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Where to Get Knockout Korean Food in the Seattle Surface area

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In the past, a lot of diners would demand to drive well exterior Seattle'due south middle to score corking Korean food, either due north, stretching up to Lynwood, or south, to Federal Way or Lakewood's Korean dining district. These areas remain packed with dandy Korean restaurants, simply in that location are besides expert options closer to the center of Seattle. These include refreshing, mod takes on Korean food at James Beard Award-nominated restaurant Joule, Paju (which was one of The New York Fourth dimension's favorite restaurants in the land in 2021), and the upscale newcomer Wero.

Annotation: This list focuses on restaurants slightly closer to key Seattle, and does non include the many fantastic Korean restaurants in Federal Mode or the Tacoma expanse. Many of those are included in Eater Seattle's maps for Federal Way and Tacoma.

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5210 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107

Later on operating as a pop-upwardly for two years, Wero officially became a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the spring of 2022, taking over what was formerly a gastropub called the Gerald, where chef Wes Yoo had already been at the helm. Yoo's small carte du jour comprises updated takes on classic Korean comfort food (Wero ways "condolement"). Highlights include jeon (a huge, crispy pancake made with potato, kimchi, and mung beans), kalbi-marinated steak ssam, and jiajang dubop (roasted pork shoulder with mushrooms and vegetables in fermented black edible bean sauce). The cocktails shine besides, like the luminous green sumnara, with vodka, soju, vanilla, coconut, honey, lemon, matcha, and ginger beer.

Wero's steak ssam is made with kalbi-marinated American wagyu zabuton and served with a diversity of banchan.

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6201 15th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107

Ballard's Korean-influenced coffee shop serves wonderful brews and Instagram-worthy French toast, which has the perfect combination of crunchiness and sweetness thank you to a cereal-coated crust (options include Fruity Pebbles or Frosted Flakes). Those with a strong appetite may want to tackle the charcoal-broil plate, with roasted pork, samjang, and various kimchi, or the Korean poutine.

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6415 8th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107

What looks like (and is) an upscale bottle shop at starting time glance hides a wonderful secret: some of the all-time Korean fried chicken in the metropolis. The card includes standard Asian American fare like gyoza and broccoli beef as well, and the business was featured in The Seattle Times a few years dorsum for its teriyaki. Merely the juicy, crispy Korean fried chicken is the star of the show hither — and also perhaps the all-time bargain in town, at merely $9.99 for twelve pieces. The craven is perfect for enjoying with one of the many local beers on tap.

A dozen crispy rice-flour chicken wings with Korean barbecue sauce is just ten bucks at Choice in Ballard.

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11 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109

This cozy Lower Queen Anne eating house serves up contemporary takes on classic dishes like yukhoe (beefiness tartare) and haemul pajeon (seafood pancake). Just the Paju fried rice is the real showstopper with a smoked quail egg yolk centered on the squid ink-blackened, kimchi and bacon-enhanced rice. In 2021, the restaurant was listed as ane of the New York Times' best restaurants in America.

Squid fried rice with a smoked quail egg.

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15001 Aurora Ave North
Shoreline, WA 98133

This popular Shoreline restaurant has a widespread carte of Korean classics, with large portions at reasonable prices. Information technology's a practiced place to try bibim naengmyeon, offering diners a spicy mass of buckwheat noodles with daikon kimchi, beefiness slices, Asian pear, and half of a hard-boiled egg. And, yeah, the kalbi and calamari are excellent as well.

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15200 Aurora Ave N
Shoreline, WA 98133

This restaurant at the northern edge of Seattle is especially popular for its grill-your-ain Korean barbecue. Diners can choose from platters of kalbi (boneless, or even better, with the os), brim steak, brisket, and beef natural language.

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23830 Highway 99 Ste 121
Edmonds, WA 98026

This Korean pub in Edmonds had been known for karaoke in pre-pandemic times, just what really sings hither is the Korean fried chicken (KFC), which one can get "naked" or seasoned in choices of Asian garlic, sugariness & spicy, extra spicy, and dearest butter garlic. Diners should also try the tteokbokki rice cakes and the corn cheese.

