Ka Chi

This is Korean food? The pork bone soup was too salty, the meat didn’t fall off the bone, also the bulgogi rice cake was sub par I am comparing this to Minerva owl on Finch. I would search someone else for Korean food.

Great food – we had the tteokbokki and it was delicious! Prices were average I’d say and the people working there were very nice!

Service here is very attentive. This place is a very popular option for delivery, you’ll see a constant stream of foodora people come and go. I had a spicy chicken bibimbap and while I did find it good, the portion is a small. I also had the seafood pancake and there were big chunks of seafood everywhere, probably the best pancake in Chinatown.

Seriously what is happening to Kachi? Couple of years ago I would go and eat there a lot. I would order their pork bone soup almost every time. Today I went there I ordered it again. My order came, the meat literally SMELLED BAD! It’s got this stinky smell. I asked for another one, the second one came, it didn’t smell bad, but it was UNDERCOOKED and the meat was TASTELESS. I literally felt disgusted, and asked to order something else. I then ordered their lunch special spicy bbq chicken. The waitress came out again and told me, «because lunch specials don’t come with side dishes, but we served them to you with the pork bone soup already, we are gonna take it out, and we are gonna change the four sushis to fried dumplings. And rice was already served, so no more rice for you.» Btw the dumplings were very soggy and tasteless. I was like okayyyy, just gonna eat and get the hell outta here… NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN!!!

Food was not authentic but still we enjoyed so that’s 1 star there. We were seated near where the stairs that leads to the restroom. We cannot help it but we could smell the «bathroom air freshener» the entire time we were there that really lowered my friend and I’s appetite. Not just that,
Service was terrible. Took VERY long time for them to come take our order so we just wrote down on our own in the order sheet that the guy left on our table with menu. Also, We were served water cups and a bottle to fill it on our own but when the bottle for empty, no one came to fill it not even that guy who was serving or the lady who was running around. We asked the lady to bring us small plates, took her like 10 min for her to bring them out. She came out to give us plates after we kinda purposely looked at her and she must have sensed and realized that we asked for them. I would not go back to this restaurant ever again.

Good food, however one thing I hate is places that close like 1hr+ early. I usually stay an hr at least afterwork, so its annoying to see people clocking in early. I think if you’re a restaurant, and you advertise being open till 11:30 then you should take orders until 11:30 or 11:15 at least. Don’t just say «ok no order, sorry closed» when its like 10 – 10:30, every take-​out place does this and it just rubs customers the wrong way. Especially since they’re probably still putting out orders for orderit or justeat or something. Anyawy, if you’re going to close at 10, just advertise that and save everyone the trouble.

Décor is not the greatest however don’t get deceived! The food was flavorful and tasted like authentic Korean food. I ordered a tofu stew which came with rice for just $ 10. You really can’t beat that price with good food. Was it the best tofu stew I had? No but it was good enough for me to go back if I lived in Toronto.

Pork bone soup is tasteless… feels like they just threw the bones in the soup right before serving… would not go back here for the soup. service is okay but they didn’t know anything about the plates .kept going back to the kitchen to ask. there are better Korean restaurants around there for sure

What can I say? Taste better than I thought! Waiter is nice! Well since you require more words. And this is the first time I write review. I want to say that this place is very good. I ordered BBQ beef. I think u ll like it …

I used to frequent this place a while ago, and recently I paid another visit. It was even better than I remembered.
The traditional spread of complimentary Korean salads and pickles for appetizer was amazing. Each little dish was packed with flavor and well executed. The Kim Chi was deelish!
I ordered the traditional Kam Ja Tang (Pork Bone Stew) and it was outstanding! It was flavorful, soulful and plentiful! The pork meat was piled high above the stone bowl. It was served with a side of perfectly cooked rice.
To wash down the delicious meal, a jug of very flavorful barley tea came complimentary with the meal.
It was quite a feast all for $ 7.95!!!

Quality ingredients always show. This was probably not the case for Ka Chi. The staple pork bone soup was lackluster at best. Flavours are bland and lacking in complexity. The bibimbap was okay but the stone bowl wasn’t hot enough so the rice didn’t caramelized. Also, I find that they are skimpy with the meats and greens in the dish. As for a few other dishes like the spicy chicken… etc… they too suffer from the same fate; low in flavour.
Kudos is given for the unexpected great service and low low prices.
Overall with so many other great eats in this part of town I am not quite sure why you would want to eat here. Unless if you are on a strict budget and have an insatiable appetite for Korean food right now.

I have been coming to this great Korean restaurant for three years and have always had very good dining experiences here. Its a family run shop, and the food here is always fresh and the service is always very good. Like Phở, Korean is basically the same wherever you go, but portions here are always generous. Try the spicy beef stew, its a great way to warm yourself up on a cold day and there is a generous amount of beef in the stew. They also have a diversified menu and offer table top cooking as well (two can dine for less than $ 12.00 each) What I really like about this restaurant though is they listen to you. You can have less spice or more spice, or if want more of a certain type of vegetable or meat in your main dish, they are very accommodating. If you are craving Korean and are in Chinatown or the Market, stop by here, and this place is always open.

