新大久保 soban 韓国創作料理 — Restaurant in Tokyo

I didn't get any pictures of the food because we were so hungry! We came on a Sunday @5:30pm so we had an early dinner. It was raining and this place is like on the 3rd floor, so it's a little hard to find. The food came pretty quick.

All orders come with a small partitioned 3-banchan tray of radish kimchi, cut pancake, and pickled vegetables. I got the Japanese wagyu ribs for 2,000Yen. (Only comes with one piece of lettuce by the way, and no rice). It was very tender and marinated very wonderfully! I could taste it in every bite. They grill it in the kitchen instead of having it in front of you, so if you're fine with that, this is a good place to go...

I am sorry to say that my Kimchi chigae was not very pleasant. It was missing 'umami' and there was only 'sanmi'(sourness) present in the soup. I couldn't finish it. According to the other reviews it seems this restaurant is very popular but they need to taste the kimchi chigae before serving. They also charge Otoshi, 300 yen per person for kimchi dishes, which is not commonly charged at other restaurants. I do not...

The food tasted great and the lady that served us was appreciable. However, we didn’t like being charged 300 yen each for condiments we didn’t order. At the end we payed 900 yen more than what was expected for something not that good and that we didn’t order. Still the BBQ was good and you get quite a big quantity, the fried chicken is also really tasty especially the garlic...