Paik's Noodle Aurora

Jjajangmyeon is a Korean/Chinese dish that is noodles with black bean sauce made from chunjang (sauce), diced pork, and vegetables (typically healthy portion of onions and cucumbers. It is undoubtedly one of my favorite dishes, period! If you haven't tried it yet, you need to. For some background, Paik is the last name of Paik Jong-Won who is a South Korean chef turned very successful business man and entrepreneur. He owns a plethora of food chains in South Korea that all have raving reviews for their great food quality, excellent service, and prices. Colorado has been lacking a wide choice of jjajangmyeon spots until recently where we have seen at least a couple that come to mind pop up. Score! Paik's is a fantastic addition to that lineup. As mentioned before, Paik's restaurants are known for food quality, service, and prices which all hit the target here. I highly recommend the jjajangyeon and tangsuyuk (fried sweet and sour pork) for a delicious mix of savory noodles and sweet and sour crunchy pork. You can't beat it!

This restaurant was nearby and so we headed here for a quick, casual family lunch. Paik's is a Korean Chinese fusion restaurant chain by famous television host and chef, Jong Won Paik. Their simple, but tasty dishes marry the spices and flavors of Korea and China wonderfully.We ordered the jajangmyeon, meat jajangmyeon, jaengban jjajang, and tangsuyuk. Yesss, noodles on noodles on noodles. Each dish is meant to be shared, family style, especially the jaengban jajang which was a huge portion.I really liked the meat jajangmyeon, but the jaengban jjajang was definitely the stand out. The noodles were perfectly cooked and the toppings were delicious with the seafood being my favorite. It was a bit spicy for me, but we enjoyed it nonetheless. The tangsuyuk was pretty standard, but tasty as well with the perfect balance of sweet and sour. The sauce comes separate and can get a little messy, but overall good dish.Everything came out really quickly and the service was prompt and on point. We enjoyed our meal here and were pleasantly surprised. The dishes were priced pretty reasonably and they also have alcohol available.I would definitely come back here in the future.

Ordered the beef jjamppong. Noodles cooked well. However the meat was well over cooked and seemed like they just threw in the sliced meat without separating it, so it was quite chunky.Also ordered the sweet and sour pork. Breading was unique however the sauce was overly sweet for my preference. Recommend ordering with some rice.

We came here for dinner with a few friends on Friday evening and pleasantly wasn't as crowded. We got a booth and started with a few beers. For apps got all 3 available options - 2 types of wings and the fried dumplings (Ganmandu). I liked the fried dumplings a lot and particularly enjoyed the soy garlic wings. Very flavourful yet juicy. For mains, we got the Tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork), it came with fried pork in a plate and the sauce separate which was nice so we could enjoy the crispy pork. It was spicy and the sourness was actually pleasant and went well with the crispy pork. We also got the Jjampong and Jajangmyeon for mains. My friends and my husband really enjoyed the Jjampong, it was spicy and came piping hot. It had seafood and since I am allergic to shellfish, I just tasted a spoonful of the broth - it was very tasty. The jajangmyeon was alright, as someone who's actually tried jajangmyeon in Seoul, I did not enjoy it as much. I love Jajangmyeon and thought it was on the sweeter side. I even make it at home and prefer it a with a hint of spice. Overall we liked the food and will probably be back for the apps.

This food was great, some of the best lo mein-esq noodles I've had in a long time. Perfect serving size and great amount of vegetables in here.

I've heard about this place for a while and we decided to go for a weekday dinner cause I was craving some black bean noodles. There weren't many people when we got there at 6pm but more people came in after while we were eating. We were sat down quickly and they took our orders pretty quickly as well. We got a tea and aprons to wear so our clothes wouldn't get dirty which was a pleasant surprise!We got bokkeummyeon (stir fried noodles with seafood and oyster sauce for $13.95), Hong Kong Wings in Soy & Garlic Sauce (5 piece but they gave us 6!! For $9.10), Jajangmyeon (black bean noodles for $10.95). The stir fried noodles were really good! It's similar to lomein and they give you a lot of seafood and noodles in there. We took some of this home cause we were stuffed after we finished the wings and black bean noodles.You can't go wrong with soy garlic wings. These were crispy and had good flavor to them! I've never had black bean noodles at a restaurant. I've made them following recipes online and the instant version and this was pretty good! You get some pickled radish, raw onions, and some more black bean paste on the side. The pickled radish was a nice pallette cleanser while eating this! I had a great time honestly and the workers were quick and nice. You go to the counter to checkout as well but it was a great experience overall!

Tried the fried rice with shrimps and it was really good. I could taste the rich flavors on the rice and the seasoning was just right, sweet and salt combined. Also got the jambong noodle soup, it was perfectly prepared with spicy soup.

I've been to a location in Utah a couple of years ago, and reeeeaaaally enjoyed it. The chef behind this chain is famous in Korea and my mom watches all of his cooking videos on youtube and attempts to make them herself when she can. The food is probably some of the better "korean-chinese" food restaurants that I've been to. My friends and decided to eat family style because the most important dishes have to be: Sweet and sour pork, jjampong, and jjajangmyeon. I would recommend that you eat all 3 at these type of places! It was clean and there was a decent amount of seating. The service was professional and got us everything that we needed. My favorite thing that I ate would have to be the sweet & sour pork (you can pour the sauce on top or dip...dipping is the only correct way, lol.) It was lighter than most batters used for this and I really enjoyed it. Something that I wasn't a fan of was the sweet and spicy chili shrimp-it wasn't spicy at all and was too sweet. The sauce was drenched into the breading and it wasn't that great. This place wasn't as good as the location I went to Utah, but I'm still super happy that we've got one in Colorado because it's still pretty decent. Hope to come here again sometime.

This is a popular chain in Korea founded by a famous chef. Staff is friendly and kind. This was Vons Chicken before so it's spacious with plenty of seating. It's great for solo eating, couples, or large parties.The black bean noodles was delicious and good to share between two people. The photo had cucumbers but ours came out with peas. I'm glad they did not overwhelm the dish with veggies. It's a good amount of pork given to you.The dumpling and mayo shrimp was good but I don't remember it too much. The wings were delicious. They're not spicy but enough flavor and taste. The sweet and sour pork was tasty and one of the best I've had in Colorado. The batter and flour that they used made the pork fluffy like. I like the sauce comes separate so the pork doesn't become soggy from the sauce. Overall a nice edition.

Casual open space vibe. OK service. Good Koreanized chinese food. Used to be more affordable but price went up. Menu got more variety.