Doore Korean Restaurant, Irvine CA

My favorite Korean restaurant in the area: nice selection of food, many sides. As a non-Korean, I would recommend

I love this place for Korean comfort food. They are a pretty authentic place - NOT Korean bbq. Their stews are all really tasty. I notice most people that eat here are of Korean descent which is usually a good sign. The spicy beef soup is one of my favorite things to eat here. It’s super bold broth with good spicy and a good amount of shredded beef inside. Their spicy bulgogi is also really tasty and with a good spice level. All their banchan is good. Not pictured in this review, their short ribs are very well cooked and a nice addition to a table of 3+ as it’s quite a bit of food. No frills, just great food at Doore.

Bulgogi and Octopus Hot Soup was perfect for the cold weather! It was such a delicious meal along with the beef shoft ribs.

Service was phenomenal. The lady even cut the Octopus for us while we were enjoying the side dishes.

Thank you so much. We thoroughly enjoyed having brunch here today!

Very good Korean restaurant with variety of dishes.
Majority of the customer are Korean adults so you can expect the authenticity of the dish.
It is the first time to try Soon Tofu and we really like it.
The black cod dish is huge so be careful when order otherwise enjoy.
Oh! Keep your jacket in the car to avoid BBQ smell.

Quality of food and preparation is very poor. Soups taste like there’s a ton of MSG. The quality was better pre pandemic. Service is cold and impersonal.

Updating my review, totally gone downhill, maybe post COVID. We did takeout, and with an order of 5 main dishes, only got ONE small to-go box of banchan (appetizers), and one small container of kimchee. Bimbimbap beef rice didn't even look like traditional Korean, missing tons of veggies. Korean pancake was super greasy. Mushroom tofu soup had just button mushrooms, and maybe 2 mushrooms cut into thin slices. Grilled fish tasted old or frozen, very fishy. Super disappointing.

Both dishes we ordered were served really huge portion, and they are good.

The pig feet & leek (醬豬蹄) is a little dried, but actually becomes very tender and much better when it is heated up (or microwaved).

Price per person is $23 per person without tax.

Bad bad bad customer service! Ladies who serve don’t care or know, are rude and made me feel like if I was begging for a free meal!

I was craving pork cabbage wrap. First, the lady taking order told me that it will take 30mins for a take out. That was ridiculous. They only had 3 tables with customers. For $27, only 11 pieces of dry and fatty pork. Very disappointed. It's a robbery! Never going there to waste my money.

Taste like gross. I can't believe this merchant is Korean. I don't think she knows real Korean food.

Slow service and Not the cleanest place. Was given dirty scissors and the hallway to the bathroom is messy.

Classic Korean dishes. Everything I’ve tried has been pretty good. The employees are also very kind.

Super nasty. I guess waitress has something on her hand while taking orders, so she went to a table that still had other customer's left overs and cups, and sticks her hand in the water to "clean" her hand I guess? Almost gagged. Who does that!? !

We went here for Restaurant Week, and the food quality was excellent and impressive, especially for the wagyu sushi! We will most definitely be back!