SEOUL 1988 Innenstadt

This is for sure the best korean restaurant in town (as I only tried one so far). They located in the downtown of Hamburg. So easy to find. We were there around the evening and the place was already crowded, they didn’t accept reservations and cash payments only. The staff were nice, they could speak English, Korean and German. We ordered 4 dishes and my favorite is Dak Galbi chicken with cheese. Kimchi pancake is not so much of Kimchi pancakes like what’s tried anywhere but maybe it’s their recipes. I will definitely want to try Korean fried chicken next time. Recommend.

The food is very authentic korean style. The chicken and the barbecue are top notch and highly recommended. Talking about ambience is that the place us very local korean style small restaurant where you have small seat, very limited seat. You have to wait in the line as there is no reservation facility as you have wait in the queue untill someone finishes their eating. You have no option to pay with the card, which I absolutely hate it. We are in 2025 cmon...

it was very lovely. to begin with you have to write down your name and group size on a sheet of paper right near the entrance so the staff can assign you a table if available (they’ll call your name and if you ain’t there anymore they give the table to someone else down the list). there is a little wait time, but if you’re not in a hurry that shouldn’t be too big of a problem tbh. the menu itself is quite big in option to pick from so a broad variety of everything for all tastes is available (if you happen to be vegan it might not be your first pick tho) the charming interior adds to the whole vibe and the staff is very nice and very welcoming. (if you happen to struggle with overstimulation, like myself, try to go there either very early or not during rush hour, but even then the noise is not too bad and pretty manageable. there is soft music playing in the background as well and in total 6 tables). if you’re not a pro with chopsticks, they have a tray with extra spoons at your table, there is also extra napkins, as well as soy sauce and another condiment (it’s a red sauce where i’m not sure what exactly it is, but it’s very tasty and not too spicy if you’re wondering). all in all a very good place to go for a good hearty meal, so i can only highly recommend it to all.

First of all, what you need to know is that they don’t accept card payments. They only accept cash. Next thing is, if you want to go to the restaurant and they‘re full. You need to write your name on the guest list that they hanged near the door and wait for them to call your name, to later usher you to your seat (you will also meed to write down the total number of the guests). It‘s a tiny restaurant, so I think it could only max. receive 6 group inside? With the max of 3 big 4 groups? Other than that, the tables can only fit 2-3 person. But you have to be there when you‘re waiting because if not, your name will be skipped. ALRIGHT. Next on to the food. It’s very authentic obviously they are cooking their own traditional dishes. So yes, veryly. AND THEY ARE GOOD. Or maybe I haven’t been to any other authentic korean restaurant (so I‘m biased lawl) BUT THEY ARE SOOOOO GOOD??? ESPECIALLY THE KIMCHI HOLY MOTHER OF LOOOOORD. CAN‘T I JUST BUY THE KIMCHI ALONE??? (Cause we got them for free). The chicken is enough for you to share with the whole group because they are BIG alright. I alone buy the bibimbab and they are DELICIOUS, DELICIOUS! Anyways they are authentic and the price is soooo worth it?????? Like they are WORTH IT. WORTH IT. The staff is SOOO ADORABLE AND FRIENDLY AND CUTE (imsimping eunnie). So yeah 10 out of 10💃🧚‍♀️