Kim's Mini Meals Reviews Summary

Authenticity

Pros:

• "A family owned restaurant that serves beautifully prepared and authentic Korean meals."
• "Best korean food, even if you have lived in korea you won't be disappointed."
• "Korean food is authentic and excellent!"
• "Delicious and authentic Korean food with extremely friendly service."
• "Amazing authentic Korean food in a small cozy restaurant."

Cons:

• "I am quite annoyed by the reviewers claiming this place is 'authentic' when they aren't Korean."
• "There's nothing authentic about this place."
• "I’ve dined at this place multiple times and never found it truly authentic."
• "Food: not very traditional korean style."
• "I had expected to eat Korean food before trying the dishes, but they made me disappointed. They were not Korean food."

Service

Pros:

• "The host is fantastic and extremely helpful to first-timers!"
• "The staff is also very friendly and the prices are more than affordable."
• "The staff were very attentive and the owner was lovely!"
• "Friendly attentive service."
• "The best service i had anywere in the world, the staff were nice and accomodating."

Cons:

• "Just normal korean restaurant, wasn’t good service neither."
• "we were served by one surly teen."
• "Was really excited to eat here, but the food was underwhelming."
• "Though we were first in queue, our order came (almost) the last 🤦‍♂️ No idea what took them so long."
• "When I said checkout to the waiter, the boss man just handed the bill immediately, as if he's waiting for me to leave."

Price & Value

Pros:

• "For the price, I think for a Korean meal, it was reasonably priced with the decent portion size and toppings on the dishes."
• "Good sized portions and the cost was very reasonable £40 with a tip."
• "Very reasonably priced (10 pounds for the mains) you will feel very welcomed as if you are walking into someones house."
• "The price is really low, considering the quantity and the quality."
• "It's really reasonably priced (about £10 for a main with soup and appetisers) and it's also BYOB."

Cons:

• "Price is high as portion is really small."
• "Starters can be quite big and expensive!"
• "Overpriced Korean restaurant that offered us only one side dish per person."
• "The portion size was small."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Cosy, chill vibes inside, and nice classical music!"
• "Very cozy and lovely restaurant!"
• "so tasty omg！！！i love it！the REAL korean food，the best service."
• "Indescribably delicious, perfect atmosphere."
• "Just great. Such an intimate friendly atmosphere with great hearty food to boot."

Cons:

• "The decor is a total hotch potch so don't expect to dine in style."
• "The place is tiny and uncomfortably warm."
• "Challenge is it is quite a small venue and it is very warm."
• "Due to it being so small, it's also quite cramped and there's not much elbow room."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was pretty awesome."
• "The food was the best bimbimbap I’ve ever had!"
• "The food is spicy (it's Korean, come on) and delicious."
• "Everything is deep in flavour and tasty."
• "Great, freshly cooked food."

Cons:

• "All foods are very salty."
• "Hugely disappointed by all 3 dishes we ordered because all were extremely SALTY and SWEET."
• "The food is disappointing, way too salty and sweet."
• "Kimchi jeon is oily and bland. The kimchi tastes terrible which makes the pancake bad."

Reservation & Seating

Pros:

• "We arrived 5 min before opening, so did not wait to get a table."
• "Although you cannot book and it gets busy, so I recommend turning up at opening to guarantee a table."
• "Recommended to book on weekend evenings as the place gets pretty busy and is so small you might be waiting outside for a while!"

Cons:

• "The restaurant is very small... so they do not take reservations, and you can sometimes see people queuing outside."
• "No reservations and always busy."
• "They only accept cash, and don't take bookings, so you need to wait outside for a table."
• "The place is quite small so tables do feel a bit cramp."
• "I wait outside for 20 minutes for you to open but can't not even have a seat at last."