Oppa in Fife

Like many comments said, good staffs, terrible food. The Boba tea has no tea flavour, nor milk flavor. The tapioca pearl is not chewy as well. Pricey!

Came in to get bubbletea to takeaway. The girl serving, without asking, decided I must be a deliveroo/just eat driver and started moaning at me about takeaways etc, before even asking if I was a customer. After correction, I asked for a bubbletea. She didn't seem to know how to make it. She spent the entire time serving me, while moaning about how many hours she works. The bubble tea was awful. The tapioca pearls were stale, claggy and stodgy and tasted vinegary. It was obviously off. I didn't bother going back to complain after the terrible service to start with... took a couple of mouthfuls and launched in the bin. Absolutely foul and a waste of money.

Oppa is a lovely, small, and relaxing place to grab a quick bite to eat. That was what we did after a long hike on Sunday night. There are about 18 seats spreading over five simple wood tables. You order the food over the counter, find a seat, and they will bring you the food. We had seafood hotpot soup, steam dumplings, sesame tofu bun, and bbq pork bun. The soup was bubbling hot and went well with a bowl of brown rice. The steam dumplings were over priced and too soft. The buns were quite yummy. The total cost was 31.4 pounds. I am glad that Oppa brings Korean and Japanese flavors to St Andrews food scene. Is it authentic enough? I think so. The hotpot soup here is not much different from the ones I had in Chicago, Atlanta, and even in Seoul.

The fact that this was named “Oppa” should’ve been a turn off. The service is great! The food was incredibly whitewashed to the point that the water was the most flavorful thing on the menu. The meat is barely chewable. The soup has no taste. Please don’t call yourself a Korean/Asian restaurant. I will say the service was amazing! However, as someone of the global majority, I can only tolerate so much blandness. Thanks!

The place is small with limited seating but we managed to get a table. We ordered at the counter separately and another table ordered between us, the food ended up served in the order they were placed instead of the by table number. This would have been fine however it did take a long time to have the food arrive. Fortunately, the food was very good. The sticky pork belly bao was tasty. The cheesey hot pot was flavourful as well, really loved the shitake mushrooms. The rice was a bit of a let down, as it was rather plain despite the purple colour, but it complemented the hotpot quite well.

Got a poke bowl for lunch - salmon with 'pickled veg' and 'Asian slaw'. For £11 got to say this is the worst poke bowl I've ever had. I live in London and this is more expensive and far inferior. 'Asian slaw' was literally store bought creamy coleslaw with some sriracha style sauce added. Was expecting some kind of fresh cabbage slaw with a light dressing. Picked veg was cucumber and radish that weren't pickled in any way. The 'purple rice' was white with some wild rice, nothing purple about it. We also got some chicken dumplings which were distinctly average. And bubble tea was simply OK. I feel the only thing that could have made this food worse was if I had sat in to eat it. Totally bland atmosphere. Needless to say, won't be going back.

As a Korean living in Scotland, I can attest that this place is not a Korean restaurant, most likely named "Oppa" after a hit song Gangnam Style by Psy where the lyrics go "Oppa is of a Gangnam Style". I ordered a Jjigae (찌개) dish today for lunch with pork belly and kimchi as main ingredients but oh dear... It didn't taste anything but, not even remotely close to what I experience at home and at any decent Korean establishment. And the rice... It's long-grain basmati rice as appose to short grain sticky rice typically served with Korean dishes. It's not good when a place like this casts Korean dishes in a bad light. Avoid.

I was so excited to finally go here. As a Korean living in the UK, I love to try any Korean restaurants, and this has been on my list for a long time. I finally went yesterday and how wrong I was. - It was utter.... rubbish. The staff are very welcoming and friendly. I want to give more stars to the staff but the food was really bad. This is not a Korean restaurant and shouldn't be called a Korean restaurant. The chef definitely doesn't know how to cook Korean food. I've never seen such weird recipes to deliver such quality dishes - couldn't finish and wasted my money (not reasonably priced either). I am even annoyed that this restaurant can give wrong impressions about Korean cuisine to someone who has never tried Korean dishes. As I am so proud of our own food culture and Korean dishes, I can't stand fake Korean restaurants that don't even know how to cook Bulgogi properly. Sorry, if you don't know how to cook the national dish properly, you shouldn't choose Korean cuisine as your main business.

It's not great. It looks nice from the street side but we got sucked in by that and it was very poor. The ramen stock was poor, stuff that shouldn't be there like chilli oil as a topping and tough leathery char siu with tasteless broth The bulgogi was similar think tough meat slices in a Chinese takeaway sauce unrecognisable. I was hoping for a nice place, local with passion but this was below even supermarket takeaway level.

