Korea Restaurant — Restaurant in Madrid

I'm Korean, so I know what Korean food should taste like. First off, the workers are not Korean, they are Filipinos. Maybe some Spaniards can tell, not sure. Anyway, the food is actually decent for being in Madrid. Is it the same taste as in Seoul or Los Angeles, which probably has the best Korean food, no. It's not bad, either. The service is good too. I tried the kimchi jigae, at least it was made with ripe kimchi, it was a bit salty and they put fish cake in it which isn't right..haha but I was satisfied. The bulgogi was decent too. Everything was a bit on the salty side but maybe it's a Spanish preference. This restaurant would probably be a 3/5 if it was in Los Angeles but in Madrid, it's a solid 5. You have to buy the banchan separately, which can be common in some parts of Europe, but the pricing justifies that you have to pay separately because it's not that expensive. The kimchi jigae came with rice, the bulgogi did not, so you have to order rice. If you're in Madrid and you need your Korean fix from some nice Filipinos, this is the place to go. Pro tip: for more authentic Korean, go to Casa Bulgogi, it's Korean workers and chef, it's better than here but it's still 5 stars here because...

it’s the worst Korean restaurant I’ve ever tried in my life. I’m a Korean btw.

1, the service is bad: there are only 3 Filipino waiters serving (maybe because they look Asian and easy to fool locals), 1 very young, 1 with grey hair, and one normal mid-age. Their attitude were very bad and cold, not like we Korean at all, the guy with grey hair changed his attitude after knowing I’m a Korean; the last guy didn’t even yelled at me without any reason.

2, the cleanness: there were 2 females eating next to my table, and they left when i was still eating. No one came to clean their table till my leaving after 1 hour.

3, food: i ordered Kimchi, spicy squid, and soup of tofu/marisco, none of them tasted same as what i’ve been eating my whole life, even though i emphasized to the waiter that i’m a Korean and i need the original taste. and the portion of food is very little, super little.

From all the points above, also taking into consideration that almost all Japanese restaurants in Madrid are actually owned and managed by Chinese, i do doubt that the owner of this restaurant is not Korean but Chinese.

I’ll never go back to this...

He estado un par de veces, las dos veces me ha gustado mucho la comida. Para mí el plato estrella es uno de los arroces que se llama dolsot Bimbimbat (se queda algo quemado por los paredes del recipiente, se remueve y te vas encontrando trozos crujientes en cada bocado). Las empanadillas están buenas, no son nada del otro mundo, pero creo que hay que pedirlas. Por otro lado, no puede faltar una sopa y una plancha (al menos). La plancha viene sin hacer, quizá el encanto es eso mismo, que en la propia mesa te colocan un fogón y se va haciendo sobre la marcha, ellos (los camareros) están pendientes de ver qué ingredientes añadir a cada momento y de ir removiendo cuando se necesita. Lo que quizá, por decir algo, me falla en cuanto a comida se refiere, son los postres, ya que no tienen ninguno "típico", son postres comprados por así decirlo.

En cuanto al local, decir que es un sitio de tamaño pequeño, decorado y con encanto. Tiene dos partes, en la de arriba dos ventanas pequeñas, las cuales permanecen abiertas para ventilar. Por hablar del aforo en estos tiempos, la primera vez fuimos a cenar y estaba lleno, sentimos que respetaban el límite de aforo y estuvimos cómodos, la última vez fuimos a comer y la primera media hora estábamos prácticamente solos, así que de lujo. El baño es pequeño, de esos que no sabes muy bien como colocarte para estar a gusto.

Los camareros son agradables.

El precio no está mal para la cantidad que ponen.

En resumen, es un sitio que hay que probar si te gusta comer...