Seoul Matjib 서울맛집

Best korean restaurant I have ever been. Everything was fresh, tasty and authentic. ❤️

Original taste, good portion.

We went there cos it's been a while since we have had Korean food and our regular one was closed.On arrival it was nearly full but for one table so we felt quite lucky to get to sit down. My wife is vegetarian and lady who served us was helpful to suggest what's suitable, and quickly came to take our order.From that point it went completely down hill. We ordered some typical Korean dishes and waited for some kimchi to arrive. When they did i asked if they had others like Spinach since wife preferred non spicy Kimchi and lady said no. Thex kimchi arrived but the portions was more suited for one not two. Mains then arrived and the Korean veggie pancake was soaked in oil. You can tell it was not cooked hot enough so the pancake batter just soaked up the oil. The bibimbap was just with meat taken out without adding a substitute so after mixing you get just rice with little else showing. Needless to say it was tasteless.I asked for Chapchebap and the lady said no, just Chapche. So I had to order chapche with a separate bap (rice). When it arrived it was also swimming in oil, and the rice was a gooey mess. The sweet and sour chicken came it was just sweet, not crispy and just covered in corn syrup. I don't think the chicken was freshly done imo else the batter would have been crispy.In my opinion every dish was cooked with no real care or pride as if their cooks (visible from our table) had no more passion left. The place was drab too.I have lived in New Malden for over a decade and have visited Korea and worked with Koreans during that period too, so I do know the cuisine quite well. We weren't even served with the Korean barley tea which is customery. In fact we weren't even offered a drink of any kind at all. When I did ask for some Korean barley tea in their language the reply i got was tap water or (English) tea. I just gave up in the end trying to explain and asked for the bill and left.Never will I visit again.

As authentic as it gets around UK. Nice atmosphere, very fast service and lots of dishes you cannot find in all the central korean restaurants

Really delicious and great value Korean food. Slightly off the beaten path but definitely worth a visit. The vegetable wrap set as part of their lunch sets is great to share between three to four people. Can enjoy tasty food while feeling like you’re getting your vegetables in. The place is slightly less English friendly that maybe some others but it’s not really a problem.

Lovely owner, my daughter really needed the toilet while we were shopping and she graciously allowed us to. Food looked really good, will give it a try!

We entered when the restaurant was empty, then the waitress served drink and appetisers to the two Korean groups who came after us. When she took our order, she said she would not recommend us the dish we want - without a reason. When the seafood pancake came, I only see lots of spring onions, hardly any seafood, and it was burned. The Dumpling, beef, tofu and vege hot pot soup was just water and chilli paste, not broths with 6 dumplings, one ball of beef, and LOTS of vegetables... Tasted not that good... Really disappointed, will not go back again. There are many better Korean restaurants in the area.

Great Korean and very reasonable prices especially compared to some places on the high street. The kimchi rice was amazing. Forgot to take a picture before we had eaten it all.

One of our favorite restaurants in New Malden. Tasty very similar Korean home cook!Y buds and and I love the lunch set. Reasonable price good fresh food. The staff are always very friendly and helpful. Tuesday lunch is pretty busy :) so if you want to go try to go early or bit late lunch. We will be back for other foods. I do not have the photo of Bossam. This is really good dish too!! :)

5 out 5.Good experience very friendly and nice staff.The food is exactly what you expect plus more. Definently worth the travel to get here.