Nak Won

The fact that each location has different prices for the same item is deceiving. Also that one location will change pork for chicken and one says its not allowed. But i love the food!

There are so many Korean food options when you are on Yonge so I wouldn’t pick here as a first choice. Overall, food is ok here but service was really its downfall.
We ordered a set dinner for 6 for the BBQ along with a few other items on the menu. All of our food came pretty quickly initially but any sort of follow up was near impossible to get. Tables have the buttons for service but no matter how many times you press it no one will come (it was not broken lol).
We tried asking for more of the appetizers (Kim chi, pickled celery, bean sprouts) and the waitress kept forgetting. We asked a total of 4 times and still never got it! We just gave up.
Maybe I’ll give them another chance down the road as the food was OK but if I end up with the same experience again, definitely not.

So I had a hankering for some Korean food and didn’t want to drive all the way down to North York and so decided to go to Nak Won in Richmond Hill. We arrived and there was no wait as it is quite a big space. We were asked if we wanted to bbq or just a regular table.
As we had two young kids we decided to just do the regular table. The menu is quite extensive offering traditional fare, Korean bbq and Cinese Korean cuisine. We decided to order the soon dubu chigae, dolsot bibimbap, and the bulgogi dinner.
We were given 6 side dishes but in all honesty of the 6 side dishes only a few were good enough to eat. While it’s always nice to get more it’s only good if you can eat it. The kimchi was terrible and tasted bad. The potatoes and fish cakes were pretty much the only side dishes that weren’t a disaster.
The entrees arrived quite quickly. The tofu hot pot was pretty good in terms of flavours and textures, but slightly on the bland side would have tasted much better with a little more kick to it. All the ingredients were fresh so overall 3.5. The dolsot bibimbap is pretty hard to mess up and tasted just as good as anywhere else so would give it a 4. The bulgogi dinner was good but a bit on the fatty and chewy side. It was marinated okay so overall 3.5.
Overall, it was worth it to not have to drive to north York, but if I could would have given an overall of 3.5. Definitely worth trying if you live in York region.

Came here for lunch today. The restaurant is nicely decorated and we were greeted and seated promptly. I’m not a big fan of Korean food but I do like pork bone soup. We ordered 2 pork bone soups, spicy. They came out sizzling hot and were still bubbling after 2 minutes. The soup base had a lovely flavour and tastes much better than the FMP Nak Won. However, we asked for spicy and it wasn’t that spicy. Nice that they serve purple rice here too. The sides were not so good. Put it this way, we never finished them or asked for a refill.
We were sat at the window booth and they are really uncomfortable wood seats. Next time I come, I’ll ask to be seated at the regular tables. Service was ok. Washrooms were clean but extremely dark.
I would return here again, if I’m in the area.

This Nak Won location is the better one compared to the first Markham place location. I noticed the main difference here is food and service. First off. This location serves purple rice with everything, the Markham location only offers steamed white rice. The service at this location is also better, possibly because there is usually less traffic (though it does get busy on the weekends).
The spicy pork sizzling plate is my favourite. and it comes with a bowl of purple rice!
Nak won always offers a large selection of bottomless cold dishes with every meal such as pickled radish, fish cake, Kim chi, etc!

This place is OK if you are in the area and just want a quick Korean bite, but there are much better options if you’re OK with taking a slight trek down Yonge.
The place is large and fairly clean. Décor is modern. I’d say for the most part, it’s all spacious and comfortable. The menu is fairly extensive and contains pretty much all the standard Korean menu items. I’ve never tried having Korean BBQ here so I can’t comment on that. For their standard dishes, the quality is passable, but nothing particularly outstanding. However, their prices are higher than the average Korean joint, so relative to the prices, the food quality isn’t up to par. I am not a fan of their banchan (side dishes) — while there is decent variety, they tend to be overly westernized items that I rarely see anywhere else.
As for the service, I haven’t really experienced any of the rudeness mentioned by other reviews. But the service is definitely lacking in pleasantries. The courtesy shown here is less than any other Korean restaurant I’ve been to in the GTA, which is odd. They also tend to be slow with responding to requests (e.g. for more utensils or side dish refills). There are some nights where it seems like they are just understaffed.

Pretty clean and large place, first time at this nak won as I always goto the fMp one… menu is pretty similar, this place has ayce korean BBQ for $ 26.99 but we were just here for lunch
Got the bulgogi and the pork bone soup
Pretty good, lots of side dishes to choose from, service was good, had the door bell to ring

I have been here for dinner at Nak Won a couple of time since my first review.
Sadly, the quality of food has been going down hill and with the latest price increase, I don’t think I will be coming back.
Yesterday night, the 2 soups we ordered were just bad.
Pork and Kimchi Stew (DwaejiGogi Kimchi Jjigae) tasted like tomato soup!
Korean Beef Short Rib Stew (Galbi Jjim) was so overly sweet and has the consistency and taste of Chunk Sirloin Beef Stew.
It was bad…