Chung Dam Dong Restaurant

Reviews

• Chalita P.

  star star star star star_border 25 June 2026

  By far one of the best customer service I experienced at a korean restaurant.
  
  The waitress didn't speak fluent English but you can still make out what she's trying to say. A lot of hand signals.
  
  Note that if you're American or even Asian but ABC they'll sway you from ordering the intestines soup (tripe). She spent at minimum of 10 mins stopping us from ordering that in favor of something else. She probably assumed we we wouldn't be able to eat it and send it back. To be fair I wouldn't recommend - it was okay but not great.
  
  Nevertheless It's the small things that matters. What I really like is that they willingly encourage refills of their banchan. The salad dressing was real yummy. I liked the the egg as well. Additionally the waitress checks up on you. Even comes over multiple times and makes sure the stove is turned off/on/ or low/high.
  
  This restaurant does seem on the pricier side as in there isn't as many options that are below $20. Instead they have a lot of options where you must order a minimum of two servings so it turns out to be 50 bucks.

• Shirley Y.

  star star star star star_border 18 June 2026

  My friends and I found this place on Google when we are trying to figure out a place to eat after strawberry picking. It didn't take cus long to get seated since there isn't many customers during the time we went.
  
  The staffs are friendly and nice .They greet us when we enter and leave. One of them saw me taking photos so they try to place all the dishes in from of me. I don't mind this part since I want to take pictures of the food. If they just start placing every dishes in front of you instead of others without asking, it's probably they saw you taking pictures and want to make it easier for you. Like they did to me. I know some may think like "why they keep placing everything around my area?! Now I don't have room!!". Don't get mad at them, they just doing it out of good will and their English is limited (and that's totally fine with us).
  
  It's always a plus when the place is clean! Table is clean, chairs are neat, floor is clean and sauces jar is clean. It just make me more comfortable knowing the place is clean. I may not see the kitchen but eat least I can sit comfortably.
  
  My friends and I enjoyed the food. 7 out of 10 on food. Not going to write much about it since everyone have different opinions when it comes to taste/food. Got to try it yourself to see if you like it or not :)
  
  The menu is confusing!! 3 of us had a hard time ordering and we never took so long to order food before too. That's one new experience. We were trying to order the iron plate thingy. It said minimum 2 orders. So we decided to order one spicy and one non spicy iron plate BUT their meaning of minimum 2 orders mean two of the same kind,no mix and match. Which kinda sucks because one of us can't take spicy, one like spicy and one is in the middle. We also don't understand why don't they just re-word the "minimum 2 order" part and just make it one price for two order since we can't even mix and match. For example $40 (feeds 2-4). My friend was trying to order two things from the chef special menu but the waitress said they don't have the two items and it's a Friday. So 1st the iron plate confusion and now no items, it's like getting unnecessary stress. We were about to leave and try the other restaurant next door but nothing we want on the menu. We are not from the area so we don't know what's around or what's good so we stayed.
  
  I was about to give 3 stars due to confusing menu but I will give it a 4 since now I know how to order and I think it taste better than the restaurant in manhattans/flushing. Maybe NJ is different NY when it comes to ordering? But I don't really mind too much since we know now :)
  
  Some more extra info: there's no bathroom in the restaurant but if you walk out turn to the right, there's public like restroom by the elevator which is probably shared with other restaurant/office in the same building. Might not the cleanest bathroom tho.

• Tian G.

  star star star star star_border 1 June 2026

  Hands down to their great seafood pancake! Definitely more delicious than most of the Manhattan restaurants!
  We got a seafood hot pot, which was plenty and a little spicy. The rice cake was fine. And the bbq ribs and the pork belly were delicious!
  The side dishes were mediocre. The service was ok.
  A little bit pricey overall, but the flavor was really good!

• Anna M.

  star star star star star 29 May 2026

  Came here for dinner and ordered a beef bulgolgi- super delicious! The sides were very good too! This place is hidden on the second floor and you kind of have to find your way to the restaurant, it's a nice hidden gem. Very authentic and the servers there were extremely kind. My friends got the other beef Dish combos and loved it as well!

• Ha L.

  star star star star star 27 May 2026

  First time here.  The place was moderately crowded and the customers seemed to be having good time.  We were sat at a table within 10 min The service was excellent and the banchan was prett good.  We ordered iron plate duck and the portion was perfect for two.  Will definitely come back.