Reviews for Urban Seoul 2.0 in Irvine, CA
The environment and plating was nice. Ordered three different plates, but the food lacked flavor, which was disappointing... because it looked great. Could definitely benefit from some more seasoning. The service was lacking as well. Not sure if theywere understaffed or really busy, but ya. Cool vibes and aesthetic, but price doesn't seem to be worth it. Read more
Mixed review on this restaurant. Good and attentive service. Chorizo Kimchee fried rice looked good but lacks flavor. Signature... Tacos ( street taco size) with gogi was tasty and good. Read more
I really liked this place. It was fusion food and at first I thought it would be weird, but I really liked the tacos. Friendly... staff and good atmoshpere. Read more
Very pretty plating and presentation however, it completely lacks flavor. It?s very bland and the pork belly is dry. I ordered... this because it said it was a chorizo skillet. There is no chorizo in this dish whatsoever. Pork belly is NOT chorizo. Pleasechange the name of the dish if it?s not going to include the very ingredient it?s named after. Based on other comments, the lackof chorizo was not an accident. I really wanted to like this place sadly, I don?t recommend eating here. Sorry. ???? Edit5/3/2022 in response to owner: You are extremely rude and disrespectful. I am well aware of what chorizo is and looks like. Idon't know how you expect to stay in business when your food is not great and you have snarky responses such as "If you have aquestion, ask your server and not complain" or "by the way, pork belly is pork belly and not chorizo. I know what pork belly isand that it's not chorizo. Oh, by the way, Urban Seoul, did you know that kimchi is a Korean dish made of salted and fermentedvegetables? I bet you also didn't know that Seoul is the capital of South Korea. ???? Now do you see how rude that is? How doyou expect your customers to know that a dish named after an ingredient is not the MAIN ingredient and the burden falls on thecustomer to ask? That's no different than me advertising a strawberry cake but then serving chocolate then getting upset at thecustomer for not realizing that the strawberry was mixed into the cake. You could have responded in such a different manner andcalmly explained why it would be such an easy mistake for a customer to make given that I am not the only one who complainedabout the same thing. I was not rude in my review and the tone of your response was unwarranted hence which is why I'mresponding in kind. Get a better PR team. This is the owner's response to my initial review in case they delete it: First ofall, I am sorry to hear that you were not satisfied with our food. However, our Chorizo Kimchi Fried Ri Read more
Loved it. The combination of flavors was delicious and definitely a change from the ordinary. I gave then an A. See my full... review on Instagram at South Orange County Eats (@soceats). Read more
Went here after a long day at work because I was craving for some Korean food. The place looks nice and all and staff was... friendly, but I was very disappointed with the Chorizo Kimchi Fried Rice Skillet I ordered. It lacked A LOT of basic flavor,basically tasted like nothing. The pork belly was hard and there was no chorizo at all. I paid $23 tip included for a dish thatwas not very good. I don?t think I will be coming back to this place? Read more
We got there right as they opened. Service was friendly but took food a while to come out. Everything was tasty, fresh and... plated well. Gyozas were a bit smaller than expected and waffle fries tasted of old oil, though crispy. The side of rice wasmushy and definitely day old. But LocoMoco was yum and gogi sliders were very meaty! Edamame was uniquely flavored with lots ofgarlic but a bit too oily. Perhaps when things are back to normal and enough servers working, total service will be back up topar with quality of food! Read more
The food is okay, it's a good fusion spot. The Korean/Mexican play-on-class dishes like tacos, Esquites, and Tteok-bokki are... delicious. My only complaint was if you wanted to pay by card you had to spend over $50. That's fine, so now I'm looking forways to hit $50. I noticed the soju and asked for it. I was never told the price or shown a menu for the liquor so I assumed itwould be $9-$11, the usual markup. I had no idea it was $14+ a bottle! I have the same case in my fridge (6 for $27). That'sone hell of a markup. Read more