My favorite Korean restaurants in Paris

In this article, you will find my top recommendations for Korean restaurants in Paris. This is a small selection of the restaurants I’ve had the chance to try in the capital, as I find this cuisine truly exotic and flavorful. For a long time, I’ve had a special attraction to Korea, a country of both tradition and daring, whether through its cinema, which I really enjoy, or its gastronomy. Obviously, as always, this guide is by no means exhaustive, and I highly encourage (or even urge!) you to leave your own favorite spots in the comments. I naturally update this article regularly to add new addresses I try over the years.

If you are looking for information on other Asian cuisines in Paris, I also have articles on my favorite Japanese restaurants or on Thai restaurants!

Spicy Korean fried chicken with fries and lime wedges at Krispy Korean Chicken Paris.

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Hallyu Kitchen

A personal favorite for this spot that successfully mixes Korean cuisine with a Parisian neighborhood bistro vibe, complete with sleek decor inspired by the streets of Seoul. In the dishes, the blend is also a success, and we particularly enjoyed the house specialty, the Ssam, a widespread way of eating grilled meat in Korea. I also recommend you try their cocktails and mocktails, which are highly original and served with a Korean twist!

We tasted : for appetizers, we tried the buchujeon, a type of pancake with garlic chives and squid (€12.50) which was delicious; their S-size fried chicken (€8.50), made to order and super crispy; as well as the k-egg mayo, eggs marinated in soy sauce, served with gochujang cheddar mayo (€5). For the main course, we tested the Ssam with beef bulgogi (which I recommend very, very highly – €19) and also with spicy chicken (€18). For dessert, we had the bukumi (€5), a mochi dough waffle filled with chocolate spread, and the black sesame crème brûlée (€9).

Preparation of a sparkling yellow cocktail in a textured whiskey glass at Hallyu Kitchen.

Pajeon (Korean vegetable pancake) from Hallyu Kitchen garnished with scallions.

Korean meal at Hallyu Kitchen with bulgogi, side dishes, and rice.

Woman eating Korean fried chicken at Hallyu Kitchen Paris.

Interior of the Korean restaurant Hallyu Kitchen with a counter and red tables.

Hallyu Kitchen marinated Korean eggs with spicy sauce and green onion.

Smiling woman eating a Korean dish with a lettuce leaf at Hallyu Kitchen.

Korean meat dish (Bulgogi) served with rice and side dishes at Hallyu Kitchen.

Hallyu Kitchen Paris interior, set tables and stone walls.

Creamy Korean dessert with a spoon in a ramekin at Hallyu Kitchen.

Korean restaurant Hallyu Kitchen interior with red tables and stone wall.

Korean restaurant Hallyu Kitchen in Paris, corner of rue Clauzel and Henry Monnier.

Hallyu Kitchen Paris restaurant interior with stone walls and benches.

Hallyu Kitchen
6 rue Henry Monnier 75009 Paris
Price : appetizers between €5 and €12.50 / main courses between €14 and €24 / desserts between €5 and €9 / cocktails and mocktails between €9 and €12

Krispy Korean Chicken

This restaurant located in the 17th near Place de Clichy, offers you to discover Korean street-food. It specializes in Korean crispy fried chicken, 100% homemade with high-quality ingredients (which makes all the difference!) and I must say it is the best I have eaten in Paris so far! The story of the address began with a food truck in 2019 and then the opening in 2023 of the first permanent restaurant in the 17th arrondissement.

I recommend you get a sharing menu if you come with others so you can taste the chicken marinated in several different sauces that are delicious, in either spicy or non-spicy versions (pepper, traditional with Korean chili, sojail with soy and garlic, barbecue…). To accompany all this, you must have a light Korean beer (€5 or €6), and if you don’t drink alcohol, I recommend their homemade iced tea (€5), which is very good and not too sweet, or try the Korean soft drinks. For dessert, don’t miss the hotteok, a crispy pancake filled with nuts and cinnamon made to order on site; it’s a staple of Korean street food (price €6). Otherwise, the house also has very good seasonal desserts (€4) that rotate, such as homemade cookies or matcha tiramisu.

