Best Korean Restaurants in Adelaide
Korean food is more than just barbequed meat, bibimbap and kimchi – it’s incredibly diverse, both in terms of ingredients and regional cooking styles. Adelaide might not have the same range as downtown Seoul, but we do have high-quality ingredients, great chefs and an audience ready to eat.
Here’s where to get the best barbeque, fried chicken, hotpot and banchan (side dishes) in town.
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May Q
This restaurant’s line-up of Korean classics is bolstered by a sizable collection of sojus to enjoy with your meal.
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Bai Long Store
This ambitious modern-Asian restaurant and store challenges its neighbours on the ailing Hutt Street strip.
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Ban Ban
Korean fried chicken worth getting your hands dirty for.
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Shobosho
An Asian-inspired “fire house” from restaurateur Simon Kardachi.
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Little Ban Ban
Franklin Street’s popular fried chicken and beer joint doing a grab-and-go menu for the lunchtime crowd.
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Plus 82 Gogi
“Shake shake rice”, spicy noodle salad and marinated meats ready for you to grill at this Korean barbeque joint.
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Plus 82 Pocha
Listen to K-pop while you eat fried chicken and kimchi until late.
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Gunbae Chicken and Beer
Korean fried chicken is all over town, but Gunbae is one of the best. The menu is blissfully simple: chicken (brined for 12 hours before being fried), beer and Korean sides including kimchi pancakes, mandoo salads and rice balls.
Restaurant
Mandoo
Kimchi in a dumpling? It’s here.
Shop
Kokko
At this playground-inspired Korean fried chicken shop, everything's made by hand by Seoul native Julie Kim.
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Busan Baby
This spot brings Korean street food to Morphett Street. There’s also spongy, fluffy chiffon cake and that bulgogi beef ramen dish from Parasite.
Restaurant
CnB
This casual Korean fried chicken joint, by the Plus 82 Pocha Crew, is a love letter to the street food of Seoul. Grab Korean corn dogs, spicy fried chook and burgers to-go, or pull up a stool in the LED-lit, orange and blue diner.
Restaurant
88 Pocha
Love Korean barbeque? Dak-galbi is the next Korean specialty you have to try, and this retro-inspired joint has mastered it, alongside classic street foods.
