New York Kimchi

Neat place for picking up ready to go lunch boxes. Portions aren’t large but food is tasty.

I love this restaurant, all their foods are from twenty five year old Kumgangsan Restaurant in Flushing. to cut a long story short, Their Wagyu berger is just phenomenon… as far as I know wagyu is pretty expensive meat, you would be surprised $ 9.95 price… first bite, very juicy wagyu meat combined with kimchi slow… very delicious. No doubt to Unilocal this menu.
Just try! :)

I’ve been here a few times, and I keep on coming back because the food here is well-​priced for Korean food, especially when I’m too lazy to venture down to k-​town. A good place to stop in if you have a craving for Korean food, but not the best place in the city. It’s also nice that they have a large variety of food as well as plenty of seating.
Great, quick place for lunch, and reasonable place for dinner. My favorite part of dinner is when they give the complimentary soy milk frozen yogurt (which they don’t do anymore), which is great, but speaks to how stand-​out the rest of the meals are.

Spotted this place by Rockefeller Center and stopped in for lunch.
The upstairs is a takeout area with a restaurant downstairs. We opted for the lunch special downstairs.
They brought out several different small plates: including kimchi, radishes, etc.
The beef dumplings were just ok but everything else was on point. It hit the spot with the cold weather outside. The prices were good for NYC! Their retail rent is $ 55,000 a month!
We would return here.

Deterred by the delis and fast food in midtown this seemed like a good place to have a quick lunch with a friend. This spot was like a mini food court with different counters for bibimbap, soups and stews and even korean bbq sandwiches. We opted for a stew cause it was a chilly, rainy day. I scoped out some seats beforehand because it gets a lil busy during lunch. My friend got a tofu stew and I got a kimchi stew with pork. Both were equally spicy but I think the tofu stew was better since the kimchi jigae was pretty salty from the kimchi but the portions were good like a tall soup container size. My favorite part of this place was the kimchi bar. They had a slaw, a traditional cabbage and a spicy cucumber kimchi you serve yourself. Goes great with the white rice that came with the stew. I couldnt finish my meal cuz it was too hot but I did have leftovers the next day which were great. The ordering system here may seem confusing but you have to check out each counter to see which dish is being prepared at which spot, order and give your name and once they call you to get your stuff you pay at the front. I came back for the kimchi after I got my seat so I could use both hands. The only downside is that I felt it was the same price as a regular restaurant maybe because this place is affiliated with kum gang san. My stew came out to 14 $ and change without a drink. They have a KGS restaurant downstairs with table service if you don’t like the hustle and bustle of the food court. They also have prepared rice dishes and salads if you just wanna grab something and get in and out quickly. On our way out near the front register we noticed that they had free samples of froyo and smoothies so it was a sweet finish to our meal. The place is also very clean cuz there is a busboy who is busy cleaning up trays and tables. We left our umbrellas to save a seat but they ended up bringing them up to the register cuz they thought someone left them behind. Overall a good place for actual food and a different option for those who dont want a regular salad or sandwich just be prepared to pay a few dollars more.

Only 2 stars because I’ve had way better food from the corner Korean Deli and M2M.
I walked in with my friend and the first clue should have been how empty this restaurant was, on a saturday night. The second clue is that my friend and I were the only asians in this Korean restaurant. Where are the locals? I guess they know better than to eat here.
My friend and I looked through the menu and decided to ordered the cheese dukbokki, the kimchi stew, and their happy hour garlic chicken. We waited and waited and finally the waiter came and took our order. A few minutes after taking our order, he returns and tells us that they’ve run out of the garlic chicken. Fine, so I asked if they had anything else on their happy hour menu, and he said they did not. First of all, it’s only 6:00pm, how could they be out of their happy hour food item, if there isn’t even anyone in the restaurant, and the hours for happy hour were from 4pm — 8pm? How did they stock their kitchen to not even last 4 hours? I checked the menu, and garlic chicken isn’t even one of their menu items, so how did they run out? Also, if you run out of the only food item on your happy hour menu, shouldn’t you offer a replacement?
So without our garlic chicken, we waited and waited again for them to bring our food out. I have to say, they took forever to bring our food out, which makes no sense because by the time we finally placed our order, there were three other tables aside from ours and one was doing BBQ, and the others had already gotten their food.
Finally, our food comes. It’s a disappointment. My kimchi stew was so freaking salty, it was like drinking salt water. There was also only 4 pieces of tofu in my tofu stew, and the rest of straight up kimchi. What kind of of jijgae has so little tofu? If you go to BCD, all you get is tofu! My friend was not impressed by her cheese dukbokki either, and also, we ate all our banchan while waiting for our dishes to come, but they never bothered to refill our banchan.

