Sharon Garden

A nice and quite place, we had bibimbap and pork bone potato soup, the bibimbap not hot enough so my egg didn’t really cook, pork bone potato soup only have one small piece of potato, also the soup was very salty. Sides dishes were so little…
Service was nice, nothing much to complaint.

A hidden gem in Scarborough. This place is an authentic Korean restaurant with your typical korean dishes, shabu shabu, and kbbq. It’s clean and spacious (even their washrooms, complete with mouth wash!) and staff are friendly and efficient. For those that don’t know, it’s actually a sister restaurant of the one at Yonge and Steeles, which is a tad bigger than Sharon’s and even has a karaōke section. Yes, karaōke.
Dishes are a decent size for what you pay for. Their kam ja tangs are SUPER meaty (at least the one that I got) and flavours are on point. Their pork cutlets however are a bit on the week side, a bit thin but not dry; still tender.
Def worth a visit (or more) if you’re looking for homey korean food.

My experience here is probably not going to be your average experience. We were a Christmas party of nearly 30 so we got a room with catering for a private function. I loved going into a place where they had a sign for our party. I’ve always wanted to be one of those people! Made me feel extra special!
Staff: They were very nice and helped serve and clear plates in a timely manner for a catered event. They also brought a button to us to use to call if we needed anything else. Also generous enough to provide a lot containers to take away left over extra food. Every staff we walked by also greeted us on the way out so that left a great impression on me.
Ambience: This room was huge! I think the sign said max 60 people but we were half that size. We had two long tables going. At the back was all the food in party trays and drink dispensers. One side even had a karaōke machine and sound system with an extensive list of songs (but we didn’t get around to it). They also had coat hooks to hang our jackets too. The restaurant itself was big as a whole. I saw lots of rooms and tables as I went to the washroom.
Food: A lot of the food was really good. I always love the glass noodle dishes and this restaurant didn’t let me down. They also had the juiciest chicken legs as well. Great vegetable tempura with the right crispy batter too. There were a few dishes that were duds for me. The radishes were very plain for me. Some dishes were heavy on the spiciness and didn’t have any other flavour, so I couldn’t really appreciate that. Because of those dishes I had to take away a star.
Overall I think it’s a great venue for large parties. I’ll have to come back and try their regular menu too!

Warm welcome, we were approached with a friendly smile and an inviting tone!
You have to call them to serve you. A good thing is they have a call button at each of the tables. They come right away as soon as after hitting the button.
Food was great.
Price was average.
Ambiance and setting quite nice. My friend and I sat on the floor seat, Japanese style! (I guess that’s traditional Korean way too) loved the experience. Floor seats are heated.
I am definitely going back.

A rare good Korean restaurant outside of the main Korean neighbourhoods! The Ja Jang Myun and Beef Ribs were highlights, while the pork stew and mackeral were solid as well. Highly recommended.

This restaurant is my new favourite Korean restaurant in Toronto. The interior is spacious. You can choose to sit in a regular table/​booth, or seated cross legged on the ground. It’s fancier and kind of fun.
I ordered a seafood tofu soup and it was really delicious. The soup was $ 11.99 for a small and comes with rice. My meal came with 3 sides: chap chae (rice noodles), kim chi, and bean sprouts. They let you refill as many times as you want. The meal is served with corn tea. At the end of the meal, you get a cinnamon/​ginger tea.

Huge place, with nice interior, suitable for a party I guess. I saw a catering menu so I think they do that. They also have traditional Korean seating which is pretty cool if you got flexible legs. Food presentation is nice as with Korean restaurants in general. Offers a large variety of combo dishes which is great for people who don’t know what to get.
Only thing I didn’t like was too many menus, took me a long time to look through and make a decision. Pictures in the menu were small and not very clearly matched with the menu items. Over, semi-​pricey.
Liked the genuwine service and the seafood pancake for being nice and crispy. Would like to try more items!

