Cho Dang Gol

Authentic Korean cuisine! Friendly staff provided good service and the food taste great! Their home made tofu was amazing. I was there for dinner at about 5.30pm on a Monday, and already have to be on the waiting list. But the wait was worth it.

Overall a great place for Korean food. Two of us ordered two main dishes and got really full. I love the kimchi tofu stew. It goes well with the rice. The service was great. Our server offered to give us more side dishes when we almost finished. Their specialty is homemade tofu, all dishes with tofu would be nice.

All Koreans can agree that this is the most authentic Korean restaurant in NYC, reminiscent of home cooked food. The lady working there always ensures that your ban chan (complimentary side dishes) are refilled and is super friendly. Whenever I come, I always order the cod roe omelet and nutritious vegetables rice. Overall, you can’t go wrong with any of the dishes here, and be sure to check out their summer menu while it lasts!

All the dishes were really on point! We particularly liked the eggs and perilla seeds tofu stew. Generous ban chan portion too. The wait wont be that long if you wait outside after putting your name in and the waiter/ waitress would come out & let you in earlier. Don’t go somewhere else and wait for the text. Service was amazing too!

Stopped in around 3pm on a Saturday. They were extremely busy, there were people waiting outside. I got on the waiting list for a party of one and waited only about 20 minutes. They had a convenient service, where I received a text when table was ready. Place was packed full of people. The tables are separated with a divider so that a four-person table can fit two separate pairs of two. I've never really tried authentic Korean food before so I was unsure what to order. I did know that they make homemade tofu so that was a must-try. Once the service took some time before my order was taken. That's understandable they were extremely busy. The staff was very friendly and welcoming. A nice assortment of complimentary starters were provided and all very tasty. I have very little idea what each one was. I ordered the grilled tofu appetizer platter, and spicy chicken entree with a side of mushroom rice that I totally did not need. All of the food was so tasty, so delicious and beautiful at the same time. The spicy parts had just enough heat to my liking. The flavors were through the roof. Warning though I was sweating and eyes watering by the end of my meal. I would chalk that up to the extreme overeating I did. I absolutely loved the heat level. The tofu platter came with cold pickled octopus which was so delicious enough to eat on its own. Also came with some interesting sweet seaweed and kimchi, assumption was that I should be layering these things on each piece of tofu. Was a very good assumption, great combination of flavors. The spicy chicken dish was fantastic, and very filling. The side of mushroom rice came out an extra cost and was more food than I needed, but pretty tasty from what I enjoyed. I'd say the prices were just right. Appropriate for what you're getting. I can't wait to come back and try something new. Highly highly recommend this restaurant.