Sarangbang Korean Food Cafe in Nottingham

Amazing authentic Korean food. Serves the best kimchi Jeon & Kimchi bibimbap. Fantastic atmosphere and calming layout for a lovely dinner. The staff are amazing with great customer service.

This is such a lovely place. Food is fresh, tasty and a huge variety on the menu (choosing is tough!). The lady doing front of house is warm and welcoming and the decor has had some real love poured into it. This is a lovely quiet place for lunch. I haven't tried it for dinner. Two things to note: they have a corkage fee if you take your own booze as they don't have a licence. They ask you don't divide the payment by more than 2 people paying, so take some cash if you are a larger party looking to pay separately.

Had the jajangmyeon with pork and beef gimbab delivered was absolutely delicious so fresh and Ive been craving it since I could eat it every day and never get sick of it can’t wait to try more !

Had some amazing beef bibimbap for breakfast here as you should on a cold morning to warm you up and let me tell you i couldve had two portions. I actually loved every mouthful!! I do reccomend eating here

Visited the cafe a few times now and I can say that it hasn't let us down yet. We always enjoy our meal and leave the restaurant feeling fulfilled and happy. Delicious food and amazing service. Definitely recommend! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Easily one of my favourite restaurants in Nottingham! It's been a shining star dining location between me and my friends. We're not able to speak about Sarangbang without turning up within a week. I am super fussy about eating onions and they always cater towards me with a smile. I feel like it's become a bit of a joke that I say no onions to everything. Kimchi fried rice is to die for. The budae jigae is so hearty and warming. The Naengmyeon is so nice during summer. Crispy nut chicken never fails. I absolutely love this restaurant.

One of my favourite places in Nottingham, really great food and pretty reasonably priced. Highly recommend.

The Kimchi fried rice was delicious. The best flavor I’ve tasted!

Excellent service. Delicious food 😋 I can't wait to go again!

The food was really good! The place seems to love signs. On every wall is a sign with a "do" or "do not" order ... I found that quite funny. Service was okay. But to be honest I wouldn't go again. We didn't see the portion sizes on the menu and ordered what we thought would be a bigger meal. But at the end we spend more than 50€ and were not full...

I’ve been there 4 times and loved everything! Authentic Korean food and atmosphere! Very welcoming staff and fast service. Highly recommend to anyone who loves Korean cuisine or just healthy nutritious food!❤️ The most delicious bibimbap in England is here! Sarangbang, thank you!

Lovely staff. Helped planning a birthday, super communicative.

Went to the restaurant a second time. Really love their spicy bulgogi. Really recommended. Taste very authentic.

No music,but few people in so could talk to friends

Very friendly staff and a nice environment. Based on reviews from the past three months, this restaurant should be very good. However, I don't understand why my experience was different. I tried four different cuisines, and all of them contradicted the recent reviews. It’s not just me; others in my group had very similar comments. I am not biased.

The food was so tasty. I had the soup and the lady at the counter was so sweet! Most wholesome atmosphere, this place is a hidden gem ❣️.

I’ve had takeaways from Sarangbang several times and the food never fails to disappoint me, full of flavour and decent portion sizes. I look forward to have a sit down meal in the restaurant soon.

From food to service to the ambience..saranghaeyo ❤️

Excellent food. Been a few times and always loved it. We had kimchi, nut chicken, bibimbap and bulgogi. Enjoyed every mouthful. BYOB is fine, as there's an off licence 10 meters away. One thing, though, they really need some music in there. It's a bit lacking in atmosphere, especially as we booked early and there was only another table in. It got busier later, but to start with was a bit awkwardly quiet.

