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    Bonchon Columbia

    3.5 (248 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Happy hour specials
    Good for kids

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    Soy Garlic Wings with coleslaw
    Carroll N.

    3.6.26 Hubby treated me to lunch on my telework day, so we placed a carry‑out order from the lunch special menu. I ordered the six‑piece soy garlic wings with fries, and he went with the spicy chicken strips and rice. When he arrived at the restaurant, about 15 minutes away, the order wasn't quite ready, so he had to wait a few minutes. When he picked up the bag, it felt light, so he checked and realized my fries had been forgotten. They corrected it right away, and they were very generous with the portion. My husband thinks they may have added extra to make up for the oversight. One thing I really appreciated: despite being carry‑out, nothing was soggy. Our wings, chicken strips, and fries were still super crispy by the time we sat down to eat, which is rare. With how expensive food is these days, we felt the lunch menu was reasonably priced at $11.99 per entrée. I've definitely missed dining here, and I hope to take advantage of their weekday lunch specials, available from 11 to 3 PM, more often.

    Soy garlic
    Sam E.

    Have always had a good experience at this spot. My go-to is the soy garlic and spicy chicken wings. It's a good combo to switch between getting a kick and the sweet soy garlic. Order ahead if you're in a rush - takes about 15 minutes. If you show your receipt from Bonchon to Kung Fu Tea 2 doors down you can get a free upgrade Ample lot or garage parking

    Bao Buns bulgogi
    Patrise S.

    Although this wasn't our first choice (which was closed due to a pipe burst), it was a tasty choice. The wind was biting and this restaurant was cozy. The food was as good as it looked in the attached photos. We were seated quickly and the staff was responsive!

    Quite a selection of seating: hightops, bar, and accessible tables.
    Karley B.

    After striking out on food at kung fu tea on this same block, Jeremy decided on bonchon. We waited about 20 minutes for our order. At least is was wonderfully cool and pretty much empty inside, so I didn't feel like I was in the way while we waited. I suppose people usually wait at the bar, but that doesn't work for people who rely on wheelchairs. He ordered tenders but did not get tenders. I don't know why it's so difficult to check your order before leaving the restaurant, but I rarely remember to remind him. He said the wings he received instead were tasty, but we were on the move and he had been looking for something to eat while we were in rush hour traffic trying to get to pasadena. It was entirely too hot to ride with the windows down in order to chuck the bare bones onto the median. He ate his sandwich instead. Though he didn't get any ketchup so the fries sat there looking all sad at me... Jeremy doesn't eat fries that often but I love them. However, unless you're Thrashers boardwalk fries, I'm gonna need ketchup. I find bonchon a bit expensive for what it is, and don't usually eat here. I suspect it does pretty good business in Columbia, though. Personally, if I want spicy chicken, I prefer Angry Joe's, which is right around the corner.

    Drink menu
    Tyler C.

    Top notch Korean fried chicken. Lots of appetizers that are all great. The sampler is $35 son of you come with friends, it's worth it. Otherwise you leave with lots of leftovers. This place has a bar. I like the fig bombs. And that I can come alone and chill.

    Mixed 6 PC 4Wings 2 Drums
    Sabrina S.

    Restaurant was a lot more casual than I expected. I had to ask for the booth to be wiped down. But the service was good. Our server was extremely friendly, accommodating to requests, and brought the food out quickly. I only ordered the chicken because social media raved about it. Mixed 6 Piece - 8/10. I got half soy garlic and half kbbq. Both were delicious; the soy garlic pairs well with their ranch and the kbbq pairs well with their spicy mayo. The chicken was just as crispy and tasty as everyone said. I was a little disappointed that I only got one flat wing because I was expecting four. However I think it's helpful for everyone to know that when they say *wing* they're referring to smaller flats and drums. Pickled Radishes - 0/10. NO! If love pickled Korean veggies like me, please skip. Mine were just wet without any flavor, no sweetness or tanginess at all.

    Cooked well
    Clariee J.