Cant say anything about the food, but omg this boba was life changing. This place just came out of no where on google maps and i decided to try it. I never write reviews for anything ever but this is a first because of how amazing this place is. This place needs at least 4*

Really disappointed. How could you make Korean cuisine soooooo bad! Never imagined that.

Very nice for lunch. A bit more exotic but good food. Service was top notch!

Small place, looked good. Very informal which is nice. You need to scan a QR code to get the menu. It wouldn’t come up no many how times I tried. So I left.

Badly cooked. Low quality. Far too salty. Dishes served did not have all ingredients from menu. Kimchi was just coloured salty cabbage, not fermented. Rice was lumpy not fluffy, perhaps frozen then microwaved. Not Korean.

Really disappointed. The staff were lovely but the majority of the food was obviously reheated/microwaved (we could hear the microwave pings from our seat). Terribly textured and bland rice, and barely passable toppings. The fresh elements were cooked fine, but were few and far between. Also, the restaurant was freezing. Given that they charged almost £30 for two, small reheated dishes, they could probably afford to turn the heating on. Recommend looking elsewhere.

Very nice, chill atmosphere with awesome music. Spicy shrimp sushi was great. However, slightly on the expensive side.

Blink and you'll miss it but don't as it's very good, tasty food

Expensive; flavors were all wrong. Rice was bloated. Kimchi drenched in food coloring. Pork was boiled, dry and had no color. Staff couldn't pronounce 밥 correctly and fixed customers on it.

This place is expensive for you get and the quality is bad. I had a poke bowl where there were clumps of cold rice while it was meant to be hot, which I was concerned for my health. In the sun I rolls, the chilli bomb had cheap cuts of meet, barely any sauce or flavour- 10 quid for cheap meat rice and seaweed. The pork belly bao bun was just fat that was uncooked, however they did give me a char siu bao bun when I asked and this was much nicer. On top of that the place smelled bad of fat and grease.

Brilliant, fresh, delicious Korean food. Not sure why this isn’t higher, especially given how dire some of the other eateries in St Andrews are.

The good: staff were lovely! The bad: the food. Sadly we could only stomach a single bite from a £20 meal. The food taste stale and unseasoned. The beef smelled old and just boiled, the rice was mushy and bland and the vegetables all taste like they were sitting at the back of the fridge for too long. The sauce taste very vinegary, like it had gone off. Very disappointing.

Excellent! The best and most authentic Korean food I've had in Scotland

Great food with loads of vegan options. More of a quick eat than somewhere to spend a long time, but would definitely go again!

No big problem except not delicious no matter from a Chinese or a Korean standard. Taste like eating capsaicin with salt

Kind of improvised restaurant, take away feeling. Food not very good, too much salted, bad meat quality. No menu on tables, no service at the tables. I much prefer Japanese ramen. Good price though.

Korean make believe food. Frozen Chinese dumplings passed on as Korean Mando. Kimchi was not even real fermented cabbage kimchi but korean cabbage drenched in hot sauce and vingered to death (not an ingredient in any kimchi by the way.) Horrible. Embarassment to Koreans. Spat the food and left the restaurant. P.s. you pay first..

the second time ive been and although I wouldnt say all the food is very authentic its tasty and filling staff were friendly to us and the dogs, you can bring your own alcohol. would say the sushi is a bit overpriced for what it is

Expensive for what it is..took the bibimbap and the meat arrived diced on a seperate bowl with the fat on it. The service was also very slow and not friendly in seating us nor taking the order.. Would not go there again

Ordered online -- very very salty! Had to water down the miso soup because it was so overpowering. Havent had this issue anywhere else. Also got pork belly jjigae and that was quite salty, but was able to cut it with the rice, which didnt seem to have any salt in it at all. Not worth the price.

Great food. Their honey glazed pork was a real treat

A cute place to get bibimbap and bubble tea

So I paid £4.50 for 2 tiny pieces of sushi, I couldn’t believe it!!! I used to really enjoy it there but I really do think that is so expensive even if it was 4 bits I think that would be ok… but 2 is daylight robbery

Ordered Tofu Kikimbap and really enjoyed it! Perfect for the cold winter night!

My second time here. Good ambience. Food arrived quickly and it was delicious! Staff were friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend it!

First time trying Korean food the kimichi bowl bubbling hot and was fairly spicy but only for a few moments as real chilli should, ready for the next spoonful very good flavour. My partner had the noodle bowl with duck it was really tasty, big bowl very good noodles loved the duck. Impressed with the Korean flavour.

It's edible, but it's OK to microwave the semi-finished eel in a bag.

Waited 30 minutes just for a bubble tea And the waitress only started making when I asked for refund, turns out she can finish one in two minute🙃

Amazing food at Oppa! Would have 5 stars but we saw the chef sitting on the stairs on his phone even though staff working told him there were orders waiting.

