Seoul — Restaurant in Tbilisi

Started off with some very small servings of three different vegetable dishes served on a complementary basis so cannot really complain. Tasted okay including the kimche.

Followed by a spicy beef soup, which was the best of the dishes that, as it turns out, I was served.

Stir fried pork presumably was supposed to be jeyuk bokkeum, which, if prepared correctly, is absolutely delicious -- unfortunately, not the case here and the portion size was small. Normally, I cannot resist having a second portion of jeyuk bokkeum but, in this instance, there was absolutely no yen for seconds.

Last to come out was the tonkatsu or donkatsu -- a pork cutlet with a piquant brown source that is shared by both Korean and Japanese cuisine. I have always in other restaurants been served tonkatsu without any sauces being applied by the chef and it is up to the customer to add the sauce or not; here the tonkatsu is painted with that piquant brown sauce as well as with an unknown white sauce. The two cutlets were too thin and a bit dry; albeit a minor point, I also didn't like how it was served in kind of a double-layered aluminum pan. There was extra brown piquant sauce on the side but not enough.

I really would have liked to have ordered bulgogi or bogalbi. Just pieces of meat, pork preferably, grilled but, on the menu, the only items like that are pork belly and sirloin streak. There is bulogi but it is not the bulgogi I know and is served in what appears to be a stir fry with lots of veggies. Maybe it is a healthier variety but, sorry, I want just meat!! Seems to me that once again what is in play is a cheapening of dishes to substitute cheaper food items (veggies) for the more expensive (meat).

Overall items on offer, in relation to the size of the dishes served, appear, in the main, overpriced especially once the 10% tax is applied. My three dishes plus one small Bakurian water came to 125 lari before tip. Tripadvisor incorrectly indicates cost of dishes as being $2-5 when, indeed, the highest prices dishes are nearly $25.

Located about 600 meters from the main avenue Pekin on a dark and uninviting street in Saburalo. Accosted by a group of mid-teen near-do-wells on the way. If your a woman, if it is evening or night, go to Seoul by taxi.

Beeline operator does not work from the restaurant and, when I brought that up, I wasn't informed of any WiFi. Instead I was brought two beers as the waitress confused "beeline" with "beer." Not criticizing -- kind of amusing. Service actually is good; you indicate your order on a checklist and buzz the wait-staff when you are ready to order. I think that is an efficient system.

The interior of the restaurant is a bit old and quaint but it has a cozy feel to it. However, it is not a fancy place more like a кафу ("cafe" in the Russian meaning like informal restaurant) than a ресторан (formal restaurant) but not quite as low as столовая ("stolovaya" i.e. soviet-style diner). Decor is not particularly Korean but it is decent enough.

I arrived at Seoul a few minutes passed 9pm and ordered everything immediately as the restaurant annoyingly closes at 10pm, at which time you are given your check and nudged out. I went on a Saturday night. For Fridays and Saturdays, 10pm, to my mind, seems to be too early to close in a major city yet, annoyingly, many restaurants in Tbilisi do this.

While this is an interesting venue in terms of cuisine for the Tbilisi restaurant scene, I am undecided whether I would patronize it again. Probably not. Were I to, I would probably order the grilled pork belly. Maybe that would be more to my liking than their jeyuk bokkeum and tonkatsu on offer...

Delicious. My team ordered Dolsot bibimbap (fresh stirfried vege-mixed steamed rice bowl-with Korean spicy sauce in warm stone bowl), SoonTofu spicy soup(stew), and Japchae (beef and vegetable mixed stir fried glass noodle in soy sauce-Traditional Korean style; Korean party food). As Korean style, side dishes were served first, small portion of Kimchi, Oi-moochim(lightly picked cucumber mixed with red pepper sauce), Kajee-bokeum(Stir fried aubergine;eggplant). Side dishes were good, neat, all the Korean needed not more not less. And then the main dishes were one by one served. The food was looking good and delicious, the quantity was appropriate. Served quickly. The taste, as a Korean I can say, this is real Korean taste. Sure. At least, SoonTofu, Bibimbap, Japchae, I can guarantee. The taste, looking, and the side dishes are almost same or superior to usual restaurant in Korea. Especially I would like to put a good marks on Japchae. Because, Japchae is difficult to make and hard to make good taste with great quality of noodle. If you visit Tbilisi, if you think any Korean food in mind, visit here! Don't worry about how you get here, you can use taxi app or show the map to taxi driver. I wish you could...

I’m incredibly disappointed with the service I received at this restaurant. I lived in South Korea for almost two years, so every chance I get to have Korean food I try it. I understand that wait times in Georgia are long in general but this was ridiculous. I waited over 1 hour and a half for some fried chicken and ramen- things that can be easily made in 30 minutes. It took everything in me to not walk out and just say forget it.

The place wasn’t busy so it looked like they were prioritizing food delivery over orders of those in the restaurant- absolutely insane, especially after I went out of my way to get to the place.

Even after the ridiculous long time, they tried to play it off like it wasn’t that big of a deal. No one offered to comp or give anything additional for having my time wasted.

I can’t with a sound mind recommend this place. The ramen and chicken were ok but not worth an over hour and a half wait time. Very dissatisfied and disappointed in this...