Korea House

Got the house pork and ja jung myung. Both were ok. Definitely better Korean cuisine nearby being little Korea.
Thought the pork was not tender enough and slightly rough.
Theres is a large selection of foods. Will go back to try something else and maybe ill upgrade the rating to 4 stars.

Ordered Samgaetang (Ginseng Chicken), half chicken, 13 dollars. I went there during lunch time, waited for 40 mins. She brought Samgaetang to me and placed on my right hand side, and then brought side dishes to me and placed in the end of the table then walked away to serve other table. I arranged all dishes myself. They didn’t use fresh gingseng to cook the chicken but used very cheap fake gingseng that you can buy in chinatown supermarket. Korea house is my first korean restaurant I visited in Toronot and this will be my last time to visit. It took me 20 mins to finish my lunch but 40 mins to wait for my food. Service is getting worst and waiting time is getting longer and price is getting more expensive now. There are too many restaurants you can visit in korean town. Don’t waste your time and money there.

Had the soft tofu soup and it was delicious! Will go here again soon!

I lived in Korea for four years and Korean food is my favourite. I’m a regular at Korea House as I do find the food here to be tasty, authentic, and very reasonably priced.
I usually get the pork bone soup (gamja tang) and my wife will get the spicy tofu soup (soon dubu chigae). I leave a drop or to in my bowl. The side dishes are good and change from day to day. One Unilocaler commented that the «kimchi tasted funny.» This restaurant serves new kimchi that has not been fermented. The fish sauce taste is slightly more prominent but this is the style of southern Korean food. I think it’s delicious.
The menu is worth exploring as there are many good dishes here. Service can be hit and miss because they often need just one more server.

I enjoyed coming here on a whim. The food was delicious and the service was great. I would come back for sure.

1 of the better Korean restaurants in Toronto. Came here for dinner with some friends while visiting from NYC. The Service was good and the food was surprisingly tasty. The kalbi and Meng myun combo really hit the spot. I will definitely go again when I’m back in town.

This restaurant was disappointing to both me and my friend last night. On a Friday night I do expect it to be busy but service was just beyond horrible. We waited at least 25~30 minutes and got our ddubboki appetizer (7.95 $). I was expecting decent ban chan but everything was extremely bland or lacking flavours. Even the kimchi tasted odd.
My friend and I each ordered a typical Korean dish, she got the pork bone soup (8.95 $) and I got the soon tofu with seafood (8.95 $). We both agreed it was spicy, hot in temperature but besides that there was no flavours again it was bland and extremely disappointing. The pork bone soup had mostly bones and very little meat. The soon tofu had minced tofu and minimal seafood. I do not understand how this place can have such awful food. The menu also was limited to mostly spicy food items.
Overall, if you’re looking for a Korean restaurant don’t bother coming here. The service was bad also because there was 1~2 ladies running around. It was also hard to get their attention when we wanted the bill. Sorry Korea house, you are on my list of never again will I eat here. Such a waste of money seriously. We left here equally hungry.

3 out of 5! great authentic korean food; order mandu dumplings and the beef stew (so yum!)

I’ve been here several times and I gotta say, service is not really that good.
There’s only like one waitress and she’s in charge of the kitchen AND taking people’s orders so she keeps scrambling around and never comes to check on your table unless you call her. Even if you call her, it might take 5 minutes for her to finish what she’s doing first. Out of the many times I’ve been there, there was only two times where there were two waiters, but even so, they would not come if you do not call them over.
I understand that most Korean restaurants run this way as it is their culture and that’s just how they run things. So I understand if that’s the case, but even if you raise your arm to call them, all the staff is always in the kitchen so they wouldn’t see you anyway.
I know that it’s not like they want to be doing that but they really need to hire more staff. The food also takes forever to come; it feels as if there’s only one chef in the kitchen.
The washroom… omg the washroom. You gotta walk down these really small stairs into the basement which is extremely dirty. Of course I wouldn’t know what the female washroom is like, but the male washroom… the pipe for the sink is busted, and the whole washroom floods when you turn on the tap, and there’s a humungous hole with water stains and mold on the ceiling. It’s just extremely disgusting.
On a more positive note though, the portions are pretty large and the food tastes amazing. I feel like they just need to hire more staff, and fix up the basement

There are 3 Korean restaurants that I go in Toronto, and this one is one of them in downtown area. They don’t put MSG (I am allergic to MSG); they don’t recycle side dishes (the owner rather wants me to take it home).
I love their spicy fish soup and chicken tang-​soo-​yook!
I also love their own version of ‘rice fermented alcohol’, which it is actually way better than the one they sell in a bottle.

