BBANG! offers Korean-style sandwiches and burgers and is connected to the Holy Ghost Bar in Southeast Portland. It is from the same team behind the popular DOYAJI food cart.
Customer Perception
Customers generally find the food delicious, with many highlighting the bulgogi burger and fried chicken. However, a recurring theme is that the food, particularly the fries and burgers, can be excessively salty. Some reviewers also found certain items like the cucumber salad and cheese corn to be overpriced for the portion size. The service is often described as friendly and kind.
Additional Details
The restaurant's name, BBANG!, is a Korean word that can refer to bread or a bun, fitting its sandwich and burger focus.
Vegetarian options may be available, but specific details are limited.
Best Times to Visit
Based on reviews, the restaurant appears to be busy, with some items selling out. Weekends might be particularly popular, with Saturday hours extending to midnight.
Cute new restaurant with some burgers I’ve never seen before. I tried the highly rated bulgogi burger which was good but salty.
The fries were also good but probably the saltiest fries I’ve ever had. They come with a yummy curry sauce and house-made ranch but you high key do not need them because each fry has like 50 salt and pepper flakes on it. Besides that, the fries were very “airy” and crisp in the best way. Reminded me of truffle fries and were perfectly cooked—just salty
Cucumber salad was probably the best, seasoning-wise, but very overpriced for what you get
Cheese corn is overpriced to me. We were gifted it for free because they accidentally made one that they didn’t need. Very sweet ☺️ it as good but I personally wouldn’t pay for it (10/10 blessing tho)
Fried chicken was good! Probably my favorite of the things we tried.
I appreciate their simple menu which makes it easy to decide and I was coming in with high hopes since this has 5 stars on Google but the saltiness of everything kind of knocks off points for me.
7/10
TLDR; Good flavor but everything is soooo salty 😭 I drank so much water
Good burgers. I preferred the bulgogi burger to the kimchi burger. It was very filling, the side of tots were huge. The curry ketchup went well with it. The cheese corn was good too. The kimchi eventually sold out.
2
Saw a good review video on this place and it sounded promising. I tried a shrimp burger and bulgogi burger. I thought the price was decent until I had it. The shrimp burger was ok. I expected it to have more shrimp flavor, but it was more like a fish patty with a tiny bit of shrimp and tartar sauce. The bulgogi burger was very mediocre. It had barely any flavor and did not taste marinated at all, even though it says they add marinated beef. Unless they completely forgot to add the bulgogi, which might have been possible with how bland and flat the burger was. I did not see any beef. It was also drowning in mayo. You could definitely find the exact same burger or a lot better for cheaper, else where. The service was also non-existent, but the most disappointing was the food.
5
The food here is delicious. We tried the bulgogi burger, and kimchi smashburger. Both were delicious, but the kimchi smashburger was the best. The tots with curry ketchup and ranch were really good too, albeit a bit saltier than expected. Service was great and there are clean restrooms in the back.
5
My boyfriend and I rarely rate everything at a spot 5 stars but this was that and honestly.
We loved it. Even the service was super nice, like a sandwich was forgotten for us and 2 people checked on us to make sure it was fine after.
Further on the good customer service, there were kids blocking the doorway and leaving toys everywhere and I saw the lady running the cashier kindly return the toys to the parents so no one would fall.
Genuinely such kind staff. Genuinely.
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Shrimp burger ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- loved it
- super juicy
- very creamy, almost wish there was a sweet chili or sweet and sour sauce for this - sort of similar to a shrimp ball sauce at dim sum ?
❤️Bulgogi burger ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- so juicy and perfect
- the cheese was like drugs
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French fries ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- little salty
- insanely crunchy and crispy and perfect
- love the curry ketchup
Kimchi ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- super fresh
- house made, I believe
