Coreana Supermarket

This is somewhere you’d never know existed unless you happened to walk by. It’s on a side street off Capel St and is a treasure trove of Asian food, specialising in Korean.
One thing to try if you’re just dipping your toe in is their kimchi. It’s lovely to cook up at home with some fried rice and as easy as it gets.

This is a fairly hardcore Korean market, as the prior reviewer noted. Having said that, if you know Korean food or language, you’ll like this little gem, especially since Asian markets in Dublin tend to cater more towards Chinese foods and not Korean. There isn’t a huge price difference between this place and Han Yang but I do think the Maxim coffee I bought was a little cheaper here.
It is a rather compact place and like I said only really sells Korean foods and brands. If you are going shopping for Korean groceries, you’ll probably find what you need here. I didn’t really need to ask for assistance, so I can’t comment on helpfulness but when I paid I got a bow and thanks in Korean.

This spot used to be a florist but now a Korean grocery store as popped up in its place.
It clean and airy in there with nice sunlight coming in which really makes the colourful packaging come alive to be honest!
I was pulling a late night with work so I needed a food but options at the time were either a sandwich or a pizza in the area I was.
I popped in here looking for a healthier alternative. Firstly I don’t understand Korean so that did prove an issue when I bought a seaweed and rice soup,
«How do you make this?»
«Sorry I have not much english.»
Anyhow between the two of use we managed to figure out how to make it. The rice is microwaved, the broth is made with hot water.
I also bought rice crackers and a coconut soft drink. Armed with my food I settled down to eat it and realised that I basically bought a cup of sugar. I could not finish the drink and ate the rice crackers as the «soup» was a bit hard going.
Lovely to have other food stuff alternatives, I just wish that the packaging was a bit more english speaking friendly as I’m sure in there is something that I would love to eat!