DAWON Korean Restaurant — Restaurant in Allen

My Favorite restaurant in Texas. Here's what's good.

M6. Galbitang - The bone broth of this soup is unique, rich, and so flippin' full of flavor that once I ordered it, it was all i ordered the next 4 times i visited this restaurant. I could not get enough of it, and was sad when I finished the entire thing by myself. I still order it every other time I'm there.

M16. Dolsot Bibimbab - With the Marinated Beef, this dish is full of flavor and wonderful vegetables. Then, you scrape the bottom of the bowl and find the delicious awesomeness of the golden crackling n crispy rice as it slowly browns from the heat of the bowl. The texture of the rice elevates this dish which was already awesome to a new level. YUM.

T1. Chicken Terriyaki - Normally, I don't even like this dish. But here, its incredible! The chef's sauce is like nothing I've ever had anywhere else, and I lived in Los Angeles CA and Boulder CO for years, both obvious culinary hot spots. This chef is not just pre-ordering sauces to make a quick buck. Even the broccoli that accompanies this dish... its like candy. Yes, CANDY!

F2. Pork Fried Rice (Dwejigogee Bokumbab) - If one dish serves as my barometer for a good Chinese restaurant, its their Pork Fried rice. And then Dawon, a Korean restaurant goes and completely destroys ever other pork fried rice I've ever had in my life. THIS pork fried rice is my favorite pork fried rice of all time. it beats every Chinese place I've ever been to, from Seattle to Los Angeles to San Francisco China Town to Dallas... If you often order pork fried rice, ORDER IT HERE. You will love.

Honorable Mention Like spice and bold fish stew flavors? Try the M11. Dae Goo Tang. It's VERY spicy, and the bowl keeps the soup nice and hot for quite awhile, maybe a tad too long.

The service is great too! Very kind, always friendly to my children. In a small town north of Dallas that struggles a bit to be awesome, Dawon is a rare and...

First time here, we decided to give it a try for dinner. When you walk in, you order at the counter and you have a ticket number on your receipt. The food is delivered to you at your table. The service is friendly.

There isn't a lot of seating, but they seem to do most of their business as a take-out or pick-up place. The place does get hot from the kitchen so some people might find this uncomfortable. On the evening we ate here, there was a table of 7 and table of 2 and our table of 3. By the time we left almost 2.5 hours later, there were a couple more tables of 3-4 people per table.

The very young cook, seemingly working the kitchen solo on the day we went, is perhaps not very proficient with multitasking. We saw a table of 7 people get each individual meal brought out for each person with about a 20 minute delay between each meal delivered to the table. Our table of three meals came out with a delayed split as well. Our appetizer came out one hour after we ordered then two meals came out 25 minutes after that and the last dish came out 15 minutes after that.

While the food was good and the portions were decent, the time it took for our meals to come out was not great. We can see why there is alot of pick-up meals instead. I'm sure this contributes some to the reason for the eat in delays but this would be a reason for us to not come back,...

Dawon serves up the most amazing, comforting, authentic Korean food in the Allen area, and their bento options are my absolute favorites!

When I previously worked in Allen, this was the place I'd go for lunch. They have these bento boxes that were filling, delicious, and worth the cost! Each bento usually lasts me for lunch and dinner, which isn't bad considering they were only $12 (prices probably went up now). I always get the bulgogi bento. It came with rice, bulgogi, banchan (cucumber, kimchi, cabbage, fish cakes), and fried egg, making these bentos super colorful!! 😍 My boyfriend asked to change some side dishes because he doesn’t like zucchini & kimchi and the owner was super accommodating.

I only dined in once after they reopened their dining area but it's a very cute space. The restaurant is a little dark, and they use disposable utensils. There are 6-8 tables but most people order the food to go anyways. The couple is very friendly and I just love all my...