Pyung Won House

If I could give this restaurant less than one star, I would. Possibly the worst place I have ever gone. Waiter asked for my order, took the menus, and then completely forgot that I ordered. Complete waste of your time and money. I do not recommend.

Their sauce of the Albap is different from the regular bibimbap. I felt like there’s coconut milk in it ;)

I was pregnant while visited this restaurant, therefor I can’t drink too much tea, so I asked for a hot water. This is the only restaurant that I’ve been to that don’t give you hot water. I mean, you can heat up the tea, why not water? Simply is because they are lazy to do so. Oh, by the way, they also don’t separate bills. For these kind of service, I am not leaving them any tips. (Normally I do give pretty decent tips). Will never come back again.

1.5 stars
Service is good. We were seated near the kitchen away from the door, thus avoiding the chill. When we ordered one of the beef noodle dishes, the server pointed out it was cold so we quickly changed our minds.
Unfortunately, we ordered the fried rice and it was stale. It’s okay to use overnight leftover rice for fried rice but this was out longer.
Probably won’t be coming back here because of the food.

Worst Korean restaurant I have ever been to. Horrible, HORRIBLE dervice and disgusting food with no taste! Such a disappointment. It gives Korean food a terrible reputation.

I use to come here pretty frequently when I come uptown for karaōke or other such event. The food has always been decent, service was always subpar and there have been a few occasions where issues like «you need to order a certain amount of table bbq to eat here» happened, though this «rule» seems to be inconsistent. They like to throw on random rules if they think they’re not going to make enough money for your table. (Me and 3 other friends got a hankering for bbq so we came here to eat some bbq pork but they refused to let us only order 1 bbq serving and insisted that because we were 4 people we needed to order at least 2 bbq servings otherwise we couldn’t eat here, so we left.)
However, a recent altercation has basically put this restaurant off my list forever and it seems like, from reading other reviews, I wasn’t the only customer put through this.
It seems like common practice for them to over charge on food. Not only that but my experience involves them forcing me to pay twice. The first time I paid there was a slip at the beginning of the receipt from a previous transaction that said «declined» that they didn’t tear off so when I made my transaction via credit card, they thought mine was declined even though it had printed a cardholder purchase receipt with the transaction CLEARLY MARKED ON IT. After half an hour of trying to explain to this server that, no, my transaction went through here is my GODDAMN RECEIPT, she called the manager over and I have to explain AGAIN how the credit card system works. I’m explaining their credit card system to them? Yes. Because they don’t know how their damn credit card system works so all they see is declined from the last transaction that wasn’t mine. After a good long while of arguing that my transaction went through HENCE MY RECEIPT THAT SAYS CARDHOLDER WITH THE AMOUNTS AND SUCH PULLED OFF MY CARD, my boyfriend was pleading that we just pay again and leave because he was tired of having to deal with this. I was tempted to just tell them to call the police and settling it there but I ended up conceding and paying again.
I was fuming so the next day I called my credit card company to see if the transaction went through and they did indeed charge my credit card twice. I asked my credit card company if they could do anything about it and they said no because I authorized it via chip.
Moral of the story? Don’t eat here unless you want horrible service, and to get overcharged on your bill, or forced to pay twice. People here don’t even know how their system works, not even the manager so it’s common to get overcharged on it or double charged.
I have called the restaurant to get reimbursed for my money, the owner still has not replied.
Btw if anyone has any advice on what to do in this situation as of this point pm me. I know it’s only a $ 30 bill, but the principle of it pisses me off. People go to a restaurant for the convenience and food. Not to be harassed to pay twice because you don’t know how to operate your payment systems.
Go to Nak Won’s next door. Surprised with all the reviews they get that are bad that Nak Won hasn’t just swallowed up the competition.

Read it as 2.5 stars.
Ordered two dishes. Food was decent enough. The sides were also average. The food is good but nothing spectacular. 1 star off for just average food. I literally sat down and was looking at the menu for 10 seconds tops and the waitress wanted to take my order right away. I said I need a minute and she came back in 30 seconds. I wasnt ready to order yet! 1 star off for that.
When it was time to pay, they over charged me on BOTH dishes by a few dollars. I hate when restos do this. For that .5 stars off. I will not come back again for the lackluster service and over charging compared to menu pricing.

