Really delicious Korean food, flavours were on point. Best Korean fried chicken I’ve had! Highly recommended.
Simple restaurant. Books out quickly. Meals are great value for money. A great introduction to Korean food for us. Picture is 돌솥 비빔밥 (hot stone pot with mixed rice)
Han River is the best authentic Korean restaurant in the Wellington region. The new owner serves real Korean food ingredients from the beautiful and clean “Jeju Island” in South Korea. A real taste of Korea!
Had Fathers Day dinner here which was delicious, exotic, and affordable. Highly recommend the kimchi pancake and sizzling shared meals (we had BBQ pork), which are meant for 2 but are enough for 3 with all the sides as well (noodles, kimchi, potatoes, and rice). The fried dumplings were also tasty but are quite a delicate flavour. There are a selection of Korean drinks available but they do BYO. Prompt and attentive service. Absolutely HAVE to book as there are only 8 tables and most were reserved. Loved the kimchi and was pleased that they have it ready-made for takeaway. Our new local favourite! Huge thanks!!!
Best Korean Restaurant in Wellington!!!
The food is very local and also nice for kiwis.
Really enjoy sauced fry chickens and almost all soup menus^^
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I visited Han River for the first time last night with my friend and my five year old daughter.
We sat down, after my friend finally decided which table was going to work best for getting the bbq (the server was very gracious and moved us around easily), and we ordered sweet and spicy fried chicken, 떡볶이 (tteokbokki, rice cakes, fish cakes and egg smothered in a red pepper paste sauce) and 삼겹살구이 (pork belly, barbecued at the table which came with mushrooms and onions).
my five year old made sure to tell our server that she wanted the kimchi, she definitely wanted the kimchi, and he brought out 8 small dishes with different styles of kimchi and some potato, with a few bowls of rice to go along with our mains.we waited (patiently)for about 20 minutes for our mains to come out, and the wait was worth it.
my little one had already started digging into the kimchi sides and had rice and salad on her plate and the server seemed quite surprised that she was handling the spice so well, and when she said 잘 먹겠습니다 (thanks for the food, I will eat well) when the mains were brought to the table.anyway, to get to the point, the food was freakin delicious, we will definitely be back, and I'm recommending that you visit Han River and try lots of different foods, bring friends, the dishes are made to share!!
Book a table!! there were a few walk ins who were turned away due to the tables being reserved. and it seems to be pretty family friendly!.Thanks for the wonderful food, and for a really nice first proper korean barbecue experience!!!
Thursday 16/08/2018 - First time dinning at this restaurant with my partner and it was a great experience! The server was very helpful and friendly, and showed me how to mix the dish that I ordered - the Korean way 😀. Presentation was beautiful and the taste was even better! I enjoyed eating here and am looking forward to returning and trying out more dishes!
Love this place- friendly service, fresh & tasty food - my son loves the katsu and I'm a fan of their dumplings - yum! Korean food has never tasted so good
Delicious food. We had a few starters which were beautifully presented and really tasty. Our mains were amazing too. Good service and a nice place. Prices are also really good.
Helpful staff who took the time to recommend and explain the dishes. Delicious food. Loved the dumplings and big spring rolls as starters. The chef kindly cooked the Pork bbq dish we ordered for our main because we didn't think the cooker would fit on our table for two. It was perfectly cooked. John & Jenny
We went here to celebrate a friend's birthday. We. Had pre-ordered food, and ordered additional to try. The food is great. The staff are very courteous and fast to act on our requests. The place can be a bit too noisy as it fills up with diners, and acoustics can be improved. Overall, a very good dining experience. Will surely come back for another round of decadent, authentic Korean cuisine.
One of the best Korean dishes I had in NZ,good customer service and extremely clean and tidy washrooms.
Pricing is a tad high but certainly good stuff.
Pre book table definitely (expect delays in service due to the high volume of customers).
Definitely would go back again.
