this was so yummalicious and worth going to nj for! the seafood pancake was loaded w/ squid and the sauce on the octopus was super flavorful. sweet, salty, & umami in the best way!! the mandoo is massive (as you can see from the photos maybe) but i think the flavor was just ok. seolleongtang healing as always. the portions are pretty big we definitely over ordered but that meant we got to have leftovers for lunch! didn't get pics of the banchan but it was good too! there was a pumpkin egg soup and white kimchi both of which were very refreshing. the best part about this restaurant is it's right next to a massive hmart, so we had to hit that up after. very homey spot and would come back for read more

Soram - mandoo and seolleongtang - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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Soram is the perfect place to grab lunch before heading into HMart. At first, the menu might seem a bit limited. But what I realized after eating here twice is that Soram is very *clean* and healthy Korean home cooking - food that is nutritious that makes you feel good after eating. My favorites are the Mandu Guk and buckwheat pancake. The Mandu are HUGE and filled with lean pork and zucchini in a bone broth. Order this with a side of rice, which is very good rice by the way - not the traditional highly processed white rice. Make sure to order their buckwheat pancake that comes loaded with scallions and chili. BONUS: they sell their Mandu frozen 25 pieces for $30. A steal! read more

Great little place. Food is good. A bit pricey but it was filling. I'd come again to try different dishes. Food came out quickly and they were super attentive. read more

Soram - Steamed Mandy - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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Came here for dinner after checking out the Hmart nearby. we came for lunch and we were able to get the last table. good sign that it was busy. I think this place's signature dishes involve dumplings but I ordered the pork neck potato stew and it was really good. I tried one of the dumplings and it was very meaty but lacked salt or seasoning. it should have dipped it in soy sauce. but it was still tasty. definitely a good stop for lunch and dinner. read more

Soram - pumpkin soup - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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Great lil restaurant right next to Hmart! Staff is super friendly and they have a great menu selection. Everything tasted fresh, healthy, and homemade. read more

Soram - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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Best mandoo I've ever had. The filling to wrapper ratio was dreamy. Fish egg sac soup was . This is worth going out of the way to try. Will go back. read more

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Small restaurant on the hmart mall. Visited on early evening on Saturday. No one was there. They seated us pretty quickly. This wasnt an ordinary Korean restaurant. I visited because I heard it's more traditional and not using too much chemical ingredient. Nothing was too spicy nor salty. Everything tasted pretty plain, as compared to other restaurants, but very authentic. I would say everthing tasted like a real homemade food. From the plating to the taste, everything was nicely polished. We ordered dumpling soup and bossam. I haven't had a hand made dumpling in a while. Most Korean and other restaurants use pre-made dumplings which taste the same. I really enjoyed the dumpling. The taste of the soup may be little plain, but guess what?, this taste is normal... I realized that I was so used to eat those msg foods. Bossam was well cooked radishes were good too. Loved the dipping sause, Ssamjang. Would definitely come back more often read more

Soram - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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This is probably the 1000th time I've been to Soram but I always forget to leave my review because everything here is soooo Good. Vibe&service: 4/5 This is a very homey, cozy small place and service is impeccable. All the servers are super patient and nice when we ask about certain dish/ask for more side dishes. Food is served promptly. Plenty of parking space. Food: 4/5 Everything here is usually really really good! Only small complaint is that the price went up a lot but I guess that is to be expected. We usually get the Myungbean (Chung po mook) and bossam (steamed pork) as appetizers and they never disappoint. Chung po mook is extremely flavorful from perilla leaves, salted seaweed, and perilla oil and super refreshing. This is my favorite! Bossam is super tender and served with spicy radish, few sauce options and pickled lettuce. This dish is extremely hard to master as pork can have gamey taste but Soram def mastered this and my husband absolutely loves this dish! We also ordered Kong biji (ground soybean), galbi tang (short rib soup), and bibimbop. All the dishes were obviously amazing but what I love the most about this place is that everything tastes exactly the same as how it was 10 years ago when I first discovered this place! Def come here for a hearty soup or any home style comfort food. You can be sure that no matter ehat time or what day of the week you decide to stop by, you will be greeted by friendly staffs and awesome food! Highly recommend! read more

