Anju

We loved our meal at Anju! Excellent food - I love that they offer both traditional Korean dishes and items with a modern twist. Their fried chicken was phenomenal — and I’m not really a wings person, so you know my endorsement is serious. I would love to try their brunch menu as well, and I will certainly be back for dinner soon.

The ambiance is tight and a bit tacky. Not sure if this is by design. The food was pretty good. We loved the shrimp dumplings and the Korean fried chicken which was like a dinner portion for three. The food didn't meet expectations I placed on basedon reviews. I've had just as good elsewhere.
I writing return to try something else.
We were greeted with smiles through the entire experience.

Awesome restaurant. The loaded tater tots with kimchi, balgi, and beer cheese were super delicious. Amazing pork dumplings super soft on one side and perfectly crisp on the other. One of the best burgers I’ve had in a while as well. Great coffee and sodas. Highly recommend.

Anju is one of my favorite Korean restaurants in the District. Please go check them out with there new spring food menu and cocktails! We sat at the bar and had an amazing experience. The shrimp dumplings, chicken soup, and of course bibimbap were as sooo good! Thanks to the whole team for their delivery and hospitality x1000.

I ordered kimchi jjigae and would never order it here again. There was little spice to it, it was overpowered by sesame oil, and the meat was inedible; here was more fat than meat in every piece! Attached is a picture of SOME of the fat I picked off. I ordered it as pick-up, so maybe that’s why I only got fatty pieces? There were a number of good reviews so maybe my experience is an off night, but I wouldn’t order this again, even if it were for $5.

After eating at a string of disappointing (highly rated) restaurants in DC, we dined at Anju and were pleasantly surprised! The food was really good, flavourful and authentic. Only negative point was that panchans (side dishes is kimchi) aren’t free which is very much frowned upon in Korean culture.

We ordered the fried chicken and mandu to start, both were really tasty and generous portions. Also got a sashimi dish appetizer which was just ok. The beef ssam, palace ddukbokgi, and chicken jajangbap as mains. Beef ssam and jajangbap were very good and would probably order again if I come back.

Would definitely recommend if you’re in DC and looking for Korean food and something different and tasty!

I find, more often than not, that fusion restaurants always miss the mark. This was NOT the case with Anju.

I love Korean food and was excited to try this restaurant based on reviews. It did not disappoint.

Appetizers
- Cheese Sprouts: Particularly the cheese on these was really good. Wish the sprouts were a bit more cooked through but would still recommend this dish.
- Yache Mandu: Loved that there was an impossible meat option! Delicious but not as good as the sprouts.
- Kimchi: Very very fermented. Mixed reviews at the table.
- (As a side not, charging for banchan kind of sucks but we'll overlook it)

Main
- Saengseon: Branzino was exceptional. The sauce underneath was so good but WOW massive portion. All their mains are best split between two to three people. Korean dishes are typically sharable just was not expecting the portion.

Enjoyed the vibes. We made a reservation a few days in advance. I'd recommend this to anybody who enjoys Korean food and is willing to be open minded.

4 stars only because the price was a bit high for Korean food and because they charged for banchan. Otherwise, no complaints!