Korean in the burbs

Every korean spot we vouch for, across every town we cover. Cross a town line for the good ones. That's the whole point.

The picks

Bam Bam Kitchen

Ardmore korean fried chicken takeout

Korean cooking on East Lancaster Avenue, from double fried chicken with your pick of sauce to bibimbap that comes out in a sizzling stone bowl if you eat in. Entrees arrive with the day's banchan.

4.6 (409) on Google

31 E Lancaster Ave

JI IN Korean Eatery

Kennett Square korean takeout

Korean eatery on West State with a short menu, which usually means the bibimbap and fried chicken get real attention. One of the few Korean tables out here.

148 W State St

KORI

Lansdale korean bbq

Korean barbecue in a converted diner on Sumneytown Pike, banchan and all. Reservations happen by phone, old-school.

4.5 (342) on Google

709 Sumneytown Pike

Mr. Andy's Chicken

Jenkintown korean takeout

Korean fried chicken on West Avenue, the double-fried, stays-crunchy kind. Order more than you think you need.

4.5 (214) on Google

709 West Ave 1st Fl

Korean cooking on Rittenhouse Place, with gimbap, tteokbokki, jjajangmyeon and fried chicken in soy garlic or hot and spicy. Ordering runs through their own site rather than a delivery app. Closed Mondays.

4.4 (73) on Google

68 Rittenhouse Pl

O2 K-BBQ

Exton korean bbq

All-you-can-eat Korean BBQ with the grill right at your table and a meat list the menu counts at 21 varieties. This is the Pennsylvania half of a two-spot operation; the other is up in Guttenberg, NJ.

600 W Uwchlan Ave

Oishi

Newtown japanese thai korean

One kitchen covering Japanese, Thai, and Korean menus on the Eagle Road corridor near the Village at Newtown. The spot that ends the what-are-we-in-the-mood-for negotiation.

2808 S Eagle Rd

SALT Korean BBQ

North Wales korean bbq date night

Korean barbecue that takes its name literally: USDA Prime beef grilled at the table, finished with a lineup of four salts from Maldon to Bolivian Rose. Combo spreads climb to the Superior, a wagyu-ribeye-and-lobster board built for a table of six.

1222 Welsh Rd Unit H1

Sang-Hi

North Wales chinese korean takeout

Korean-Chinese cooking at scale: jjamppong noodles in a spicy seafood broth, in a dining room that seats 180 with private rooms to book. It's the sibling restaurant of Salt Korean BBQ in the same plaza, and the portions are built for leftovers.

3.9 (382) on Google

1222 Welsh Rd D-7

Sesami

Ardmore takeout casual lunch

Asian fast casual on West Wynnewood Road. Build-your-own rice bowls, bento boxes that come with a fried wonton and a mushroom spring roll, and Taiwanese night market popcorn chicken. Closed Sundays.

4.9 (226) on Google

1531 W Wynnewood Rd

Soko Bag Korean Fried Chicken

Phoenixville korean fried chicken takeout

Korean fried chicken on Nutt Road with a following that borders on devotional and a near-perfect 4.9 across hundreds of reviews. Double-fried, sauced, gone.

4.9 (1.7k) on Google

95 Nutt Rd

Songsan Korean BBQ

Ardmore korean bbq takeout

Korean cooking on Rittenhouse Place, where the menu runs from a Table BBQ section to dolsot bibimbap, tteokbokki and Korean fried chicken by the six-piece. The $22 KBBQ platter special tops their own best-seller list.

4.2 (196) on Google

66 Rittenhouse Pl

State Street Kitchen

Newtown american korean breakfast

A daytime counter on South State where the cheesesteaks and hoagies share a menu with Korean cooking, run by Micha Kearney for more than 20 years. The kitchen shuts by mid-afternoon, so it's a breakfast-and-lunch stop, not a dinner plan.

4.8 (319) on Google

24 S State St