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Nak Won Restaurant
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Noise Level:
- Loud
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
16 reviews for Nak Won Restaurant
16 reviews in English
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Review from Michael V.
12/8/2011 1 Check-in Here
I had none of the bad service experiences other's have mentioned. I went here with a group of 7 people and we were greeted at the door and assigned a table. The place was about 1/2 full but we had a very attentive server who answered our questions and was prompt whenever we needed anything.
Food was very good with a blend of chinese and korean dishes. The kimchi I had was good and we were provided multiple rounds of free appetizer dishes.
overall a good dinning experience. I would go back! -
Review from Jennifer M.
Toronto, ON
5/8/2012 1 Check-in Here
The SO and I popped in here for lunch, primarily because of the banchan selection. Within moments I was wishing we had just stuck to Owl. (few doors down).
Lunch was HORRIBLE. The Banchan (there was a huge selection) were ok but nothing special. The kimchi looked like it had been sitting there a while. We ordered off the lunch menu, which promised a "salad." The salad was literally 4 pieces of iceburg lettuce with a white dressing that was separating over the leaves. My lunch was Chicken Bim bim Bap which was inedible. It was served cold in a white plastic bowl. The chicken was cooked maybe days earlier. The entire thing was slimy. The Korean man at table next to us also ordered Bim Bim Bap and was presented a clay pot, piping hot.
The server was downright BITCHY. Not one thank you, not a smile. Looked PISSED when we asked for banchan refills (so I wouldn't starve) The SO had Gamjatang which was also unremarkable. Never came to check on us.
thankfully the bill was only $16 and the tea was good.
This place is awful. Owl is great, and two doors down with fantastic friendly service and house made kimchi. Go there. -
Review from Flouny S.
Toronto, ON
2/28/2012
Food is pretty good, except for the kalibi beef ribs (lot of bone and not alot of meat). Appetizers are good too but portions are small. Well, the appetizers are good that is, if you get them replenished.
The service is what really makes this place undesirable. There are alot of staff and well, unless you speak Mandarin or korean good luck. Pressing the button for service doesn't do anything, you can press and wait, and press and wait and no one will come by. Even after flagging someone down they acknowledge you by giving you eye contact, raise their hand as if they are coming back to your request but the never do.
There is one tall server there with glasses and though her rudeness isn't outright it is off putting. If you haven't eaten korean frequently to know the type of food, best of luck to you because they don't have any patience to explain it.
Too bad the service is terrible, otherwise the food is pretty good and reasonable $ -
Review from Jonathan L.
Richmond Hill, ON
1/2/2012
Okay, firstly, I will give this place the fact that they do offer very cheap Korean food. This place does offer various Korean dishes at a very affordable price.
However, the service here is the WORST service in the GTA. I have been here a few times and every time they are incredibly understaffed. They have 3 waitresses waiting on almost 30 tables, which is completely insane. As such, the waitresses are incredibly rude to you and really do not care about your food or your request. Do not come here if you want any type of customer service, you will get none.
You actually feel bad for asking the waitress for more tea. She will give you cut eye. You actually feel unwanted in this restaurant. -
Review from David D.
Markham, ON
9/12/2011
Among the many Korean restaurants at First Markham Place, Nak Won offers the most variety of selections, from hot pot, BBQ, noodles, rice and soup. I've been here on numerous occasions and I have always left satisfied.
I just love the amount of appetizers you get with every meal. And they taste good too! Don't be afraid to order more because they get eaten quick!
My usual order is the Gam Ja Tang. They have many varations of soup (clear soup, chicken, tofu, kimchi, etc) but I find the pork bone soup to be the most consistently good. The bimbimbap is not served in a stone bowl, but rather in a plastic one. Disappointing. The sizzling plate (with your choice of spicy pork, chicken, beef) is always a good choice.
My friends ordered the Korean style bacon BBQ for 2. In the menu picture, it looked appetizing, but in reality. it's just big pieces of fat (30-35 pcs). It came with lettuce, but the amount of bacon grease that came out from the BBQ was disgusting and enough to send you to the hospital. Avoid at all costs.
