Hana Korean Kitchen in Köln

Everything perfect, super tasty, great staff. I'll be back. 😁

Authentic Korean food, highly recommended!

I went there on a Saturday lunchtime without a reservation but they could find me a place. There was plenty of place to sit at the time I finished my meal. The food with all those banchan was good, I wanted to try tofu stew but we couldn't communicate well during ordering so I went with the Korean chicken instead. It was quite nice. They accepted card payment

Although it is a Korean restaurant, it does not taste like Korea. The rice was hard and dry and the chicken was also dry. The taste of the seasoning lacks the sweetness of Korean seasoned chicken. The beef in Yukgaejang and the beef in Bibimbap are cut into equal size pieces. My foreign friend had high expectations and ordered beef stew, saying it was scharf Rindfleisch Suppe, but was very disappointed because there were only a few pieces of meat. There was no sesame oil in the bibimbap. The rice of bibimbap is hard. It would have been worth it if the price had been cheaper, but it was expensive. If you want to pack leftover food, the staff will bring you an empty container and tell you to pack it yourself. I came all the way to Cologne to eat there after reading the Google reviews, but I was disappointed.

Very good menu and very nice staff. The restaurant is decorated in a typical Korean style...simple but very nice. The food was very tasty and beforehand there were 6 different small ingredients. IN SHORT.....It's worth it.

Very authentic Korean cuisine, plus delicious soju and Cass beer! Fried chicken, bibimbap and kimchi are highly recommended and there is also very attentive, friendly service!

The soy sauce marinated chicken tastes great and the stir-fried squid is also delicious. This is perfect for Koreans who ask for their dishes to be spicier.

Visited this restaurant today. We are pleasantly surprised. The food is very tasty, huge portions. Lots of snacks. Very friendly staff. The room is comfortable and cozy. I ate Korean food for the first time and I really liked it. Pleasant prices. We will definitely come again.

The fried chicken was particularly delicious, as was everything else. Highly recommended! <3

Sehr lecker! I enjoyed it so much!

Great food, crunchy vegetables, crispy chicken, unobtrusive, friendly, prompt service. Perfect for eating something delicious quickly. The ambience is rather simple, not disturbing, but you sit on stools. That's ok for eating, but it doesn't invite you to stay for long.

Small (not the food, the shop) but nice. Very tasty bibimbap with all the side dishes your heart desires. Incredibly friendly service at the table! With always clean and set tables. My food was good, payment was easy (contactless with ApplePay was no problem). I would definitely like to come back there!

It's delicious here. The jjamppong is better than what I've had in Korea, and the bibimbap is also well-balanced. The lady boss took good care of me, so I ate well.

Very affordable dinner. Hands down best fried chicken I have ever had. The chef is michelin star worthy. Underrated af

Everything is delicious The owner and staff are friendly!

The food here is delicious. First you get a small selection of “starters” which means the food here is always very varied. We also had the fried chicken, gimbap and glass noodles with vegetables. The glaze on the chicken was nice and sweet and the meat was very juicy. The gimbap with the crunchy radish was also delicious. The glass noodles didn't really impress us. They stuck together a lot and unfortunately had little taste apart from the fried onions. We would probably not order this dish again. But the rest was excellent. The staff is super friendly, attentive and the food is served very quickly. However, I would definitely make a reservation because the shop is relatively small and is always busy.

The best Korean restaurant in Cologne...👍 Even though it was the farthest Korean restaurant from my accommodation, it was worth visiting! I went to a lot of Korean restaurants while traveling here and there, and the budae-jjigae here really tasted like the best budae-jjigae restaurants in Korea. The staff are friendly, so I went home after dinner in a good mood! It was a weekday, but the place was always full, and a lot of local people came. I took a quick look at the kimbap from the table next to me, and it looked substantial and delicious. I highly recommend this place to Koreans~

Excellent food, everything very tasty, the staff very attentive and prepared. I recommend it 100%, really delicious and also quite low prices.

Friendly staff, authentic Korean food. The restaurant I visit when I miss home. Definitely my favorite Korean restaurant in Cologne, I highly recommend.