The food here is cheaper than song cooks and exactly the same thing.
Ample parking and tons of lunch specials for those that want to visit with coworkers.
The menu is vast so there’s always something for everyone.
It is a Korean-​Chinese restaurant so don’t expect side dishes. You’ll only get kimchi, radishes, and onions with black bean sauce to dip in.
I recommend the jang jjang myun and kang poongi. The noorungji is really good too. I also enjoy the fried rice although it can be greasy sometimes.

I thought that this restaurant provided excellent food and customer service, hence the 5 stars. The kimchi had a refreshing taste in my opinion, definitely Korean-​made. I asked for more and received it shortly. When I asked for ice water, I got a jug. When I asked for a small box to pack up a bit of food at the end, I got it without any negative attitude. The waiter seemed genuinely grateful to receive just $ 6 for a tip (about 15% of the bill.)
Now about the food: the spicy seafood jajangmyun was the best I’ve ever had. A large plate for 1 was $ 11.95, for 2 it was $ 19.95. Quite an excellent deal. The shrimp fried rice was probably one of the best I’ve ever tasted as well, and I have eaten a lot of fried rice. It came with their signature black bean sauce.
I came here with my family but will definitely bring my boyfriend for spicy seafood jajangmyun.
I highly recommend this restaurant.

Despite the mediocre reviews, I decided to come. I’m glad I came. The majority of their menu is in English, Korean, and Chinese. Their main menu also has descriptions of most of their dishes, which helps for those they’ve just spelled in English. Their main menu is more expensive than a lot of Korean restaurants I’ve seen, and I don’t know the reason for this given that their location isn’t particularly expensive, but their specials are very reasonably priced.
Had:
Naengmyun — Noodles in cold broth. Arrowroot noodles. Fairly thin noodles. I would say slightly more underdone than I’d like (I prefer my noodles on a slightly more cooked level), but definitely still good. Toppings in included a few slices of radish, some shreds of cucumber, a few thinly sliced pieces of cold beef (slightly dry), and half a boiled egg. Delicious broth. The broth was delicious and refreshing, slightly sweet, but also slightly tangy, but still savory as well. It was also adequately chilled (note the really good amount of frozen broth slush).
Ual Eum Cham Pong — Seafood and noodles in cold, spicy broth. It really wasn’t very spicy. Unless your spice tolerance is maxed out at pepperoni, you can probably handle this. That being said, this was lovely. The noodles were more like jajangmyun white noodles, and they had a good bite without being undercooked. The noodles were topped with shredded cucumbers, half a hard boiled egg, a few shrimps, a handful of finely sliced squid, and perhaps radish? Something like that. I forget. The broth was similar to the naengmyun one (also with the delicious slushy broth), but there were two dollops of some kind of seasoned hot sauce on top of the noodles as well.
These two noodle dishes were $ 16.99 total (you get to choose two of the three: naengmyun, ual eum cham pong, or beef jajangmyun). It was my first time having naengmyun, and I can say I really enjoyed it. Oh. The two cold noodles were served hot mustard and wasabi on the side). Those gave the noodles an extra kick that I quite appreciated. Seriously great dishes to eat in the summer. Super refreshing.
Jajangmyun + spicy pork ($ 12) — Jajangmyun was the best I’ve had in Toronto. I’ve never met a jajangmyun that I didn’t want to put chili powder or something into, until this one. I usually find jajangmyun very one-​dimensional. This one, for whatever reason, wasn’t. The noodle base was quite good too. The spicy pork was quite tasty as well. Spicy soybean paste? Something like that. Served on a sizzling plate atop sliced onions, the portion was quite reasonable as well. I thought it was cooked well too (not dry and overcooked, but not tenderized within an inch of its life).
One thing I’d say about the noodles is that it would be nice if they cut their noodles down in length. We had to get scissors.
Grilled mackerel (2 pieces for $ 10, or 1 for $ 6) — We got 2 pieces. Served on 2 separate plates, both with a thick slice of lemon (not a wedge). Really good sized pieces. Lovely, crispy brown bits. Cooked so the insides were still juicy. Totally worth the price. Definitely will be coming back for this.
Banchan was not particularly diverse (kimchi, yellow radish in big slices, sprouts and japchae). Asked for a refill on sprouts. Were told they ran out, but they did bring another dish of japchae out with their apology, so all was forgiven.
I believe they’re actually Korean owned. Our server was Korean and they were playing a Korean music show on TV (MBC Show Champion, anyone?)
Oh. They have patbingsu (Korean shaved ice). Small is $ 4.50? I’ll be back to try it (hopefully) before the summer ends.

