Ha Ahn Korean Restaurant

Came to Ha Ahn after my coworkers recommended it as the best Korean restaurant in Cleveland. After experiencing it for myself, I totally agree! Ha Ahn gives big family-owned vibes. It's tucked away in AsiaTown and pretty unassuming. Our server was a hilarious Korean woman who was super accommodating to our larger party and cracked jokes with us the whole time. The food was absolutely delicious and each person in our party had a different favorite dish-- a great testament that there was something for everyone! My personal favorites were the kimchi jjigae and seafood pancake. Their kimchi is to die for and the seafood pancake was fresh, crispy, and packed with seafood. Our bill was reasonable even though we got a lot of food, and our server gave us free yakult at the end of our meal. We're all itching to go back! Highly recommend.

Ha ahn is serving up the most authentic Korean food in Cleveland! I dream about their Galbi Tang with giant beef ribs and a comforting beef bone broth that warms my soul. Served boiling hot with glass noodles eggs and radish! I also love their rotating assortment of banchans! The staff are friendly and care about your meal being set up properly. Our server straightened out my placemat and silverware setting multiple times through the meal and also refilled our banchans. Especially nostalgic is ending the meal with yakult!

This restaurant is truly a hidden gem of Cleveland Asia town! I had been looking for authentic Korean restaurant, and I wished I had found this place sooner!Located inside the shared building with other Asian restaurants, is this very own Ha Ahn restaurantWe were greeted by the staff and was seated right away (since the space was quite small, if you go during lunch or dinner rush, expect some wait time, though they also offer takeout)You will be offered a set of Banchan (complimentary side dishes to go with your meal), that I find it so much fun to try out different fermented vegetable as well as kimchi, but my favourite has to be the fish cakes.We have tried Tteokbokki (in a spicy sweet sauce),and homemade steamed dumpling served with soy sauce. Both are great appetizers to shareMy most favorite dishes would be Galbi (grilled marinated short rib), Spicy pork bulgogi, Bibimbap (ground beef and vegetable rice bowl) and Soft tofu soup. They also offer lunch special which comes with salad, seaweed salad, fried gyoza, and kimchi for a reasonable price. They will give you a cute little bottle of the complimentary sweet probiotic drinks after the meal as well.The food came out in a reasonable time, service was great, the lady who helped us was very nice and helpful. They also offer various sushi menu, which I have to check out in another time.I would recommend this place for anyone who loves Korean food to give it a try. Apparently they have been open for at least 10 years now, I do hope they will be here for at least another 10-20 years.

Place has limited seating but there is booth seating outside of the restaurant if you wanted to wait to get seated. We went during the lunch rush, so we knew it would be a little wait before we get seated. I've been meaning to try this place for some time now and was off on a Monday, so I thought why not!The banchan was delicious. But the soups were even better!! Definitely hit the spot! I don't always order soup when I'm at a Korean restaurant but when I do it's usually the Galbi Tang or Kimchi Jjigae. Unfortunately they ran out of Galbi Tang, so I ordered the Kimchi Jjigae and the Bibimbap. The vegetables were so fresh and crispy. It's the texture I always look for when it comes to bibimbap and the vegetables were so fresh with a lot of flavor. We really enjoyed this dish paired with the option to put as much sauce as we pleased. Really love the presentation of their dishes and was very surprised with their soup. My husband and I have come to the conclusion that their soup has way more flavor than a restaurant we usually go to. This restaurant set the bar pretty high with the flavors they offered with their soup. I only docked off one star because their banchan doesn't come with free refills and they charge if you ask for more. Other than that, service was great and food was phenomenal! We will definitely come back here again to try more dishes on their menu. Would definitely recommend this place!

Yum! What a great lunch experience I had here. Honestly I chose to come here just based on the fact that it was the only Korean restaurant in the area that was open on a Monday but I'm so glad! This is a small little Korean/Japanese restaurant with 7 tables, black and white checkered floors, minimal decor, and friendly service. They have a great weekday lunch special menu including my order, Beef Bulgogi for $13 (I think) and came with rice, kimchi, seaweed salad, and a crispy dumpling. It was the perfect amount of food at a great price! The food was fresh and tasted amazing! My only complaint is that they didn't have any music playing so I could hear people chewing and every noise in the restaurant. I will definitely come back here because there are a lot of other tasty sounding things on the menu. Parking is Beijing's the restaurant btw.