Pros:
— Affordable prices.
— Staff were friendly and accommodating.
— Food was filling.
— Bathrooms were clean, which is a rarity… especially since they were basement bathrooms at an Asian restaurant!
Cons:
— The food was average. Nothing super special.
— We ended up getting stomach aches after eating our meals.
— Complementary side dishes were mediocre.

The food was terrible and the service was really bad. We were so disgusted to find a plastic package in the hot pot and we did not get any apology or discount. Our bill was $ 95.99 and we paid $ 100 out of courtesy. When we were leaving, the server lady came over to ask for extra tips (at least 10% of the total in her words). It was just so ridiculous.

In the hood and decided to try this Korean resto.
Busy place at 8:45 on a Friday night. Service is friendly and prompt. We ordered soon du bu, soon dae, and seafood pancake. Food came out pretty quickly and it was all tasty except the soon dae was not as good as other places. It was sliced too thick which makes a difference too.
Worth a trip back when in the hood…

Coming super late at night, this is a nice option for those that are looking for a ²⁴⁄₇ spot. I rarely come down to Yonge/​Finch area for Korean food, so this was a nice change of pace.
Parking was a breeze considering it was almost 2 AM, and I was surprised to see how busy it was inside. We got a table relatively quickly, and were able to get our orders in. We ended up sitting for a while before anything came to the table though. We got some water and plates, and a tiny portion of salad to share between 4 people…
When our food arrived, it was decent. Our table got many different options, from Bulgogi and Kalbi to Bimbambap and Cold Noodles. All were quite good, but I was pleased to see the side dishes arrive! They had 6 different side dishes, but there was this sort of root or radish that was really good.
Service wasn’t too bad, but they didn’t seem to have enough servers working. 2 people when they were really busy just slowed them down.
A nice place to go when you’re out late, but not sure I’d head to such a busy area when there is Korean food closer to home.

Conveniently located right across from Finch station.
I think the lunch specials are a little cheaper than the competing Korean places close by. I paid $ 7 from a kimchi jigae. Also, they give more banchan dishes than I am used to getting from other Korean places in Toronto.
The food was average though. Turns out that I didn’t have any meat whatsoever in my kimchi jigae dish! I let the waitress know and she asked me if I wanted them to remake it. I just asked them to bring some meat… I assumed she’d bring pork but she came with some small pieces of bulgogi looking meat.
I will probably return to give it another try

The food is decent. I got the Kim chi chigae and my cousins got the pork bone soup. I also got the spicy rice cakes. The food was pretty standard/​average and almost good.
I didn’t really expect much from a restaurant like this so was happy and satisfied with the food and the price point I guess is relatively standard.
My reason for such little stars was the upon asking for the bill I had requested a box for my rice cakes. She brought one out and my cousin asked for another box as she wanted to take the pork home since she didn’t eat it and only drank the soup. I handed her my large box and asked the lady to just replace my box with a small one. She insisted to get a soup container for the pork but I explained that there is no soup we just want to take the meat. She rolled her eyes and went to the back and got me soup container anyways and the started to clear the table very rudely. I don’t really know what I said to offend her so much but for that reason alone I will not be returning because the food was not worth the terrible attitude.
Having said that, prior to this incident they were as cordial and friendly as one can imagine a Korean establishment with nonenglish speaking people to be.

Nice clean place with good décor. Was able to easily find a spot even though other places we went to were busy. Seems like this place is good for table cooking but we weren’t up for that.
Ordered the soya bean soup with grilled Mackeral. The soup had tofu and some beef and veggies in it. It was good, a taste that I was not used to but different, like a fermented bean taste. The mackeral looked really black and charred. But I was able to remove the skin and eat the rest. Came with two very thin slices of lemon, wished they could give bigger slices, goes well with the fish. The side dishes selection was not as large as some other places, but they did have seaweed and fish cakes so I’m not complaining.
Overall the service was a-​ok. They were quite busy so sometimes it was hard to get their attention but otherwise they were polite.

