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Disclaimer: I have not yet tried EVERY KOREAN restaurant YET, so these are my CURRENT faves.

Korean Faves by Category:

📌  숯불고기 Charcoal KBBQ
📝 Cow Wow Korean BBQ
📍 Suwanee, GA
🌟 Combo by amount of people

📌 Korean Bakery – Overall category – not including drinks (drinks here not good)
📝 Cafe Mozart
📍Suwanee & Duluth , GA
🌟 Garlic Cheese Bread, Salt Bread, basque cheesecake.      

📌 Viral Dubai Chewy Cookie (best of)
📝 Tada Cafe
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 2nd place would be Hansel Gretel Bakery Cafe   

📌 Viral Butter Mochi (best of)
📝 Soon’s Bakery
📍Suwanee, GA (original location on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, only location with actual fresh bakery inside)
🌟 no runner up

📌 Salt Bread (best of)
📝 Soon’s Bakery
📍Suwanee, GA (original location on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, only location with actual fresh bakery inside)
🌟 Ranking is based on original flavor salt bread. Runner up would be Breadville in Suwanee, GA — but no even close 2nd

📌 Korean Coffeehouse – based on coffee
📝 Cafe Seesaw
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 Innovative Korean inspired drinks & basque cheesecake

📌 분식 Casual Cafe
📝 요기 Yogi
📍 Suwanee, GA
🌟 Can’t miss their viral Street Toast 길거리토스트

📌 칼국수 Kalguksu
📝 Bogle Bogle 보글보글
📍 Duluth, GA
🌟 awful service but delicious af

📌 Korean Fried Chicken Dine-In Chimaek-
📝 토담 Todam
📍 Suwanee, GA
🌟 Triple flavor chicken platter

📌 Korean Fried Chicken To-Go –
📝 Mega Mart
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Sauced boneless spicy from deli

📌 Bossam –
📝 족과의동침 둘루스 Jok Ga A Dong Chim
📍Duluth & Suwanee , GA
🌟 Garlic bossam 마늘보쌈

📌 Pocha –
📝 Daebal House 대발이네 가서 한잔 빠라삐리뽀!
📍Duluth , GA
🌟 everything

📌 Lunch Special –
📝 돈수백 Don Soo Baek
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 콩국수  kongguksu = cold soybean noodles

📌 Donkatsu – 돈까스
📝 Katsu by Ouzen
📍 Suwanee,  GA
🌟 Black sesame dongas

📌 Korean – Chinese Food
📝 Chef Wong Chinese Restaurant
왕서방 중화요리 중국집 둘루스
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Sizzling platter bulgogi jajangmyun

📌 Korean – Japanese Food
📝 Kisoya
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 Any noodle dish with a side of curry

📌 Korean – Italian Food
📝 Poetree Cafe
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 Donpas = Tonkotsu  + Pasta

📌 Korean – Taiwanese Food
📝 Papa’s Dumplings
📍John’s Creek, GA
🌟 Fish Boiled Dumplings 물만두 水餃 & Yuni Jajangmyun 유니짜장면 肉泥炸醬麵

📌 Naengmyun
📝 Naju Myunok
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Bibimnaengmyun, kimchi mandu (they are even inexpensive on Uber Eats fyi)

📌 Su Jae Bi 수제비
📝 옛터 Yet Tuh
📍Doraville,  GA
🌟  All 3 flavors sujaebi are delicious (Honorable mention is the new Mandurang 만두랑 in Suwanee)

📌 24 Hour
📝 Seo Ra Beol

📍 Duluth, GA
🌟 Not saucy traditional.  Love this sticky version that is crispy outside and chewy inside.

📌 Ttoekbokki
📝 Big Sister’s Kitchen
📍 Duluth, GA
🌟 Not saucy traditional.  Love this sticky version that is crispy outside and chewy inside.

📌 Jook 죽
📝 Simful
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 Pumpkin jook is seasonal & expensive

📌 Hwae = Korean style sushi
📝 Gangnam
📍Doraville, GA
🌟 This is a Buford Highway location. Order one of the house special sets.

📌 Korean Style Croffle
📝 GongGan
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Croffles and coffee are excellent. They get VERY crowded, so recommend weekday before 4pm.

📌 Rice Cakes & Tea (traditional)
📝 Nak Won 낙원떡집
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 쑥떡 mugwort & yakshik 약식 with 수정과 cinnamon tea

📌 도시락 🍱  Dosirak
📝 JS KItchen by 장수장
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Spicy pork dosirak or bulgogi

📌 김치 Kimchi
📝 Mega Mart
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Kimchi & musaengchae 무생채

📌 BingSu
📝 Teddy’s Cafe (Closed 😭)
📍John’s Creek, GA
🌟 Black Sesame Bing Su. Runner up would be Arte in Suwanee, GA

📌 Korean Grocery Store (low price)
📝 Assi
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 Best prices overall on produce and meats.

📌 Korean Food Court
📝 NamDaeMun Canteen
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Back of the store is an employee cafe (open to public) that has the best prices on Korean food anywhere. Used to have $1.99 kimbap. This is ONLY at the Duluth NDM location, no other locations have this because it is their flagship store.

📌 AYCE Buffet
📝 Ora Ora
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 raw fish, fresh kimchi, raw marinated crab

📌 Yogurt
📝 Hey Yogurt
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Black rice yogurt & grape yogurt

📌 Korean Fluffy Bagels
📝 🥯 Soon’s Bakery
📍Suwanee, GA (by Hmart)
🌟 Note that even their scallion cream cheese is sweet. Only the Soon’s location with bakery inside on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road has this.

📌 Ramyun 라면
📝 Bali Budae Jigae
📍 Suwanee, GA
🌟 Also Budae Jigae add cheese and spam

📌 Tiramisu 티라미수
📝 Cafe Mixx
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 Goguma Tiramisu, any of their soft serve ice creams, and shaved ice

📌 Korean Style Udon
📝 Ojangdong Suwanee
📍Suwanee, GA
🌟 Tray service diner with touch screen ordering, no tipping.

📌 Soondubu Jigae
📝 Dubu Gongbang
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 They make their own tofu for the stews. Recommend trying the puree tofu version of this dish here.

📌 Pork Rib Stew
📝 청기와 Chun Ki Wa
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 소등갈비찜 Famous Braised Ribs

📌 찜질방 Korean Style Spa
📝 Jeju Sauna
📍Duluth, GA
🌟 Spaland is way less crowded and a close 2nd place.