Ondubu — Restaurant in Rutherford

We were looking for a place to eat close to the American Dream mall, and glad we found Ondubu. A small restaurant, but offers lots of interesting Korean dishes, in the form of Bibim-bap, hot & stoned bap, Bulgogi, Udon and Japchae. They have a good collection of small items too, Park-baos are the highlight among them.

The restaurant is almost self-service. There’s a tablet to put it in the order, and the food is brought to the table once ready. After the meal, we had to bus our dishes to the cleaning area.

We tried several of the items, chicken baos, chicken and beef bib I’m-bap, beef udon, and seafood pancake. The entree dishes came with the side of pink salad (cabbage & cucumber) and spicy sauce. I found all of the dishes to be very well prepared, ingredients, sauces blended really well to create a delightful taste. The portion was just about right for lunch.

From their menu, I found out they have another location in Paramus, Route 17, which is closer to my home. Looking forward to trying out that location too. Probably I would remember this for my future Korean food cravings.

Food taste - 5/5 Food prep time - 5/5 Price - $$ Restroom - 4/5

Items Tried: Chicken baos - 5/5 (Spicy!) Chicken Teriyaki Bibim Bap - 5/5 Beef Udon - 5/5 Beef...

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. My wife and I came here for a quick lunch. Although inside was not busy it felt very comfortable to eat in. We came during lunch hour when prices are at a discount

I ordered the beef with rice lunch special and THE TASTE WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD. By far my fav. Only minimal comment I can make is that I wish my dish came in the same fancy stone bowl my wife got with her Teriyaki chicken over rice. Mine came in a long brown takeout box.

As mentioned my wife got the teriyaki chicken over rice and 10/10 the flavor was delicious as were the vegetables.

We also ordered chicken katsu Bao buns and Pork Bao Buns. Chicken was very tasty, but when I unwrapped my pork Bao bun it almost looked like we received the beef Bao bun as the cut of meat on the bun looked exactly like the beef I had with my lunch special dish. I imagined the pork being a crispy pork belly piece.

All in all this place was very good and I plan to come back again. I am looking forward to ordering the pork Bao bun again to see if the meat is supposed to look like the beef or if it’s an actual crispy pork...

Go here now! We’ve been meaning to try, and so happy we did. Really tasty and delicious food.

Chicken teriyaki was very good and not too sweet which I love, great smokey flavor on the onions and I loved the eggplant edition to this. Chicken bao buns were delicious— the cucumbers were 👌🏼next time I need to ask for extra. Pork spicy udon noodles delicious as well. We’ll be ordering from here often now. 💗

Its more of a takeout spot or quick bite dining experience— just as an fyi in case you aren’t sure what to expect. But that shouldn’t change your mind on going and eating there. It’s very clean and everyone there was very nice.

Side note: I read in another review that the chicken was rubbery and dry— which made me skeptical to order chicken, but I did any way. I am super picky with chicken and this was absolutely...