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Took my Korean mom who was visiting from Hawaii here. She loved it! This definitely says a lot as she doesn't really enjoy eating out. This place is very clean - both the restaurant and the food. I love the presentation of the dishes. Truly tastes like an authentic homecooked Korean meal. read more

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I have tried more than 50 Korean restaurants in America, and I got to say this is the best one I've had. It frees like you visit to a Korean aunt's home and she treats you very well. read more

I came here for lunch with my boss. I was recommended to start with a basic dumpling soup (Mandoo Guk) which is apparently very popular. Had I taken my time to review the options I would have chosen something more spicy. I found the broth in my soup to be incredibly bland. I made up for it with some of the yummy kimchee and a sauce they brought me on the side. The dumplings inside the soup are delicious and there was a lady off to the side making them by hand. Prior to the dumpling soup, they brought us a cold pumpkin soup as a palate cleanser...very interesting! It had an ingredient I couldn't identify...maybe bean paste or mochi flour that gave it an odd consistency and sweetness. I wasn't crazy about this, but it was just a few spoonfuls and then Kimchi was served. read more

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COVID UPDATE Indoor dining available with social distancing. This is my fifth+ time eating here. Food doesn't taste like it did a few months ago. Kimchi is still freshly made, but fewer banchan available. Sesame seed kalguksu (not pictured) was ok, it is with clear broth. The goongjoong dukbokki was good, the sauce is not too strong with a mix of sweet and sa read more

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Highly highly recommend this spot for clean, simple Korean food with amazing quality ingredients you can really taste. The first spot in the US ive found that offers this type of preparation of korean food, that focuses on the freshness of the components themselves as opposed to spice/salt/fat etc. Very refreshing and light but filling meal. Could have run a marthon after. Loved the bibimbap and memil jeon. read more

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The best Korean restaurant in NJ! Some Yelp reviews mention the limited banchan and higher prices, but who needs 6 side dishes when the main dish you ordered is phenomenal? (The kimchi is amazing by the way!) I'd rather they focus on making amazing food than on free-refill banchan that often leaves too many leftovers. Plus, these dumplings are handmade and unbeatable in taste. For the quality you're getting, I don't think the price is unreasonable at all. read more

Food: 된장찌개 was pretty good. Otherwise, the remainder of the dishes were very underwhelming. 칼국수had no flavor, minimal ingredients aside from squash. On the level of instant, but worse.보삼 was very small portion, and really not worth the price. Average flavor at best. Side dishes were basically two big bowls of kimchi and nothing else. I guess they were going for the minimalist approach, which also applies to their service. Service: initially a woman took our order and suggested we order만두 in addition, but we declined. Two minutes later, she came back and said well you need to order more for the number of people you have. I was taken aback by this as I've never encountered this before at a Korean restaurant and I've been to hundreds in my life. During our meal, no one offered to refill our water or asked how things were going. We had to ask for our water to be refilled. we also had to ask for the check. Mind you, this was with a half empty restaurant that was not very busy. Finally, as we left there was no thank you or goodbye as is common practice with Korean restaurants. Finally, my daughter found her in her rice. Based on the reviews, this seems to be one of their staple ingredients. Overall, this is the worst service and the worst tasting food I've ever encountered at a Korean restaurant in my life. We will never be visiting this disaster again. read more

