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Lee Bong Nim
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Beer & Wine Only
- Noise Level:
- Quiet
- Has TV:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
11 reviews for Lee Bong Nim
11 reviews in English
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Review from Mathieu T.
Montréal, QC
1/6/2012
The best Korean place i have found in Montreal so far.
Went there 2 times and it was delicious. Staff is friendly and service is quick. They have BBQ (but not all you can eat) and all kinds of Korean dish. The Kimchi is very good.
Too bad, they don't have Hite beers... Love that Korean beer. The only thing missing to make it a 5. -
Review from Joshua K.
Montréal, QC
10/30/2011
The food here was very good, and I would certainly go back. I tried the korean-style pancake appetizer, which was delicious, and the bibimbap which didn't disappoint either.
Service was fast; great for a work-week lunch. -
Review from Shirley D.
Montréal, QC
2/22/2012
This place has a soft spot in my heart because it was the first Korean restaurant experience I ever had in Montreal. Though it's not completely authentic (My Korean friend told me it wasn't) it's worth trying. I always order their jap chae, kimchi jigae, bibimbap or the meat dishes. The service is always good, the waitresses/waiter are friendly. The decor feels very homey with everything wooden even the walls. It's more expensive than the other restaurants in Chinatown, but not by much. I usually go here to eat when I am in Chinatown, so definitely stop by this place if you don't feel like eating Vietnamese/Chinese food.
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Review from Numa P.
Montréal, QC
7/6/2011
Very basic Korean food but nonetheless excellent. I went there for Bulgogi, pancakes, BBQ and of course the sides dishes. But not worries, you will have plenty of other choices. Moreover, the restaurant feels very familial, very simple and the service was very friendly. Note that I went there on a late weekend afternoon and did not wait long at all.
I never felt like writing such a straightforward review before and it makes sense to do so for such a simply good spot such as Bong. Perhaps one of the best Korean spots in Montreal after all.Listed in: Sin City
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Review from rennie w.
5/31/2011 1 Check-in Here
Popped here to this quaint little basement restaurant. Service was a bit of a miss - the waiter kinda felt like he was busying all over and not that attentive and really rushed our order, wanting to swipe the menus back off our hands. Foodwise, was so so, the BBQ beef was quite tasty, the other hot and spicy tofu soup was rather bland and an instant noodle could've been more flavoursome.
The atmosphere is reasonable with the aforementioned wood panels and it would be good to come with friends. Portions were kinda small too and the sides of kimchi etc were put out for all of us to share - we felt cheated out of more here.
Service charge of 15% was automatically added to the bill and appears to be calculated on the post tax amount. Not sure if this is right or custom but there we go. We won't be coming back here. -
Review from Miriam S.
12/2/2011
We came to Montreal for a conference, ate at Chez Bong the first day and then went back the next because it was so much better than anything else we tried while we were there, in Chinatown and in the convention center district. Delicious Bibimbap. Cozy, with nice wood paneling on the walls. Very friendly.
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Review from Dave H.
8/14/2008 8 photos
Chez Bong, an awesomely small, intimate KBBQ (Korean BBQ) makes me happy. We arrived a little late (1 PM) for our reservation but the place was close to empty, and essentially ours. Wood walls and Korean pop music greeted us.
We ordered KBBQ (prices were average), and selected our meats, then two portable BBQ grills were brought out. Our server (Davina) got us an assortment of marinated meats (chicken, beef, and pork), cooking them on the grills, periodically flipping each morsel over. Onions and pepper slices were placed directly on the grill for us too. The bulgogi was good, not too sweet; everything was delicious. This is leisurely cooking for sure, not crazy-fast.
Wish they had a greater variety of banchan - we received three plates: greens, slaw, and kimchi. Bowls of a slightly-spicy, tangy soup, as well as lettuce, were also brought out. Take-out is offered but we cleaned our plates. Friendly Mrs. Bong Lim Lee, the owner, processed our credit cards.
Chez Bong was a welcome reprieve from a rainy morning. (Heck, we smelled like BBQ when we left. Yum.) Recommended. -
Review from Khanh L.
6/28/2010
Chez Bong has been around for 8yrs!!!
