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Ban Chan Korean Cuisine
Traditional Korean
The banchan arrives before you've ordered anything, which tells you what kind of place this is. Ban Chan is a small, grandma-style Korean restaurant in Mesa where the menu leans hard into soups, stews, and hot pots built for sharing. The chef has been running Korean restaurants since forever, and that depth shows in broths that take time. A new generation found it recently, but the regulars who've been coming for years never left.
The awards strongest first
- Phoenix New Times 2024 · Best Korean Restaurant · Best of Phoenix
- Eater The 38 Best Restaurants in Phoenix
One number, weighted & current 68
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Kal guk su
“Ban Chan’s strengths lie in soups and stews such as kal guk su, thick flour noodles in a clam and seafood broth”
Phoenix New Times, 2024 -
Maeun galbi tang
“maeun galbi tang, a complex, spicy broth loaded with beef ribs.”
Phoenix New Times, 2024 -
Meat jun
“the influence of her time in Hawaii is felt in dishes such as her excellent, tender meat jun.”
Phoenix New Times, 2024
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