Reviews for Bonchon Allston in Boston, MA
I?ll start out by saying if you want to get the drumsticks or wings, those will probably still be fine/taste like the classic... Bonchon. HOWEVER, the strips were really not up to standard. Either the typical batter was changed out or these are justgrocery store tenders w their sauce and passed off as the Bonchon recipe (the latter is what I?m guessing). If you know whatthe regular strips are supposed to taste like, don?t come here for them !!! My brother enjoyed them because he hasn?t hadBonchon in years which is why I didn?t rate it lower, but seriously don?t get the strips here. Staff was very nice though! Read more
Chicken used to be so good here that it was addicting. Sadly this is no longer the case. My chicken tonight had barely any sauce... and was over cooked. I?ve had better chicken from the grocery store frozen section. I hope Bonchon makes improvements to theirchicken so it tastes like it did in the past. Bimimbap bulgogi and takoyaki were very good, but Bonchon is famous for theirchicken. It?s like going to Dunkin? Donuts and getting bad coffee and donuts but a great bagel. Not good. Read more
Brought my daughter for her bday since she's been wanting to try some various Korean meals and this was a great time! There were... four of us, and I unfortunately didn't get a pic of the amazing wings! We enjoyed the chicken katsu, the fried rice, garlicwings, pork buns and popcorn shrimp. My nephew tried the Tteokbokki, and it's a bit of an acquired taste and although he doesn'tshy away from spice, this was hotter than he expected, lol. He brought it home to finish because he really enjoyed the ricecakes, sauce and cheese the most. The fish cakes weren't really to his liking, but I know he's super particular about seafood,so it was nice that he tried it and still liked it for the most part. Friendly and helpful wait staff. My daughter and everyonewho came really enjoyed the food and experience! Read more
The chicken is amazing however my appetizers came out a long time after my main course. The shrimp shumai and tacos were cold... and werent so tasty. Read more
Can't get enough of this chicken! A family dinner, we highly recommend the spicy chicken drumsticks with Tteokbokki (stir fried... rice cakes in a spicy Korean sauce topped with melted cheese). The fried chicken that we got was half soy garlic which I wouldsay has no spice level (lots of flavor) and the other half was spicy! A perfect 50/50 ratio for those in our group that can'thandle spicy food. You get free refills of coleslaw and pickled radish which are great palate cleansers! The wait can befrustrating sometimes, but we got lucky and only had to wait 5 minutes. Read more
Great place for spicy Korean fried chicken & Bulgogi beef. I specifically enjoyed the bulgogi tacos, really tasty beef with... absolutely no fat whatsoever & so I ended up getting the bulgogi sliders as well. The Korean fried chicken tenders were reallygood & spicy so if you can?t handle the spicyness I would suggest getting the non spicy tenders. Overall food was delicious,service was not bad, I did do take out as well which was far from great as directions are not really taken when it comes toordering over the phone. Overall would def come back to sit and enjoy some bulgogi beef. Read more
Ordered takeout with the family for my cousins birthday. Got a large order of drumsticks, large order of wings and mini drums,... and a medium spicy combo. Also got some japchae and some pork buns. Been here a few times before. As always, the chicken isGREAT. Balanced between moist and dryness, soy garlic is flavorful. But the spicy one? I?ll tell ya is where it is at. I have ahigh spice tolerance but this place always will make ya sweat. The thing is the taste of it is so addicting and you want morespice! The spice level is definitely much higher than the one in Lowell I?ve been to. The japchae was decent. The pork buns werea bit dry and overcooked. The seasoned fries were a bit cold and mushy as well. That and the fact we didn?t get the sides ofradish, etc with our meal is the cause for the 4 stars and not five. Read more
I used to order boneless chicken from Bonchon. It was so good. I ordered the 24 pcs boneless chicken tonight. The chicken was... very dry, dark brown, overcooked with very little sauce. I will not come here again. Read more