Stopped here for lunch on my way to Scotiabank theatre. Tried the other location on Dundas W but wasn’t too impressed, but want to give this location a try after reading some positive reviews on Unilocal.Ordered pork bone stew which has always been typical choice upon my first visit. The stew comes with generous amount of meat and lots of Korean spice on top. The broth is savoury and flavourful, but not spicy at all even though I ordered extra spicy. The taste is more flavourful than a couple of joints nearby my place but definitely not the best gamjatang I’ve had in Toronto. Spicy tofu stew with seafood on the other hand, is very tasty and flavourful. The sides taste kind of bland which is a let down, but surely they don’t skimp on the portion.
The dining area and washroom are generally clean and service is efficient, which really is all I ask for around the area. Overall ⁴⁄₅.

This is one of my favourite places in the Market! The owners are so nice and the food is delicious. #64 is the beef rib soup is one of my favourites. The broth is incredibly flavourful! I highly recommend this place. It’s not expensive and the customer service is excellent.

The kam ja tang (pork bone soup) here was soooo good and perfect for a chilly fall night. The restaurant was pretty full when we came last Friday and there were only two servers, so although service was friendly, it was pretty slow. Apparently they give you a piece of paper along with your menus to write your order on, but my friend and I were too busy talking and didn’t notice it sitting on our table… so we thought the servers weren’t paying attention to us for the longest time when we were actually supposed to just write our orders down and wait for them to take it haha. Oops.
Anyway, the food! We both got the normal spicy kam ja tang. Broth was delicious and not too too spicy (which is what I like), and there were giant pieces of tender and juicy bone-​in pork as well as lots of bean sprouts and cabbage on top. Comes with rice and banchan which was great as well. Including tax and tip, it came to about $ 10-​$ 11. Can’t wait to come back, especially as the weather gets colder!

My favourite place to come to when I come to Down Town.
Best Price to Portion Size ratio around.
Man Size portions.
Taste is Excellent, that’s is you are into spicy foods, they great have non spicy dishes too, for those that can’t handle the heat.

Lots of great options, had the chicken bulgogi and came out on on a sizzling cast iron plate. The kimchi and other sides were alright, I’ve had better at other places. The prices are very reasonable and the staff is super friendly.
The chef was an old Korean lady cooking up a storm in the kitchen. I’d go back for my next Korean fix.

Food quality some good some not amazing, price not bad, customer service very good.
I went to this venue on 2 occasions last week, ordering a different thing each time: soup the first time, and chirashi sushi the second.
Their beef bone soup is their specialty, and that I did enjoy very much-​so. Even more-​so, I enjoyed all of the salad type of items that came with the soup on the side.
Keeping in mind that this is a Korean restaurant, taking a chance with ordering sushi is always a gamble. In this case, it didn’t work out so well, as the quantity and quality weren’t great by any means.
M’lady, whom I took to this venue for my second visit, wasn’t impressed with the veggie dumplings she ordered, as she felt their taste was not very pleasant.
The servers at this venue are very attentive, always there every time you need anything.
All-​in-​all, since I found that this venue had at least one dish that I quite enjoyed, I’d probably only return to this venue if it were for that specific dish.

Upon arrival you would think I’ve stumbled into the mute version of O’Noir (the restaurant where all the servers are blind). The waiter silently plunks down menus and an order ticket on the table. He silently collects them later. He silently responds to requests with so little as a grunt of acknowledgement. At least the waiter can’t be surly he doesn’t talk.
The FOOD: I’ve mostly had the bi bim bop here. It’s an acceptable, if a bit skimpy rendition. Not a lot of meat or veggies. Nice hot bowl though. Not a ton of flavour
The banchan were adequate. The kim chi was a bit watery, but I quite liked the spicy pickles.
Atmosphere? Eh, what atmosphere?
Overall, it’s an acceptable place at an acceptable price. Little to recommend it, but then little reason to avoid it if you want Korean in Kensington.

I used to like Ka Chi. I really did.
In fact, the locale in the Annex used to be the Korean restaurant of choice I used take noobies to exposed them to the greatness that is Korean cuisine.
However the Korean town location has started to slide a bit over the last couple of years. The quality is simply not as good and since I have had better since, I really do not go to that location any more.
For example more than once I have found the Pork Bone Soup to be undercooked — by that I mean the meat is still firmly attached to the bone and thus you find yourself having to wrestle with your meal and you know you can’t splash pork bone soup. Since once even a spot is on your clothes, that stuff is simple not coming off. That is just a pork bone soup no-​no.
However, on a recent trip to Chinatown… I was going to Seor Ak San for Korean however once there, we found the place closed. Bummer.
I knew of *THIS* Ka Chi from before and after opting to go in here instead of the Korean restaurant literally next door to this one, I must admit I has pleasantly surprised.
Yes, the place is lacking some sort of central heating and feels a bit damp but the food was good and satisfying. The banchan were various and delicious and even though the motherly waitress\owner seemed to be serving and cleaning tables at warp speed, she was never busy enough to ask if we wanted a banchan refill or if we needed anything, like more tea in a more than friendly manner.
My date and I ended up chatting it up for a bit and and not once did we feel rushed nor did they try to sneak in the tab.
Finally we left as the place started getting packed and we felt it unfair to have them loose business because we were using up a table. Yup, we felt that well about our stay that we wanted to help them out. That says something.
If I want to go back to Ka Chi, I will come back to this one locale.