Kang Seo

I’m so glad I came here! I have been craving authentic dolsot bibimbap for years, and this place delivered!
The interior and atmosphere are authentic Korean. You will find a button on your table. Pressing the button will alert the staff to visit your table and take your order, refill your drinks, or help you with anything else you need. He will be brought a multitude of Korean side dishes including kimchi and vegetables.
We ordered ox tail soup (), dolsot bibimbap), and chicken galbi. The soup has a mild tasting broth with thin noodles and knobs of ox tail bone with some meat on it. I recommend stirring in some of the chopped green onions that will be at your table. The dolsot bibimbap is the reason I came to this restaurant. It’s kind of like a rice-​with-​everything dish, and if you get it served in the stone bowl, the rice will crisp on the bottom, which is nice and crispy and my favorite way to eat bibimpbap. Be sure to put in some of the gochujang, the spicy red sauce that will be available. It will bring everything to a tasty new level. I didn’t have very much of the chicken galbi, but it was also very delicious.

Pretty good.
I didn’t even bother looking at their menu. They have their «specials» right on the table hanging above the salt.
Seolungtang for $ 7.99
Wooguji kalbitang for $ 7.99
Gamjatang $ 7.99…so on
Definitely a more Korean friendly restaurant, although I saw a couple of American people. (Waitress seemed proficient in English)
The food is more traditional Korean. Seolungtang is a bone broth soup that’s milky. It comes with thin rice white noodles and pieces of beef.
Their soup came with a lot of beef for $ 7.99.
Their banchan selection was nothing out of ordinary, I really like the seaweed one which I haven’t seen in other Korean restaurants.
I don’t really like their gakdoogi (radish kimchi). I like mine really sweet, which probably older Korean population wouldn’t like.
Overall, I would say good service, good food, good price!

Really good panchan, awesome galbitang and sundae gu. Very clean and newer interior and bathroom. Extremely friendly staff. Definitely stop by!

Great place.
It seems like this is the only place that serves Sul rung tang in it’s proper format.
They have great Radish kimchi as well. They also sell take home pack in set of 5? that we bought and saves us a trip and a bit of money.
Servers are very nice too. Something you rarely see these days from Korean establishments.

Stopped in because Umaido was closed. Had the seafood stone bowl bibimbap. Could have used some help with the menu, but was very pleased with my meal nonetheless. Plus, there was this pickled broccoli panchan that was really delicious.

Mackerel and Kim chi excellent. No descriptions here, just that the dishes were excellent. Service friendly and helpful when deciding what to order

Kang Seo is a Korean restaurant that specializes in hot pots, soups, and stews (guk or tang). They also have a limited selection of BBQ, such as galbi (beef short ribs) and spicy pork bulgogi (spicy marinated pork), and bibimbap mixed rice bowls. The restaurant is located in the Korean shopping center next to the Suwanee H Mart, not far from I-​85 exit 111 (SR 317, Lawrenceville Suwanee Road). This is the same shopping center as Umaido (ramen), Mozart Bakery, Sodeulnyuk (Korean food), and Kang Buk (Japanese/​Korean sushi).
Kang Seo mainly caters to metro Atlanta’s Korean community, though in recent years, they’ve made small changes to accommodate more of the non-​Korean crowd. Previously, their storefront sign was printed only in Korean. Today, the words «Korean Cuisine» and «Kang Seo» now flank either side of the sign’s Korean text.
The interior resembles a traditional Korean restaurant with wooden furniture and décor, semi-​private booths (each containing tables for four), wood-​and-​paper lanterns hanging from above, and wallpaper adorned with Korean calligraphy. A taller wall/​partition separates the larger, private group dining area. It’s a casual atmosphere. There’s a TV at one end of the restaurant.
The menu isn’t very big. There are English descriptions for every dish, but they aren’t well translated nor very descriptive. It would be nice if they provided the romanized name for each menu item. Appetizers (e.g. Korean blood sausage, stir-​fried squid, octopus) and hot pots are roughly $ 20 – 30 each. These are best shared in small groups of about four people. The soups, stews, and rice bowls (bibimbap), individually portioned, are about $ 10 – 15 each. Korean BBQ is about $ 14 – 18 per plate.
Two of the restaurants most popular items include the sul lung tang (also spelled «seolleongtang») and the galbi tang. The sul lung tang is ox bone soup. The galbi tang is beef short rib soup.
Kang Seo serves sul lung tang in four different varieties. I like what’s listed on the menu as «combination meat stock soup» because it comes with a variety of ingredients such as brisket and tendon (kind of like phở dac biet). Also included is a piece of ox tail with the bone.
The broth of sul lung tang is milky white and bland. This is by design because it’s customary for the seasoning to be done at the table. Side dishes of chopped scallion and soy sauce are provided. You can add these, along with pepper (black or red), to flavor the broth to personal taste. Sul lung tang is an acquired taste for some. I find it to be hearty and comforting.
The cuts of ox meat are relatively fresh and delicious. It can be cumbersome, and sometimes messy, to eat around the ox tail bone. In general, Kang Seo makes arguably the best sul lung tang in the Atlanta area.
The galbi tang is a good soup too. Just because it has galbi (beef short ribs), don’t expect the flavor to be the same as galbi BBQ. The bite-​sized chunks of short rib are nice and tender. The broth is tasty and includes a few vegetables, the main one being cabbage, along with spring onion, regular onion, and daikon. This is a comforting soup that hits the spot, particularly on cold days, but eating it in the summertime is perfectly fine too.
The banchan spread at Kang Seo is adequate. Banchan are complementary Korean side dishes included with your meal. The kimchi here is great. Other banchan I’ve encountered include potato salad, spicy and pickled daikon, spicy greens, eggplant, carrots, and scallion, pickled bean sprouts, and odeng bokkeum (slices of spicy fish cake). Banchan selection can vary. Aside from the kimchi, my favorite is easily the odeng. Consider it a treat if it’s available on your visit.
You may be given complimentary cups of sikhye at the end of your meal. This is a traditional Korean rice punch. It has sugar so it’s sweet and it also contains pine nuts. I love the stuff.
Service is good. The servers are older Korean ladies who don’t speak English very well. If you don’t speak Korean, there may be a language barrier. They know enough to get by. At least they make a genuine effort and are friendly and attentive. A call button is located at every table so a server can be called for immediate assistance. I support this Korean restaurant custom.
Kang Seo is open seven days a week from 10:30am to 10:30pm, except for Sundays when they close at 10:00pm.

