Kim Chee Korean Restaurant
“The pork bulgogi and kalbi beef is great as well, probably up to par with the joints in Korea Town.”
“food in the place is much better than k-town and flushing.”
“And I can honestly say that it just keeps getting better and better over the years.”
Kim Chee Korean Restaurant
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Family run restaurant, I'm loving the Bibimbap, the pitcher of ice water. The servers are super polite and helpful. I almost want to say that compared to K-Town BBQ, I'm really happy that this is close enough to home that I can get a hot stone pot Bibimbap and a Kimchi pancake with some Soju in a relaxed restaurant on a Sunday afternoon. I'm coming back for the chilled noodle soup in the summer, and more hot stone bowls, stoned….
Yelp review #1,000!!!
My folks took me here for my birthday this year (P.S. my birthday was wonderful this year, thanks for asking).
They did a good job renovating the place, though there are still signs of the previous establishment. They have big windows that they'll keep open if the weather's nice. They also have overhead vents for people doing Korean BBQ.
I had the dolkot bibambap, which contained big chunks of beef, but a little bland. Throwing more hot sauce into the bowl made it a lot better.
For an appetizer we had the seafood pancake. It was basically tasteless. Wouldn't recommend it.
Of course, they give you kimchi. Portions are tiny, but you get free refills (their placemats cite environmental conservation as the reason).
Anyway, service was good, and I'd definitely give them another shot.
I would say Korean cuisine is one of my top favorite, and Mexican, when it comes to food. Kim Chee is like the only place, in Brooklyn, that I know of serving authentic Korean food. Located on the busy streets of 3rd and 92nd in Bay Ridge, it's really hard to find parking throughout the day, especially during dinner hours. But it is worth the extra time coming out here for a fix instead of traveling all the way to my favorite Korean joint, Kong Song Dong in Fort Lee.
The meats for the BBQ are a bit pricey for the portions. Ask that the meats be cooked in the kitchen instead if you don not wish to start up the grill at the table, like me for instance, afraid of the kid's touchy touchy fingers. The seafood pancake, soondubu, bulgolgi, and the squid bibimbap are a must have!
Service isn't all that great here. Don't get me wrong, they are nice people but they aren't too fluent in English and have trouble understanding, you're better off pointing at the menu instead. Make sure you double check with the server with what you order, there were times where I asked for no spicy soondubu but got a spicy one, another time I ordered a mild garlic chicken wing and got a spicy one. Just have to be patient guys.
Just about the only Korean restaurant in Brooklyn ( that I know of!)
We went here for my brother's birthday celebration for a nice low key kind of dinner. It's located in Bay Ridge, which could be iffy for parking but on a lucky night when the moon shines the right way, you can get a parking spot across the street and not the one that just opened up in front of the restaurant right after you parked.
Nice big open restaurant space, big windows and enough seating for a relatively small kitchen. They have little exhaust fans to help suction away the smoke from korean bbq if you choose.
Great service: the person taking our orders was very nice and sweet and overall I was really happy with the way they treated us.
Now to the food:
Banchan: What my parents called ' freebie food.' A little on the parse side, they give out a few dishes ( not nearly as much as other Korean places would in the city or in flushing.) I wish their kimchee was better… The best banchan dish was the soybean sprouts.
Korean Fried Chicken: Taped on the wall is their recommendation to try their chicken. Overall, it was ok – the chicken itself is delicious and cooked well with a nice light fried outer layer with moist chicken layer. The problem is that it is entirely too sweet with honey: if they went a little less heavy handed with the honey, this would have been a stellar dish. Still, I "forced" myself to eat two of these.
Kalbi BBQ: For $28 dollars, I would think you would get a lot more meat. While the meat is flavored well and cooked in front of you (always a fun experience) there was just entirely too few pieces of meat for someone to feel really full. Not really worth the money.
Bulgogi Bibimbap: I love this. My favorite at Korean restaurants is to get bulgogi bibimbap and overall I have to say they did a fantastic job.
Kimchee fried rice: Tasty – a large helping of this dish so luckily it'll keep you nice and full.
Overall, a nice cute little restaurant if you are in the mood for Bibimbap, but hold off on the Korean BBQ here.
Came here on a Monday night for my friend's birthday. I was pretty excited to try this place since there is like no other korean restaurant in Brooklyn!
The restaurant has confusing glass windows that looks like the entrance but the only correct one is the front to the right with all the credit card logo stickers on it!
The restaurant is pretty small, about 10-12 tables. Looks clean.
We ordered items to share, bbq meats, "jap chae" glass noodle (my fav!), tofu casserole, scallion pancakes, spicy rice cake.
All tasted pretty good. The workers cooked for us at our table. This was nice cos we didnt hafto get down and dirty! (Jus stay away when they bring the water cos it spilled on my sleeve alil).
Service was good, they were attentive and even helped us cut the cake in the end.
Overall, not a bad place for a korean restaurant. Probably will come back to try more items!
The one and only Korean restaurant in the neighborhood. Thank goodness! There are not that many authentic Korean restaurants in BK in general so this is as good as you can get. Overall, it's not a bad place. It serves its purpose of those who want something hearty especially during the cold and windy nights. I ordered the soondubu (beef soft tofu) which is my most favorite go-to Korean dish. It's soupy and full of flavor. The only thing they do differently here is they crack an egg into the soup for you in advance, while at other restaurants, they usually leave it on the side. I usually don't put egg in my soondubu so I was a little turned off by that. Also, they serve the mini appetizers after our main entrees were served, which was a bit out of order. Just keep in mind that this is a small mom and pop establishment. It has a somewhat homey feel to it, unlike the ones you will find at Koreatown.
Came here for a high school reunion lunch because we wanted Korean but wasn't up for the travel to the city. How was it? Nothing compared to Korean in the city. We all shared our meals and it was bland. The servers were polite but the service was so slow!
A small, yet so nice Korean restaurant located in the last place I would've looked for one. Kim Chee is located in a quiet part of Brooklyn. It's a vastly different environment compared to K-town. Things like streets flooded with people, an immediate access to the subway and the many competing Korean restaurants on the same block won't be found in this neighborhood. What you do find is a small and homey like restaurant. It gives you the feeling of a family owned little shop that you'd be proud to eat in. So I came here with my family, a moderately big group of 10. They were able to seat us easily for a weekend lunch.
They have a variety of dishes ranging from soft tofu casseroles to cold noodles (seasonal for the summer). The food itself is authentic and tastes good. I enjoyed my meal, but some members of my family said other places were better in certain dishes. One dish was the soft tofu soup, which was said to be more flavorful in other places like BCD Tofu House; but how can you fairly compare a family run restaurant to a large chain? It would be nice to have an option to have no spicy soup in the soft tofu, for those who can't handle even a little bit of spice.
The staff was friendly and very nice. If I find myself in the mood for Korean food and don't want to go into the city, I'd certainly come back to Kim Chee. Though, be warned there's only one bathroom.
Ratings:
Food (out of 2 stars) – 1.5 – I liked the food very much. It really does feel like food you could get from a friend's home.
Decor (out of 1 star) – 0.5 – Space is limited but it's still big enough for large groups if needed, but the one bathroom doesn't make things easy.
Service (out of 1 star) – 1 – Friendly service and very pleasant.
Price (out of 1 star) – 1 – The price was worth it for feeding so many people.