Chung Ki Wa

Furba Jangmu Sherpa

This was one of the worst dining experiences I’ve ever had. Despite seeing multiple negative reviews, we chose to visit because the restaurant was open late. Unfortunately, we found hair in two of our main dishes. When we brought this to the server’s attention, the lady became more argumentative and dismissive, even implying that we were trying to get free food. Her behavior was extremely rude. Overall, the experience was disappointing and completely unacceptable.

San Htar Htike

Their food is not worth the price they ask for. I ordered Seafood soup Haemul Jeongol. But the soup that they served was absolutely different and tastes so bad. Not even single piece of shrimp, oyster, mushrooms and vegetables are included. They only put the cheap small white fish pieces and two crab pieces without any meat in it. They only put kimchi and soy sauce, tofu and 2 to 3 pieces of white fish and meatless crab. So disappointed. And also the service is also so bad. I also ordered fried oyster pancake. Same thing happened. Only two or three pieces of small oyster and it’s not crunchy enough. Total was $71 for pancake + seafood soup + beef tripe soup and tip 18% which is a mandatory. I won’t go back there again.

zach

Whoever is thinking about going there, please don’t. Trust me-the food wasn’t good, and the service was even worse. they asked for tips like robbery. It was my first time there, and I’m completely done with this restaurant.

Chun

my third time visiting, but the experience was honestly shocking. The staff were extremely rude, and I actually heard them talking badly about customers in Korean, assuming foreigners wouldn’t understand. They said things like “She only left a $4 tip, how disgusting,” and other insulting comments right in front of customers. I couldn’t believe it. The food wasn’t good either. The broccoli tasted spoiled, and when I tried to ask something, most of the older staff didn’t even respond. When I went to pay, they asked if I wanted the tip automatically included or separated. When I said I would pay the tip separately, the staff member literally questioned me — “Why? Why separate? Just include it, 18% is accurate.” Her tone was confrontational and rude. If the service had been decent, I would’ve gladly tipped 18%, but the attitude was so unpleasant and disrespectful that I honestly wanted to leave zero. I still left a small amount only because she kept staring at me aggressively. This place is truly the worst Korean restaurant experience I’ve had in New York. I’ve lived here for years and have never written a review like this, but I’m honestly shocked. The first time I visited, there were flies and mosquitoes inside — the hygiene was terrible. I’m never going back. The staff are unbelievably rude and unprofessional.

Yohara Molineros

Awful service listen to the reviews go somewhere else. The ladies will demand more tip from you, for a horrible service. Given attitude while we were ordering, making us feel so uncomfortable, very disappointed. Taste of food was not bad.

Zoya Sokolova

If you want quality food and to be treated well stay clear from this place. My friend and I walked in and no one welcomed us, but that’s ok we’re just here for food, right? We get our food and they taste a little “old” and not all that good (we got the tteokbokki and bulgogi bibimbap) compared to the Korean food we get at Seoul tofu in flushing or BCD tofu house in manhattan (which I do recommend). Which even then is ok, we wanted to try a new local place near us and we found out it’s not for us, no biggie. My problem lies in the fact that both servers were deep in their phones to the point where it took me a good ten minutes to even get their attention for water. And then when we were done, another ten minutes to get their attention for the check. In fact, several times one of them did glance at us and made eye contact only to immediately look away, hello? But fear not, all their words and attention suddenly appeared when it came time to sign our receipt and give them a tip. That lady all of a sudden did not shy away from eye contact, standing right next to our table literally staring us down. Obviously we didn’t want to give them 18% being that their service was beyond terrible, but still we decided to give them 15%. She counted the cash in front of us and suddenly she was able to speak and let us know we actually owe her one more dollar. Really? For a dollar you had to act that shameless knowing how terrible your service was? Whatever, we gave it to them and left vowing to never come back and to write a review. And guess what? They didn’t even bid us good night or even a thank you as we left. For $20 a dish, please go elsewhere where they actually care about your patronage and please read the other reviews if you don’t believe me, all have said the same. Never will I be back, I don’t support those who only care about me when it comes to tipping them.

Aayu S

We walked in with a good mood but left upset and frustrated. The food was disappointing, and the red sauce (likely gochujang) tasted terrible. What shocked us most was the lady rudely demanding that we add more to our tip—even after we had already tipped fairly. Completely unprofessional! Save your money—there are plenty of far better and fancier restaurants in Manhattan at the same price.

A S

We came here for dinner, but the experience was very disappointing. The bibimbap was completely tasteless, the prices were unreasonably high, and the service was lacking—no one checked on us, and our water glasses were never refilled. When it was time to leave, we paid our bill of $150 and added a $20 tip, making it $170. As we were walking out, the lady called us back, pointed to the suggested tip guidelines at the bottom of the receipt, and insisted we add $7 more. This was shocking and extremely frustrating, as tipping should always be up to the customer, not forced by the restaurant. I’ve been to many places and have never experienced anything like this. Absolutely unacceptable! We won’t be returning and will definitely be sharing this experience with friends and family.

Lil Sne

I'm writing this review because I honestly couldn't believe the experience we had at this restaurant. From the moment we walked in, the service was just off. We were the only ones there, but our waitress was so impatient. She gave us just 2 minutes with the menu before she started pushing us to order. The food wasn't great either. Both the LA galbi and sundubu jjigae had beef and tofu that were way too chewy. What was really shocking, though, was finding a piece of plastic in the jjapchae. That's a serious health and safety hazard that should never happen. The most unbelievable part came at the end. Even with the bad service, we still left a 15% tip. The same waitress came back and demanded we increase it to at least 20%. She made a racist comment to my Chinese friend who was handling the tips, using harmful stereotypes about Chinese people and their tipping practices to justify her demand for more money. We just gave her the extra money to avoid a bigger scene. Tipping is a choice, and it should be based on the quality of the service. You should never be pressured into it, especially with discriminatory comments. Between the plastic in the food and the unprofessional, discriminatory treatment, this was a thoroughly disappointing visit. I can't recommend this place.

Steven Herrera

All I ordered was 1 order of glass noodles and 1 order of fried dumplings for myself. The entire service experience was just putting the food on my table. I heard the waitresses arguing with some other patrons as they paid and left, and it seemed like they were dining and dashing, but not really. Then it came time for me to pay, and I paid for my 1 person meal, $41 and change, plus $5 tip for the absolute minimum service that they gave. When I gave them the $5 tip, the service person said in broken Korean English, "Tip is 18%. You give two more dollars.". I reluctantly gave the service person the $2 right away, and left realizing what had happened to the patrons that had left before me. The service was awful. They demanded a more than deserving tip, (which I ended up giving). And if I could post the a picture of the dumplings, which had no meat, it was all glass noodle, egg and herbs. There's also a history of them having fruit flies flying around that they can't seem to resolve.