I've passed by so many times and never even gave it a second look. One night I stopped in front of the window to see what's up...
Eventhough it's a small restaurant, and a bit on the dingy side as are most Chinatown restaurants, it has quite an extensive menu... Like you would see in a small NYC joint or Vegas...
That's when I decided to try it out. Having tried out few Korean places in mtl, I was not expecting much. Korean food in mtl is sorely under represented...
But Bong turned out very well. You only get 3 side dishes here, a bit on the lesser side. Other places usually average 4-7 a couple of places in NYC give u up to 12.
Although there's only 3, they are all exceptional, marinated potatoes with sesame oil, pickled dicon radish and Kim chee.
We had four dishes, pajeon, short ribs BBQ, beef broth soup and nakgi bokkeum.
By far the best dish in the house is pajeon (korean pancake)!!! crispy on the outside, I think it's the first time I've had crispy paed jun. Inside it's cooked through but soft, not pasty like you get sometimes, in some places, you know, you've had it before... This is the best pajeon I've ever had
The second best dish here is the beef broth soup, wow the broth is very very fragrant, this stuff has been brewed by someone's grandma with lots of time on her hands...The waitress told us it is broth is kept brewing all day until it is served... the flavor is all there, reminds me of Pho...
Korean beef broth soup is an acquired taste, I usually find it too bland, but this place makes it nice. You know the soup is good when you're happy just sipping the broth...oh yeah the soup had dumplings in it too if you were wondering, but really the broth shines.
The nakgi bokkeum (squid in spicy sauce) was disapointing, since it's actually one of my fav korean dish, i was hoping to find go to nakgi bokkeum in mtl, and not have to go to nyc for it. But sadly this one is just a little on the sweet side. And the squid was a bit tough...
The BBQ was good but average, frankly all bbq tastes the same, the ones that stand out are grilled on wood charcoal, which gives it a nice smokey flavor. Sadly this one wasn't grilled on charcoal...
other than that, it's hella cheap and definitely a good eat, and comforting. It's enough to hit the spot when i crave korean, now i don't have to go to nyc and LA for good korean. next up I will try the bibimbap and the jiggae -
Review from Melissa T.
3/25/2009
Two words, Kim Chee. Two more words, Korean BBQ. My husband having lived in Korea for a number of years, nearly fell out his chair when he tried the kim chee. It's the real deal, not the half-marinated napa cabbage they call kim chee in the U.S. My friend that was with us had been craving the self-cook Korean BBQ since the one in her town had closed a few years back. The restaurant is on the outskirts of the Chinese Quarter on a lower level from the street and a bit easy to overlook if you're not looking for it. The interior is unassuming, typical Chinese Quarter decor. There are two BBQ tables and the rest are standard dining table. The service is competent and efficient. The food is very good. We received 3 banchan of pickled julienne radish, kim chee, and a savory marinated potato. We ordered 2 additional dishes of kim chee, it was that good. We even purchased some kim chee to go!
The prices were really good compared to Korean restaurants in the U.S. We will definitely come back to Chez Bong the next time we visit Montreal. -
Review from Laurie Faith G.
5/23/2010 2 photos
Very good quality and taste! Stopped here for dinner on a Sunday night. Ordered the Jap Chae, Dumpling Appetizer and Bulgogi ti share between my husband and I. The traditional side dishes were more then enough to fill-us-up, the jap chae was just right, the bulgogi was the most succulent, tender and easy to eat beef I've had in a Korean restaurant in a LONG time... Well done! We tipped this family heavily for the excellent service!
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Review from David S.
5/16/2011
Being a hard-core Korean, I needed a kimchi fix so I brought 5 colleagues of mine to the restaurant at the end of my conference. The place was dirty, and ill-managed. Perhaps that's because there were a lot of people there at the time and there weren't enough workers to handle the crowd. The food portions were very meager. It's also the first Korean restaurant that charged extra for a bowl of rice that always comes by default if you order soup. Four of my colleagues said the food was okay and one said it was terrible. I though it was decent. What really sucked was that when I asked to split the bill (for reimbursement purposes), the owner appeared very upset and frustrated. To his credit though, he did honor my request. Overall, I don't think the experience was pleasant enough to go back there agian.
