Grandma Noodle

Me and my wife decided to come here randomly, and we were very glad we did. The food is very very good, and some of the side dishes are some of the best we've found in Houston. The pickled radish was particularly good. Later on, I was looking for a place that had Sujebi (Soo Jae Bi, Soojaebi, 수제비) and realized they had it here. It was so good and the portion of torn dough was very generous, as are the portions in general. It was so nice to be the first evening table and smell the food start to cook after we ordered. If you're looking for home style Korean food cooked by Ajumma, go here. It's really good food.

I loved this restaurant exactly as it is. It's a little hole in the wall. Little auntie making dumplings when you walk in, well loved peace lilies and other large plants, no music, no alcohol (but it's byob with receipt and we overheard another table thinking about walking to the gas station to grab a couple of beers). Cute auntie came by a couple of times to check in on us though the restaurant started getting busy and told us in broken English what foods to try to finish because it wouldn't reheat well. The food was good and I took home the side dishes (I don't always) and it all tastes homemade in the best way. I felt nourished in my soul. If you think about eating lunch with your cute Korean auntie, isn't it the same way? No music, lots of plants, auntie fussing over you, go home with lots of food. I don't want it to change.

Note, the food is delicious. The loss of one star is because of the outdated inside and it “dive looking” exterior. Service was friendly and accommodating. The food came out quickly (we were eating at 8pm on a Thursday night) although there was probably only a couple of other tables and it looked they had their food already. The Korean side dishes tasted fresh. The mandoo dumplings had a thicker dumpling wrapper than I’ve seen in most mandoo. I’d recommend and definitely don’t judge this restaurant by its exterior or dated interior.

The food tasted like authentic home-cooked Korean meal. I'm from Los Angeles where I have eaten in Koreatown and the Handmade dumpling rice cake soup tasted so much better! The seafood hotpot was spicy and tasty. Banchan (4) plus kimchi were freshly made. Seafood pancake a must! Overall experience was excellent! Limited parking though, and decor needs upgrading but service was very good as my daughter who was with me speaks Korean. The menu has pictures and numbered so even if you don't speak Korean you can order food.