Expensive, average food & terrible service. We went at a quiet Saturday lunch time and yet the service is so slow and appalling. Clearly the waiters and waitresses only want to talk to each other rather than serving the customers. Why don't they put the sign of "We are not welocmed" at the door.

Over the last few years, I have regularly met with friends and family from Korea, China, United States, and Europe at the ASADAL restaurant.

Now we meet at the new ASADAL at Holborn tube station. We are always craving its great and high quality Korean food, but also to share time together in an atmosphere that reminds us of Korea.

For some of my friends and family, it is their first exposure to Korean food, others are really connoisseurs but invariably ASADAL is definitely our favourite Korean restaurant.

Some of our favourite dishes are:

Starter: Japchae (sweat potato /glass noodles with stir-fried vegetables)
· Handmade mandu (dumplings)
· Nice and almost crispy Pacheon (Korean pancake)
· Sae-woo-twe-gim – delicious type of King Tiger prawns and vegetable tempura to dip in a special sauce
·Kan-poong-gi – sweet and spicy fried chicken

Main course:
· Bibimpap (they have several varieties: normal, with raw meat or raw fish) and you can ask the level of spiciness
· Our favourite is the creamy sundubu chigae (soft tofu soup with seafood) or kimchi chigae (kimchi soup)
· Bulgogi (Korean barbecue). It is even better with Sang-chu that’s the fresh leaves of lettuce and Korean bean paste·
Dak-galbi, that's the spicy marinated chicken with vegetables that they cook at your table

Dessert:
· Fresh fruits always cut in a special way
· Children (and adults) also enjoy ice cream
· Alternatively, they have the sik hae or Korean sweet rice punch Note that ASADAL also accommodates for our vegetarian friends.

The restaurant can accommodate large crowds. It is possible to eat within the intimacy of our own group of people at a very large table. There are dividers and even free private rooms.

ASADAL is a child-friendly place. Children love tasting the food, especially when there is a large table full of different dishes and

Fantastic food and great location. I have tried Korean food in many different countries but I have to rate this restaurant as one of my favourite (and probably best!) Our group ordered a range of different starters and BBQ meats which were cooked on the table by our helpful waiter. The starter of pork dumplings was delicious as were the picked side vegetables and kimchees. The highlight was the bbq which we all thought was sublime. It was so tender and juicy with flavour. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting to try Korean food. The service was prompt and courteous and the price was reasonable at £20 per head with Korean beers. Fantastic!!!

As a visiting tourist of Korean descent, I was frankly shocked at the appallingly poor service at Asadal. The food itself was no more than decent, but the rude service far outweighs whatever merits the food may have held.


I was embarrassed that these people are representing Koreans to Londoners. While I consider myself to be an ambassador of Korean food and introduce it to others regularly, I definitely hope Asadal remains unknown.

We had an awful experience at Asadal. We chose the set menu, there were 4 of us eating and it took a total of 4 hours to get our food, they brought one plate out every 20-30 minutes, Curry with no rice?

The food at Asadal was good but not worth the wait.

I was very impressed by both the food and the atmosphere at Asadal. The table BBQ was a wonderful experience. The various marinated meats were tasty and tender. Great fun!

The dumplings were very nice too. I have recommended Asadal to all my collegues already.

Asadal is so original and interesting, eating there is a real experience. They even have BBQ plates built into the table. Asadal is well worth a visit for anyone adventurous who fancies some Korean.