Central, cheap, and tasty. What more could you ask for in a casual restaurant? Bibimbap Soho is a pretty popular place, so there may be a wait if you visit during peak hours. Don't worry though, as other reviewers mentioned, they turn tables quickly here. You won't have to wait long. The interior of the restaurant isn't going to win any awards, but that doesn't matter much when you're immersed in a piping hot bowl of bibimbap. Expect to spend £8-£12 per main and maybe another £3-£5 for a drink. The star of the menu is, not surprisingly, the bibimbap, but go ahead and treat yourself to some starters too. They're pretty delicious. The bibimbap here comes in the standard nuclear hot stone bowl and is filled with white rice, your choice of vegetables, meat, and that lovely runny egg. It's not the best I've had in the world (my mom's Korean ya'll), but it's a great value for Central London at around £10. The food comes out quickly and the service is, well let's just call it 'attentive'. You get about 5 minutes to look at the menu and decide, and 2-2.5 hours at your table in total. After that, you will kindly be asked to leave, so don't expect to linger here all night. read more

Solid. Went here for my birthday with a bunch of bi bim bap virgins. They all loved it. I LIKED it, but to be honest, I'll keep searching for better bbb in London. Like others have said, not as crispy on the bottom, the service (even for London) less than stellar, and I wish they were less stingy with the Kim Chee, which I thought was a bit overpriced for the size. But, you know, filling, decent meal for under £10, so if you're in the area, give it a try. And if any of you know of an AWESOME bbb place, please message me asap. read more

I found Bi Bim Bap in the Cheap Eats section of Time Out Magazine. The pimp hand of the pound is strong, and I could only take so many wallet lashings per day. I have been a lover of Korean food since 2001, when my college roomie first introduced me to it. We spent many a late night eating rice or kimchi instead of the standard college pizza delivery. So, I'm always down for some Bi Bim Bap! When I invited my uncle to meet me there for dinner, he jokingly asked me if I was the Skat Man and I was singing a song. Luckily for him, he was about to get educated in the ways of fast and delicious Korean delights. We were seated immediately at a booth. For appetizers, we started with the spicy rice cakes and the seafood pancakes. (My mouth is literally watering just thinking about it...) I ordered the Beef Bool-Go-Gi Bi Bim Bap. In the U.S., I normally get the Dol Sot Bi Bim Bap (served in a hot stone bowl) and that normally comes with beef. But, here, I had to get the beef added on. The quality of the meat was great. It wasn't too thinly sliced and was very well seasoned. Overall, the food was delicious and well priced. Go there, if you are in Bloomsbury and in need of some noms that will leave you with some coinage. With your left over cash money, you can head over to Covenant garden and get some souvenirs. You're welcome. read more

So glad my friend and I came here. I came back home and all I want to eat is Korean food, specifically japchae. Although the serving sizes in London are generally smaller than I am accustomed I am very glad they had an option of ordering a side of these noddles. If you are a noodle lover I would recommend these in a heartbeat. As far as the fried chicken goes I was expecting for the sauce to come already on the chicken, but it didn't it came as a side that you could dip the chicken in so this was a bit of a disappointment. The food did take a little bit to come out, but there was a line of people since it was a weekend night so this makes sense. read more

I'm from LA so my review may be biased since there are so many awesome Korean restaurants in LA. Two things that I love about dol sot bi bim bap is the fried egg and the crispy rice that comes on the bottom of the stone bowl. Neither came in my bulgogi bi bim bap. I was missing Korean food, so this was good enough to satisfy my apetite. read more

Bi Bim Bap is a cute little place in Soho that serves fresh Korean food in a jiffy. After a morning of wandering around Mayfair, my boyfriend and I came in here for lunch after reading a review in the Guardian. We were seated quickly even at midday lunch - the crowd was mostly tourists - and though the room was pretty full, downstairs where the toilets are they have another dining area so you shouldn't ever be waiting long. I got the mixed seafood bibimbap. Bibimbap, for those who don't know, means "mixed rice" and is served in a hot (very!!) stone bowl. You'll get rice (extra charge for brown), mixed veggies, and marinated meat. On the table are hot sauce and miso sauce. Often a raw egg is placed on top and gets cooked as your stir the bowl around. This is one of the only foods I know of where your dish actually gets hotter as you eat! It starts out warm but the bowl heats it throughout, so by your last bite you'll be in danger of scalding your tongue! Great on a cold day. The portions here are small, and I think the flavors need to be upped a fair bit. The meat has allegedly been marinated but tastes plain, and without tons of added sauce from the table, there's really not much flavor. And the rice didn't stick to the bowl (maybe not enough sesame oil?) - eating the crisp rice at the end is supposed to be one of the best parts! It's serviceable and pretty healthy, but I would've liked to see a bit more flavor and a slightly bigger portion! (I'm Amurrrrican, sorry.) read more

