NWG has been a blessing since they opened! I've been looking for great Korean food since I moved to Pittsburgh 5 years ago. Every place I've tried has been very, Meh....... Anything off their BBQ menu is perfect!!! Try the Bulgogi. You won't regret it. Bring a bottle of wine and their staff will make you feel right at home. Great service and AWESOME food. What else can you ask for? Thanks Nak Won Garden! I'll see you soon!!! read more

Nice place. The waiters are not very friendly though. I like the tofu soup. The kimchi pancake and fried fish are mediocre. A little expensive for the food. But I do highly recommend the soup. read more

Being an out of town patron, I was craving some warm Korean food since it was really cold outside. This was the closest Korean place to where I was staying so I make a trek to Nak Won Garden. This place may be a hole-in-the-wall establishment, but the food is pretty good. I ordered the beef soon-du-bu which is a beef tofu soup. The banchan (side dishes) come in these really tiny bowls but of course they refill it for free. The service was on point and food was decent. It definitely satisfied my craving for Korean food. The food is on the pricier side of the spectrum, but worth it. read more

It was my first visit to this place as I just arrived from California last night. WARNING: For those of you from LA, you may probably be shocked by the prices. The yellow croaker, which was small and fishy, was $13.99(the lunch special price). Tofu soup doesn't come with any of the dishes. It's $10.99 during lunch. They don't ask you what level of spicyness you want. They just give you whatever they made. It was actually really spicy in my terms since u used to always get mild. The seafood inside the soup seemed to have been frozen before and then defrosted. I also got the galbi dolsot bibimbap. I was expecting to have some beef ribs on the top of the bibimbap but I found out that there were only small pieces of meat placed on top. I was quite disappointed... I don't think the stone pot was hot enough as the egg didn't cook well and made the rice seem squishy and a tiny bit watery. For the yellow croaker, tofu soup and bibimbap, it cost approximately $50 with tax... I probably wouldn't come back again. read more

Nak Won Garden - Galbi bibimbap, yellow croaker - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

This place was I joke, amazing food, and I mean amazing! Only 4 stars because the service wasn't great, but the food, holy cow it was good! read more

Nak Won Garden - Small, but smells amazing! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Came here for lunch with a friend since we both adore Korean food. We both were thoroughly impressed with the food and service! To be honest, it was some of the best Korean we've ever had. Flavours of each dish were well balanced and everything we had was great. The people there were very friendly and welcoming and made the experience quite enjoyable. I highly recommend this place to anyone wanting good and authentic Korean cuisine! read more

Wonderful little Korean Restaurant that has great staff and delicious Korean food. The owner made sure to stop by every table. I can't wait to return to eat again!! Everyone should give Korean food a try. It's very different from Vietnamese, Chinese or Thai food. read more

Nak Won Garden - Wonderful Korean food!! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The food here is delicious. It is no more expensive than any other authentic korean restaurant so i'm not sure why people give low reviews for that. read more

I've been to Nak Won Garden a few times and every time it's been wonderful. The owners are super nice. On my most recent trip I had the kimchi pancake, fried mandu, pork bulgogi, and kimchi jjigae. Everything was delicious! read more

Nak Won Garden - The table ran out of real estate! - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Great from start to finish. The beef bulgogi was a great intro to Korean food. The cucumber kimchi is great as are the glass noodles. The service was attentive and made ordering easy. The BYOB option is great. read more

Very good Korean restaurant. I had Pork Bulgogi and it was perfect. Very authentic. Good service

I love the soondubu! Their ddeokbokki wasn't as great, but the bulgogi is flavorful. Everything comes with sides as good Korean restaurants do (like Kimchi, etc). It is a little overpriced ibn my opinion. It's a small place and there isn't a ton of seating so it might be tough for large parties here. Street parking can be hard out front, but I've gotten away with parking at Giant Eagle right next to it. read more

