San Dong Banjeom

Came here with my friends; it was so good. I’m addicted to the black bean noodles and this is by far my favourite in Calgary! The service here was quick and luckily my BFF is Korean and she did all the ordering for us.
We got the black bean noodle with extra onion… amazing. My friend got the black bean noodle with seafood she said there wasn’t much seafood but taste really good still. We also ordered the mild beef soup but it was only okay.
I definitely will be returning to try there other black bean dishes!

Really good Korean Chinese style black bean noodle. Being Chinese myself, I like the original Chinese style black bean paste noodle. My Korean roommate used to take me here all the time. This is also the Korean restaurant I missed the most in Calgary.

First time here. Drive by on Sunday and saw line up at front door at 2.15 pm and decide to give a try. Nice fusion restaurant of Korean and chinese. I would prefer mild spicy seafood noodle soup and their sweet and sour pork. Both are excellent. Yes, will recommend this to my friend.

I didn’t even know Chinese Korean cuisine was a thing until I came here.
It’s largely noodle and rice dishes with heavy Korean emphasis and a Chinese spin. The meat dishes are eerily similar to white-​washed Chinese dishes like Ginger Beef and Sweet and Sour pork.
They’re not very generous on choice ingredients. Also service is subpar but that’s to be expected from a Korean staff with broken English and 95% of its patrons being Korean families.
Needless to say, it’s all quite authentic in that regard

This place was highly recommended by many people that I know a few are Korean. This is a authentic Korean Resturant.
Mostly noodles and rice dishes. I miss the mix rice bow that other places offer but this place has selections that other restaurants don’t offer.
This time I ordered all vegetarian dishes and I am not a 100% vegetarian so that puts a damper of the taste. That’s why I give 3 stars for their vegetarian dishes. As I had much tastier vegetarian foods.
But other all experience was very good.
I will come back and try them for other foods.
Price is reasonable as well.

5 stars based completely on their mild spicy seafood white soup. Noodles were perfect and the flavors were bang on. Could’ve been better selection for seafood (not just a lot of squid). I was very sick that day and the soup actually made me feel so much better. That’s what soul food should do and this place does it right. Going back tomorrow with more foodie friends. I eat a lot of Korean food and this one is definitely worth bringing my friends to.

Although I do not eat spicy food, I really like the half & half — black bean noodles & spicy seafood noodle soup. The black bean sauce is sweet so it balances the spiciness of the soup. The texture of the noodle is very chewy, I love it.
The price is very reasonable and always have tables, no need to line up.
The service is okay, sometimes is good but there’s one time my husband and I were not happy about what the chef did. What happened is we ordered tofu & shrimp on rice; few bites after it came, we realized there was no shrimps but pork. We asked the waitress, then she talked to the chef (we could so see the chef in the kitchen from our table). The answer we got was «Yes the chef changed it», no apology, and the chef expression was like «so what»; and we got charged the same price (shrimp is always more expensive then pork!).

I’m a big fan of San Dong Ban Jeom. San Dong (I think using all 4 syllables each time I refer to this place is excessive) has some pretty yummy and inexpensive Korean-​style Chinese food that is unmatched (because of a lack of competition) in Calgary.
However, I realize that not everyone is gonna like this place (as evident by several other reviews). Basically you’ve got to come here and NOT expect it to have Korean BBQ. Also don’t expect Bibimbap. And don’t expect tofu stews. Because that is NOT what San Dong (the place is totally Sans Dong, and Dong-​free) is all about.
This place is about black bean noodles, cold noodles, and the sweet n sour pork/​chicken. The Jap Chae ain’t that great but everything else… you’re not going to find better Korean-​style Chinese food in Calgary. Unless your mom is Korean-​Chinese, in which case you won’t need to come here because your mom will be too disappointed in you to let you come here.