It was my first time at Korean Express and I was impressed. I stopped by for a quick lunch (9.99 lunch special mon-fri). All the staff was very nice, super quick service and deliscious food! They don't serve alcohol but lemon ginger tea was just perfect! I highly reccomend this place, definitely will be back. read more

Korean Express - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

Tight spot on midtown. You can spot the place because it's door is shielded by a blue awning. The quality of the food is great too. I stopped in today craving soup. I got the deok mandu kook. The rice cake/ dumpling soup. It came with rice, kimchi, and pickled radishes in vinegar. It is a lot of food so I thought the value for money was evened out. It wasn't too salty, but very brothy and tasteful. There were fresh vegetables, and the rice cakes were cooked through. I'll come back again since Korea town is far. read more

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Pleasantly surprised by my meal here. I wasn't sure what to expect upon stumbling across a Korean restaurant in this part of town, especially with the name "Express" in it. It's not fast food, but it's more basic than you would get at a full Korean restaurant in K-town, i.e. you shouldn't expect a big spread of banchan with your meal. I would say it's similar to what you would get at the food court/food gallery on 32nd, but a step up - wider menu options than you would find at one food stand (and possibly several of them combined) and a better setting (casual restaurant and not food court). Looking for a meatless dish, I went with a tofu stew with seafood, which had good flavor and was filling. It's no Cho Dang Gol, but it hit the spot for me in a pinch. It was served with rice, a side of kimchi and pickled radishes. Service was very friendly and attentive. read more

Korean Express - Spicy tofu stew with seafood - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

This is one of my favorite places to order from in the city. It is always good and I am never disappointed. Usually I order the bulgogi box, but the mandoo soup is also fantastic. The food is delicious and fairly priced. The portions are large. I usually order delivery, but I have eaten there on an occasion or two, and the staff is always attentive. It's not fancy or groundbreaking, but it is consistently good and I never tire of it. read more

Korean Express is one of the most average Korean place I've ever been to, but it's not bad though. The lunch specials are pretty good and a good deal too. They offer a choice between normal fried rice and kimchi fried rice, and they give a good amount. The other portion sizes are a bit small but I am not really complaining because it's all pretty decent. I've been to other places where it seems like they serve horse meat and this is much more tender. The bulgolgi here in my opinion is a little below average compared to the other Korean places I've been to but for the most part Korean Express holds its place in the dead mid tier. read more

So happy their lunch deal is back. Very filling and deeeeelicious! I'm in love with their fried chicken as well!!!

Not bad for a quick meal! I got Yok gae jung which was in great portion. My friend got the stirred fried clear noodles - was a little greasy and the noodles stick together. We dined in and they provided free picked turnips and kimchi which were good. read more

Korean Express - Yok gae jung - good! With free picked and kimchi - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

coworker wanted to order here because she wanted kimchi fried rice. i decided to place the order through their website. everything seemed a tad bit pricey so i opted to go for the fried mandoo and the taro bubble tea. this review is only based on my order, not my coworkers. mandoo is dumpling. i received 4 pieces as stated on the website. crunchy, yet bland dumplings. 4 dumplings for $5.95. i could've gone to the chinos instead and gotten 8-10 pieces for the same price. my taro bubble tea was good though which is why i gave 3 stars. didn't even know they had a lunch menu. it wasn't posted in their online ordering page. i guess that's how they get their extra money. all in all, i would not order from here again. read more

Korean Express - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

Great Korean food, but not good enough for Kim to consider reuniting with South Korea. Moving on, I'm taking off one star because the waiter didn't warn me that with the amount of spice in the meal, they might as well have been unloading the entire clip onto my taste buds. 500 machine gun rounds couldn't compare to this; my water turned spicy. I definitely recommend you make a quick stop at Wal greens to get yourself a good ass 2% low fat gallon of Elmers Milk if you can't handle spice like me. Boi that cow lookin at you like "I only got your back halfway, if you start lookin like the bottom of a stove ima have to leave". I could have replaced the dragon in The Hobbit with the amount of flames I was sitting out. The fire department should have been called immediately when my face started to morph into a creature. My mucus flowed more freely then the 5 Great Lakes. I started crying harder then the time Mitty died in Made in Abyss. After this meal, I have qualified for disabled benefits from the government because my tongue doesn't feel anymore. read more

