Cho Dang Gol

Conveniently located where we stayed at, it was cold that night and so we decided to eat here. We were starving so we ordered a couple of things that looked appetizing. Surprisingly, everything was delicious! Big serving for sure, there were three of us with quite an appetite and we had left overs. The rice was $2 but it was a huge bowl enough for four people. Plenty of side dishes too, all of which are good. Personally, I enjoyed the fish. Wait was fast, we did not make a reservation, it was Sunday at around 7pm. Service was quick and prompt too.

We waited 90 minutes for a table, and it was certainly worth it! We ordered the Spicy Seafood Tofu Stew, Bossam, Seafood & Scallion Pancake, and the CDG Royal Oxtail Soup. All of the dishes were prepared perfectly, but personally, the Oxtail Soup stood out as exceptional. Its broth was remarkably clean yet flavorful, partly due to the abalone, and the oxtail was wonderfully tender. This has been, by far, the best restaurant experience during our five-day trip to New York.

I’ve been wanting to try this place for ages and finally got a spot during lunch hours (the wait was ~30 min)! I ordered the lunch combo (seafood pancake + spicy kimchi & beef tofu stew). Banchan and seafood pancake were so yummy! The kimchi & beef tofu stew was also good but my spice tolerance is so bad that even the mild version was still a little too spicy 😭 Would recommend though :)

3/7/26 from nyc. went in to try Korean fried chicken, my daughter found this spot after our convention. We find out it’s not the typical Korean fried chicken spot you would go to so we tried something else and I’ll Leave my curious crunchy Korean friend chicken hunt for another time. Nice service, good eats. Glad we waited to snag a table. Love trying new spots

There’s always a long waitlist (1 hr+), but I don’t think it’s worth it. They make their tofu in house, and it’s pretty good, but overall lowkey mid and overhyped given the wait. Dubuhaus is way better imo - Cod roe omelet ($14.99): 4/10, everyone on Beli got it, so we got it, but there wasn’t that much cod roe. Skip - Spicy kimchi soondubu ($17.99): 8/10, pretty solid and flavorful but not mind blowing. Tofu quality was good - Bossam ($20.99): 8/10, similar to other places - Banchan: Standard, liked the tofu one a lot