This place is my ultimate hangover cure - stodge and super tasty to soak up the booze. I visit this place quite regularly as it is super cheap (£8 for a main), very central and ridiculously scrumptious. I normally go for the beef bi bim bap which comes in a hot stone dish and kinda cooks in front of your eyes if you get the raw egg on top. It gets quite busy so sometimes you have to queue but it's worth the wait for sure. The staff are friendly enough and the service is quite quick. read more

Went here tonight, first of all amazing atmosphere, the really friendly staff show you to a table. The menu has a large choice of reasonably priced korean dishes, I chose a Dol Sot and my friend had a (Kim Chi Bibimbap), these were served after a very short wait, which was good since we were hungry, they were served in these Wonderful hot traditional dishes, and tasted well... like if paradise had a taste well that's what it would taste like. So if you want a real rauthentic korean meal, this reasonably priced place is totally the place to go. I strongly recommend it ! read more

I have been here a couple of times in London as this is probably the best Korean restaurant in London. Korean food is generally pricey but Bibimbap Soho has great inexpensive prices and amazing food which is the big reason why I keep coming back. Service: Is definitely okay, sometimes the waiters are a bit inattentive but most of the times they are on pointe. Food: The appetizers like the spicy rice cakes, kimchee, seafood pancake comes in very small portions but okay for sharing if you are only two. I tried the spicy chicken bibimbap and the beef bulgogi bibimbap, and they both are amazing!! They come with miso and hot sauce so you can mix the flavors how you want. Best Korean food in London!! read more

The food isn't terrible but it's certainly not the best Bi Bim Bap out there. The polaroids are cute and the servers pretty friendly. If you are getting Bibimbap, the beef bulgogi is good along with a fried egg. Not sure why but quite a few people eating in here don't mix the bowl of food together. It's worth a good mix, both to experience the traditional way of eating the hot rice bowl, and to make sure your rice doesn't end up stuck to the bottom of your hot stone. May be worth avoid the soups as they tend to pretty salty. read more

I am not a Korean food expert. I have only had Bibimbap once before in my hometown that is notoriously nicknamed Johns Korea, so I trust the food I had there to be relatively authentic but most importantly, delicious. Apart from the "authenticity snobbery" the food here was equally as delicious. Several coursemates and I had stumbled in here after classes on Friday and our ritual trip to the pub. Already well... erm... socially lubricated we were ravenous and hoping to get some decent food. After stumbling around in the cold in search of this place we came across a small sliver of a restaurant; easily missed if you're not being too careful. The restaurant is small so trying to seat the 8 of us proved to be difficult. We had to wait but it wasn't very long before we were all snug in a booth in the back drinking soju (Korean Rice Liquor) and eating kimchi dumplings. I ordered the bulgolgi bibimbap which may be a bastardization of the actual traditional food but hell... it was damn good. Bulgogi is beef marinated in Korean barbecue sauce and is essentially the food stuffs of gods. I have a serious and unhealthy love affair with Korean barbecue but it's quiet expensive even back in America. Fortunately, I will take bulgolgi in a bibimbap. I got the raw egg on the Bibimbap and let it cook on the hot stones and really amid the dulling soju and real ale the food was incredibly flavorful. The meat was tender and well marinaded with a sweet, yet savory sauce. The bowl came with pickled radishes and bean sprouts that worked beautifully with the sweet and savory flavors of the meat and egg. The best part about this place was the price. £12 will get you a decent meal and in Soho... that's a bargain. It's a casual place and easily missed or forgotten about. If you're looking for a decent and different bite in the Soho area, check out Bibimbap. read more

