Place has nice service, I tried the level 5 spice broth and it really made me thankful for life. I…read morepowered through it, but I was lightheaded the entire time

Great lunch special for $20. It comes with 16 preset ingredients (little over a pound of…read moreingredients), option of rice or rice balls, and a can of soda. I ordered the rose with spice level 2, which is about the heat level of Shin ramyun (according to the staff). The flavor was really good.

I love their sundubu! I always get the pork and beef combo. It is perfection. Their entrees are…read morealso delicious like the seafood pancake/jun. I would highly recommend coming here for a cozy and authentic Korean experience. The interior design pays homage to older Korean housing design. Also the service is efficient and you can call anyone to help you! Great place overall :)

We are always on the hunt for great Korean food and Lighthouse Tofu was a…read morerestaurant that kept coming up in recommendations.  We headed over and found a very large and spacious dining area which was simply decorated but very light and clean.  We ordered the seafood pancake to start.  The small pancake was actually pretty large!  It easily fed 3-4.  The pancake was nice and crispy and was one of the favorite things we ate although there didn't seem to be too much seafood.  No matter - yum!  We then had the bibimbap which was tasty but as it wasn't a dolsot bibimbap, it didn't have the crispy rice that is so delicious.  We still enjoyed it.  The Jeyuk Bokkeum was tasty although the meat seemed a little stringy and all interconnected so it was hard to get a bite's worth without dragging a huge clump off of the plate.  We were looking forward to sampling the combination tofu soup which is one of the dishes most often mentioned.  As people said, it came to the table bubbling like lava!  Wow!  It was so hot that it steamed up by camera lens and when we cracked the egg on top, it started to cook right away.  The wait was for it to cool down so that we wouldn't burn ourselves. Though it was tasty, it didn't have as much flavor as I had hoped.  We ordered it medium spicy as we were warned not to have the spice overwhelm the taste of the broth (we like spicy so it wasn't a matter of degree of heat.)  We brought some home as leftovers so we will see if it has a little more oomph after resting for a day.  The service was good and quick and we appreciated that extra utensils, napkins and to go containers were really easily accessible.  The lot is small when compared to the number of tables inside.  But, as the sign on the door states, you can park at the church across the street.

A&J is one of our go to spots…read more You can't go wrong with the spicy beef and tendon noodle soup. The spice is a nice kick without being overpowering.

We went on a sunday evening and it was packed. Luckily there was a table available when we walked…read morein. The restaurant is small. We didn't know how big the portions were since the menu didn't have any pictures. We relied on the photos from yelp or google. We ordered the beef noodle soup with wide noodles (clear broth), peking beef wrap, cucumber salad, braised pork rice, pan fried pork dumplings, steamed pork dumplings, and fried pork chop over rice. The beef noodle soup was good and clean but I would get the thin noodles next time. The wide noodles weren't as bouncy as I would've liked. I would come back for the cucumber salad and the peking beef wrap. All of our orders came reasonably on time after each other but we were still waiting on the fried pork chop over rice. Time passed as we almost finished with all of our dished until we asked one of the servers if our fried pork chop was coming. The server looked at our receipt order and acknowledged we did order it but told us it was sold out. Not one staff told us it was sold out when we placed the order or even when our other orders came out. We've been waiting this whole time expecting the fried pork chop not knowing it was sold out. We were asked if we wanted something else to replace the order and we decided to get the fried chicken over rice.

Great place! Was looking for a location with good vietmanese not in the craziness of the Eden…read morecenter parking and this location it the spot. Good parking and bright and clean inside with plenty of seating. The food was excellent as were the vietmanese coffees. Very fresh and balanced. Got Bahn xeo for the first time and was happily surprised. It was great! Crispy and not eggy. Service was good and it's someplace I would try again.

Good fried rice and pho, good service and pleasant atmosphere, nothing exciting. The beef pho was…read moreok, the broth lacked flavor a little bit, and the noodles were not the best. The combination fried rice was good, and the serving generous.

I rarely write reviews, but 1943 Classic absolutely deserves one. From the moment I walked in, the…read moreatmosphere felt inviting -- comfortable yet stylish, with just the right energy for a night out with friends or a casual dinner. The food was outstanding! Every dish came out fresh, beautifully plated, and packed with flavor. You can tell the ingredients are high quality and that real care goes into the cooking. I especially loved how each item had a perfect balance of seasoning and texture -- nothing tasted rushed or overdone. The service was just as impressive. Everyone was friendly, attentive, and genuinely seemed to care that we had a great experience. The staff offered great recommendations, and they checked in just enough without being intrusive. Prices are fair for the quality you get, and portion sizes are generous -- you'll probably leave with leftovers (and be glad you did). If you're anywhere near Annandale and love great food made with heart, 1943 Classic is a must-try. I'll definitely be back soon!