Service was nice. I ordered the seafood pancake and the goat meat in hot pot. The seafood pancake is good, but the goat soup is not so good. It feels like it lacks some flavor. Price is reasonable.

Wow! I think that’s a great intro here.
It is in a mainly Asian business sector of Suwanee and the food is, to quote someone, Out of Bounds!
Had Soondae Guk and it was every bit of awesomeness blood sausage, soft bone and veggies! Yes, you can say I am crazy but in all fairness, man was it good…
Menu caters principally to Korean crowd and English translations are poor at best. If you do visit, come with someone who has some experience with Korean food for the best experience and avoiding the faux pas of ordering something like Soondae Guk your first time, unless of course you like that sort of thing like me.
Plan to be back as many times as possible when I either travel through or stay in Atlanta.
Oh yes, the servers… attentive and very little English…

Just ate here last week for the first time. If you are looking for good Korean food this is the place to go! Great pricing and portions! Service is good and friendly too. I would pretty much recommend to anyone. The menu wasn’t too hard to choose from like a lot of Asian Menus so I was very happy about that. Will be coming back very soon. Go Kang Seo!

A few members of the family were sick with a cold. We wanted good bone broth! We moved from NY a year ago, where the Korean food is very good. Reading reviews for Kang Seo, we gave it a try Mon night for dinner. My 3 young boys shared a. We were going to order 2 but the waitress told us 1 would be enough, and she was right. There was enough broth for 3 bowls of rice. My daughter ordered the. Her first time ordering a mildly spicy dish. It was still a bit too spicy for her but she loved it so much, she finished the entire dish. My husband ordered the, which uses the same broth as the but has different meats in it. He couldn’t be happier and felt better afterwards. I got the bc it’s my fave Korean dish. It didn’t disappoint. 2 days later, I am feeling sick and we came again for some bone broth. The whole restaurant… food and staff… makes you feel at home. Good food for your tummy and your soul. Service is exceptional. Both times, they were attentive and went beyond what was expected. Our family will be coming here regularly.

My favorite winter time restaurant.
Love their hot soups menu.
Have several lunch price soup at 7.99.
I don’t really care for kinchee but this is the
only Korean restaurant where I would actually eat
kimchee. At other Korean restaurants, I never touch them. I just like their kimchee. Just my preference.

Fantastic! The seafood bi bim bap did not disappoint. The banshan are fresh little plates of goodness. All of the staff smiled and were very friendly. I’ll be coming back soon.

Small but good selection on their lunch menu. One of my favorite places to go for some korean food

So this place was my pick for a lunch meet up with a date today. Eh. The food was okay with its limited menu choices. I wasn’t into my beef and cabbage soup too much. It was good, but it wasn’t my thing. Still, the quality was there for it being a soup.
The service was attentive, genuine, and sweet. The ladies had a smile on each time they made their way to our table. They didn’t rush us either after finishing our meal but gave us ample time to sit around before asking if we wanted the check.
Parking was readily available since this was in a complex. Aim for Hmart as the main reference point. Kang Seo was more towards the front on the right hand side near Umaido and Mozart.

What a fabulous meal! Coming off a trip from Jamaica resort-​icky food, our family needed fresh and fabulous! We found it here. I’m admittedly not a Korean food expert, and the menu had very little English description, so I went the safe route with fried rice with octopus and a spicy red paste sauce. It was served in a HOT stone pot and was excellent. The side dishes were fresh, crunchy vegetables and were also amazing.
Friendly waitstaff and clean environment all made this a quite enjoyable experience.

