Hong Ma No Korean Restaurant

You find the words King Kong throughout the restaurant. I was confused at first and I spoke to the staff. The owners are the same, but they have renovated and are testing out a new menu.
The menu is more westernized Asian fusion. I was actually looking forward to Chinese influenced Korean food when I set foot into this restaurant. However, I decided to stay and we ordered a couple items. We received 3 banchan and a complementary fried green onion pancake. The side dishes were tasty. I especially enjoyed the spicy radish. The pancake was average. It was a nice gesture though.
Food took awhile to be served. However, I did really like my rice cake seafood dish. There was plenty of seafood: shrimp, scallops, and squid. My date stated that his chicken teriyaki was alright but preferred my rice cake dish more.
Our server was obviously very new. We received our water after we placed our order. She dropped off sharing plates after we were halfway done with our food. That was okay because we all have to start somewhere when learning a new job and the restaurant was not that busy so she could take her time to learn.
While dining, there were two screen streaming endless Korean pop music videos. The place is dimly lit otherwise. Definitely an Asian pub vibe.

I dunno about this place.
Everything was too salty.
Couldn’t taste the food behind all the salt

Only came to this restaurant because of the Unilocal reviews. So thanks to those who provided comments. I realky liked this place but felt that the menu didn’t have enough options. Unless I was missing something?
I agree with one fellow Unilocaler who said that service was a bit slow. But, you have to expect that in these smaller restaurants where it seems family-​run.
I ordered the Spicy Beef & Vegetable Soup with Rice. For $ 9.50, it is a bit expensive when you consider that you could get this for less in downtown Vancouver.
It was pretty decent. The beef slices could have been more tender though. The soup broth was very good. I only got 2 side dishes — some yellow pickled vegetable and kim-​chi. I saw other patrons get 4 dishes so was a bit confused on that. Anyways, the kim-​chi was good! Even got a refill on that.
Would I come here again? Maybe. Let me tey the other places around here first and will decide later.

1^st time, Went on a fairly slow night, service was excellent even though the server didn’t know a lot of English.
No such ambiance, but the place is neat and tidy.
The food is very tasty, huge portions for a good price.
Non of what we ordered was bland — we had ordered 6 different dishes, but the likes/​dislikes varied throughout our table.
I would definitely recommend this if your craving some real Korean food.

A typical Chinese Korean restaurant located across from Guildford Mall. The seating area isn’t very big but spacious enough.
The food was pretty solid. We got Jjamb Bong and fried rice. The service was good but nothing really stood out for me despite all the other raving review.
Maybe I will be able to add another star after another visit. We will see.

This place is great, cheap and delicious. They’re spicy seafood soup rocks! The ambiance is nothing noteworthy just a great place to eat and gain a happy tummy!

This is where I go for a quick jja-​jang-​myun fix. If only they’d deliver like they do in the ROK, then my Koreanified-​Chinese experience would be complete and they’d get that extra star.

First of all let me say — the service is incredible. She anticipated our EVERY need and we didn’t have to ask for kimchi refills, water refills, napkins or anything at all. It’s like she knew what we were thinking and they magically appeared before we could ask for them. I like eating at obscure little places and service is not something I have high expectations for but in this case I was pleasantly surprised.
The vegetables could be thinner (I used to be a picky eater as a child and I guess old habits die hard) but I loved the broth for the fish soup and my boyfriend was obsessed with their rice cakes.
They have incredible kimchi! Every time I eat here I deplete their kimchi supply substantially. The tea is very refreshing (unfortunately, I can’t recognise what type of green tea it is)
The chicken with vegetables in soy sauce is pretty good (I’m not a fan of soy sauce so this is high praise). The hot and sour soup is pretty delicious and distinctly Korean. The only other type of hot and sour soup I’ve ever had is Indo-​Chinese and while the essentials are the same, it is still distinctly it’s own. But the one dish that is heaven on earth, imo, is the spicy beef soup with rice. The quantity is large enough to make a hearty meal. I highly highly recommend this. My favourite Korean place by far.

This restaurant is actually called Hong Ma No Korean Restaurant. I love coming to this restaurant because the have the best sweet and spicy chicken and black bean noodle. If your looking for a genuine home cook meal id suggest you give this place a try.