Meishi — Restaurant in Utrecht

This is NOT authentic Korean food. As someone who's been to Korea and has eaten at plenty of real Korean restaurants, I felt disappointed and honestly even scammed when I tasted the food here. It is nothing like the Korean cuisine while the restaurant is promoted as a Korean restaurant. The way everything was seasoned tasted more like Chinese food and although that doesn't have to be a bad thing, if I wanted Chinese food, I would've gone to a Chinese restaurant. The kimchi dishes I ordered had no kimchi flavor at all. The kimchi mandu (dumplings) tasted like there was no kimchi inside, the kimchi jeon (pancake) tasted like plain dough with no vegetables or seasoning whatsoever, the kimchi jjigae (stew) was really just hot water with some tofu and kimchi and it tasted very watery. The bibimbap and tteokbokki had a strong garlic taste. Even the gochujang didn't taste like gochujang. Overall everything was just far from authentic. The costumer service was good, very kind and welcoming. However, when I expressed disappointment with the food, the waitress told me to wrap all dishes in lettuce (like ssam), because according to her you're not supposed to eat it separately but that's not true at all! Ssam is what you use for the meat from the grill and you can add side dishes and sauce to it but bibimbap and tteokbokki are supposed to be eaten separately, not in a wrap. I don't appreciate being told I am not eating the food correctly when I have more than enough experience with Korean food. I'm sure that for anyone who doesn't know what Korean food is supposed to taste like, they have no problem with the food (hence why there are so many good reviews), but I will say; do NOT go here if you want to taste authentic Korean food....

Meishi was recommended to me by a colleague after she heard that I lived in Seoul for two years and was craving some meatless Korean food. A bit hidden from the busy streets of utrecht lies Meishi. Upon entering, we were full heartedly welcomed by, I assume, the owner.

What i loved about the menu was the ability to mix your bbq menus, so if someone would prefer meat and the other fish- that'd be no problem. We ordered the fish bbq, teokkbokki and pancakes. Different types of kimchi and a tofu soup were included in the bbq menu. Summarised: the food was amazing, tasted like the food i had back in Seoul and more than plenty (we both took some home in a doggybag). The nice lady made sure to check in regularly and advise us how we could best prepare and enjoy our food without being pushy.

Overall, a great recommendation and will definitely return soon to try out the other menu items.

In addition, the tables were clean and nicely set. Women's bathroom was clean and separated by an extra little hall from the...

If you're looking for real Korean food, don't come here. Sadly not authentic at all. The kimchi pancake had no kimchi taste and was just plain white without any ingredients. Kimchi soup was unseasoned water with kimchi and tofu swimming in it which got slightly better after adding gochujang separately to it, but still not great. Ddeokbokki and bibimbap tasted okayish (if you like lots of garlic, bibimbap was more like fried rice in soy sauce) but it's far from the Korean cuisine. Dumplings were okay but without kimchi again. Could only find kimchi in the soup. And no, wrapping everything in a salad leaf and eating it as ssam didn't make it much better, I really wish it did lol Overall very disappointed, coming from someone who's been to Korea multiple times. Just save your money and make the food yourself, any random recipe on Google would probably be more authentic. The customer service was very lovely, but it sadly couldn't make up for...