Nak Won Restaurant

The worst Nakwon I have been to out of all their chains compared to North York and the one at First Markham. The place is not very well kept and customer service is very poor. Most definitely not a joint I would visit if given a choice. :/

Came here on a busy weekend night to try their ganjatang. There was only 1 waitress present but the service was quick and served with a friendly attitude. The food was given in a generous portion and we couldn’t finish all our share. I would definitely recommend this place to anyone looking for friendly service combined with quality food.

Came here while visiting family. My cous-​in-​law suggested this place and he treated us. How disgusted we were. He almost ate the noodles with this huge bug!!! We told the waitress and she said «oh sorry» … but she didnt offer to bring out a new plate or anything to replace! So now comes our second dish … wtf … come on. We found this lil roach! We got so disgusted … told the waitress … she says in a soft voice «sorry» … takes the dish and walks away. NO REPLACEMENT! After that we couldn’t eat no more and we left. My husband said if he was there he would have went off at them. All I know that. of course … thats the last time Ill ever go there. HORRIBLE! And all you had to say was SORRY??? It deserves ZERO STARS!!! WHY CANT WE GIVE ZERO STARS WHEN WE HAVE PHOTO LIKE THESE and almost ate dirty bugs???

Worse place ever ! Second time I’ve came here 2 hours prior to closing and they don’t want to serve. Already making excuses they don’t have food. Then why stay open? Don’t ever go there people !

The two stars is purely for service. The lady that was serving us was great. Always smiling, nodding, answering our calls.
Food wise this place is no better than the FMP location. I knew Nak Won’s Korean food isn’t all that great so I ordered the safest dish BiBimBap. Sigh, if you could mess this dish up you seriously have issues. The rice in my BBB was overcooked so it turned out mushy after mixing it with the egg and sauce. I felt like I was eating congee. Friends ordered spicy squid, pork bone soup and sweet and sour pork. Sweet and sour pork was really hard, which means it went over when it was refried. Spicy squid wasn’t that great either. Pork bone soup was bland and lacked the correct seasonings. Again, the side dishes weren’t any better. I would much rather have 2 or 3 good side dishes over 8 or 9 mediocre or nasty side dishes.
If you enjoy cheap food with no standards of whats good, then this place is a good choice. If you enjoy some decent Korean food, there’s more choices out there for a few dollars extra.

Watched a cockroach climb out of my friend’s meal. The waitress didn’t seem to think it was a big deal and still charged us. I’ll never be coming back nor will I recommend this place to anyone. My coworker went on a separate day and also saw a cockroach crawling at another table months before this happened. Too bad I wasn’t told sooner or I wouldn’t have came!

Tried the chicken on hotplate with rice for $ 12.99 this time around. Love all the side dishes they serve here and this time around they were all fairly fresh which is why I’m giving it a boosted rating. I have come here several times already and I find its consistently good and you can’t beat the price for all the food you get.

Staff are happier and more polite than the one at fmp. A smaller restaurant compared to fmp as well but it’s much more cosy and quiet here. The food is the same as the fmp location. Side dishes are great. I recommend this place!

I personally think this location is better than the one at FMP (first markham place). This one is smaller, but the staff are way better in terms of politeness and courtesy. Food seems to be the same — taste and presentation. The pork bone soup has always been spicy, not like Owl. I like the spice though, blast of flavour!

Used to come here quite a bit as it was the closest Korean restaurant to where I used to live. I would agree with most of the reviews here, I’ve tasted better Korean food but there’s nothing particularly bad about the food here either.
The place is not exactly clean but the service is decent. One thing I should mention is that I ordered take out once and they messed up the order. I lived approx 10 mins away. Instead of me going back to get what I paid for someone actually came and delivered it to my house. I thought that was pretty nice of them.

I’m no Korean food expert, but I know what I like. And I know when I’ve eaten better. And at this particular location of Nak Won, I know I’ve eaten better.
Service was friendly, but very sparse. There was one girl running the entire floor. We felt bad for her, but we had to keep buzzing for service (each table is equipped with a buzzer). She was really nice, but you could tell all the tables were getting pissed.
I ordered Sullang Tang (stewed beef in broth) and my companion ordered Seafood Dwenjang Chigae (seafood/​veg/​tofu in soy bean sauce broth). The soups arrived lukewarm! And the broth for both tasted very piggy, like pork entrails. Almost like they didn’t rinse the pig parts before dumping them into the broth pot. We also shared a Tempura Shrimp Appetizer. The shrimp were reused (or refried) and were small, shriveled and dry. The vegetables were mostly potato slices. The tempura coating was very greasy and not crispy/​crunchy at all. Very disappointing.
What saved the meal were the nine little containers of re-​fillable banchan (appetizers/​side dishes): honey potatoes, marinated soybeans, bean sprouts, fish cake, etc. We mostly ate those. But who wants to pay for a meal and only enjoy the free side dishes? The mains were not worth it!

Nak Won Restaurant just opened up its third location replacing the Tofu Village at New Kennedy Centre.
I am glad that Nak Won is openning up another location up North aside from the one at First Markham Place. However, I do like Tofu Village better.
When Nak Won moved into this location, not much renovation is needed. All they did is took out all those huge photos of Korean dishes on the wall. and references to Tofu Village.
The menu is similar to the other Nak Won location. With lunch specials starting at $ 5.99 including all the banchans! What a steal!
Since I have craving for cold noodles so I decided on the Korean Cold Noodle Soup ($ 8.99) instead. They do offer the one with no soup but mixed with sweet and spicy sauce.
The banchans at Nak Won is always good and plentiful. The cold noodles arrived shortly. The size is a bigger than other Korean restaurant I been to, garnished with marinated cucumber, apples slice, beef and ice cube. I feel like I am eating a bowl of bottomless noodles because I was full after eating half of it! There is also vinegar and mustard to add in if you prefer to have a stronger taste.
The noodles are the chewy type. and does have a lot of bite to it. I am always a noodle fans so I really enjoy eating it!
The services is cold and impersonal without a smile as always. but you get your food fast and is cheap. In and out with no fuss!
They accepts Visa and Mastercard.