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.

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.