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This place was a great disappointment as a dinner destination for my family. I've eaten in hundreds of Korean restaurants both in the states and in Korea including Korean vegetarian restaurants. Most of the vegetarian places in Korea are Buddhist restaurants with a wide variety of seasonal vegetables. A typical place would have a number of wild greens (mountain greens), various root plants, and a many styles of mushrooms with rice and beans. The typical Korean meal will have many small dishes with a wide variety of tastes from bitter to sweet, hot and spicy with a highly balanced styles. Hangawi, seductive to the average Westerner because of its decor, is a total fake. The food is bland, fried and not prepared with any sense of the depth of style in Korean cooking. This place lacks the total essence of spices, variety, and healthy cooking. I shake my head in disbelief that the place even failed at making a good bowl of rice! The desert ended up being an off-the-shelf, low quality American pudding. Shame, Shame, Shame. There are many good Korean restaurants on 32nd Street in NYC - this is one of the worst.

I had an awesome time, i enjoyed the food, though pricey to eat it was spectacular! my taste buds were almost as pleased as i was with our waitress, the chef really does know what he's doing in that kitchen! i cannot wait to return!

We moved to London recently from NY and absolutely miss this place. Have eaten there numerous times in last 5-6 yrs and have a great meal every time. We are Vegetarian and this place is almost as best one could get in Korean food . Looking forward to coming back to NYC and visiting it again

There is nothing Korean in the food, the staff, the management, and the attitude. Everything is Malaysian-Chinese! Total disappointment, compared with the original "Hangawi". Will absolutely not go back.

Needed a place before a concert at MSG and found Hangawi through a search, very glad we did. GF is a vegetarian so I said I would (for a change) go to a vegetarian only place. I can easily say that I DID NOT miss not having meat in any of the dishes. Baby dumplings, kimchi pancakes, and kimchi tofo hot pot were FANTASTIC. Can't wait to go back. Service was efficient albeit a little detached.

my husband & 1 have been to hangawi at least 6 times;we even had his 40th b'day dinner there with 12 guests. i have never been disappointed in food or service. the only time it was less then stellar was when we were seated next to 2 carnivorous jocks who kept talking on their cell phone about how there was no meat on menu (!) since we have to take our shoes off, maybe hangawi can create a no-cellphone area as well? as ethical vegans, we love the restaurant. yes, it is pricey, but the food and presentation are divine. we do try to go early to avoid midtown crowd.

The food at Hangawi was absolutely delicious! It was thoughtfully prepared, extremely flavorful, and very unique. The service was excellent as well and the waiter was very attentive to our table. Cant wait to go back!