Jian Korean Cuisine

Came here on a Saturday with my dad. We were planning go shop at Hmart and decided to grab some lunch upstairs.
This place is one of the busier places in the food court. The Korean lady wasn’t as helpful in answering my questions about the menu.
Ultimately settled on the la galbi and the pork bulgogi.
Both dishes comes with seaweed soup (meh), bean sprouts in some kimchi sauce, and radish/​daikon.
The la galbi wasn’t that great — flavors were somewhat bland. It comes on a sizzling cast iron plate. Probably not worth the 14 bucks for the meal.
The bulgogi was good — I would order this again. For $ 10, I was pretty stuffed after the meal and was a big lunch. Give this place 3.5 stars overall

You can get so-​so overpriced food at Jian Korean Cuisine.
LA Galbi was extremely thin. The beef was not great; it seemed low quality and not very flavourful. This dish was rather pricey for what you get ($ 12.99). About 2 stars
The jigae stew was okay, though it was very salty. About 3 stars.
The spicy red cabbage kimchi was mediocre. The other banchan was okay.

Some of the BEST Bi Bim Bop in Philly! Everytime we come to H Mart we make the stop for soup, noodles, their house made hot sauce is one of the best Ive ever had.

Stone Pot!
If you come early on a Saturday right about the time they open, there is still a lot of tables open and parking outside.
I’ve had 2 different stone pots here and enjoyed both of them.
The first one I had was Squid Stone Pot. The pot was really hot so my rice was a bit crispy — just the way I like it. The rice was still nice and hot up until my very last bit. However, the squid was a bit chewy so it was hard to bit apart.
The second one was the Veggie Stone Pot. I really liked everything in this mix, however, the pot was not hot enough this time so the rice was not crispy and cooled pretty quickly.
The guy here is super nice and helpful. You can ask him anything about the menu and can tell he knows his stuff.
There are water fountains around the area so if you wanted some water, you can just ask for a cup from the business you ordered food from.

Good good soup but wish they would leave the msg out. The soups sometimes all tast the same. When u ask them for more side dish they get all pissy. Ezra rice for 1.00 really? I come here if I can’t go to 5yh street the home of real Korean food. When u ask them to make something spicy they make it sweeter.

Came here as part of grocery shopping at H-​mart. The prices here are fantastic for Korean food, glad that it can be a more accessible and affordable part of our dinner routine.
We got 2 – 3 banchan with our dishes, and my soondubu was well-​flavored. It had more of a broth consistency/​was less stew like than what I was hoping for, but was hearty and full of seafood nevertheless.

Not perfect, but good enough for emergency cravings on days i dont feel like going all the way to cheltenham

This is where I get my Korean BBQ! Yum! It’s so tasty and so inexpensive.

I was in the 69^th Street area the other day, and I was looking for a spot to get some lunch. After passing up on countless cheese steak — pizza spots, I saw a asian guy smoking a cigarette in front of a store. I asked him if there was a Korean restaurant nearby and he replied” Yes, on the second floor of the H Mart around the corner”. I trekked a couple or blocks and found a building with a food market on the first floor and a food court and a few shops on the second floor.
I went over to Jian’s and because it was such cold day, I ordered a steamy bowl of yook kae jang which is sort of like phở. It came with steamed ricê, kim chee and a few sides of Korean style veggies. After paying, I asked the lady for some black pepper and generously sprinkled it all over the soup, it’s a trick I learned from a Korean roommate I had in school to make a dish even more spicy. The lady yelled out «too much «! I smiled and said «that’s how I like it «. The soup was okay, but it could of used more shredded beef and less egg for me. I didn’t feel it was kosher to write a review on a bowl of soup, so I ordered some kalbi, Korean style BBQ beef ribs to go. When I finally reached home I was hungry again and proceeded to chow down on some ribs! Not good, the ribs had never touched a flame and tasted like they were Marinaded for minutes instead of hours. A total fake out! Shame on them.