Extremely tasty and authentic. The fried chicken in particular is amazing

Best Korean restaurant in Cologne. The food tasted great and came quickly. We also got 6 free appetizers. The decor in the restaurant is good, the light is not too bright and not too dark and it is very pleasant. The employees were very, very nice. Highly recommended ❤️

I went to the Hana Korean Kitchen in Cologne for the first time on August 9th, 2024 on the recommendation of a friend and somehow after going to the cinema that day I had an incredible craving for Korean food, but something a little different from the standard dishes. In short: I fell in love with the restaurant. We (my friend accompanied me) had a nice chat with the incredibly friendly operator while we ate and, despite the restaurant atmosphere, it felt more like a visit to friends. That day I decided on Haemul Pajeon (Korean pancake with seafood) and Ozinger Bokkeum (fried squid with vegetables and a pleasant spiciness) as well as Korean beer and Milkis. The food was brought very quickly by the absolutely lovely chef and was really well prepared, a dream. The prices here were also very fair and I'm already looking forward to the next visit, which I'm spontaneously planning for today :) I live in Bonn, but the manageable journey is definitely worth it and there's a wonderful selection here of dishes that, for me, characterize Korean cuisine. Very big recommendation :)

Best Korean in Cologne, food came very quickly before there were 6 small starters. Staff is incredibly nice

Food was crazy, the fried chicken brotha is different. Trust me. Service was top, I would go there again and again and recommend it!

Tasty food and good price within the area.

Authentic Korean dishes. But the ambience is a bit sleepy

I love it all the time💥💥It’s so delicious🤤It’s a very good store🤖We came here for two days in a row, the lady boss can also speak Chinese📖I feel like I’m home🏠I shed tears😪

Service was great. I would give 200/100 point for that. Food is good but not as extreme taste as I expected, but taste is personal opinion. Overall, it’s good restaurant to go to. Advise to make the reservation in advance, the seat is not so much in the restaurant.

Super nice facility. Super delicious food and great service. The service was really nice and open-minded. We also learned a lot of things about South Korea. The price-performance ratio was also very good.

Food was great and tasty, the service was super friendly. got 2 free soju shots very nice

Amazing Food! If you would like to get authentic Korean food here is the place!

The food was great, the service was better than perfect. The people are super nice. The best Korean chicken spot in Cologne.

All the food tastes like you can eat in Korea!!! All the staff are really nice and I definitely recommend this place!!

Very, very tasty, especially great chicken and very nice owner

Mediocre food but nothing to complain about, the place is quite tiny so it’s not so comfortable to go there with a small child. It was a normal experience.

If you want to eat Korean food, I recommend it!

The food tastes really wonderful and the staff there are always polite and nice, so I would totally recommend this restaurant for Korean food!!

The side dishes were really delicious and the kimchi stew was also delicious~ I also really enjoyed listening to the K-pop that was played in the store haha ​​If I lived in Cologne, I would want to come here every week!!!

Very good and authentic Korean Restaurant!!

The store was very comfortable and the staff were friendly. I ordered bibimbap, jjamppong, and rabokki. It was good because it had a variety of ingredients, and the jjamppong had a fiery taste, so it really tasted like eating in Korea. The side dishes were also very delicious!! The braised tofu was especially delicious!!

Soft tofu stew is so delicious... It's been a while since I had spicy soft tofu stew 👍 Recommended! Recommended by Wang.

Jjamppong is really delicious! Highly recommended ~ It's not easy to eat seafood in Germany, but I enjoyed it!!

Was there today with a friend, 10 minutes waiting time without a reservation. We ordered Yangnyeom chicken large, plus 2 side dishes. The portion was sufficient for medium hunger. Banchan and rice were also included. It was very tasty and the taste was convincing.

I am Korean myself and it tasted delicious.

The food was really not good and the tteokbokki didn't taste like anything and were too soft. I was really looking forward to the meal but unfortunately the beef soup was just a mild broth. Then we wanted to have tofu with a dish, but unfortunately you can't order any extras here. From looking at it, the food all looked delicious! If you could add that as an option that would be great! Thanks!

Jjambbong restaurant! Other foods are also delicious, but Jjamppong is really delicious. Soft tofu stew and kimbap are also delicious~

Great tasting Korean food! We ordered cold noodles, bibimbap, seafood pancake, spicy stir-fried pork and fried chicken. Each one is super delicious and authentic. The complimentary side dishes are also very rich and delicious!

