Gul Hyang

Ordered Oyster Rice, which is just regular rice mixed with bunch of oysters in a traditional pot. You eat it after mixing it with soy sauce. It was ok.

If there was a zero star rating that is what I would rate this restaurant. We arrived there for lunch time and noticed that there was only one person working and running around taking orders, serving food and acting as a cashier. He was trying to help everyone as fast as he can and it is understandable in this economy to cut down on employees. The problem started when more customers came in and orders became backup and customers including ourselves became frustrated. We came as a group of 4. The first meal arrived on our table 20 minutes after we ordered and the 2^nd and 3^rd arrived about 40 minutes after we ordered. When we called our server who was running around we noticed another gentlemen working also, maybe the owner. He came up to our table and asked what was wrong and proceeded to the kitchen to find out what was going on. 10 minutes after that he came and said there was a mix up and the order had not gone thru. He said «I’m sorry». He didn’t bother to ask what we wanted to do, he just said «I’m sorry». He came back to our table a few minutes after that with the check (we DIDN’T even ask for it) and said he didn’t charge us for the order that didn’t go thru. We were like WTF? Of course we should be charged for the meal that we never received. When we started complaining about the service he raised his voice and asked us what we wanted to do. He started complaining to us as if it was our fault for complaining that we never received our food!
I have never seen such bad customer service in my life. As for the food, to call themselves an oyster place, I still think they have a long way to go.

i translate it as oyster aroma unlike the other guy, but either way it works. went there with mom, who was distracted by the sign on her way to meet me at bcd and called me to change venues.
the parking lot is the one for the bank — second driveway after the restaurant (don’t park in the lot for the boba place). it was pretty empty when we went — around 7pm on a sat. it’s very spacious and the decorations are authentic antique korean things. really well done. the service was a bit slow but pleasant. i can imagine it getting bumpin later at night, with it’s menu pages of beverages and anju.
you always judge a korean restaurant by the banchan. this place was good. we ordered the oyster pancakes with minari — korean watercress. it was wonderfully crisp with lots of seafood (not just oysters, though that might’ve been better) and served with a slightly vinegary dipping soy sauce. the best thing we ate. we also got the oyster kimchi casserole. the serving was very large — in a pot — and they brought a stove to keep it hot on. it was very spicy and had mushrooms, squid, and decent amount of oysters. good to share with maybe three people. the last thing we got was a belt fish in spicy sauce dish. two pieces of fish with a few vegetables. good but not sure it it’s worth the price.
i think their specialty is the oyster rice but it takes 20 minutes to make (the food was a bit slow in coming, as it was) and you have to order two servings, at the least. we opted to try other things.

I like meeting new people. I really do. However, it’s hard to put myself – or, rather, my palate – in the hands of someone I do not know very well. I still shudder when I think about the last time I went with a friend who supposed knew «a great Chinese restaurant» and ended up with a case of what I call the «slip and slides»; a phrase that I think is fairly descriptive if you’ve ever had food that’s disagreed with your digestive system. As in had a violent, fit-​throwing, temper-​tantrum, explosive argument-​kind of disagreement.
I was initially concerned when I looked up this place on mobile Unilocal,as Gul Hyang still used the paper place mat for the previous restaurant that read «E-​Hwa Jang.»
~ «Oh goodness,» I thought, «prepare for the slip and slide.»
Thankfully, other than adopting the place mat (gotta love that Asian businessmen frugality), Gul Hyang really has nothing in common with the previous restaurant. For starters, of course, the food is completely different.
The literal translation of gul hyung is «Oyster House», and I would say that this is a pretty accurate translation and suggestion of what to order.
My new friend ended up ordering for a group of us (four dudes):
No. 3: Pan-​fried oysters with green onion ($ 16.50)
No. 9: Assorted wraps with oysters and pork ($ 29.00)
No. 8: Pollack stew ($ 13.00)
I was really impressed with the oysters, especially the oyster pancakes (No. 3). Normally, this is made with fish, but with oyster it was great. The pollack stew (No. 8) was also very good, except it was a bit spicy for a couple of my friends (they were Caucasian). The raw oysters in the assorted wrap plate (No. 9) were really fresh, but I would avoid it if you have not worked up to eating raw oysters that have been shucked and taken out of their shells.
I should mention that the numbering of items starts anew on each page of the menu, so look for the English translation if you can’t read Korean!
The moral of the story? Learning to trust others has its benefits…