Esher, Korean Restaurant Guide

2022 Review: This “lovely little Japanese restaurant with a very decent range” is a “very welcome option in Richmond”. Run by a Korean family, it has provided “sterling service” for 17 years.

2023 Review: This Soho canteen is “one of the better Korean restaurants in town”, serving “authentic” Korean fast food headed by the dish it takes its name from – hot rice with savoury toppings that you stir before eating. There’s also a take-away option in the City.

This family-run restaurant in the Korean expat enclave of New Malden is a great place to sample the cuisine, with “tasty, varied dishes” including pajoen (green onion pancake) and mandu (dumplings), served by “charming staff who are happy to educate you”. “The wine is also relatively inexpensive for London”.

2024 Review: This “great local Korean” close to Notting Hill Gate tube station offers a “good variety of dishes” – including Japanese sushi and “super lunchtime bento boxes”. “It can get very busy, so booking is advised”.

A November 2025 Korean BBQ restaurant in the heart of Theatreland. The aims to is fresh, authentic Korean dining as part of a communal dining experience. Guests gather around concealed grills to cook and share meats, vegetables, and contemporary Korean dishes complemented by house-made sauces.

2024 Review: On the Soho-fringe site of the much-lamented YMing (RIP), this April 2023 newcomer is a Korean BBQ bringing the pyeonbaek steam box to London – a three-tiered box made from hinoki wood, a type of cypress. It’s named after Cheongdam-dong, an affluent – and foodie – district of Gangnam in Seoul. It opened too late to inspire survey feedback – reports please!