Took my parents here and we had such a pleasant time. Food came quick and the staff/our server was so friendly. Really loved the japchae and the bulgogi dishes. read more

The flavor of the food we ordered was a bit on the light side and the portion is small compare to their price (ex. The $14 dumpling & rice cake soup bowl has only 3 dumplings, and the $35 pork back bone hot pot could definitely use more veggie). Good service though, will return to try other dishes. I did return to try their galbi tang and it was good! It came in a good portion and both soup and the beef were flavorful. read more

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I came once before and it was a solid 5 star. This visit felt like such a nickel and dimed experience. They charged $2 for white rice with an order of kalbi. We ordered mul neangmyun and they didn't bring mustard or vinegar initially and when they did, it came in the tiniest of dishes. Bring me the bottle, I like it sour, don't judge me. The food itself still deserves a 5 and I'll keep that rating, but really disappointed in the service portion. read more

*Disclaimer rating is for the food only.*the worse food I've had but definitely nothing special. The rice inside the chicken of the chicken ginseng soup was congealed and cold. It took three of the staff members to finally decide to take the soup back and reheat it. The only redeeming thing was the last staff member did offer to re do the dish completely. The food seems pre made and reheated. read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Jokbal, jajang myen, ginseng chicken soup - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

I got takeout from here via Uber eats and I really enjoyed it. I ordered the Kimchi Jeon ($14) and the Japchae with spicy pork bulgolgi combo ($27). It felt a little bit pricy. But there was a lot of food, enough for at least a few meals of leftovers, so I'm not too upset. Good for a special treat. The Kimchi Jeon was not my favorite, but I have never had it before so I am giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming it's just not something I enjoy overall. I liked the flavor, but not a huge fan of the texture (which may also be due to the fact I ordered takeout and it had been sitting around for a while). (Update- I ate the kimchi jeon a few days later as leftovers. I fried it up in a pan, and I really enjoyed it once it was more crispy!) I enjoyed the japchae and the spicy pork bulgolgi. The pork had a very nice spice level (spicy but not overwhelming). I enjoyed the flavor of the japchae- subtle but still delicious. read more

Love this place! The food is super tasty and feels more like a home made meal than many other korean restaurants in the Boston area. I ordered the Kimchi Mandu Jeongol and Mackerel ( Godeungeo)! The portions are huge and it was really good. They have a huge menu, so I'll try to order something else next time! Our meal ended with a complimentary dessert. I believe it was fried rice cake dough and it was super delicious! Luckily, I was there when there weren't as many people and the food came out super fast. I'll be back here soon!!! read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Godeungeo (Mackerel) Giu - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

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Delicious variety of traditional Korean dishes and excellent service. The bulgogi was yummy!

This place is insane. I've tried so many Korean restaurants in Boston and none even come close to the quality and price of BAB. Try the cheese tteokbokki and oxtail soup, perfect for a winter's day. You won't regret!! read more

Seated right away and given water which was nice. We ordered the spicey fried chicken as an app and it was amazing. Really lightly battered but super crispy. I also got a spicey chicken bibimbap in a hot stone no mushrooms. It was the perfect amount of veggies rice and chicken. And the little complimentary dessert at the end was a nice touch! read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Spicey chicken hotstone bibimbap no mushrooms. So good!! - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

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Popped in for an afternoon bite and I was the only person in the restaurant. Waited 40 min for my food (which isn't too bad but again, I was the only one there) and the waiter brought out complimentary fried dumplings to apologize for the wait. I got the stir fried jjampbong, which I'd give 3.5 stars. Flavor was okay and seafood was a bit tough. The prices here are on the higher end compared to other Korean restaurants, but the service was very friendly. read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

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Fool me once, fool me twice. Second time eating at BAB and having someone get food sick. First time, they served chicken wings that were cold (not room temp cold - this was like food that was just pulled out of the fridge cold), which made me think that they're not preparing their food fresh. But since we liked the restaurant, we said it wasn't a big deal. Second time was jajangmyun that made the two people that ate it (including me) sick. I wanted to like this place, but sorry, questionable food quality twice in a row now. read more

