human touch. Great job!

Food 4/5 *Black bean noodle & combination fried rice *The sauce was not too sweet, not too over powering and was very pleasant to eat *It came with noodles that were nice and chewy, however the portion of noodles wasn't so much. *Same can be said for the rice, there wasn't too much rice. The rice came with a sunny side up egg, which was fresh and yummy. Fried rice itself was fresh as well, however lacked a punch.

Value 2/5 *Quite pricey here for what it's worth, my dish was about $25 but left with a partially empty stomach.

Atmosphere 3/5 *Located in a dark alleyway, facade is nothing great, nor is the interior. The chair was really slippery on the floor, which meant floor was oily or a slippery substance was being used to clean the floor. A little run down, I would not bring a date here though.

Overall *Definitely worth a try id your in the area, black bean sauce was nice if you don't mind the decor, slippery chairs and...

We had a good experience here with their food in the past but our recent visit a few days ago proved to be quite disappointing.

The kimchi that came as a side dish was very salty and we realised it too late after ordering the traditional Korean kimchi stew (kimchi jjigae). In fact we had to dilute the stew with some water to make it edible.

We also ordered the black bean noodles and sweet and sour pork. The sweet and sour pork was literally deep fried flour balls with a sliver of pork encased within. The noodles were the saving grace, with a nice chewy texture and thick, flavoursome black bean sauce.

Not sure if it was just a bad day for them but there were only three tables with customers (including us) while we were there and all three tables had a problem. One table returned their stew after complaining that the oil in the stew smelt rancid. The other table ordered fried chicken but got fried pork instead and the waiter only agreed to return the pork because they found something in it.

We doubt we'd...