Tasty Korean Restaurant in Manchester Centre – Annyeong

Fancy bar mixed with authentic Korean food in the city centre.

I love Korean food, especially Korean BBQ. I’d noticed this place on Instagram a while ago, and I finally got the chance to try it. The restaurant is close to Albert Square, in a great location for some shopping after your meal.

The decor is pretty fancy, with a big bar and a seating area with sofas. The restaurant isn’t too big, but it wasn’t too packed either. One thing I noticed straight away was the Korean flat chopsticks, which are different from the Chinese and Japanese kind. I also found out that Haha and Kim Jong Kook, regular hosts of the famous Korean variety show Running Man, came here when they visited Manchester!

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There are lots of options and sets to choose from on their menu. My main goal was the BBQ, so I ordered the BBQ Tasting Set (£29.9 per person). It included soup (spicy beef soup or fresh seaweed soup), a kimchi set, seafood pancake, steamed rice and 7 kinds of meat with fresh lettuce and sweet and sour spring onion.

The kimchi set had kimchi, o ee kimchi (cucumber) and kak too gi (pickled radish), the common types you find in restaurants in Korea. I really love Korean kimchi for its spicy taste, and it goes super well with BBQ.

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The spicy beef soup was tasty and boiling hot, though it came quite late, near the end of the meal; I feel soup should be served before the meat as a starter. The seafood pancake was a bit thin, but it tasted exactly like the ones I had in Korea. It comes with a special sauce that you definitely need to eat it with, as it really complements the pancake.

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The meats were pork belly, ox tongue, marbled beef, spicy chicken, spicy pork and 2 different types of marinated beef (from left to right and top to bottom). Pork belly is the most common meat you’ll see in BBQ restaurants in Korea, followed by beef. The platter didn’t look that big when it arrived, but I was quite full after the meal.

The staff came to the table from time to time to check the grill and cook for you. The marinated beef and the spicy chicken and pork were amazing; I could have just eaten those and nothing else. You get a pair of scissors to cut the meat, and you eat it with fresh lettuce. There are different ways to eat Korean BBQ, but the most common is to make a wrap with lettuce, meat, kimchi and sweet and sour spring onion.

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Annyeong menu and BBQ prices

Annyeong’s BBQ sets have changed since my visit. You can see the menu on their website, and the latest prices are on their online menu. They also serve halal beef and chicken.

The price isn’t cheap, but I’d definitely visit again for the food. I saw some comments about poor service, but I think it might be down to language and cultural differences. The service here felt quite “Korean” to me, and it reminded me a lot of my trip to Korea. Overall, it was a pleasant meal with delicious, proper Korean food. If you want to try more Korean food in Manchester, you can find more here!