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5 reviews for B-Bim-Baab Restaurant & Lounge
5 reviews in English
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Review from Andrew H.
5/10/2012
It's easy to miss this gem as you drive by the industrial area. But make no mistake, this place is worth discovering.
The decor is a bit confusing as the chairs are a bit outdated but the wooden railings and accents give you a comforting feeling of eating somewhere legitimately exotic.
The waitresses were very attentive and friendly as they constantly refilled our meals and drinks.
The beef spare ribs were typically on the tough side as expected from a Korean kitchen but the marinade used was the right balance of salty and "I want to lick my fingers".
The Kim Chee definitely was a highlight as it was pickled quite well with a good spice kick.
My most memorable meal was the raw salmon b-bim-baab salad. It was a delicious dish consisting of crunchy vegetables, steamed rice, fresh salmon sashimi in a delectable sweet sauce. I honestly believe this dish is fresh and exciting and worth checking out. If you're a chirashi fan, this will be heaven for you.
Another interesting dish was the seafood pancake. On it's own, it's kind of bland but dip it in the accompanying soy sauce dish and you'll appreciate it a little better. I didn't taste any seafood which was a little disappointing.
Feeling adventurous? Then I would definitely recommend coming here. If not, come here anyways and just order the safe beef b-bim-baab with bulgogi because that should appeal to the more cautious crowds. -
Review from Alan D.
4/16/2012
Stopped in at about 3pm, which is kind of a funny mid-afternoon time to eat so the place was empty. The rice cake texture was lovely and soft but I found the sauce it was in a bit too sweet. The waitress was bring some chili sauce to spice it up which improved it quite a bit.
The stand out dish was, however, the marinated barbecued short ribs. Just amazing; some of the most tender juicy meat I have eaten; to call them 'ribs' is an injustice, as the majority of the meat is basically tender steak. I will be going again to have some more of those ribs, and to try some other dishes, but mostly just for the ribs... -
Review from Jason C.
Edmonton, AB
3/8/2012
We used to like this restaurant for its services and food. Recently we bought teambuy voucher of which we can get $40 value of food and only pay $19. However, among all the good discounted restaurant that we had, we've never experienced such frustration with the use of voucher! this restaurant will automatically add 15% tips on your bill no matter how many people dine in and it's BEFORE TAX! Which means, you will have to pay tax on the tips that you pay ?!!! The service that we received on that night was mediocre, the waitress rarely comes to our table and we literally have to bring our empty kimchi dish to them so we can get kimchi ?! There's NO reason to add 15% tips just because we used voucher, we've always paid good tips to restaurant based on the value of their service and quality of food, and we've never been forced to pay 15% !!! it was a table of TWO!
This act just shows how they were reluctant to give out voucher and they hope no one ever use it! -
Review from Lea A.
5/8/2011
Why are all these great restaurants stuck in the middle of nowhere? This one is actually near our BMW mechanic, which made for very convenient dinner once we had to pick up our car. Stuck in the industrial south side, it may be easy to miss but DON'T! And don't be fooled by the outside, the interior is actually well decorated and quite lovely.
For those who want a friendly introduction to Korean food -- though I've had plenty of experience before -- I think B-Bim-Baab is a great place to start. My first visit here, I tried their namesake (visit their website to have a thorough explanation on what this is), and the waitress offered to spice and mix the clay pot bowl for us table-side. So, we, uh, let her. :-) Excellent rice bowl that crisps up in the heated clay pot, and I'm Asian so I absolutely love eating bulgogi meat, veggies, mixed in with a fried egg and runny egg yolk. Yummmm! That was specifically the Beef Dol-sot Bi-bim-baab.
The next time I went, I decided on getting their King's Gal Bee. In short: gal bee on steroids. Normally, grilled korean short ribs are thinly sliced long slabs of short rib. Here, when they say short rib, they actually mean the actual blob, like you would see in traditionally braised short ribs. While I absolutely adore the traditional gal bee short rib, when you have several healthy, meaty slabs marinated in the same sauce, it's just divine.Listed in: Asian Sensations
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Review from Nancy H.
9/6/2011 5 photos
Yummy Korean food! Great prices! The seafood pancake was pretty ridiculous because it had chunks of green onion that weren't even chopped up into edible portions; it was mostly egg anyhow too. The dol sot bimbimbab was really good as was the bulgogi too. We could mix the bulgogi and the rice into our dol sol bimbimbab and it made it last longer. =)
