Garlic & Ginger

Good Korean food in a nice setting with a very friendly and accommodating staff. I had the shrimp shumai, the beef bulgogi, and the kimchi tofu soup. It wasn't the best bulgogi I've ever had, but then the best I ever had was at a nice hotel in Busan, so the bar was set pretty high. Everything was good and the portions were reasonable -- not huge, but filling. And the selection was more than enough to make me want to go back.

We went here often for my fav dishes galbi and seafood pancake. While these 2 have been our must haves in the order, we tried the hot pot stew this time because of the freezing temp recently. Despite its nice presentation, it was to our great disappointment!! The bulgogi were all in the pot and as the pot was kept heated on the stove, it got too tough, while the octopus should need more time to cook, it was unchewable. I would just keep to my usual fav next time I order.

I nearly ingested plastic found in my food. Disappointed because I love the food, but this was a scary find. We ordered takeout this evening, and I ordered the beef/bulgolgi bibimbap. As pictured, it seems pieces of plastic wrap were found in my food (God I hope it's nothing more disgusting). Thankfully, I was able to find the pictured pieces, but I am HOPING I did not already ingest smaller pieces by the time I realized. I'm not sure I would recommend take-out. I've dined in once before, and that went perfectly fine.

I think this is a very nice Korean place with a lot of different variety compared to other Korean places here in Gainesville. I enjoyed most of the dishes I ordered except for the cold noodles as they were too hard to chew on and the fruit flavored paste did not mix well. The other items are all very big in portion and well worth the price.