Kori
“I instantly love Kori and I will be sure to articulate this to friends looking for great Korean food in TriBeCa.”
“My husband got the Kim Chi Bibim Bop called R- Dolsot and I got the Salmon BiBim Bap.”
Kori
Takes Reservations: Yes
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
8 reviews
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Loved this place. The restaurant is small but has high ceilings and large windows to let a lot of natural light in. Lunch prices were decent, esp given the quantity of food that one is given.
I had the salmon lunch box which came with more than enough food. The lunch box had several large pieces of salmon in a soy sauce reduction, noodles, white rice, dumplings, and a salad. Not to mention that they also serve you edamame and a delicious soup right when you get in. Needless to say, I cleared all my plates. Oh yeah- Coke products are served in the glass bottles which scored some major points with me.
Waitstaff seemed a little overwhelmed but were friendly. I'd go back!
The food here was very very good. It's definitely authentic Korean but I do feel it's more Americanized than it should be since this is of course NYC. They don't really stand out since its kind of far away from many things but they are probably the only Korean spot in the area so kudos.
This place was great. I did not have a reservation and was given a corner table that was lovely, albeit a bit darkly lit – well, it was pretty much pitch black on my end, so if you bring any dark-colored accessories, make sure you remember to take them with you when you leave. But hey – date lighting.
My friend had never tried bibimbap, at least not in recent years. She ordered the bulgogi bibimbap and really loved it! The servers are so kind and accommodating – they mix up the bibimbap for you. Oh, there was a free kim chi appetizer that was very tasty, as well as the requisite sides with the bibimbap.
I got the salmon bap, which was one of the chef specialties – I wish they had it as regular bibimbap, but it was still really, really tasty, and they even added an egg as per my request and didn't charge me for it, which I thought was really nice.
All in all we had a great experience here. As a first-timer with Mercury in retrograde, I'm not sure our timing was ideal, but if I'm ever craving bibimbap again I'll definitely be back and hopefully the experience will be just as lovely as the first.
Stopped in with 3 co-workers for lunch recently, and had a nice meal
Service was efficient and while friendly, a tad dismissive.
I had the Korean ramen with pork, and found the pork to be excessively fatty. My friend had the sashimi bibim bap and he loved it. It looked super fresh, and the server mixed it up for him which was nice. I'd probably give it another try for lunch or dinner just to get the bibimbap since I think that's what they're known for.
Every time I go out for Korean food, I try not to wear something that I mind soaking up the smell of grilled meat. Kori is no exception. The atmosphere, however, is nicer than most Korean restaurants, as is the service. With that being said, they keep this place pretty dark. We came here for lunch and the dining area was low lit, maybe for an intimate appearance. The foyer and bar area towards the front of the restaurant had natural lighting coming in through the windows with a few decorative candles. It would make more sense if they put some candles in the dark windowless dining area of the restaurant. The steaming hot food is especially delicious for the winter days.
While we waited for our food, we received miso soup and a tiny bowl of tasty edamame. I always appreciate complimentary edamame as it is usually too overpriced to order.
Dolsot Bibimbap with Bulgoki ($13.99) – rice with sauteed spinach, soybean sprouts, shitake mushrooms, carrots, onions, zucchini, radish, bellflowers, dried seaweed roots:
I'm already a sucker for sizzling platters and food in stone pots. When I heard the crackle of other's bowls of sizzling bibimbap, that made up my mind. My stone bowl was steaming throughout the entire meal. After our server brought the dish and cooked up the beef a little, she told me to be careful with the hot bowl. I almost burned my hand accidentally touching the bowl, but I'm clumsy, and burning myself is not unusual.
This is a pretty large portion with a ton of vegetables. The sweet marinated beef gave everything a nice, sweet flavor too.
Ramen with pork and egg ($10.99) – spicy with chopped kimchi and vegetables, kelp & shiitake mushroom broth:
Most bowls of Korean ramen taste the same to me, spicy and savory. The strips of pork and sweet onions made the dish. The egg was cooked through, which is no surprise given the temperature of the food.
The prices are rather high, but compared to most restaurants in this neighborhood, it's not so bad. Considering the relaxing atmosphere and great service, it somewhat justifies the price. I give it a 7.5/10.
Both casual and intimate, Kori serves well executed and delicious Korean food. Kori's got some fantastic lunch specials, but its also worthwhile for the dinner.
The BibimBap is great – I personally usually stick with the Salmon. But the Sashimi BiBimBap is also reallly epic – its fresh, crsip, tangy, sweet and raw. So so good.
This is one of those restaurants that would make living in NY very appealing to me. Yeah, food matters! I love Korean food and Kori takes the traditional Korean dishes and ups them a notch. It is like leveling up in your favorite video game. It is a great date place, the ambiance and decor is very nice. And the food! My god the food. Kori had me with the first bite of pork belly.
Here is what we had and I would recommend it all! SO GOOD!
Wine Pork Belly with crispy rice cakes
Dumplings
Jeon (Korean style pancake)
Spicy Baby Octopus Pokoom (baby octopus + noodles)
Bibimbap with Bulgogi
Mmmmm….looking at flights from LA now…JK…kinda
Our client was running late so my two colleagues and I nibbled on dumplings and jumbo shrimp while he was arriving. The dumplings were relatively small and steamed, a generic dumpling rather than the hearty and often glorious mandoo actually served on the Korean peninsula.
Kori benefits from being one of the only Korean restaurants in lower western Manhattan. When my client suggested Korean, this was the highest rated option. Certainly there would be no reason to come here in Koreatown, where there are more specialized or refined options. Allegedly the focus here is on more healthful options. This seems to mean a constant offer of brown rice (no thanks) and a chicken noodle soup with wheat noodles that no one at the table was particularly interested in trying.
Once my client arrived we moved on to a main course. Three people got a version of the bibimbap while I got a kalbi lunch box. While the japchae had an appealing texture, the kalbi wasn't of the highest quality.
This seems a like place more suited for dinner, where a drink might dull the sameness of the food and the dark lacquer and chandelier dominated-interior can shine. In the daylight, however, it just seemed rather ordinary.