Gahwa Korean Restaurant
“Would definitely eat here again, but would have trouble trying new items on the menu because I would want more sul lung tang!”
“My favorite one is Gahm Mi Oak in Manhattan but this place is also awesome!”
“The jap chae was amazing too, has more of s stir fry flavor, very intense, not so much sesame oil flavor as most jap chaes have.”
Gahwa Korean Restaurant
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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The Gahwa Sullong Tang (ox bone soup) here is really good for you. It has a lot of nutrients and collagen for you health and beauty conscious people. The soup is milky white because it has been simmered for a long time like many hours. The longer it's boiled the better. It extracts all the good stuff out of the bones. The soup is actually very plain and light but nutritious. They give you a bowl of salt and scallions.
I recommend adding just a small spoonful of salt and lots of scallions. There are slices of beef and some noodles in the soup. You eat it with a bowl of rice and kimchi. They give you a plate of kimchi and some radish. It's super spicy, but good. They don't give you an array of side dishes like most Korean restaurants so that was a little disappointing. But their ox bone soup is worth the trip here especially if you have a sore throat.
Their dolsot bibimbap is amazing. I love how it comes in the hot stone and how the rice on it is crunchy. This place definitely serves one of the best dolsot bibimbap I have ever tried. It's a bit expensive ($15 ish) but it's amazing
I wanted to try something different in Korean cuisine. Not the usual Korean BBQ or BCD joint or dishes that are completely smothered in spicy red sauce. My friend brought me here for their oxtail bone soup. I was skeptical at first but after trying their soup, it's actually alright. The soup is very light. It's not salty or very beefy. With a bowl of rice along with the soup, it cleanses your mouth and caresses your inside. Some may find the soup very plain or bland but I find it plain in a very good way. It's not extravagant. It's a really simple oxtail soup that hits home. My only issue was the price. After all, it is just soup with a bowl of plain white rice. Other than that, everything else was great. Service was fine and there's also a free parking lot.
I'm almost certain they sprinkle something on their kimchi because kimchi should not be this addicting and drool worthy.
We brought our grandmother here because she wanted to go out for lunch, and it definitely hit all of the spots.
The restaurant itself is on the smaller side, and it shares H Mart's giant parking lot. Our party of four was seated immediately, and we ordered three sullungtang, and the pork belly bossamm, which is a huge platter of sliced pork belly, steamed (or boiled) cabbage, spicy kimchi radish, raw salted oysters and raw green peppers. The premise is that you dip the pork belly in the sesame oil/cured shrimp paste sauce (saewoo jut), layer it with the radish, oyster and green pepper, wrap it all up in a cabbage leaf and just go to town. Liquids will run down your fingers but that's okay, napkins exist. One pro tip, dip the oyster in the sesame oil as well to balance that raw fishiness that comes with eating such foods.
The sullungtang was absolutely great. It was a tad milkier than I'm used to having but that just made it heartier. Really delicious. But that kimchi though. That kimchi.. You'll see what I'm talking about.
The service was also excellent. My grandmother's soup wasn't as hot as ours was, so after requesting it to be heated up, they apologized and brought it back roiling.
I'll keep coming back. Definitely.
I came here on a snowy Sunday night and had a great dinner. The restaurant is known for its ox bone broth and the warm, steamy broth was perfect for a cold, snowy night. Having a big appetite, I actually ordered 2 entrees. I ordered the ox bone broth with oxtail meat and the raw beef bi bim bap.
My broth came with no noodles and I asked the waitress about it. She then brought out a plate of cooked noodles that I could add to my soup. The broth comes bland so you can spice it with the salt they give you to your taste. Also they give you a giant bowl of scallions to add to the broth, which also gives added taste. The broth comes with a bowl of rice.
This restaurant does not offer as many free side dishes as other Korean restaurants, They give you only kimchi and some cabbage with bean paste to dip in. However, the kimchi was one of the best I have ever had at any restaurant.
My raw beef bi bim bap came with a bowl of the ox bone soup so in hind sight I didn't have to order the extra broth in order to try it but the oxtail that came with the broth was very delicious. Be sure to get the oxtail broth because the other broth just comes with slices of meat whereas I believe the oxtail is better.
The raw beef bi bim bap was very good and they are generous with the portion of raw beef.
The prices were a bit steeper than I expected but doable. The menu isn't that extensive so if you are looking for soon du bu or some other popular Korean dishes, they may not have it here.
My first visit was terrific the oxtail soup was probably the best I've had and the service was quick and friendly. My most recent one I had the naeng myun-a cold buckwheat noodle soup and thought it was just-okay. The service this recent time wasn't as responsive and the food not as good.
Stick with the soup and you should be good.
This is my neighborhood for 4 yrs and I finally tried this place because the bbq next door couldn't accommodate 9 people. So my Chinese family sat down, and immediately upon looking at the menu, regretted our decision to eat Korean food. This place serves very traditional Korean food… Meaning they didn't have seafood pancake, nor did they have tofu bowls. Everything was very confusing as to what I could order because everything was beef or pork feet. And every customer in there was Korean. Dont expect the usual small plates of korean appetizers like fish, veggies, kimchi, tofu, etc…. the kind you usually get at other korean restaurants like BCD etc. You only get a plate of kimchi and another plate of green peppers & lettuce??
Well I ordered my food by presenting our waiter with pictures from yelp haha. My Chinese family was very confused and relied on me to order all the food. We ordered their Korean vegetable pancake, scallion beef, cold noodles, bibimbap, and oxtail soup.
My favorite was the scallion beef, there was a mountain of scallion in the middle surrounded by a field of beef slices. Another favorite was the oxtail soup, oh my god was it amazing.
Honestly, my family enjoyed these foods very much, as it was their first time trying authentic korean food and it was not korean bbq. If I come back, I would probably only be buying the oxtail soup for take out.
For those lonely early mornings and you are sick… Sulungtang! () I'm telling you… It will clear up your sinuses and makes your nice and warm..fuzzy!
I come here alone in my scrubs sometimes after I get out of work. They don't judge! I come during off hours most of the time but they are usually nice. They are decently priced as well.
The parking is avail in the back (you can enter from the back as well) and you can find plentiful street parking if you go really late at night or very early in the morning like I do!
It's a perfect place for quick food during the winter… Very cute interior decor and very clean restroom!
Don't go in there with nice clothes though… The smell will stick on your clothes! You've been warned!