Pusan Restaurant

We came with friends who had heard about this place. Shared a few meals and it was so good! The service was great. My hot tea was never low! It's a small place, and it seems like everything is fresh and cooked on the spot. All the food came out perfectly hot! Every meal we had was delicious. Overall, a nice local restaurant!

the side dish is amazing, nice drinks, very tasty soups. I will come back again. You have to try the beef rib soup.

Super good and authentic Korean food at reasonable prices... the last time I checked.. but its been while. Guess I'll find out tomorrow.Recommend the private room for larger gatherings especially if you have rugrats in your party... helps corral them and the noise, which is normal in a Korean place.Funny how its trendy now, basically Asian comfort food that is not fancy but takes a lot of effort to make from scratch. Deli in a K store is the answer vs. takeouts but I digress.Legit food at mom & pop prices, helps if you can speak or bring a Korean that speaks, but you can get by without. They also have mul naengmyun (cool noodles) in the summer and du duk (rice cake soup) which is my fave for winter. Its not a BBQ though you'd just order the dish.

We came here after finding another Korean place closed unexpectedly early. It was a pleasant surprised. We skimmed the Yelp reviews and had an idea of what to order and expect in terms of service. While reviews aren't always accurate, it does provide me with a baseline. It's a simple, homey, cozy mom and pop feel Korean joint. Upon being seated, we were brought hot tea and menus. We ordered Rib Soup, Bulgogi, and Mackarel. We were brought banchans and rice. The banchans were really fresh and clean. I could taste the ingredients that went into each banchan. My favorites were the kimchi based ones. The food:Mackerel was a simple dish, but well executed. Well seasoned and fried to a perfect crispiness that was complemented by the banchan well. Rib Soup had a mix of glass noodle, beef bones with chunks of beef, and turnip. It was vvveerrrryyy tasty and my favorite dish here. I added some rice to go with it and sucked on the bone for that tasty very concentrated beef broth. Bulgogi was good. Well seasoned and plentiful. I personally prefer a little char on my bulgogi, which isn't the healthiest, but still my preference. Still a solid dish, but I just prefer the soup and mackerel so much more. Service:I honestly was expecting questionable service, but that wasn't the case at all. Granted, when we were there, there was only one other occupied table, but there was also only one granny attending to the tables. We were short a chopstick intially, but when I caught her eyes, she came by to check in on us. When she learned that we were without a pair of chopsticks, she promptly brought it while jokingly scolding herself. I'm a slow eater, so any meals with me feels like a marathon. In our time there, she checked in on us to offer us more tea and more banchan (particularly the kimchi--yum!). I'd say she was above average in attentiveness and friendliness. I would imagine if it was more busy, it might take awhile longer. However, our experience was awesome. Conclusion:The food was good. Price is reasonable. I'd be willing to wait to support this small business while getting good food.

We were in the mood for Korean bbq and were looking for a place to eat with some friends, after reading the reviews we decided to check out Pusan Restaurant and I'm so glad we did!It was empty when we got there so we got sat immediately. We were served hot tea and also ordered beers and hot sake. For food, we started with the Korean pancake and fried dumplings -- SO GOOD. We decided to cook our own meat too and for four of us ordered Bulgogi, short ribs, and marinated pork -- the pork came cooked, but we were in charge of the bulgogi and short ribs at our table. Everything was INCREDIBLE, including all of the sides! With our check, we were served a sweet yogurt treat! This is definitely a hidden gem -- please go support this awesome restaurant!

Best restaurant for dumpling soup. They make homemade dumpling ! You should definitely try! Best restaurant in town.

I continue to be pleasantly surprised every time I eat here! It's a very unassuming restaurant but the food is amazing! I almost feel like you're eating in someone's house that also happens to be a restaurant. Our server was very attentive and made sure we had water at all times. If you like to eat Korean food besides bbq, this is the place to go!

My experience with this place was terrible! The seafood pancake was undercooked, totally gluey. Unbelievable.The gamja tang (pork bone soup) was not authentic at all, they just put pork in some really spicy soup. ASSI plaza has the best and most authentic gamjatang, this one was nothing like theirs!Chap chae noodles and bibimbap were ok, not tasty, just edible; these are very simple dishes and any korean food courts in IL made better than them. The best food here was the bowl of steam rice no kidding. So disappointed. Not sure how this place gets those 4-5 star reviews!

So cute. I think the owners were husband/wife, although I didn't ask. We got the BBQ at the table. We eat a lot of Korean food, and honestly came here because another Korean place was busy and said we couldn't add our name to a waiting list. So the food was great, but the nice thing was, the Kimchi was amazing. I make a lot of Kimchi at home, and this was better. I asked of it was homemade and she said yes. After they wrapped up our leftovers I noticed she had included a couple of containers of kimchi in the bag she had given us. So sweet!

My mind was blown. A friend and I were dying for some Korean bbq and the first place we looked up had a 2 hour wait so we found another place nearby. Little tricky to locate after dark if you are unfamiliar with the area. Small and cozy when you get inside. Very clean!! We decided to grill at the table ourselves and ordered our selection of meats. And then we proceeded to wait, and wait and wait.... It was a while. But when all the little sides came and then the meat and we grilled it up.... Our minds were absolutely blown. It was worth the wait. Everything was fresh, well seasoned, and the portions were good too. It took a while to get started but it was fabulous. Great food and kind service. I would happily go again and bring more people!!!