Stick with their specialties as some dishes are a hit or a miss. -
Review from Karen S.
10/12/2010
It's a common misconception that all Asian food is inexpensive when it is really only Chinese food that fits that description. Nak Won's prices are what you would expect for Korean food: reasonable, but not cheap. We visited on a Saturday afternoon and while not packed, it was busy and we were seated immediately. Though the menu did say that the bubbling hot tofu came with a choice of seafood or pork, after I received the tofu with pork I realized that I had forgotten to tell, and was not asked, whether I wanted the seafood or pork. *shrug* I was able to ask for an adjustment to a non-spicy broth which I appreciated. It was quite yummy and healthy tasting. The were 7/8 dishes bonus mini-dishes before the meal that definitely helped to salve off my starvation that afternoon. Thank you Nak Won!
I would come here again when I'm looking for a non-crowded and delicious alternative to Chinese food when I'm in the First Markham area. -
Review from Karl R.
6/5/2011 5 photos
When I see Nak Won I think of THE Nak Won in Seoul, a massive "never let engineers be architects" type block building that sits astride a major road. Inside THE Nak Won are several floors of little musical instrument shops (http://joongangdaily.j...). At the top of THE Nak Won is a movie theater that shows a lot of foreign (read English language) art house films. I caught Badlands (http://www.imdb.com/ti...) there and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. That I could catch HHGTTG there while in Seoul means THE Nak Won and anything NAMED Nak Won has a very special place in my heart. Imagine reading in 1984 that a studio has optioned the Hitchhiker's inaccurately named trilogy. And you think, as a very innocent 18 year old, that Hollywood will surely turn out a movie in a couple years. And time passes. You get older. And fatter. And more cranky. And you learn the term "development hell". And there's never a HHGTTG movie to behold. And your life bottoms out. And you find yourself in Seoul and deliriously happy, living in a land where the subway goes everywhere, you can't understand what people at the neighboring Starbucks table are talking about, and you can turn any English noun into a verb by simply adding "Let's" in front of it. And then the terrible news comes down to rob you of your happiness. The movie you've been waiting for since 1984 has been released to theaters. And you discover this movie doesn't have Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt-uh in it. Which means it probably won't make it to the local Megabox. Fuck.
But don't worry. THE Nak Won's rep theater showed it.
Pension Babe and I found ourselves in the First Markham Place mall complex. After coffee and trip to Home Depot, we decided to hit a Korean restaurant. Pension Babe let me take charge of ordering. She doesn't dig the spice so the kimchi chijae was out. I ordered the bulgogi, the naengmyeon, and the kimchi pancakes.
I've never been a fan of naengmyeon or soups in general. However, I found myself returning to the naengmyeon more than the bulgogi (pure meat). They really do the dish justice.
The banchan offers a good range. The odeng is some of the best I've had in Toronto.
And it turns out Nak Won doesn't mean "big weird building full of musical instrument shops and a rep theater." It's Korean for "paradise". I learned that just now. -
Review from Rana L.
Love this Korean restaurant & have been here on numerous occasions. It never disappoints. The service is always fast & efficient & food is excellent & cheap!
I love how we get 7-8 dishes of little appetizers. Not sure why but it seems only the Yonge location will give an extra spicy cucumber appetizer dish but not the Richmond Hill. If you want more just ring them & they will get you more (yes there's a bell u can press & they'll come asap). The appetizers alone could make you full. Portion of the dishes can be large as well! No biggie.. packing again for lunch the next day :)
I usually order the the spicy tofu soup (choice of pork or seafood) or jachap (?) glass noodles w/ rice (this dish is HUGEEEE) or the rice in the stone pot (you can add in hot sauce yourself). Always look fwd to coming here. -
Review from Bebe B.
Richmond Hill, ON
8/10/2011
there are not much choices for Korean Food up in Markham/Richmond Hill. I used to always go to the yonge/finch location for my gam ja tong fix. Nak Won is one of my Fav Korean restaurants, the prices are great, the service is FAST, the apps are delicious and unlimited refills, if your not way too full already, cause the portions they have here are pretty big. I always come of this place, way too full. It is a bit hard to find parking at FMP but there is always people leaving so just be patient.