    I've been hearing a lot about this place. As is my custom, I got way too much food this 1st time cos I just wanted to try stuff. This time, it was worth it. Let's start with the chicken since that's why you're here. I got the 6pc mix: 2 drums, 4 wings. korean bbq and soy garlic flavors. At first I couldn't tell the difference between the flavors, but after my 2nd wing of each one, it became more apparent which was which. I preferred the korean bbq because it was a bit more bold, but both flavors are very good. The chicken was still crunchy after the 15 min drive home. The meat in every single piece of this chicken was tender and juicy. Every bite felt new, so this is definitely a made-to-order situation. I'm not sure they season the chicken itself; I think all the flavors came from the sauce, but it was still delicious. And I've never seen chicken legs this massive in my life. It took me 12 bites to finish one, and I was eating it as I normally would; my bites aren't small. I want to take this time to thanks the chickens for their sacrifice, and the cooks for their service. I'm looking forward to trying the other flavors, and I imagine it'll be even better if I eat it in the restaurant instead of drive it home. The first thing I actually tried was the bulgogi fried rice because I knew I was just going to take a bite to see if it was good, and it is. It has the required slightly greasy mouth feel, the seasoning is very balanced, the green onion on top is always necessary cos it cuts through everything and gives a different texture and bite once in a while. I'll be finishing that dish tomorrow while I watch the House of the Dragon season finale :D The kimchi was also good. I've had lots and lots of kimchi. I can't always handle the real Korean kimchi since I'm very American, but this kimchi has a nice balanced flavor, it's not too spicy, the cabbage has a good crunch to it still. The pickled radish was ok. I wanted a bit more flavor in it, but I suppose since it's supposed to clear my palate, having more flavor wouldn't make sense? But it did just kinda taste like radish water. Maybe that's the point. It did clear the palate, though, so there's that. I came early afternoon on a Saturday and it was pretty slow. Place was clean & quiet, TVs has the olympics on, as they should have. I had to wait about 5 minutes for them to finish up my order, so I just sat at one of the nearby tables. The cashier was friendly. This will be one of my chicken places for sure.

    Receipt with incorrect tipping percents
    athena z.

    Came here on Saturday evening and the restaurant was fairly empty. We got seated immediately and our server was wonderful. She filled our water and checked on us very often. Amazing service. The food was great too, large portions for the price. The tacos were delicious! We also ordered half spicy half garlic and the spicy ended up being way too spicy for us to enjoy and we were able to replace them with the garlic which was so kind. If you do not like spice or have a low spice tolerance, the spicy wings may be too much. While I was eating, I noticed something moving near the food. There ended up being an ANT crawling around our table which made me very uncomfortable if there were more around. It cannot be sanitary for ants to be crawling around tables. I have attached a video for proof as well. When we got the bill, we noticed that the tipping recommendations were by far incorrect. My bill was $20 and the receipt claims 15% of 20 is over $5. I decided to tip 15% which I know for a fact is $3, so I was very surprised to see it was actually $5.68, almost double of what I tipped? It is incredibly careless and bad business practice to assume your customers are stupid and cannot do math. Do better as a business because putting incorrect math on a receipt to take advantage of your generous guests does not encourage customers to return.

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    Lip smack and good chicken made the Korean way with rice, flour, and fried twice. Loved it...

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    Delicious food and good service. Nice ambiance. Some of the better Korean BBQ around.

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    4.0(559 reviews)
    5.0 mi
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    I thoroughly enjoyed this place and their pancake is so crispy, it was worth the cost. I have tried…read moreso many times at home but can never get it to be this crispy. The soup was delicious too and full of substance. This isnt your watery soup. There was so much in the soup that you would be surprised or be like "yea, this is how a soup should be". It is an older place, but they deserve to be up and running for years and years. We think this is a better spot than Annandale and Centreville. Service was attentive and plentiful. Inside is nice and clean.

    We had 4 of us there over the weekend. Between us 75% are at least 100% to 50% Asian between…read moreKorean and Chinese and have been to many similar types of dining as this. Expecting to be great from all the reviews....mediocre at best. Overrated. Overpriced. We did 2 of the combo grill items and one entree. The grill experience just was not up to par. Rather than us grilling, they do it for you. So, first round with 2 different beef items, that seemed fine since it was grilled separately in the process aspect, but they took the meat off and swaped it so we could not grill as we wanted to as we wanted it. That first batch was way undercooked and very fatty. Second, tenderloin was ok. Then they did the combo beef and squid, and we saw that beef getting really nice, where we thought they would do the same in taking it off then doing squid. NOPE! THey just threw it all on and pretty much ruined the whole thing since we never intended to have them together...and for me, it was inedible since I can't eat seafood and squid particularly. WTF already. No mention of it in the menu unless it was in Korean language. Tossed that $ right down the crapper. As for ambiance and service, just don't have high hopes. The person doing the grilling split us up to access the grill and was constantly in the way of any conversation. Service? Hahaha..that's a 2 of 10 rating there. Never once even attempted to ask us if everything was ok, never asked if we needed anything or water, napkins, more food...just all business end and forget the rest. All 4 of us had the same thoughts. We had to pester them to get anything. This one is a one-and-done for all of us. It was so bad that I normally take images, and this was just not one for the books nor will ever be memorable other than an expensive mistake. Celebrity chef...whatever. Rosanne Barr is a celeb...'nuff said. This one can be skipped.

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    4.3(142 reviews)
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    Tons of free parking. Accepts cash and credit card…read more This establishment is located off of Route 40, but is towards the back of the shopping center. Given the various Korean restaurants in the area, I must say that this place is a great spot for family, friends and group gatherings. The food here is very fresh and the staff are very friendly. We ordered various dishes from their LA Galbi, Bossam, Fish and tofu soup combo, seafood pancake, spicy pork and their rice cake soup. The LA Galbi was the best we had in town. Tons of flavor and the meat was juicy and meaty. The Bossam was delicious. Pork was tender and comes with sides to help you bring out the flavor of the dish. Definitely ask for their bean sauce and slices of jalapeño and fresh raw garlic. The fish and tofu soup is really good and can be shared with others. Fish was fresh and flaky. The seafood pancake was thick and has tons of seafood and comes with a nice dipping sauce. The spicy pork was plenty and has tons of flavor. Not too spicy. The rice cake soup was surprisingly good. Tons of flavor with slices of rice cake, eggs and pieces of beef. Great for sharing especially with young kids. Overall, this place is great to check out if you are in the area. Comes hungry and you will be satisfied. Cheers!