Super tasty Korean food at fair prices. There is a parking garage not far away (under Rewe). Card payment is possible (Visa and MasterCard). The service was friendly and quick. We were there on Friday evening and were lucky to get a table. You should therefore reserve a table. You can also pack food or order it via Uber eats, among other things.

Great great store, was with colleagues and their Korean Fried Chicken was great. 5/5

Very tasty food and good service. The Korean Fried Chicken are the best I have eaten and are really recommended.

Incredibly delicious, beautiful ambience and great service - I would definitely go there more often if I lived here!

Although I didn't expect much, I was very happy to be able to enjoy the cold noodles I really wanted in Europe. Plus, the staff are really great!!!!!!! Please be kind. Thank you again.

Awesome food and great staff / owner. I visit this place every time I`m in cologne

Exceptionally good food. Definitely try the BBQ chicken. Just awesome

Thanks to the lovely chef and the proprietress for providing me with countless perfect dinner experiences! Same today! I've eaten almost every dish on the menu and every dish has been very good. Especially recommend the Korean bibimbap and beef bone soup! You will regret it if you miss it!

Have been there several times and ordered something to take away. In our case bulgogi with beef and jap-chae. I'm a really big lover of Korean food, my husband loves Asian food but it has to be really good, the food there is really amazing ☺️ There you are greeted with a smile and a nice atmosphere and the portions are great and more than enough. We were more than full for two people and ate the bulgogi and jap-chae cold today and it was just as delicious as when I got the food yesterday. (Bulgogi and Jap-chae are also good combinations for people who like beef. Otherwise there are vegetarian options too!) A tip and recommendation goes especially to the side dish: Korean-style pickled potatoes. The. Are. The. Absolute. Awesome 🤤 They're easy to overlook and underestimate, but they really were a highlight! Definitely going back in the future if we're craving some good Korean food!

Super tasty, fast, friendly, casual and affordable!

To all Koreans who come to Cologne, who miss delicious food, warm owners, and Korean food, please come and have a meal! People who wanna try korean food, this is the place you should visit🙌💕 I had cold noodles for lunch and it was so big that I can’t even finish my meal. Also, summer season menu ’yuzu ice tea’ was soooo refreshing and nice💜

It's so so delicious!!!! After eating soft tofu stew and soju, it felt like I was holding my breath underwater for a long time and then coming out to breathe!!!

I really wanted to eat Korean food while traveling in Europe, and I found a really delicious Korean restaurant in Germany!!! The owner is very kind, and most of all, the kimchi is aged, so it is truly Korean kimchi. And of course the rice was Korean, so I enjoyed it very much. I highly recommend the cold noodles and soft tofu stew haha.

It was a really nice place with incredibly lovely staff. Very friendly and accommodating. Whatever you order comes with side dishes included, the tofu was absolutely delicious. We ordered bulgogi and fried chicken. The bulgogi was very well prepared but unfortunately my counterpart's food tasted better than mine. I can only recommend the fried chicken, the sweet and spicy sauce was really good. 🫶

A place to feel good. Super tasty and very friendly.

Good food, nice and friendly staff, very tasty chicken!

😋Yummy! Fried chicken and bibimbap with beer, all six side dishes are included, and you can sit at the window with meat and vegetables, and you won’t have any worries for the week!

Great food and an even more personable hostess. Hana Kichten has excellent authentic Korean food and especially noodle and soup dishes! I'm now a regular customer 😍✌🏼love it and always will gladly there!!! Price-performance ratio is also great and the noodles are made by hand.

Tasty, affordable, fast) and they also bring snacks as a compliment. I like it.

Food could be more flavourful and portions are too small for the price but top service and atmosphere, feels warm.

I have never been able to eat so quickly in a restaurant, even at peak time. Beforehand, some small appetizers were served, which also tasted delicious. We ate the fried chicken with bibimbab. Both very aromatic, generous portions and very well prepared. I can really only recommend it!

They are hospital and the food is authentic. I am Korean and I know a lot of Korean restaurant in Europe is fake Chinese, and this place is absolutely not one of those. I appreciate their kindness and hospitality they showed to our kids also.

