Pretty standard bonchon chicken. Tasty, crispy. Service was very good, contrary to some of the 1 star reviews. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - BAO buns - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Came here after a climbing session for Bonchon's delicious soy garlic wings. We ordered 20 pieces and two sides of rice to share between 2 people. We each had left overs to take home, which was nice. The wings were also a lot bigger than I expected! Satisfyingly crispy, super flavorful. Definitely a solid meal. Overall, the place was clean with plenty of tables to sit. Service was chill. My only complaint is that the parking was atrocious. Not their fault at all, but it took a while to find a spot during dinner time, so plan ahead! read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - 20 piece Wings - soy garlic - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Located conveniently in dinky town where students can have easy access to some crispy chicken. Used to crave it when it was not in town but now that it's everywhere... you tend not to crave so much unless on a rainy day. My first ever impression of Bonchon is the crispiness and crunchiness of the batter. One of a kind. The soy flavor is salty which goes well with white rice. The spicy flavor... it's spicy band also goes well with rice. When Bonchon first opened, loved the big size of the drums and wings which makes it worth the price. Now, the size are inconsistent. They should be the same size. Inflation can make the quality go down a lot. Now the portion Vs. Price isn't worth it as much. Still love the taste, so maybe on some rainy days. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - The difference in size of wings - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Every time I come here, the food is phenomenal. All you need to do is order appetizers so you can have multiple things to eat from the food is so delicious. read more

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First time ordering from here, food is amazing and the staff was great. The young man taking our order was very knowledgeable of the menu. I'm very helpful even though we did a takeout order we ordered pork buns, pork dumplings, and Korean chicken. So much food! So good! read more

This and the last time I had Bonchon, chicken bread coating was too thick and "old" and sauce didn't even cover 30% of the chicken. Skimping out on sauce is wild. Got the mixed last time and half of it was burnt old wings (literally black/purpled and was burnt crisp). Got the boneless this time and there were dry spots with no sauce.... Our hotdog was over fried as well. read more

Their boneless wings are prefrozen breaded wings. Taste like something you get at a grocery store that you stick in your oven. Not crispy, super dry, awful flavor. I've had bonchon at several buffet locations and they usually don't do this. Won't be ordering here again. read more

I placed an order for delivery 90 minutes before the store was scheduled to close. I was given updates right up to the time my order was being picked up, but just as I was notified that the delivery driver was picking up my order (20 minutes later than the estimate), it was canceled. DoorDash (who was performing the delivery) said to contact Bonchon directly as it was Bonchon who canceled the order. But when I tried to call the store, the staff refused to answer my call--despite me calling before their location actually closed. I tried half a dozen times over a span of 15 minutes. I've still yet to learn why my order was canceled after nearly 90 minutes of waiting. And by the time they canceled it, it was too late to order food from anywhere else. I won't be patronizing this business in the future--restaurants are a service-oriented business, and it's clear this Bonchon does not value their customers (they refused to give a reason or even answer the phone to explain why my order was canceled after it had been made and the delivery driver was a block away en route to pick it up). I understand that restaurants get busy and at times need to cancel orders in order to fulfill those they have already received--I worked as a server and later as a manager in various restaurants for over a decade--but to make the customer wait 90 minutes only to cancel without explanation is simply inexcusable. "The proof is in the pudding," as the saying goes, and it's clear this location does not care about their customers. How hard is it to answer the phone and offer an apology/explanation, particularly when the staff must have known that they had kept the order open so long before canceling it that we wouldn't be able to order from anywhere else? I suspect the staff simply wanted to go home--an understandable feeling--but if refusing to fulfill the duties of their job, they screwed over not only their customers but the driver who had nearly arrived and was no doubt looking forward to the 30% tip I'd left. Sadly, this sort of interaction (or lack thereof) seems all too common these days. The food is typically good, but this is not the first time service has been lacking at Bonchon. My advice: Dine in, or risk going hungry. read more

The best French fried. Friend Chicken is tasty! Will be back soon. The inside is spacious,clean,well designed. Stuff is friendly. Food is served quickly. Price is reasonable. read more

