Was here with friends on Lunar New Year, really like this place: amazing food, beautiful design, unique drinks and very friendly atmosphere.
They had a karaoke night that time, so everyone could sing a song getting to know each other.
Also, there is a beautiful photo station, where you can take a picture in traditional Korean dress😍
Was so good, we noticed the time only when it was 11:30pm😆
It still stayed open after we left.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
My friends came from the Bay Area, and I was looking for some cool places for us to get together. I researched on Yelp and found a few places, including Jumak. My friends chose this place because the pictures on Yelp looked really nice and interesting. The decor seemed cool too!
We came on a Saturday, and I made a reservation for a party of 5 on Yelp for 7 pm.This restaurant don't have a parking lot, but there is a nearby garage with 90 minutes of free parking. There is also free street parking near the church.
Upon arrival, the restaurant wasn't full, and only two ladies in front of me were waiting. Since I had a reservation, we were seated almost right away. However, we were placed at the back of the restaurant where the server couldn't see us most of the time.
The restaurant had only two servers for the whole place. We asked for recommendations on what to order, and with their suggestions, we ordered the pork belly roll, salmon seaweed roll, mac and cheese ball, sullungtang, galbi udon pasta, and galbi jjim.
By 8 pm, there was no sign of any food. We inquired about our orders, mentioning it had been almost an hour since we arrived. The server explained they were short-staffed and apologized for the wait.
Another 10 minutes later, we received our first appetizer, the mac and cheese balls. After a little bite, there was another waiting period. My friend's 12-year-old daughter was hungry, so my friend took out a bag of M&Ms and told her to eat it for now. Then, we noticed the table of 10 next to us, who arrived after us, getting some food. Another friend got upset and talked to the server, expressing our dissatisfaction. We asked the server to bring us whatever food was ready and not to wait for everything.
About 10 minutes later, they started bringing out the pork belly rolls and the sullungtang. After that, came the galbi jjim, followed by the salmon seaweed rolls. The galbi udon arrived last. The food was alright, but nothing worth waiting an hour for. The galbi udon was salty, and my friends didn't like it. The galbi jjim was also fatty, but at least you eat that with rice.
My friend explicitly told the server that the lukewarm food indicated they didn't bring us the food as soon as possible. It felt like a deliberate waste of our time, and on top of that, we were hungry. The customer experience was horrible, and even if the meal is free, it's still a bad experience. They offered to give us half off on our bill and kept apologizing for the wait due to being short-staffed. Eventually, they gave us a $50 voucher for next time.
In the end, I believe the owner or manager came out, apologized again, and offered us free cake and ice cream. I don't want to be harsh on this restaurant because I could tell they really tried. Honestly, they might have problems hiring. My suggestion is to limit the menu if they are short-staffed or be upfront and tell the customers before seating them that there will be a long wait for food. There are many restaurants in Old Town, and it's easy to walk out and go to another one.
I wouldn't go back to this restaurant, at least during lunch or dinner time. If I were to go again, I would choose off-hours and hope that maybe I am the only party they serve during that time.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 3
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3
Wow, really impressive with what they have done to the previous Indian restaurant! First off, service very attentive and good selection of drinks and Asian beers 🍺.
The seafood pancake was so delicious, the Dynasty lobster boa was just amazing and the chicken skewers were juicy!
I’ll be back, yummy Asian comfort food
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Was excited to try this place out but so disappointed in the reviews. We walked in on a weekend at ~12:45 PM but ended up being the only people in the entire restaurant. Ordered the lobster bao and the tobiko pasta to share for a light lunch based on pictures but once the food came out we were disappointed in the portion sizes given the price and other photos we saw online (the pasta in my picture was way smaller than it looks, maybe ~6 in in diameter). The food took a long time to come out, and it didn't live up to what ended up being a ~$70 meal. I don't think I'd come back given the other options in Old Pasadena. 😔
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$30–50
Food: 2
Service: 2
Atmosphere: 1
Unparalleled flavors of Asian fusion cuisine. This is a very special restaurant with a talented young chef, Danny. I highly recommend stopping here for appetizers and dinner. You will be glad you did. The Crispy Tofu Bite was an amazing appetizer. The Piracy Chicken was a new flavor. The Steppe One GalbiJim was a richly flavored dish.
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Pros:
- Delicious food! Went here for Dine LA 2023. The dinner menu was on point. We’re so glad we came because everything was delightful! Chef Paz was so good! We love how she infused the Filipino tocino to the menu.
- Cozy ambience: spacious, airy
- Friendly staff
- Good service
Cons:
- Parking
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$10–20
Nice location！The food is authentic！We ordered soup, chicken rice (highly recommended) , seafood pancake and the meat. All taste delicious! They have amazing wine soju menu. Its a good place to hang out with friends.
Very delicious noodles and chicken, i don’t remember ever I tasted noodle so good, but they were out of most of stuffs on menu, so I replaced meat with chicken, it is fusion of Korean and Japan food, they just opened 2 months back and there are lots of things that they are still doing in the restaurant
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Dinner
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 4
Recommended dishes
Seafood Pancake
Sooooo yummy! The girls ordered the roe pasta which was on point. Great portion size. It's not overwhelmingly large but plenty filling. The boys each got a different bowl. The fried chicken was really juicy and flavorful.
Service was very friendly and attentive without being intrusive.
Hope to be back soon!
Service
Dine in
Meal type
Lunch
Price per person
$20–30
Food: 5
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 5
Recommended dishes
Sullungtang
First off my husband called twice before to ask about making a reservation for valentine day. Whomever he spoke to said that a reservation wasn't required to just come in and it would be fine. When we walked in the hostess asked if we had a reservation we said no that we called and was told we didn't need one she sighed and said it's fine and sat us at an open in a minute. She said someone would be right over and there we sat for thirty minutes as the waiters walked around us. At no point did anyone come over we weren't even offered water and we watched as tables who were seated after us start getting food. We gave it 5 for minute set a timer on our phones and still nothing. We got up and took out menu to the hostess stand who was standing off to the corner watching us. When trying to put the menus back we dropped them and finally the wait staff and hostess acknowledged us. My husband appoglized for us dropping the menus and help to pick them up and I looked at the hostess and said we waited for 30 minutes and no one even offered us water. She oh sorry. The apology didn't even seem sincere. Over all we were excited to eat here and now we never will.
Service: 1