Visited with some friends after seeing some Korean food online, usually i am a very picky eater but decided to give new things a try. The food was wonderful and the owner was absoutely lovely. Will definitely be returning to try some more korean dishes

What a wonderful place! Can't fault it. Relaxed atmosphere with very lovely staff. Best Bibimbap I've had... In fact one of the best meals I've had in some time. Went here twice last week when working in Nottingham... Wish I lived here so I could go to Sarambang regularly. Very happy customers. 😊

Visited here with friends deciding to try something new for a change and we weren’t disappointed! The owner (I think it was the owner) was so lovely and friendly to us, for that reason alone we were prepared to come back but then came the food which was brilliant. Given that none of us had ever tried real Korean food before we were truly mind blown. The prices were also reasonable. We each ordered a starter, a main, 2 drinks came to £84 for 3 of us. Couldn’t recommend this place enough to anyone wanting to try something new.

Great service and unbelievably tasty food in a great setting

Definitely recommend the fried noodles, soft tofu soup, and crispy tofu

It's definitely real good Korean food, good coffee as well

Ate here for lunch and everything was great. The food, the welcoming waitress, the atmosphere. Lots of vegetarian options and the chicken is halal. We had the kimchi dumplings, tofu bibimbap and chicken bulgogi with rice cake. Everything was delicious.

Easy to locate place and park. Good food and ambience. Very helpful and friendly staff

This unassuming little cafe has just served up the best Korean food I've ever had. Everything I tried was delicious. You must come here. If you want alcohol it's BYOB.

I really loved the food and it’s super healthy too. I ordered bibimbap and it was completely worth the price and it was one of the few places in Nottingham with vegetarian bibimbap (without the egg) so a must try place if you are looking for vegetarian korean food.

Food was amazing with good portions, service was faultless.

Very nice and quiet cafe with excellent staff and even better food.

Nice and cosy korean restaurant..the food was so delicious and the owner was so kind...me and my fiance enjoyed our date in sarangbang..the service was excellent..

This was our first time trying Korean food so we spent a long time reading through the menu deciding what to order. The descriptions were really detailed and helpful, and the waitress was able to advise us too. We shared chicken dumplings, chicken bibimbap and pork jjajang myun. All the dishes were outstanding and really tasty. Highlight was the bibimbap, the hot dish kept the rice cooking and we could add the Korean sauce to our own taste. We are not very good at using chopsticks so managed with spoons! No licence but you can take your own bottle and pay a corkage fee - we just had soft drinks on this occasion. Really great food, thank you!

We tried beef bibimbap, cheese kimbap and tofu jjigae. All yummy!

Pleasant, cozy, family business. I ordered beef japchae and beef tteok bulgogi. Delicious experience ❤️

Had the most wonderful experience at Sarangbang! The food was delicious and the service was execellent! The cafe had a very cozy and lovely vibe. The owner was really sincere and kind. I left my laptop bag at the restaurant and we were the last customer on a Saturday night (the restaurant closes on Sundays and Mondays), and the owner kept my bag safe for me and made a trip the next day eventhough it was an off-day, just to return my bag to me. Thank you so much, would highly recommend this place!!❤️☺️

Sarangbang is brilliant! The food is rich and perfectly spiced (for me), and we were able to switch tables from the middle of the room to a secluded upstairs section. There was just one young lady working front of house, but she was lovely, helpful and worked like lightning! Will definitely be back

Really into Korean food at the moment and this place really was nice. I really enjoyed the bibimbap and drinks. I will be coming back soon.

This was mine and a friends first time of trying Korean food, so we didn’t know anything on the menu. We had 2 starters and 2 mains. Everything was delicious so will definitely go again. Nice restaurant and a lovely lady served us . Give it a go.

Very nice restaurant, friendly staff and good, tasty food. The tofu and dumpling (chicken and kimchi) starters are great. The bibimbap was also very nice.

such a cute place. the food is amazing (halal chicken tooo!!!!!) and i really loved the cosy vibes of this place. the last time i came here was 3 years ago whilst i was still at uni so going back now brought back some lovely memories! also the girl working was so sweet. will def visit again.

One of my favourite places to get food, authentic Korean food and such a cozy vibe

Really nice food and well labelled vegan options. Definitely planning on returning to try more of the menu

Absolutely amazing place, I highly recommend. Eat in and takeaway both!!

such nice staff and the food is so good !! this is my favourite korean restaurant c:

Nice atmosphere, fantastic food, friendly staff!

