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    Arisu Korean Restaurant

    3.9 (94 reviews)
    ModerateKorean, Sushi Bars, Barbeque
    Open 12:00 pm - 10:30 PM

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Luke H.

    Walked in around 7:30 on a Wednesday night and it was packed. Couldn't get a table so I went across the street to Gushi and had a few beers and two bottles of soju. Around 9, went back and got a table. Ordered pork belly and jjam bbong. Quite surprised with the strips of pork belly for just one serving and for the price! Great portion size and it was delicious. I was able to grill it myself which I prefer. The side dishes were though limited, but the kimchi and seaweed were tasty. Was shocked they didn't have any soju or even Korean beer even thought the restaurant across the street did... The jjam bbong was nice and spicy. Good chunks of seafood. Overall, not bad for the price ~ 48 euros with two bottles of beer and the food was quite good. Oh, they don't accept AmEx and they close at 10 pm on Wednesday nights.

    Japchae with beef
    Danielle S.

    I was hungry after touring the Jameson Distillery so I checked on Yelp to see what was nearby and was stoked to find a Korean restaurant within walking distance. Being Korean, I'm always craving bibimbap. The dolsot bibimbap here was fantastic! It's a rice bowl dish with your choice of meat that comes with veggies and an egg on top. The bowl is a hot stoneware bowl, so I suggest letting it sit and/or eating the top layer slowly, that way the rice on the bottom gets nice and crispy. I added some gochujang on the top (red pepper sauce) for an extra kick. It was warm, delicious, and exactly what I was craving. I also ordered japchae with beef (glass noodles and veggies) because it's another one of my fave Korean dishes and I was super hungry. I also knew I wouldn't finish it all, so I'd have leftovers for dinner later. Anyway, the japchae was simple and delicious. The beef was so good and the portion size was huge and a great deal for the price. The staff was very friendly and attentive and the food was amazing. Go here if you're looking for authentic Korean in Dublin!

    Quentin D.

    Dropped in on spec with the family this eve, we hadn't done the Korean BBQ thing before, so we plumed for that. The food was fresh and tasty and fun, junior loved it. Staff were fast and efficient and friendly. All in, with enough food to fill 3 hungry souls and a glass of wine, 55 Euro. Not bad at all, definitely worth a bash!

    This was the leftovers!!!! So much amazing food
    Sarah P.

    Wow what a place. Came here on the recommendation of a friend of mine who had lived in Korea. Said it was pretty authentic so off we trotted.... On the outside doesn't look like much. Started to wonder if had the right place but as soon as stepped in the door we were greeted with some amazing scents. Each table comes with its own cool little BBQ in the middle where the can cook certain dishes for you. Looking through the menu I hadn't a clue what most of it was so asked for some recommendations. Ended up with two amazing dishes and a side plate of sushi, each one delicious in its own way. The only issue was too much food (an issue I hear you say?!?) but when you just want to keep on eating and eating and eating...... Fantastic food, great service. Will be back

    Dolsot bibimbap
    Laura G.

    Arisu is a great Korean restaurant, probably the best on Capel Street, and maybe even the best in Dublin. I visited last night and ordered the mixed BBQ for 2 people. The BBQ system that they have here is much better than the gas BBQ tables found in most Korean BBQ restaurants, they use hot coals, and have a ventilation flue that is lowered over the grill plate to suck up all the smoke, so your food has that smokey BBQ taste but you don't go away smelling charred. There was a lot of meat, both pork and beef, including galbi (ribs), bulgogi (marinated slightly sweet beef), samgyeopsal (unseasoned pork belly) and daeji bulgogi (spicy pork). This came with delicious banchan (vegetable side dishes) including some great homemade kimchi, pickled beansprouts and pickled seaweed. I ordered a side of rice to help with the spicy daeji bulgogi, but there was more than enough food to fill two people without ordering any side dishes. Our waitress cooked all of the food for us at the table, which I felt quite bad about, because any other BBQ I've been to you cooked the food yourself and it is quite a tedious job. The staff were warm and friendly, and service was prompt. The cost of the mixed BBQ for 2 people was €27.99, a good price for an enormous amount of food. I will definitely come back, and will bring more friends!

    BBQ in table
    Aisling G.

    Food was ok - spicy and flavoursome. Lots of meat - little bit chewy. Staff were polite and helpful. The Korean Bento Box had a good mixture of different classic Korean dishes. Nice choice for anyone new to Korean food. Large portion - very filling. Cheap and cheerful. However there are other Korean restaurants with better quality food in the same price bracket or cheaper. The individual gas BBQ set into table to cook had a fun novelty factor; however I don't think it added anything to taste of food. Overall a satisfactory dining experience.

    Lava Y.