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3506 Stone Style N
Seattle, WA 98103

At this James Bristles Award-nominated Fremont restaurant known for its meats, diners volition observe short ribs with grilled peppers and kimchi (simply called "that" short rib steak). But there are non beefy options on the carte du jour, including a delightful kombu-cured mackerel. The more coincidental sibling spot Revel also recently got a Fremont revival, and serves splendid dumplings, noodles, and rice bowls. Both are open for takeout and limited dine-in.

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22929 WA-99
Edmonds, WA 98026

This restaurant's namesake dish (called seolleongtang in Korean) features a goop made from ox bones, brisket, and other bulky body parts, cooked for more than than 24 hours. The "mixed" version is a treat with brisket, tongue, and shank. The spot is open for dine-in, only the soup is a comfort food classic that still holds upward when reheated at home.

Seolleongtang and banchan.

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22511 WA-99
Edmonds, WA 98026

The casual Korean chain offers some of the best value for soondubu jigae (silken tofu stew). At that place are other solid items on the carte, but the soft tofu soup is the principal draw, the fiery bowls filled with a choice of beefiness, pork, seafood, intestines, dumplings, vegetables, and more.

Before long doo boo chigae and banchan.

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519 6th Ave Southward #110
Seattle, WA 98104

The bingsoo (shave water ice) here in the International District and at the Edmonds location is lusciously snowy and comes in a diversity of flavors including taro, green tea, and blackness sesame. Diners can also get them topped with fresh mango or strawberries. There'south likewise a selection of toast made with injeolmi — a chewy, soft rice cake similar to Japanese mochi.

Greenish tea toast and taro bingsoo

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500 Due east Pike St
Seattle, WA 98122

This new Capitol Hill Korean barbecue spot has launched a takeout and delivery service in conjunction with Pike Place sibling restaurant Chan. Items include corn cheese and wagyu soybean stew, as well as a chef's option of four cuts of assorted meats, either grilled or raw, with japchae, banchan, ssam, and pa muchim. Information technology'southward also open up for dine-in service.

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4142 Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105

For over a decade, this U District mainstay has been a pop spot to indulge in soondubu jjigae, a spicy tofu stew. Even if the usual higher crowd has thinned out due to the pandemic, information technology's nevertheless worth the trip for both the soup and other splendid dishes, such as kimchi fried rice and beefiness short ribs.

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4525 The Ave
Seattle, WA 98105

Chi Mac feels like a good fit for the Ave (University Way) in the University District, offering a college bar vibe, crushable chicken wings, and Korean beer and soju. The restaurants batters and sauces its craven with a refreshingly light bear on, whether diners choose dry, parmesan-sprinkled snow wings or delicately glazed, crispy soy garlic wings. It'south open up for takeout and dine-in service, and there's a newer Bellevue outpost as well.

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17425 Hwy 99 #A
Lynnwood, WA 98037

Here'southward another Lynnwood standout boasting a broad menu, with a few items of special interest. The chung gook jang chigae is a fermented soybean and soybean paste soup that has a strong, funky season. Gamjatang is a spicy pork-bone stew with vegetables, and the ganjang-gejang (raw crabs in soy sauce) is a saline, nectarine treat.

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15004 Highway 99
Lynnwood, WA 98087

This Lynnwood spot is one of the more popular places for bulgogi (marinated meat typically grilled with onions and peppers). One of its specialties is ttukbaegi bulgogi, which comes with sliced rice cake, vegetables, and glass noodles cooked in beef rib broth.

Lynwood'south Ka Won is a popular spot for bulgogi.

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3411 184th St SW
Lynnwood, WA 98037

Folks are doing some revolutionary fast-food piece of work in a picayune hut in the Lynnwood H-Mart parking lot. The little sister of Everett'south Chop Express, the Lynnwood Chops only does bowls and Korean burritos, simply non quite like their inventor, L.A'.s Roy Choi, does them. These are lined with white rice, similar a sushi gyre, then wrapped in a tortilla. Chops also ups its Korrito (Korean burrito) game by offering eight different fillings, including the Flaming Boar, with barbecued pork, daikon, cilantro, cabbage, and spicy mayo, and the Locosoba, with bulgogi beef, soba (noodles), scrambled eggs, cheese, cabbage, and mayonnaise. It'south a whole new level.

The Flaming Boar at Chops is loaded with saucy Korean barbecued pork, dressed with fresh veggies and mayo, encased in rice, and rolled in a tortilla.

