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We visit 3-5 Korean restaurants every time my husband and I visit NYC and Mandoo Bar was the WORST one we've ever been to. All the Korean restaurants in the area are a lot better than that. First of all, we thought it was pricey for mandoos but we thought it would be a good place since they were shown on a Korean TV show but we regret that we went there. We went there last weekend and I ordered Combo Mandoos so I can try three different mandoos (pork, seafood and veggie). They all turned out to be a disappointment. I got them 10 minutes later and they all tasted the same and bland, very little flavor. My husband ordered Ramen with Mandoos and he had to wait 30 minutes to get his food. The restaurant wasn't especially busy at that time and I know it takes less than 10 minutes to make ramen so we don't understand why it took so long. When we complained to the waiter, he told us to wait only a couple more minutes, and we had to wait 10 more. My husband finally got his ramen, but guess what, it was barely cooked! Also, on the way to the bathroom, I found the side dishes piled next to the bathroom door, all opened. We decided not to complain again since we were about to miss our bus. We went to there because we wanted something quick before we catch our bus and we knew places like that serve food pretty quickly but we had to wait so long and almost missed our bus.
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"I have limited experience with mandoo, but I just loved the combination of flavors and seasonings, it was just the right mix for me. Juicy and tasty... succulent... YUM!..."
"At this appealing little dumpling shop on Little Korea's main drag, you can watch the ladies making the little oval treats in the window on your way to one of the blond-wood cafeterialike tables in the back. There are plenty of dumplings, or mandoo, to ch..."
"The heart of Manhattan's Koreatown is 32nd Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues -- and the number of Korean restaurants on that 1 block is dizzying. You'll know you've found Mandoo Bar when you see the two women in the window lovingly rolling and stuffi..."
"The main attraction are obviously the mandoo--theirs have thick doughy wrappers and the typical variety of meat and vegetable fillings, spiced up by the occasional inclusion of kimchi, the fiery Korean radish. We were partial to the goon mandoo, pan-fried..."
"This weekend was sell day for most banks, so there were many a soon-to-be banker enjoying the all-expense-paid hedonism, the fruits of a grueling interview process. I hopped on this bandwagon and was convinced by N, that I, too, deserved a weekend in the..."
"Three or four minutes after ordering the ten seafood mandoos ($7. The orange dumplings on a blue plate certainly made for a visually arresting contrast, which may well have been the intention, as the dish was otherwise completely ungarnished and unadorned..."
"Mandoo are Korean dumplings, the chief attraction at 32nd Street's Mandoo Bar, where they're hand-formed in the window by a pair of nimble-fingered women who stop traffic with their engaging labors. We're partial to the steamed kimchi mandoo, in which the..."
"I have never been to Mandoo Bar and I would live to go there, but I just have to say overall there is nothing like Korean food. Ever since my first bite of kimchi, I have never gone back to eating Chinese or Japanese...."
"One specialist place which I have been wanting to go check out for quite a while is Mandoo Bar, a small eatery specializing in Mandoo, or Korean dumplings. Similar to the Chinese dumpling (Jiaozi) or Japanese Gyoza, these are made fresh right in the store..."
"When Mandoo's two-tiered downtown outpost opened in October 2003, the owners were gambling that the Village -- already home to so many eateries boasting so many kinds of cuisine -- would welcome the kind of fare its same named sister restaurant in Herald..."
"Korean dumplings forged from noodle-like material in a rainbow of colors are the forte of this stylish, kid-friendly café. And the repertoire has recently been expanded to include a few non-Korean noodle dishes like pad thai...."
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