Having a serious flu, and still trying to recover from it, I was really in the mood for some good olé Korean soup, not the standard tofu soup, but oxtail soup. I usually bother my grandma when I have urges for more authentic Korean food than tofu soup, but being sick, and going over to their place is never a good idea, especially if one is battling cancer and needs all his white blood cells fighting the important things than a dang flu virus.
I Unilocaled searched Sulungtang, and this gem popped up. Now, it was a GOOD drive for us, but BF was more than willing to go since he saw how miserable I looked and felt. His brother and GF joined us as well. The brothers had suluntang for their first time in California with my mom, so they were pretty excited to be able to enjoy it again since most Korean restaurants don’t offer it. D decided to stray from the oxtail soup and tried the soft tendon soup, which is also another favorite of mine. His soup was DELICIOUS! The tendon was cooked to perfection, and the soup is just my oh my.
You do have to add your own salt and season it the way you like, but that was perfect since we all 3 had varying levels of saltyness that we wanted in our soup. E’s GF ordered a plate of the LA Galbi, and it looked and smelled delicious.
We also ordered a plate of the soon dae (Korean sausage with pigs blood, rice, noodle, etc) and it wasn’t as fantastic as my go-​to soon dae place, but it was still satisfying nonetheless.
Service was top-​notch. The sweet ladies were always VERY attentive, and constantly made sure we never ran out of banchan. They joked with us, and ultimately, provided the best service I’ve ever received at a Korean restaurant.
Despite the drive, this WILL be my go to Korean spot from now on when I want something more than tofu soup. They have a few soups that I would love to try that most restaurants almost NEVER have! :)

This place is great. Truly one of the better Korean restaurants in Georgia (Metro Atlanta) particularly due to their excellent Sullung tang and side dishes. The quality of the food here is high and one of my favorite spots for a good hot beef stew or other stew for that matter.
The prices are reasonable and the service here is great.
Don’t forget to stay for dessert (shikkae aka Korean rice drink which they sometimes call punch. but it’s not a punch imho).
The only negative I can think of is some of the servers can not speak English. An extra bonus point can be given to them for recently updating their store sign to include «Kang Seo» written out in English which makes it easier for foreigners to find. However, that being said, I recommend the management require all employees to take at minimum a 30 minute crash course in basic conversational English. Then they would be over the top.
Anyway, 4.823 stars rounded up makes this an easy 5 solid Unilocal stars for me.
p. s. have a positive day.

It seems that the further I get from Atlanta, the better the Korean food is… Just sayin.’
Anyways, this plaza has everything good going for it with many solid food venues; best ramen shop, best Sul-​long-​tang joint, least crowded Hmart, and best yang-​nyum chicken place (inside Hmart). Not to name names or anything.
Whenever I visit this soup-​house, I am grateful to be there, sniffing the air and waiting patiently for my turn to eat some white velvety-​brothy-​salvation.
Service is fast and to the point.
The menu just lists their best dishes, no padding needed.
Traditional style dishes only, no fusion and nothing fancy.
If you need a detox soup, or just a better alternative to American breakfast— Gang-​Soh is where it’s at! At under ten bucks, with an unlimited amount of side dishes, it is really hard to turn down. Not the best bone soup I have ever had, but the best in the Atlanta area.
Do you know of any place better?
Gripe-​gripe. The English name is written Kang Seo, which confuses English speakers— is that pronounced Kkang-​xeo? This place is not Vietnamese. It is pronounced with a soft «g» as «gang» and then «so,» soooooo I’m writing it Gang-​Soh from now on.
Does anyone know their open hours?

I’m not a fan of Sul Lung Tang. They are usually bland and tasteless. Not so at Kang Seo. Their Sul Lung Tang tastes awesome. It’s probably the best Sul Lung Tang I’ve ever had in my life.
To make Sul Lung Tang, you need to cook the beef bone for a long time. That will result in a milky, creamy, tasty broth. Most places don’t cook it long enough, or they add (gasp!) milk to simulate the milky texture. I think they do it right at Kang Seo.
Sure, you still need scallions and salt to make the Sul Lung Tang flavors pop at Kang Seo. But the base flavors are there, and it is good.
I tried their DaengJang Cchigae. That tasted great too! It had great, bold flavors and came bubbling hot. I can’t believe how great it tasted.
The Sundae platter tasted great too! The blood sausages were made perfectly and all the offals tasted awesome. Man can they get anything wrong?
Their banchans were great! They sure know how to make quality Korean food. And they gave you a lot of banchans. Not piddling amounts like other Korean restaurants.
Their dolsot bibimbap came in a wide stone bowl. That way the heat will distribute better. I had a taste, and it tasted good too! WTF? Do they make anything that sucks?
The crazy thing is, Kang Seo is cheap! You can get an awesome meal for a decent price. Too bad it’s 50 billion miles away from civilization. And that’s my only complaint.