Never disappointed when I come to BAB. Every noodle dish I have tried here has been absolutely delicious. I got la galbi (short rib) with bibim naengnyun combo which was the perfect traditional, cold noodle pick for a hot summer day. My table also ordered la galbi with mul naengmyun, the spicy gan jajang, and the tteok bokki (spicy rice cake). All tasted great. This is definitely one of my top Korean restaurants in the Boston area. Great. read more

Excellent spot for Korean takeout! Particularly recommend the jajang myeon (black bean noodles) -- rich, spicy flavors and huge portion size for a decent price. Looking forward to going back for outdoor dining when the weather gets warmer! read more

The Fried Shrimps with Cream was way tooooo creamy & fatty as they used mayonnaise for the cream. They should make this dish as an appetizer with 4 shrimps instead of a main dish with 10 shrimps. Who would want to eat 10 deep fried shrimps for dinner? I had to togo the left over (5 shrimps)home. The Stirred fried spicy noodle was super good. I like the texture of the noodle. However, this dish only contained a few small squids and tiny tiny shrimps. Very disappointed. read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

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Got uber eats and I got to say the portions were good and the food was tasty and it came with sides. The combos are great value! I got the spicy pork with japchae and it came with 3 sides. The japchae has a nice wok taste and not overly sweet. The spicy pork was season pretty good. The sides were a little skimpy but it is freeeee so I will take iT. All this for $25. Can feed 2 people. read more

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First time to rate a restaurant one star. Me and my boyfriend had dinner here. The experience was not good at all. Food wasn't matching the image on the menu, totally misleading. We ordered a fried octopus, the dish actually came only have 3 pieces of octopus!! It was filled with sticky rice cake and onions. Waiter here is rude, didn't came to take order for a longtime until we asked. Never came to check on us for once. Drop dishes on the desk in a rush instead of serving them. Didn't give us desserts (we saw other ppl got desserts while we were waiting to be seated)when we ask for the check. Even when we asked, they drop the desserts again with no sorry at all. They couldn't care less!!! read more

The sole reason why I give this place one star is regarding the interactions with my waitress and not the food or anything else. I asked the waitress if I would be able to be in and out in 15 minutes (as I had an appointment immediately after). I was told "yes" consistently for my initial and follow-up confirmation questions. It took the full 15 minutes to get my food, so I couldn't actually eat it. We also asked her to pack it to go, and she still served it to the table. I was pissed. The waitress was clearly not actually thinking about my question, and just blindly answered. So stupid. read more

If you like Korean food and good service... then don't come here. BAB used to be pretty good for a Boston area Korean restaurant but now they're just plain awful. I'm sorry that I didn't write any reviews when they were good but they've really gone downhill. We got stuck here for over an hour without food because our orders were messed up multiple times where our food would be given to other tables or completely forgotten about. They didn't even give me my beer until I had to remind them about it and... which one I ordered. At one point a waitress mistakenly gave one of our jajangmyeon to another table, but then realized her mistake and snatched it out of the other person's hands as they were about to take a bite into it. Really? They then proceeded to take the food back to the kitchen, to make it look like it was replaced, only to come out 30 seconds later with the exact same mistakenly handled dish and give it to us. Soon after they asked us to confirm what we ordered (like did you not know already?) and they soon realized that they were giving our dishes to other tables, which explains why people who came in after us were getting the exact same dishes before we did. There were also several instances where they were about to give us other people's dishes. Yikes. When we finally got our order of seafood pancake it was undercooked as the batter was not crispy at all and tasted as if you were biting into some generic supermarket pizza dough. We asked if it could be remade to be crispy and as expected... it came back crispy but because it was burnt on the surface while the dough was still soggy and bloating. The seafood jajangmyeon and tangsuyuk were not bad but the portions have definitely gotten smaller, and they don't even use the right noodles for jajangmyeon anymore. However our regular pork jajangmyeon tasted bland and as if the sauce was reused overnight. The same could be said for some of our banchan. While those dishes tasted the closest to real Korean food they just didn't hit the mark like they used to. I don't know what changes happened but BAB used to be a solid Korean place pre-pandemic and even during the darker days of the pandemic. Now though there a lot of new faces and new food that any Korean food lover would know is not the real deal. BAB has now joined the ranks of mediocre, overpriced Brookline Asian food joints that people only go to because they're convenient and because they haven't had a chance to try the good stuff. Worst of all my partner ended up feeling sick for the first time after eating here and they tried to apologize for our whole ordeal by offering us a free... soda... On our receipt they also tried to make it look like they gave us our botched seafood pancake for free by saying that it was the "manger's compensation", but it was actually re-added again at the bottom of our receipt. Nice. I'm not sure if that's the way they have to document orders or re-orders but it could probably be presented better. I really used to like this place a lot but after our most recent visit I would not recommend it to anyone. We spent almost two hours at the restaurant because of all the forgotten orders and re-orders. There were so many better ways that we could have spent a Friday night. You would seriously be better off taking a 3.5 hour drive to Flushing just to experience what real Korean food is all about. Do yourself a favor and dodge this place. read more