    I came here for dinner with a friend and had a seafood and soya soup dish which was quite spicy and hot, but really tasty and felt easy to digest as I find most spicy foods aren't. The place was pretty empty as we came a bit earlier than usual (around 6pm), so the service was very quick and efficient. We got a complementary seaweed salad (seemed like wakame in vinegar), kimchi and a small bowl of what tasted like miso soup which was nice. The soup dish I ordered came with a bowl of rice and costed me €10.90 which I think is very reasonable for a proper evening meal. It was steaming hot so I had to wait a while for it to cool down, but I can imagine this would be like heaven to eat in the winter when it's cold outside. The portions are big and the quality is good and fresh. My friend had udon noodle soup and she said it was really good too. The menu has a much smaller variety than it's competitor Kimchi on Parnell street, but they have the essentials of both Korean food as well as a Japanese dishes like teriyaki chicken, sushi and udon noodles. One nice thing that I noticed on their menu is that at the at back, there is a page telling customers that they are happy to cater for allergies and to inform them when ordering so they can properly advise you on what you can and can't eat. The atmosphere was pretty casual overall, like somewhere between restaurant and cafe, so it would make a great lunch or dinner spot. Overall, good quality reasonably priced Korean food in the centre of Dublin. Service: 4/5 Food:5/5 Price: 5/5 (especially when you consider the portions and quality) Atmosphere: 3/5

    Brian H.

    I love this place, it has been too long since my last visit! Ok so it's not fancy, but it feels like good Korean home cooking, and at these prices it is great value for money. I have always found the service excellent and you're always greeted with a jug of water and little selection of Korean nibbles (kimchi etc). I got the bibimbap (€8.90), it was really tasty and the bowl was super hot so you get that beautiful hard fried rice at the bottom (bottle of Korean beer €3). P.S. Get a discount on takeaway! The Korean meal box will do two people (or two days)

    BBQ meats
    Ahmed A.

    Well it's pretty much what it says on the tin. We went for the 17.90 euro all you can lunchtime buffet. You get BBQ foods to choose from and a few different sushi selections but it's a bit of a let down. Sure messing around with a BBQ in the middle of the table is fun but the selection is pretty poor. You have some beef and chicken and lots of sushi with salmon or crab stick. That's pretty much it. To be fair the price isn't too exorbitant that you are getting value for your money but a bit of noodles or rice wouldn't go astray. Added in the fact that the staff didn't seem too friendly or that the toilets weren't too clean it was an overall just grand experience....

    Bibimbap, my new favourite dish.
    Luana M.

    I was curious to try the bibimbap meal, I heard this dish being mentioned so many times whenever people were talking about Korean food. I decided to give it a try and searched for a Korean place around Dublin 1 area. Arisu is located on Chapel street not far away from Henry street. There are other Asian restaurants around as well. The restaurant is small, pretty simple, they don't give much attention to decoration. We seated on a table and we were brought water, the glasses had dust. I asked for another glass anyway. I ordered the bibimbap and my friend a bulgogi. The bulgogi was cooked on our table, the meat was tender and tasty, the side dishes were fine, really nothing special. My bibimbap was delicious I just feel that they put more rice and less meat, however I managed to use the meat for the bulgogi.

    Dumplings
    Deena B.

    Arisu, I love you. Today was my second time there, this time for lunch and last time for dinner. I don't know a ton about Korean food, but last time I was with a regular who took care of the ordering which is just so clutch. I'm going to move on like I can pull off the term "clutch." Anywhooo we got the BBQ last time, and that is the way to go at Arisu. Each table is equipped with a mini cooktop and you cook the meats yourself, so it's like basically hibachi without the flaming onion volcanoes. It's really fun and great for groups. The spicy chicken stood out for being delicious, definitely order that. For today's lunch I got the bibimbap, and it was just perfect for a Sunday lunch after the previous night's bender. It has crispy rice on the bottom, tasty beef and crispy veggies that entirely acquitted me of the previous night's boozy sins. Lovely experience, my only regret is not having gotten the BBQ again.

    Steamed dumplings - 5stars
    Aoife B.

    This place is great. Had the steamed dumplings and fried dumplings. Both fantastic. For main we had chicken and prawns on the BBQ. Prawns were better than chicken. People beside us had spicy beef and it looked/smelt fantastic. Topped it off with 2 Japanese beers - also very good. Can't wait for our next visit!

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    Arisu is a great Korean restaurant, probably the best on Capel Street, and maybe even the best in Dublin.

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    Brother's Dosirak - Daily special bento box!

