9 March 2026
For a change, let’s have non-Vietnamese food in Da Nang after our trip to Ba Na Hills.
How about a Korean BBQ dinner?
Since there are so many Korean tourists and expats in Da Nang, we figured that the Korean restaurants within Da Nang should be pretty good.
After some googling for Korean Restaurants with good reviews, we decided on Korea BBQ House. It is located on the eastern side of Han River and quite near to My Khe Beach. Google Map location here.
From Ba Na Hills, we told the driver of our chartered van to drop us at the restaurant instead of our hotel and he was happy to do so. We would have to take taxis back to our hotel after dinner.
We were quickly shown to our table when we arrived at 6 PM. The menu has text in 4 languages – Vietnamese, Korean, English and Chinese. Guess which language has the largest font size.
Korean, of course. This is a Korean restaurant after all.
Our group of eight persons shared 2 charcoal grills mounted on a long table, i.e. 4 persons to share a grill and also the food. There are suction devices above the grill to remove the smoke just like a typical BBQ restaurant in Korea.
My group of 4 ordered the following items to share:
300g of beef rib steak for 550,000 VND
For drinks, we had Sapporo Draft Beer for 60,000 VND per glass.
This restaurant uses real charcoal fire and not gas, which is a good sign. This adds extra smoky flavour to the grilled meat.
Red hot coals on the stove before the server places the hotplate.
Besides the side dishes or banchan as expected in a Korean restaurant, kimchi pancakes were given as a service dish.
Side dishes or banchan included in the meal.
We were also given fresh lettuce and several plates of garnishes. This is so we could eat the grilled meat, Korean style, wrapped in a lettuce bundle with garnishes and ssamjang.
Complimentary kimchi pancake.
I had expected the server to help us grill the meat like some restaurants do in Korea, but apparently not. The server looked hesitant when I requested her to grill the meat for us. We ended up grilling the meat ourselves which was Ok since I enjoy cooking the meat to my desired level of doneness.
The steamed egg was not as fluffy as the one we had in Jeju but still tasty. The meat and side dishes were excellent and definitely value for money. The whole meal for 4 persons was 1,500,000 VND. This is equivalent to SGD 72 or SGD18 per person. What a bargain compared to prices back home!
Next time if we crave for authentic Korean food and do not wish to fly to Korea, we could fly to Da Nang instead.
By the way, the restaurant “bribes” you with a free drink of your choice if you leave a google review. This happens in many places, it seems. So interpret the google reviews with care.
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