Went with a group of friends yesterday at 6pm, crowd started soon after we were sitted. The food was very good: the thickness of the seafood pancake was just right and tasted very good, and bibimbap was normal. My friends shared a set of grilled meat, I did not try hence no comment about the taste. The service was another matter. Restaurant was very short of staff, and there were only 2 servers on the floor, one presumably the owner. As one can imagine, the service was pretty erratic; we asked for ban chan refills thrice, and they came only around 15-20min later, water refills had to be asked and reminded as well. And it was a disaster at the cashier, as partly our fault, we did not inform the server we wanted to pay with more than 1 cards before bill was printed; did not realised it was an auto gratuity of 20% for a party of 6 and more (which did not justify the level of service we received), and the presumed owner had a problem with the program they used for cashier. The experience was really stressed and I am not keen on returning. However, do go there if you're looking for a job! read more

They forgot to put the sause in my order when I pick up. I called about it and they asked me to fo pick it up myself. I asked because it's their responsibility, would they be able to provide discount or a free delivery ($7), and they refused and hung up the call. They even shouted to me RUDELY before they hung up. read more

Outstanding food and a warm staff make this my go to place for Korean food! The Bibambap is outrageous and the Ban Chan are always fresh and diverse! This is a cozy place where you can really appreciate the food! read more

Nak Won Garden - Great place with wonderful folks - Korean Near Me - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

As a disclaimer, I do not know what "authentic" Korean food is, since I've never been to Korea. But I have been to quite a few Korean restaurants in the US. The service at Nak Won Garden was friendly, fast and good. We arrived early on a Saturday for dinner, and the place filled up quickly. Unfortunately, the food was fairly bland (we ordered steamed dumplings, bulgogi, and dolci bibimbap). I'm not sure if that is more "authentic"? I don't usually have to pour hot sauce on my bulgogi. The dumplings came out cold... And raw in the middle... Pink pork. Portions are smaller than I'm used to, but who doesn't need smaller portions? Unfortunately, the prices are high. $45 for 2 entrees, one app, 2 bowls of rice. I left craving Korean food:( read more

I ordered spicy chicken wings, tofu stew, and bugulgi; and chose take out. They were pretty fast and prepared my meals in 25 minutes.

One of the best Korean places in Shittsburgh. We came here with 9 people and they served us very nicely and efficiently. Their beef was very tender and juicy, went well with rice and other sides. Spicy seafood udon and pancakes were also some of their best dishes. My friends from Korea also like this place, and the owners are Korean so it is authentic. Pricy in comparison to other places around and even compared to the Bay area, but very worth it. read more

The food is OK. But the service is HORRIBLE!!! The woman serviced us is SO RUDE!!! She thought the other waitress severed the wrong dish (it was actually the right one), She yelled at the other waitress in the front of our table and grab away the all the dishes while we were eating!!! After that, she started arguing with us we ordered the wrong dishes... In the end, she stand aside and stared at me while I was singing the bill and tips. I would not surprise she would argue with me if the amount of tips was not satisfied her. The whole dinner was so confusing and unpleasant. Will never go back. read more

We went there a while ago when it first opened for a friend gathering. I remember the food was good so did the service. We had a friend who stayed in Korea for couple years and knows Korean food very well with us on that day. As our friend pointed out, everything was very good close to authentic. We would go back and try again. Wish they have menu online beside the ones that was posted by the guests so that we can easily order pick up. read more

