Review: Do you want to enjoy Korean traditional meals?

There are typical kinds of Korean restaurants in Auckland but some of them aren't authentic Korean ones. If you want to find a good one, I'd like to recommend Noorimaru which is a Korean restaurant on 10 Railside Avenue, Henderson. It is 2 minutes walk from Henderson train station and Unitec shuttle buses are available to Unitec Waitakere campus at no cost until about 6pm. If you drive a car to Noorimaru, you should use the Westfield car park as there is no space to park cars.


When I first visited the restaurant, I was very impressed because the chef never used any artificial flavours. In Korea, he worked as a head chef and owned his restaurant for about 30years. He also says that chefs should know the inherent qualities of ingredients. The restaurant serves various dishes at affordable prices and the chef always tries to develop new dishes. The restaurant is opened from 12pm to 9pm Tuesday - Sunday. There is no break at Noorimaru during the time, so you can enjoy Korean meals anytime.

The restaurant is decorated with Korean traditional patterns and masks, and I often go there to have my favourite foods which are Bibimbap (boiled rice with assorted mixtures), Galbi-jjim (hot and spicy steamed short ribs), Kimchi soup and so on. I’m keen on hot spicy ones, so I usually eat those meals. However, if you aren’t keen on eating hot foods, what about Bulgogi (sliced beef with soy source), Dak-jjim (steamed chicken with soy source), Soondae-gook (hot soup with fork pieces) or Noori’s set menu (been-paste pot stew and more than 12 side dishes)? The average price of dishes is between $13 and $30

I’m sure you can enjoy authentic Korean dishes at Noorimaru!