I always take people here who have not tried Korean food. Kind of a soft landing in terms of spiciness, etc. Personally, I find the food there borderline-​bland. But they have a lot of choices for people who don’t care for spice and who have not had Korean food before. Personally, I need a barrage of flavours — gochu, pa, yangpa, gaenip, etc., (red pepper, scallion, onions, perilla (shiso) leaf, etc)., to wake up my tastebuds. Not a terrible place, but not a place I would go out of my way to frequent. Nice lady owns the place — very friendly and courteous to her guests. They’ve been around for a long time and one of the original Korean restaurants in Korean-​town.

My Korean gf’s go to place for pork bone soup on the Bloor strip. Specifically, I think it’s because they’ll turn it into fried rice with the remnants if you ask (in Korean only? *shrug*)
Here’s how it works: You’re already stuffed beyond reasonable means on certainly tasty, though perhaps not extraordinary, pork bone soup. Then, when the time comes, the Korean mom will come and get things going. She’ll scoop out any leftover soup until a small amount remains, de-​bone any bones, and add in some extra fresh veg/​kimchi. In goes the rice, and it gets fried up in the same soup pot.
Of course at this point I’m in shock that my gf can still cram this delectable but superfluous second-​round down her throat…
But she doesn’t care what I think.

veg-​friendly: Barely.
stroller-​friendly: Yes, when it’s about 3 pm on a weekday. The older female server seemed sympathetic/​kind as my baby woke up and I had to console her.
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Came here with a family member on Friday around 3 pm. Not too busy inside.
Food was o.k., but as a vegetarian-​sometimes-​vegan, I was very limited by what I could order for lunch. I had what I usually have at Korean establishments: BiBimBap, without the beef.
It said fried egg, so I agreed to that — but it was fried on one side and runny on the other.
Service was kind.
Our meal not too long arrived after small Korean nibblies arrived in five small dishes: some nice kimchi, sweet potatoes, weak tasting seaweed, mung beans, and fried tofu.
Lunch prices were reasonable. Mostly around $ 9.
I can’t see myself coming here again, only because I have no desire to eat any of their meaty entrees. Would I recommend it to my omnivorous friends? Yes, if you’re not especially picky about what you eat. Options might be kind of tasty, but definitely not healthy.

Dans la jungle des restaurants coréens de Koreatown celui-​ci est à éviter.
La nourriture est certes bonne mais le service beaucoup trop long.
Pour couronner le tout un de mes amis a attendu sa monnaie en vain…
Préférez les restos en face ou les gens font la queue vous né serez pas déçus.

other ppl have said it already, selection is good but it takes a while to get your food, service is horendous, i have been here often because of the choice of food and relative good quality but after waiting more than 30 min for the bill last time, i left my money at the table and left — won’t be coming back as i barely left any tip

I love korean food and this place has a really solid selection. However, with the great selection in general in this neighborhood, its hard to give this place a rave review. The service here isn’t great and the layout is cramped and uncomfortable. We waited a while to get out order taken, a while to get our food. We had to ask for water multiple times and when they finally brought a jug there were no accompanying glasses. These poor service aspects wouldn’t prevent me from goof back, but it probably wont be my first choice.

Adequate in all respects. The food is good. I especially liked the glass noodle dish (sorry the Korean name escapes me). The fried mackerel was kinda greasy and better to share than to eat by yourself. All the little dishes of kimchi, pickled stuff and snacky things came out in good time.
There is a GIANT flat screen TV at the back of the restaurant. Last time I was there it was playing Dancing with the Stars, I presume because Margaret Cho was on representing.