Gah Rham

Food was incredible and service was fast! We went on a Thursday night around 6:00 PM and there was hardly anybody seated. The staff is very friendly!

LOVE LOVE LOVE this place for all my Korean foods in college park. This is actually my favorite go to spot to order to go Korean food when I'm craving it (since I don't usually like going to places that does Korean bbq cause I always end up smelling like it even if I don't get it) but came here with my boyfriend one day to actually sit down and dine in. Right off the bat since we weren't interested in doing Korean bbq, they ended up sitting us farther away from the grills and more on the table side of the restaurant, so it helped we wouldn't end up smelling like meat which was a huge plus for both of us. They also seem to be cooking some of the Korean bbq items for other tables at the grill tables and brought them over to tables so they didn't need to cook it which I thought was quite interesting. I will say that the food is quite pricey but they do give pretty big portions sizes for everything and plenty of free side dishes that all were really good. This restaurant seems like a very traditional Korean run restaurant making the food taste so much more authentic, almost like a home cooked meal which is what I look for in a good Korean restaurant. We ended up getting the galbi tang and gam ja jungol, which was a hot pot casserole dish. The galbi tang was super rich and flavorful while the casserole dish had so many pieces of pork that it was almost hard to finish all of it. The casserole dish is pretty much already cooked when they bring it out, however it's best to let it slimmer for a bit as the meats on the pork neck ended up falling off the bone and it really adds more flavor to the overall soup. I didn't enjoy how thick the soup base was as it seemed like it was mostly the Korean pepper that make the soups spicy making it super grainy and not the kind of soup I was looking for that day. But honestly you can't go wrong with any of the dishes here as I have pretty much tried all the soups and they are all fantastic and all have so much flavor. Like I said the portion size is a huge plus as most of the time it's almost like have 2 meals in one since I could never finish it all in one sitting. Anytime I am craving good Korean food in college park, this will always be the spot I turn to in order to get some. Great place to check out if you're ever in the area and can't recommend this place enough to people!

Absolutely terrible. Had fried beef with sweet and sour sauce. Big mistake -- Worst thing I've eaten in a long time. Tough, dried, bland, shoe leather heavily crusted in a chewy, flavorless breading. Just awful. Not going back here, ever.

The casserole is just under $50 and enough for two probably three or four (depending on how much you eat). And of course you get banchan (Korean apps) and I was famished when I arrived from 3 hours of working out and swimming. Although far from the rest of DC, but it was so awesome eating it!!! Ambiance is clean and homey Korean place! Service is nice and attentive. Bathrooms are clean.And plenty of free plaza parking!

I was in the neighborhood and had a taste for Korean food. I realized I had never been here, so it was time to change that. I was prepared to indulge in KBBQ.... but all the KBBQ tables were actually occupied, and I was kinda hungry, so I opted to just grab the regular table. All that to say, the place is spacious enough, but while it was full it didn't feel chaotic, and that's a great thing! I got water almost immediately and was given a menu. I decided to get the shrimp/veggie shumai and dukbokki (tteokbokki), which is a delicious rice cake (not the Quaker brand ones) soupy dish... I decided to get the one with seafood in it. I was pleased when the massive platter came out with four banchan dishes, including potatoes, kimchi, beansprouts and cucumber. I loved them all! The dukbokki was bomb -- though I will say some of the shrimp was extra chewy, and some seafood was still in its shell. Being a soupy dish as it was, it was kind of messy to isolate that and get to the meat -- but that's not enough to take away from delicious everything was.After the shumai and dukbokki, I was beyond full... but still very happy. Next time I will return to do the KBBQ. Looking forward to it!