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I've been to Bonchon so many times in different places but this location is the WORST. Our chicken wings barely had sauces and the sever was very rude. We had to ask him for drink refills and he was not nice at all when he was responding. Server was also touching a dog and then serving foods without cleaning in the store. Also, we had to wait so long to get our bills because the server was busy talking with his friends. Not only that food was bad, but the service was also horrible. Waste of money, worst experience so far. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - 20 pc Wings - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Basically Bonchon is the only place you could get Korean Fried Chicken in the Twin Cities and I was pretty excited when it opened. Now I believe there are 3 Bonchon locations in MN, Dinkytown (here), Uptown and at the Mall of America. For me, the fried chicken at this location is 4/5 if you get the drumsticks or boneless wings with the spicy sauce (which btw in my opinion is not spicy, and I love spicy food). Everything else on the menu I would recommend you to go somewhere else and is mediocre. Due to covid and wanting to have my Korean fried chicken with some beer at home, I've only done take out a couple of times so I can't say much on the service. It is a franchise and I've been to other locations that I like more but overall they're all pretty much the same or very similar. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Family meal, Signature Fried Chicken Drumsticks, Signature Fried Boneless Wings, French Fries, Coleslaw - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

i went here ages ago but i started this review and just forgot to post it it was completely empty when we walked in and the worker sitting at the front like would not show us to a table or anything like we had to ask for menus, and then we were just sitting there waiting to order for ages. by the time we got someones attention to order, we decided to just take everything to-go because we did not want to deal with sitting inside there anymore with the two workers just like staring us down. uhhh the chicken tastes like bonchon always tastes cuz its a chain so it was fine. read more

I ordered the wings to be delivered off grub hub . They were awesome very crispy I got the spicy and they were a bit spicier than I normally get but very good and the heat didn't stop me from eating my full order . The meat was moist and tender . loved how crispy it was . I'll definitely order again read more

Bonchon was alright. I have had amazing Korean wings when I was in Asia so didn't have too high of expectations for Bonchon. I was excited to try it though since it had been on my list and I never seem to make the effort to come to Uptown to try it. Apparently it recently opened in Dinkytown and also expanded to the Mall of America too so it must be doing well as a business franchise. The space is clean, ambiance is nice, and staff is friendly. Menu was 80/20 Korean to Japanese dishes. It was colorful and pretty simple to read and understand. Ordered - Small Wings, soy and spicy (3.5/5). Pretty good. The skin is crispy and I was hungry to get my hands on them. It was a little too salty though to my liking and I thought there wasn't too much meat to the bones to help balance the saltiness. Ordering some white rice may be something I do next time since that may be a good combination. - Chicken Katsu (2/5). Not tasty especially with the mayo sauce drizzled over it. I guess I had better in Japan so going back to this was difficult. It was not impressive. I would try Bonchon again since it takes our favorite KFC/Popeyes/Canes experience and blend it with Asian spices and flavors. Enjoy ~ read more

These wings had no sauce what so every worst wings ive every had . They were suppose to be the soy garlic . read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - 10 pc Boneless wings - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

First time to this place, the food is as good as I expected. The spicy chicken is hot. And the BBQ is mild. Loved both. We will do this again.. as should you read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - It's minnesota you leave a piece just in case some one else wants it lol if it's still there in 30min it's mine yum!! - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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I'm not a huge fan of fried chicken but Bonchon definitely had super crispy skin! It was cooked well, still juicy. I don't eat much of the skin, but that's definitely where all the flavor is. I recommend spicy over the soy garlic. The spicy is more of a mild, but I enjoyed the flavor more. The chicken comes with one side which was either radish or something else. The rice cakes came with some fish cakes which was fine. I didn't try the baos but it looked a bit thin with a lot of slaw at ~$9. It's located in Dinkytown next to the super busy Insomnia and some pub. So you may have to circle around a few times for street parking or park further away. During COVID, the restaurant is currently social distancing, staff wearing mask and one was wearing gloves. There was only one waitress/hostess and everyone else was kitchen staff. It was pretty busy because they have so many to go orders, but she was attentive and friendly! They are only like six tables so I guess limited capacity is enforced. read more

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Just get the darn wangs with soy/garlic sauce. You won't be disappointed. Eat, pray and eat again. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Menu - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

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So glad I stopped in! I did not expect the atmosphere from the outside appearance, but it's oddly nice inside. Honestly the menu looked soo good and I'm sad I stopped in for a short, light lunch. Two of us split the tacos and salmon avo ball - both good! I would probably prefer a different type of tortilla for the tacos, something that suits the Korean flavors better, but I loved the sweet spicy flavoring. The salmon avo ball was delicious, but a bit rich for a full meal. I'll definitely be stopping back in for a happy hour during the week and to try the wings. read more