    This place has HUGE PORTIONS, we ordered 4 dishes for 5 people and had soooo many leftovers. I…read morewould 100% come back, but I rated it a 4/5 just because I noticed in multiple dishes the meat was a little dry. This is my ranking for what we got. 1. Seafood Pancake -- such a comfort food and cooked perfectly! 2. Oh Sam Durichigi (pork and squid stir fry) -- we cleaned out this dish, great flavor! 3. Bossam -- worth the hype! The pork belly was not as flavorful but comes with sauces. Some the meat was dry for this dish. 4. Beef bulgogi (no pictured) -- honestly paled in comparison of the other dishes and had the driest meat. I wouldn't get it again tbh

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    4.3(199 reviews)
    3.0 mi
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    Really enjoyed our visit! Staff was super friendly and attentive. Reasonably priced, we loved the…read moreYaki-Shabu mountain! Low key surprise - rice portions bigger than most other K or J BBQ spots. Butter trio to compliment the meats is also the move!!!

    STAY AWAY. Absolutely horrible service!!!…read more Our server, Nye, was incredibly rude & the whole AYCE experience felt like a complete rip-off. He repeatedly gave our orders to other tables & when we complained and tried to order more food, he told us we COULDN'T order anything else until our missing orders arrived. Except THEY NEVER CAME!!! After waiting 20+ minutes, we complained again and Nye gave us such a rude and condescending tone and response: "We have other customers too ya know." Seriously?! WE'RE CUSTOMERS TOO, ya douche bag. It got so ridiculous that 38 MINUTES into our meal, our table of FOUR had received a grand total of TWO plates of meat - even those were the plates we had to take from the neighboring table because our food kept getting sent elsewhere. And here's the kicker: AYCE is only 90 MINUTES. More than 1/3 of our allotted dining time was basically wasted waiting for food that never came, while our server wouldn't even let us order more. We only FINALLY started receiving our meat after we complained to the Vietnamese manager. He immediately stepped in, got things moving & extended our dining time to make up for the ridiculous delay. Shout out to him!!! But having to escalate to a manager just to receive the food we were PAYING FOR is absurd. And maybe Nye felt like he didn't have to bother because the gratuity was already automatic due to our party size. That would certainly explain the complete lack of effort. When your tip is guaranteed regardless of how badly you treat the table, I guess actually serving your customers becomes optional? STAY AWAY or at the very least, pray you don't get Nye as your server.

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    4.4(282 reviews)
    4.5 mi
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    I'd like to preface this review by saying we've been coming here for the last 3 years - it was…read morealways a treat as the drive was quite far from us. The food has always been great quality and authentic hence why we've been back many times. We had visited on 4/19 at around lunchtime, ordered, received our food- when it came to payment, this is where things took a turn. There were two young ladies working the dining floor, taking orders, bringing out food, etc. I had left my card on the bill to which the waitress took said card to swipe (I have an international card as I'm a UK citizen and sometimes I have to enter chip and pin), this flashed up on my banking app so when she brought back my card I said "oh would you like me to come up and enter my pin" to which she replied "no do you have another card", so my partner handed over his card and as she was taking payment, bare in mind everyone on the dining floor can hear what is being said by the waitresses as it's not exactly a large area, she was telling her other colleague "I asked for another card because he obviously doesn't have money" to which they both started laughing and making other snarky, rude comments. When she came back I confronted her about this and showed her my banking app where it cleared said after she had swiped to use chip and pin, she went back and muttered things to her colleague whilst looking at me. During the time we were dining I noticed their attitude was just so fake, asking customers in a rude way to move tables as it's for dine in customers only, no courtesy or respect. Mind you, it wasn't even busy in there. They lost all chances of a tip in those few minutes and we won't ever be coming back. It's a shame, usually they have such attentive, kind, caring people working there. I'm not sure where these self-entitled workers came from or if they're new but if they don't want to do the job or do the basics of showing some common courtesy they should find themselves another job, perhaps something not customer facing.

    My favoriteeee Kim bap place of all time! Delicious Kim bap and very affordable for a large amount…read moreof food. I usually get the spicy anchovy Kim bap (this one is spicy beware), tuna Kim bap, and/or veggie Kim bap. They are all a 10/10. My other favorite dish is their tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes), which has the perfect flavor and amount of sauce. I've tried various dishes from this restaurant and nothing has ever disappointed me. We usually order for pick up but inside is very mom and pop shop vibes. A classic staple in the area if you ask me!

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