One of the first Korean restaurants I've been to that didn't make my clothes smell like BBQ (don't believe I saw any grills in this establishment, which explains why). Interior was very nice and cool looking. Service was spotty. It took a while to grab a waiter's attention and to get the bill. The spicy rice cakes were delicious and the only dish I enjoyed. For entree, I ordered the plain chicken bool-go-gi rice, and thought I could use the kim chi side dish to give it some kick, but the dish turned out to be just average. The chicken was very dry. And sadly, they do not provide any side dishes at this establishment...I tried to scrape the sauce from the spicy rice cakes from my rice dish, but it didn't provide enough flavor :-( read more

I called to reserve for a table but unfortunately they don't take bookings unless it is for a huge group. For a Tuesday night, it was pretty busy. However I can imagine how busy it would be on a Friday or Sat night. Their Jap Chae was amazing. It was literally the best one we've had and we have all been to several Korean restaurants. Too bad the portion is small, yes I know it is only a starter! We also tried 4 other starters and all ordered the same bibimbap (yummy). What you're paying is pretty good for quality & quantity. I'd highly recommend anyone to go if they have a craving for Korean without forking out a fortune! :) read more

Nan, definitely over rated. Went there for lunch and tried seafood bibimbap and gingsen tea. Service was pretty good but food is just so-so

Considering all the random things mashed up in it... should it taste good? For those of you who live under a rock, it's basically an assortment of toppings (veg, etc.) on a bed of rice in a hot stone pot. You can order a fried egg for a pound, to which hot sauce is then added, and then everything is mixed together. Looks absolutely revolting... tastes surprisingly good. Coming from someone who has no clue what bi bim bap SHOULD taste like, I thought it was delicious for £8.95. Although, it wasn't amazing. read more

I have eaten here twice and yet to be disappointed. I particularly like the fillet beef bibimbap at £9.45, which consists of strips of raw seasoned beef fillet that cooks once mixed in the stone bowl with the julienne vegetables. Add a raw egg, opt for brown rice, and load up on the sauce and you will have an awesomely filling and healthy meal. I can also recommend the kimchi pancake and chilli squid. Super cool to have been asked to mark my first trip with a polaroid snap, which they then stuck up on the wall amongst the many other smiling customers. read more

I LOVE. Good value for money but most importantly absolutely delicious. We ordered a Chives Mandoo and Spicy Rice Cakes and that was tasty. Careful Rice cakes can be very filling. Then I had the Hot Stone BBB Spicy Pork with a raw egg - LORD SAVE MY SOUL. The whole thing was tasty. The Shitake Mushroom was plentiful, the pork was not too much where it overpowered. So tasty that I didn't need to add miso or chili sauce. Oulong tea was proper. Only issue is the space is tight and they are understaffed. Oh one more thing that is absolutely charming. The glass doors and parts of the walls were decorated with K-Pop artistes. It's so authentic! WILL RETURN FOR SURE! read more

The rice was burnt and the pork was just average. The dish was a bit too dry as well. Only good thing is the price. Not how it used to be. Sadly. read more

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I've delighted in introducing friends to this delicious place since it opened. I wish I worked/lived nearby so I could go more often. Who would have thought that a steaming hot, volcanic rock bowl of rice and vegetables with a fried egg on top could be so incredibly tasty? They do also come with meat, and each time I visit I plan to try it, but them the simple veg option (dol sot) is so darn blinking good I haven't bothered to explore the menu yet. Hmmm... I want one now... Cheerful, bright, friendly... have a quick £10 supper with friends or hang out for a while in booths at the back. Just make sure you get your piccie taken for the wall :-) read more

Greasy kimchi pancakes, service for bibimbap was so slow we just gave up after 40 minutes waiting. Very rude guy in charge who couldn't care less about anyone, when asked about when the food was coming he just yelled coming soon and walked off. If you love Korean food like me don't spoil your evening with this poor excuse for a restaurant. read more

Bibimbap is my go-to restaurant in Soho. If you're an expat earning absolutely nothing in London and you want don't want to break the bank before a night out this is the place for you! It's one of the cheapest eats right in central London. Make it there before 7pm on weekends so you don't have to wait too long, but otherwise you're guaranteed to get in pretty quickly. The food is tasty and the service is super quick. Highly recommended! read more

I have been to this restaurant about twenty times - great for a quick meal. The bibimbap are the star of the show (don't forget the raw egg and I ask for brown rice). I also like a side of kimchi. Some of the starters are winners too .. For example the Jap chae. read more

