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Golden Durebak

Restaurant Korean restaurant

👍👍 Best Korean restaurant. I’ve frequented many Korean restaurants, and this one is my favorite by far. Amazing food, and impeccable service. The food is always fresh, and hot. Just how I like it. You also get plenty of little side dishes with your order. Another great thing is you never feel rushed wh... People often mention soup, Korean, spicy, good, kimchi, restaurant, dishes,


Address

718 S Buffalo Grove Rd, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Contact

(847) 777-1585

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (188 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Monday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Tuesday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Wednesday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Thursday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Friday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Saturday: 11 AM to 10 PM
  • Sunday: 11 AM to 10 PM

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: soup (10) Korean (8) spicy (8) good (7) kimchi (7) restaurant (6) dishes (6)
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  • 5/5 Tony Y. 2 years ago on Google
    Best Korean restaurant. I’ve frequented many Korean restaurants, and this one is my favorite by far. Amazing food, and impeccable service. The food is always fresh, and hot. Just how I like it. You also get plenty of little side dishes with your order. Another great thing is you never feel rushed when eating here. Great food, friendly service, and nice ambiance. I would highly recommend.
    9 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 SPICY 2 years ago on Google
    Vaccine card requires to sitting inside. Great food and friendly services. Really good stir fry spicy pork belly and Kimchi jjigae (spicy Kimchi soup). They offered a lots of Korean beer and Korean rice wine which is perfect for dinner. Restaurant located in the strip mall and a lots of parking space.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Mell A. 2 years ago on Google
    Update: I hate giving bad reviews. But that's just not serious! I ordered a soup for to go. One soup - kimchi, tofu, pork and shrimp. It actually had ONE shrimp with all its precious excrements, 2-3 tiny slices of pork, no kimchi and looots of tofu. Also, as a present, I guess, they left a few pieces of egg shells. I found them piece after piece while eating the 'delicious' soup. And the biggest surprise was that piece of plastic (or may be shrimp shell?!) in the soup. Pictures attached. There was literally only one table with 2 costumers inside when I ordered my SOUP. Ecxuse my ignorance, but how do you expect more costumers if you don't pay attention when preparing your food? You can read my review below of when you opened your restaurant, I was one of the first that reviewed your restaurant with 5 stars. I'm sorry, that's not acceptable at all. It's a brand new Korean restaurant in our area and we really liked it. Plenty of parking spaces. The atmosphere is nice, the waitress was very friendly, the food was so delicious! My family loves Korean food, we've been in a few other restaurants. We'll visit again for sure! Thank you, we wish you 🤞luck! 😊
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Vitor G. 1 year ago on Google
    I like the kimchi more sour and spicy, but you could tell it was fresh and flavourful. The kimchi pancake was crispy and the chicken bulgogi had a pleasant aroma of sesame.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Livie 1 year ago on Google
    Ordered a takeout. The food was ready in 20 minutes after ordering thru phone. They packaged them carefully. A vent hole was on the box of the pancake. Heads up - do keep boxes flat since most dishes come with sauces. All dishes were good. They came with rice and 5 sides. We had heamul pageon (seafood scallion pancake), bibim naeng myon (spicy cold noodle), and spicy stir-fried squid and vaggie (ojingeo bokkeum). These are good for takeouts. I mostly avoid soups or bimbimbap for takeouts, and I don’t mind softer pancakes. I encourage people to explore different dishes in the menu. The staffs were nice. The elder guy communicate better in Korean than in english. They could be shy but they were nice people.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Justin T. 5 months ago on Google
    Such a great experience! My fiancé and I came here for the first time and ordered the stone bulgogi bowl and it was super tasty. Definitely coming back here again.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Lee T. 1 year ago on Google
    Ordered yugaejang (spicy beef soup with vegetables) and galbitang (beef ribs soup with radish). Soup tasted good. It would be better if there were more meat in the soup. Dining area is clean.

  • 2/5 Greg P. 10 months ago on Google
    Nice clean looking place. That is about the best thing I can say about this restaurant. I ordered the gamjatang (pork with bones and potatoes soup), it was decent, a fair amount of meat in there. That is pretty much the end of the good. My wife got the seolleongtang, it was probably one of the worst we've had at a restaurant. We suspect it may have been store-bought broth. They did not offer the usual condiments with the seolleongtang, and when she talked to the owner afterwards, the owner just made excuses and said that she likes to eat it plain anyway. The banchan was also very below average. The only decent thing was the seaweed with spicy sauce. The kimchi was not only not good, it tasted terrible to us. I suppose some people might like that flavor, if they get their kimchi from Jewel or something. The rest of the side dishes were bland and lacking seasoning and flavor. The service was not good. She never checked on us even once during the meal, we had to work to grab her attention. Needless to say, recommend going elsewhere, but there are not many other choices in this area.

  • 5/5 SUNSHINE DE LA CRUZ - ARAWAN ARTISTRY AESTHETICS (. 1 year ago on Google
    Discovered this new place that I love!!! My favorite dish is the Kalbi. I also order the Seafood Tofu Soup, Beef Neck Bone soup, and kimchi chigae. I alternate between those dishes. I can’t wait to go back to try something new and add to my rotation. My husband on the other hand always makes his crazy super spicy requests and the chef in the kitchen did not disappoint him. Friendly and attentive service staff. Clean.

  • 1/5 Elena E. 7 months ago on Google
    Horrible food. It seems people leaving positive reviews have no clue how real Korean food should taste. Mine - rice was overcooked. Everything else - questionable taste. It would be much better if I bought some food from Seul market or Mitsuwa.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Healthy options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Seating
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✗ Delivery

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