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Bi Bim Bap
- Hours:
Tue-Sat 11 am - 10 pm
Sun 11 am - 8 pm
- Attire:
- Casual
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Price Range:
-
$$
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- No
5 reviews for Bi Bim Bap
5 reviews in English
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Review from Dani L.
Toronto, ON
3/18/2012
The Bi Bim Bap here is outstanding. For its location, it is surprising to have such great authentic Korean food. The price is right, and the owners are very pleasant. Beers here are also very cheap.
The appetizers are ok. The tofu app has way too much sauce on it. -
Review from Helen S.
Scarborough, ON
10/30/2011
A modest little Korean place in the heart of Forest Hill. First impressions: pleasant service, a variety of appetizers, decent prices, not too crowded, great neighbourhood spot.
My friend and I ordered (of course!) the BiBimBap. Very filling! As the menu describes, this is a large stone bowl offering of white or brown rice, korean radish, spinach, bean sprouts, carrots, cucumber, burdock, sweet potato stem, zucchini, shiitake mushroom, dried seaweed, and sesame seeds, along with your choice of topping. I chose the Kalbi: flame broiled short ribs, with sweet marinade on the veggies, on top of brown rice. To spice it up, I picked Sour Hot GoChuJang (mild hot homemade sauce). My friend ordered the Korean BBQ Spicy Chicken BiBimBap with white rice and the Original Hot GoChuJang sauce.
Before our main dish arrived, we enjoyed an appetizer of sliced deep fried chicken breast, a touch spicy (Ko Ko Chicken), with coleslaw. We were also served tea and green onion soup.
My short ribs were delish - although I think the brown rice was a bit too nutty-textured and tasteless for me. I should have gotten the white, but ah well, I was trying to be good. :) My lunch companion enjoyed her bowl. The meal was satisfying, although not mind blowing. Our meal ended with a traditional Korean dessert punch, made of cinnamon, ginger, and persimmon. Light & sweet. An adequate and pleasant Korean lunch! -
Review from Mar N.
Toronto, ON
5/30/2011
Afte reading about this place in an alumni newsletter, I went here on a night for a quick dinner and loved their korean tacos.
However, I kept adding their kimchi to it as well (here's a few menu improvement idea).
Good place, slightly above-price-range for other Korean food in North York (e.g. vs Yonge-Finch area) but atmosphere and customer service levels make up for that. -
Review from Shael K.
Richmond Hill, ON
8/7/2011
The food here is great. Prices are a bit steep and the banchan (side dishes) were lacking (they did have a nice little miso soup though), but it's exactly what I would expect in this neighbourhood, and it makes sense. When I was there it looked as though no one else in there had tried or even know what bibimbap was.The dish has been slightly modernized to accommodate the North American palate, with several options to mix it up a bit (mushroom, tofu, etc. as well as the choice of brown rice), but they also have the traditional unheated bi bim bap and dolsot (hot) bibimbap.
Having lived in Korea, I truly think that was one of the better bi bim bap's I've eaten.
No matter what you get, I highly recommend getting it with the egg.
Highly recommended. -
Review from Aaron B.
Toronto, ON
1/27/2011
Being a fan of the Bop, I was delighted to hear this place opened.
I frequent the places on Koreatown and this posh neighborhood could sure use a place like this among all the upscale, mediocre bakeries.
Unfortunately, I was expecting Seoul and getting Pyonyang
The place doesn't bring Koreatown to Eglington - no, no, no.
The other way round. It Foresthills this traditional, inexpensive dish.
Not on the price, but on everything else.
We shared several dishes. All and all the bop was OK, nothing special.
It's the little things - for example, why so skimchy ?
In that orange place on Bloor / Clinton you get 5 yes count em 5 starters, including 2 kinds of great and hot kimchy.
Here we got one small dish (for 3 people !) and it was more pickled cabbage than kimchy.
The BBQ Bibimbap dish didn't have a lot of meat. The mushroom kind was pretty good.
But all the dishes feel too small. And you don't get to fish rice out the water ! Hopefully things will improve there. Until then, Bi Bim Bye !
