seoul house

came here with two of my friends, two of us ordered bibimbap and one ordered one of those seafood tofu soup. the bibimbap was just average since the rice was so sticky it didn’t work very well. the seafood tofu soup was straight up bland despite the presentation being good. theservicewas also not very pleasant. couldn’t find the waitress for about 10 minutes and when we asked for refill she completely ignored us. wouldn’t come up again.

when we walked in, we were immediately greeted by the staff. theservicewas okay, although it could improve. the food came out pretty fast and they looked amazing, most of which were still sizzling in their bowl.

the price of the food were a bit on the expensive side but the portions were fairly large. i didn’t really enjoy the taste of the bibimpap but their steaks and the bbq we had were amazing.

i’m not sure if i would go again any time soon but i did enjoy it quite a bit enough to refer it to some friends. overall the experience and food were okay.

had a lovely lunch of kim chi stew with pork and tofu. piping hot, which was great on a cold winter day. the stew was spicy and sour, with lots of cabbage kim chi complemented nicely with the tofu. there wasn't much pork and to be honest, it would have been fine without it. the meal also came with the complimentary kim chi, cabbage, bean sprouts and a sweet potato.servicewas friendly and being early for lunch hour, the meal was served within 10 mins of ordering.

the restaurant is nice and spacious. the side dishes are bonus when having dinner/ lunch. kimchi and potato kimchi is good but the seaweed is quite chewy and taste a bit weird. we ordered bbq for 2, with spicy pork, spicy squid and bulgogi marinated beef. the taste is good and the presentation is ok. the customerserviceis ok but the toilet is quite dirty.

we ordered bibimbap for dinner. they served it pretty quickly. the heart shape egg was cute. personally, i like my stone bowl to be super hot so the rice at the bottom would burn a little. this bowl is hot but it didn't feel like it was hot enough. sauce was fine, as a whole it's okay. only one waitress working so she was a bit busy and we had to help ourselves and remind her to get our drinks. food andservicewe had is okay.

i have read good reviews about this place before i went in today, so i gotta say my expectation was quite high. the atmosphere seemed nice and tidy. i ordered yuk-gae-jang and hae-jang-guk, and they were both really disappointing... it wasn't like theservicewas particularly good either. one of the side dishes - kimchi was good though, but that was all. maybe i picked the wrong food from menu, but i wouldn't like to go back there for second time.

the music is good, the food comes fast, and the taste is perfect!!! excellent korean cuisine. theserviceis good. would definitely recommend this place for group of friends or workmates to go for lunch :d

love the dishes that can be shared :)

what a lovely place. very laid back style where u can basically walkin no reservation needed! i ordered the seafood noodle soup with prawns muscles and veges for $18. it was a very large bowl a beautiful seafood broth for sure but the noodles were flavourless and there was minimal veges. they had a bbq meal for which was very delicious and cheap. the beef with clear noodles and spicy chicken with noodles hot plates were full of flavour and tasted amazing. i would be cautious with prices there and take the menu up when paying for ur meal. my meal alone was $18 + $42 for my hubbys bbq which should have come to a total of $60 but we and the other diners with us were charged $75 for our meals. very questionable with that. but the food was great!servicewas ok they spoke very little english which could be better as they have been in wellington for awhile and should at least employ basic communication skills in english. i guess it may just be their culture to not talk at all to ur diners?

i have always wanted to try korean cuisine and this place was a surprise. not knowing what to order, i selected the shall i say bluntly infallible asian dish, the fried rice with pork. my partner ordered the pork omelette with rice. we tried each other's dishes and both shared a particularly sweet/ honey taste. the portions were good, theservicewas good, and it was a good evening. there was no gangnam style to be heard, and that is all.

went there for lunch today.
had, beef hot plate, mandu, bim, and a kimchi tofu dish. they were all really good. good value for money too.

service was a bit crap. had to get our own menus, sit ourselves down, and also get our own utensils. there was only one waitress and it was really busy. probably busier than they expected it to be for a monday lunch time.

food was real good though, lots for your money. would love to try dinner there and see ifserviceis any better.

went there for dinner tonight.
i am glad to find that there is a decent korean restaurant in wellington. i had a dolsot bibimbap for my main, the vegetables used were fresh and the portion size was very generous the beef was seasoned well and the gochujang was particularly good (the only thing that wasnt to my preference was that the egg was served fryed, while i prefer raw egg in my bibimbap).

a standard selection of banchan was provided with the meal (unlike some places in the area that charge extra for them?!?), the banchan was quite nice and the kimchi was very much to my taste, quite sweet and not too bitter.

there was a selection of local wines available on the menu as well as a nice selection of soju. howevery what stood out for me was the bokbunjajaoo, a delicious dark raspberry wine, that i hadnt seen anywhere since i moved to wellington. i would highly reccomend sampling some if you have never had it before.

the prices were very reasonable (my main cost $13, i cant recall what the drinks cost.) and theservicewas very good. the wait staff were korean (but also very fluent in english). i didnt wait at all to be seated or have my order taken and the food was delivered promptly. i will definently be returning for another meal soon, i will be trying their bulgogi next.

i highly reccomend this place if you like korean. there are not many korean places in wellington and this one deserves our patronage.

kamsahamnida seoul house!