Han Corea

Small Korean restaurant out in the middle of nowhere with decent food.
I went on a Wednesday evening and it seemed pretty empty and hard to find in the dark. The menu was more unique, I haven’t seen a lot of items on the menu. Even the free side dishes I haven’t had a few of them before. Ended up getting chicken bulgogi and it came out to be fairly big proportion. Flavour wise it was good. Rice and water was unlimited self served refill which was different.
Probably worth checking out again if I am in the area.

One of my favorite Korean restaurants in Calgary! The food is always so tasty and I love all the starters they bring out at the beginning. You get unlimited rice, water and tea as well. My favorites are the rice cakes, kimchi soup and the octopus hot pot.

U have to order squid and pork ! Best Korean cuisine I have never tasted !!! If u have one company with u .only one squid and pork can satisfy ur needs! trust me

Tiny little place with amazing food!!! Couldn’t be anymore authentic then hopping a plane. The service was excellent. The food was outstanding. Weren’t sure what to order and our waitress was great in helping us choose some fantastic dishes.
A real hidden gem and reasonably priced. Can’t wait to go back. Loved it!

Worst dining experience ever! Food took more than 45 minutes to come and they keep the side door open on a very windy day. The garbage bin literally fell down by my feet. The server told us that one of our dishes is not available and ask us to order something else and then we have been left all by ourselves since. There’s many Korean restaurants out there, don’t come if you expect at least an average service!

I came here with my mom on a Monday for lunch. Portions are huge! Unlimited rice was a nice touch because they give you so much meat. We can’t handle much spice but the girl attending to us gave some amazing recommendations. I’d love to come back here with more of my family in tow to help us tackle the meal

Came here for dinner with my boyfriend on Friday night it was soooo packed. Make reservations!!! They don’t speak good English here but they were super friendly. Food was so good. We had the spicy squid and pork… yummy. Portions are really big and its self serve all you can eat red bean rice. Will come back again but with a big group so we can try more items.

Like what most of the other reviews have mentioned, this is a hole in the wall. How you know it’s legit authentic Korean food is probably the fact that it’s connected to the Korean community center. It’s a small restaurant that can seat roughly 20 people. There is a unlimited water and rice station where you can help yourself. Service is prompt; food comes out as quick as you order it. This family owned establishment provides satisfaction guaranteed Korean food. You’ll definitely walk out feeling content and big-​bellied.

Disappointed. Not too sure what the rave is all about. My boyfriend and I arrived for dinner on a Saturday around 7:00 p.m.
We waited about 15 minutes for a table, were seated and given menus. I proceeded to get water for my boyfriend and I and then returned to my seat to look through the menu.
A few minutes later the waitress told us we had to change our seats because of another party and re-​seated us accordingly. We continued to look at the menu and upon reading reviews on Unilocal,we ordered the bulgogi and the spicy pork with squid dishes.
Our food arrived in a timely manner but we noticed that there was no pork in our dish. We were quite hungry so didn’t say anything. When we went up to get rice the cooker was empty and there was no rice. The waitress explained that it would take about 7 more minutes for the rice to be ready.
Not even 3 minutes later the rice was ‘ready’ and put into the rice cooker to be served. There was a line up in the rice cooker/​water/​tea serving area and I noticed some people looked at the rice and walked away. When it was my turn, I realized that the rice was very watery and under cooked.
I took some rice and went back to my seat. The waitress then came by and took away our spicy pork dish and explained that it had been meant for the table next to us. She only realized this because the next door table told her theirs didn’t have any pork. So she took our dish away and replaced it promptly with the other table’s order.
I was not impressed by the quality or taste of the food, especially for how much it cost. The bulgogi was average at best and the spicy squid and pork dish wasn’t anything that I couldn’t have made better at home myself.

After eating junk foods on the road got us super craving for some Korean food.
We had NengMyung (cold noodle) and boy was it delicious! You can’t get NengMyun this good anywhere including Korea (ok, maybe I exaggerated a bit). The servers were being great too. I would definitely come back if I ever come to Calgary.
Water & Rice is self served but is unlimited and free!

Love how authentic this restaurant is.
We didn’t have to wait too long to be seated despite the place being packed.
While the prices at first seem a little expensive for a «hole in the wall» the serving sizes are super generous. My bf and I shared a spicy chicken bulgogi, a fish cake soup and a seafood pancake.
The fish cake soup was a bit bland but the pancake and spicy/​sweet bulgogi more than made up for it.
It was great reading others reviews beforehand to find out about the self serve rice and water.
It’s not obvious that’s how it works.
We took part of our meal home because with your meal came the assortment of apps like kimchi, dried fish, and so on. They were refilled once we had finished them.
I could have made a meal out of the apps alone.
While it does say they offer some drinks of the booze variety, when my bf tried ordering a beer, he was told they currently weren’t serving any liquor.
Just a heads up for those expecting more than tea or water during their meal.
Will go back to try some of the shared meals they offer on the menu.