I've eaten a lot of Korean, overseas, at authentic restaurants catering to mostly Korean clientele; one of my close friends is Korean and lives in Seoul; she introduced me to kimchi made by her mom. So Korean food fast became one of my favorite types--and you can't beat the dining experience of a good Korean restaurant: you go, get an unlimited assortment of tasty starters (upon request--often by pressing a button built into the table), and then you get your mains that are reliably good (kimchi soup, bibimbap with lamb, or at some places bbq with an adjustable smoke fan above the table). I went here expecting something decent, at least, knowing that Pittsburgh isn't known for its Asian food. I was at first excited when I came in; the place smelt somewhat badly of fish from the kitchen, which to me was a good sign; it suggested authentic cooking; and at the far end, there were two groups of Korean students eating hotpot of sorts, with platters piled high with veggies; they were all carrying on in good ways, so that made me even more hopeful. My wife and I ordered Bibimbap and Kimchi Soup. While waiting for our meals, I kept looking over my shoulder for the starters; they didn't come; then I saw the waitress put a little platter with a few starters on it next to the kitchen stall; that was odd--usually you get starters promptly and before your mains. They then served the starters _with_ our mains, the latter coming out so fast that I thought--that's a bad sign. Even for comparatively easy-to-prepare dishes like bibimbap and kimchi soup, you don't expect them to come out in five minutes (when the place was mostly empty, by restaurant standards). Apparently, there's differential treatment for westerners vs. Koreans. The sides were few and small-portioned, and when we stacked up the platters, after eating what little there was, they didn't refill them. I complained about the kimchi soup because it was 80% tofu (I expect a lot of kimchi, naturally, in a kimchi soup), and the bibimbap was not at all filling and hadn't hardly any meat. It was, let's be frank, lazily made. The flavor of the kimchi soup wasn't bad, but it was a bit watered down. So if you expect truly good Korean food, I would advise against going here; you'll neither get a plethora of tasty starters, starter refills, nor a filling, well-prepared meal (unless, that is--at least apparently--you're rich Korean students who don't care about spending $25+ on two meals that amount to one). read more

Good food, terrible service. We were treated as though we weren't paying for our food at all. Will not return because of how impossible it was to resolve issues that should not have arisen at all. We were given much less food than we ordered, and were given no respect, despite paying for our food and leaving a tip that was not deserved. read more

The hostess was rude, simply switched off the light at 9.10 when the restaurant is officially open till 9.30 PM. Further, we gave her a $2 tip for the poor service but she made it a $4 tip when I was trying to reconcile the charge in my credit card statement. Be careful!!! read more

The food is ok but expensive. The worst part is the waitress. She never fills up water only if you ask her to. Besides, she stared at us when we wrote the tips. To sum up, it is very uncomfortable to eat here. read more

We ordered pick up (pandemic and all...) today and thoroughly enjoyed our lunch. The food was nicely packed and the portions were very good. The bibimbap was tasty and fresh - packed with lots of great veggies. The Jabchae was also very tasty. We were happy to see that some of the little appetizer side dishes were included even though it was pick up. We'll definitely order again read more

I had high hopes for a new Korean restaurant but this place disappointed. My husband and I went to try out the lunch special and - vegetarians take note - there's not a single veg option on the rather paltry lunch special menu. I ordered veg bim bi bop off the regular menu which is my normal baseline meal to evaluate Korean food. It came with tasty miso soup but the portion side was very small (about half the size of a normal bim bi bop) and there were almost no vegetables in the veg one - envision a small bowl of spicy rice with an egg on it for $13. The other major problem we had with this place was the service. There were friendly but very inattentive. This restaurant is pretty new so perhaps it's just inexperience but the place was not busy and you had to hunt down waitstaff for everything. We waited for our check for quite a while until we ended up interrupting the server's lunch to ask for it. Hopefully, there will get it together as they have potential and we need more good Korean restaurants in Pittsburgh. For now, we'll be sticking with the Green Pepper in Squirrel Hill which comes out way ahead in both food quality and service. read more

I love Korean food, but this place is not even an "ok." They provide so little banchans, most of it are not even traditional. I was not satisfied with the service either. I wont probably come again. It just does not worth the price read more

their cold noodles are to die for:) also overall authentic, excellent korean food