The set up of the place is kind of confusing. There are 2 floors. The first floor is kind of like a food court and downstairs, basement level, is where the NY Kimchi Jiha restaurant is located. That’s what I’m reviewing. It’s just a casual place with table service.
The menu had a pretty wide variety including starters, jjigaes (stews), kbbq, and rice dishes. I think there were hamburgers too?
My friend and I got the seafood pancake to start. BEST seafood pancake I’ve ever had! Had tons of seafood and had great texture. We both also got the budae jjigae, which is spicy beef broth soup with ramen noodles, ham, cheese, sausage, egg and veggies. It’s like college food on another level. Hangover heaven. Our waiter said we ordered the two best dishes and even though they were the only two dishes we tried, I think we’d agree. My only quip is that the budae jjigae was like $ 16, which no matter how yummy, is honestly way too pricey for what it is.
Also, the banchan is the best I’ve had at any Korean restaurant. It’s super high quality, fresh, delicious, and filling. They have this great egg/​potato salad thing but instead of potato, I think it was made with pumpkin? I don’t know, but I’ve never seen it at another restaurant and it became my favorite side dish.
Overall, the food & service deserve 5 stars, but I’m deducting a star for the steep price.

It’s so hard to find a decent Korean restaurant in this neighborhood after Korean Palace closed around two years ago; apparently Kimchi is a very close substitute with take-​out options.
Menu was simple if you decided to sit — kimchi fried rice, bibimbap and soups, with protein choices being chicken, beef, veggie and seafood. They served you very fast but the line could be long during peak hours.
Take-​out boxes also looked attractive.

We went to NY kimchi our last night in NYC, too tired to venture to Korea town, hoping this would be a good authentic Korean meal.
NY kimchi was satisfying and great at service. We were greeted as soon as we walked in, seated next to a large party that was obviously enjoying themselves. The only negative was the choice of music, rap, with explicit lyrics with families eating? Pass. I enjoy a good rap track but not the time or place. Most of my meal I had to listen to Akon over and over .
We ordered kimchi fried rice ‚& the larger portion of galbi because the waitresses stated the smaller portion was very small. Good thing we took her advice, almost $ 40 dollars for the larger portion, it was good but definitely overpriced. In all, the food was good but there are too many Korean restaurants in NYC to spend $ 60+ at N Y Kimchi.

My friend and I stumbled on this spot on Unilocal and we were in the mood to try something so we did decided to give this place a go…
As soon as we walked the place was clean, the staff was really friendly and helpful when we couldn’t decide on a what dish to order and. Granted it is a Korea BBQ place, but we didn’t have the BBQ. We decided we’d stay and enjoy their other tasty dishes. We had the Salmon in honey sauce, stir fried glass noodles (my 1^st time), and the kimchi fried rice with Chicken. everything was very tasty and cooked my liking. If I’m ever in the neighborhood I would definitely come back here again.
We shared all 3 plates and portion wise we were pretty full after we were done eating. You can get your own plates if you’d like but if you’re not a big eater sharing is also an option. My friend really enjoyed the Kloud Korea Malt beer he ordered for $ 2. The prices are not to steep and the portions are just right.

If you’re on a lunch break and thinking of grabbing something quickly to go – don’t. do. it.
I got a rice place to go before heading back to the office and I just feel sick afterward. The food was just overly loaded with sodium and what felt like MSG. I couldn’t even get halfway through the plate without feeling nauseous. On top of the that, everything just tasted overwhelming bland — even the kimchi.
Even though it might be a little difficult to find good food in Midtown, I recommend going somewhere else if you want to keep your arteries unclogged… or to not throw off the salt count in your body.

