Haroo

My boyfriend had the goat stew and it was just meh. Only four side dishes too which isn’t special.
You can park at the food basics plaza for free. Ample parking!

Haroo is definitely an improvement over Seoul Street (The establishment before Haroo). I’m guessing it’s under new management thankfully.
Pros:
Décor is very nice
Food is well done
Cons:
Some entrees don’t come with rice
I remember coming here before it was Haroo and it was mediocre at best. I had no intention of ever coming back until my GF noticed it was now Haroo and wanted to give it a try. It’s a good thing we did because this place is vastly improved. I can definitely see myself coming here more often since it’s close to where I live as well.
As soon I came in, I noticed the décor has been redone. It looks very nice compared to it’s past iteration. It’s the same plan, table bbq in the front and some regular tables in the back. It looks very nice and subtle. It’s a very comfortable setting that you can easily be used for a family outing or a group night out.
I ordered the braised beef rib as that’s always my favourite at a Korean restaurant should they have it. My GF ordered the chicken udon bowl. My entrée doesn’t come with rice which is a little disappointing. I’m finding more and more Korean places adopting this process. It’s not a deal breaker but paying an extra $ 2 just for rice kinda sucks. The ribs were very tender except for one piece. They were very good tasting bursting with flavour. My GF’s udon was very well done. My little one’s favourite is noodles so if she loved it, they have to be good.
The service is very good here. It’s much better than what I remember from the last place. It feels like they knew about the last place and made it an emphasis to improve on everything that was wrong from then. If I have anything else to gripe about, it would just be the side dishes. They could of been done a little better.
All in all, Haroo is definitely a great Korean restaurant. I will definitely be back to try the table bbq. I saw a table having it and looked absolutely delish!

I had the pork belly Korean BBQ here with their electric grill on the table. The meat quality was pretty good, thick cuts. But everything else was below average. The side dishes are not substantial (pickled cabbage for example) and not that tasty. No side soups were provided with the pork BBQ which is usually provided. Overall the experience was subpar.

It’s a fairly new restaurant along Yonge street (before reaching Steeles Ave. beside food basics) and it did not disappoint. The restaurant is really clean with good interiors. They have friendly staff that were really accommodating — up to the point that they will even cut the meat in front of us.
Everytime I visit a Korean restaurant, I always go after their jjampong and seafood tofu soup — and I must say that this restaurant’s version of the 2 aforementioned dishes were really good! Just the right amount of spiciness, which I really love! I would also like to mention that they serve their jjampong with thin noodles (linguine-​like), which i prefer rather than the thick ones — it’s good for sharing too!
I will definitely come back! It’s worth the try!

Haroo may now be one of my favourite Korean Restaurant in the area. If you are interested in well prepared authentic Korean dish, I highly recommend Haroo.
Braised Beef Rib ($ 15.99) 炖牛仔骨 is just so good. The meat so well flavoured and melt in your mouth tender.
Lunch Special though limited in choices but does comes with either s a combo of grilled fish and soup or just the soup alone for a decent price.
Winter is here and I can’t wait to come back for some hot pot soup or even another order of beef rib which is just the perfect comfort food!

In this review, I will be making comparisons to the two previous restaurants of the same location before this. I gave five stars to Todamgol and it has been my favorite Korean restaurant. When it changed hand, probably due to retirement, it changed to Seoul Street and got operated poorly with terrible service that deserved a one star.
Stepping into Haroo, I have noticed the same floor plan as before. However, the interior decoration is so far the best among them. The service is casual but still attentive. But it is hard to say if it will stay the same as it get busier; as Seoul street has probably lost all the customer base built by Todamgol already.
The menu became more English and Chinese friendly. Also there are more varieties of menu items yet also a more simplified menu. Making it easy to order and understand what you are getting. However, the restaurant has not offer any drinking combo menu but instead have a lunch special menu.
Korean side dish is moderate in term of amount of five dishes. Can’t compare to Todamgol 10 dishes side dishes. But they look and taste decent. The pan-​fried mackerel is not over salty nor oily, which I really enjoyed it. The soup that comes with the naengmyeon (cold noodle — I know it is almost winter…) actually tasted very good, made me want to come back for soup next time.
Unfortunately, I rarely eat naengmyeon, so I can’t rate how tasty the naengmyeon. It is good, but I don’t have a good comparison to rate it well. Perhaps I will add to this review the next time I try my favorite dishes.
At the time being, I will give this a 4 stars based on this experience.