Huge, delicious warm bowls of Bibimbap at very affordable prices. Delicious Kimchi too. This is a great place to get a fast, filling bowl of great Bibimbap. Super specialised and pretty authentic, this restaurant has fast decent service. Make sure you order an extra egg and go crazy with the chilli sauce! read more

I tasted British-style,American-style and India-style in past few days.Now I have to go back to Asian food in order to make a rest! I yelped this place and tried Chilly chicken+Aloe Vera Juice+Fried egg.Delicious!Nice choice.The waitress looks like a friend of mine though she looks a little nervous against me-such a stranger.My friend asked me why not take a pic?Oh,yes,I didn't expect to threaten any shy girl and looked weird.Anyway,stunning food.Worthing my 30mins underground+walk. read more

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This is a great place if you're in the mood for Korean and on a tighter budget. We ordered the seafood soon tofu stew with white rice and hot stone bowl tofu bibimbap with fried egg for £19. Both tasted great, right up there with similar dishes at popular restaurants we've been to in LA. The service was meh, typical for a crowded and understaffed little establishment like this one. Also, would have liked to have the standard Korean side dishes accompany the mains, but they cost extra. read more

Delicious! I have been wanting to try this place for a long time now and tonight I finally got around to goi g there and it was worth the wait. The menu was simple and easy to understand. There was more vegetarian choice than I expected, especially considering Koreans don't have a word for vegetarians in their language. I ordered the Kimchi bibimbap with a fried egg and my friend ordered the original with brown rice. Both were good. I'll try the brown rice next time. read more

Ingredients are very fresh and tasty. Great location and prices are reasonable. Will definitely come back.

Excellent food if you crave this sort of thing. I had the raw beef Bibimbap with raw egg. Also I added a couple of shots of soju that rounded out the meal. Excellent place for a casual meal with some Korean flare! read more

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Bibimbap is a traditional Korean main dish cooked in a round stone pot, with a mix of rice, meat (or not) and veggies, which comes to your table super-hot and which you have to mix all together - just don't touch the pot. I had their delicious and fresh bibimbap pot with teriyaki chicken for a very reasonable £9, which filled me up very satisfyingly. I added a little red hot sauce. Service was fast and very courteous. Recommended. read more

Great food, great prices, friendly staff, and great place for an intimate date. I recommend getting the dish share's the restaurant's name.

As a starter we've ordered kimchi and dumplings. Although not marked as spicy, the kimchi was too hot for most of us. Dumpling were perfectly done. We've ordered 4 different kinds of bibimbop, all were delicious. It recommended! We've returned the next night :) read more

Bibimbap - Chicken bibimbop - Korean Near Me - London, XGL

I love bibimbap SO MUCH and ever since I became gluten intolerant I've had to go without (soy sauce makes its wicked way into everything, it seems). This is the first Korean place I've ever found that has clearly labeled gluten free options. I got the raw beef hot bowl and it was AMAZING. I would have licked the bowl if it wouldn't have burned all the skin off my tongue. Absolutely as good as anything I've had in Los Angeles. Staff was friendly, service was fast, but the space was pretty crowded so some strategic hovering might be in order. read more

Disappointed the Korean fried chicken was not available but not the reason for the stars given. Asked if banchan is given also, and she was like...uh, what's that? Oh boy...ordered the bibimbap bowls and it's a good size. The taste was just ok. Also ordered the seafood pancake and it looked undercooked. It wasn't even crispy. read more

My boyfriend and I had been wandering around London, starving, trying to find something that was both within our price range and not sketchy-looking. I was so excited when we found this place (though I would have eaten anything by that point)! It had been a few months since I'd had one of my favourite dishes, bibimbap. It was great! The interior was really cute & bright. Would go back again. read more

Great little restaurant for a quick meal. I went with a friend after work. We both ordered a bibimbap. Generous amount of veg and beef for the price! The restaurant is small but busy, the queue was fairly long when we walked out. read more

The food here was delicious. My only complaint was that this place is kinda cramped and the servers ended up being rude near the end. They told the group I was with to get out after we were done eating our food. read more