    Brother's Dosirak

    4.7(33 reviews)
    0.2 kmNorth Inner City

    Ambience. D Service. A…read moreFood. B Price. A I call this a hidden "hole-in-wall". Found inside an Asian market in the middle of the block. Mismatched chairs, harsh fluorescence lighting and eating amongst the storage. You get to sit at counter or tables and watch your food being prepared and the dishes being washed. Both guys are very nice..but NOT brothers! morning If you want to get a taste to Korean. Ok, they use gochujang (I call this Korean spicy ketchup. ) I ordered bibimbop as was recommended by the cook. My fried egg was over cooked as I think requesting a runny egg was lost in translation and he gave me a fried YOLK egg. Cooked all the way. The ban Chan mixture of different Korean veggies was just okay. I miss a good ole fermented or spicy versions of kimchee. Also, I thought the rice became too mushy and some bits of the thinly slice beef was too tough or inedible. I did decide to get the chicken wings and was recommended the dakganjeong ( Korean sweet chili spices) wings. (I asked for extra chili powder on side to make more spicy...given on request). I did like the chicken wings. Nice crispy crust. Just not spicy enough with using gochujang they are serving. Would I stop by again... maybe for the wings.

    Don't judge a book by its cover. This place might be a hole in the wall, but it is off the hook!…read moreThe restaurant is inside a Korean grocery store, so it's easy to miss. Not enough seating area, so you'd be lucky if you can get a table. My friends brought me here because they said it was good, so I decided to try it. My friend Marvin got the Mussel soup, and it was huge! I tried a little bit of it, and it did not disappoint. I ordered the Grilled Salmon Dosirak, and it was pretty good. I didn't eat the rice though, nor the little dessert that came with it. I only ate the Salmon, Soup, and Veggies and still filled me up! Very satisfying dinner.

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    Spicy Portland bulgogi

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    Drunken Fish

    Drunken Fish

    3.6(40 reviews)
    1.6 kmIFSC
    €€

    Went to get hot pot at the Drunken fish after the EPIC emigration museum (very short walk!) and it…read morewas great. The staff was so accommodating and kind- went as far to grab me an individual space heater on that cold day. Delicious fresh food! Will come back, as I frequent Dublin and crave hotpot way too often:) It was 35€ for unlimited!

    I went here for dinner with my partner and a couple of friends. We arrived around 5:30pm and left…read morearound 7pm. When we arrived we were greeted pretty quickly and brought to a table in the main dining room. We decided we wanted hot pot so we pressed the button and the server came out. We had a couple of questions about the menu (whether all of the broths were soy-based, I'm allergic to soy so this was important) and then ordered four hot pots. The server said it would be a bit because they had to clean off a table in the hot pot area so we waited. About ten minutes passed and another server told us we could go back to that area. We were brought to our table and told how the buffet works. All of the other unoccupied tables were still dirty and remained so until we left, so they didn't seem too pressed to clean up after people left. It was a bit odd. The food itself was alright. The meats in the raw buffet were labeled but none of the other ingredients were, so it was hard to know for sure what I was getting and whether it was free from soy or not. I feel fine now (a couple hours later) so I think it was safe, but only time will tell. They didn't keep the buffet super stocked up and we had to ask for some things to be restocked a couple of times. They said it was because they were busy but they weren't - there was only a handful of people there between both rooms. Overall this place was alright. It was my first hotpot experience so I don't have anything to compare it to, but my friends are big fans and they said it was alright but our local place in Oregon was better. There wasn't a whole lot of flavor in the broth so we had to add our own.

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    Inside sitting another section

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    Han  Yang BBQ - Korean Restaurant with Karaoke bar

    Han Yang BBQ

    2.4(5 reviews)
    0.9 kmRotunda
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    Unfortunately we didn't have the best experience in this restaurant…read more To start there was not really any music playing and a weird smell from all the raw hotpot ingredients lingering in the building. Secondly our starters came out wrong and we corrected that but when one of our mains came out wrong we decided to just eat it as we were hungry and did not want to wait anymore. (To add we could see other customers receiving incorrect orders too) My main (ginger and scallion prawns) was maybe a 6/10 but very watery and there were chunks of unpeeled ginger in the dish which put me off slightly. The prices were steep enough considering you don't receive a side of rice/noodles with any mains. Overall I would not recommend this place if you are looking to spend a decent amount of money on a nice dinner and/or looking for a good ambience as this place did not reach any of those standards in the least. *We took the rest to takeaway as we are students and try not to waste money and had to pack the takeaway ourselves which I haven't had to do before maybe this is more common than I'm aware of.*

    This place is run by a mainland Chinese family/clan, it's as Korean as Tina Turner. The food was…read morereally bad, super oily and greasy, the kimchi tasted dirty and looked like spit on the plate. The waitress didn't bring me my food for 20 minutes but sat down herself to eat firstly and even forgot m ordered drink. I had very unfortunate bowel movements in the night after I had dinner there. The place itself is really dirty and the food tasted overall like the kitchen doesn't apply the highest hygiene standards... never again!