I work across the street so have gone to Kimchi from time to time. Generally I’ve always been pretty pleased with my visits here. The people that work here are nice. During peak lunch hours it is very busy, but I’ve always had an enjoyable time. There is also complimentary Kimchi and you can try a bunch of them.
The way that it works is table service downstairs, fast casual in the back, and smoothie bar, quick takes (like kimbap and bulgogi and stuff) in the front. I’ve had the kimchi stew twice and I think it’s pretty good for fast casual. I’ve also had their smoothies a few times. I wasn’t too fond of their smoothies because they use a yogurt base and it’s a bit sweet for my liking. But the smoothie people will work with you on what you want to add to your mix. Too bad I just don’t like the yogurt though and can’t change that. All in all, I’m always pretty happy to eat lunch here.

Meh, I’ve definitely had better. Coming from LA where our K-​town is a whole city and the Korean restaurants are plentiful, this place was definitely a disappointment. The dishes are overpriced and just mediocre in general. I thought they would have more of a kimchi selection at the restaurant given the giant barrels of kimchi by the entrance, but there isn’t! I ordered the octopus and it was good but nothing special. My friend was very disappointed with her $ 17 bibimbap.
It’s good if you need to grab a quick bite and you’re in the area. They don’t seem to get very busy, so seating is easy!

I absolutely love New York Kimchi– there’s not many Korean joints in the area except for a couple of food trucks. I’m a bit lazy and not down for the twenty block walk to Koreatown, so NY Kimchi will have to do, and what it does– it does extremely well.
It’s more like a kimchi museum than anything– lots of food displays and posters. There’s a grab and go section– I always go for the kimbap, which is delicious and under $ 8. As many other reviews have mentioned they have fried rice to grab and go, which is great. Behind the front counter, there’s more seats and even more food– from fresh kimchi fried rice to a chipotle style one protein and two sides plus a salad and rice plate. They have a sit down restaurant below, although I’ve never tried it. The rice plate is delicious though– I had seaweed salad, Brussels sprouts, beef and string beans which were perfect.
Did I also mention they have three free kimchis? Just a big bowl of fresh kimchi for you– which is great!

Great prices, great food.
Friendly, quick staff and the food tastes like legit Korean without having to be in Koreatown. I can always appreciate that!
3 different types of kimchi that are free for the taking.
Upstairs cafeteria style, downstairs is sit down eating, at the front is a café filled with coffee, tea, and other grab-​and-​go goodies.
Servings are large and prices are low. Lots of seating options.
‘Side order’ of BBQ pork $ 4 (Huge portion. Could barely finish half!)
Cup/​bowl of rice $ 1
Already dying to go back!

This place was good, but not amazing. I would give this place 3.5 but put it at 3 stars because they do not have beef Bulgogi option for the Bimbimbap… what kind of madness is that?
I ordered the Kimchi Friend Rice which was delicious served on a hot plate that made the rice at the bottom all crispy… I love it. I thought the friend rice lacked seasoning but when I asked for some hot sauce/​powder to add, it made the dish really work.
Too many good options around to return to this place as it wasn’t «omg memorable» but if you are in the mood for Korean food… this one is not bad.