It was great food, not exactly authentic korea food but still tasted very good, kimchi was a little salty and not marinated enough but other then that it was nice

Tasteless food terrible bubble tea. I will not recommend!

Delicious, spicy Korean rice and noodle dishes make a great change from something with chips.

The place is spacious even between one table and another. The staff super smiling and kind. My vegan Jjgae really excellent, fresh, spicy food, not much waiting. Spoon or chopsticks. To try. Returned a second time and everything was simply fantastic. Super recommended.

Been here twice. Sushi was weird, some of the worse sushi ive had. Can make better myself so not really worth it. Had matcha boba which was basically just milk and tapioca pearls. Maybe the other flavours would be better. A shame everything I've had here has been unpleasant, some food I see come out looks quite nice but haven't tried it.

Very tasty Sushirittos and poke bowls with salmon sashimi!

Amazing food with great flavour. Highly recommend. Staff are very polite too.

Utterly amazing food at massive portions. Really adventurous Korean choices as well as some more familiar Asian food. Staff were friendly, service quick and so lovely to see genuinely healthy options

Bibimbap is very nice, big portion and piping hot. And spicy. Sweet water eel was also very tasty. Really nice lunch that filled us up and very tasty.

I do not leave many reviews online because I never have the energy or care to do so, but this is not the case here. I have been to Oppa three times now for different things (one of few Asian places around) and I honestly do not know how they obtain 5 star reviews. The food is honestly the worst I have had and is pricey for that. Again, I'm not an expert, just a guy who loves Asian food, but my god. I paid £19 for 8 pieces (yes just 8 pieces) or sushi and it's the worst food I have ever had. Could not even eat more than two pieces. It was thick, heavy, did not melt in your mouth and fold, covered in sauce that I wanted to try but should really not belong on Sushi. Only two star cause I feel too bad to leave one.

Not good quality of food, especially the pork belly, which has a very weird taste

Delicious food! Warming after a cold day in St Andrews

Bubble tea is not right the balls are hard and crunchy in the centre very rude customer service! Not worth £6!!

Beautiful, beautiful bubble tea. Ordered matcha (divine balance of bitter and sweet) and jasmine- fragrant beyond belief.

Cannot recommend this enough. Such a great meal, very tasty and extremely filling.

I just wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the lady who answered my call today, and after explaining how Oppa is my sister's favourite place to eat and how she just finished her final university exam today, she who wrote a congratulations message for her. I didn't catch the lady's name but THANK YOU! (she was working 17/05/21 lunchtime)

Pricey for what it is. The ramen I ordered was quite sad. The soup was bland, the noodles were overcooked and portioned small, served with (boiled?) chicken breast with a smearing of hoisin sauce on top. Gyoza dumplings taste like they're from the Asian grocer store.

I haven't seen kinda of Korean restaurants. Huge amounts of rice is great. Food is getting similar K food. But still not REAL K food.

I had this through ecoeats It is so filling and makes you feel healthy! Shown below is the pokebowl with tofu, radish and cucumber dressing with the classic dressing. Lots of Vegan options, will buy again!

Great food and worth the money for the main meals. A little pricey for some of the other element such as the steamed buns.

Fancied a change to my usual lunchtime choice for popped in hear quickly, I have never tried Korean food before but the waitress patiently explained everything and gave some good recommendations. I was amazed at the portion sizes of being brought out to peoples tables and I certainly couldn't finish mine in my own. I will be bringing my partner when travel restrictions ease abit

Fantastic place and delicious, but more Japanese style than Korean , the meat is cut too big to fit in your leaf they should supply scissors to cut smaller. But small thing.

Called in for lunch not really knowing what to expect and have to say we were very pleasantly surprised. Lovely steamed chicken dumplings and what I would call a giant sushi roll with spice beef (can’t remember what there called) accompanied by good fresh coffee. Will definitely be back as the bowls of noodles looked fantastic.

Best pork bibimpa I’ve ever had! It’s spicy and tasty and super hot cause of that stone bowl. It’s just immaculate to have one of those in a cold Scotland day.

The food wasn't authentic Korean. Kimchi was homemade badly, flavours were quite random. Wasn't cheap either.

Fantastic food! It was all so fresh, and the sauces were delicious. Add that to a lovely seating area, with wide walkways and a ground floor loo. The staff were very friendly, and helped with our pronunciation when we ordered! We didn't need to book, which was a plus as other nearby places were fully booked - but this gem of a place shouldn't be overlooked! Definitely give it a go!

Amazing food Fast service Large selection Vegan options

The best kimchi and Korean(Asian) food in St Andrews!

Great food. Taste is close to authentic korean food.