Bibim Q

My go to for Korean food near where I live (Yorkville) Bibimbap is their speciality as can be seen with their name but their other options are great as well. Pork bone soup is their most popular menu item but one of my personal favourite Korean dishes is YukGaeJang which is spicy beef soup. Good prices. I dont recommend getting the cold noodles there, it was a let down.

This is my go-​to place when I can’t decide what exactly I want to have for dinner. The owners are incredibly nice and welcoming. The food isn’t super fancy and you can sense that home-​made taste so it’s the perfect comfort food when you’re sick. You can also ask them for substitutions for the appetizers or tell them that you aren’t feeling well so they’ll do their best to accommodate for you (ex. if you just had your wisdom teeth removed they can provide you mash potato or soup instead of another appetizer).
I gave this place a ⁴⁄₅ stars solely because the place itself isn’t a super appealing place to dine and eat. I almost always take it to go.

Hi, I’m here to update my review because I’ve eaten practically everything on the menu at this point. I’m a big fan of Bibim Q’s food, but some of their stuff tastes better than others.
Generally the service has always been good here. For some reason they don’t allow photos to be taken of the menu (?!) and if you order takeout, they’ll just tell you what’s on their menu verbally. Which is odd. But never mind this.
The restaurant itself looks bare and rather un-​fun to sit at, so a lot of people just order takeout (as do I). The food always comes quickly and they contain yummy side dishes like kimchi and beansprouts, and they always wrap up the food neatly to ensure the contents don’t spill out, which is very thoughtful.
Favorites: Pork Bone Soup, spicy rice cakes, and the combo platter (includes rice, side dishes, choice of meat, glass noodles and vegetables!)
Dislikes: Seafood pancake and bibimbap (the one without the stone bowl)

This place may not look fancy but the food is really delicious! I went there for the first time with my sister and the service was fast and friendly. I ordered the seafood soon dubu and it was so yummy! I will be back for more…

Really underrated place IMO, based on the gamjatang that I tried today this place easily hits 5 stars in my book, better than the gamjatang they serve at either owl or seor ak san two places that have been highly rated for their coveted gamjatang.
Bibim Q’s atmosphere is very casual, it’s a small restaurant but the guy at the front was so overwhelmingly friendly and helpful telling me the hours of the restaurant (10 – 10 if you were wondering, it’s not on Unilocal) and even giving me extra side dishes to bring home with my take out despite saying that it usually wasn’t included.
The side dishes are really simple, just kimchi and bean sprouts but I enjoyed both, their kimchi is reasonably fresh and flavorful, a basic kimchi. Their bean sprouts might be a little bit on the soggy side as they are definitely refrigerated, but savory and also acceptable.
The star of the dish, the gamjatang was delicious! Slightly viscous broth but it was fiery and hot and just a great depth of umami flavor (not sure if they add MSG or not). Their pieces of pork bone were also excellent «cuts» if you can call it taht because they were literally just 90% meat 10 percent bones, there were no potatoes or excess of vegetables but the fact that the gamjatang was loaded with meat made me overwhelmingly happy.
5 well earned stars for their gamjatang and friendly service!

Enjoyed the pork bone soup (but there was no potatoes inside). Waiter was extremely friendly.

This places is better than the previous reviews suggested in my opinion. I went to get take out. I got the spicy rice cake and a small side of sweet and sour chicken to go. The spicy rice cake was delicious, and spicy too. I recommend getting that. The sweet and sour chicken was a bit dry. I’m guessing it was because I went close the end of the restaurants hours. The service was good enough and I ended up paying $ 15 which was reasonable for the amount of food I ordered. I will probably be going back here in the future to get take out since it’s so close to where I live

Solid 3.5 stars. I went here for a weekday dinner with a friend. We got the combination platter and the beef stew. Overall, it was a good experience but not extremely spectacular. I would try this place again but perhaps the bibimbop next time.
Food: 3/​5, the stew was actually very delicious but the combo plate was lacklustre. The chicken was not as crispy as I would’ve liked.
Service: 4/​5, very nice couple running the place and service was good too. They were smiling throughout and we felt comfortable.
Ambience: 3/​5, nice little joint with somewhat of a small food court feel. Relatively quiet and kpop playing in the background.
Price: 2/​5, this is where I was lost. It was a bit more pricier than most korean places and it was more on the cheaper version so I couldn’t understand the $ 10+ per meal before tax. It came to around $ 15 per person which isn’t bad but because it felt more food court… not sure about it.

Reviewed Dish: Bimbim in a stone pot
Reviewed during: Mon — Fri Lunch time
Service Speed: ¹⁄₅
Cooking speed: ⁰⁄₅
Food Quality: ⁴⁄₅
Food Quantity: ³⁄₅
Price: ³⁄₅
Cleanness: 3.5 /​5
Repeat: No… I cannot stand how slow the male server was…
The food can be summarized as average and not memorable and it’s not pricy. Personally I prefer «Yummy BBQ» just south of this restaurant.
The male server took the order and proceed to assemble our order, he literally use the thongs to pickup 1 – 2 bean sprouts/​carrot strips at a time. He must be counting the exact number of bean sprouts and carrots to put in the stone pot. He repeated the process for ALL the ingredients. I am amazed I resisted the urge to grab the thongs and do it myself.
I walked past the restaurant in the past, and there’s usually a long line, now I know why…
You are suppose to mix up all the ingredients, so the «presentation» lasted for a whole second on my table.
When we place the order, there was 2 people in front of us, when he finished our order, there are at least 8 other people waiting to place their order!
Eat here if you can tolerate the slow speed and the tight space between tables. I’m afraid I would rather eat elsewhere.

