Danji
“We rounded out our tapas selection with some Spicy KFC Korean Fire Chicken Wings and Spicy Pork Belly Sliders.”
“And I have NEVER gotten out of a Michelin-starred restaurant for less than 50 bucks before.”
“Recommendations: whelk salad with somen noodles, kimchi bacon chorizo paella for two with a fried egg, trio of kimchi.”
Danji
Takes Reservations: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
8 reviews
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It's absolutely one of the best small Asian fusion wine bar in nuclear. Cute and unique deco. Small tapas plate. Each one is exquisite and delicious. We loved the slider and bunch other small dishes 🙂 For sure will come back.
This place is awesome! If you get tired of waiting for ramen down the block (which we did) then come to Danji instead. Deliciously prepared Korean good. a the tofu was my favorite – melt in your mouth good.
Food: pretty awesome. I was there with a few guys. We split the pork and beef tacos to start and our server brought out some fried tofu and some kimchi on the house. Everything was delicious. The tofu was the biggest surprise. So good. Light crisp on the outside. Great taste. The entrees were awesome too. I can't even tell you the name of the dish, but basically bunch of rice topped with beef, veggies, a fried egg and then topped with some Korean red sauce served in a sizzling cast iron skillet. I would get the exact same thing again, but I'd double up on the appetizers!
Service: great. Our waitress was so nice. Very attentive. No complaints
Atmosphere: small, open windows, clean, professional, good for work lunch or food with friends.
Misc: not kid friendly in my view
A really interesting take on Korean food. It's definitely not authentic Korean like Woorijip, but they add a western mix to it. For example, they have beef sliders filled with Kalbi and cucumber kimchi. They were FANTASTIC.
I also like the sauce they put on the spring leaf salad. Vinegar-y but crisp and clean.
They have a good list of soju and sake, too, with big enough bottles to share between two people but small enough that I could see an individual order per bottle.
The space isn't that large, so I suggest making reservations, which we were able to do literally five minutes before walking in. They did seat us at a bar, but the long tables were being held for bigger groups – that's understandable.
The only caveat is their portions aren't big for the price point. I shared a salad and two plates with a friend, along with a small sake bottle, and it came out to be $50 per person with both of us leaving hungry. A true Korean cuisine would fill you up for $50.
Let me start off my saying that I'm Korean and when I think Korean food, I think of dive-y, family style, street food. So you can understand my apprehension of going to a fancy, Michelin starred Korean joint. Korean food just isn't fancy and I like it that way.
My sister claims this place is awesome so I give it a shot. We ordered the tasting menu for 3 people and an additional order of the pork sliders since it wasn't included in the tasting and because everyone on yelp raved about them. Overall, everything was pretty good. The first thing to come out was the yellowtail – it was on point and probably my favorite thing off the menu. The fish was fresh and crunch from the cucumbers and spice from the gochujang was absolute perfection. Other notable dishes were the bossam, kimchi fried rice, and the short rib. I could've done without the bulgogi and pork belly sliders – they were both okay, but nothing spectacular.
Service was good, atmosphere is small and cozy. I think it's a great place for a romantic date, but when I'm craving my mother's cooking and have no one to impress, I would head elsewhere.
Stopped in with a few friends and we decided to try out the tasting menu. Let me start off by their decor alone deserves 5 stars. It is an intimate spot, with great food. I really enjoyed the pork belly dish and the fried rice, their wings, pretty much the entire tasting menu. It was also very affordable- I highly recommend everyone that decides to eat here to check out the tasting menu. The awesome part is they have 3 menu to choose from depending on how big your party is.
The food is amazing! It's not traditional Korean but more of a fusion refined Korean.
Must get the pork belly buns, spicy yellowtail sashimi, tofu with ginger dressing and soy-poached black cod. The black cod is amazing, I would just order that for lunch (it comes with rice) and it's really filling.
Fun place to take your friends to and gets really noisy. The space is small and cozy and most likely you'll be sitting either at the bar or the high tables.
More difficult to get a seat if you have a large group.
Will definitely come back!
Michelin starred Korean restaurants are rare, so I was excited to try Danji. This was actually my first Michelin Star experience in New York, and the experience was more of a let down. I expected more, especially after all the great reviews.
We reserved a table for four on a Tuesday night, but had to wait a little bit before we got seated. Seating is limited. Danji offers tapas – style dishes, grouped by small, medium, and large plates. Our group decided to share and sample about 6-7 different items. We tried the spicy korean fire chicken wings, kimchi fried rice with an egg on top, bulgogi beef sliders, and steak tartare to name a few. The dishes were good, but in a subtle way. I didn't find anything that stood out or had that "wow" factor. I would rather go to k-town to get Korean food but Danji is great to try once for that Michelin Star experience!