A happening place on a Friday night!
Service: Despite having a call button, there were only 3 waiters so we had to keep reminding them to bring us water and food/​drinks that we ordered. The waiter that took our order didn’t write anything down (maybe English wasn’t so good so he didn’t understand us) so we had to tell him again. However, there was one lady server that had better English and helped us correct our bill when it was wrong. We did wait a long time for our dishes though, especially the pork and rice cakes.
Food: We did KBBQ and ordered two servings of short ribs and pork belly. The cut of the short ribs were good quality, but it was not marinated so it had no taste. The pork belly was really good! Lean, but tasted great. They provided lettuce, other greens, sauce, pepper and garlic for us to wrap our meat in. With this meal, we also got two soups, rice, and all the korean side dishes. They gave us unlimited quantities of the sides.
Sweet and Sour Pork — A very large portion. The pork was crispy and tender. They added green apples and oranges to the mix. Very saucy! I really liked this dish! We got the combo that included 4 beers with a choice of a dish. Good price for this combo.
Spicy Rice Cakes: Too spicy for my liking, but my friends enjoyed it.
Price: Pretty good! for 7 people, our total came to about $ 180. Not bad.
Ambience: Bigger than a lot of other korean places near by. Suitable for a group whereas as other places are not.

I’m not going to lie to you. I’ve never been to this restaurant sober. And I’ve never been here before 2am. This is a really convenient restaurant to go to especially after those late downtown nights. right at the corner of yonge and finch. And it’s ²⁴⁄₇!
Maybe it’s the times I come, but they never seem to have enough people working here. I am (barely) standing for around 5 – 6 minutes before anyone even notices me. One thing I’ve also noticed is that the workers tend to stay behind the counter and never come out. It’s like an endless game of hide and seek. A tiring one at that, especially when you’re trying to order some food for your midnight cravings.
The side dishes here are small and unappealing — we barely touched ours. The soups there taste strange and not as great as Nak Won’s next door. The portions are also super small and pricy.
None the less, my friends and I will always find our way back here as we are heading back uptown. unless we can find a better ²⁴⁄₇ korean place. (And no, the one down the street beside cha time sucks more than this one)

Pretty pricy Korean place, won’t come back again. Came here wanting to have BBQ, but a plate of short ribs is $ 15 while I can get AYCE for that price somewhere else. Ended up ordering regular stuff.
Tried cow ribs soup (so small), grilled fish (I swear the fish weights less than 0.5lb), and rice sausage (flavour was bland, no seasoning)
Not coming here again that’s for sure

Was here for dinner recently at 6pm. Didn’t have a problem w/​seating and got a table right away. They also take reservations.
Like Nak Wan, Pyung Won House also provides every table w/​several dishes of mini appetizers. There was glass noodles, seaweed, kimchi, fish cake, bean sprouts, etc.
I usually prefer eating my fav dish at every Korean restaurant… which is the Soondubu Chigae (soft tofu stewed in a hot spicy broth with seafood and vegetables). However, I noticed the price was slightly more than what next door charges so I ordered smth else instead.
Kimchi Fried Rice — loved this. It was so tasty and wish the dish was a bit bigger! Still got to pack less than half.
DDuk Bok Yi — Friend ordered this. Thought the fish cake was delicious
Fried Dumplings — Came w/​a spicy sauce & also spicy mayo. The mayo might have been for the small salad on the dish but it was so good w/​the dumplings!
Would not mind coming back again! It was clean and service was fast and prompt.

