Aria Korean Street Food

Second time trying this Peninsula location. It was much better this time around, but still a far cry from the City. The glaze on the chicken tasted right this time, but it didn't really have that sticky glaze like it should, just basically swimming in sauce. The chicken itself was lacking on the batter, changing the flavor profile completely, and had NO crisp at all, just mushy chicken swimming in sauce. It was also really small compared to how they stack it up in SF. The Bulgogi Fries on the other hand were a total disappointment. I've eaten these in SF at least 100 times, and while there's always a range depending on who's cooking and how the meat is cut, this was totally different. The fries were thicker krinkle cut, there was hardly any meat, cheese, or sauce, and the bulgogi steak was a completely different cut, more like crumbles than strips, and had a different flavor all together. When these are prepared correctly you have meat, cheese, sauce, and fries with every bite, and usually finish the fries before you run out of anything else. The first two pics are to show how sparse these were today on the Peninsula, and all other pics are from Aria in SF for comparison.

NEVER ordering from this restaurant again. Food was cold, had to re-heat it up in the microwave. Tortilla was half soft and half crispy/burnt and when you pick it up, it breaks at the bottom. Chicken has no flavor so they put a bunch of salty sauce on there to make up for the lack of flavor. Also, I found a piece of either hair or something between the chicken and slaw. If you look closely you'll see it in the photo I attached.

Ordered the 10pcs Glazed Fried Chicken and Bulgogi Fries on Doordash for delivery. The glazed fried chicken was ordered with he sweet & spicy sauce but it was not very spicy and too sweet. There was also a bit too much glaze combined with the delivery time make the skin soggy rather than nice and crispy. The bulgogi fries however I can highly recommend. Super delicious sauce, nice pieces of shredded beef and there’s a decent amount of it. Good combination, not overly sauced and it wasn’t ideal with delivery but fries were still tasty.

I order this though DoorDash for pickup. It’s freaking DoorDash Kitchen. Not a real restaurant. People working here a slow and won’t even acknowledge you! I hate you DoorDash! You wasted 30-45 minutes of my time! I have a busy schedule!!!

Ordered through door dash. Bulgogi fries, chocolate torte, and soy garlic chicken. All incredible. Chicken was juicy had a great crispy texture with a great sauce taste. Even reheated and maintained crisp well when we had leftovers. Also nice big portion sizes.

Please don't call these Korean fried chicken because it's nothing like it. I feel kinda offended. They're just chicken fillets that are not crunchy, dry, thick battered, and bland on its own without the dipping sauce (which they forgot to deliver).

This is the panda express of Korean food. So sweet, and tasted like they used cayenne for any spice. For future readers, here's a better alternative: Ttobongee