Korean crispy fried chicken in a fryer at Krispy Korean Chicken Paris.

Crispy Korean fried chicken with fries, rice, sauce, and a lime wedge.

Red Sempio Gochujang containers (Korean chili paste) displayed on a rack.

Facade of the restaurant Krispy Korean Fried Chicken in Paris with "Take Away" signage.

Krispy Korean Chicken Paris interior, staff preparing an order behind the counter.

Krispy Korean Chicken interior with Cass bottles and Gochujang sauces on a shelf.

Korean fried chicken with fries, rice, and sauce at Krispy Korean Chicken Paris.

Cass Fresh Cold Brewed Korean beer with blue glasses and a red bottle.

Dessert with whipped cream and nuts in a white bowl at Krispy Korean Chicken.

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Krispy Korean Chicken
22 rue Biot 75017 Paris
Price : discovery sharing menu at €40 (18 pieces of chicken with 6 different sauces + 2 sides) / classic krispy chicken meal 5 pieces + sauce + side €14 / desserts between €4 and €6
The good deal : lunch special with 5 pieces of chicken + 1 sauce + 1 side + 1 seasonal dessert + 1 classic soft drink for €18
Good to know : vegetarian option with fried tofu
Link to the restaurant’s website

Mari Mari

This little Korean canteen is located near the Opéra district in Paris. It offers very nice set menus that allow you to taste several specialties: kimbaps (between €12 and €15), a type of Korean maki; toppokis (€15), small rice cakes pan-fried in a sweet and spicy sauce; Korean-style dakgangjeong fried chicken (€15 for 10 pieces); Korean fried tuiguim fritters (€15); for dessert, mochis (€4)… And I also recommend you test the house’s non-alcoholic signature drinks (€8), which are very good!

Interior of Mari Mari Paris restaurant with employee and displayed menus.

Mari Mari Gimbap with soy sauce and green drink.

Smiling woman drinking an iced drink with a straw at Mari Mari Paris.

Spicy Tteokbokki with kimchi and Korean fried chicken, Mari Mari Paris.

Cut Gimbap on a tray with side dishes at Mari Mari Paris.

Korean meal at Mari Mari: kimbap, tteokbokki, fried chicken, and drinks.

Woman enjoying Korean fried chicken and tteokbokki at Mari Mari Paris.

Menu order at the counter of Korean restaurant Mari Mari in Paris.

Hand holding a small espresso cup with red rim on a wooden saucer.

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Mari Mari
23 rue d’Antin 75002 Paris
Price : express take-away menu €15 / set menus between €16 and €18 / non-alcoholic signature drinks €8 / desserts between €4 and €10

Séoul Mama

This Korean canteen has two locations in Paris, a first address opened in the 15th arrondissement and another very close to the Luxembourg Gardens. I’ve had the opportunity to try both addresses, by the way. On the menu, there are main dishes like DupBap (bowl of rice with sautéed vegetables, an egg yolk, and meat or tofu and avocado of your choice) and Korean Curry slightly spicy, also with sautéed vegetables, rice, and fried lotus root with your choice of beef bulgogi, spicy pork, chicken, or tofu and avocado. For small dishes, I also recommend trying the Mi Mandu, homemade Korean dumplings that are truly delicious (€10.50). For dessert, we obviously tried the matcha tiramisu (€8).

Facade of the Korean restaurant Seoul Mama in Paris.

Interior of the Séoul Mama restaurant with a green tiled counter and a customer seated.

Korean Mandus with chives and sauce, served at Séoul Mama Paris.

Bowl of Korean bibimbap with meat, egg yolk, and vegetables at Séoul Mama.

Customer eating a Korean dish at Séoul Mama with bowls of rice.

Korean meal with bibimbap and a dish in sauce at Séoul Mama Paris.

Séoul Mama bar in Paris with a green tiled counter and wooden shelves.

Creamy raspberry and matcha dessert served in a pot at Séoul Mama.

