Mirror Of Korea

Just great food.. If you want to frequent an independent restaurant that has great healthy yummy food, and plenty of it, this is the place. Wonderful owner, I think she inherited it from her parents. You get a bunch of little bowls of different foods with your main dish. If you are a vegetarian, get the bi bim bap with no meat. And if you love meat, get it with.…

Not quite what we were hoping for.. We were really excited to go get some Korean food and we wanted to try something new, we mostly go to Hoban in Eagan, but we were left unsatisfied and poor. The service was good, our water was kept full the whole time and we had plenty of rice and sides. The atmosphere was nice, there was some Korean hip hop on in the background which was pretty cool. The server was nice and our food cam out quite quickly, but we did go at 4 on a Saturday so there was only one other table in the restaurant. Our food was not what we were hoping for, We got the Bulgogi- it was a little dry and there was not much sauce on it, it didn't taste like much. We also got the Kalbi and there was very little meat on the bones. The ribs had more fat than meat on almost every piece, but the sauce was very good on these. We ended up spending 43$ with tip for these dishes and a soda and left wishing we would have just gone to Chipotle instead.…

Good Solid Korean Food. I highly recommend Mirror of Korea. I wanted to write a more updated post of the food and atmosphere as over summer '08, Mirror of Korea has remodeled. The place actually offers a comforting, more modern ambience and the walls and restaurant itself are less bare-cafe like, and more updated and inviting. Not only that, but the parents have retired from cooking and the "lone Korean-mom server" now does the cooking and they have at least 2-3 people on as waitstaff. They are most likely Korean students attending Hamline.

Additionally, they offer wine now in addition to a few beer options (including Korean options), which is a nice addition. They are less quality (Beringer, Sutter Home) wines in mini-bottles, but still, for the affordable cost of a Korean meal - they are at least attempting to give more to the clientele.

A staple to try as an appetizer are the mandu (Korean dumplings) and the seafood pancakes. You will receive your banchee (side dishes) with any entree - staples to try if you are new to Korean food are the bulgogi (both the beef and pork are good); if you are with picky eaters-the na go gi is a good option as it is more familiar (deep fried chunks of chicken) in a typical korean hot sauce with mushrooms, onions, zucchini and peppers.

They also offer items like skate fish if you are adventurous. They do not accept checks-cash or debit/credit cards only. Two people can easily eat here with an appetizer, two entrees and a few beers a piece for $50.…