This place seems to attract extremely polarising reviews. We visited with an open mind on a weekday for lunch. The waitress brought out cutlery and water almost immediately.
We ordered:
Japchae - the noodles were well prepared and delicious.
Hotpot Baby Octopus Bibimbap - this came out piping hot and was full of flavour.
Teriyaki Chicken - a generous serve of well seasoned chicken.
We also enjoyed the the side dishes - the pickled cucumbers were refreshing and crunchy.
So we actually had a pleasantly yummy experience at Yami Yami today and hopefully this will be replicated for everyone in the future!
A nice Korean restaurant in box hill. Price is decent here. Love the Tteokbokki with cheese and mandu. My wife and I have tried their lunch menu and it's good price and walking out full. The service is great.
Food is great, the boss is super friendly and always offers free drinks to the kids! Love the tteokbokki and their samgaetang! Samgaetang used with fresh chicken unlike many korean eateries in Melbourne
Ubereat. Had the following
1. Beef Gamjatang - Very flavourful spicy broth. Tender, fall-off-the-bone pork with soft potatoes sucking up the beautiful flavour. Surpassed expectations!! (5/5)
2. Beef Bulgolgi - Cooked slightly over, a bit too chewy. Flavour fairly vanilla (3+/5)
Included free side dishes with Uber on request.
Had a wonderful uber meal on a cold winter day.
Dishes should taste better at the restaurants.
delicious korean food - price was a bit more expensive than some others but there’s a few small differences in quality that sets them apart. the bento box was filled with the usual rice and sizzling meat choice (we got spicy pork) but also surprisingly came with several different sides! all in all, i would come back to try some of their other authentic dishes.
Points for: dakgalbi
Yami Yami are known for their spicy pan fried chicken (dakgalbi). Not many Korean restaurants do this properly, but here it's a feast.
You can easily feed 4 people with the portion for 2. It comes out in a large circle pan and you can eat straight off it, or use lettuce to wrap.
Add in a few other ingredients like ricand finish off with fried rice with seaweed, and it's a very satisfying meal.
You also get the egg souffle with it, which is traditionally eaten with dakgalbi. It's soft and feels cleansing.
The jokbal is also really soft and tender. The pork trotters are stewed in a soy broth, cooled and sliced. There's a bit of meat on eat bite, some collagen, tendon and skin. Add some fresh garlic and soy bean paste, into some lettuce and it's a beautiful bite.
Our favourite local Korean joint that we always come back to. Love the spicy cheese chicken and pork bulgogi. Previously served in large portions, however appears to have become smaller at recent times.
Like it very much. The boss is a nice man that service us well. The lunch bento is really worthy. Price is friendly and the taste is really good.
I felt like japchae last night. Since I really enjoyed the japchae in the city Yami Yami I thought I’d give the Box Hill branch a go. When I was taken to my seat I realised how cramped the tables were.
My japchae was pretty tasty and there was more meat than other japchaes from other Korean restaurants. I found the city Yami Yami to be generous with their meat too. The side dishes were interesting. There were 2 chunks of potato in the sweet syrup, bean shoots like you get at most Korean restaurants and the Kim chi was more like pickled cabbage with chilli added. I actually liked the Kim chi but I didn’t eat much of it because I didn’t feel like spicy food.
The people working here were friendly enough however one guy (maybe the manager) went out to have a cigarette and the cigarette smoke was blowing into the restaurant. I think I’d come back here for japchae. I’ve been here before and had the seafood kimchi stew but from memory they weren’t generous with the seafood.
Loved this place! They offer great Korean food and the staff are friendly (I think it's run by a family). I took my Australian friend here and we both walked out happy :)
Great for a casual, authentic Korean dine. The staff were nice and food came out fast. We ordered quite a few dishes. Firstly, the sizzling spicy baby octopus was tender and little spicy for my liking, but perfect with a bowl of rice. If you love spice, then this is the dish for you. Not many places do octopus so definitely an extra point to Yami Yami! We were craving noodles, so we also ordered spicy cold noodles and japchae. Both great and authentic. And of course, my all-time favourite at Korean restaurants, we ordered tteokbokki, which was topped up with two mandus. The rice cake was extremely soft and chewy. Overall, perfect place for an easy eat.
Have been going to this place for years and it never disappoints. Love the bulgolgi and chili karage chicken 😍 heaps of good dishes to choose from, great spot for days that you want Korean food but don’t want to do bbq yourself
Been coming here for years ordering the same, tastes great every time. Owner sometimes rushes you to get out if you take too long 😑
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