Koreana - Manchester

Outstanding Flavour bomb. The food is as good as it gets, pork and chive dumplings, Rice Cake Dokbeoki, Seafood pancake and boneless rib of beef. Get these and you will go home so happy and its not expensive.

What a shame. Despite being the third party seated, we actually jever got served. The 5 parties arriving after us did I ho9e they had a great experience, and I wouls have loved raving about the food and my own great experience, but having sat patiently without service of any kind, and found ourselves behind 14 later covers, we left. Maybe I will get more luck on my NEXT trip over from Australia. And we lost the football too!

There are a few places to get Korean food in Manchester. This is one of the best. Enjoyed the dolsot bibim bap and kakdugi

So despite a previous disappointment we have subsequently returned every 4 to 6 weeks because we live locally and generally have an enjoyable visit. Not this time unfortunately. The spicy kimchi casserole was bland, certainly lacking any hint of 'spicy '. Even worse was the spicy chicken which, in addition to having no spice, was hot but chewy on the outside and cold on the inside suggesting it could have been cooked from frozen rather than cooked fresh. When we told the waitress it is normally crunchy on the outside and hot throughout she offered to have a fresh one made, only to hastily return to advise that the dish is not crispy because of the sauce on top this is nonsense as we have ordered this dish on several previous visits and it was nothing like what was served this evening. I 'm not sure whether the chef was feeling lazy, whether they took umbrage at the constructive feedback or whether they actually hail from Korea but the response from the kitchen was unacceptable. My wife then complained about the chicken to the waiter who brought the bill; the waiter simply said 'sorry '. Yet throughout our meal the table next to us was being fawned over? I appreciate restaurants are going through a tough time but so are their customers; why should we accept a substandard dish in return for our own hard earned money? Sorry Koreana but I am struggling to contemplate returning after this visit!

Friendly staff, great service and amazing food. Probably the bestinn Manchester. Highly recommended. Looking forward to visiting again.