The worst service I’ve ever experienced in Germany!!! Don’t recommend this place!!! Stuff can’t speak any German language and they are cheating on the alcohol drinks :(

Highlight: I didn't get a receipt. It seems they cheat on taxes. Pluses: Jeyuk Bokkeum was tasty. Big portion. Minuses: Kimchi was the worst I've ever ate. Beef bulgogi was mainly consisting of onion. I didn't pay 16,90 to eat onion... Ramyun was OK 5/10. The place looks strange, it doesn't try to be authentic Korean spot. Decor is Japanese, staff is Chinese.

The staff were super kind and the food(jjambbong) was very delicious. It was authentic taste and the noodle was handmade, sehr gut :)

When I entered the restaurant, the waitress acted like she was excited. After I ordered the food was served with a very bad attitude, the food was served while the phone was being answered. And very rude to throw it on the table, very disrespectful to the guests! I'm sorry to say that after eating I farted all night, had diarrhea and didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night! I'm sorry I won't come back because it was really bad! If you are trying to lose weight, I think getting a diarrhea pack here would be a good choice.

I had dinner there with my girlfriend today. We tried a wide range of dishes and there was nothing to complain about with any of them. The portions are generous and the service was top, and the interior design was nice, although nothing special. All in all it deserves 5 stars, but in my opinion there is no such thing as perfect, hence the one point deduction. Would go there again at any time!

Not authentic Korean food. Not even mediocre Korean food. The interior is Japenese lol and the owners possibly Chinese. Service was nice and friendly at least but I wouldnt spend my money here.

Best Korean restaurant in Cologne

Really authentic Korean food. Delicious and bountiful. Service is super good. The waitress recommended better menus than what we wanted to have. The owner is enthusiastic and cheerful. Great experience to eat here.

We decided to try this restaurant because of its high rating on Google. While all the dishes tasted good, they didn’t quite hit the mark for authentic Korean cuisine. It's a decent place for a meal, but I wouldn't make it my first choice if you're looking for truly authentic Korean food.

Very tasty soup with numerous snacks

It is simply the best Korean restaurant in Cologne!!!

The Best Korean Food. Price performance absolutely top. Starter was on the house and the service was very, very friendly. I would recommend everyone to make a reservation in advance as the restaurant is not large but is very busy. If you want to eat well, come here

The food is delicious and the boss lady is also very enthusiastic Lovely atmosphere, beautifully decorated dishes, yummy food #definitely a must come for Korean food lovers

It's super delicious, and the boss is really kind. It's the best restaurant I've eaten in during my more than 20 days of traveling in Germany. It's a really warm and cost-effective little shop. super nice resturant, the boss here is super nice. Best food I had in the 20plus days visit here. Super food for the price. 10/10 would dropby again

Extremely delicious. In my opinion the best Korean in Cologne. The food is incredibly good. Without exception, everyone who lives in Cologne has to (!!!) go here.

I ate there for the first time today and we got a table relatively spontaneously. Even though we were there very spontaneously, the service was great and the food was outstanding. Only recommended!!

Absolutely recommended and great service, very tasty indeed!

Food: Chinese + a little Korean Service: Kindness Atmosphere: Japanese interior.

Great food, great service, Unfortunately not really comfortable

I always order kimbap every time I go, and it's so delicious. I recommend all types of kimbap. But when I went this time, the food had a very musty smell... I ordered beef stew and rib soup. The rib stew smelled sour and had a very strange, musty, rotten smell from the lamb. And it was supposed to be a well-boiled rib stew, but the ribs (meat) had no taste and the meat felt dry... ㅠ When I tried the soup, the taste of the soup wasn't bad, but the smell was so bad that I couldn't eat any more and just shared the beef stew with my friend. But the beef stew had too much oil. I've tried seafood and green onion pancakes and kimchi pancakes in the past, and regardless of the taste, they seemed completely soaked in oil, and the same goes for the beef stew.... I was completely disappointed with the galbitang, and I couldn't say anything, so I don't think I'll ever eat it again. If it's not spoiled, how can it smell like that? ...?? I'm disappointed. It was my favorite restaurant.

Unfortunately, the fried chicken is far too expensive and of really poor quality

Delicious and plenty of portions

We have been customers at Hana Korean Kitchen for several years and it is by far our favorite restaurant when it comes to Korean food! The owner is super friendly and there is a great selection of vegetarian dishes

An authentic Korean restaurant just on the periphery of the Cologne city enter. A wide variety of home-cooked and standard meals are on the menu and on the lunch menu. Very generous portion and fast and friendly service. Highly recommended when you have time to take line 12 and 16 to stop at Zülpicher Platz or Barbarosa Platz.