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This place is SO GOOD! We came here with friends to try it out and it's some of the best chicken wings I've ever had. It's a little spendy at 20$ for a small meal but the quality is worth it. Waitstaff are very nice and the food was made fast! 100% will be returning read more

My hubby was craving korean fried wings so I decided to try bonchon. I ordered the soy garlic wings and spicy half and half as well as the steamed shrimp shumai. The chicken wings were good. Not as good as the kfc (koream fried chicken) I've had in Korea though. It was super crispy and flavorful, all the way into the meat, and the meat was tender and juicy. I did pick up because of covid and the order took a little over 20mins to come out so make sure you order online beforehand. You can't set the time you want to pick it up either but yelp makes it easy to order and pay online. I ordered their shrimp shumai because I missed dimsum and many reviews said it was good..but they said the FRIED shrimp shumai was good and I ordered STEAMED. Wanted to be healthy and you know how that goes. When you want to enjoy food you just have to enjoy it. Do not get steamed food at a fried restaurant! It just doesn't make sense and I will remember that for next time. It was just watery and the only flavor it had was the dijon mustard squirted on top. Maybe I'll try here again.. read more

This was my first time at Bonchon and I'll definitely be back! We ordered a small serving of bone-in wings (half spicy, half soy garlic), Korean bulgogi tacos, and the fried tofu bibimbap. Im usually a boneless wing kinda gal but I read other reviews telling me to opt for the bone-in. I'm glad I did! The skin was so crispy and flavorful but the sauce didn't make a huge mess. The chicken was tender enough that the bones were super easy to remove. It also came with a side of pickled radish which was super flavorful contrary to it's bland appearance. At $10-ish for 10 wings, i thought that this was a relatively good deal, and the perfect size to split & still be able to try more. Not pictured were the Korean bulgogi tacos and the Bibimbap. The tacos were delicious! The meat was flavorful and they were loaded with sauce which is always a plus for me. They were about $10 for three good sized tacos. The Bibimbap was the flop of the meal. Still tasty, but the fried tofu had little seasoning, and was soggy compared to the crispy wings. It just seemed like there were bigger stars on the menu, and it was about the same price as the other items. As far as atmosphere goes, the place was clean and nice and quite small. The wait staff was fine, and our food came very quickly (probably about 5-10 minutes after ordering) for 5 p.m. On a Saturday night. Definitely check this place out! read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Small bone-in wings - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

I'm the first to review this place, so I hope other people catch on quickly that it's now open, and rave about it- This is mostly about the chicken. I tried the MOA location just the previous night (judge me, hard), and thought it was insanely good. So, being in Dinkytown, I double-dipped for a second round the next day, and got boneless wings, instead. Yeah, this was a huge mistake. The "Wing street" boneless wings from The hut, tasted better than these, only Bonchon is pricier. Let me add: I got a to-go order, so there is that, but these tasted way different than their actual chicken wings. If you go here, I suggest eating your food at the restaurant, and skipping the boneless wings. The coleslaw and kimchi are really good (mix them together!), and the staff were friendly. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Half and half boneless wings: soy garlic and spicy. - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

When our Son lived in Alexandria, VA he got me addicted to Korean fried chicken wings at Chi Mic. Of course since Gras moved back to MPLS it's all I ever crave, so for Mother's Day he brought me the Soy Garlic wings at Bonchon. Pickled radish, white rice and the wings, so good!! The wings are seriously like a fine pastry! There is something slightly chain like, but so very awesome!! read more

These wings SLAP! BUT why do we get such a puny little amount of sauce??? Order threw Uber eats and it came quick and I'm no time at all. The amount of sauce they give you if a slap in the face. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Puny amount of mayo relative to the 20pc we got. - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

We had the steam pork buns, 10 piece drums (spicy), seasoned fries, udon (plain) all of it was great and fresh. Definitely going back. read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Steamed Pork Buns, 10 Pc Drums, Udon, Seasoned French Fries All super fresh and amazing. - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rating two bonchon's seems excessive. This one is different from the one in Eagan... I know I hate my self too for writing this. Its smaller, the service is great. And I thoroughly enjoy the lunch deals, the beer on they have. Its fast food at Asian expectations. I was tired of eating chicken. I got the udon. It comes in a large bowl and is hot af. And it was good by the standard of an asian restaurant in america good. Not by the standard of an average soup in asia good. But its hot af, right? I knew the wide surface area of the top was going to cool it down and make it unpalatable. So I scarf it down, slurping loudly all the way. Its the way to go. Fortunately only another korean family is there so I dont feel self conscious. In about 15 min from arrival an empty bowl is in front of me, next to an empty beer. My parking is minutes from expiring even though i just put $4 in the meter. I pay quickly and leave. This is what I love about asian eateries. You sit you eat you pay you leave. The whole ceremony about going to a restaurant doesnt apply. But as opposed to fast food, its actually good. Or good enough. And man I miss that about living in China. I hear the chicken's good here too. Now I expect to hear back from a Bonchon representative shortly. read more

