YamYam Berlin in Berlin

Mein Freund und ich haben dort Bibimbap gegessen. Als Vegetarier hatte er ebenfalls super viele Optionen. Das Personal war auch total freundlich und hilfsbereit, obwohl es sehr voll war. Auf das Essen mussten wir ebenfalls nicht lange warten. Wir können es nur empfehlen! :)

Thanks! Food was delicious. Service nice.

Very cool! Food was very tasty!

Really nice, small shop with nice staff and good background music. The selection of cocktails was mega.

I used to like this place but unfortunately the service and their attitude was disappointing and unprofessional. Beware of the tuna bibimbap - tuna is from the can. Disaster. EDIT. As a point of clarification to the owner’s note: - Disappointment is not anger. Reviews are intentionally public to keep business accountable. - Restaurant’s staff first blamed the kitchen and said it wasn’t their mistake, wouldn’t apologize. The other staff member then served all our delayed meals to the wrong table (again!). - We never asked for free snacks and we didn’t eat them anyway. The drinks the owner is referring to - was a bottle of homemade sparkling water YY is charging €4.8 for (hardly a huge discount on a nearly €60 total) - Serving canned tuna on a dish that is supposed to be fresh made is appalling when you’re paying €16.5 for its

I recently had the pleasure of dining at YamYam, a delightful Korean restaurant in Berlin. However, while the overall experience was fantastic, I found the rice and funchosa to be a bit too sweet for my taste. I prefer a more savory or neutral flavor profile, so this was a minor disappointment.

Avoid this restaurant - worst service ever. This restaurant only accepts card payments, but their POS system or card machine wasn’t working properly. I tried using three different cards, all of which failed for no reason, and they didn’t even explain why. My cards have never had issues anywhere else. In the end, I had to pay in cash, and they didn’t provide change. Instead, they asked me to go get change and even demanded that I leave my phone or ID as collateral, as if I was going to run away without paying. This was extremely insulting and unprofessional behavior from the staff. To make things worse, when it came time to pay, one server told me I had to wait for another server to complete the transaction. But the server who had originally taken my order had already left the restaurant. The server who eventually came didn’t even refer to my order and just entered an amount without showing me the bill. I trusted the restaurant, so I didn’t ask to verify the amount, but the whole experience felt like they were deliberately making things difficult for the customer. I’ve never encountered such rude and appalling service in any restaurant. The food was terrible as well. The kimchi pancake was burnt and not crispy at all, with a very poor texture. The beef soup was salty and greasy. It’s not worth the price.

Decent Korean food. The staff was very nice and friendly and the portion size was decent.

I ordered a bulgogi for 15€ and only got rice and noodles and one piece of bulgogi meat. What the hell is that?

I've been eating there for years and recently went to eat again. What's sad is that I noticed that the prices are going up and the portions are getting smaller and smaller. Service are OK. The restaurant is generally very put together, so there is almost no passage. However, I don't come back anymore because of the prices and the portions

Incredibly delicious food!! Everything we had was great, but dessert in particular is highly recommended!

The food is really good and waitresses are also kind and very friendly to guests. I really recommend this place. Just one cons that price is a bit high but food is delicious

Super good! Abundant and tasty dishes. Some options seem a little expensive to me (16, 17 euros) but they can be okay given the result. Nice large menu with lots of choices. For lunch you can opt for the menu with main, starter (12.13 euros). The only note that I would review towards the customer is making them pay by card and standing there explicitly asking if they want to leave a tip. It can be intimidating. Apart from this and the slightly high price, everything is ok!