First off, the parking spots are SUPER SMALL… You or someone could easily slam his/​her doors right into each other’s doors and make a dent there… However, there are tons of empty parking space, so if you want, you can park far away…
This korean restaurant is huge, but free appetizer dishes are small. We had 4 people but only had 3 appetizer dishes with only kimchi, beans sprout, and glass noodle. I remembered other places have more and more selections. Also, I think prices are kind of expensive.
A wonderful part about this restaurant is that they have this calling bell (with «call» and «bill» buttons on it), but it doesn’t work all the time even you hear a «ding» sound after pressed. The waitress will not come over, so you might need to press it few more times. On the other hand, if you pressed the «bill» button, they will come super fast with the bill.

Side dishes (cucumber, kimchii and glass noodles). With only 3 side dishes its hard to be impressed when other places like Nak Won offer 8 side dishes.
Pork bone soup $ 8.95 — I took one look at it and I knew something was wrong. Usually there is pork bone overflowing from the bowl like a mountain of meat but this bowl I got here was not even peaking above the bowl. I only got 2 pork bones. I have had countless numbers of pork bone soup and I’m use to getting about 4 pieces of pork bone. The soup was good at least and wasn’t overly salty in taste. Still I was really disappointed and sulked throughout my meal at how little pork bone there was.
Also got the combo black bean noodle with sweet and sour pork $ 14 — The noodles were good but came in smaller portion because of the combo. The sweet and sour pork were just okay. They were a bit soggy because of all the sauce and did not have any crispiness to it.
Service was excellent and is about the only compliment I can give this place.

Went here for lunch frankly because there was nothing else in the plaza. With pricing as it is was we figured there wasn’t much to lose.
There are a lot of lunch specials to choose from and I chose a bento box of sorts that includes bibimbap and jajang noodles. It also included a drink and for a hefty price tag of $ 8.88. Hubby had the Tuesday special of kalbi tang for $ 10.00. Sadly his soup wasn’t remarkable and he said the meat was tough. My meal was fine, not fabulous but decent considering the price.
So we won’t rush back but our lunch wasn’t a complete miss. I’d definitely give it anothe shot.

Sharon Garden is one of a few restaurants part of a chain. ie. Song Cook (located at Yonge and Steeles). This one is located at McNicoll and Victoria Park hidden at the back of a plaza.
It is a nicely renovated restaurant with a large space which holds probably about 100 guest if needed. They have private rooms, floor sitting dining as well as regular dining tables. The far back of the restaurant is their massive restaurant which holds and displays everything from Makgeolli (korean rice wine) to take out food displays.
Once you walk in you get greeted nicely to a space that is fully equipped with utensils, table mat (menu) and an actual menu. Each spot has a buzzer button where you can press when you need attention. if you feel like having fun then try pressing it as many time as possible (joking).
The food portion are huge and so is the selection. The food is fresh, hot and delicious. Every order comes with side dishes which is common in the Korean dining culture. Pricing wise i think it is a tad steep but for the comfort then it’s worth it.
Parking is a bit ugly and tight so beware of this on weekends.
Give this place a try, it’s not too bad to go here every so often to enjoy a nice hot bowl of Kam Ja Tang (pork bone soup).