I had a good indoor dining experience, so i came back for takeout and both times it was disappointing. There was no flavor. They didnt even have what i ordered and didn't apologize just handed me me it and said yeah well you're getting what you're getting. cant recommend anymore read more

I only ordered galbi tang from this place so I can only speak about that. The galbi tang is very underwhelming. Not much meat (only had like three pieces) and the soup tasted like one of those instant soup packets that you can buy in hmart or elsewhere. Galbi is very expensive so I understand why the Galbi tang was like that. But I am confident even I (who has minimal cooking experience) can make better (at least cheaper with similar quality) Galbi tang. I am willing to try other dishes but I won't be having Galbi tang and I might stay away from all the tangs the place offers. read more

I could not believe that I have never given a review on this restaurant because this was Nth time for us to come here. Normally we only came for late lunch so it has never been crowded at all. This place is decent clean and people are generally very nice. But the best is that this restaurant offers pretty much all the well-known Korean dishes in a very authentic flavor. This time we had Mul Naeng Myun, Jiajang Myeon, L.A. Galbi, and Jokbal. They were all excellent except the presentation of Jokbal. I wish that the meat was cut a little thinner. Anyway, this is definitely a good restaurant to eat Korean food. read more

I have nothing negative to say! Incredible food and customer service. My favorite go to is beef bulgogi and steamed dumplings. There are many other options on the menu, but those are always cooked to perfection and are really enjoyable to eat. The outdoor seating due to the COVID-19 pandemic is following all guidelines as well. Best Korean food in the Boston area! read more

Yummy yummy yummy! And also super cheap! I just happened to be in Brookline with a craving for Korean food and this place called to me. Service was efficient, food was great and honestly the price was super reasonable. I would definitely come back and have my way with the menu! 10/10 would recommend! read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Galbi (Short Rib) Bibim Bab - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

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This restaurant has the best Korean food I've tried in Boston. I was originally looking for Korean bbq, but I saw majority of the Korean bbq restaurants were rated below 4 stars. My friends also told me how they haven't had any good Korean food in Boston, but this restaurant was amazing. I had their Beef Bulgogi and it tasted fantastic! Service was also very polite and quick. There was no line either to get in and the food came out very quickly! read more

Fantastic Korean fare at reasonable prices! (Review from delivery via UberEats) Overall: 4/5 Value: 4/5 Food: 4.5/5 To go Packaging: 5/5 I've ordered the jajangmyeon ($9), galbi tang ($17), and soondubu ($13) and they are all delicious! Jajangmyeon is flavorful and rich, and the noodles are just the right texture of firm yet chewy. Not many places have the dish, so glad they have it! The galbi tang is on the expensive side but it's incredibly flavorful broth and the galbi meat is fall-off-the-bones tender and the glass noodles are delicious. Really great paired with some rice. The soondubu is chock full of tofu (high tofu to broth ratio which I really like) and had lots of great garnishes like chopped onion, beef, leek, etc so it isn't just plain tofu with broth. Great packaging, including side dishes and it's all very mess free even though there are lots of liquid components with the soups and sauces. Portions are generous for the prices, and I always have leftovers. I really recommend this place to order from! And side note but I think they only mostly deliver through Uber eats, and the service has always been incredibly reliable for me, unlike DoorDash and Grubhub where I have had horrible experiences with customer service and delivery (ie claiming that food was delivered when it never was and then charging me or cancelling after 3 hrs of the order being place and trying to force me to take credits vs credit card refund). Would recommend! read more

