Sole Cafe - Saint Paul

The owner’s are kind and generous. This restaurant definitely deserves more hype! The side dishes are homemade and really good. I love their japchae and beef bulgogi!

Very nice spot for Korean food. Always packed our food for us whenever we couldn't finish the food.

Hands down the best service I have ever had. The food was so delicious. You’ve got to try this place.

The first time I went a month or two ago by myself and the lady working was kind. I met I think her husband too and he was also very kind, especially when I spoke a little Korean. The food was really good, just a bit overpriced. The second time I went with my family, 7 people and the lady sighed as soon as we walked in. I wasn 't sure if she remembered me but she sat us at a table for 6 and pulled another chair, which wasn 't enough room for us so my dad pulled a table from the table of 8 to ours. The lady got a bit upset (saying she was worried a bigger group would come for lunchtime) though understandable as we didn 't ask to move the table. She then said it was fine when she saw I was stressed out about it and felt bad as both my parents were losing their patience. She took our order and sighed when we asked for more rice and more extra bowls (we ate our food sharing style for 7 people with little kids) and tried to ask us to move the table back when a group of 8 came but the other people said it was okay and she apologized. After I told her it was all good in Korean she seemed to be a lot kinder and she spoke to me in a little Korean after that asking if it was good, etc. I felt bad for my parents as I had highly recommended this place but they felt a bit disrespected by the lady. I felt bad for the lady too that there was probably a lot of miscommunication, but she could have handled it a lot better from the beginning. She definitely is kinder to you if you speak Korean, which shouldn 't be the case. I think she also just gets annoyed with larger groups of people. The food was still amazing and I want to come again, but I don 't think my parents would want to go again after that experience. I recommend for couples or singles to go to this place. Kid-friendliness: I could tell the lady was making efforts to be kind to my little sisters (aged 3 and 5). She kept offering the 5 year old a fork who really wanted to try chop sticks and she seemed a bit bothered that my sister kept trying to use them. The food isn 't going to suit non Korean tastes very much for little kids. My sisters didn 't seem to mind the lady and said the food was good.

Genuinely one of the best meals I have ever had. Highly recommend, and the service was great!