Solliphana Korean Bbq Rstrnt

10/16/09

Good Korean BBQ

by JodieS at Citysearch

We arrived, a family of 4 and were the first people there a little before 6pm on a Friday night. We are caucasian and were the only non asians there; we were not made to feel out of place or unwelcome AT ALL. There was just the one waitress, a brusque, no nonsense type woman but she's very efficient and smiled a lot at our 3 year old little girl. As soon as we sat down, three more large families arrived as well as two couples. It took one family a few minutes of standing in the doorway before the waitress seated them. Our food was brought out very quickly. It was all very good. We had the seafood pancake, which was excellent. We also has a pork and kimchi casserole, very good also. Jap Chae which was pretty good and we had bulgogi on the bbq! The kimchi sides were plentiful and tasty too. A lot of food and we brought leftovers home. Overall, a nice place to eat. The waitress worked her buns off and I give her much credit for keeping everyone happy! Would have been nice to see at least one other server there. It would have made it seem less of an imposition to ask for more water or a fork for my daughter, etc. We would go back to this place.

• Pros: authentic, clean, great pancake
• Cons: One waitress on a Friday night?!

06/19/09

Their Kalbi or Galbi is one of the best ethnic dishes

by DustinParr at Citysearch

I had some colleages visiting from Korea so I checked the area for nice Korean restaurant and decided to give it a try.

My first impression was that their tables and chairs were very clean. It looked like they recently remodeled. Obviously in order for me to give a good rating, the place must be clean.

Now the service. Some reviewers mentioned that the wait staff can't speak English. Well, for me I really didn't care since we have folks visiting from Korea so they can order in Korean as far as I'm concerned. Anyway, the head waitress was able to speak English fluently. Certainly not the mother tongue but she spoke to our group in bilingual. No complain at all.

Finally the food. The waittress recommended Korean dumpling for appetizer. Per her explanation, she said that it's made inhouse and she won't charge unless it's absolutely delicious. Well, so we went for it. Man, served hot and fresh. Good stuff!

Now to the main course. We chose the Kalbi (not sure whether it's Galbi) but it's the Korean style beef short rib. Very flavorful. I get to cook it on the table so it was fun. Waittress certainly helped our group with cooking the meat and showed us the "proper" way to eat it. Good stuff! My Korean colleagues thanked me for picking a good restaurant. We are definitely coming back.

One drawback is that they don't carry dessert menus and pointed us to an adjacent Korean Cafe.

Overall, had a great time and food!

Dustin from Schaumburg

• Pros: Good food
• Cons: Nothing really

02/19/08

yummy, authentic food

by sangtae_park at Citysearch

The food is wonderful, and it is all you can eat BBQ! The BBQ is really good and it is really a great deal for your money. Other good dishes are the seafood pancake, but the BBQ is what you should go for.

• Pros: food, parking
• Cons: none