It's a Korean restaurant located in the plaza by H-Mart Ridgefield. The name of the restaurant is very humble, and many Korean restaurants use it, as Soram sort of means "it ain't much, but please look with a smile." It was actually used in letter-writing days to show writer's modesty to elders. It is definitely a positive vibe to be used as a restaurant's name, it relays the owner's diligence as well as humility in serving the customers. Anyways, like all the restaurants due to COVID-19, Soram was currently doing take-out orders, so the pictures weren't expected at 100%, but at least referenced. Ordered: - Small Spicy Braised Beef Short Ribs $27.95 - Ox Knee Soup (also known as the cartilage soup) $14.95 I was surprised to see 3 small pieces of short ribs in the $30 dish. We did order the small instead of the large $47.95, but I figured judging by the price, it would be for for 2 or 3 people. Surely, we did smile, not in a way that was expected perhaps, but yes. Restaurant confirmed that the small short ribs have 3 or-so pieces as to the large has 6 or-so pieces. I think we were still smiling then. The cartilage soup, I can vouch job well-done, but.. they seem to have forgotten to include the salt-pepper. But it is the last drop that makes the spill or it's the last second that counts? People tend to be drawn close to restaurants that are sensible. I was getting the sense that the restaurant is falling behind of the high-end scale that they seem to be aiming for. I am for the benefit of the doubt and hoping that the experience will be a game changer for the dine-in, as I have seen the reviews and the photos of the fellow Yelpers. Hoping the restaurant can deliver a different kind of smile in my next visit and for the restaurant to endure the effects of COVID-19. With Soram, Your customer. read more

Soram - Small Spicy Braised Beef Short Rib $27.95 - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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I walked up a few years ago and was impressed by the elegant food and clientele. Couldn't get a table at 6pm and they were booked for the night. Finally returned last night driving 40 minutes each way just to check this place off my bucket list Huge disappointment! The food was routine and the service was abysmal. The single unfriendly waitress spent most of her time making dumplings at the back of the dining room and ignoring patrons. What happened here? Ownership change? I left an 18% tip out of charity. I'd rather get takeout across the parking lot at HMart rather than suffer this again! read more

Finally came here! It was really busy in a sat afternoon. Their dumpling is the best in NJ. It's pricy but worthy. The side dishes- kimchi and yuzu lettuce are so yummy. Their tea is rice tea. Will come again. Next time I will order steam dumplings only read more

Soram - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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Ordered and take-out about 5 bibimbaps and 5 dumpling soup. I was disappointed with small amount of veges for bibimbap. All five bibimbap each came with rice, gochujang(spicy paste) and two types of Kimchi on the side. read more

Soram - Bibimbap 비빔밥 (assorted vegetable over rice- rice served separately ) - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

Stopped by after a Hmart run and this did not disappoint. We were STARVING and definitely over ordered but the food came out quickly and i only sat waiting for pickup for about 10 minutes. We ate: Duk Kal Bi - galbi beef wrapped with oyster mushroom Man Doo Gook - dumplings in soup buckwheat pancakes spicy beef brisket stew Everything was delicious. love that nothing was overly salted or spicy. Items tasted homemade, healthy, and clean. Will definitely be back to try more! read more

Have been trying various items on the menu over the last few years and the food here tastes extremely clean regardless of what you order. The broth is always savory without any unwanted aftertaste, and the veggie dishes are light yet keeps you wanting more. Of course, the mandoos are always a sure thing here. Still see those ladies cranking them out by hand at that corner table. My only wish is that they can have another location even closer to home. read more

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The food is not bad, not stunning, but it is OK. Personally, I don't believe it matches the price of them. And the one I want a to-go, The waitress told me that I am not allowed to take the free kimchi to-go. I am not quite sure about the logic. Either there is a some freaking secret recipe for that plain kimchi, or they want to re-plate? Weird anyway. I may not choose this one compared to other Korean restaurant. read more

