Earlier this week, I, my husband and some friends enjoyed a Korean buffet dinner in one of the many Korean restaurants in the city. The day after that, pictures of a friend eating in another Korean restaurant appeared in my Facebook timeline. I then thought of other Korean restaurants I have been to before as well as the ones I haven’t been to. I realized that, indeed, the city has a lot to offer for this nationality when it comes to food destinations. Hence, the idea to list down these Korean restaurants is born.
Here, I am sharing this information not just for the Koreans by blood, but also Koreans by heart as well as those who just want to have their kimchi and galbi cravings satisfied.
This is the first Korean restaurant I’ve been to. It is located in Times Square Building across University of San Agustin. I love the ambiance of this restaurant as it is located along the Iloilo River, as the name implies. From the glass window, you can see the growing mangroves on the other side of the river bank, the Jalandoni bridge and of course, the river itself.
While I like this restaurant in terms of location and ambiance, I cannot say much about the food because we didn’t actually ordered Korean food. We ordered Japanese food in a Korean restaurant. LOL! Yeah we’re weird like that. I was craving for sushi that time thus explains it. But I think their food is okay based on the people coming to eat.
Don Galbi Restaurant
This is the second Korean restaurant in the city I’ve been to. It is located in Ledesco Village in La Paz, which for me is quite inconvenient to visit. But then, it is just beside the Korean salon a friend is raving about so one can just simply hop next door to have his or her Korean fix after having the mane fixed.
I love the setting of this resto for it is very Korean starting from leaving the footwear at the door to using Korean tables (table with short legs) with the customers sitting on the floor. I love their galbi and they do not scrimp when it comes to side dishes. Service is fast too!
Hancook
This is the third and recent Korean restaurant I’ve been to. It is located in Doña Aurora Subdivision near University of San Agustin. The area is small and can accommodate I think only around 25 to 30 people at a time. Also, since the area is small, they have few manpower too. I think there is only one or two servers thus the delay in delivering foods especially when they are running a promo like the Php 249 buffet we recently availed.
Sky’s Korean Restaurant
I’ve been to this restaurant (or outside of it) but I haven’t got the chance to eat as it was closed when we went there for they are only open from 5pm or 6pm onwards. We went there around 3pm. It is located along Simeon Ledesma St in Jaro.
Kogi & Vegi
Conveniently located in one of the entertainment/dining hubs of Iloilo which is the Riverside Boardwalk, Kogi & Vegi looks more posh than other Korean restos I’ve been to before. For some reason, I haven’t eaten there but would always pass by there each time we stroll Iloilo Esplanade or take a shortcut to Esplanade from Boardwalk/Smallville area and vice versa.
Kim’s Bob
I haven’t been to this resto too though it is just located in De leon St. specifically in Paseo.
Do you know other Korean restaurants in Iloilo that we can add to the list? Please feel free to add the information in the comment section below.
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