This is place serves authentic Korean Food just like in Korea.
The spicy squid and pork was so awesome, bursting with the right spice melts together perfectly with squid and the pork.
The rice cake took us all by surprise as the vegetables and fish cake just compliments the rice cake so well together we all went back for more than what we should of had.
The free side dishes were very well done quite a variety that you don’t get at most other places it was very good.
The kimchi soup was typical but still good, we should have ordered the seafood soup I believe that would have been more flavorful.
The other dish was ordered by my other family member but you have to like intestines and blood sausage like type of sausage. It was good but not something I would run for. Everyone else love it. So majority rulesup.
Their self serve rice was really good as well.
Over all this Resturant really took me by surprise as it looked like the little restaurants in Korea the taste is even the same.
The real down side to this restaurant is its too small they turned away many customers as this place got full so fast.
We for sure be back for more.
I really want to thank everyone that gave honest review to this place this is reason I got to try this place. You guys wrote some awesome reviews. Thanks to all Unilocalers you guys are really great keep the reviews coming!

Visited twice, love this place! very korean!
Not very big, but can fit big groups of ppl. there’s a corner for everyone to get drinks, water and rice (self serve)
Reasonable price, open late, and the food is good.

Pretty tasty hole in the wall. Food is homey comfort food. Had the bulgogi beef and chicken and the spicy pork and squid. All were very flavourful.
We had takeout but didn’t get any Kim chi appetizers which was a bit disappointing. Other than that, no complaints. Will be looking forward to trying some of the other traditional Korean dishes some of which even look a bit exotic even for my Asian tastes. Spicy pig tripe? Who knew.

This is the fourth Korean restaurant I have tried in Calgary now and it is the best. Service was great, food was fresh! If you like Korean food or think you could try it this place is an absolute must.

But closer to a five. Solid food. It’s just below the Calgary Korean Association. Filled with Korean moms and dads. THIS is comfort food. How can you go wrong??! We got the kimchi jjigae and dwaejibulgogi. Awesome!

It is the best Korean restaurant in calgary! They give out so many types of appetizer for free! Love them all. The portion sizes are pretty big, go with all your friends. Will defines come back, awesome taste!

A «hole in the wall» below a Korean cultural center. The décor is nothing special but the food is wonderful. Authentic bulgogi and kimchi jigae, and some more adventurous dishes like blood sausage and tripe soup. Don’t expect wine, but there are many varieties of soju to sample.

I love this place. It’s unassuming, unpretentious and just downright delicious. It is the mother of all things coined «hole in the wall.» It’s a family owned and run joint, and the place before this restaurant was open was probably not a restaurant. Even cooler. Even though the menu has English, no one here actually speaks English so just point.
Self serve rice and water, utensils are in the box at the end of each table. Get your own drinks from the cooler. They have bek soju, raspberry (I think) soju, and chamisul. Hite is always the beer of choice at Korean joints.
I’ve had almost ever dish here, and you have my word when I say NOTHING on the menu is below DELICOUS level. Order the pork and squid bulgogi (spicy) and thank me later. The meat is always quality, and the soup is always piping hot. The older lady will come by and harass you a bit if she sees left over food, but you won’t understand her because it’s in Korean and she does it with a huge smile so it’s all good. But don’t break her heart and finish you meal ok?

Definately one of the hidden gems of Calgary, and then some. Heck, in the 2 visits, my group was literally the only ones eating there.
Months ago, I visited Han Corea, a little Korean restaurant tucked away in an industrial sector of Fairview inside the Calgary Korean Association building. What we found surprised us, as it basically was as if we were transported to a street café in the middle of some suburb of Seoul, far from the tourist areas. The cooks, the signs and even the menus were entirely in Korean, with nary an English sign anywhere. Fortunately back then, a couple dining there took pity on us and helped us to a great inexpensive meal!
I’ve wanted to return for months, but I didn’t know anyone else who could read or speak Korean, and just pointing at the menus struck me as a little bit too haphazard. But things changed this week as I organized another dinner. It was a cold night, and nothing like a warm kimchi soup as comfort food.
Thankfully, my Aunt and fellow Unilocaler Eswina N., had a friend, Nori who was a native speaker and came to join us. So with Nori’s help, myself, my gal, @VincciT of @ciawesome, Unilocaler/​Aunt Eswina N. and Unilocaler @theaimlesscook enjoyed an incredible meal at Han Corea.
We first started with the kimchi stew and a pork soup. The stew was just as memorable as the first time. A perfect balance of heat and spice came together to form a soup that just screams Korea in every sense of the word. Just enough of a bite to the palate, it was bursting with the flavours of the vinegar, hot spice and the vegetable. And the pork soup was no slouch other. While not exactly very seasoned, it came with a great selection of hot and salty sauces that allowed the diner try the soup as they preferred to their taste preferences.
Next came a festival of bulgogi dishes, with a beef bulgogi, LA ribs bulgogi, a squid and pork bulgogi and a pork skin bulgogi served one by one, each as tasty and rich in flavour as the next. Some were spicy, some were sweet, but all were delicious, as the Korean flavours were bright and strong with each bite. Add the great complimentary selection of pickled dishes and unlimited white rice, the food just spoke volumes on the culture and the joys of home cooking.
And just when we thought we were done, the restaurant made an interesting additional dish, a sun dae or Korean vermicelli roll mixed with pork blood and liver complete with a dipping salt. As odd as that sounds, it was simply yummy in every sense of the word.
Now how much was such a feast for six people? $ 140 you say? $ 150? Nope… it was $ 80 after tax. Yep, that’s it. Dinner for 6 with 7 courses, unlimited rice and pickled side vegetables and tea and coffee (also unlimited) cost us $ 80. Even after adding a generous tip, it was still only $ 16 a person. Where the heck in Calgary can you have a 7 course dinner, and pay only $ 16?
I just love this place, and hope to organize a new group soon!
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