Daeji Daeji
“Honestly much better than the other bbq places in Murray hill.”
“Their Ban Chan (side dish) game is the best that I have ever experienced, aside from dinner at my mother in law's, of course lol.”
“The restaurant is a Korean BBQ restaurant but instead of a open grill, they use these cast iron domes that they cook on.”
Daeji Daeji
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Accepts Apple Pay: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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I eat Korean food alot but you know I think it goes hand in hand with my newfound love for KPop. Flushing and Murray Hill undoubtedly have the best Korean restaurants in the city and you can add Daeji Daeji to the list.
You have to venture away from downtown Flushing for this place but its worth it. You can the bus or do a 15-20 minute walk if you don't have a car. You know when the food is great when you see everyone else is Korean except for you and your friend. If you've been to the old Hahm Ji Bach (one of my favorite Korean restaurants) you'll be familiar with the location. It is warm, cozy, and smells like Korean BBQ :).
We ordered the Hanmool Pajeon (seafood pancake), my friend ordered the Dolpan Bibimbap with seafood, and I ordered the Tukbaehi Bulgolgi (beef and vegetable hotpot). The pajeon was crispy, light, and a great ratio of seafood to pancake batter. Serving it with soy sauce makes it even better. The bulgolgi was seasoned well and sometimes I get picky with my bulgolgi because a few Korean places make it too sweet. This one was just right especially with spoonfuls of white rice. The Dolpan bibimbap was too spicy for my friend who has very little spice tolerance but the servers were more than accommodating by giving more rice to counterbalance the heat.
From start to finish, the meal was great and you can't wrong with eating Korean food here. Happy eating and remember: Don't deny, satisfy!
Banchan spread is unbelievably impressive here! There was a wide variety of them including kimchi, japchae, broccoli, chicken feet, mung bean jelly, fishcake, salad, steamed egg, and etc, the list goes on! It was such a welcoming sight for us, the first time visitors!
After being deprived of meat for two days, we opt for barbecue: Pork Belly and Marinated Beef Short Ribs. Barbecue meats come with a soy bean paste stew, bean sauce, green leaf lettuce, and purple radish for creating a wrap. We also got a Beef Tofu Stew.
Pork Belly (Saeng Samgyupsal). It was a delicious thick, fatty piece of pork belly. It was nicely cooked with homemade kimchi and bean sprout on the grill. For my first piece, my server was kind enough to put my first wrap together – green leaf lettuce, purple radish, onion, kimchi, and pork belly dipped in sesame oil and pepper powder. It was a big bite but surely delicious! Keep them coming!
Marinated Short Ribs. This was really tender and flavorful for me. I enjoyed the pieces just as it is without dipping it in extra sauces. It was worth a try.
Beef Tofu Stew was surprisingly delicious. Spicy and nice beefy flavor stew. Tofu was silky and was a great companion for the stew. This was a heartwarming bowl of tofu stew.
Kimchi Pancake. It looked like pizza at first sight! It was really crunchy but a flavorless without the sauce. Kimchi taste was not pronounced.
We ended with a pumpkin tea at the end which was pretty refreshing. This is probably one of the best Korean barbecue experiences I ever had!
Came here late at night, about 12am.
We were the only ones there.
Ordered a Kalbi and a pork belly, our usual when at a korean bbq place.
I wanted to try this place because the saw the heavy cylinder grill that you see in the picture, but when we were there, they brought out a normal grill. They said they dont use the other one because its hard to clean etc. Not a big deal but it took out the specialness from it.
I really like the marinated radish they used, it was like a purple color. The sides that was included to be wrapped with the pork belly and kalbi had a lot of flavor! i.e bean sprouts, onions, kimchee. The other sides were also super tasty too!
The waiter gave us a bottle of snapple apple complimentary on the house. And was super friendly to us.
Will be back!
Just wow. I've never had such a great experience at a Korean barbecue place as I did here. Starting off, the place is a tad bit small so seating is a bit limited (but my boyfriend and I came here around 11PM on a Thursday night so it was relatively empty.
The "banchahn" (Korean side dishes) came out in such abundance that we definitely could've made two meals out of it all on separate occasions.
For the actual food, we ordered 2 orders of dah sahmgyupsahl (#4 on the KBBQ menu)- we ended up packing about half of it to take home.
Of course we had to pair this with some Somaek and although the prices weren't on the menu.. we were pretty surprised as to how cheap the soju was ($6.99)!?! How many other places can you find soju that cheap here in NY?
Definitely on my list of to go places. If you're reading this.. please take my advice and try this place out! (The customer service was great too). You won't be disappointed.
This little 2 block area has so many really good Korean restaurants and Daeji Daeji is one of them. The restaurant occupies the old location of Hahm Ji Bach, if you needed a point of reference. The restaurant is a Korean BBQ restaurant but instead of a open grill, they use these cast iron domes that they cook on. The restaurant is on the smaller size, they have a few 4 seaters against the wall and 3 or so larger tables in the middle. Also, the array of banchan is actually one of the more impressive I ever seen, they gave a TON of small plates.