Super tasty Korean-fried chicken! I've had both boneless and regular, and I think the regular in-bone is slightly tastier. But both are really good! read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

Fire!!! And better then a lot of restaurants you gotta believe it when you try it... I really love this place but can be a lil spendy

So happy that Bonchon finally opened in Dinkytown. We've been going to the Uptown Bonchon (which has really great late night hours on the weekend, open til 2am!) and waited with bated breath for one to open closer to us. Hopefully it will expand its hours too once it gets going. Love their wings, and prefer bone-in for maximum flavor. Food lovers know this is always the better choice so none of that white boneless chicken nonsense for me. There are three flavors to choose from and they all deliver with balanced seasonings and amazing crunch but gimme a full plate of spicy wings with some chicken mu (pickled radish). I want the spicy spicy burn! Other dishes we like to order to round out our meal are the tteokboki and their excellent fries. Also their takoyaki and the chicken katsu, sometimes. Everything is good. Some things are excellent. Can't go wrong. Edit: Soooo, I think the local Bonchons have scaled back the heat on their spicy chicken. It's still excellent but I'm downgrading a star because of that. Super bummed. Thanks for nothing MN wimps, you know who you are. You can order the soy garlic or sweet crunch if you can't deal. They're both really awesome too. Leave the spicy alone! I want my face to be on fire. read more

The quality is not as good as Bonchon we tried in other states. Could be the quality and cleanliness of the technics of preparing and executing. We tried their locations in Uptown & MOA , same problems . Too bad, high expectations, because we like Bonchon Fried Chicken a lot. read more

Usually LOVE this place but I order lunch today and i was definitely disappointed . My order was wrong and my Katsu was burnt. read more

Bonchon stands for boner chonies cuz the first bite aroused me. I ordered the lunch special with drums and seasoned fries and it was soooo gooood! read more

Wings are phenomenal! Great crunch and great sauce to go with it. The fried rice has a massive helping and my girlfriend got the Korean Beef tacos which were also really big. This place will last awhile in dinkytown if it keeps it up! read more

Bonchon Dinkytown - Combo wings: Half soy garlic/Half hot. Korean Beef tacos. Chicken fried rice - Korean Near Me - Minneapolis, Minnesota

We love KFC(Korean fried chicken). Ordered online to be picked up after I got off of work and set the pickup time at 210pm. Got a message at 150 that said order ready to be picked up? What? So why order ahead of time when they are going to make it ASAP? Strike one. Got to the place and there was no one at the front counter. I saw my food sitting behind the counter but there was no one around. After about 15 mins someone came from the back and I got my order. Food was ok just the am waiting and the fact that once I brought it home it was cold. Strike two and three! This location is in dinkytown and cater to the u of m students so I am guessing customer service isn't what they care about. Will not be coming back to this location, the uptown one is better with customer service. read more

It's a solid takeout place. All but one of the dishes were tasty. When not in the mood to cook, this should be on your list of places to order from. read more

I honestly don't understand the negative reviews of this place. I think the food was fantastic! I had a Bul Dak and Korean Beef Tacos. The bul dak was a nice spice that gets spicer each bite you take (kind of like fire noodles). Good chicken, cheese, and rice cakes. My only recommendation is to add more rice cakes (we had about 6!) The Korean beef tacos had a very nice sauce on it that I've never, ever tasted before. Highly recommended. read more

Paid $11 for 3 pork buns and they were utterly disappointing! Pork belly was fatty and really no taste.. so sad because I wanted to like this place. Waste of money. read more

My boyfriend and I came for dinner and were excited to try the bulgogi and fried chicken. We also ordered the pork buns and seasoned fries. Everything was good except the bulgogi. The bulgogi was so disappointing. The meat was shredded and was overfilled with onions and scallions, not only that, it was was bland. Everything else was good though. read more

if your looking for a place to eat i would 100% recommend this place the food is wonderful they have a goo variety of food i love the chicken katsu and garlic chicken. the workers are also very nice service is fast and the atmosphere is very chill and pleasant. read more