Koba

What a fab place - great fun with fantastic food and wonderful service.

The waitress was so helpful and friendly, she made some great recommendations on our menu selection and we thoroughly enjoyed our evening out. I'll definitely be going back..

If you havent had this type of food before - give it a go! Great flavour and excellent quality
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Helen - View all reviews by this user
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

I had a great time at KOBA. I never had any Korean food before but, the food was beautiful and the service was gorgeous. We didn't know what we were doing however the waiting staffs were extreamly helpful. I will definately go back !!
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Leo Yang
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Food 10 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 10 | Value for money 10
Friday, February 15, 2008

Had a birthday meal there with a group of friends and had a great time, very frienly staff, the food was top with so many flavours and we were not rushed at all, all in all a perfect place for lunch.
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Bryan
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Food 8 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Very nice atmosphere and modern decorations. Staffs were very very attentive 2 waiters are serving 6 of us. They give very good recommendations if you are not familiar with what best to order. Good value for money! Drinks- OB beer(korean) is a must have. Would highly recommend to everyone and def come back again !!!
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claire watson
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 8
Thursday, November 15, 2007

A very slick and sucessful operation. Extremely friendly and efficient staff, excellent food especially the starters. Be aware though that this is Korean Food Lite and is toned down for western palates. Old hands may be disappointed with the lack of chili - even in the kimchee.
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Mountain Sam - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 9
Monday, November 12, 2007

I went to this restaurant based on the positive reviews on this site, but was very disappointed. I had the set lunch with started off with a salad with the worst dressing I have ever tasted. Then I had the BBQ beef bulgogi (I think that's how you spell it but don't hold me to it). This was completely flavourless, as was the brown looking source it came with. It also came with a red source that was totally inedible.

The meat was marinated in a flavourless source, and the beef itself was not particularly good quality.

As for the atmosphere, this place has non whatsoever, and the staff, whilst efficient aren't exactly welcoming.

Furthermore just as I was about to cook my last two pieces of meat, the waiter came over to clean the cooking device. He offered no explanation as to why he was doing, and I found it unnecessary and intrusive.

This is a very second rate restaurant.
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Food 0 | Service 6 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 2
Friday, November 09, 2007

I have also been to a number of Korean restaurants and so far this is the best one. The service can be a little over fussy, but at all times is polite and well-mannered. A relief when compared to most places in London of a similar price.

If I wanted to take someone for their first Korean meal, it'd be here.
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mononoke
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Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Friday, October 19, 2007

I have done a tour of most of the korean restaurants in Central London and believe this to be the best, having been there 4 times now. The food is of exceptional standard, the service is excellent and the waiters/ressess are very helpful advising on things that you do not understand. The atmosphere is good as well as the modern minimal decor.

It is fairly expensive compared to the others but well worth it.
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rickbass - View all reviews by this user
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Food 9 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 9 | Value for money 8
Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Three of us went there last night on the spur of the moment. It was rather quiet (about 4/5 other tables), but it looked nice.

The first thing we noticed, was the there were no other westerners in there, so we thought we must have hit an authentic restaurant - which we very much like.

We needed something quick-ish as it was 9.30pm and we only had an hour, but found everything to be served quite quickly - as soon as 'we' were ready.

We started with sharing a spring onion and Seafood savoury pancake - delicious (never realised how tasty pancakes could be!), washed down with Tiger Beer.

Then we followed with the BBQ.

Now you must know first, that all the tables are fitted out-with a round BBQ plate in the middle. The tables are for 2, 4 and 6 people (from memory) - we were on a table for four people. I'm not entirely sure that if you had more people, whether or not they would be able to just 'push' tables together, due to the gas BBQs (I guess it depends on what the fittings are like underneath).

So then we ordered a dish of raw marinated Beef, a dish of raw thinly sliced un-marinated Pork, and a dish of raw spicy marinated baby Octopus. All three meats are BBQ'd in front of you. You could do it yourself, or the hostess would assist or show you to begin with.

All dishes were very tasty (including the un-marinated Pork). We had also ordered a hotpot of boiled rice with vegetables to accompany the meats. This dish was very interesting. You get (in a very HOT - hotpot) an array of vegetables (sprouts, carrots, cabbage, onion etc), with boiled rice underneath. Then in front of you, they break a raw egg on top of the vegetables, and then either add a spicy sauce, or not...depending on your preference. The Hotpot (the actual pot), is so hot, they mix it in front of you and everything cooks - including the egg, which is good as I hate raw egg. So what you end up with what is like a fried rice dish! All this was washed down with another Tiger beer.

We opted out of desert, for no other reason than none of us were sweet tooth’s.

The bill came to £58.00 for all of the above and two beers each. So for about £20 ahead - not including service, I found Koba to be very reasonable.

The service was very attentive, polite and un-intrusive. I am definitely going there again.

I believe they do set lunches too!
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Mrs. Zen Kulke
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Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 8
Thursday, September 06, 2007

Nice little Korean BBQ place just off Charlotte Street. Minimal interior and comfy seating. Tables have a little BBQ on them or you can eat at the bar.

Staff were friendly, in fact they were really nice attentive polite friendly, something that's lacking in a lot of restaurants I've been to recently.

The food was all great. We had a the dumplings as a starter which were very tasty - also tried some KimChi and a selection of the BBQ meats. Everything we choose - beef, duck, squid and pork were extremely tasty.

This is the first Korean restaurant I have been to and we'll definitely be back. It was quite busy and there were several Korean customers chatting to the staff which pointed to it being a decent place for good Korean food but as a novice to the cuisine I can only speculate.

Not a bad word to say about this place give it a go !
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Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 8
Wednesday, August 01, 2007