This is my go to place whenever I crave Asian food– very cheap, clean, and authentic.
I love the owners! They are extremely accommodating and friendly.
Highly recommend: Bibimbap and Pork Bone Soup. Make sure to try their glass noodle sides!
Service: probably one of the fastest Asian restaurants I have been to. Once again, owners are very welcoming.
Taste: really authentic. No MSG or artificial sauces.
This is definitely one of the restaurants I frequent on a weekly basis.

Had and bulgogi and pork bone soup! Service is good and food is cheap and good.
Convenient location too love the patio area! Its really chill in summer

Exactly what I came for! Simple and tasty Korean food.
Spicy squid on rice thoroughly rocked my world.

Amazing place –it’s cheap and the food is so good. The owners are the most friendly couple and honestly it’s one of the things I miss the most about being in Toronto!

Great pork pone soup, I almost always order that when I go there. :) The other pre-​made food? *cringe*, I wouldn’t get those unless you’re in a rush. Great friendly owners.

Tremendous cheap lunch option.
They have lunch specials which put a HUGE variety of food on your plate. It’s quite remarkable and the food seems to be quite healthy. Don’t be turned off by the fact that it’s a hot table. They are very good at cooking meat and everything is fresh.
Service is very friendly and fast.

I’m not always in the mood for this place, but their Korean food is decent. Their food tastes a little more natural than other Korean restaurants I’ve been to in the area. The owners of this restaurant are some of the nicest people on the planet, always extremely polite and friendly. It costs a little bit more than eating at a place like Home of Hot Taste or Yummi Bar B Q which are in the area, but I think the quality is a little bit better too. The interior of the restaurant is small, it can fit around 20 people seated. It also seems to get a bit steamy on the inside during the winter. They do have a small patio out front if you want to eat with your dog, which is hard to come by for most restaurants on yonge. It is a very casual restaurant, almost feels like eating at a food court or a cafeteria.
Sidebar (totally unrelated to the quality of the restaurant): I’m always impressed when I see the man in the front speak Korean to his wife, he obviously isn’t a native Korean, but sounds like he can communicate almost fluently.

Bibim Q is a great neighborhood spot for a cheap and cheerful meal!
It’s not fancy.
But the owners are very friendly!
It might not blow your mind.
But it will fill your belly with warm and spicy soup!
The place is tiny and simple with a small menu of Korean staples.
I like soon tofu soup ($ 8.95) and I often order it for take-​out.
They give you rice and I like how they pack sides for you (kimchee and bean sprouts).
A lot of places that I get korean take out from do not give me any kimchee at all!
They bag the soup so that it makes less of a mess.
I like this place for quick, Korean comfort food. :)

The food is okay but might as well just go to an actual restaurant. Large portions, good prices. Pancake isn’t the best on the market but their kimchi fried rice is really yummy.
Their kimchi reminds me of the store-​bought kind from Korean grocery stores, as do their dipping sauce. That being said I enjoyed them, it just doesn’t taste homemade which is something I love about most Korean restaurants.
Note: their kimchi fried rice comes with pork, vegetarians beware!

I haven’t been here in over six months, but suddenly I have a craving for bibimibap now (yes I butcher this spelling all the time).
I’ve had their pork bone soup, bbq chicken combo, dolsot bibimibap and their takeout combo where you pick a few items. I would recommend the chicken or beef bibimibap as it comes in a stone pot and the pork bone soup.
This place made me fall in love with bibimibap (but didn’t teach me how to spell it obviously), It’s tasty and when you add in their hot sauce and kimchi, it is so delicious. However, it does take a while to prepare as they have a small kitchen, so it may take around 10 – 15 minutes to get your order out, but it’s worth the wait.
Also, there is an older lady who works here who acts as the server and a white dude who is the cashier/​order taker that are very friendly.
So why I am giving this place 3 stars and not higher? First off, the bbq chicken tastes like it’s chicken with ketchup on top of it. Not very creative. Second, the combos are not the greatest. It’s like an elevated version of Manchu Wok. Anything that can be comparable to Manchu Wok is a no-​no, IMHO.
In addition, while they try to keep it clean, just due to the pure volume of people and size of this place, it’s a bit of a hole in the wall, so the ambiance is lacking and I don’t find it has a «SUPER WOW WOW» factor to compensate for this.
However, this is a place I will definitely return to and will probably have lunch from there tomorrow. Writing reviews makes me hungry. :-)

Think this place is currently a little overrated on Unilocal!It’s not terrible, but just sayin’ ;)
Think of Bibimq as a quick lunch spot and not as a dinner spot. (ie don’t bring a date here, especially if you want to get some later, it’s not going to impress)
Bibimq is small, can squeeze 15 people inside plus they have a small patio that sits another 6 – 8. No points awarded for décor. It’s set up cafeteria style — you order/​pay up front and they bring you out a tray with your food.
It appears to be owned by a cute older Korean couple, but they have hired a creepy old white guy to man the cash and take orders. I happened to be the only cracker eating amongst lots of Asian students at the time I visited, but I suspect at lunch hour it would be a mix.
Back to the food. Strange menu including 6 – 7 kinds of bibimbap. Dolsot bibimbap with grilled chicken sounded good. $ 7.95. OK. Wait… WHAT? An EGG on top costs an extra $ 1??? Doesn’t it always come with an egg? Grr
Came out as a reasonably nice dish with one small side of kimchi.
Nothing special but not a bad lunch choice if you happen to be nearby.