Bibimbap - Korean Near Me - London, XGL

I've been a fan of Korean cuisinefor a long time and I've eaten at a fair few in the West End. Its great that there are now so many Korean restaurants and now the prices are more reasonable. I've not been to Korea, so I don't really know how authentic the Korean food in London is, in comparison to what they serve back in Korea. However, seeing Koreans eating there is a sign that they are doing something right. Bi Bim Bap is relatively new, but its popularity and fan base has grown very quickly over a very short period of time. The first thing you notice when you arrive is the modern decor and it looks smart. The service is acceptable and the food is very good. I've been to a number of Korean restaurants, where there is little or no effort in presentation. Of those that try to look classy, you have smartly dressed staff that don't really know what they are doing and the service is awful. In such places I go for the food, but I wouldn't tip. The great thing about Bi Bim Bap, is that the menu is not complicated. So ordering is easy. Sure, I'd like to see a few more dishes, so that I don't have to visit other restaurants, for say bi bim nang myun (Korean cold noodles). But whenever I am in the West End, I'd certainly consider eating at Bi Bim Bap. I love it, its not complicated, the prices are right and the staff are friendly. I could think of lots of things they could do to improve, but I am more than happy for them to be as they are. If there is a restaurant that will improve the profile of Korean cuisine in London, Bi Bim Bap will be the one. A fantastic restaurant and an experience that is worth every penny, every time. read more

I found bibimhap on yelp and got it for Carry out which was presented very nicely and came with many topping. Perhaps the dining in experience is different but I would have liked my beef bulgogi to include the sauce in which it was cooked it. Meat was marinade well but was not given the sauce of bulgogi so the rice was very plain and dry. read more

Now I must admit that my exposure to Korean food is entirely limited to this restaurant and my actual real-life Korean friend who occasionally whips me up a multicultural storm in her Brixton kitchen. One time, having stayed over after a particularly heavy night out, I even managed to catch her parents popping over mid-morning and, due to my enviable ability to loiter, snagged myself an invitation for lunch. My, but those noodles were good; and her mum's home-made kimchi cleared up my hangover like a gift from the gods. But beyond that, all I know is Soho's wonderful Bi Bim Bap. I should probably try another restaurant but I never really got around to it. And I don't honestly see the point because I loooove Bi Bim Bap. Looooove it. It's worth the extra Os. It's my go-to cheapy dinner spot in Soho, and I've dragged many a friend here to show off my international taste in good food. It's especially ideal to lure in your pickier dining companions since the brightly-coloured decor and mini-polaroids covering the wall lend it a slightly fast-food-esque, less terrifying aura. By the time they realise what's on offer, it's too late. Although to be fair, the food isn't live octopi or skewered snakes or whatever else Korean food has a reputation for being. It's kind of like Thai, but you know, not really. And it's all cooked really, um, nicely. I don't like summing up a nation's cuisine in a few sentences because not only will I inevitably get it wrong, I'll probably insult an entire culture at the same time. I have the eponymous bi bim bap every time. It's rice, vegetables and thinly-sliced beef in a sizzlingly hot stone bowl, which you mix around so that it cooks merely by touching the sides. I slosh in a healthy dollop of miso sauce from the alarmingly green bottle on every table (if you're averse to heat, avoid the red one; it's not ketchup, it's mega chilli) which gives it the perfect saltiness and depth. Much like I ought to try another restaurant, I ought to attempt another dish too, but I probably won't. I'm all for variety but I don't really see the point of branching out here when it's Just So Good. I have at least tried the different meats on offer (all gorgeous) and both with and without the egg (also both gorgeous) so I see no reason why the rest of it wouldn't be equally excellent. So if you want to be the guineapig, go ahead. But I figure if it ain't broke, don't fix it. (An aside: service is enormously hit and miss. Friendly faces, HUGELY slow. Last time I went, the couple next to us got their meals before we'd even had our orders taken, and we arrived first. My companion was a lot more hacked off than me, but then I've lived in Asia so I kind of slip back into that mode and just go with the flow. Besides, it's worth the wait). read more

We were a group of 12 hungry shoppers on Friday night, 10 of whom had never eatenKorean food before! Good thing we got there at 6pm on the dot, since there was already a line. We were able to get 2 booths in the back. For starters we shared a few sides: the dumplings, sweet potato noodles, and kimchi pancakes. Nothing too special, but good. The noodles are just like regular glass noodles. But the main event was AMAZING! We all got the bulgogi bibimbap and doused it in the miso sauce and chili sauce. Searing hot bowls, great flavor on the meat, crispy pickled veggies, and a perfect fried egg. Unbeatable prices. When we left the line was around the block. Next time I'm in London I would honestly go back. Huge hit. read more