A club with delicious drunk Korean bites? SMASH AND SMASH AND SMASH again. Cant wait to come back!read more

I came to Choong Hwa Wong to take advantage of the weekday lunch special, which is a good value…read more Because I came around 2pm, I was wondering if I could still get lunch because the online menu says lunch only goes until 2pm. However, my server said lunch actually goes until 2:30pm. A casual ambience. I notice that the staff constantly keeps their eyes on the customers. Not a big deal, but not something you see every day. There's a lot of lunch specials. I picked the beef fried rice. It comes with banchan and miso soup. The beef fried rice was very good. What was especially good was the delicious black bean sauce that came with the rice. I thought the tasty miso soup was excellent, very rich and silky. Banchan was kimchi, Danmuji fruit and slices of white onion. Accompanying the banchan was a dipping sauce that was similar to, but not the same as the black bean sauce. I will definitely be back.

My go to for chicken fried rice take-away and I always get extra black bean dipping sauce. Service…read moreis always friendly, patient and helpful. They always greet you when you enter. The dining area is well lit with a kinda open floor plan with a half wall separating the sides. I came in New Year's Eve ~3pm and other patrons were picking up take-away orders. A large group, 15 patrons, came in while I was waiting and everyone was greeted. There were several patrons already enjoying their meal. I love the rice they use and the other ingredients are always fresh. They are generous with their portions. The chicken fried rice comes with a side of fresh onions and I some kind of pickled daikon (I think), a little tart, a little sweet and a nice crisp bite. Super yummy! And a side of ja-jang, I believe that is what it is. Very good and I eat it separately.

It is a bit baffling to me how they charge $38 for hotpot! You can literally go to KPOT for both…read morehotpot AND KBBQ for that same price. They also charge an extra $4 if you want to change out your broth. I got the tonkatsu broth, which was fine... Not super flavorful but I also didn't finish the broth. The items to put into the hotpot were fine, though we couldn't tell some of the meats apart. The spicy sauces they had at their sauce bar was not spicy at all. They also didn't have sesame oil, which was a bit surprising. The most annoying part was that their credit card machine wasn't working that day, which they never said up front before we started ordering. Overall, it was a fine, middle-of-the-road experience.

I used to love this place but the past few visits are huge disappointments…read more First and foremost, the condiment bar is dirty. There are multiple gnats hovering above the uncovered sauces. I notified our server and he just shrugged "it's been like that". We were the only customers in the restaurant. He was mostly just hanging out by the cashier, he could have cleaned the condiment bar easily. I lost my appetite after seeing the bugs flying around the condiment bar. Even though we were the only people in the restaurant, they did not check on us at all. The table next to us was not cleaned up until an hour after they left. Meat quality is subpar at best. Beef slices are either super fatty or not marbled at all. Each plate of beef tongue looks different, their quality is not very consistent. They used to bring out ice cream with the check, now you have to ask for it. I think the fact that it's not very sanitary sealed the deal for me, there are plenty of places in the area that are much cleaner. It's a bummer because this place used to be so popular (a few years ago, you have to wait 1.5-2 hours to be seated on the weekends), it's so sad that it has fallen off and I truly hope that they can bounce back.

Delicious korndogs. Very cute little place to eat at. Service is quick and efficient whem I'm…read morethere. Im always craving then lol.

3/20/26 Edit: My family & I made another trip to see if everything tastes good like the first…read morevisit. One of the dishes was wrong. We ordered Nangmyun but Bibim-nangmyun came out instead. When we were told that it'd take 15 minutes to wait for the correct dish, we declined. We wanted to eat together. There wasn't an offer to refund it. It would've been fine if the wrong one tasted great. Unfortunately, it wasn't. It was weirdly full of iceberg lettuce. I'm taking away one star for the error. We tried the Matcha Bingsoo for dessert this time. It was pretty good. I'll include the photos of the meals. 3/10/26 I can't believe my family and I hadn't eaten here until now. The entrees were delicious. And, the rice cakes for desserts! The name of the restaurant, "juk," made me think they only make porridge. We're definitely returning.