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A small gourmet Korean place next to Super H-MART in the Korean town of Fortlee , northern New Jersey. When I entered, I was shocked by the complete Korean menu. I didn't understand how to order with this language (English menu and picture menu available). But at the same time, I was full of food expectations. It must be very popular with local Koreans. It did not disappoint us. . Tea and pumpkin soup Available when you sit down. The pumpkin soup is thick enough, and a bowl is very comfortable in winter side dish is pickled lotus white (a taste of hometown Sichuan kimchi) and homemade pickled spicy cabbage Traditional Bibimbop The hot sauce is just right, and there are many kinds of vegetables, authentic Korean flavor (Right next to Super H-MART) Dumpling Soup (Zucchini Filling) Man Doo Guk Looking at the round dumplings that the old grandmother is making next to you, they are as big as a fist, and the fillings are huge. They taste like a family kitchen. They are neither salty nor short, just, but right spot. Mung bean cake Bin dae duk Freshly fried pancakes, just right crispness, fresh taste, good snacks. Pork belly with pickled cabbage Bo Ssam Normal taste, nothing amazing. The food is clean and fresh, pure taste and no impurities. We paid 100 for 3 people (86 plus tip) Most of the customers (99%korean) get soup with rice which can easily feed you well. What a great place to be after went to H-MART. Try their food if you want to experience authentic korean food. read more

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One of the better korean restaurant. Food is clean and pretty good with good portions. But they lack on side dishes for korean meal.

I had bad experience with this place years ago when I found so much hair inside of their famous dumplings. I had cut them in parts to feed my daughter and found so much hair. When I reported to the waitress, she simply took it away without any apology. Well, years after today, wanted to support the local business. I had 30min while waiting for my kids. I wanted something quick to get a bite, so ordered dumpling small size. The owner gave me a nasty look and told me it is an appetizer which can not be one person's order. So I got out. I could order more dishes and pack up the left over, but her amazing attitude just confirmed that this is one wrong business to support. With that type of a heart in your mind as a restaurant owner, I wonder how far this place can go. read more

This place serves a true homemade korean dish. The dumpling soup broth is rich, and the dumpling is definitely the best one I had so far in NJ. The dumpling is huge, the filling is savory and juicy. We also had the buckwheat pancake, and it was so good! Also, "Kkong bi-ji" which is a grounded soybean stew, usually served spicy in other restaurants, but this place served plain with a side seasoning, which I prefer, because I like it less salty, (a nice vegan option) . Overall the food was "clean" food, definitely healthy but rich in flavor. Will be my to-go place from now on! read more

Soram - Dumpling soup, excellent and the dumplings were huge! Homemade :) - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

I don't understand how Soram doesn't have better reviews. Everything we ate was delicious, tasted clean. Healthy food that tastes amazing can't be beat. My Korean in laws eats here often and I can't wait to go back. read more

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Very authentic Korean food - highly recommend! The food tastes healthy and natural. My pregnant wife and I love the beef soup. Will definitely come again. read more

If you want clean, authentic, homemade Korean food, go here. Their dumplings are out of this world good and they are house-made. While dining here, you can sometimes catch the employees making the dumplings by hand. Get their dumpling soup! It's rich with flavor, yet mild and soothing to the tummy, and you leave feeling full and warm. The side dishes, particularly their kimchi, are some of the best I've had. read more

Clean, tasty and artiful Korean restaurant in New Jersey. Dumplings are made everyday with lots of hand chopped vegitables. Huge dumplings (Soram Mandoo) read more

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This place is so clean and I just can't tell yet what my opinion is, that's why I gave it only 3 stars. I heard this owner is very maticulous so I assume the food would be too. I had the kimchi dumpling soup and the regular dumpling soup in bone broth. I like the kimchi Mandoo (8pcs) better but the broth was lacking them the regular meat dumpling (4pcs) was huge but it really didn't need the bone broth. It was good but not fabulous. The dumpling might have been better steamed rather than in broth maybe. But man the food is pricey at $16.95 for each. I would definitely go back to try other dishes. read more

