San Dong Banjeom - Calgary

Visited this place on the weekend. You can tell by the people who go here that it is an authentic Korean place. Had the split dish with black bean noodles and the spicy seafood soup. Also had the red pepper and garlic chicken. Really enjoyed the chicken it had good flavour, some of the pieces were a bit fatty but overall good. The black bean noodles were also tasty. The spicy soup however I could not eat, it was SO spicy. I cannot handle a lot of heat but of the 2 spoonfuls I did have it was good. Be aware tho, that this is not a Korean BBQ place. I was craving bulgogi and they do not sell it. Most of their dishes are noodles, soups, rice dishes and some fried chicken/pork dishes. No grilled meat dishes.

This was a nice little restaurant in our neighborhood. Service was friendly and recommend the seafood pancake and black bean noodles. Will definitely be back to try other dishes

Hidden gem!! Was so happy my gf and I stumbled upon this place. On a Thursday evening at 8:30pm this med sized restaurant was near full house. <br/ <br/ Between the 2 of us we had the set dinner for 2 3 which included sweet and sour pork we ordered the sauce on the side. Portions are huge, battered perfectly and the sauce was more sour than sweet but def different from the typical Chinese style. The veggies with pork and steamed buns were my fave! Sauce was so addicting and they had some bamboo shoots which gave the dish good texture. Buns were soft and couldn't resist soaking up the sauce. Then the ultimate spicy seafood noodle soup AMAZING! The noodles are endless which is very rare. And the soup was perfect, right level of kick and can taste the seafood. <br/ <br/ The service was mediocre but given how busy it was it's acceptable. The chefs are awesome too, we packed our noodles to go and asked if we could get more soup, they made us some to take home. My gf and I can't wait to come back here!

We have frequented this mall many times as our puppy used to attend Dogma but we never really noticed this restaurant. Recently, while watching youtube, I discovered black bean noodles and they seemed quite intriguing. I looked up the closest Korean restaurant and stumbled upon this gem. We went at a slow time (5pm) and got a lovely seat right away. As soon as you open the door to this place you get a waft of amazing food smell. The ambiance is nothing special but the delicious smells make up for it. Service was quick and friendly. We ordered the half-half (spicy seafood noodle and black bean noodle -jajangmyeon) and the starchy noodle soup. The starchy soup was good but was not what the hubby was expecting, it was just too filling, but still good. My half-half on the other hand, was great. The spicy seafood noodle soup was good. I particularly enjoyed the amount of seafood it contained. Totally worth the reasonable price. The black bean sauce is very tasty and not as sweet as I imagined, which made it unique and delicious. The noodles were perfectly chewy and enjoyable. I would probably just order the black bean noodle next time (it was that good), along with their garlic fried pork (I've heard good things).We are definitely going back there as they have created a black bean noodle-lover!

This is one of my favorite places for a hearty home cooked meal when you need to carb up or just need some comfort food. I always get the half and half dish. Half spicy soup, half sweet noodles. The tteokbokki (spicy rice cake)  and sweet pork is also great.