Urban Seoul

Went here for a work lunch. Only one person was taking orders and handling drinks, while there were 2 others in the kitchen, so the wait was a little longer than expected. That being said, when the food finally came it was well worth the wait. You'll definitely want to try the wings, they are sweet and spicy! The tacos were also excellent. Will definitely be back here again to try the different teas they have!

Followed to my daughter recommendation, we finally decided to stop by this trendy restaurant in Irvine Spectrum Center for lunch. This place has a very good location and surrounded by other high ended restaurants in the area. This restaurant was very popular with different kinds of customers from young to Middle Ages folks. We ordered calamari, chicken popcorn, overload potatoes, and myself a bowl of spicy dry Udon. The foods looked very delicious and tempting, but for me, they were so salty and even the sauces. Overall, I would give the foods a B-, but the services were outstanding and pleasant. They also have happy hours at this place. The seating, they have outside or inside the restaurant whichever you're preferred. Hopefully, I will be back to try out the different dishes next time with the recommendation of a lighter salt on my places.

So yummy and the waiter was very kind! So kind that we even stayed a little after closing and he still filled our waters even though it was like 15 minutes after close. The food was DELICIOUS. Try to variate the meats since too much gogi is an over whelming taste for everything. I highly recommend getting the gogi quesadilla and gogi tacos! I'm definitely coming again :)

The taco Tuesday is really good to try to sample the variety of flavors on that dish which would otherwise be hard to mix and match as the tacos aren't a-la carte regularly. I've tried their drink of the day and while usually delicious, is better saved for happy hours. The interior is cozy, don't bring a huge party. Almost like fancy food truck food, but better value and no need to follow on Twitter to find.

As mentioned in other Yelp reviews, the service at Urban Seoul is attentive and great. This is the first Urban Seoul location to open up (another one is located at the Irvine Spectrum Shopping Center). Located in the Diamond Jamboree Plaza, this Asian Fusion restaurant is relatively smaller than the Spectrum location, but it is DJ, so the parking situation is ever so present. Food ordered: 1. Chorizo Kimchi Fried Rice: 4/5 - I expected to see/taste chorizo sausage bits in the kimchi fried rice, but I think the "chorizo" part may be more of the flavoring of the dish overall. Instead, I did notice chunks of pork belly (maybe they ran out of chorizo?). The kimchi fried rice portion of the dish is interesting since it does not actually contain kimchi, rather, the kimchi sour and spicy flavor and color is immersed in the rice. Overall, the Chorizo Kimchi Fried Rice was yummy, just not what I expected from the menu item name and description. 2. Korean Pork Belly Tacos: 5/5 - Out of all the meats available: Pork Belly, Gogi, Spicy Pork, Grilled Chicken, and Tofu, my friend, who has been here before, enjoyed the pork belly the most. The tacos were 2 corn tortillas, stuffed with pork belly chunks, romaine lettuce, kimchi, and drizzled with a spicy mayo/house sauce. There was a lot of flavors in the tacos and they nicely complemented each other.