I came to this Korean restaurant located on the southeast corner of Victoria Park and McNicoll with my brother, as him and his partner has tried their takeaway a few times and they thought it was decent so he decided to take me and my mum here on a Saturday.
First of all, parking is scarce, especially meal times. Parking spots are also extremely tight, I guess they tried to squeeze as many spots on the lot as possible. This isn’t Sharon Garden’s fault though, so no stars deducted for this, but it must be pointed out as a warning. There are two entrance to this restaurant, one from the outside, closest to the further regions of the parking lot, the other is an indoor entrance from the adjoining building.
We were seated just after noon time and it wasn’t very busy, but as we sat, people started to come in. Sharon Garden has many TV screens on their walls playing Korean shows and music videos.
The service is not bad, but also not great. They bring you a cup of tea automatically, but because they also don’t give you a teapot per table, they’re not very good at refilling these cups. Even with service buttons at each table, it is still a bit slow.
Their food is ok. Pretty good kimchi (seriously though, you mess that up, you’re pretty much out of business), their japchae was hard, their pajeon (seafood pancake) was decent but not worth the price, their gamjatang was pretty good (mum was a fan), and their bibimbap was up to par.
The washrooms are very cold, but they’re pretty nicely decorated, it also has mouthwash so you can have that fresh mouth clean.
Go give them a try and judge for yourself!

This is a place i often frequented when i worked nearby.
It was mostly for takeout but i did dine in once.
I love pork bone soup, and realistically, you can’t mess up such an iconic meal. so let’s move on from that.
I’ve ordered a couple the options on their takeout menu. pork cutlet and fried dumpling. they were not bad for the price. the only thing that stuck out to me in a negative way was the cold noodles it came with are very very sweet. i would prefer the filler to be less flavourful. plain rice is a good example if i aren’t making much sense right now.
the restaurant itself is huge and can sit many people. they also have seating where you kneel. i don’ t know if that’s a korean thing but i know it’s very common in japan especially in a home setting.
for the dine in experience i had, i wasn’t blown away. quite standard, and i wished that there were more options with appetizers. desserts look bomb though, i didn’t get to order any because noone else wanted to share with me :(
i’d definitely go back and give this place a second chance on the dine in aspect. it wouldn’t be hard to take the customer experience to the next level so it may have already been done by now.

Yeah.
I guess I expected a bit more as I heard from sources say that this place had everything shipped in from Korea. (Like all the kitchen equipment are from Korea and such…)
When I walked in, wasn’t any welcome, the guy just direct me to a table. I thought I got some bad /​non-​service, but later I saw that he treat a couple of young girls the same way, that’s when I know everyone got the same treatment.
As stated above, of course no one offered me anything or let me know if there is any special. So I took some time to read thru the menu, yet I couldn’t find anything has squid as main ingredient. Ended up choosing a combo meal for one.
The cucumber in the side-​dishes were the best thing of the night. The cabbage kimchi was bland. The pancake doesn’t have any seafood, nor enough vegetable in it to be called a vegetable pancake, just some green onion and very few strips of carrot, again, no taste at all.
The steamed egg, was full of the main ingredient, egg. And nothing else.
The kal-​bi? Was barely cooked through, but really tough, one of the worst kal-​bi I have ever had in a restaurant. (Even taste testing counter in the supermarket does a better job.)
Will I return? No.

Atmosphere: Very big and pretty, has tables where you can sit on the floor
Food:
1. Stewed beef stone pot– ²⁄₅ disappointed, there wasn’t that many pieces of meat, the stew was overly sweet, and overly priced
2. Soft Tofu soup: ²⁄₅ portion was tiny, have had much better
Overall: Probably be back to try other stuff, food wise, i would say its pretty mediocre.

Good and simple Korean food. The food isn’t great but it’s good enough. Service is prompt and friendly. And attractive.
Good place for groups and a change of pace. I wouldn’t really recommend it to someone that wanted a really good Korean experience. I’d recommend the place to sample a lot of different dishes

Sharon Garden Korean BBQ & Grill newly open at Victoria Park & Mcnicoll has this familiar sign… SONG Cook!
One of the most nicely decorated Korean Restaurants in the neighborhood. Service is friendly and attentive.
Menu is similar to Song Cook, with a selection of Korean and Korean staples. Just love the combo for 1, great for solo diner like me.
Grilled Mackerel ($ 5) and Soya Braised Beef Rib ($ 13) both exceeded my expectation in presentation and flavour. The ingredients used were good quality and prepared with care.
I am excited to have Sharon in this Scarborough neighbourhood. I definitely will be back soon.
The dining area are divided into sections so you can book a section for a private event.