I have no idea how this place could have an average rating of four stars. My experience — albeit delivery — was subpar and I would choose any other restaurant over New York Kimchi if I were craving Korean food.
I found New York Kimchi through Seamless. I was really craving dduk mandoogook, so was excited that they had one with galbi, which makes the broth more savory. Even though it was pretty expensive ($ 18, and they don’t have the lunch option for the galbi soup), I decided to go for it. My colleague got the Kalbi Lunch Set ($ 18).
We submitted our orders at 11:50AM and the expected delivery was 30 – 45 minutes. However, we didn’t get the food until 1:30PM and the food was served lukewarm. First strike.
The portion was also very small considering the price I paid for it. The worst part was that the soup literally had ONE galbi… Lame! Additionally the rice cakes were way over cooked so they lost their chewy texture. The dumpling skins all peeled in the soup so the insides just spilled into the soup.
The dish came with a side of white rice and four different banchans, or side dishes. There was spinach (pretty good), pickled cucumber with calamari (fine), kimchi (good but too little), and mayonnaise and apple (gross).
My friend’s Kalbi Lunch Set was also way overpriced. The little bento box had 8 pieces of galbi, pickled cucumber and calamari, pickled radish, spinach, and rice. The galbi was pretty tender and seasoned well, but quite fatty. Nothing else really stood out and we wouldn’t pay $ 18 for this.

The review update is based on my experience dining downstairs with my friend earlier on our lunch break today. Thank god for the laminated pictures slip into the menu. We had multiple people coming by our table to take our orders hehe.
Food: Yookae Jang (my friend) and DolPan Kimchi Rice w/​Beef (mine)
My friend really enjoy her soup entrée. She ate everything and took some sips of the spicy broth. I love rice dishes in a stone pan or stone bowl. Young was nice to start a conversation with us and told us about the BBQ for dinner which the servers are the ones cooking the food on the grill… pretty cool!
Definitely a great spot for take-​out or dine-​in so give it a try =)

This is going to be awkward… But I honestly thought everything about this place was absolutely fantastic except for the kimchi… Oops (or maybe I had high expectations given the restaurant name).
The service was great, food came out reasonable quick, and the dolsot stone bowls were so big and effective that my dish was still sizzling hot after a good half hour. Not to mention, the side dishes were so unique and flavourful, and the food was good too.
The kimchi probably wasn’t «marinated» long enough since I found it rather bland, but they did give a generous amount, which was nice.
Ordered the rice cake and mandoo soup, soft tofu jiggae with seafood soup, chicken bibimbap, and seafood bibimbap… Soo worth during the lunch special.
Totally recommend this place anytime.

Oh man. This was one of the worst Korean meals I’ve EVER had; I was truly deceived by the four-​star average rating. Okay, it wasn’t an ideal situation. I’m usually very diligent when selecting a restaurant to avoid disappointment. On this particularly cold afternoon, my friend and I were starving and didn’t want to travel far from where we were shopping. I did a quick search for Korean food since I really wanted piping hot soup and something comforting.
Here’s the set-​up. When you first walk in, there’s a counter with prepared meals on the left wall — mostly Kimbap (Korean version of sushi). On the left, there’s a small salad bar with kimchi and other Banchan (Korean side dishes) to take home. As you walk through, there’s a cash register on the left and stairs leading to another Korean sit-​down restaurant on the basement-​level (I don’t recall the name, but my friend said there’s another location in Koreatown). Finally, once past those stairs, there’s another counter for quick takeout orders. There are also a few tables available to dine in. There’s a short list of soups and noodles ($ 10 – 13), Bibimbap, and Burgers. Yeah, weird. There was a fusion burger of sorts that was made with Kalbi or Bulgogi?
We opted for the quick food option and dined in. The process: walk up to the counter, order, then take your check to the cashier on the opposite end to pay (very odd). Then, when your food is ready, you pick it up at the same counter.
I ordered the Kalbi Ddok Mandoo Gook ($ 12.95) since they didn’t have Soon Dubu available (first disappointment!). This soup is non-​spicy with steamed dumplings (Mandoo), rice cakes (Ddok), and beef short rib (Kalbi) — it’s all in the name. The meal comes with rice and there’s brown rice available with no extra charge. Awesome. Also, there’s complimentary kimchi. However, everything was pretty terrible. The soup had zero flavor and lacked much needed salt. Plus, it was very difficult to eat out of that narrow, tall soup takeout container. I tried their cabbage kimchi and that was not very good either. One of the worst ones I’ve had.
So overall, it was a really disappointing meal. It is a neat concept though — fast Korean. Certainly not common. However, the convenience wasn’t worth the bland food! I’m not sure how Korean food fares in Manhattan, but this was seriously bad.