Don Don

Food is great. Can refill side dishes by ourselves. But there is no service. The waitress doesnt smile. Go in, get seated, scan qr code, order by phone, then they start serving. No complaint on the food. Just feel weird with the service. Many notices around too, e.g. 2 hrs limit, no outside food/drink, etc. Nothing too wrong but dont feel very nice too. I believe eating at a restaurant is not just solely about the food.

They have strict no outside food or drink rule and they also offer cash discount. Personally Don Don is my top Korean restaurant in city in terms of flavour - its pork knuckle and Hot pot are extraordinarily delicious. For small group, I recommend the weekday lunch menu as you could spend 20 bucks for a set of 2-3 dishes, which is quite decent. For group more than 4, sharing plates will costs around 20-40 bucks for 3-4 dishes. They also offer a set of free small plates.

I’ve tried their restaurant in Strathfield and enjoyed it so this time I gave the city branch a try as well. I ordered half size kang poong gi (sweet sour korean fried chicken - kfc) and lunch combo special with dolsot bibimbap and soft tofu stew. The kfc was crispy and juicy while the bibimbap tastes delicious. The soft tofu stew was quite average though. Good selection of banchan too. However, portion sizes were huge which both of us couldn’t finish all the food. We got some korean fried chicken leftovers to take away as well. They have upgraded their banchan game to another level as they now have a self serve banchan bar for the customers. Also gave the donkatsu a try and omg yummy 🤤 and big portions as well.

This is korean restaurant specialised with chicken and pork. I'm fans of korean dishes. All tastes of the food I've ordered here are delicious. I recommend this Don Don restaurant rather than other competitors. Kitchen staff are multicultural. But there is one waitstaff, korean girl with long black hair which is a bit unpleasant. I was asking for side dishes top-up then she just pointing. Next I was asking for a tap water, she ignored me. I initiative took it myself.

Arrived around 6:40pm Friday night, and wait for the seating for 20 mins or so. The place is very crowded. The table is a bit sticky but acceptable. The soba noodles itself was very nice, but it's a bit too much spicy sauce when you have the noodle half way. Wouldn't recommend to ppl who not really into spicy food. I'm kind of getting tired of eating cold noodle in the midway. The katsu was very crunchy and tasty. Not dry inside at all, feeled it taste better than the same dish in Danjangkun. But the plate was very large which made the pork visually smaller than it actually was. But the portion is absolutely enough. I had the clam noodle the other time. Still my best dish in this restaurant so far. Strongly recommend that.

The dishes are not good it tastes very watered down version of actual Korean meals. I had soft tofu stew and it was bland, the rice balls had too much mayonnaise and it overpowered the the dish and made it soggy with oil. I literally squeezed the oil out of the rice l. Wouldn’t come here again don’t waste your money