The Owl of Minerva

Food is very delicious. The pork bone soup (gamjatang) is very flavourful, but not spicy. I would ask for spicy, but it already had plenty of flavour. The meat takes a little bit of angle work, but it is so tender off the bones. They bring over a few of the side dishes, and the seaweed one was new to me, and had a nice flavour. We got the shared soup, with rice cakes and vegetables, and I would definitely get it again. If you’re in the area, stop by!

$17+tax for a japchae that had mostly glass noodles and only a handful of tiny pieces of beef and some veggies. Pork bone soup and bibimbap were ok but portion was smaller than before and definitely not worth the price. I can understand the price increase but cannot accept price increase and a decline in quality. $65 for the 3 dishes above with tax and tips.

Horrible prices, terrible service, mediocre food. Not sure why they're still in business

This place is trash. Never seen a place fall off as hard as this. So many better places in Markham now at better value

My partner and I were loudly scoffed at by the server when we ordered one serving of tteokbokki to share (we just wanted a late night snack). We were also questioned about our tip, and we noticed they did the same to another table where a few high school students were dining as well.

Went for dinner on a Friday evening. It was fairly empty when we went but became quite busy over the evening. Food was great. I had the pork bone soup, my partner ordered the chicken bulgogi which he thoroughly enjoyed. Our server was an elderly lady who was very nice and friendly. Our friends could speak Korean so our server was thoroughly amused and excited about that. Overall good experience, just the service was a bit slow.

Wonderful stone-bowl bibimbap! Typical Korean franchise with a careful touch of soul for these after work eats!

I do not recommend this restaurant. The prices had gone up, and the food quality had gone down. I ordered a kalbi tang and I was shocked that it only came with two pieces of meat. And the soup tasted like knorr chicken powder. Definitely not worth $20+

We like going here because this place opens early. We always go before the lunch rush and service and food is great.

Honestly it is not even worth giving one star. Food is mild and old. I ordered pork bone soup since they had one page full of different types of pork bone soup. I thought they were proud of their food (or maybe they changed their chef?). The meat wasn’t soft at all it was hard to chew. The taste of the soup was mild it didn’t satisfied my expectation. I thought I could make better than that. I also ordered Tteokbbokki and the rice cake was old and was cracked. It was not at all spicy like we ordered.

The worst part was when we didn’t give the tip because the food didn’t satisfy our expectations, the boss chased us asking, “ hey, you didn’t tip us”. So What? We avoided fight by just saying sorry and left. We visited to get good food, but we didn’t. We just ate because we didn’t like wasting ingredients that were put in to make this food. It was the worst.

Remember this was the head store of The owl of minerva.

Great place for korean food, I always go to any Owl of Minerva locations when I’m craving korean food. The side dishes are great. The tofu soup is very filling with a lot of toppings. Great taste and great value

I don't think anything on their menu is good. Also, anything listed as spicy is barely spicy for even the average person. There are missing side dishes that are available at other Korean restaurants like the potatoes and glass noodles. Someone with a recipe and no cooking experience can probably make something better on their first attempt.

Dolsot BiBimBap for take out. It was cold when I ate. I work in the same plaza, only took me 5 minutes to walked back to my place. No excuse accepted. Also the potion is way too small compare to dine in.

The staff was friendly and the food was satisfied but 3 Banchans? !? All the places I go to have at least 5.a franchise place should have a standard. I am very disappointed.

Food was good, not a huge selection 4 star for that, the place was nice, clean and the staff were very happy and helpful.

Their Korean food is very delicious, especially the pork bone soup and fried chicken. I will take my friends to eat there again.

Average Korean franchise restaurant. Decent portions for the price. There are better Korean restaurants offering more selection, such as Jeonjuhyang. The roof was leaking due to rain, and the waitresses automatically gave us another table so we wouldn't get wet.

Ordered Tteokbokki, soup and a seafood pancake! Food was all delicious and the workers were super friendly!

Ordered two soup for delivery costed 50$ and they don't even give us appetizer. The soups tasted bland, worst korean store i ate from. Will not purchase from this store again.

Love coming here for the famous Pork Bone Soup. I’ve had Pork Bone Soup at other restaurants, but the Owl always has the best one - ESPECIALLY this location. Broth is full of flavour, rich and hearty. I got mine “spicy” and the spice level is perfect. Pairs well with the Kimchi and radish. I miss the old seaweed appetizer - that one was my favourite.