Summary: just yam, not yam yam; ok food with friendly service at an affordable price Best dish: yet unknown Dishes (- negative / = ok / + positive): - Jukgaejang (beef noodle soup): the beef was very chewy, not pleasing at all; the soup base was ok, but somewhat bland Service: + the service was very friendly Price: = ok price for value at €13.9 for the soup, which comes with additional rice Atmosphere: = simple interior design in a nice old building with nice ceiling; more fast food style + WiFi My rating system - i focus on the food first and foremost. I aim to be truthful and try not to be biased by friendly service or other circumstances. 5*: excellent - I am rigorous in handing out 5* ratings 4*: good 3*: ok 2*: bad 1*: terrible

Decent food, but complicated menu and unsatisfying problem solution. The menu lists a lunch option and the hint to ask for vegetarian option. The question was answered with "we only have chicken". After serving the dishes, it turned out that there is an alternative lunch menu option and the chicken dish was actually not the only option. Unfortunately staff was not willing to change the dish for the other option.

Great food. Korean food, good liquor, good location in the heart of Mitte on a Berlin food mile. Nice service, very accommodating. Been here several times now and certainly not the last time.

Amazing and patient staff, our friends ended up being delayed by 15-20 mins and the staff were patient with us. We picked this place after reading a blog about Korean food a d this place dint disappoint at all. They have some good selection of dishes with nice flavors. All of us enjoyed their basil and popcorn ice creams. Can’t wait to go back again!

Super nice atmosphere and staff. But seriously, one miserabke piece of meat only in this to-go Bimbimbap beef?? 💔💔💔

Me and my two friends went there to eat after a day long of working and SUPER hungry on 21.09. One of my friend told us that ate at this place after we got seated that the portion for bibimbap was small and we should definitely get extra rice.. then we told this to the waitress but how dare us to order extra rice!! The waitress said the bibimbap comes with rice, and knowingly we said we still want the extra. She looked so lost how can we order extra if there is rice in the dish already. This went back and forth for a WHILE and then me telling her that we are hungry that is simply why. To that her respond was ‘interesting’ in such a rude manner … How can a waitress argue with you about your order as simple as extra rice? I said then no extra for me cuz i had enough of this already but my friends told her that they want extra rice bc they really hungry then i told her not so interesting now right? She said no no i said it as a compliment… we should’ve left then. After me not ordering rice i was still hungry but didn’t want to argue with the waitress again. None of us will come back obviously 👎

Waited 15 minutes, restaurant was half empty. Service didn't pay us any attention. Silly stuff like that.

It is a very sweet and amazing restaurant, and their food is good, especially it was my first experience with Korean food, and their kamshti is very good, and the service is excellent, and the treatment is nice and the prices are reasonable, but there is a lot of crowding in their place, so you may wait a while to find a place to sit.

Mediocre food, one of the more disappointing Korean food I’ve had. Super overpriced ! I guess you’re paying for the atmosphere.

Super delicious food and nice staff! <3 If I were from Berlin I would definitely come more often!

I came to eat yamyam today, but it wasn’t so yam because it was too spicy😞but the bibimbap was pretty good🎀I ordered the kimchi tofu soup. There were only two pieces of tofu and all of them were kimchi, which was very sad😌😌In terms of proportion, it should be kimchi soup. 💥😘I think I will never go to South Korea in my life🥰I can experience spicy ghost cuisine in Berlin💥😅

Fantastic experience with the flavours of the food

They you guys always enjoy food and place

One of the waitress is so mean and rude. Don’t recommend here.

Would have given 5 star of the rice was of better quality and that the pork meat was cooked with the stew. However the sourness was great!

We came from Poland and one of our main goals was this restaurant. We were not disappointed, the food was very tasty, the portions were adequate and the price was right. The lemonade is good and refreshing, especially in this heat. The place was clean, the service was nice and the dishes were served relatively quickly. I recommend visiting and trying it if you like Korean cuisine!

I tried the Bibimbap with beef and it was really good. My only problem is that I was not able to finish it that fast so there was some burnt rice by the time I finished since it was continuosly heating. I wish there was an option for people like me to turn the heating on and off.

