Kang Na Roo

4 Reviews on “Kang Na Roo”

• Ling Yap

  Dishes are rather expensive if u compare to other places. Portions are not very big for the pricing. There is lunch menu at $13.50 but the side dishes given to one person went to 4 people.

  November 3, 2020, 10:41 am

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• The Hunger Trail

  Food:
  When the menu at Kang Na Roo says spicy, you can be assured that spice is delivered. We ordered the gam ja tang (spicy pork marrow stew) and boy did it pack a good amount of heat. In combination with the tender meat falling off the bone, this was the perfect stew for a cold winter’s night.

  Service:
  Staff were attentive, informative and happy to top up on the side dishes at our request.

  Price: .5
  Fairly reasonably priced for the quality and portion size of the dish. This was a dish shared between 2.

  November 1, 2020, 3:19 pm

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• Flying Forward

  Kang Na Roo has been around for over a decade for good reason.
  While its a homely style of Korean cuisine, they prepare and execute their dishes with higher quality than your average Korean restaurant.
  You can also tell with the number of side dishes provided, and the quality of them too.

  We were served syrup potatoes, kimchi, bean sprouts, zucchini salad, bean curd and a few others all delicious.

  There are a number of more specialised dishes which I tried ordering but none of them were available soy preserved crab, spicy roe stew, top-shell with noodles.
  If theyre not gonna have it available, just take it off the menu.
  Speaking of the menu, a lot of the stews and main dishes are now $49.00, which is quite expensive, especially for something like bossam.

  Bossam ($49) despite it being quite pricey, it came with all the trimmings salted cabbage, preserved shrimp, ssamjang, chili & garlic. The pork belly was sliced to a good thickness and was meltingly soft. Very good, but pricey.
  Mushroom & Beef stew ($49) a variety of mushrooms and a block of bulgogi beef thrown into a pot with a fair few dumplings. The soup was midly spicy (as requested) and had a nice deep, clean flavour. Very good, but pricey again.
  Leek pancake good amount of leek in a crisp batter.
  Spicy octopus baby octopus was cut into small pieces but still very chewy, and the sauce was a bit too sweet. Bit of a small size dish.
  Rice no rice was provided per main dish, so we had to order it separately per person. Lovely and sticky, it was the purple mixed grain variety.

  The restaurant itself is styled old school with Korean wooden trimmings, but the place just doesnt have any windows that can be open, so it suffers from heat, smokiness and smells being trapped inside.
  Also, we were charged $3 per person wine corkage when the menu said $2. The ajumma said it was a menu error, however Im sure the $49 had recently been updated too.

  So a bit of a mixed bag experience.

  Maybe just come in for a quick lunch and not a lengthy dinner.

  March 3, 2019, 8:27 am

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• Big Belly Full

  Kang Na Roo is located near Clayton railway station and it feels homely as you walk into the restaurant.

  We ordered the beef bulgogi ($18.50) and the japchae ($16.50). Both dishes were incredibly small for the price we paid. The sweet and tasty beef bulgogi consisted of a small portion of beef slices which sat comfortably above a mountain of cabbage, carrot and onions. The japchae was delicious and flavoursome, and its possibly one of the best in Melbourne if not for the meagre serving size.

  Although the food was tasty and the service was great, I felt that the dishes were too expensive for the portions of food we received. That said, the side dishes were plentiful and delicious especially the sweet potato dish.

  Although, Kang Na Roo is surrounded by other amazing Korean restaurants with cheaper and generous portions of food, the value for money is questionable.

  January 28, 2019, 7:39 am

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