So, a few years after they opened and got their bearings, I'll say Bab turned it around big time. Food is always consistent now. Always well made. Just an update to comment on that! read more

Ordered delivery from here through Uber Eats. Worst Korean food I've eaten in my life (I'm Korean and grew up in Korea). All the soups had a pungent organ meat odor. The actual slivers of meat in the soup tasted like chewing dish detergent. Literally. My wife and I were wondering if they accidentally dropped the meat in the dishwashing tub before cooking. We couldn't eat more than the first few bites, other than the ttukbeokki. I normally don't leave edible trash out on my balcony for fear of South End rodents but this I threw out and left there b/c no self respecting rat would eat this food. I actually felt bad for the sewer pipes when I tossed the soup down the drain. Will be a miracle if I don't have massive GI distress tomorrow. read more

Sorry guys, but we found the food and service super underwhelming. Dilator bibimbap served in a barely warm bowl, and service was not good. There's better available elsewhere. read more

An amazing place for good Korean food here in Brookline. I've been here a couple of times and each time I've tried something different off of their very extensive menu. The staff here is also super nice and let us take out time in deciding what to get because honestly there are so many good options! From hot soups to stone plates, rice, to noodles there's everything you could possibly want to satisfy that Korean food craving. They have lunch specials Monday-Friday, which I would love to try at some point, but they also have combos of soup and meat if you want to try out both. This is exactly what I did, I ordered the spicy cold noodles and short ribs. It's a large portion of noodles and I was thinking I wouldn't be able to finish everything, but I was hungry and it was tasty! They give you vinegar and mustard to accompany the noodles, which does add another level of flavor to the broth and noodles, but first try it without either and you'll still be amazed at the amount of refreshing flavor you get! There's just enough spice, but not overwhelming so it's easy to eat. The short ribs are delicious, soft and sweet, and I would definitely recommend getting them! They have banchan dishes of kimchi, potato, radish, and broccoli which were a great start to our meal. At the end of our meal, we got complimentary fried dough balls, which were a perfect way to end the meal. I'd definitely recommend trying this place out, a little pricey, but worth it to eat great food near Coolidge Corner. read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Spicy cold noodles & short ribs - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

Came here to see if the Korean food held up to my go-to (Bukkyung in Somerville) and honestly it exceeded my expectations. The interior was fairly large and open, the staff was friendly, and it was definitely more updated looking than some other Korean restaurants. The menu is quite large too, with a wide variety of food. We got the dolsot bibimbap, tteokbokki, kimchi chigae, and maeun jajjang. Every dish was delicious, which doesn't usually happen. The tteokbokki had the perfect soft but chewy plump consistency and the sauce had such a nice savory flavor. I've been to a lot of places where the sauce is such a hit or miss, it'll either be too sweet or too watery or just spicy but no flavor. It also had these thick glass noodles and an egg! The kimchi chigae had a great flavor as well but I think the kimchi they used must have been fairly fermented because the soup tasted just a little too sour and salty for me but really good with rice! Also quite a large portion size. My fave was actually the maeun jajjang. Awesome taste, that's all I have to say. If you're in the area, I totally recommend trying. Bonus, they give you a free dessert at the end that's just the perfect amount of sweetness read more

