Restaurant review: New Seoul

Roger

23 February 2007

Address: 164 Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R 5DU
Telephone: 020 7278 8674
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Longitude: -0.110902
Latitude: 51.522191

Food

A very wide range of Korean (and a few Japanese) items - at least six varieties of kimchee dish, bulgogi, and all the other Korean food that most people have heard of (including me).

Everything we've had was of excellent quality. They can cope with vegetarians, but not easily.

There are set menus (for two or more) at £ 14, £ 16 and £ 18 per person; a recent meal came to £ 22 each including drinks.

Drinks

Bottles of Hite beer for £ 3.

Service and Ambience

At 8pm on a Wednesday, it was half-empty; the staff made a few mistakes, but nothing major, and were prompt with bringing food and removing plates.

Things near here (straight-line distances):

Farringdon Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.3 miles SEbE
Pakenham Arms (pub) 0.3 miles NWbN
Calthorpe Arms (pub) 0.3 miles NWbW
Chancery Lane Station (Central Line) 0.3 miles SbW
Ye Olde Mitre (pub) 0.3 miles SEbS
Sekforde Arms (pub) 0.3 miles ENE
Dovetail (pub) 0.3 miles EbN
Jerusalem Tavern (pub) 0.3 miles EbS
City Thameslink Station (British Rail) 0.5 miles SEbS
Holborn Station (Central Line, Piccadilly Line) 0.5 miles SWbW
Barbican Station (Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line) 0.5 miles ESE
Russell Square Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.7 miles W
Angel Station (Northern Line) 0.7 miles NNE
Abeno Okonomiyaki (restaurant) 0.7 miles WSW
Lord John Russell (pub) 0.7 miles WNW
Museum Tavern (pub) 0.7 miles WSW
King's Cross Thameslink Station (British Rail) 0.7 miles NWbN
Plough (pub) 0.7 miles WSW
British Museum (museum) 0.7 miles WbS
Bloomsbury Tavern (pub) 0.7 miles SWbW
Temple Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.8 miles SbW
St. Paul's Station (Central Line) 0.8 miles SE
King's Cross St. Pancras Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line, Northern Line, Piccadilly Line, Victoria Line) 0.8 miles NW
Euston Flyer (pub) 0.8 miles NWbW
Blackfriars Station (Circle Line, District Line) 0.8 miles SSE
Covent Garden Station (Piccadilly Line) 0.9 miles SW
Centre Point Sushi Cafe (restaurant) 0.9 miles WSW
Ta-Zu (restaurant) 0.9 miles NWbW
Jack Horner (pub) 0.9 miles WbS
Porterhouse (pub) 1.0 miles SWbS
Tottenham Court Road Station (Central Line, Northern Line) 1.0 miles WSW
Wenlock Arms (pub) 1.0 miles NE
Moorgate Station (British Rail, Circle Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line, Northern Line) 1.0 miles EbS
Old Street Station (British Rail, Northern Line) 1.0 miles EbN
Joi Cafe (restaurant) 1.0 miles WbS
Head of Steam/Doric Arch (pub) 1.0 miles WNW
Imperial War Museum London (museum) 1.8 miles S
National Army Museum (museum) 3.3 miles SW