Cori Anna Korean Restaurant

This place is our go to for a casual dinner. The food is fresh, tasty and inexpensive. We love bibimbap and this is the go to place to get it in Perth.
I also tried the spicy seafood tofu soup. It was tasty and had just the right amount of elements to fill the bowl.
Also do yourself a favour and try the kimchi pancake.

I love Korea, love Korean Food and love Cori Anna.
The staff is always friendly, the Bibimbap is always sizzling and their new look inside is clean, bright and colourful.
Tonight we had the bibimbap, bulgolgi, kimchi rice and pork dumplings and everything was delicious. I appreciate that here the egg on the bibimbap is put in raw so you can stir it in to the dish to cook from the heat of the stone dish.
Our waitress was a nice Korean girl who gave me a great reaction when I said thanks and goodbye in Korean. A Korean meal is never complete without an honest Korean giggle and smile.

I have walked past the restaurant on a number of occasions, looked at the menu, decided $ 16.50 for bulgolgi soup was a bit pricey and instead visited their neighbour Viet Hoa where I can get a huge bowl of piping hot phở for $ 12.50. So when I saw a Groupon voucher, I jumped at the chance to give the restaurant a go.
The deal
$ 35 for a three-​course Korean dinner for two people
(total value up to $ 92.50)
Sharing platter of dumplings ($ 21.50 value)
Two mains from the hot plate menu (up to $ 34 value)
Two serves of steamed rice ($ 4 value)
Two noodle dishes (up to $ 26 value): We were only offered one noodle dish, but that was fine. We wouldn’t have finished a second.
Two soft drinks (up to $ 7 value)
I know a lot of people complain about getting restricted menus using vouchers, but this doesn’t bother me and I expect a set/​limited choice menu. I don’t think it was up to $ 92.50 in value, my guess is it was more like $ 60 – 70 but it was still a good deal.
Interior & Service
The interior of Cori Anna is very basic, there’s nothing fancy about it and there’s nothing notable to comment on. We were served by a very hip young Korean guy and he was efficient and friendly
The food
The food made up for what the atmosphere lacked. I forgot to take a photo of the dumplings and the sides. The steamed dumplings were OK. I thought they were a little bland and probably wouldn’t order them again.
My favourite dish was the Jap Chae noodles. Slippery sesame flavoured — it was the highlight of the meal for me.
The Spicy Pork Hot Plate dish was nice. It was spicy but not overpowering and the portion size was very generous.
I know some people dislike DIY BBQing at Korean restaurants, so if that’s you. then Cori Anna might be the place for you. I used to be a fan of BBQing but my most recent experience have resulted in dry overcooked meat, so I’m starting to think that DIY BBQing isn’t as great as I thought.
The Beef Bibimbap was good. I’m not a huge fan of this dish in general, so I’m not raving about it. I don’t like the chilli sauce or the vegies and egg mixed through it. However, as far as Bibimbap goes, I think it was pretty good.
Cori Anna had really good side dishes. A really good Kim Chee and a really tasty pickled raddish.
Overall
I would return. I think Cori Anna offers some decent Korean food at a reasonable price.
I found the flavours and sauces to be authentic and didn’t have that ‘bottled sauce’ taste.
I noticed on their menu that they sold Kimbap (which is like sushi but better) — I tried to order some to take away, but unfortunately they had sold out. I am going to return especially to try their Kimbap.

This is the place to go for Bibimbap! Not too expensive, attentive and friendly staff, and most importantly, great tasting food. The best part was they did not overload the dish with too much or poor quality meat. I would like to say that I will try other things on their menu, but I will be honest, this is my place for Bibimbap. I will be back for it again!

How can you tell if a Korean restaurant is authentic? When you can hear the sound of Koreans chatting happily to one another. That’s exactly what happened when I ate here last night. Everyone eating around me was Korean!
The wet weather made me crave a hot, spicy dinner so I felt it necessary to order the Beef Bibimbap. Served in a hot (and when I say hot, I mean «left-​my-​metal-​chopsticks-​on-​the-​bowl-​and-​threw-​them-​in-​the-​air-​when-​I-​picked-​them-​up» hot!!!) stone bowl, it definitely ticked the box. A mixture of minced beef, veggies and a perfect sunny side up egg, over steamed rice. What I love about the hot stone bowl is letting the rice sit for a bit until it becomes crunchy!
The meal also came with 3 banchan side dishes. I was especially taken with the danmuji! These are the yellow preserved radishes that you can buy at Asian groceries, to be sliced and eaten as is. At Cori Anna, they had prepared it in some garlic, pickled sauce and I couldn’t stop eating them!
I will have to go back again to try their fried chicken with sweet chilli sauce. The picture in the menu looked good!

This is Perth, it’s expensive and don’t us Perthians like to whinge about it. There are very few places where you can get a lunch that’s more exciting than a ham and cheese sandwich, for under a tenner. Cori Anna is one of those places.
For $ 10 you can select from a handful of tasty lunch specials (you can also pick from the complete menu too). I can’t remember the actual names of all the dishes but there was a beef dish, a squid dish and a pork dish; all stir-​fried with a plentiful mix of vegetables and served with rice.
I ordered the ubiquitous Bibimbap, which is a colourful bowl of chopped mushroom, carrot, cucumber, bean sprouts, spinach and ground beef on steamed rice, topped with a fried egg and served with hot chilli sauce. It’s a well-​rounded, light lunch and I felt good about every mouthful… especially as it was only $ 10.
It’s casual, it’s quiet, it’s cheap, it’s open all the time.
Will I be back? You know it!