Jin Jin

JIN JIN has never disappointed! The food is phenomenal, and the service is great! They greet you at the door and seat you quickly, and are great at making suggestions with items off the menu. The food came out very quickly and was fresh. They also have many different beverages that are delicious! The restaurant was clean, staff was friendly, and overall was a great experience. The prices are very fair and reasonable. If you find yourself looking for a Korean meal, this is the place to go!!This time we tried many different entrees & sides off the menu and shared it amongst the whole table family style. There was plenty to go around!

Spicy jja jang myun is a-ok. Tang soo yook's sauce is very distinct. I've had many tang soo yook and they all taste similar but not here. It actually tastes disgusting. Mandu is good but you can tell it's frozen goods. Won't return.

When people travel we all try to find the best restaurants to dine at. JIN JIN was no exception. With all the positive reviews, we thought we couldn't go wrong, so we were excited about dining at JIN JIN. I called and made a reservation for a party of 7. But before ending the call, I was informed that they only give a 5 minute leeway for late reservations because they are very busy. When we got to the restaurant, I saw an open floor plan dining room. Nothing special, very boring and bland. We ordered black bean noodles, jjampong, fried mandoo, ttangsooyuk, spicy garlic chicken, and Chicken fried rice.I don't typically criticize food if it falls within acceptable parameters, but the dishes we ordered were less than mediocre. The black bean paste sauce was overly sweet and lacked depth of flavor, resembling the kind you'd find at restaurants that have since gone out of business. The seafood jjampong tasted as if it was made from a base of red chili pepper and water, with no real depth or complexity. The flavor was too basic and bland. JJampong soup isn't easy to make and takes quite the expertise to make. Obviously, this cook needs a lot more training and experience. I love ttangsooyuk and have tried many variations of the dish from both Asia and the US. Unfortunately, this was one of the worst I've had. The sauce was bland and tasted like it was prepared by an amateur cook. The chicken fried rice didn't have the typical texture or flavor profile. Instead of being fluffy, the rice was more on the sticky side.Our overall experience was nothing like the glowing reviews we saw on YouTube, Yelp or any other social media platforms. It seems like the reviews were written to promote the restaurant under false pretenses rather than provide genuine feedback. I hope this post helps others avoid this restaurant's blatant attempts to promote itself as a great dining spot when it doesn't even come close to being decent. I don't mind paying for a good culinary experience if I feel it's justified. However, the entrees at JIN JIN are pretty pricey with the noodle dishes being exception. Other entrees are priced at mid to high $30's. That's similar to the level of "Blossom" at the Aria. Which was pretty shocking for what we got served. One thing to note: when I read reviews, I start with the one-star reviews. I saw more than a handful of bad reviews for JIN JIN but dismissed them, thinking "all restaurants have unhappy customers" and decided to give the restaurant the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, the restaurant lived up to its negative reviews.

Hiding on the top floor of the plaza, within a simple facade lines a star gate to Korean. Get your K-Drama favorite noodles Jajangmyeon! The black noodle goodness comes in one of two ways Spicy or regular. I had the regular black bean noodles, and they were yummy. My wife had the Spicy Seafood Noodle Soup, nice and spicy. We had great side dishes, the Shrimp fried rice was on point. Appetizers was fried dumplings (ok) and the Chinese buns (tasty) Would definitely bring back family and friends. See you in the K Dramas fam

Take Out Order of $10.99 Jjajangmyeon (blean bean sauce noodles) was great! I haven't had this in so long. I usually like the Korean Northern Chinese version too but never thought I'd ever taste it like this again! Heavy! I didn't use the condiment sauce (super salty) as the original sauce was enough. Maybe interested in trying their chicken dishes, and jelly fish salad in the future. But this place seems very starchy carbo load of food which is too heavy for me. I'll have to wait for a moment I'm feeling for heavy dishes. Also this place includes modern (cheese) dishes which usually puts me off. This is a dish I rarely would get because#1. It's very carb heavy, and #2. Many places usually make it either too watery, too salty (Chinese version), too sweet (Korean version), or bad quality so I just get sick from it. I'm sensitive. Its a dish I gave up on, unless the restaurant looks like they also have a lot of other great Northern Chinese Korean type dishes. My visit this time was an extremely rare occasion where I just wanted Jjajangmyeon.

We had a great dinner at Jin Jin. All cuisines were perfectly cooked and seasoned, and all staffs were so nice. Everything was impressed, we had a great time!Will come back soon!