The food was good but we found the portions to be quite small and left hungry. We ordered the daily summer specials which were both tasty but there definitely could’ve been more for the price. 4 very thinly sliced pieces of meat, a couple small slices of cucumber, and really not that many noodles. It fulfilled the Korean food craving, but we wouldn’t come back because we didn’t think the price to quantity was worth it. 3.5 stars

Very friendly staff, nice atmosphere inside and outside and delicious food

Top service, delicious food and a cool location

Very reccomended Very nice food Very nice staff Very satisfing, i would bring a lot of friends to eat korean food here

Highly recommend this place, the food and drinks are delicious and the staff is so incredibly friendly

The food is a delight and the service is very accommodating.

service ok, food uninspiring, the salad for the wrap was inedible as it had sand in it. very expensive for a plate of sliced vegetables and a modest serving of kimchi and gochujang. I won't be back. I suggest you avoid this place.

The food is not bad, but I found it dishonest to charge us around 5 euros for a jug of water when we had asked for tap water and they brought us water in a bottle (like those of lemonade) pretending that it was mineral water. Water should not be charged for, it is a common good that must be accessible to everyone!

Came here for an event. Overall the food is pretty good, had the Jukgaejang. The server is nice and was helpful at recommending dishes, but since it was so busy that night, she mistakenly charged me for a dish that wasn't mine. Luckily I had this sorted out with the owner who was very receptive and helpful :)

Great portion size, friendly service, very tasty food!

I tasted same in Korea! And the staffs are so so kind and nice…

I have brought all my friends and office colleagues to enjoy the korean cuisine here. I always love it here.

Props to our waiter Ilker, who was a great host and a joy to talk with! If not for the food we’d come back for them!

Super tasty, very friendly staff, very hygienic and a top selection of dishes. My absolute favorite restaurant in Berlin.

The food is good although I have tried better Korean in Berlin and with bigger portions for the price

I loved the experience. I went alone and i felt very comfortable. The service is great, the food came quickly and the portion where grat.

Always friendly service and the food is delicious

A colorful Korean restaurant with wonderful service and delicious food. The only thing is that I couldn’t get enough of the dumplings (gyoza), so if you are very hungry, it’s better to take something else.

Very delicious food, great service perfect for lunch. A bit expensive but that is to be expected at this location. We also got super delicious Kim chi

We were there for the first time years ago, now finally again ;) And I have to admit, the store is better than when I had it secured back then. We went around lunchtime on a Saturday without a reservation and got a table straight away. The selection of dishes is great and also a little different than my usual Koreans. The portions were large, and with the starter we were definitely very full. The service wasn't necessarily euphoric, but still nice and attentive (especially since people are definitely used to worse things in Mitte :)) Parking wasn't a problem either - apparently our lucky day. Definitely worth a visit! Bonus: Gojujang is always on the tables and you don't have to ask! TOP! (In other stores there is such a blob that I don't understand ;))

Nice Korean place. Looks very trendy and nothing like what you would expect from a Korean restaurant. The food was amazing but the service was slow even though it wasn’t too crowded. Luckily the food was worth the wait.

Super friendly waiter serving us delicious Korean food. My fave (for years now) ozinger bokum, the spicy fried squid! We also shared a gimbab role and kimchi pancake. Delish!

Great food, the KIMCHI soup is awesome

An amazing place to satisfy your Korean food craving. We spotted this place while walking around the area and were drawn to the restaurant by its striped drawn out shade sails. Our host Tunghe, welcomed us with a smile and led us to our cute table in the corner even though we didn't have a reservation. The food we ordered tasted amazing as well and it was quite filling me. The food was slightly spicy for my palette but the refreshing homemade lemonade & sodas came our rescue. Overall the restaurant is great place for a date evening or catch up with close friends over some amazing Asian food.

Travelled around Germany and was craving good quality Asian food. This did not disappoint.

A great place for authentic tasting Korean food. Some of the best banchan in Berlin. I strongly recommend eating here if you're passing through.

Posto semplice ma grazioso e molto pulito! Personale giovane e cortese, pronto alla necessità anche a spiegazioni sui piatti molto dettagliate e a suggerimenti. La ragazza che ha servito il nostro tavolo è solare e cortese. Buono il Gimbab, il Bibimbab e i Mondu!