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Took my teenage daughter here for her birthday as she wanted to eat at a Korean restaurant and I didn't want to go all the way into Wellington (we are based in UH) googled Korean restaurant and search results came up with Han River. Read the online reviews, and they were all positive, so I was looking forward to it. Parking was a little challenging. We ended up parking closer to Countdown and had a little stroll to the restaurant. I recommend ringing the restaurant at about 330pm or the day before to make a reservation. It was rather busy. We went to the reception and got seated straight away. Nice quaint little restaurant. Not overly huge or small. Our host was extremely attentive to us. Very humble, softly spoken, respectful, and warm gentleman. We were given cold refreshing water as soon as we were seated along with the menu. Because it was my first time here and not very familiar with korean dishes, I was stuck on what to choose. They did have the well-known chicken katsu on the menu, but I was more after a hot pot. They had photos next to the dishes, which really helped, too, plus my teen daughters, who seemed to know everything. We went with fried squid with honey mustard as our appetiser, and then got a chicken katsu, a hot pot with extra rice cake which was a shared meal (feeds 2-4), and a spicy squid and pork belly dish that was also a shared meal. That was sweet and spicy and definitely had a kick. We devoured that. We got small bowls of rice, seaweed, kimchi, and fish cake along with it. They were like side dishes to the mains. Once we finished eating, we stacked all our plates, bowls, and cutlery up on the table (is this just a maori thing? I notice not a lot of people do this. We always do it!) We paid, and again, the gentleman was very thankful and humble. I absolutely loved it here at Han River and will definitely come back to try more yummy Korean kai.
Soooo good! It’s best to check out the menu before you book/go… some menu items require two days advance notice - like the odentang (fish cake stew). Service is friendly and food is delicious. My favourite dishes so far have been the seafood pancake, bibimbap and odentang.
Really authentic Korean food. Food is super tasty and all the flavours go well together. Have ordered the pork BBQ, dduk-bokki, squid and the galbi-tang. All worth getting. The food is so good I'm on a mission to try everything on the menu!
They get really busy so the wait time is a bit long, but definitely worth it. Owners are extremely friendly and welcoming.
Edit: Just got the budae jjigae, best budae jjigae in New Zealand.
Had dinner here 2wks ago
A table for 3 we ordered 6 dish and food was exceptional 👌 very yummy, by far the best I've had. The old man that served us was lovely and helpful Thank you so much for a great night of beautiful food.
Highly recommend
N1, N2, M3, M5, M6 and M8
Very yummy
We went as a group of 7 people for dinner.
We were asked to order our food in advance to help the kitchen prepare the food before we arrived.
The service was good, but we did have to ask for drinks menu etc, but it was quite busy.
The food was excellent, in particular the chicken wings were fantastic. We got complimentary kimchi, tofu and seaweed with our mains.
One of the tastiest meals I've had in Lower Hutt.
Such a good Korean restaurant!
It was quite busy when we went there at 1pm so you can really see how the staff can struggle when there are a lot of people coming in.
That being said, the ambience and total feel is especially great too, the place is clean as well. Oh and I have to mention the toilet because they are so clean and big.
The food did take a wee while to come out but when it did, it was amazing. They were also well priced and the portions are decent.
Sadly they also don't offer unlimited korean bbq nevertheless It will definitely be in my list of Korean restaurants here in Wellington
Absolutely fantastic experience from start to finish. Pictures barely do justice. Really enjoyed the atmosphere here but more importantly the service. Very attentive and knowledgeable staff. The food was just fabulous. Every dish we ordered was perfect. Full of flavours.
Thank you for the free Mochi 😊 which tasted just awesome.
Will highly recommend this restaurant.
Will give it 10/10
It's difficult to overpraise Han River. The food and atmosphere is always excellent, especially after the recent renovation. There's not much to say, the photos speak for themselves. And if you think they look good, I can assure you it's even better in person :)
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