Hanyang Jokbal (Scarborough) — Restaurant in Toronto

Looking for some specialty Korean food. This place serves up a variety of pork hock (leg) cooked in various methods and flavours. We called in earlier during the week to book a reservation. When we arrived the restaurant was not too busy about 3 tables of customers. By the end of the dinner the place was almost full.

We order the Spicy Jokbal $42 + $4 rice cakes. The meal came with a spicy clear broth soup, lettuce, pickled turnips, some sort of spicy chives, and we asked for kimchi although we were told it doesn't come with the spicy jokbal. There was a gochuchang sauce and raw garlic and jalapeno peppers and another dipping sauce which I wasn't sure about. The meat was tender and the skin also so succulent. You can order a steam rice or DIY rice ball dish to offset the spice and savouryness of the jokbal dish. The appetizer or ban chan in Korean were refillable. We also got a refill on the green leaf lettuce.

They had a promo on the pork bone soup $9.99 with any order from the menu. The soup had great texture and flavour. The bones had lots of meat. My wife and I enjoyed it however had we known there was a soup served with the jokbal we would have passed on it.

Overall the service was attentive and friendly. The server apologized for the delay on our pork bone soup and offered to give us a free drink. So we got a free bottle of Sapporo for our troubles. Great cuatomer service goes a long way in keeping customers coming back for more. Well done Hanyang and your food was definitely worth it and we will be back! We will try the seafood pancake and garlic jokbal next time!

Update: We returned to try the Garlic Jokbal. It was much better than the spicy jokbal. Nicely sliced pieces of pork hock and same appetizers were served except we got pickled turnips with the spicy jokbal. Great service and experience again. We were able to get complimentary Korean tea which was...

This plaza on silver star boulevard is pretty GOAT-ed tbh. There's SO many good restos in this particular plaza. Gyu Hito right next door happens to rank as one of my top 5 restos in the GTA. Deer garden (always a solid option; right next door)

Came during an evening after my usual saturday badminton session with friends. My friends had already tried this place so they assured me it would be good.

We ordered a BBQ jokbal with all the fixings (added rice cakes, sausages and cheese for additional cost), DIY riceballs, a seafood pancake and tacked on a gamjatang at a discounted price (because of a special promotion they had going on).

This is the best jokbal I've had in Toronto. The meat was so tender and succulent. You could taste the char and grill on the outside of the skin. The cheese was so satisfying to wrap around my meat (no pun intended). And they gave us a MASSIVE bone. Like I had to wonder to myself. THIS IS HOW JOKBAL SHOULD BE SERVED. I've gotten half a jokbal at a lot of places that cut corners. This was no joke.

The DIY riceballs were also very tasty. They came to the table unmixed with mayo, nori, furikake seasoning, sesame seeds, green onions and tobiko (flying fish roe) on top. The server also gave us a glove to make balls ourselves (again no pun intended).

The seafood pancake was decent (I've definitely had better). The outside could've been crispier but there was a good amount of seafood inside the pancake.

The gamjatang was above avg imo. Definitely better than a chain joint like Owl of Minerva but it wasn't 5 star or anything. This was a good filler for us to get us to the "full" level.

Overall, the jokbal is incredible and the riceballs are a must-try as well. When I come back, I'll try a different kind of jokbal. Perhaps the garlic or...

My girlfriend had brought in a birthday cake to eat after our meal and had asked the staff to put the cake in the fridge upon arrival; the restaurant obliged. However as we were wrapping up and asked to bring the cake out, it was only then were we told "no outside food and drinks" were permitted. We had celebrated a birthday here 4 months ago and didnt face this issue, we were told the policy had changed recently. We told the staff we're celebrating a birthday here, and would like to have our cake but they remained firm with their policy.

You have your own polices, and while it may seem silly to customers I get it, it's your business you have your reasons. However, when I made the reservation this uncommon practice was never brought up. There were no signs on the store front or inside the restaurant noting this policy. Even when my girlfriend asked to put the cake in the fridge they did not tell us about this. It was only AFTER dinner when we were EXPECTING to have our cake that we were told "no outside food and drinks" allowed. Worst part was when we voiced our concerns, the person we were speaking to did not appear to understand the implications of their policy at all, or was able to validate our concerns and recognize their fault in the matter. All they would do was repeat, "I'm sorry our policy changed, no outside food or drinks." No exception, even for celebrations. Ridiculous. If you have this kind of unconventional policy, guests need to be made aware of this at the INITIAL point of contact or at the bare minimum when we show up with a cake in our hand.

Food and service are excellent, but dont expect the restaurant to allow you to celebrate a...