Super friendly staff, loved the neighbourhood and the food was excellent! I really recommend this place and i’ll come back for sure.

The food was delicious and the service was very friendly. The only drawback is the beer tent set outside.

Sadly, this is possibly the worst Bibimbap I’ve ever had. I do not understand how I received only one tablespoon of beef. It’s also not your standard bulgoli beef it’s just low grade overcooked minced meat. The beef itself is and I can guarantee there was not one pear used to soften this or flavour it. The only redeeming quality is the portion size for the rice was fine. For the price point, I would absolutely forget this there are much better options that are cheaper. Even in this area.

Best bibimbap in town. And great, friendly service

this place is quite disappointing. I do not recommend unless you want to get food poisoning

Water was the best thing that tasted as it should be. Soup tastes like directly from the Ramen powder. It was the saddest Kimchi I ever tasted. Even if we both left over 80% of the food, the waiter never asked if everything was alright, but tried best to ignore. Try your luck. But I wouldn't gamble.

Super delicious food (bibimbap with tofu / avocado, fried mandu and classic gimbap) as well as delicious drinks. attentive service! Music selection very kpop-heavy, even as a kpop fan I found it a bit "Korea Boo" appealing. Some variation would be good, as it was only the current most populsr songs. Unfortunately, the person who was in charge of the bar scared me a bit with the shake technique. please train your colleagues again ;)

Very tasty Korean food, we were very happy with our order, it came quickly and well 😊

I like to eat spicy food, but the taste was gone, it was just spicy.

I recommend trying Hot dock for desert.

There are many local customers. The staff is friendly and the food is delicious!

I had the lunch menu today (June 13, 2024). 13.50€. Korean Fried Chicken, vegetarian tofu alternative upon request. Plus side dishes, as seen. Plus a Fritz Cola. 3.50€ The tofu pieces were too big, not bite-sized. But that was ok. It was still extremely tasty. The price is okay. The quantity was smaller than expected but still acceptable. The drink is overpriced for that price. The service was good. Nice service. Unfortunately a bit rushed. The restaurant was quite busy between 12:30-1pm. So much so that it was too loud inside for me. Sitting outside is possible. Only card payment is possible. No cash payment. Next time I'll bring my own drink.

When I'm sick and feeling dizzy, I get better by ordering kimchi stew here. Instead, it is not an authentic Korean restaurant, but rather for Germans.. Add minced meat to stir-fried pork or kimchi stew and use eggplant and paprika. Nicht so authentisch koreanisch aber schmeckt schon

The food cannot compete with other Korean restaurants in Berlin and elsewhere. I have also been to South Korea and can compare. I ordered a haemul jeon (seafood pancake) and spicy pickles. The pancake was not crispy, but very soggy and greasy, and the portion was rather small. There was also a mussel shell or something similar, so when I bit down on it, a piece of my tooth broke off. The cucumbers were OK, but the level of spiciness was rather low. While I was eating, two waitresses smoked one after the other 5 meters away, which really disturbed me while I was eating. Conclusion: There are enough Korean restaurants in Berlin, I wouldn't recommend this one to anyone.

Favorite Korean! Small but fine menu, good food (which is served quickly), always friendly and attentive staff. Always my pleasure!

Interessato a provare la cucina coreana, opto per questo piccolo locale nel distretto di Mitte, puntando a una zuppa e a una portata principale. Come zuppa, ne provo una con kimchi e maiale, con il riso da accompagnamento che la valorizzava molto, veramente buona. Come portata principale, ordino bulgogi dobbab (manzo marinato con vegetali, riso e noodle di riso): in questo caso, il riso da accompagnamento a mio personale gusto non valorizzava adeguatamente il piatto, che tuttavia rimane una scelta valido. Con limonata (avrei ordinato qualche bevanda tipica coreana, ma quella sera non erano disponibili) ho speso 32 EUR. Apprezzabile per chi volesse avvicinarsi alla cucina coreana.

