Minari

I like the way how restaurant make their plating. They also give customer a very satisfying and worth it snacks

I went here to celebrate Mother's Day.

The place is really nice, it looks small from the outside, but it is a good amount of space inside.

I ordered the kimchi fried rice and it was extremely tasty. It was a good amount of food as well.

Everything here was reasonably priced and I will definitely return here when I am back in the area!

Feeling under the weather and needed some soup. Unfortunately, they don't have a whole lot of soups other than soft tofu opted for the rice cake soup and at $20 definitely not worth it.

The broth was salty and there was no protein in it to justify such a hefty price for just rice cakes.

All of the banchan was below average as well.

You can smell the bleach smell or cleaning solution as I went right at opening past Saturday.

Street parking

Service was nice for takeout

Overall pretty good comfort Korean food! Really liked the galbi and kimchi fried rice! Corn cheese, fried dumpling, and the chicken ginseng soup were also good as well.

Friendly staff as well when I went! Street parking.

Seems like they also do bigger parties as well because when I went there was a bigger group celebrating something.

Minari is a new addition to San Mateo Ave. I've been to this restaurant on two separate occasions.

The first time I asked for the vegetarian tofu soup - specifically asking for it to be made vegan. The kimchi is not vegan and contains fish sauce. The side dishes that were vegetarian are the broccoli, potato salad, and the seaweed. The broccoli was a little on the salty side and the seaweed pretty vinegary. The tofu soup, I asked for medium came more on a mild side.

The second visit, I again asked for the vegetarian tofu soup to be made vegan. The waiter mentioned that this it is made of beef broth. I then explained that I had ordered it previously. He went to check and said that it would be made with water. In my experience, tofu soup made from water is not tasty. So did I have beef or water the first time? I decided to order the tofu bimbimbap, this was guaranteed to be vegetarian.

Overall, service is good and attentive. Not entirely sure what is vegan / vegetarian as the servers are also unsure.

The restaurant is big, spacious and great for large groups. The portions are also generous so perfectly sized for sharing and hanging out with friends.

Everything was adequately flavored and just the hearty warming foods that Korean food is all about. Especially on a cold winter day, would recommend visiting and sharing a stew/soup with someone.

Delicious, mouth watering food. The stone bibimbap comes out sizzling with tender meat on top. The galbi had a nice glaze and chew to it, paired with rice and mostly raw onions that offset some of the richness of the meat. Meal also comes with banchan. Clean tables and good service. Self serve water.

Had another great experience with my meal, prepared and served with love. However, today alongside my amazing meal I witnessed a heartwarming experience between the waiter Gus, the owner, and an unhoused gentleman who came into Minari's possibly wanting a meal and mostly muttering to himself oftentimes loudly. Everyone just carried on as I continued to observe how he would be treated. It warmed my heart when the gentleman waiter and later the owner respectfully helped and served him his meal. I left shortly after but could not help but reflect on how ones business can surpass making a profit to changing a life, starting with a show of kindness and respect embodied in a warm meal.

I came here on a Friday night at 6pm with my sister. The restaurant had most of the tables filled but we were still able to be seated right away. The staff was really nice and brought us our banchan once we were seated. The banchan was good, and my favorite was the mashed potato, which is something I haven't had at other Korean restaurants before.

The food was absolutely phenomenal! We decided to share two dishes - the army stew and Korean fried chicken, which we got in the flavors plain, sweet chili, and soy sauce. The food came out super quick, and I loved the presentation of both dishes. The army stew was flavorful, but the only downside was that it only came with two rice cakes. I wish it came with more. The Korean fried chicken was served steaming hot, and all the flavors were delicious. If I had to pick a favorite, it would be the soy sauce flavor. It was not too salty and had a good umami taste. The sweet chili flavor tasted like a sweeter version of orange chicken marinade. It was tasty but definitely a lot sweeter than I had expected.

The food was sooo good and we will be returning soon!

Minari tastes like home but better, because their soondubu jigae is better than my Mom's. I got the spicy beef soondubu and loved it! It could have used a little more gochugaru but it was still flavorful and delicious. I also loved the mandu appetizer. It was perfectly crispy and the filling was well seasoned! The real star of the show was the banchan! They had my favorite seaweed banchan and my boyfriend's favorite Korean potato salad. Their kimchi was really good too! We loved it so much that we got seconds of everything and ate all of it up!

The staff is so friendly and provided excellent service. Will definitely come back!