obar 오빠

best korean bar in auckland cbd.

perfect food, plenty of seating with amazing atmosphere, this place lacks nothing.
their food menu ranges from cheap, light dinner to hotpots and fried chickens you can find anything you want here even if your taste is limited.
their fried chickens are my personal favourite and whatever i ordered there they always excelled to provide the best taste, best quality with fast service.
what this place attracts me the most is their customer service, how fast they are and how polite they are no matter how busy or late i get there. the owner of this bar was the nicest person i have ever met, however this review is not biased to give him advantage, you can take my word for it.
highly recommended korean bar on a night out, this place seems to be packed everyday though. their korean street food lunch bar opened right outside is also amazing so must try that place out too!

best korean bar and food in auckland cbd!

owner is extremely friendly and looks after all tables efficiently with his staff. i love coming here with friends can sit indoors or outdoors.

friendly service, ice cold sojus. lots of good food, fruits and most importantly awesome vibe matched with great music.

try drink over 5 bottles sojus by urself and you will be living the dream!

service: 5/5
presentation: 5/5
food quality: 5/5
food quantity: 5/5
environment: 4/5
price per person: $25-$50

♥️🇰🇷korean food cravings 🐓🥗
trying out another popular korean restaurant. we came here for a birthday dinner and some pre-drinks before heading to town 🥳🎂 we ordered the mixed fish cake soup with crab 🐠🦀 steamed pork bone stew 🥩🐖2 x half fried chicken & chilli fried chicken, an oyster & spring onion korean pancake 🦪 and several bottle of sojus for the 8 of us. nothing really stood out 😞 there is a hype for the pancakes but honestly it tasted plain, couldn't even taste the oysters, maybe we didn't get a good one 😥 the original and spicy fried chickens were good, very crispy and well marinated with the spicy sauce 🔥the fish cake soup and pork bone stew were pretty standard. the fish cake soup was mono toned in flavour @seoulnightnz is way better 👌perhaps we will give @obarsnackbar a go!
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obar 2.0 is a stunning place to have some comtemporary to some extent but still retaining the traditional korean recipes. i had the kimchi pork belly hotpot and it was awesome. the soup base was amazing. the vegetables, tofu and all other ingredients that went in there were soaked in the spicy kimchi soup base and the taste was magnificent. the korean fried chicken - original and spicy flavours were crispy and well marinated. my next time there, i would try the spicy seafood hotpot. can't wait!

good food, lively atmosphere

a really nice restaurant for larger groups so that you can order a lot more of the delicious dishes that they have. we were primarily here for the fried chicken but there were also quite a lot of other things on the menu which looked so good. we had a fairly large group so we booked a table beforehand. we picked four different dishes for the seven of us.
the creamy mushroom rib was the best of the lot. the huge slabs of beef required scissors to cut. the creamy mushroom sauce over the top was delicious with the marinated beef and the crispy waffle fries made everything nicer. the fried chicken was nice. the spicy one wasn't super spicy but still tasty. i prefered the corn butter cheese chicken since it gave the fried chicken a nice flavour. the hot and spicy chicken with cheese was also really nice. it was spicy and there was a ring of molten cheese on the outside. the spicy noodles and chicken with the cheese was delicious. we also had the yoghurt sangria which was nice. the jug of yoghurt soju had pieces of fruit thrown in so it had a different flavour.
this place is a really enjoyable restaurant for korean food. the dishes are fairly large so you would probably want to come with a group if you were wanting to try a range of different dishes. otherwise, the creamy mushroom beef or the spicy chicken cheese would be good options to go with.

chicken too salty

good hot seafood bowl, put to 8 kinds different seafood inside, can 4 people to enjoy it.the fried chicken is crispy, tender and good season too. 4.8 stars total (the lighting is bit dark).

love their vibes and fried chicken. always crowded during the weekend! make sure you call to secure ba table on a friday/ saturday night. soju is good!!! the beef in their beef salad was too rough..

one of the best seafood pot and fried chicken place in auckland. opar really lives up to its fame! big portion of servings, one hotpot + one chicken is better for 3 people or more, otherwise you will end up overstuffing yourself as well as walking away with a takeaway box because the food is so good you just don't want to let go...

tried hot & spicy chicken w/ cheese, beef brisket dumpling soup and corn butter cream chicken and they were all very delicious. the fried chicken in the corn butter cream was very crispy and tender and the sauce was quite rich and yum. the dumpling broth tasted very deep, different to instant dumpling soups. would definitely visit often to eat some more.

food 4/5
service 4/5
ambience 4/5

highly recommended their fried chicken! their dishes are best for sharing between a few people so be mindful with how much food you order.

we ordered the wrong hot pot as the one we ordered wasn't as nice as the other options they have on the menu. this one was mainly filled with processed meat, the table next to us had the seafood hot pot and it looked amazing! definitely need to go back and try that instead!

everything was ok at first, until the spoon that this restaurant provided cut my mouth, and it bleed immediately. then we told the staff, no sorry no apologies... just changed a spoon for me. i couldn’t eat anymore cuz of the bleeding mouth, so we wanted to checkout. the staff was on the phone throughout checkout for us. he said he was asking his boss how to deal with me, and the answer was 2 bottles of beverage for apologies. i didn’t take them. honestly, this is far more insufficient to show your sincerity to apologise cutting your costumer by a spoon!! obar didn’t show even a little respect to the costumer!!!! this is the first time and last time i visit!

obar is my husband favorite place to hanging with friends, coz this is the only restaurant can drink soju with the most delicious korean food. staffs are friendly and food are so good, we love the cheesey with spicy pork pot, best place to gp before night club lol

always wanted to come here and absolutely loved it! the fried chicken with the sweet and tangy sauce was so so good! chicken was juicy, crispy and the platter was perfect for sharing with friends.
we also ordered the beef short rib which was full of flavour and enjoyed it with some kimchi wrapped in lettuce. one criticism would be that the beef was quite chewy but i guess that would be the nature of the short rib itself. regardless probably wouldn’t get that again but i’d still highly recommend this place.
the atmosphere was nice and if you need anything you just ring the bell on the table and you’re sorted:)