Hai Woon Dai — Restaurant in Nashville-Davidson

I heard this is the best Korean restaurant in Nashville. And as I am in love with Korea house(another restaurant), how could I deny the urge for trying delicious Korean food.

But an hour later, my experience in that restaurant, forcing me to write these terrible things that I myself loathe.

Our orders were taken(kinda asking for orders three times within 10 minutes), I ordered white jjampong(sea food) and my gf ordered white rice with stir fried veggies and black bean sauce(she is pescatarian). 10 minutes later another employee came and told us her choice of food is sold out. So we have to order another item! She got the menu again and ordered Japchae(a noodle item). After 10-15 minutes our food arrived. And while I was trying to understand how to eat squid and octopus tentacles!, my gf found out that Japchae had beef in it(not even mentioned in the menu) and she ate some of it mistakenly. We had to call them and this dude came. Me: This item has beef and the menu didn’t mention it. Dude: oh why you don’t eat beef? Me and my gf: No. I am vegetarian(to avoid more dietary confusion) Dude: oh so you are vegan… (then he looked at me) so you can eat this? Me: no sorry, I don’t eat beef either. Dude:(now looking surprisingly at my sea food soup) why! Me and my gf: no he doesn’t eat beef. Dude: why… beef is delicious(grinning weirdly) Me: …. Then he begrudgingly took her meal and brought a stir fried veggie with rice that she had to order finally. I was finding the seafood soup hard to eat so I gave myself and them another chance by asking him, “Could you give me a sauce like bbq or bulgogi sauce?” Dude: oh… you mean sriracha? Me and my gf pointing at the dumpling sauce we had: this one maybe to spice up the soup a bit. Dude: oh I think, sriracha would be best with this. Me(reluctantly): ok if you say so. Thanks.

Then the next 30 minutes I never saw him again and lost my interest to find any sauce or anything. I never waste any food as wasting food is considered inappropriate in Bengali culture. So I usually take home leftovers until this one. The entire food I ordered was left over and I lost further interest to even ask for a to go box. Now I am also wasting my time to write such a scathing review. But just doing it so that people who read can reflect on the experiences.

I love Korean food. But the love I have for Korea House wish I had the same here. Will never go there...

Tried this restaurant for the first time based on a friend’s recommendation. Parking was convenient, and the atmosphere inside was modern and clean. The menu was simple and included pictures, which helped me understand the presentation of each dish.

Now for the food: we started with the seafood pancake. It wasn’t crispy at all—in fact, I’d describe it as hard. The pancake still showed raw white flour inside, and the texture was gummy and elastic because of the octopus, which ended up tasting like jelly. It seems they used a mix of frozen, pre-packaged seafood. I don’t recommend the seafood pancake. I had read a review before that said the same, but I still wanted to give it a try, since I believe dishes like this are a true test of a restaurant’s quality.

The server brought me cold noodles, but there was a hair on the edge of the bowl and a piece of foam on the cucumber side dish. Instead of offering a proper solution, he simply picked the hair off with his fingers and told me the foam didn’t affect the food. No apology, no corrective action. I won’t eat a dish that someone has put their fingers in, even with good intentions.

When the manager came by to ask if everything was okay, I was surprised the server hadn’t reported the issue. It made the situation even more awkward. I can tell the staff here are friendly, but I don’t agree with how this was handled.🥲

I’d still come back to try other dishes and hope things will be...

What a sad, nasty little dump. My girlfriend and I have eaten at hundreds of restaurants all over the world and this is the FIRST place we've ever WALKED OUT of. We are Korean food and culture enthusiasts and try to sample the offerings in every place we travel to, but the rude, ugly women who run this dump were starkly intolerable. They do not like white people at all and are not afraid to show it. Upon entering, I noticed dirty corners and carpet. The table at which we were seated by a sour hag devoid of the slightest courtesy was sticky and nasty. I glanced at the poor fellow seated across from us as he chewed and tugged at what was apparently the toughest piece of galbi in history, muttering something like "THIS is what I get for almost $20???" And the less said about the restrooms, the better. We sat there for 32 minutes while acting very friendly and were not acknowledged in any way after being seated. No menus, no water, no nothing. Eye contact with the owner was made several times, but she ignored us for no discernible reason. The waitress walked by us 5 times with zero acknowledgment. After 20 minutes, we decided to eat elsewhere but sat another 12 minutes in amazement just as a social experiment. Still ignored, we walked out and enjoyed a great meal and fine service at Thai Papaya a short distance away. If you live near here and your dog, cat, or rat vanishes, don't bother with the animal shelter -...