It's so delicious ❤️ My British partner said the kimchi stew was so good that he could eat it every day. I'll visit again! our first try at Sarangbang and it was brilliant x You can experience pretty authentic Korean food here (I can guarantee because I'm Korean 😆)

Happened to park near this restaurant while in Nottingham. Food was fresh, hot and delicious. Friendly service

Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and food was lovely

We’ve dined in before and have ordered a few times on Deliveroo - Sarangbang is incredible! Really love how many vegan options they have, we always order the japchae, the tofu gimbap, and the fried tofu. So, so good. Since being pregnant all I crave is Korean food and Sarangbang cafe always comes through with the deliciousness. If they ever expand their vegan menu or add vegan kimchi, I’ll be the first through the door to try it all! Love your food Sarangbang, 감사합니다 ❤️

Haven't been there in person but ordered via Uber Eats. Best cheese rabbokki ever! Big portion, lots of cheese and ddeok and fish cakes and everything. Defo gonna order again next week

so good! food is good and cheap, staff are very nice and is overall very nice!! it’s got a very nice atmosphere and food comes our extremely quickly!

Tasty Korean meal with green tea. Good service. Happiness. Recommended

Not much food choice, but the Korean bibimbap is great! Pay attention to the business hours, there is no evening market now

They charged for tap water which I believe is illegal. Food was very oily and salty. Overall it came across very unfriendly as the staff was very unwelcoming when he told us to stand still at the door whilst taking our temperature.

Although the site says lunchtime menu special, when I asked for the menu, I was informed that they hadn't done a lunchtime menu in three years. Another couple came in and also asked for the lunchtime menu. This should be highlighted as people are going to the 'restaurant' under false pretences.

So tasty, great staff and a lovely atmosphere

The best Korean restaurant, and one of the best restaurants of any cuisine, in Nottingham. We waited almost 40 minutes for the food, but they were clearly super busy, and once the food arrived I understood why.

The food was amazing, the portion sizes of the topoki, jigae and the japchae was very generous and very filling, all in all the food was amazing and could not be more happier with it, the service was no exception either very friendly and very quick, if you have any dietary requirements they will be more than happy to help to see what you can and cannot eat, all in all worth the money especially if you go with more than one person.

Fab food and waiter wasn't offended (or didn't show they were) by one of us mansplaining the chopsticks weren't proper korean ones 😂 The online menu with pictures was really helpful as most of us in the group had no idea about any of the food. Also try the fizzy milk/yoghurt drink. Sounds awful but was lovely! Photo is of my main course, spicy rice dumplings with cheese. Not quite like pasta or gnocchi but better than either of them.

Sarangbang sounds like the famous Sarangchae, Korean restaurant in Nottingham? If you're thinking, are they related? The answer is yes! They are both owned by the same owner and have the same chef. Due to coronavirus impact, they lay offs some of their staffs and end up with small team. Sarangchae is open for lunch whilst Sarangbang is open for dinner. The portion is BIG, they taste amazing, friendly staffs and owner! I use to go to Sarangchae as a student three years ago, it feels to good to be back here again, eating my comfort food.

Great Korean food, well priced with good service

Good Korean food especially kimchi pot and bibimbap.

Stunning Korean food, beautifully prepared, great value and very fast delivery.

Great food, very spicy and delicious.

Would 100% recommend, never had a bad meal and I've been going for 3 years.

Really good and nice selection of classics

Friendly service, food was very salty though. Feels like a ruse to get you to buy drinks as you're not allowed to water because of COVID apparently

Delicious food, friendly staff, covid safe

This place is a MUST visit. Good location, great staff and vibes, and even better FOOD!!!!

Very friendly staff and very good food. Never had Korean food before a great introduction in these strange times.Thank you

We were originally going to go for an Indian meal but decided to try something different. Korean food is something I’ve tried before but many years ago so it seemed appealing. We arrived at the restaurant and were greeted warmly by the hosts and shown to our tables. The menu was a list with no description but this was due to restrictions caused by COVID-19. If you scanned a QR code on the sheet it was possible to get a full menu on your phone complete with images and descriptions. We ordered a few starters to share and one main course each. The starters were delicious and filling so by the time we got to the main course we could barely eat. Thankfully the restaurant provided plastic containers for us and we took the remaining food home to eat the next day. I recommend having just a few starters to share or main course only. That way you’ll be full without spending money excessively.