Terrible customer service, the only good dish they had was the chicken, even tho it was greasy and oily. They yelled at us for making a mess, with water and napkins, restaurants are supposed to clean up your messes. It wasn't even a restaurant it's a fast food place. They were so rude and told us to not come if we are going to accidentally make a mess with water. Terrible terrible people working there and the rudest of rudest. Fix your customer service. If I could give 0 stars I would. Never coming back. Ever. Period. read more

I've been coming here for a while now and I really love their fried chicken as well as their udon!!! The restaurant has a decent amount of tables and space considering most restaurants in the city hardly do. The employees are also very accommodating, and bring everything to you as fast as possible. Definitely a little pricey for certain things but portions are huge. read more

Korean Express - Korean fried chicken - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

Ordered the bulgogi fried rice and chicken wings, but the fried rice was okay. Not worth it for the price. Chicken wings were better! But this place was too overpriced for the quality in my opinion. Although, it was convenient and not crowded. read more

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Decent korean food, pre-made. Good lunch special. Worth trying.

Great service and great food. Everything that I've ordered from this establishment has been delicious. I would personally like their tteokboki to be a little smaller with a thicker sauce, but it was good nonetheless. Would definitely recommend their spicy tuna kimbap and their bubble tea. read more

Servers wearing pajama ?!?! Kimbap rice was cooked too much, it was mooshy. Convient location but Not recommended.

I had the lunch special which came to be 11-12 and it was disgusting. I got the Korean beef stew which was unbelievably salty, over cooked, had a weird grainy taste/texture to it, tasted mainly of dark soy sauce. The other side I got was beef bulgogi which was too sweet, chewy like gum, and the meal overall was NOT worth the price. Save your money and go to a better Korean place. Only reason it was a 2* was because they gave a small amount of kimchi (which was actually decent) and yellow radish on the side. read more

Let me begin by saying that I used to frequent this place back when it was called Helen's Noodle & Rice. Since their most recent remodeling, the prices of the food have shot up and the quality has plummeted. I walked in today, ready to order a lunch combo (rice + 2 dishes of your choice). They didn't have my first choice of dish, so I went with kimchi fried rice, broiled chicken, and vegetable curry. My mistake was getting this to go. I came home and opened it, and was shocked. The curry consisted of three small, cubic-inch sized pieces of potato and two carrot slivers. The rice was close to bright red - was like biting into a tasteless inferno, and I am no stranger to Korean food. The chicken was the only saving grace, and even that was just okay. Yet, with a can of soda, this "meal" surpassed $11. I felt completely ripped off and can say, with certainty, that I will not be returning. read more

Korean Express - A lunch "special." This is how it looked when I took it out of the bag. - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

Good price for the amount Lunch special was ~$11 You get to chose 2 sides and one rice read more

Korean Express is wonderful gem set in the upper east side of Manhatten . The staff on some knights (Kasandra) gives a warm Korean English welcome as a gate kipper to yummy food . Now the food is really really good , why go to 32 second street . I just love the Hot stone With spicy pork . I find the food very consistent . read more

Korean Express - Hot - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

I got the seafood soondubu here, it had about 5 pieces of seafood total. The taste was good, the rice and the kimchi were good, but com'on, a bit skimpy on the soondubu side... Definitely overpriced for what I got. Probably won't return, I was hoping Korean Express would be better because I wanted to use them as a delivery option. Alas, t'was not meant to be Korean Express. read more

I ordered the spicy ramen and I made sure to ask if the chicken was WHITE meat. The lady that I asked said the chicken was white meat. So I order the spicy ramen with the chicken, to go. To my surprise when I open it, the chickEn is BROWN!! Luckily I live close, so I went back and they re made it. They re made the soup with the pork dumplings (he only put 2 in). I'm not sure if they wEre mad they had to re make it but I got half the amount of noodles in the second one and my egg wasn't wEll done. I totally would have ordered from here all the time but for $13 they should have given me the same amount of noodles that thee first one had and more than 2 dumplings!! The second one was half assed. Great ramen though. read more

Found a hair at the bottom of my food. :c Sure it was an honest mistake but still gross. Food was good but sort of killed the experience finding the surprise at the end. read more