Thanks to my Ukranian friend Christina and LAWYER extraordinaire for treating me to dinner this past weekend. I was so surprised. I have such great friends and right now, I pray for the innocent civilians in Ukraine during this unnecessary war by Russia.If you know me then you know that I love all things Asian. Having traveled to China in 2015 and having a best friend from Hong Kong, I will always want to eat Asian food. I've had Korean food before but not often.I've had Ha Ahn Korean Restaurant bookmarked here on Yelp for a long time so I'm happy that my friend and I visited this past Saturday, 5 March 2022.LOCATION -- The location is somewhat hidden in the Asian town region of downtown Cleveland so I may not have found it unless I was looking for it. DECOR/ATMOSPHERE/SERVICE -- Warm and inviting. There are some cute traditional Korean clothing on the wall which adds a nice touch. It is a very small restaurant or "hole in the wall" as Americans may say but does size really matter? Of course not because the FOOD is what matters. Interestingly enough, the menu is quite large besides the small restaurant size.FOOD -- For starters (appetizer), we got the steamed dumplings ($13.95) which are 6 pieces filled with pork and chives. Honestly, I try not to eat pork and beef but these dumplings were delicious. For the main course, I ordered the Beef Bulgogi ($18.95) and my friend ordered the Galbi ($23.95). Both dishes came with a side of rice. The Galbi is also beef but it is short ribs whereas the beef bulgogi is strips of beef. Although I forgot to taste the Galbi that my friend ordered, I may order that next time when I visit Ha Ahn again just because the beef bulgogi wasn't as good as I expected. I've had better tasting beef and this bulgogi beef wasn't as tender. The vegetables that came with the beef bulgogi (carrots and green beans) were delicious. I got mine ordered without onions. The Galbi looked appetizing and my friend enjoyed her meal.SIDE DISHES -- The 5 side dishes that came with the meal were dry and not as fresh. I specifically remember the greens (bok-choy?) and kimichi looking a bit off and when I tried them, it didn't taste as fresh.Overall, I really want to come back and try other dishes here. I thought the food was definitely decent. Supporting small local businesses is something I enjoy doing being an immigrant who lived in 2 countries before coming to USA. I have always loved Asian food and Korean food is what I want to eat more of.****- 12/150 total reviews in 2022- 490 total overall Yelp reviews- Reviewed on 7 March 2022

When viewed through the lens of a restaurant patron, Cleveland has many 'hidden' gems so to speak. However, that term takes on a whole new meaning when you consider the location of this Korean masterpiece! Tucked away in a small unassuming strip mall along Superior Ave, the entrance is from the rear and accessible from a small parking lot. Once you enter the building the restaurant itself is down a hall and to the right - across from Superior Pho. The clientele ranges from Asian to American and everything in between, but the genuine service and authenticity is homogenous and everlasting. The menu comprises of Korean and even some Japanese fare (mainly sushi). I'm fairly one dimensional with Korean food, so I followed my usual trend and got the Bimibop with tofu (no meat). A brass kettle of barley tea was brought out and was satisfying as usual. Next, the small appetizer bowls (banchan) were brought out each one of which was outstanding.Finally, the Bimibop arrived hot and ready to devour with chopsticks in hand! Wow, the dish was superb and quite delicious! To top it off, upon the bill being brought out my server placed a small plastic bottle of what appeared to be a yogurt drink - Yakult I believe. Either way, for such a hard to find restaurant the food is remarkably amazing!

This is a very small, hole in the wall restaurant in a hidden away lot in downtown Cleveland. Because it's so tiny and without many staff, they don't have a lot of seating and the service is very slow. I came with a friend at around 6PM on a Monday, waited 30 minutes to be seated, ordered after we could flag down the server after 10, and waited over 30 for our food to come out. The food itself was tasty! We got 5 small banchan sides (sukjunamul/seasoned bean sprouts, sigeumchi muchim/seasoned spinach, Kkakdugi/radish kimchi, baechu kimchi/cabbage kimchi, and dubu buchim/fried tofu) that were tasty but you don't get free refills after. After your meal everyone also gets a complimentary Yakult which is always fun! I think overall though this restaurant has authentic Korean food, it's expensive and the service isn't great. Might come back if I'm craving korean!Soft tofu soup 4/5They were out of kimchi jjigae so we settled on this, and found it satisfying. We had the seafood version which just included clams. It came out in the classic little clay pot, was hot and a little spicy. Nothing too special but still tasty!Hoedupbap 4/5 We had this with the classic yangnyeomchojang sauce. The fish wasn't the freshest but was still yummy! All the textures from the different crunchy fresh veggies were so fun to eat. Definitely not a dish I see often so I was happy to see it here!

Coming from the Bay Area to Cleveland, I didn't expect much from any Asian food restaurant. I decided to come here because of the other restaurant, Superior Pho, but also came here to get some food as well! Seafood Pancake- Not crunchy and falling apart. The flavors were okay, but it wasn't anything unique or special. I have definitely had much better. The seafood in it, I must say was pretty tender and delicious! However, the texture of the soft seafood and the soft pancake, wasn't the best combination.Spicy Seafood Soft Tofu Soup- Not so spicy. It had a bit of a powdery generic flavor that I can't quite place my finger on. The tofu and seafood was pretty good, but the soup was a little disappointing. Overall, I wouldn't come here again.

Overall, I wouldn't come here again. Food:Ordered bulgogi, o-Sam bulgogi and squid stir fry. The food was good, served fast. But nothing spectacular. The banchan was alright.Ambiance: Hole in the wall, limited seating. Parking: Ample parking options since there is a parking lot right in front of the building where this restaurant is located.