Sole Cafe

Delicious authentic Korean restaurant!Visited Sole Cafe with a friend that had never had Korean food and decided to take them here. We ordered tteokbokki to share, a spicy pork dish and I got a bi bim bap for myself.The tteokbokki was divine. The rice cakes were cooked to perfection, chewy and full of flavor. The sauce was light, spicy and sweet but not too sweet. This so far has been my favorite tteokbokki I've had in MN. My friend loved her spicy pork dish, it was the first time she ever had Korean food and it left a good impression on her. She did say it was spicy (she eats spicy and handles it quite well, they don't go light with the spice level on this). If you like spicy food, you'll love this dish as much as she did. Flavor was amazing too. It is served with a portion of white rice.The bi bim bap I had was good, lots of veggies and good flavor. Would I get it again? Not sure. Next time I am going for something spicy and with meat. This restaurant is authentic and the interior resembles a Hanoi style restaurant like those in South Korea. It's small, clean and the waiter is attentive. Street parking available. If recommend checking this restaurant out for Korean food. Prices are a bit elevated but it's worth it.

I'm not sure if the owner had changed but my food today is so different from my other orders I've had before. I'm so sad and disappointed. I recommended this place to all of my friends and now its not the same. I had to call them and was told its a different chef. I don't think i'll be going there anymore. I'm just sad because there's no tteppokki as good as this place used to have them here.

Sole Cafe is a gem. This is a family-run and no-frills spot, with a cozy wooden interior and a TV playing K-Dramas or Korean Sports (at a modest volume--this is no sports bar). It's tough to wrong with the menu. If you're with a modest group, I'd suggest going family-style. Grab a grill item like their Jeyuk Bokkeum (spicy pork stir fry) or Kalbi (short ribs), a big Bibimbap, and stew like Seolleongtang (or Yukaejang for the spice lovers). Add a couple appetizers on too, their Tteokbokki and Mandu are both favorites of mine. Don't be afraid to ask the owner/server for recommendations or dietary restrictions either, they're very accommodating. The most special part about Sole Cafe though is that it's a real facet of the community. Don't be surprised when people drop in to just chat with the owner!I hope Sole Cafe remains successful in the tough years since the pandemic that have seen so many beloved restaurants go under. I'd highly recommend checking this place out whether you're looking for something new, or something familiar.

Again, this place is pretty good, but pricy. I understand due to the prices in everything. The dumplings are always a hit! This time i got the soup, and im not a big fan of both the soft tofu soup with beef and kimchi soup. It just taste like pepper with tofu. Kind of flavorless. The japchae was oka, it taste like sesame oil mostly. The bulgogi was good, i also got the spicy pork buligogi. It really help that those dish was there. Definitely a little family restaurant. It feels a bit slow because it is only the wife and husband. They make everything pretty fresh. I would definitely come back for the seafood pancake. This is a great place for it!

Didn't take pictures but was good. My friend liked the food. Service and ambiance were good too. .

A California girl in the Twin Cities, so of course I am always craving Asian food. We found this place by checking Eater Twin Cities where they had an article for 13 Essential Korean restaurants in the Twin Cities. We were going to order from the online lunch menu to find out that the online lunch menu doesn't exist. In fact, I don't think it is their website or it's definitely not up to date. But going back to the food, we ordered bulgogi and japchae. As soon as I picked up my takeout order, I could smell how delicious it was. Good portions for sharing with two people, and they included some banchan for us too.

Great food, poor service. Prepare to be judged and criticized while you eat here. The server told our table we ate to much kimchi and were cut off after our second 1/4 cup serving.I've eaten at countless Korean restaurants in America and Korea. This was the first time I've ever heard such a thing as a limit on panchan/side dishes. I wasn't to surprised after hearing the server inform another guest they were eating their food wrong because they weren't eating certain parts of the dish.Prices online are about $5 below whats on the current menu. Hope you have a better experience than we did.

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Food was absolutely amazing. Each dish has its own umami taste- Seafood Stew and Squid Stir fry. As for the bibimbap, the fried rice was crispy and the sauce that was on the side it was super delicious! I def love love the squid here because it's such a big portion! Can't wait to come back and try other dishes The place was very authentic just like the food. Sadly no. AC in the building but they do have fans running and is constantly running around to making sure you have water!!

What you get for what you pay is just not worth it. Yelp pictures implied they had a lunch menu so we decided to go for lunch. When we sat down, they provided a menu that had some rather steep prices. I asked the waiter if they had a lunch menu and was told the menu he gave me was all they had. When our orders came out, portions were lacking. All the dishes with what was presented to us should've been at least $5 less each. Menu said Dol dot bi bim bap had beef...we had to dig around to find the few bits of minced meat. Yelp prices are inaccurate. Example, Dol sit bi bim bap shows as $12.95, it's actually $18.45.I don't normally complain about price. But if they keep this up, they are setting themselves up to fail. And it would be sad to see them go. We use to frequent the place, and they used to be a lot busier. But over the years, they've gone south. I actually think their food is pretty good. I know it's tough times, but at their price point for the food you get, no one's gonna visit. If they got their pricing right and their portions right, people would be flocking in. The last two visits, including this last one, we were the only customers there the entire time we dined. It's just too unfortunate, but I get why.