Good food, slightly higher prices. I recommend a visit 👍

The service is good, the food is delicious but not so impressive.

Nice staff, good food, a little more expensive but good location

Food was fine and the atmosphere was sound. I didn't like the waitress's behaviour of forcing her to tip. After spending 36 euros I had to add x amount for the tip but forcefully she doubled it. I will never visit here again. I never see this kind of behaviour in any restaurant in Berlin where workers force people to tip.

Food turned out to be too spicy for the German palate

Food is okay. A little expensive. When paying the waiter holds the card machine with a tip screen which has no easy option to not tip, forcing a tip.

Average food at inflated prices.

Still one of the best bibimbaps in Europe. Always recommended.

Very tasty Korean food. We were very satisfied and the staff was super nice and very child-friendly (which is not always a given). Thank you for a great time with you and the delicious food 😊

It's a great place, the staff is very friendly. The food is very delicious.

Wow. The lunch special was so so delicious ! And my waitstaff were very nice !

Goede ervaring. Vlotte service, prettige omgeving en sfeer. Super lekker eten (het was wel onze eerste ervaring met Koreaans eten).

Lovely food, speedy service, very nice servers. Would recommend!

Great cocktails + Elira is one of the best waitresses I've ever met!

Was here for the first time and I have to say it was a real surprise! A friend and I got a table straight away, service was very nice, we didn't have to wait long for our food and it was delicious 😋. The only criticism would be that you ONLY have to pay by card! But otherwise everything was nice, clear recommendation 😊

Don’t the people who make the food here know what kimchi pancake is? Who puts raw kimchi on a jeonjeon and sells it as kimchi pancake? And when I added meat, if they roughly grilled the meat separately, how could I eat this? Haha. If you really want to eat it, you'll just do it, but it's ridiculous to see kimchi pancake, so just make it the same as the picture on the menu and sell it.

Such a lovely small place with two different places next to each other. Price wise totally worth every penny and definitely suggest going to.

This Korean restaurant in Berlin is top notch! Their seafood noodle soup is amazing, and the service is super friendly. I recommend it ! 🍜👌

One of my favourite places in Berlin.

We walked into YamYam restaurant rather late for dinner, and we were welcomed in such a warm and professional manner by a gentleman named Ilker. He swiftly prepared a table of 4 for us and immediately made us feel comfortable. We asked him for advice and recommendations on the menu and he gave us all the details to help us make our choices. We were served very quickly and the food was absolutely delicious! Congratulations to the team, and in particular to Ilker whose friendliness really won us over when he started talking impeccable French to us!

It was an incredible experience! The food was amazing. The waitress, Maya, was super nice and kind. She made the night perfect! We’re absolutely coming back asa we come back to Berlin

Overpriced. Also wrong prices. I was charged €15.50 for Vegi Bibimbap.

I ate kimchi stew and green onion pancakes! It was disappointing that the pork was minced meat, the rice was jasmine, so it was disappointing that the rice grains flew away, and it was also disappointing that it wasn't hot, perhaps because they were considering customers who might not be familiar with the earthen pot culture. I like carlsberg, so I ate it with hot kimchi stew, but this guy again. It was a pity that it was lukewarm. The kimchi had a lot of crunchiness, so it was really delicious.

I got the jjampong, and it had a lot of seafood in it, though the flavour isn't as strong as I had hoped.

I don’t know is it because I’m so hungry after a workout class, I love what I have in here. I got Dubu Bokum Spicy, a rice bowl with spicy tofu. I love fried tofu with sauce but in some places it has some fruity flavor that I don’t like. In here it is not like that, an amazing delicious spicy sauce, with free small kimchi on the side it was delicious. I got fresh lemonade on side, a good choice as well. Next time, I’ll get bibimbap which I tried a bit of my friend’s tuna one, it was good as well. Service was so fast and everyone was friendly. Thank you!

I like to go here more often. The food is delicious, the service is great, it's just a lot of fun to eat here.

service was bad Rice was not soft Kimchi service was good