Golden Korean Restaurant

Reviews

• Tijani K.

  star star star star star 2 June 2026

  Hole in the wall Korean place with every single menu item you'd expect to see at a place in the Bay or LA. Opted for the Seafood Soft Tofu Soup. All soups come with full banchan which was delicious. The soup was packed with seafood. The broth was spectacular and sinus-cleansing. On par with any Korean food I've eaten in America.
  
  A little slower service, but very attentive, and extremely nice. Definitely will be back.

• Jeanette L.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 30 May 2026

  I wanted to like this restaurant.  But really overpriced and not worth the $80+ we spent. Jambong was not the right taste, flavors were wrong and watered down. The seafood was a mix of that frozen mixed squid octopus  shrimp mussel clam package with a couple larger mussels and two larger shrimps.
  Tempura udon didn't taste right either
  Shrimp fried rice was alright but to much salt
  Bulgogi was good I'll give them that
  Banchan lacked salt and flavor
  Our Waitress was really nice but I placed an order to go at the beginning of our meal and didn't get it till 20 min after we paid. The restaurant wasn't busy so  she didn't put that in till after we paid.
  Bathrooms were locked and all 4 other customers were at their table...
  overall we won't be back. I'm really disappointed because I hate waisting money on food that wasn't  good.
  I haven't tried my jajamyung that I ordered to go or even looked at it yet but I'm kind of scared to be honest because if it's bad or the sauce is on the noodles I'll be upset.

• Nahyun K.

  star star star star star_border 20 May 2026

  I give this Korean restaurant a solid 4 stars.
  
  When we pulled up to the parking lot, it was in a run down plaza, thinking this place is going to have some bomb Korean food (hole-in-the-wall type of establishment). We walked in, was immediately greeted, sat, and got our drink orders. We decided to finally order the dolsot spicy squid (hot stone) and the beef bulgogi lunch special with some spice to it.
  Literally the service was great and there was nothing the server couldn't have done to make the experience better. However, the food was just average. I was slightly disappointed due to pretty awesome reviews. The beef bulgogi just didn't taste like how it's suppose to- idk if they just made it more Americanized? The squid just tasted like gochu jang which is one of the ingredients to making it. I'm not saying the food was horrible but it wasn't good enough for me to go back again.
  
  I guess I'll be stopping at the next Korean establishment in Springfield!

• Rachel H.

  star star star star star 20 May 2026

  Love this place. The staff are always nice and the food, at least when I've been there, always comes out nice and quickly.
  
  Mostly I wanted to write this review to urge anyone who comes here to try the squid dolsot. I've been to Golden Korean quite a few times at this point and I've tried a lot of their menu, and in a menu full of tasty dishes the squid dolsot is far and beyond my absolute favorite dish. If you don't like squid, the kimchi jigae, jjajangmyeon, and tteokbokki are all really good, too!

• Foster F.

  star star star_border star_border star_border 7 May 2026

  My wife is Korean and we were craving some Korean food but I would say that this place is very much on the mediocre side as far as that goes.
  
  The service is great and the owner is great, though, so maybe we just ordered the wrong things.