Real south Korean food, I would put 6* if possible!

What a great restaurant, we love the food here

Great food, good service, love this place ♥️

Lovely service, beautifully presented food and absolutely delicious. A bit pricier than expected but worth it!

Usually good but the last meal we ate there was saltier than normal and now they are charging for tap water (bottled water), not providing tap water using corona virus as an excuse to make more profit. I haven't come across any other restaurant doing that at the moment. I'm guessing the extra salt is to sell more drinks too. Not impressed.

Fantastic food! Great service and very clean!

Superb place for Korean food....highly recommended.....tasty and spicy...

The food here is unbelievably good, we have ordered from here many times and we are blown away every time

I've been to Saranbang three times and I've loved it every time, super friendly staff who make you feel so welcome, and absolutely delicious food - we even did the delivery service too and it was just as wonderful!

We went just before COVID-19 and it breaks our hearts we haven't been able to go back! Food was so delicious, it was a breath of fresh air to try other traditional foods. I can't wait to go back when all the madness has calmed down :)

Amazing, tasty well prepared food YUM

Rubbish delivery service. Food never arrived but they claimed it was delivered. Not using them again. Rude and defensive staff on the phone who were not helpful at all. Ordered through Just Eat.

Highlight of a very uneventful week! I had the tofu bibimbap and it was beautiful, my partner had bulgogi and loved it. The ingredients were fresh, food was delivered warm and everything was delicious. Might make this a weekly tradition in these housebound times.

An amazing little place. Staff were super polite and welcoming. The food was quick and super nice! I would love to come here again!

Had beef bibimbap here. Hardly any beef in the dish. Was not offered water. Two stars because they had free wifi and plenty of power outlets. Not a great experience overall.

An authentic little Korean cafe with lots of choices. I can assure you that any choice you make will not be the wrong one. Their food taste great and the portion is good as well. If you still have space for dessert, please do not hesitate as they are homemade. Maybe have a coffee to end your perfect meal.

Very attentive service. Helpful explanations of menu, and the food was lovely spiced up with hot sauces.

Great service, sensational food.

Delicious Korean Food, Good Prices

Amazing food at really affordable prices, friendly staff and a really personal and intimate environment. Highly recommended for anyone even remotely nearby.

Pretty authentic, not exceptional. It’s value for money though, it’s less than a tenner per person

Very friendly staff, food was delicious and the atmosphere was great. My mrs and myself where very hungry today and ordered alot of food the waitress was concerned we too much and asked if we just wanted the starters and see if we wanted the rest after, we deffinatley did as the food was so delicious, so much so, we even had dessert, special shout out to the roasted almond cake. We will deffinatley be back this is hands down the best korean restaurant we have been to. Thankyou

So good. Great veggie and vegan options. The cafe is decorated so cosily, the service is super friendly and the food is delicious. A favourite with many Koreans too which is always the best sign.

Absolutely lovely authentic Korean food. Between family friends and myself we've tried everything on the menu and cleaned the plates every time.The vegetarians also very happy although veggie kimchi would be appreciated. Staff are very attentive and friendly, happy to help if you're new to Korean food. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly, bring your own alcohol although good choice of other drinks.

Food was good . Good selection ,reasonably priced, good service . My only criticism was the £7.50 corkage charge for my own wine ,which we thought was a bit expensive

Delicious! Loved the decor of the restaurant!

Lovely atmosphere and generous portions. The food was lovely

Fantastic Korean cafe/restaurant. Really nice inside and very friendly and helpful staff. Food was freshly prepared to order and absolutely delicious. It’s a little bit out of the way on Mansfield Road but well worth the walk. They have a good lunchtime offer of main, side and drink for £10.50.