I've been eyeing this place for months now after seeing a bunch of IG reels. I finally went today with my mom and uncle. We went for lunch and they had quite a few tables of people already. We ordered the crispy pork with sweet and sour sauce (on the side), creamy shrimp tempura and a seafood noodle soup. My mom and uncle were complaining about the pricing and how expensive it was. I told them that it's family style so the portions will be big. My mom wondered why there's no lunch specials... and she made an observation that people eating solo wouldn't come here because the portions are so big. I agreed and said that if they served bento boxes or something they'll be able to grab the solo eating crowd too. Probably be able to grab the working lunch crowd. My mom was also disappointed that the only banchan served was pickled radish and onions. The pork came out first and it was piping hot and so crispy. The sauce was indeed sweet and sour. I loved the crisp on the pork but not the cut of meat they used. I think they used tenderloin so there's hardly any fat - a lot of the pieces dried out from getting fried and it was hard to chew. Even drowning it in the sauce wasn't able to soften up the meat. I think if they used another cut of meat, it wouldn't get so dried out and tough. The shrimp dish came out next and oh boy it was sooo tasty! Again super crispy, the creamy lemon sauce was somehow light and creamy and zesty. We were even eating the lettuce under the shrimp, it was that good! And lastly was the seafood noodle soup. The noodles were chewy, the broth was light and refreshing and there was a good amount of seafood. I think everything came out to be less than $80 not including gratuity and we had leftovers. I told my uncle it was a great lunch and he can have another meal later with the leftovers. And I told my mom, look, all the other tables are Koreans - so you know this is a legit place for Korean food! I will definitely be back for more of that shrimp and seafood soup. Also I saw 2 other tables ordering the steam buns with some meat in the middle so I wouldn't mind trying that... also I wanna try their jajang mein.

A yummy and quick stop to satiate my Jjajangmyeon craving It was my first time here, so it's nice to know a great family-style Korean restaurant is right in town :)We shared a bowl of Jjajangmyeon and fresh fried mandoo! Everything was delicious! I do wish the Jjajangmyeon was hotter (temp wise), it came out a little warm which was odd considering we were there on a monday and only a few other families were dining But otherwise it was great! $10 for a serving size for 2 is great!! The mandoo was also delicious!! The staff was also very friendly.Next time I want to try the 탕수육 :) Yayy!

The apps and main courses were all quite good. The mushrooms had an interesting flavor and texture that kept calling me back for more. I included a picture because I hadn't had those exact kind before. A hint spicy. The main chicken dish I ordered is starred on the menu as a local favorite/ most popular. It was an amazing blend of sweet /spicy and salty. It was also LOADED with garlic. When I say it was spicy zoom in and look at my picture. It was pure flavorful bliss!' So good and easily one of my favorite dishes of my trip. The service was friendly enough and kept the refills coming. Highly recommended. Plenty of free parking

This resto has been on the list of "must try's" for awhile. Since we had to do some shopping at the SF market anyway, we figured why not? Trudged up the stairs to the second level. There is a door to the restaurant in the rear second level parking area but it directs patrons to the front entrance. We went around 12:30 and figured it would be really crowded as Chinatown restaurants always seem busier on weekends. But there was plenty of seating and no wait list. By the way, there is a prominent sign on the door that says in very large letters, no dogs except service dogs, (more about that later).A pitcher of ice cold water placed at the table along with a sealed paper package containing chopsticks and a disposable fork and spoon. We ordered the jajejangmyeong (noodles in black bean sauce) and yakimandeu (fried dumplings similar to potstickers) and chicken fried rice.The bonchon dropped off was pretty sparse, a small plate of yellow daikon and small pieces of white onion.The food came out quickly, the yakimandeu were deep fried , tasted good, ten pieces . I prefer mine steamed and then lightly fried but these were good. The noodle dish was pretty good. Large serving, tasty, good amount of black bean sauce. The fried rice was just ok... nothing special.Half way through our meal a threesome of older folks came in with a pink baby carriage . My first thought was grandparents taking kid out while mom and dad shop downstairs. But it was either the ugliest baby I ever saw or a gosh dang French poodle not being happy in the carriage. The staff noted the dog, but did nothing to remind the patrons about their policy. Too chicken and didn't want a confrontation or didn't want to lose a three diner meal? Finished our meal and paid, no military discount. That lost them a star, and perhaps their policy of animals not enforced contributed to it.