Hana Korean BBQ — Restaurant in Paso Robles

update 03/2023 Just a sad shell now if you can catch it when it’s open.

Classic example of a place slowly dying. Owners either can’t find workers or aren’t interested it hiring and family must have no interest in helping. Plenty of scripture posted up but no business hours, most light bulbs burnt out, menu board blank, drink dispensing machine broken, just depressing. This place now is exactly what you see when small business owners start to give up and skip out in basic upkeep thinking saving those nickels and dimes are the answer to their lack of income or they see closure in their future and see spending anything for the benefit of the customer is a waste of money.

Sounds poor to say, the owners are likely wonderful people, but when businesses can’t respect it’s customers enough to tell me when you’re open, have a prominent menu or even have enough lighting so things are visible I’m out and will have to go somewhere else.

Not sure what happened but I know when I found this place back in ‘17 (maybe earlier but I can’t remember) it was quality and at a reasonable price. I’ve been or tried to go to Hana more than a handful of times but they have either been randomly closed, the food was no where near as good as it was or the prices for the quality and quantity of food provided did not justify...

Over 6 years ago, this place used to be one of the greatest restaurants in the country. It used to be that if you ordered the bulgogi, there was a fairly decent chance you would get, not just a 5 star meal, but something beyond that. I'm talking one of those phenomenal, out of this world, I can die happy tonight, this is almost worth killing for experiences. Normally that kind of food experience is not something you can replicate on demand, and I'm not saying you got it every time here, but you used to have decent shot at it every time you ordered it.

At some point they lost their roots, and it went downhill. Ever since then it tastes more in harmony with the American palette, as in it is too sweet, as in they are copying all the other Asian restaurants in the US that realize most Americans don't actually stop and focus on the sensations they are experiencing while eating, and so the only thing they will notice is "Mmm, I notice the flavor" if you make it extra sweet. No thank you, I ordered a meal,...

We were driving from Morro Bay to Fresno and went through Paso Robles. We wanted Asian food and found this place on our way. We ordered #2,3,4 & soft seafood tofu soup, and japchae noodles. I should of taken pictures of all the food, but everything was so delicious after it came out, I was too hungry to do so. But, I did get pictures of their complete set of side dishes, and as you can see, everything looked great and tasted great! Truly authentic Korean food. Loved the food! Only thing is that we didn't get a lot of service table, like water refill or check in. Our experience with the food was overall, great, but service could be much better. But, we were okay with it because the restaurant is a little tiny place with about 2 wider areas on one side to fit large groups of 4-8 and the otherside has 2? Seatings that was to seat 2-4?. It's not large space area, but it's definitely doable and worth the food. I highly...