Yum yum yum! Best KFC in the city. Korean Fried Chicken Wings (spicy): 9/10 Wonderful crunch that held up even as leftovers. Go ahead. Order more than you think you can handle. You'll find a way. I like to keep things VERY spicy so I'd add a little more heat. Otherwise, they were perfection. Crispy Fries: 10/10 Shoestring crispy delicious potato magic paired with gochujang aioli. My God. There were no leftovers on this one. They were all gone and I'm not one bit sorry about it. Vegetable Jabchae: 5/10 My least favorite obviously. Could've used a lot more vegetables and flavor. Use your carb calories on more fries. Plan to get your food delivered or take it to go unless you're looking for a very casual experience. read more

I ordered the yukaejang and it was delicious!! Generous amount of meat, tons of sweet potato noodles, and deliciously flavored! Dare I say it might be better than my mom's, but let's not tell her. read more

We ordered lunch and found pieces of short hair in my bulgogi! Gross! Never eating there again. I think this is not the first time somebody found hair in their food. read more

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The food tasted like the restaurant had made a large amount in bulk and it was kept heated to be served throughout the day. I got the dduboki and bulgogi lunch special and my rice and spicy rice cakes were mushy and soggy. The bulgogi was alright. Would not recommend. read more

Such wonderful staff!!!! I came in with my daughter and offered to buy something in order for her to use the restroom and they were soo kind and just let us go without an issue. The food smelled and looked absolutely delicious as well! read more

Uhhh...did I seriously just pay ~$9 + tax for a bowl of instant ramen? Because that's seriously what I think happened. My friend and I were walking around the area, trying to find cheap and delicious food. This is especially hard in the Upper East Side. We managed to walk right by Korean Express and decided to give it a go since the photos outside looked appetizing and really, who doesn't love Korean food? We were seated quite quickly and service was fast. I guess it was my own fault for picking the kimchi ramen with bulgogi when there were other more delicious looking dishes, but I was craving kimchi and I am always up for ramen or noodles of any sort. Unfortunately, when I got my order, I was extremely disappointed to see the familiar curly wave of instant ramen. The only redeeming part was the bulgogi in the bowl. The dish seriously looked like it could've been from one of those kimchi instant ramen bowls (didn't taste all that different from it, to be honest). My friend ordered the tuna kimbab and it was way too heavy on the tuna. You couldn't really taste much of anything else. Overall, I'd say Korean Express is a good option in the UES when you want decently priced food and/or craving some Korean food. I think they also have an easy take out option so that's pretty nice! However, steer clear from the ramen! read more

I used to love this place, until today when there was a roach in my Bibimbap!!!! Thankfully I didn't pay yet. When I told them about the bug, they apologized and asked if I wanted anything else... Who would eat anything after that ?! Never again. Disgusted. read more

Korean Express - Bibimbap with roaches...awesome....not. - Korean Near Me - New York, New York

I got the lunch special with my boyfriend. It comes with two dishes and one side for $9.95 without tax. I got the dub boki with ginger scallion tofu and jap Che. The tofu was bland and falling apart. The rice cake was lacking flavor other than being spicy. My boyfriend ordered the pork and fried chicken as well as the jap Che. The fried chicken was crispy with minimal flavor. The pork was good according to him. However the kimchi and radish sides were really good. Also the server was kind especially since we came a minute before the end of the lunch special. read more

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One rainy night, around dinner time, I was walking back from work. I actually wasn't very hungry, or rather, I wasn't craving anything in particular. Being far from K-Town, I thought about my UES options - Italian, Indian, Burgers.. nothing seemed quite right. I stopped to consider some Indian food, but the restaurant was closed. Then, quite suddenly, I noticed a bright little store that looked like a deli but said "Korean Express". Wait.. that doesn't make sense. There are no korean restaurants in UES. But, there it was, bright as day. The restaurant feels deli-style and geared toward a lunch rush order and go format. However, at night, you can sit down and enjoy a quick dinner. Now, don't get this place mixed up with a full service restaurant. It's not. It's more boon-shik style plus extra menu items. Think of it as.. more hardy, rustic food. Things that are considered "street food" in Korea plus a few other fancier plates. We ordered o-deng (fish cake soup), dok bokki (rice cake in spicy sauce), kimbap (a roll), and duk mando guk (dumpling soup). I thought about getting kimchi jjigae just because it's been so long, but I was wearing a white dress shirt that day and had no intention of walking out with red spots all over myself. Honestly, it was pretty decent, not fantastic, but still very good. The o-deng guk really hit the spot on that cold night. The moo kimchi was a surprise and refreshing, if not a little spicy. The bottom line, Korean Express is a good spot to hit if you're craving Korean food in the UES - and not because it's the only place for Korean food, but because it's a good place. I'm glad it's here and I'll be back. read more