Oh em gee! Where do I begin. I was handed a barley tea upon walking in on a chilly day. Point, Nak Won. After perusing through the extensive menu, and immediately deciding I would be back soon, I went with my standard dish by which I evaluate all Korean joints, dolsot bibimbap and of course an appetizer of mandu, because dumplings, dammit. The moment my order went back, the banchan came forth. IT WAS GLORIOUS. First, the kimchee is legit, nostril clearing, fermented piles of joy. Damn, I missed a good kimchee. There were an additional 5-6 other dishes, winter veggie fritters, bean sprouts, etc. All were excellent. The mandu came out and were clearly handmade. Get the order of 10, not 5. You're welcome. Finally my sizzling, snapping, searing bowl of bibimbap arrived and I was elated. The egg was perfectly cooked, still runny for mixing. The meat was well seasoned, the veggies were abundant, and the rice was beginning to caramelize on the sizes of my stone bowl. I was given a beautiful bowl of homemade chili sauce, which mixed in beautifully. Nak Won sticks to its Korean heritage by not mixing in Japanese or Chinese dishes on the menu, and I'm glad. Korean food deserves its own stage. This is by far the best Korean food in Pittsburgh. read more

Finally!! Nak Won Garden is exactly what I have been craving in this area for the past 4.5 years. I wish it opened sooner as I am moving away from Pittsburgh this summer. The food is authentic and delicious, prices are reasonable for Korean food, and the service is fantastic. We had the haemul pajeon (seafood pancake), soondubu (spicy soft tofu stew), and wooguhji galbi tang (spicy short rib stew). Of course, there was plenty of yummy banchan. Oh, it's BYOB! The restaurant is small and busy despite only being opened for a few months, so you may have to wait a bit (they get the food out quick though, so their turn around time is pretty good). The owner is very friendly and told us that opening this restaurant and serving home-cooked Korean meals was her dream. She achieved her vision perfectly. read more

Grand openings are always tricky. I expected the service to be either on top of their game or a little messy. Unfortunately it was the latter and I'd give this place another shot in the future to redeem themselves. Despite the waitresses being all over the place, they were all very friendly. The food was good. Coming from LA, expectations are always high, but since I'm not a picky eater, I try to be unbiased and considering all that, the food won't blow your mind but it's better than decent. Food is pricey but that's anywhere outside of LA, especially Pittsburgh with the scarcity of Korean restaurants. Expect your cheapest dish to be $10. (Time never plays a role in my ratings unless the wait is absurd. Back in the day, restaurants took about 30 minutes to serve the food and that was standard and people were okay with that. That being said, food here took around 30 minutes. If that's too long for you, don't eat here and then complain) Congrats on opening. Hope you'll be a little more organized next time I come! read more

I eat a lot of Korean food...everywhere. Yes, Pittsburgh doesn't have a robust selection of Korean cuisine but Nak Won Garden has ALWAYS delivered excellent service and food to me and my family. They have one of the best seafood pancakes on the market too...anywhere. Nice work Team Nak Won Garden! read more