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1. WeRo

Wero'south steak ssam is fabricated with kalbi-marinated American wagyu zabuton and served with a multifariousness of banchan.

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After operating as a popular-up for 2 years, Wero officially became a brick-and-mortar restaurant in the bound of 2022, taking over what was formerly a gastropub called the Gerald, where chef Wes Yoo had already been at the captain. Yoo's small menu comprises updated takes on classic Korean condolement nutrient (Wero ways "comfort"). Highlights include jeon (a huge, crispy pancake made with white potato, kimchi, and mung beans), kalbi-marinated steak ssam, and jiajang dubop (roasted pork shoulder with mushrooms and vegetables in fermented black bean sauce). The cocktails shine besides, like the luminous greenish sumnara, with vodka, soju, vanilla, coconut, honey, lemon, matcha, and ginger beer.

5210 Ballard Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107

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2. Watson'due south Counter

Ballard'due south Korean-influenced coffee shop serves wonderful brews and Instagram-worthy French toast, which has the perfect combination of crunchiness and sweetness thanks to a cereal-coated chaff (options include Fruity Pebbles or Frosted Flakes). Those with a strong ambition may desire to tackle the barbecue plate, with roasted pork, samjang, and various kimchi, or the Korean poutine.

6201 15th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107

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iii. Choice Cafeteria & Grocery

A dozen crispy rice-flour chicken wings with Korean barbecue sauce is merely ten bucks at Choice in Ballard.

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What looks like (and is) an upscale bottle shop at first glance hides a wonderful secret: some of the best Korean fried craven in the city. The menu includes standard Asian American fare like gyoza and broccoli beef every bit well, and the business was featured in The Seattle Times a few years dorsum for its teriyaki. Simply the juicy, crispy Korean fried chicken is the star of the show here — and also perhaps the all-time deal in town, at only $9.99 for twelve pieces. The chicken is perfect for enjoying with i of the many local beers on tap.

6415 8th Ave NW
Seattle, WA 98107

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4. Paju

Squid fried rice with a smoked quail egg.

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This cozy Lower Queen Anne restaurant serves up contemporary takes on archetype dishes like yukhoe (beef tartare) and haemul pajeon (seafood pancake). Merely the Paju fried rice is the existent showstopper with a smoked quail egg yolk centered on the squid ink-blackened, kimchi and bacon-enhanced rice. In 2021, the restaurant was listed as one of the New York Times' best restaurants in America.

11 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109

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5. Hae-Nam Kalbi and Calamari

Pork abdomen and squid stone pot

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This pop Shoreline eating house has a widespread carte of Korean classics, with large portions at reasonable prices. It'southward a skillful place to try bibim naengmyeon, offering diners a spicy mass of buckwheat noodles with daikon kimchi, beef slices, Asian pear, and half of a hard-boiled egg. And, yes, the kalbi and calamari are excellent equally well.

15001 Aurora Ave Northward
Shoreline, WA 98133

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6. Onetime Village Korean BBQ Chophouse

Bibimbap in a stone pot.

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This restaurant at the northern border of Seattle is particularly popular for its grill-your-ain Korean barbecue. Diners can cull from platters of kalbi (boneless, or fifty-fifty amend, with the bone), skirt steak, brisket, and beef tongue.

15200 Aurora Ave Northward
Shoreline, WA 98133

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7. Stars In The Heaven

KFC sweet and spicy, aslope the "naked" version.

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This Korean pub in Edmonds had been known for karaoke in pre-pandemic times, only what really sings here is the Korean fried chicken (KFC), which one can get "naked" or seasoned in choices of Asian garlic, sweetness & spicy, extra spicy, and beloved butter garlic. Diners should besides try the tteokbokki rice cakes and the corn cheese.

23830 Highway 99 Ste 121
Edmonds, WA 98026

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8. Joule

Short rib steak.

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At this James Bristles Award-nominated Fremont restaurant known for its meats, diners will find short ribs with grilled peppers and kimchi (simply chosen "that" short rib steak). But at that place are non bulky options on the menu, including a delightful kombu-cured mackerel. The more than casual sibling spot Revel also recently got a Fremont revival, and serves excellent dumplings, noodles, and rice bowls. Both are open for takeout and limited dine-in.

3506 Stone Way N
Seattle, WA 98103

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9. Traditional Korean Beef Soup

Seolleongtang and banchan.