"I know Nick told you the truth about my mom, but you didn't like me the second I got here. Why is that?" Rachel Chu inquires of Nick's mother as the green and white tiles of Mahjong swirl around the table, to be discarded and picked up by Eleanor Young, Rachel herself, and the two women who speak Hokkien who act as both audience members and bystanders."There is a Hokkien phrase," Eleanor responds: 'Kaki lang.' It means "our own kind of people. And you're not our own kind.""'Cause I'm not rich? 'Cause I didn't go to a British boarding school or I wasn't born into a wealthy family?""You're a foreigner. American. And all Americans think about is their own happiness."What if, instead of occurring in a Singaporean game parlor, that iconic conversation occurred in Gah Rham (restaurant), at 5027 Garrett Avenue in Beltsville, Maryland, in the intimate yet memorable dining space set apart by sliding ornate doors? And what if, instead of Mahjong, the game were Yut Nori, also known as cheok-sa, a traditional Korean board game in which two opponents or two opposing teams cast or throw the yut-sticks?Would Rachel, an internationally acclaimed scholar of game theory, still hold an advantage unbeknownst to Eleanor? Or would both Rachel and Eleanor be distracted by the food order that might have already been placed by the two other women--an order that just happened to match my wife's?A10 - seafood pajun - Korean style pancake mixed with scallion F1 - eel gui with doenjang jigae (grilled eel with soy bean paste stew) - Grilled Eel with soy bean paste stewH1 - Galbi tang - Tender beef short rib, glass noodles, egg drops, radish & scallions soupH2 - yookgae jang - Shredded beef & scallions in a spicy brothH8 - kimchi chigae - Spicy pork, kimchi tofu & rice cake stewN3 - Bibim naengmyeon - Sliced beef & vegetables over cold buckwheat noodles with spicy mixing sauceS4 - O-Sam bokeum; add noodle - Stir fried squid & pork belly, vegetables in hot & spicy sauce. We may never have gotten the moment in which Rachel, "a poor, raised by a single mother...immigrant, nobody," defeats Eleanor at Mahjong, the moment upon which Eleanor finally understands that she could lose her son forever, that she must honor Nick's choice, and, above all else, that Rachel Chu is a worthy addition to the Young family legacy.

Hidden gem. Normally we go to Da rae won when we are out this far, but this restaurant also makes auch tasty food. My favorite things to order here are the dumplings and the osam bokeum. The dumplings are always piping hot and perfectly fried, the osam bokeum is better than I've had anywhere else. It's a sizzling plate of spicy pork belly and squid. The tang so yuk ( sweet and sour pork) is also very good but I'd get the sauce on the side so you can reheat later and it will still be crispy. Banchan is also super tasty.

Picked this place to try with a group of friends for dinner at 7:30pm on a Friday night. We were initially sat at a table without a BBQ, but moved to a booth with a BBQ. The menu and environment seemed good. We ordered two dishes plus the second "combo" which included 4 meats, all the fixings, and 4 rice. I thought this would be enough for 5 people to start. For $140(?) for the combo B, the portions were meager. What I really didn't like was that the meats came out ALREADY COOKED, to be heated up on the grill. Seriously - the meat looked MICROWAVED before it hit the grill. The server unceremoniously dumped bowls of cooked meat onto the grill to be browned. Meat quality seemed okay but seriously... microwaved?! One server seemed surprised that I knew how to make ssam for some reason.The service was mediocre. We came into a mostly empty restaurant with ~4 servers, but somehow it was still slow. We didn't get our rice until I asked for it, and we got no check-ins and I had to wave someone down for the check. Overall, I got the impression that we weren't really welcome there. It could be because we were an eclectic bunch? No idea. Anyway, we all agreed to not order more food and to go fill up at a dessert place. Do not recommend and won't be coming back. I'm sure the 4.4 stars is for the other food. Next time, I will stick to my spots in Annandale for KBBQ. There are much better options around here.

Came here and tried the Korean Barbeque. I am Korean who is traveling from South Korea. The food is amazing and very authentic!!!!! Thank you for the top notch meal!!

New ownership or new kitchen staff? Either way, this is the Gah Rham it used to be. The banchon is a pretty skimpy variety for a korean restaurant and the cabbage kimchi is pretty much below average. The mandu we ordered were thin on filling and the mandu sauce was not much more than soy sauce. The dakboki was not bad. The khan poong gi (fried chicken wing pieces) have way to much breading which makes the skin rubbery and chewy. There was a buffet style setup, as well, so we could a full meal -- soup, mandu, jap chae, and a bit of protein. Not so much, this visit as the buffet seems to be gone with the previous owners. This was our go to korean restaurant for some time (a bit of a drive from home). I'm sure we'll find a replacement.