DanSungSa — Restaurant in Dallas

First time here and it will not be my last time!

00:00 DanSungSa. The kind of place you only find if you are half lost or half drunk. Ideally both. A nameless strip mall off the freeway, neon bleeding onto concrete, fifteen minutes from downtown Dallas and a world away from polished dinner service.

00:02 We roll into a parking lot packed tighter than a Seoul subway during rush hour. It is a war zone of Camrys and cracked bumpers. The host looks up and mutters, “Wait a while.” It is not friendly. It is not apologetic. But somehow, it is honest. And I respect the hell out of that.

00:14 We get seated. Twelve minutes in. Fluorescent lights buzz overhead like old memories. The place looks like a K Pop bar that got in a fistfight with a Sharpie and lost. Graffiti everywhere. Booths carved with declarations of love, lust, and last meals.

00:45 The food arrives. Finally. A bubbling iron skillet of spicy stir fried chicken, drowned in molten cheese. It is loud. It is messy. It burns like regret, but in the best way. We pair it with a bottle of soju, because of course we do. You do not come here for wine pairings or tasting menus. You come here because the night refuses to let you go home.

01:10 We are halfway through. The room smells like sweat, gochujang, and late night decisions. Around us, a mix of seasoned regulars and wide eyed TikTok pilgrims pretending they belong. Delivery drivers wander in and out like ghosts. Every five minutes, another one. The kitchen must be a furnace of chaos.

01:35 Nobody checks on you. Not once. But this is not the Ritz. It is not even Denny’s. This is DanSungSa. If you need something, hit the call bell on your table like a civilized animal and hope someone hears it.

01:37 We pay. Two minutes flat. No small talk. No sales pitch. Just a nod, a take out container, and we are back out into the night.

This place is not trying to impress you. It does not really care about Google or stars on Yelp. It just is. Open late. Unapologetic. A haven for the sleepless, the hungry, and those chasing one more bite before morning. Some places feed your ego. This one feeds your soul with melted cheese and chaos at three in...

my first 1 star review goes to this place. im not sure why this place has the reviews that it has. we had a terrible experience. the service was poor and the food was even worse. we only came here since it was one of the few spots that was open past midnight.

to start off the waitress did not give us utensils or enough water. that was not the only issue our group experienced. we ordered the spicy tofu soup and it was the worst tofu soup that we’ve ever had. it was extremely bland and not spicy at all despite it being a spicy dish. we literally had to ask for salt on the side. we also ordered the kimchi fried rice and when it came out there was no cheese even though the menu and pictures clearly showed it w cheese. when we told the waitress she told us that she doesn’t think the dish came with cheese and asked us if we still wanted cheese. she took the plate back and came out 20 mins later with the fried rice after most of us had finished our meals. the fried rice and cheese was cold and unappetizing. our other friend ordered the bulgogi which was $18. for the price and amt of meat it came with it, it was not worth it at all. the only decent thing we ordered was the fish cake soup.

when it was time to pay the bill we had to approach the front/cashier since we were unsure on how to pay. we had to remind the cashier on what we ordered since they didn’t remember. they also charged us 20% auto gratuity which was we felt was undeserved. when we spoke to the manager ab our concerns she brushed it off and seemed uninterested. she offered a discount for our next visit but we have no plans on returning. now we know why it was empty and dead inside :D

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I’ll just start with I work late and don’t get off till 11:30pm, so when I do want to go out I usually can’t go anywhere because they are closed. That’s why went here with my friend, granted we arrived at 1:55 am and the place doesn’t close til 4am. We sit down look at the menu for a bit and call for a waiter, we wanted a drink each, specifically one of the holiday drinks and the waiter informs us that the bar closes at 3am and they stopped serving all alcohol but their soju. Mind you it’s 2:08am, the drinks were $9 each and the soju is $15.5. I think it’s weird to not serve most alcohol 2 hours before closing, but upon further research it’s something unique to TX as it has different liquor laws due to it being a bible thumping state. When I ordered my food I wanted the Buldae Jigae (? For spelling), but got the kimchi version of it instead. After finishing that we got the one we intended (which took way longer than our first meal) and it was meant to have cheese and did not, also the meat that meant to be decorated on top was mixed in. My friend was the one who really wanted it and she couldn’t eat more than one of the small styrofoam bowl. It was pretty disappointing, also their desserts were really lacking, so we went some place nearby to grab a sweet quick bite. Also the food is much better at other locations, especially Carrollton. The pics you see on their menu online doesn’t match the food in store, so I would recommend going to the place next door instead. The atmosphere is amazing, although as the night went on it dwindled. I however really enjoyed the initial vibe, that was the only...