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This eatery'due south namesake dish (called seolleongtang in Korean) features a broth made from ox bones, brisket, and other beefy body parts, cooked for more than than 24 hours. The "mixed" version is a treat with brisket, tongue, and shank. The spot is open for dine-in, only the soup is a condolement food classic that still holds upwards when reheated at domicile.

22929 WA-99
Edmonds, WA 98026

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x. Kong Tofu Firm

Soon doo boo chigae and banchan.

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The casual Korean chain offers some of the best value for soondubu jigae (silken tofu stew). There are other solid items on the menu, merely the soft tofu soup is the main draw, the fiery bowls filled with a choice of beef, pork, seafood, intestines, dumplings, vegetables, and more.

22511 WA-99
Edmonds, WA 98026

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11. Milkie Milkie Desserts Cafe

Green tea toast and taro bingsoo

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The bingsoo (shave ice) here in the International District and at the Edmonds location is lusciously snowy and comes in a variety of flavors including taro, greenish tea, and blackness sesame. Diners can besides get them topped with fresh mango or strawberries. There's also a choice of toast made with injeolmi — a chewy, soft rice cake similar to Japanese mochi.

519 6th Ave Due south #110
Seattle, WA 98104

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12. Run across Korean BBQ

This new Capitol Hill Korean barbecue spot has launched a takeout and delivery service in conjunction with Pike Place sibling restaurant Chan. Items include corn cheese and wagyu soybean stew, as well every bit a chef's choice of 4 cuts of assorted meats, either grilled or raw, with japchae, banchan, ssam, and pa muchim. It's also open for dine-in service.

500 E Thruway St
Seattle, WA 98122

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13. Korean Tofu Business firm

Soondubu jjigae at Korean Tofu House

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For over a decade, this U Commune mainstay has been a popular spot to indulge in soondubu jjigae, a spicy tofu stew. Even if the usual college crowd has thinned out due to the pandemic, it's still worth the trip for both the soup and other excellent dishes, such as kimchi fried rice and beef short ribs.

4142 Brooklyn Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105

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14. Chi Mac

Chi Mac feels like a proficient fit for the Ave (University Mode) in the University Commune, offering a college bar vibe, crushable chicken wings, and Korean beer and soju. The restaurants batters and sauces its chicken with a refreshingly light touch, whether diners choose dry, parmesan-sprinkled snow wings or delicately glazed, crispy soy garlic wings. It's open up for takeout and dine-in service, and in that location'southward a newer Bellevue outpost too.

4525 The Ave
Seattle, WA 98105

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xv. Sam Oh Joung Restaurant

The pork bone soup at Sam Oh Joung Restaurant.

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Here'due south another Lynnwood standout boasting a broad menu, with a few items of special interest. The chung gook jang chigae is a fermented soybean and soybean paste soup that has a stiff, funky flavour. Gamjatang is a spicy pork-bone stew with vegetables, and the ganjang-gejang (raw crabs in soy sauce) is a saline, nectarine treat.

17425 Hwy 99 #A
Lynnwood, WA 98037

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16. Ka Won

Lynwood's Ka Won is a popular spot for bulgogi.

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This Lynnwood spot is one of the more than popular places for bulgogi (marinated meat typically grilled with onions and peppers). One of its specialties is ttukbaegi bulgogi, which comes with sliced rice cake, vegetables, and glass noodles cooked in beef rib broth.

15004 Highway 99
Lynnwood, WA 98087

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17. Chops

The Flaming Boar at Chops is loaded with saucy Korean barbecued pork, dressed with fresh veggies and mayo, encased in rice, and rolled in a tortilla.

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Folks are doing some revolutionary fast-food work in a lilliputian hut in the Lynnwood H-Mart parking lot. The little sister of Everett'due south Chop Express, the Lynnwood Chops only does bowls and Korean burritos, but not quite like their inventor, L.A'.s Roy Choi, does them. These are lined with white rice, like a sushi roll, so wrapped in a tortilla. Chops also ups its Korrito (Korean burrito) game by offer 8 different fillings, including the Flaming Boar, with barbecued pork, daikon, cilantro, cabbage, and spicy mayo, and the Locosoba, with bulgogi beefiness, soba (noodles), scrambled eggs, cheese, cabbage, and mayonnaise. It'southward a whole new level.

3411 184th St SW
Lynnwood, WA 98037

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