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Review from Kathy H.
Mississauga, ON
5/25/2010
I like the food! I like the big menu... many choices... and the price was reasonable. I know nothing about Korean food, and today was my 2nd time eating it (aside from Korean BBQ), and I liked my dinner that night. I didn't notice dirty food or anything.. the place looked clean. The washrooms were alright too :) Every table had a buzzer to call for service, which was convenient.
YET... 1 star, why?? Aside from the food, I hate the service!! I'm NEVER going back!! We asked for water, and she slammed a water pitcher (a $5 plastic water bottle found in Asian markets) on our table. No cups??
We asked for napkins and he dumped a pile right in front of my friend,.. wtf. Gently, maybe?
And we asked her to take a photo for us, and she had this "omfg why am i doing this for you" look. She took it when no one was ready, gave the camera back to us so we couldn't ask her to take another, and walked away pissed. WE should be pissed! The picture was blurry!
Basically, the service was "hurried" and rude. And NO, the restaurant wasn't busy at all! There were only 3-4 other tables (and about 10 empty ones). There were at least 4 waiters (3 different ones served us).
So we decided to leave them no tips, but of course it doesn't end... one waiter came running out demanding more. ARGG
good food, but no. -
Review from Henry F.
Markham, ON
4/26/2010
The Pork Bone Soup is very good there. THey use more potatoe than most, but he soup is spicey, and the portions are very plentiful.
They have a doorbell botton on every table so you don't have to wave down a server....handy, but after a while, gets annoying.
The appetizers are plentiful. I think you get 7 or 8 things (i.e. kimchi and the sort). That's a treat because it keeps you busy while you wait for your food. The spicy tofu soup is also very good...portions are smaller, but enough that you're not hungry...just not stuffed.
The decor is very clean (considering it is an asian restaurant) and the ceilings are high. Lots of tables, so you don't have to wait.
All in all, a very respectable place, good food, very good value, and clean. -
Review from Lynn C.
12/19/2010
pros:
- Cheap
- Ginormous number of appetizer dishes refillable at will
- Fast, clean, lots of space
- Good food, though not the most authentic Korean food I've had
Cons
- Service is unfriendly
- Always a bitch to find parking in fmp
- Good food, though not the most authentic Korean food I've had
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
1/26/2010 9 photos
This is the 2nd location of Nak Won Korean Restaurant. I never been to the other location so this place is new to me. It is located in the plaza of First Markham Place.
When I got there around 11:30 AM for an early lunch, there was only 1 table occupied.
There are lunch specials starting from $6.99 (see photos for the special). I ordered the Took Baei Bulgoki (Seasoned Marinated Sirloin Beef in a hot stone bowel serving with rice - try saying that in 1 breathe!)
The meals came with 7 different appetitizers and salad. I was half full after eating those.... Then the beef arrived bubbling hot... like a little volcano! For $7.99 that is a lot of food!!!
The beef tasted really tender and the soup was great! BTW the rice is white rice, I am not sure if they have the option of brown rice instead.
Since most of the lunch specials are non spicy. I have to add Korean Chilli Sauce on it to make my meal complete.
The services were fast and efficient. A little indifference, not polite, not rude.
They accepts credit cards. -
Review from Tony H.
North York, ON
9/12/2010 1 Check-in Here
Service is fairly poor for a Korean restaurant, but pretty good for a Chinese one. Food, however, doesn't disappoint, with a wider than usual selection of Korean and Chinese-by-Korean favourites. I should also add that the menu is very value-priced as well (lunch specials aside, even). Very spacious and never seemingly crowded as well.
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Review from May L.
Markham, ON
9/26/2010
The food is great, but horribly understaffed which results in bad service. They recently begin to limit you to only 1 round of refills on the side dishes.
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Review from mii c.
Mississauga, ON
11/6/2011
love the appetizers! not a bad place for the lack of korean restaurants uptown. highly recommend!