I really wanted to love this place but the food left me feeling a little disappointed. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good, it was actually kinda mehhh. On a recent trip to Philly, I had a sudden craving for kal bi (gal bi) so a friend suggested we head to the H Mart food court. The girl at the cash register was really nice and helpful in explaining what the different dishes were so we settled on the kal bi and bi bim bap. I’m not sure if I’ve become spoiled by the delicious Korean food in Hawai’i but these two dishes came across as bland (and you know that Korean food is usually a flavor explosion imploding in your mouth). The kal bi definitely wasn’t the saucy short ribs that I’ve become accustomed to and the bi bim bap didn’t really taste like anything. I’m gonna give this place another shot the next time I’m in Philly, mainly because the girl was so nice, but I am definitely not ordering the kal bi or bi bim bap.

This place is alright. I definitely had better Korean food, but it’s nice to stop by here after building up an appetite from shopping at H Mart.
I usually get the #2, which is a kimchi tofu soup that comes with rice and two side dishes (banchan). I don’t really like the banchan here. It typically comes with kimchi (which is very acidic and taste like kimchi from the jar) and daikon. I personally don’t like daikon. Daikon really doesn’t taste like anything and is firm like an uncooked potato. How is that appetizing?
I have also tried meat dishes here. They are decently priced at ~$ 10, but it’s much cheaper to buy marinated meat at H Mart and cook it at home (H Mart’s meat is just as tasty).

Good food and cheap. Rice, soup, 2 sides accompanying my order. All for 8 dollars and some change. Awesome!

This is the perfect place if u wants some authentic Korean fix and at a fair rate! I try most of the items on the menu but my favorite is the combo #30 the galbi also known as the short ribs, it is so delicious that I would always get 2 to 3 more orders Togo:)

So by eating here, I have now completed my tour of every place in this food court. Yay, me!
Here, I decided to try the omurice. An omelet with fried rice… why the hell not? In my times of coming to this food court, I happened to notice a lot of the regulars here eating this dish. The gentlemen behind the counter tells me it is really popular with the Korean students. Good enough endorsement for me.
It’s not overly flavorful, but it’s well made. Probably not the most adventurous thing to eat here. But, the rice was well made, flavored mildly with shrimp, and seemed to work very well with the egg. I’d eat it again.
But next time I’m going deeper into the menu.

I can’t comment on other food as it was my first time eating here, but yook hae jang was the worst I ever had. It had no taste.

Jian is a great place to connect with the inner Korean in all of us. So easy, so tasty, so cheap!
Both the pork bulgogi, and the pork and squid bulgogi are great. And at around $ 10 with tax, a fantastic deal. The squid and kimchi dol-​sot are also very good.
Jian is a nice alternative to more formal Korean restuarants; everyone can order what they like since the food isn’t served family style at Jian.

(4) ~ Overall Food & Service
MY MENU:
* (#19) Kimchi Dol-​Sot (heated)~ (4.5) Very good… get a side of Hot Sauce too.
* (#17) Bibimbab (cold) ~ (3.5) good
NOTES:
* It’s above the H-​Mart (Asian) Grocery on the second floor.
* Parking Lot is across the street. It’s usually free, but sometimes it’s $ 4.
* Yes, they take Credit Cards, but my (2) meals with drink was less than $ 20
* Cafeteria Style Seating

I very much enjoyed the bibimbap on the hot stone. The pork and squid bulgogi was also pretty good.
A bit of a trek from center Philadelphia, but worth going if you also go to do your shopping at H Mart. The restaurant is also very cheap.
Also…if you want the spicy sauce that usually comes with bibimbap be sure to ask for the hot sauce on the side.

This place is addictive! If this was closer to my work place I would be here every day. Cheap food in cafeteria style setting. The monk fish soup hits the spot every raining day. Now all I need is the soju!

this is located in the food court on the 2^nd floor above hmart. it is the ONLY place i eat at when i’m there. why? cuz their korean food is BOMB-​freakin-​TASTIC.
the other fast food places in the food court are all japanese or korean/​chinese fusion cuisines, so for me, this is an easy choice. the portions are huge and SO cheap! $ 8 for dolsot bibimbap? $ 7 for soondubu? $ 8 for kalbi? BRING IT ON!!!
each order also comes with a side of seaweed soup, rice, and some banchan (side dishes, usually consisting of kimchi, beansprouts, radish or cucumber). the sides are just ok. but tell me, where else in philly can you get fast food of such good quality and quantity for this kind of a price?
yesterday, i accidentally ordered pork belly. but it was SO GOOD and SPICY! serendipity, i tell ya :) you just can’t go wrong here.