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This joint is a beautifully kept secret of deliciousness and authenticity. However, I am making it my mission to expose this secret and get this place some notoriety. Here are the highlights: Giant mandoos filled with tofu pork leeks Amazing bone soup with beef Yummy free amuse bouche apps Super friendly Korean auntie read more

Please know what to expect when you come to Soram. While I completely understand the less-than-5-star reviews, I don't think they're deserved. WHAT TO EXPECT: - Very high quality Korean food, but a limited menu. This place specializes in certain dishes and does their best to provide top quality for these dishes - Very high-brow side dishes in smaller quantities: Korean food aficionados may be familiar with the multiple side dish offerings at other restaurants, but Soram provides a smaller offering. Don't be turned off by this, but rather, relish in the fact that you're being offered dishes that require more expensive ingredients, more thoughtful combinations, and take more time to prepare than your standard side dish fare. I always get the Mandoo Gook (dumpling soup) when I come to Soram. The three-four dumplings are large and I honestly can't finish all of them in one sitting. There's pieces of oval rice cakes in the soup as well, making for a filling meal. Add seasoning to taste and enjoy! I also always order a to-go portion of frozen dumplings. $1 per dumpling does seem a bit steep, but considering how large and filled with meat (rather than cheap veggies or noodles) the dumplings are, I'd say they're worth the splurge. This place is never too busy, but does see a consistent flow of traffic. The restaurant shares a parking lot with HMart and there's usually spots open closer to the restaurant. read more

Soram - Mandoo gook (dumpling soup) - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

Went in for lunch and ordered a soup and fish combo and a pork and potato stew. The waitress recommended mandu dumplings as their famous dish so we got that too. Banchan was lacking, as it was just 2 types of kimchi. The food is clean and simple, not oily or heavy and on the healthy side. Flavor is nice, but the food portions to price ratio is not great. The 5 or 6 dumplings cost $19...as much as an entree itself. My combo was a small soup and half filet fish for $18. read more

Thank you for turning us (a table of 2) away 45 minutes before you closed Saturday despite having just sat others...we found the most fabulous Korean restaurant two miles away in Palisades Park & we are grateful for that experience read more

The location is good, just next to HMart. And the environment is pretty nice. Food is just ok. Very typical Korean restaurant, serve with wheat tea, free kimchi and radish appetizer. I ordered the family size pork with mushroom. 10 pcs. Do not recommend. Maybe the noodle soup would be better. read more

Soram - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

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Extremely high quality homestyle Korean food. It's one of those restaurants where you can choose anything from the menu and it will be delicious. Every time we come here it's filled with Koreans and we are the only non-Korean here. Our go-to favorites are the homemade mandoo and buckwheat seafood pancake. All the meat dishes are amazing. read more

Perfectly fresh, homemade Korean comfort food in a clean and tranquil space. Love that it's right next to a Super Hmart!

I am thinking the great reviews on this restaurant are suspicious because my experience is exactly of everyone who had a left a bad one. Rude and super overpriced for the quality. Placed an order for pick up... got to the restaurant 30 minutes later, order was not ready-- I ordered acorn jelly salad, like really?! The lady behind the counter kept me waiting another 15 minutes when I was in a rush to be somewhere. Rudely told me to wait with no apology and took someone elses order when they walked in after me. I get home to open my order to discover my order was thrown together really poorly and small pieces of acorn jelly- not worth 15 dollars. I ordered two of them and it barely fed one normal sized adult. Make matters worse acorn jelly tasted like *HIT. If you like getting treated rudely, robbed of your money, and served crap food-- this is your place! read more

Soram - Buried the bite sized acorn jelly under a pile of bagged salad for 15 bucks. What a joke. - Korean Near Me - Ridgefield, New Jersey

Great place - fast service, delicious food, and reasonably priced. Got the tteok-galbi (grilled short rib patties that were wrapped around mushrooms). Great, flavorful banchan (sides) to go along with it. read more