It's a cute little shop that really impresses with its food. Usually quite full and you sit very close to other guests, but the food itself is simply great. Have free side dishes 'banchan' and I find the tofu and potatoes particularly delicious. The dishes, such as bulgogi, jja-bbog, yukgaejang, bibimbap, are also convincing. I would also recommend the plum juice (a bit expensive, but really tasty) and the plum wine.

Best Korean restaurant so far🥰🥰🥰

Very good Korean cuisine!! Very tasty and great!!!

Ssssssvery tasty!! I like the tofu supper and cold noodles!!

TL;DR Hana's is a very nice restaurant with great serving staff that offer food that exceeds expectations both in quality and what they indicate on their menu. They offer enough diversity for vegetarian, meat and fish dishes, but it still small enough everything can be good. Dessert selection is a bit lacking, so I'd recommend entree+main over main+dessert. Their Kimchi includes seven other vegetables besides the classic and is something that I highly recommend. 5/5 stars. I went to Hana's on a regular Wednesday's night, it is a relatively small eat-in place and rather popular. Most tables were booked and there was a small line when I left, which is always a good sign for a week day. The staff was so kind to find a table for me regardless, despite me being on my own. The menu is nice and varied, but still focused on a good core of dishes. There is a good selection of vegetarian, fish and meat dishes, making Hana a good choice for when you are in company with different dietary restrictions. My waitress was very patient, friendly and willing to help me with any questions I had. She seemed like she had a lot of passion for the food that she served, and so was happy to explain what I didn't understand. My order was the Kimchi-Salat and the Ozinger Bokkeum (roasted squid) with the Korean drink Bong Bong. The drink was sold out, but my waitress volunteered another Korean soft-drink that she recommended instead, that was a honey melon flavoured drink with coconut bits. The dessert selection is very minimal with two Japanese ice creams and moshi, in fact it is the selection also offered by the Asian Restaurant next to my office. Experience has taught me that dessert menu's without specialities are essentially always a sign that those are bought wholesale. But I haven't tried them in this restaurant. I was happily surprised by the Kimchi, rather than the classic bowl of Chinese Cabbage indicated on the menu, a set of seven different pickled vegetables were served in small, cute plates. It looked so good that it took me a couple of minutes to convince myself this was actually my Kimchi and not some much fancier (and more expensive) entrée. Thankfully, this wasn't just my opinion, since the table next to me took a double take when it arrived and immediately ordered it as well. The dish consisted out of: potatoes, Chinese cabbage, tofu, zucchini, tauge, aubergine and aubergine. The cabbage tasted like you'd expect of good Kimchi, but the potatoes jumped out for me as a clear favourite. They weren't sour at all, but rather really soft and sweet. The main course was squid with green bell peppers, served in a red sauce with a bowl of white rice. The waitress warned me that it would be spicy, but to me, it tasted more sweet than spicy. It was really fresh, and you could still hear the sauce cooking on the hot plate. The squid was soft and chewy, without going into the territory of becoming plasticy which is always a risk with squid. The sauce paired perfectly with the rice and gave a nice sweet-spicy taste which I could have easily eaten double of. In general, it was just a really nice and flavour dish that I could see myself ordering again. So in conclusion, Hana's is a great small Korean restaurant in the middle of Koln that I can recommend to anyone. I cannot wait to come back with colleagues to try their specialities, and have already strong-armed some of the other interns to come along. They strike a good balance between being approachable for newcomers to Korean food like me and people more experienced like my Taiwanese desk mate. So a high recommendation from me.

To be honest, I only liked the appetizer with 6 little tapas from vegetables. The main course was totally disappointed. I ordered seafood soup which I expected at least 1 shrimp inside. There were only 2 super tiny dried shrimps and 1 tiny piece of squid (about 4cm). Staffs are friends but yeah i come here to try foods and I totally disappointed for the price!

Fácil de localizar, experiencia excelente y la comida increíble. The store is easy to find, the service is very good, the dishes are authentic, and the seasoning is just right. We especially recommend the fried chicken, beef bone soup, and cold noodles. Reservations recommended on weekends