Koreana Restaurant

Are you ready to be transported to South Korea? Because that’s what it felt like to eat at the Koreana Restaurant. This is such a warm and homey restaurant and the food is impeccable. The banchans were perfect. I ordered the Samgyetang chicken soup. It was beyond delicious! Absolutely perfect for a rainy portland day.

My partner and I had lunch here at 1:00PM today. Only 3 employees (2 cooks and 1 server) working at the time, but we were seated right away. We both liked the food a lot and the staff were friendly. I think the server could have been more attentive though. I noticed my cup was dirty (as shown in the photo) when I ordered water. I also saw a fly and fruit fly near our table, so overall it was an ok experience.

Went here on a Thursday evening around 7:30 PM - we were greeted and seated right away. I used the bathroom quickly (very clean btw) and by the time I came out, the food followed quickly after. It was seriously delicious- hot and flavorful. We were even given additional banchan! The service was warm and friendly - and as I finished my bites, I was like wow, this food is seriously great. Excited to come back & bring people here!

Authentic cuisine that has a subtle sense of home. This food was so good. I have been eating here for over 15 years and it is still simply amazing.

Super cute hole in the wall style location. Service was friendly & quick! Food was scrumptious, and the refills on the banchan were awesome. I got the stone bibimbap combo with tofu stew & my friend got the beef bulgogi combo with kimchi stew. 5/5 will come again! Flavors were on point, not too sweet nor too salty, and the pricing was absolutely decent for the current economy!

Authentic Korean food. Super yummy 💖 We visited on a very hot day. They need to add fans to keep the fly away.

The restaurant is pretty small with limited seating and while dining I’ve seen them turn away multiple parties. They’re severely understaffed with two ladies running the orders, waiting on tables, clearing tables, and doing take out orders. When dining in, they will only stop by to bring you menu, take orders, bring food, and bring the check. I’ve been really spoiled with good Korean food in NYC, and unfortunately Koreana could not compare. We came as a party of 4 and each got one of the combo sets and the seafood pancake to share. Pancake was probably the best thing we ordered that meal with crispy edges and decent amount of seafood. I got a combo of bibim nangmyeon (spicy cold noodles - sauce was more sweet than spicy) and LA galbi.. but the galbi never came. Given the slow service we had all meal and I was pretty full from what we did get already, I was fine if they didn’t put the order in. But of course it came up on the receipt, and after bringing it up to one of the servers she came back with a handwritten receipt… still with the same calculations including the galbi. After we pointed it out again, they finally came back with the corrected check. Wouldn’t recommend dining in - prices are high, service is non-existent, food was mediocre. Maybe if you had a Korean food craving, Koreana comes to mind, stick with ordering for take out?