Severely, severely understaffed.
No amount of good food can make up for the «service» (if any). Besides a tasty pork bone soup, there aren’t many positives I can say about this place. And if you’ve seen most of reviews, I for the most part try to bring businesses into a positive light but I get how hard it is to survive in arguably one of the most competitive industries… ever. And this is in North York Korean town, need I remind you that there are a butt-​load of places that can take your place?
But not with this place.
This place is a classic example of where expectations are set but not met. I’ll just list off the things that they did and I guess what made this place just blow it for me.
1. When we came in, we were greeted nicely and one of my friends (a party of 6 we were) asked if they accepted credit card/​debit card. The server said that they did accept credit card/​debit card and cash. Upon paying the bill, we were given a single bill and I politely asked for 6 separate bills. The other server then said, «oh, we don’t accept credit card/​debit card below bills under $ 10». I would have been understanding had this been mentioned from the very beginning but as I’m about to list the other faults of this place, you’ll see why my patience has run dry with them.
2. Their «lunch» specials on their menus, are supposedly not available on a Sunday. Of course that wasn’t indicated anywhere on the menu, so while I don’t blame service for it, I do blame for clumsiness on the owner’s part.
3. The 1^st server (there were only two servers), seated our party of 6 and decided to put a table of 6 and 4 together. We didn’t ask for it, but we were pleasantly suprised at this gesture. What wasn’t so pleasant was the 2^nd server that came up to us and «you’re not supposed to have two tables». We were taken aback and just said that the other server arranged it for us. The 2^nd server gave a cut-​eye stare at the 1^st server. (Now that’s drama that none of us wants to witness, keep that business in the back of the house).
4. 3 out of the 6 of us ordered GamJaTang (Pork Bone Soup). None of us were given bowls to discard our bones. When I finally flagged down the server, after several attempts of pressing the button and waving her down, I asked her if we could get some bowls to put our pork bone in. I was to about forgive them for just forgetting to provide them on the 1^st go, but when she came back, she gave me 1 measly rice bowl…(how on earth am I supposed to fit my bones in there). I kindly asked her again, if we could have a «bigger» bowl to put our bones in. She finally clued in and she came back with 1 big bowl. By this point, just decide to give the bigger bowl to the two people and I would make do with the tiny rice bowl.
Having said all this, the pork bone soup was actually decent and very tasty. The banchan was ok, not the best. It’s a shame that I have to list out these incidents that all happened in a course of a meal. Truth be told, I do feel sorry for the two servers, because they looked stressed and are running all over the place. I can’t imagine what’s happening inside of their minds.
I’m just going to say this, and I hope the owners read this. Me listing out these «moments» is not here to punish the staff that work here but to merely bring out the point that, good food is not sufficient for a successful restaurant. Service plays an integral role and from my consumer opinion, this place is understaffed and the poor service is a result of that.
I would implore that the owners review this and take this advice because it appears that I’m not the only one who feels this way.

I came here yesterday with a coworker for a quick lunch. Normally, if I’m heading out for Korean food, I go to Nak Won next door or Narooe up the street but since I hadn’t tried this place yet, I figured I’d give it a go.
My coworker simply ordered Chicken Fried Rice for lunch but I wanted to compare their bento boxes to those I’ve had elsewhere so I opted for the Teriyaki Chicken. On the menu, it says that the chicken is deep fried (which I didn’t want) and when I questioned the server about it, she said she could have it grilled for me. Perfect!
Our side dishes and salad came of which I was not overly impressed with and after picking at random things, decided to leave the lot of them.
My poor coworker, who doesn’t seem to have much lunch when coming out with me for Korean food, didn’t like her rice at all and I must say, it didn’t look overly appetizing either. Even pouring a boatload of Teriyaki sauce over it, in an attempt to add some flavour, seemed all for naught. It’s never a good thing when someone say’s ‘well, it’s edible’.
My Teriyaki Chicken on the other hand was quite good. The chicken, although it did come grilled, still had a different texture than I’m used to but the flavour was definitely there. The salad consisted of shredded cabbage, sliced apples and oranges and had a very nice dressing. Accompanying this was three Gyoza and rice. The salad was nice albeit a little difficult to eat because the cabbage was sliced so long and the Gyoza was really tasty.
Overall, my dish was good but not better than those at the places I frequent. What will make me not come back is the service. Once I placed my order, the server was trying to take my coworkers menu right from her hand as she was asking questions. To the point where she had to grab it back. They were not attentive at all and didn’t seem to care if we were there or not.
I wouldn’t recommend this place, especially with so many other Korean restaurants in the area.
Service — 1 star
Cleanliness — 2 stars
Food — 3 stars (based on my dish only)
Overall? Meh, I’ve experienced better.