Uptown Korea Korean Street Food & Late Night Snacks | Kimbap, Tteokbokki, Corn Dogs, Odeng, Meal Boxes | Sydney CBD — Restaurant in Sydney

I want to share an experience I had a couple months ago, maybe in August, which completely altered my perception of this store. I'll start off by saying that I used to come here a lot for their kimbap because it's delicious, convenient, and quick. I invited my boyfriend who has a severe peanut allergy to eat with me since korean food doesn't generally use peanuts and it was very easy for us to ask about the ingredients. That's exactly what we did and the sweet elderly people working there were able to communicate with each other very quickly and get back to us with a definitive 'no' and my boyfriend shared kimbap with me with no problems.

The second time we went together, as prompted by the signs on the walls and out of general cautiousness, my boyfriend went to ask them if the kimbap had any nuts (which they didn't the last time we went). The people working there this time were clearly inexperienced and had poor English so at first they couldn't understand the question and then when they did understand the question, they couldn't properly answer it and gave us an unclear "maybe?" This was largely unhelpful and we were now suspicious because of the response so we tried to ask them if we could see the sauces but they refused us and couldn't elaborate why due to language barriers. My boyfriend and I decided to give up on the kimbap and head home to get food but the inexperienced cashier couldn't figure out how to give us a refund so we were waiting for a bit for that to be sorted. In that time, the young manager arrived and was called to help us by the inexperienced cashier but the manager was curious why we needed a refund. The cashier tried to explain what she knew to the manager in Korean and I tried to explain in English the situation but it resulted in the manager berating my boyfriend for his nut allergy saying things like "why didn't you tell us before you ordered?", "why would you come here if you have such a severe allergy?", and "why would you ever eat outside?" To that lady - sorry for telling you (as the sign prompted) that we have an allergy??? I tried to explain that we came here and ordered because we've been here in the past and didn't have a problem but this time we got a suspicious response for the usual question of 'does this include peanuts?' and hence opted for a refund so we could eat at home. Instead of helping us actually figure out if there were nuts, the manager spent all her time scolding us saying "of course we have nuts!" She was a younger person and was likely immature because she unhelpfully added that "most places have nuts, it's everywhere, you can't control everything," with a snarky attitude and scoffed at us. I don't think she realises that there's a reason we went specifically to Uptown Korea instead of other restaurants in the area, and there is a reason why we always ask if there are nuts even if we've been to a place before because we know this fact intimately. We are not ignorant, we are cautious AND we are never going back again because clearly the ingredients are inconsistent and their kimbap has nuts...True to my word, I have never returned which is a shame because I did enjoy going here to get kimbap in the past - afterall, I have a coconut milk allergy! How could I dare eat outside? This food MUST have coconut milk! People with allergies should just never eat out and certainly don't let the people running the place know that you have the allergy because you don't want to be scolded by them do you? Awful attitude of that manager. The workers tried their best but were unhelpful. The elderly workers are leagues better. Ultimately, the food is good but my single experience with the customer service was enough to never want to...

📍 Right across from Town Hall Event – a cozy Korean snack spot 🇰🇷✨

I came around 1pm and it was packed with nearby office workers grabbing lunch. They’ve got super convenient grab-to-go meals, plus a DIY instant noodle station 🍜 with so many flavors I’ve never seen before – from different Buldak ramyun to even vegan options! You can also mix your own drinks from the freezer 🧃.

💡 Students get 5% off, and if you’re ordering for a group (up to 25 meals) it’s 10% off – such a deal!

We ordered a full spread and honestly couldn’t finish everything, so we packed the rest to take home 🥡.

✨ What we tried:

Kimbap 🍙 (13 🔪) Perfect post-workout snack! Each box comes with 10 mini rice balls, filled with protein. We tried both beef and pork – the pork wasn’t too strong, but I personally preferred the beef. Each one also had fish cake inside, which was a nice surprise!

Original Tteokbokki (16🔪) Three types of rice cakes to choose from (Original, Large, Rose) and you can add beef, pork, or cheese 🧀. The sauce was rich, spicy in a tasty way – even for someone who usually can’t handle too much heat. Loved the authentic flavor, and yes, more fish cake inside!

Oden Combo 🍢 (9 for 3 / 3.5 each) So comforting and warm. I wished there was some radish, but still really good. Personally, I liked the fish cakes soaked in the sauce more than the plain broth version – more flavor!

Overall, a super satisfying meal – will definitely come back to try more ramyun flavors...

📍Uptown Korea, George Street

The hype is real! An 11pm close time for any late night cravings 😛

As it's located on the Main Street of George Street there is not a lot of parking. I would recommend to catch public transport as it's only a 2 min walk away from town hall station, I would advise you to check street parking for availablities. The train is located close by, literally 1 min walk from the convenient store. I would highly recommend walking from any public transport area as it’s super hard to find parking. If you don’t drive the closest trains would be Townhall station or town hall tram stop.

I ordered several items 4x pieces of the Fishcakes (oden) $12 or 1x $3, Beef bulgogi kimbap $10, Topokki $13 and a grape Welch soda $3 totalling up to $38.50.

It's pretty affordable for the city! My best advice would be to eat this with a group of friends.💰

The topokki was super tasty! 10/10 The Beef Kimbap was dry and had no taste! 6/10 The Oden was 10/10 super tasty especially with the broth.

They have both dine in and take out option, there isnt alot of seating area but I heard that it gets super busy! Later in the evenings it isn’t too busy.

Overall experience is 9/10

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