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Séoul Mama
33 Rue Violet, 75015 Paris
245 bis Rue Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris
Price : DupBap and Korean curry between €18 and €19 / small dishes between €10.50 and €12.50 / desserts between €7 and €8.50
The good deal : lunch menu (except weekends and public holidays) small dish + main course €21

Hite Family

This Korean restaurant located not far from the grands boulevards, invites you to discover a korean chimaek from South Korea, a place to drink, and eat, a concept that combines the conviviality of a bar, with quality dishes, to eat alone but above all to share.

To taste : the korean fried chicken, farm-raised fried chicken with a crispy breading coated in Korean sauces such as yangnyeom chicken, with a sweet and slightly spicy taste (choice between 5 pieces and 36 pieces for large groups and prices between €10 and €55); japchae, sweet potato vermicelli with vegetables (€9); fried mandu, Korean fried chicken and vegetable dumplings (€7 for 5 pieces); kimchi bokkeumbap, fried rice with fermented cabbage kimchi, served with a fried egg and your choice of meat (€16); to accompany all this, the address offers a selection of Korean beers by the bottle (between €6 and €7).

Korean fried chicken glazed with red sauce and sesame at Hite Family Paris.

Woman eating Korean fried chicken at Hite Family in Paris.

Blue neon sign indicating "가문지" and soju bottles hanging at Hite Family.

Gangnam and Kloud Original Korean beer bottles with glasses in Paris.

Interior of Korean restaurant Hite Family Paris with stone walls and lighted decorations.

Fried Mandu (Korean dumplings) served on newspaper, fried chicken in background.

Woman eating Korean Japchae noodles at Hite Family Paris.

Facade of Hite Korean street food restaurant in Paris with wooden sign.

Staff at the counter of Hite Family Paris restaurant in front of shelves of Korean drinks.

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Restaurant Hite Family
34bis Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, 75010 Paris
Link to the restaurant’s website

Sweetea’s Paris

This Korean brand has two locations in Paris, but for our part, we tested the 13th arrondissement address which is not far from our home. We really liked the design and the curves of the place. The establishment offers Korean fusion cuisine, a bit on the “porn food” side. As an appetizer to share, we took the kimchi cheese pancake, which we loved; it is a pancake with kimchi and mozzarella (€11). We also tested their fried chicken and also a dish that I found quite strange, the fish cake soup, a fish paste soup (€15). For drinks, I recommend you try the homemade lemonades (€5).

Finally, as a main dish to share, we tested the cheese Bulgogi (€33), marinated beef with mozzarella, leeks, kimchi, mushrooms, onions, chives, and especially a lot of cheese. Verdict: we weren’t super excited by the dish, which we found too greasy and a bit sickening… Conclusion: we really fell in love with the decor of the place, but we will come back to try perhaps another dish, because that one didn’t convince us.

Woman in front of the illuminated sign of the Sweetea's restaurant in Paris.

Korean Oden with spiral fish balls and green vegetables at Sweetea's Paris.

Woman eating Korean dishes (grilled meat, fried chicken) at Sweetea's Paris.

Korean meal: fried chicken, odeng skewers, and pancake on a Sweetea's Paris table.

Two patterned glasses with drinks, one yellow and one red, on a wooden table.

Woman eating melting beef with cheese with chopsticks in a Korean restaurant.

Modern interior of Sweetea's Paris with light wooden arches and set tables.

Sweetea's Paris restaurant interior with wooden tables and view of the street.

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Sweetea’s Paris
109 avenue d’Ivry 75013 Paris

Bekseju Village

The Bekseju Village restaurant in Paris, located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, not far from my home. This establishment is actually the French showcase for the Bekseju alcohol brand, the number one drink in South Korea. It is a wine brewed from rice and twelve secret spices, very mild, which is drunk cool, or even iced, in small glasses, and which pairs perfectly with Korean gastronomy.

See my full article on Bekseju Village

Korean meal: Jokbal, kimchi-jjigae, rice and spicy octopus at Bekseju Village.

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