Gin Seng Koreanisches Restaurant — Restaurant in Dusseldorf

I was pretty excited to eat Yuk Hoe (Korean Tartar) since it's one of my favorite Korean dishes. I lived for a year in Korea and I'm pretty used to how it should taste. The Yuk Hoe came drenched in sugar, like a dessert. It was sweeter than the Makgeolli. There was so much sugar that the sugar grains couldn't dissolve in the sauce and were cracking under my teeth. This is not how Yukhoe should taste at all. It was completely uneadible.

The waiter was not Korean and had no clue how it should taste, but still tried to justify it, saying that Japanese like it that way. The Japanese group next to us confirmed that in Japan Yukhoe is not sweet like that either, and the waiter looked surprised.

After not eating it, I was still charged...

We came 3 years ago and we remember the food was good. We booked 2 weeks ago for 9 persons (6 adults, 3 kids and a baby). We received a confirmation email but when arrived, no table for us. Waited more than one hour to finally get a table.

When paying we asked if he (the owner) can make a gesture as a discount for the waiting time. He asked where we come from and said that in Asia you can do that but not here and finally by concluding with: why did you wait? So it was our mistake to wait to eat there. What a nice attitude ! We won't come from Luxembourg to eat there ever again. The food was just OK and far from our memory. Another reason to...

The restaurant didn’t quite meet my expectations. To compare with other Korean spots, we usually order the same dishes: Mandu, Fried Chicken, and Bulgogi. Unfortunately, the Mandu didn’t seem homemade—the dumplings were open, much like frozen ones you’d cook at home. The fried chicken was alright but lacked flavor, and the sauce tasted artificial and lacked depth. On the positive side, the Bulgogi was delicious and full of flavor. The atmosphere felt like a typical cheap Asian restaurant—nothing special and...