JeonJu Restaurant

No nonsense kind of a place. We had the buckwheat noodle , fried Mandu and bulgogi. The dishes tasted good but not outstanding. Banchans were lack luster, the server was efficient.

Savory and hearty dishes. We ordered the beef and vegetable soup and stir fried squid, if you like spicy food these are a must.

The Usual Korean Dishes, Beef Bulgogi, soon du boo spicy tofu soup, and Bimbimbop stone rice bowl

This is a pretty typical family style mom and pop’s place. No BBQ, just homemade meals. In Korea this is a dime a dozen around every corner. We normally visit the place down the road but it is closed today and we had to get some Korean fix, so here we are. The place is clean and similar to other Korean places, the cooking odor is pretty strong because of all of the spices and such so don’t wear anything you are not planning on washing after. The food quality and qty are ok, nothing impressive and nothing memorable, but it is good for family style restaurants. Most of the people coming through are long time patrons anyway. The prices are reasonable mostly for the area but only if know how much the same dish would cost back home, you wouldn’t feel the same. One thing I don’t like about this place is that they charge for the take home containers. Seriously, if they charge below market value I can understand that every dime and nickel matters to the bottom line, but they are not. The food in my photos cost me over $60, plus tip for two people. $1.00 for each take home container ? That is just wrong. So if you are going there, bring your own Tupperware if you think you will have left overs.

Small and quaint mom and pop store. We came in at 1:30, so it was an off hour and the staff was all having their lunch. Felt a little bad, but they were very accommodating and didn’t make us feel out of place. Our server was having her meal but still checked on us periodically to make sure we had enough banchan refills and we felt well taken care of. Hubby and I each had a bowl of goat soup. We usually get something different and share… but their goat dish is their specialty! We didn’t do the bokkeum, which comes in a pan and is cooked on the table. It would’ve been a more fuller, complete meal, with fried rice at the end… but we weren’t overly hungry and I don’t eat rice anymore (keto). Anyway, the soup was right on the money. Very, very good. The banchan was also very good - not overly flavorful, but just enough to be complementary to the meal, which is how it should be, and how we make it at home. Portions are on the smaller side, but I still had leftovers of my dish to take home, despite not having touched the rice bowl. Small portions of banchan is fine, since they’ll keep coming back to refill it for you. I was very pleased with the meal and plan on coming back to try their eel soup, which I’ve been told is also very good.

No doubt they swrve besr goat meat soup in Chicago. But lately...the price went up, and was really disappointed with pajun. Charging $17 for this seafoodless pancake? Come on now. How is this pancake appetizer more expensive than goat meat soup? Pancake is literally made with some flour,green onion,onion,pepper, egg and frozen seafood. Cant be more than $2. This is outrageous. I love the soup but man, their appetizer price for what they serve is not good at all.

The main menu was same as before(almost), but bleach smell was terrible….