The food:
Saeng Samgyupsal- Thick slices of pork belly. I thought their pork belly was great and it was different from other places I have had. They grill the pork for you, then they recommend you dip it into what I think is sesame oil with salt, then some kind of brownish powder, add some marinated onion and some red pickled radish and eat. I thought the flavors really worked, the char on the pork belly was great and I really liked the marinated onion with the red pickled radish. It was porky with a nice pop, I put this sucker into some lettuce and some rice and nom nom.
Yangyeom Galbi- Marinated beef short ribs. I thought these were respectable. I thought the flavor was good but I thought the beef could be a little more flavorful. The marinade was a tad sweet for me but there wasn't as a pronounced beef flavor as I was expecting. I say it's a good Galbi but not a great one.
Beef Soondubu- This was kinda the shocker dish, I was very surprised how good this was. I say this was a lot better than the version at BCD. The tofu soup had such nice flavor and the texture of the tofu was great. I will come here in the Winter time for some bbq and some Soondubu.
Kimchi Pajun- One of my friends who went with us is allergic to shellfish so we ordered the kimchi version instead of the seafood and the pancake was just OK. I thought it was rather doughy and there really wasn't much of a distinguishable kimchi flavor. If I closed my eyes, I would have a hard time figuring out what flavor it was.
Came here on a weekend for a late lunch early dinner with my fiancée. Place was pretty empty, but I don't think this place has publicity yet. It's on the same block as Mapo, the best kalbi in queens in my opinion next to sansookapsan, and hahm gi bak, a very well known place for their samgyupsal. We came here for what we think this place would specialize in, pork aka daeji aka samgyupsal. Bad parking in Murray hill, so plan accordingly. Restaurant is pretty homey? Wooden everything – probably sits 30-40.
We ordered 2 orders of the samgyupsal and we were stuffed – barely finished. This seems to be a resounding theme these days, it's kind of sad – getting older, can't eat as much. The entire table was literally packed with ban chan (Korean side dishes). I'm pretty sure one can get full just off the banchan. It comes with dwenjang jigae (bean soup) and gaelan jim (egg) which is usually typical at kbbq place but sometimes you have to ask, they don't always give, etc. they told us it came with the meal and it was palatable to say the least. The samgyupsal itself was delectable – 4 thick pieces of juicy pork belly along with bean sprouts and kimchi all on a stone grill. Some of the best pork belly in queens imo – on par if not better with another kbbq place specializing in samgyupsal, perhaps in Broadway… Nevertheless, the pork belly was tender, juicy, no "pork taste," and really palate-pleasing.
Overall, this is my new go-to samgyupsal spot. It's a bit of a nuance to get to by driving but it's a 3-4 minute walk if you're walking backwards. 1 minute if you're walking like a normal human being. Another place where I can't complain about service, food, ambiance is whatever, clean, and soju is 7 bucks. Definitely hit this place up!
Awesome place! Amazing food! Terrible parking!
This place used to be where the old hahmjibach was located but now it's owned by a new owner. I came here a few days ago with my boyfriend to grab a late dinner. As we walked in we were greeted and seated right away.
We sat down and relaxed for a bit after the frustration we went through looking for parking.
We drove 3-4 times around this area just to see if there's parking and at the same time stalking cars with their lights on. We finally managed to find a spot a few blocks up. The struggle was real! Now back to food.
My boyfriend and I weren't too hungry so we decided to skip the BBQ and ordered the individual entrees instead. He got the Kaibi tang and I ordered soondubu with LA Kaibi combo ($18ish)
I was wowed by their abundance of side dishes. It was very fresh and tasty too. Our food tasted great for the portions we got. The bill came up to $40 only.
This place has great deals! I'm definitely coming back and next time I'm walking here.
Good thing I called ahead to speak with someone that spoke Mandarin about pricing and etc. My mom wanted to try Daeji Daeji (Chinese name 姐妹) as she saw the restaurant advertised in the Chinese newspaper. When I arrived with my parents, there were three tables occupied so we sat down and ask for the Chinese speaking man. Since it was our first time here, Mr. Li suggested that we ordered 2 orders of Saeng Samgyupsal (Thick Slices of Pork Belly) which comes with a lot of small appetizers and other dishes which is good for the 3 of us. He brought out two soups and suggested that we should get a bowl of the red bean rice mmmmmm!
Mr. Li sets of the BBQ plate and brought out the Pork Belly along with other fresh vegetable ingredients along with dipping sauces. He cut the fattiest part of the Pork Belly and rotated it on the hot grilling plate so the meat and vegetables won't stick on it. After the first two Pork Belly were cooked to perfection, Mr. Li showed us how we should eat the Pork Belly wrapped in romaine lettuce which adds a crunchy factor. He told us to eat it in one bite so no mess from the hot soy bean sauce and the other one with soaked onions.
We really enjoy Korean BBQ at Daeji Daeji so yummy and affordable. The experience under the care of Mr. Li was excellent. Definitely will be returning for their Lunch Specials which is from 11am-5pm!
Add it on your bookmarks to try because it's totally worth it!