Stopped by here while in passing because my wife loves places like this. I ordered the veggie dish, it was amazing (added a bit of soy source to it). Service is great, food preparation is rather quick and setting is clean. read more

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The seafood pajeon is the worst thing I've ever tasted here. With that said, everything else is perfection: including the army stew, spicy ramen, kimchi pajeon (especially if it's extra crispy), and the kimchi here is the best I've ever tasted -- reminds of my grandma's kimchi. The fried dumplings are also great! The people that work here are also very friendly, especially the waitresses...and very quick. I order from them often, and I'm always telling people to go here for quality Korean food. read more

This is my go to lunch place in midtown. They make a really mean kimchi fried rice(a side), with the lunch special you can get it with 2 entrees and I usually get it with the spicy pork as well as the Korean chicken wings. Not the healthiest option but definitely their tastiest according to me. They also have a decent spicy Ramen, which is not at Ippudo or Naruto level but on a cold day does make you feel pretty good. If you want to have something a little bit healthier there is the Kimbap or the Korean version of sushi which tastes pretty good. I am not a big fan of salads so I usually get the Kimbap when I am trying to eat healthy. The service is always friendly. This place does get very busy during lunch and there is a wait time usually. It's not the best place for very large groups but 2 3 people can easily find seating. read more

Places an order on Seamless. They called and said they can't deliver because the delivery guy has to walk. Hum I thought that's what delivery is all about. I asked if they were closed and she said they are opened. Seamless is 99% delivery so this does not make sense to me. Given it's snowing outside. Don't people order seamless especially when it's snowing or raining? read more

as a forever alone, single woman in new york, i appreciate a place where i can dine party of 1 style and not feel like a total weirdo. this place has great bibimbap and japchae AND i don't mind going here solo when my like, 3 friends aren't around to hang w me. a lil pricier than most places and the atmosphere isn't the most glam, but beggars can't be choosers in this incredibly huge, lonely city! :) read more

I stumbled across this place after taking care of some business at Hunter College. I was seated immediately and ordered the spicy ramen soup. It was very spicy and super delicious. Seriously, it was a party in my mouth. The accompaniments were quite tasty too-- I love a spread of pickled goodness. The diners were a range of folk, including some Asian grandmothers tearing some dishes up. I wondered what they were having, though I was good with my choice. I wouldn't go out of my way to eat here, but it is definitely an option when I'm back in the area. read more

Korean food this haphazard and stingy w/ ingredients is not acceptable in NYC. Order anything w/ seafood in the title and expect 5% seafood -- and within that 5% mostly bits of mussel and tiny shrimp, maybe a morsel of squid. Worst case is the bland, mushy, almost seafood-less seafood pajeon (pancake). Japchae also comes overcooked and the ramen is sometimes mushy enough to melt. Korean food is not that hard to screw up. This place is struggling w/ the basics. Two stars for the Yook Gae Jang, the only decent dish here. Korean Express, if you're reading this: as the only Korean joint within your delivery zone you have an opportunity here. Please cook as if you cared and are proud of the intrinsic deliciousness of Korean cuisine. read more

The UES is obviously a sh*thole when you want good food, so if you're really craving Korean food, this place will do................ The Ricecake and dumpling soup is good. The seafood pancake is good but TOO oily. The fried dumplings are good but too oily as well. Everything is just OK. Nothing outstanding here but it is what it is. I guess.......... But the service was really good! Personally, I think that a big part of Korean cuisine are the side dishes. Like most Korean restaurants in Manhattan, you won't get the free side dishes, and if you do, you'll usually get sh*tty kimchi or whatever. Anyways my point is, come out to freakin QUEENS and you'll get an overwhelming amount of free side dishes, bigger portions, better food and cheaper prices. read more

This place is surprisingly good! "Korean Express" is a bit misleading as it sounds like cheap takeout, but its actually a decent restaurant. The staff is actually Korean and there Korean families eating there, something I would take as a good sign for a Korean restaurant. The preparation was a bit on the slow side, but the food was good. Would come back when looking for a casual bite. read more