Soo Ra Sang — Restaurant in Bengaluru

(ENGLISH)

summary = owner is racist

Already my first impression of this place was that it was mediocre/low quality. For ex, kimbap in Korea is usually between 1,500 won and 3,000 won (90 ~ 180 rupees), but here, it is 12,000 won (710 rupees). This place is even more expensive than other Korean restaurants in Bengaluru. However, after this experience, I realised that the real problem is that the owner is extremely racist. I went here with my Indian friend.From what I heard, the owner seemed like a rude person. I thought maybe it could have been some misunderstanding due to cultural difference. When I entered the restaurant, a pompous Korean lady (the owner) was conversing with another Korean lady. We were seated at a table near them. My friend needed to use the bathroom, which was locked, so she asked the owner for the key, which the owner readily gave. While my friend was in the bathroom, I overheard the owner tell the other Korean woman in Korean, "Indians are so dirty, I try to avoid even touching them..." I was shocked and turned around. The owner then realised I was Korean too. When I confronted her about what she said, she tried to excuse herself by saying "I didn't say Indians, I said Tibetans are very dirty." I was furious and asked them to cancel my order. The moment my friend came out of the bathroom, I grabbed her and walked out.

When I went to a Korean restaurant called 'thran', the service was satisfactory. Also, the owner When I went to a Korean restaurant called 'arirang' I did not see at least the unpleasant behavior of the owner.

(KOREAN)

summary = 여기 주인 인종차별주의자.

참고로 이 식당 첫인상은 그저그렇고 질떨어져보였다. 가령 김밥 한국에서 1,500원 3,000원 (90 180 루피)하는거 무슨 12,000원(710루피) 씩이나 받는지. 여기 다른 방갈루루 한국식당하고 비교햇을때 비싼편이고.근데, 진짜 문제는 주인이 진짜 인종차별주의자라는 것이다. 인도인 친구와 수라상(soo ra sang)에 갔다. 여러 친구에게 들은바, 주인이 개념없는 사람처럼 보였는데, 아마 문화적 차이로 오해가 있었을 거라고 생각했다. (가령, 욕쟁이 할머니 뭐 이런거)식당들어갔을때, 주인여성하고 다른 한국인 여성하고 대화하고 있었고, 우리는 그들 근처 테이블에 앉았다.친구가 화장실가려 했는데, 문이 잠겨있어서, 주인한테 열쇠달라고 했고, 주인은 친구에게 친절히 열쇠를 건네줬다.친구가 화장실에 있을때, 주인이 다른 한국인 여성에게 "인도인은 더러워요. 손도 안 잡으려고 해요. 블라블라"라고 말하는 것을 들었다. 얼탱이 없어 충격받아서 돌아봤는데, 주인이 내가 한국인이라는 걸 알았다. 주인이 말한내용 갖고 내가 물어보니까, 변명하는데 "인도인을 말한게 아니라, 티벳인이 더럽다고 말한거에요"라고 했다. 진짜 얼탱이가 없어서 주문취소해달라고 말하고,친구가 화장실에서 나왔을때, 데리고 나왔다.

+'thran'이라는 한국식당 갔을때는 주인의 서비스는 만족스러웠음. +'arirang'이라는 한국식당 갔을때는 적어도 그곳 주인의...

RACIST owner! On my first visit here, I found the owner a bit rude, which I ignored because maybe it was just her personality and I was here for the food anyway. The food was decent, overpriced. On my second visit, I realised the owner had a bigger issue: Racism! This time, I brought my Korean friend along. He sat opposite me, so the owner didn't see that he was Korean too. I asked the owner for the key to the bathroom, as they keep it locked. While I was in the bathroom, my friend overheard the owner telling her friend in Korean, "Indians are so dirty, I try to avoid even touching them..." Before she could finish, my friend turned over and confronted her. And she tried to excuse herself by saying, "Are you sure you heard Indians? I meant to say that Tibetans are so dirty!" My friend was beyond furious and the moment I came out of the bathroom, he just asked me to walk out with him.

As if insulting one community wasn't enough, she is insulting two. This is such shameful behavior, especially considering that this is how she sees some of her customers. She wouldnt touch Indians but she definitely has no problem touching Indian money! I would never go here again, and I believe any self respecting Indian or Tibetan wouldn't either. Edit: the owner replied to this comment, since I couldn't reply to her, i will reply here instead - Look, if your food tastes amazing, price isn't even an issue. Arirang serves far better quality food than yours, so their expensive price is justifiable and we enjoy it 100%. The bigger problem is your racism. You say you spent half of your life in India, etc yet you don't have the basic respect for the people here. I've seen how condescendingly you speak to Indians. I know what you said about Indians only because I had someone who understands Korean with me. Otherwise, I would innocently eat your food even while you were insulting me and my community while sititng at a table next to me. If you just took a little time to check your other reviews on Zomato, you'd know that there are so many other people who think you are rude and...

Let me say, I actually want to give 0 “stars” but there’s no option like that. Had lunch here yesterday. What was right…mmm I can’t think of anything, really! What was wrong: you enter the restaurant from an abandoned, under construction building. You can’t even see if the lift is working - to be honest, was unsure of entering it (it’s working though) and trudged up 4 floors. When you get there, you’re greeted by sullen faces of the servers. No one smiles. When you’re being seated, you’ve to leave shoes outside the table and turn an axis to get yourself seated. Can’t explain properly. But it’s not comfortable. And you’re told this, mmm rather rudely. There’s no air conditioning. It’s on the rooftop. So it’s rather hot - despite being pleasant in general. On top of that, if you order the barbeque, they need to light the fire on your table. Making it much much warmer, highly uncomfortable. They gave us a cooler which was not effective. And it was throwing the barbeque smoke in my face directly. I changed my place. For which too, it’s not easy, because you’ve to clamber out of your current seat, crawl across to the next one and swivel to be seated.

My view, from the next place I was seated - was empty carton boxes, some floor tiles stacked up, a jhaadoo (broom) with a green handle, pochha (mop) and other cleaning supplies.

The servers remained sullen and impolite throughout the meal. No one was warm or hospitable.

All this is forgiven I guess when you go to a Darshini. Na na. It was a rather overpriced restaurant. The pricing on zomato is old. Each dish is 720 bucks. Our bill was 1318 per person. Without any alcohol. Oh and we didn’t order too many things. The barbeque pork was 80% fat, 20% meat.

And alllllll of this is forgiven if the food is exceptional. It was average… at best! Or maybe because the rest of the experience was so bad, the food couldn’t make up for it.

Never going again. Even...