Likely the best Korean place in Pittsburgh, though I'm not sure how much that means. I've been here twice now, and the food is generally decent, but the service is often uncomfortable. The waitstaff is uncharacteristically white for a Korean joint, and the servers I've interacted here have great, even when I asked for a bajillion refills on their very aromatic hot tea. In my defense, the cups are tiny, leaving the tea to get cold in 2 minutes flat if you don't chug it. A teapot or carafe with the order, like Chinese places do, would be much appreciated. The less nurturing service comes from who I think might be the owners. While we were waiting at the door, two tables opened up at the same time, as an older Korean lady seated played hostess. As it was a sub-freezing January night, I asked if we could have the table in the back, farther from the constantly opening front door. I was told simply, "No." Oh, okay then. We sat at our door-adjacent table, where we placed our orders and did not receive banchan until well after our entrees were delivered. It was as if we were being punished for only ordering entrees--"No appetizers?" she had asked us, in a tone of half disgust and half dismissal. Lucky for them though, because I was brought the wrong order, and probably would have been already elbow deep in it when they unceremoniously whisked it away five minutes later if I hadn't been dutifully awaiting my banchan for the full dining experience. Anyhow, when I did receive my GALBITANG (extra spicy), it was a generous bowl of savory broth, with the perfect level of spice (aka really frickin' spicy without killing my tastebuds just yet), 3 or 4 meaty chunks of short rib bones, and perfect strands of swirled egg. Overpriced, yes, at around $16, I believe, but deeply satisfying. My husband's BEEF BULGOGI, was fairly standard (and also overpriced at $22+) but delicious nonetheless--thinly sliced beef, not too fatty, grilled in a sweet and savory sauce that I would eat on anything. Its accoutrements were mixed up in the banchan we eventually received, but we ate in lettuce cups with rice, grilled onions, sweet pickled onions, and little dabs of doenjang. Jalapeños would have completed the perfect bite, but now I'm just getting picky. Our friends' sizzling plates of BEEF and CHICKEN BOKKEUMBAP were less impressive looking, but as first-time Korean food-imbibers, they seemed to enjoy them. Spicy sweet pickled cucumber, soybean sprouts, soft marinated eggplant, and kimchi banchan rounded out our meals. Thinly sliced, well-seasoned cucumber were a stand-out favorite. The kimchi was seriously disappointing to both kimchi-lovers at the table, myself included. Other tables adjacent to us received different banchan, some more appealing-looking, but by this point, I was too jaded by rejection to ask. I enjoyed this meal as much as our previous visit, when our table of four shared a SEAFOOD JUNGOL, filled with squid, monkfish, shellfish, and other sea critters, as well as some sliced veggies, if I remember correctly. Cooked tableside, it was a fun meal to share, and makes for a spicy, communal dinner experience. Nak Won continues the Asian restaurant trend of tasty food and terrible service, and overpriced to boot if you happen to be in Pittsburgh. Makes me second guess my Korean cravings. I think I'll hold out for greener, tastier, friendlier pastures. read more

Very expensive. Small fish they charge $18. In Virginia you get two fish for $4 less. Food is not that good. ..even Kimchi was not good. It was disappointment all around. Hard to find good Korean restaurant in Pittsburgh for some reason but this one is worst one so far. read more

The food here is amazing. Happily surprised. Would come again and again. The owner is super nice as well. Absolutely phenomenal. Highly recommended. read more

We went to the restaurant about two months ago when it just opened. LOVE the food. So we went again recently. I heard that they change the chef so I wanted to see if there was any difference. The food was still delicious. We ordered seafood pancake, small BBQ combo (very good value!), spicy rice cake. They were all well prepared! I think we got good service there overall! The lady cooked for us was very helpful. She showed us how to eat the BBQ properly. However, the receptionist was very rude and showed no respect to the customers. She was not professional at all. She told us that she could only seat us when everyone in our party was there. But she seated other group even though they were still waiting for other friends to arrive. Anyway, we did not have a good experience with her. read more

Fast lunch service and great food. Located close to the Hillman Cancer Center and the Courtyard. Loved the shrimp fried rice lunch special with soup and sides. Highly recommend read more

Not many Korean options in town. This is the best place I've tried yet. Coming from NYC I'm a bit spoiled. Prices were reasonable. Looking forward to coming more often. read more

The Korean restaurant is great! I will definitely visit again! I ordered fired rice last time. I really love the flavor!

Going to try not to be too harsh, since I did have some good meals here in the past when I came with Korean friends. However it's not clear to me what exactly happened to this place in the past several months, but Nakwon garden's service and food quality seem to have taken a huge plunge. I can deal with sub-par service, that's fine, however the food on the other hand is not acceptable given the prices they charge. The other day I was served chicken bulgogi. The meat was obviously frozen machine cut chicken you would expect from a budget Chinese broccoli chicken meal take-out you can get for $5, except this was for $18. The portions were also half the size compared to my last visit. What's the deal Nakwon? I'm sure there must be a reason for this plunge in quality, however if you can't keep up your quality, you might as well half all the prices on your menu or just shut the place down and move on because it's only a matter of time another another Korean restaurant opens up in Pittsburgh to challenge your monopoly. read more