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The food here is good, and comes out pretty quickly. I highly recommend the Budae Jigae, which comes with spam, pork, veggies, ramen, rice Cake pieces and a side bowl of rice! There's plenty of carbs and it's a HUGE portion. It's such a hearty meal and perfect for the cold weather. My only problem with this place is that the service is horrendous when it's busy. They will basically completely ignore you if you're not a big group or not right in front of their face. The last time we went, we waited for at least 20-30 mins before a waiter came to greet us after we were seated. After she served our food, we never saw her again. We had to flag ppl down to refill our water even though all of our cups were completely empty. In summary - awesome Korean food, but terrible service. read more

Good way to end a busy week! Outdoor seating is lovely, service attentive, 3 star because food was ok, Americanized, in my opinion (we had Dol Bi Bim Bap, that came with lettuce! and sunny side up! Lol). I'm no Korean, but I'd go to the Korean restaurants in Allston, which is right next to Brookline. read more

We usually have good impression of this place. Food is authentic and tasty in general. Tonight we ordered jiajang myun to go but OMG, what a disappointment! First of all , the place was not that busy and our take out order was ready pretty quickly but the hostess didn't call us about 5 min before calling us. When we got home the amount of noodles we got was pitiful. The container was only half full. I can't believe I left a two dollar tip for an $11 fish. read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Jiajang myun, only half full. - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

I ordered the soups, and one taste like water another is too salty. Side dish is not task good for me as well. I will give one star for the food and another star for the environment. read more

Glass noodles and scallion pancake were delicious. I ordered steamed pork and tip buns which were not as good (meat a little tuff and just ice burg lettuce), but the service was optimal so 5 stars. read more

Having tried a few different Korean restaurants in the Allston/Brighton area this is my favorite so far. The food is delicious, the staff is friendly and courteous, the interior is well decorated, and the service is prompt. My friend and I tried the tteokbokki, beef tofu soup, and the monkfish liver soup, which were delicious and flavorful. Being not too much of a spicy food eater I asked my soup to be less spicy, and it came out at just the right level of spiciness (which usually doesn't happen!). The fish itself was a bit overcooked though and came out tough. They also added veggies and glass noodles in addition to an egg and fish cakes to the tteokbokki, which made the dish better in my opinion. There was a good variety of tasty banchan side dishes which we enjoyed. They also gave us a small free dessert that tasted like fried dough though we weren't sure what exactly it was. We ended up staying for ~3 hours in the restaurant. The staff always made sure our cups were filled and never once rushed us, which was really appreciated. read more

BAB Korean Bistro - monkfish soup - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

Delicious and authentic Korean dinner. I went with two friends and we all had delicious meals. The chef even made a special gluten free sauce for my friend. Service was friendly and restaurant was clean! read more

BAB Korean Bistro - Spicy Chicken Dolsot Bibim Bab - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts

Solid Korean place! We were walking around Brookline and we stumbled upon Bab, and we were so happy we did! It was a snowy Monday and there's nothing like Korean spices to warm you up and wake up your taste buds. I ordered the kimchi ramen and it was boiling hot when I got it. I loved the complex flavors the kimchi (fermented cabbage) adds. It comes with a small bowl of steamed white rice to eat with banchan (little dishes accompanying the rice: potatoes, bean sprouts, broccoli, and Kimchi). The steamed dumplings were awesome! Plenty of street parking in the area and the service was extremely attentive. I'd happily come back! read more

This is the second time we went to the restaurant and they have some problems with fruit flies constantly flying into our food. Please do something about it, otherwise the restaurant experience is not pleasant. The LA Galbi is usually decent but today the meat quality was pretty tough to chew and really a waste of money. The Soondubu was surprisingly bland; like the cook forgot to put salt in there. I tend to like my food a little bland, but this soup had no flavor. The winning dish tonight was the mackerel and the soy wings, but please do something about the fruit flies! read more

Their food is just so good you keep wanting to come back to eat it. We ordered jjajangmeon and jampong, the portion was big and very filling read more

BAB Korean Bistro - KC1. Jjajang Myeon C17. Tangsu Yuk Jjamppong Combo A23. Ganjang Chicken - Korean Near Me - Brookline, Massachusetts