Han Ii Kwan Korean Restaurant

Han Il Kwan is perhaps the quintessential Korean grilled meat cuisine in SF providing authenticity without apologiess. Simply love all the variety of dishes (many of them not available in Americanized Korean restaurants) prepared in a home-style cooking construct. The short-ribs are the highlight here. Consistenly tasteful, tender, and magical. They clearly have figured out their supplier and how they grill this with marination. There are other dishes like chicken riblets or intestine soups and again, what's lovely is that none of them feel like a "commercial" product. Yes, it may not hit you with the MSG-filled taste. Certainly not "perfect". But you'll feel the heartiness. My only issue with Han Il Kwan is parking. SF street parking at Richmond is impossible at best. Yes, once in a while yuo get lucky. But overall, you're better off Ubering to

fav traditional korean place in sf! prices were reasonable and banchan selection was great. - kimchi pancakes: enjoyed these, solid dish to share - soon tofu soup: highly recommend! comfort food that hits the spot especially on cold sf night

Good traditional Korean food with tons of different banchan, side dishes. I got the galbitang and thought it was one of the better galbitangs that I’ve had at a restaurant. This place was highly rated and I even had to wait almost 45 minutes to get in so definitely a popular spot! Food The galbitang here was really good. Usually restaurants will skimp on how much galbi, or meat, that they give you but this place was different. Tons of meat to my surprise and it was nice and tender. Soup was a little bit salty though for me. I also got the seafood pancake because that is one of my favorite staples to get at any Korean restaurant. It was disappointing, especially for the amount that it costs. The pancake was lots of batter and not much vegetables or seafood. It wasn’t crispy either. But it was not that oily, which is good. The banchan was really good and there was tons of variety. They also give you a steamed egg as service, and it was good. Atmosphere Pretty busy for a Saturday night and I had to wait almost 45 minutes to get seated. Definitely oriented for groups since they don’t have seating for 1-2 people. I dined alone and sat at a 4 person table (I dined as fast as I could). Noise level was pretty high with all these people and grilling kbbq going on. Casual atmosphere and dress would be fine here. Pricing Very expensive Korean food compared to what I’m used to in Seattle. The seafood pancake was $22 and didn’t have much seafood either. The kbbq set also pretty pricey in my opinion, but I did not get it. Price could be normal for San Francisco though and food quality was there. Service Service was okay. Only times they came by my table was to take my order, bring food, and take my money. I had to flag down someone to ask for refills on banchan but they would take the dish and then never came back with it. They were very busy though so I don’t fault them too much for it. Other No parking/very little parking in a pretty residential area. Be prepared to wait if you have a large party. The food was good overall and so I give it 4 stars.

Was looking for a different place to eat and saw they had over 1,000 reviews. I don’t remember when I last had Korean so I don’t remember the name of this dish but the presentation was amazing and there was a lot of food! I paid $23 total which was very reasonable! Everything was so good I had to force myself to stop eating. I will definitely return to this gem!

Came here this past Friday around prime dinner time at 7pm and there was obvi a wait. It didn't last that long as we opted for any table and got seated in the corner grill-less spot. Staff is so nice and warn. We opted for marinated and non marinated galbi, pork belly, steamed egg, tofu soup, rice which all came with banchan. The food is fire and we were so stuffed at the end. Had another meat option in mind and so thankful the server said to not order it as he said with what we got it would just be filler. For 2 with tax and tip came out to under $200. Worth it and actually was ok not grilling my own food thus time around. Quality service and food nothing else you need. This place is a must try and worth the venture going westerly.