Sam Sunny

My wife and I had a great meal at Sam Sunny. We started with the Galbi Mandu, which were delicate and flavorful, with crushed pine nuts adding a subtle nutty finish. The Galbi Skewers (hanger steak with green onions) were perfectly cooked and surprisingly excellent with the touch of grated parmesan. For mains, she had the Jang-Jorim, a rich and satisfying dish with tender braised beef, shishito peppers, truffle wedge potatoes, and cabbage that all worked beautifully together. I ordered the Beef Noodle Soup, and the broth was the standout—clean, deeply comforting, with thinly sliced beef and scallions. Thoughtful flavors, solid portions, and consistently good execution. We’d gladly return.

A hidden gem 💎 of a Korean Restaurant that services Kips Bay and the surrounding area of the LES. Not so easy to see off of 2nd Ave. A modern take on traditional Korean cuisine. Not a kbbq place. Everything is cooked in the kitchen. The Tomahawk Kalbi is the star ⭐️. Neighbor regulars are always here. Nice staff. Reasonably priced. Do yourself a favor and give them a try. We will definitely be going back.

Hidden gem for Korean food on the east side! We came here for a late lunch on Sunday and were surprised the lunch menu was available on a weekend! They have delicious kimchi (on the fresher side and not super garlicky) and we got a beef bulgogi set that came with a steamed egg. It was delicious and the portions were generous. We also got rice cakes and pork belly which were good as well but the bulgogi set was the highlight.

Good vibes but extremely mid food, they were really showy with presentation but the taste didn't match up. Kimchi pancake was pretty good, curry chicken noodles were extremely overspiced and only tasted like curry powder, kinda like a bad japchae. Kimchi fried rice didn't have much flavor and the katsu was pretty thin and dry, pork belly was pretty good.

Love this place. Great classic Korean dishes, done well, with frills. Love the unlimited banchan and the servers were great about refilling. Usually not a packed place but on busier nights the atmosphere is great. Everything we ordered was great - the galbi mandu and kimchi shrimp pancake were great starters. The spicy chicken galbi was exactly what you expected and same with the kimchi fried rice with chicken katsu. Kinda feels like home cooking but dressed up in the best ways. Portion sizes were great, quality was good, servers were do friendly, and drinks menu was diverse. Would recommend!

We spent a week in NY and I’m an Asian food fanatic so we had to give this place a try,it was highly rated so why not.The food was top notch,the menu is not false advertising at all,everything comes out and looks exactly as seen in the menu, which I loved.Everything tasted so delicious.Spice levels where perfect,sweet levels were on point,salt levels where just right,those people know exactly what they are doing,if it where up to me I would have ordered everything on the menu,but we ended up getting what we knew we could handle.The server doesn’t write things down so he forgot our kimchi pancakes and we realized it ,but also didn’t wanna make a big fuss,since he was the only one working there,he was serving and bartending,which was impressive.Even though we didn’t order any custom cocktails,everything looked so good.

So good! Very cool atmosphere. They dropped some pickled radish and kimchi on the table which was nice. They gave us salads too and the dressing was delicious, whatever it was. We had the kimchi fried rice with chicken katsu, beef skewers, and fried chicken. All very tasty. I was full but I couldn’t stop eating. The owner is a ball of gracious energy. Music was nice. Definitely a goto spot in Kip’s Bay.