Bab Cafe

This was my second time trying out Bab Cafe and my first time was take out which was incredible delicious. It had me hooked! So I had to come in and check out this hidden gem located off of W 3rd Street. Walking into Bab Cafe and I instantly liked the vibe. We were greeted right away, the restaurant and lobby were very clean and over all just loved the atmosphere. I went ahead and ordered the Bulgogi Top-Bab with extra protein, Miso Soup and drink. They have a few sauces out there to pick from; my favorite is the Sriracha Mayo that I mix in with my whole place. Very taste and get the taste buds going that makes me just want to eat more and more. I love it. The Beef, Glass Noodles, Potstickers with some veggies all in one. Just fantastic to me. Ever since i had Bab Cafe for the first time, it instantly became my number one spot. Very delicious! Thank you so much Bab Cafe for a spectacular inside experience. Definitely will come back again and I hope to whoever has not tried Bab; they give Bab Cafe a try! It will not disappoint!!

It's just plain hard to beat the basic bowl of Bab. It's simply fills you up and is good for you as well . I did upgrade to brown rice which was an excellent choice and nice and fluffy and soft rice despite the added fiber that gives you. I also very much enjoy the little sauce bar that you can choose your favorite flavor from. The fountain drinks are refillable by you. And they do have a loyalty club as well to earn free meals with.

Overall: B+ Layout & decor: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Food quality: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Cleanliness: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Customer service: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Timeliness: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: had the #5 which is bulgogi bibim-bab for lunch & it was pretty good! Dined outside on the table which was ok; was made of a strong plastic. I feel like I got a good meal for the price & it came with miso soup. Cool place to eat when walking down in the River District & would come back.

This was our go-to every week and the classic meals were perfection! What happened after the reopening? We loved the glass noodles and scrambled eggs, now they are gone. The flavor overall is not as good, portion sizes are smaller, rice is different and purple, and the compostable packaging is now plastic. We’re really sad now.

I really want to like this place but I dont want to give it another shot after my recent experience. I went on there 're-opening' day to try the new menu and I got a classic bowl. I paid extra so I could have beef and pork. I paid 3.50$ extra for the beef and 3.00$ extra for the pork and the serving was abysmal. I saw other people who only ordered one meat(not double meat) and received way more then I did, so maybe this was just a mistake on their part. The final blow was that I paid 2$ extra for an add on of crab. They gave me maybe 1 tablespoon of crab and this is imitation crab, any other place would give you a whole scoop. Overall I just feel like I got ripped off by all the extra things I paid for. The base bowl was good but I paid 8.50$ extra for toppings and got maybe 1$ worth of toppings in my food. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt because it was their 're-opening' day but overall I just left dissapointed. On a final note , I ordered as dine in and they gave us our order as a takeout even though I saw multiple people inside eating with dine in trays, bowls and utensils.