    Pitt Bros - Pulled pork sandwich and fries

    Pitt Bros

    3.8(176 reviews)
    0.7 kmSouth Inner City
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    My friends, it's been a while since I've criticised a humble food seller.. I have been away and…read moreback again, distracted by a fair wench that I have now made my wife..Anyways, I'm back to excersise my creative wordology in 2025 and hopefully continue on with the book I'm writing about my misadventures. SO, Without further adue, let's lay into armPitts Brother's BBQ... It was a Saturday morning when uncle Phil arrived at my door, 6am as agreed, the gentlemen are back in Ireland so we thought we'd celebrate with a full day drug fueled pig out. No, I'm not talking about the kind you might arrange with the chubster mauling her lipstick stained fish bowl glass in Whelans at the end of an evening of debauchery.. I'm a married man now, Sir.. No, we were on a mission to consume as much smoked dead animal, coffee, pints, and antibiotics as we could before his dad came to collect him. FOR HE IS A MAN OF LIMERICK, and a kind soul - rare to find in those westerly parts. My spouse and sprog were also dressed for social warfare determined to keep up with the appetite of the warlords recently returned to the Fatherland.. Seated in the middle of the hall, a pedestal raised for the show ahead. My woman spotted her kin working the rounds and bent up to query her nationality. A match! A southerly piriguete ready to do our bidding and translate everything off the menu - CORN ON THE COBS for everyone in the audience. Do I have your attention?! Do I still have your attention? .. my meat is getting cold resting on the table while the kitchen gremlins in the back fetch water for the table next to us.. Eventually, it arrives, and I'm not surprised.. It's exactly what I ordered.. The same brisket that keeps popping up on my youtube feed every time I look for bbq recipes.. yeah, OK, it's grand, it melts in my face.. job done. I'll take the bloating diarrhoea to go, please, and a can of Fantana for the babee.. Hold up, there's 1 plate not touched.. Uncle Phil's better half. Sitting there with half a dead cow in front of her that's so dry, I wouldn't fuck with it myself without a ramicken of boner marrow to lube up that bitch. Send it back! Feed it to the animals! I'm not paying! My wife's new friend drags it's off by the ankle to have a whine and a moan about it with the chefs and pop! Another one comes sliding across the table. I look back, and cheeky Little Miss Fortaleza has already left, not even a goodbye.. We're all done at this stage too so Uncle Phil's wife has a choice, walk around town with a dead animal in her pocket all evening til munch time, or eat it in front of us while we counting down the minutes before Phil's dads gotta come and pick him up.. tick tick tick.. decision time.. "Table service of 10% is included with groups of 4+.." Oh, that's reallll clever.. Raaeeell bad man.. what if we're not satisfied? Well my friends.. this is where yelp comes in.. the customer is king in the world.. You! small businesses.. You will never be able to silence the disgruntled pedestrians.. I hearby call upon all mammals of Dublin City and visiting beasts of Limerick, do not accept the surcharge! Also, ask for water when you walk in, all the free sauces and all the kings men - I'm gonna shit up the walls in your restroom again.. and fill my bags with complimentary toilet paper! Maybe even a lucozade bottle of soap while I'm there.. Today, a valuable lesson was learned.. Small businesses are ready for you when you walk in the door, like lambs walking into a slaughterhouse.. how didn't we see it coming.. we all know the landlords have em all by the balls, so they gotta pass it on to us and squeeze you, we're at the bottom of a pile of sweaty men, and when it's lunch time, it's crunch time.. but now.. I'm pissing upstream.. Next stop is Bah33 for my wife's birthday.. all you can eat.. mother fcukers.. I'm coming for you.. I'm gonna eat the day before to stretch my stomach, then eat nothing on the day, just hit the park beforehand for a run and a doobskin. Is there a limit on how much tap water they'll allow you? Cos I'm filling up a 5L.. custom briefs to keep tight you take aways around your saucey ghoulies.. the revolution is here and will be televised! The revolution starts neigh! Speak out and cream out! I won't stop until all small businesses are shut and we're all cooking Nigella and ordering bulk meat on the Internet! Why eat out for 30 bills when you can spend that on poteen and kill your own venison in Phoenix Park! I'm telling ye, there's some quare things in Dublin- Between Howth and Crumlin, down in ringsend there's a 3 legged cat.

    The service was so good! Everyone was really kind and attentive. The free ice cream was a plus :-)…read more I ordered the brisket, beans, and mash. The brisket was tender, but I found it to have a lot of fat. The beans and mash were good, but not great. Keeping a high rating because it could just be my taste preference. Overall a great vibe

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    Picture of the sandwich I thought I was getting

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    Arisu Korean Restaurant - korean - Updated August 2026

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