Maru Korean Bistro

2150 N Prospect Ave, Milwaukee - 53202
41 reviews
Korean Seafood Noodles
(414) 210-4139

I had the best time here! The waitress was amazing and answered any questions I had. The Iced Honey Citron was so good and I wish I could have taken a jug of it home. The mini appetizers were amazing and I should have gotten a second helping of the cucumbers because I'm still thinking about them. The stone bibimbap was delicious and a giant portion. I think almost everyone around me left with a box (including myself).

The food was great overall. But based on it's location and high prices, I have to judge it for what it's trying to be. It fails to be a fancy restaurant that charges high prices for small portions. The service is great but not at the level that it's trying to charge at.Dishes are close to $20 each so this is on the higher end of the mid tier priced restaurants. Usually to make up for higher prices you'd expect exceptional service. I've been there a few times and they have friendly staff but very slow service. Sometimes ambiance and decor makes up for higher prices. But The decor inside is nothing special to make it memorable. Other times, you'd expect exceptional presentation of food for higher prices. This is also not the case.I asked to get a custom dish (substitute proteins) and was told it couldn't be done because all the food is all ready pre-prepped and portioned. This reveals they may not have a lead chef. I've gone to other at local korean restaurants and they were able to make an entire off menu dish and cook things differently to fit my request. Again, I'm only being harsh because this restaurant is trying to charge high class prices but offers low class satisfaction. I guess I can't even say that because fast food restaurants now offer customization to menu items so they have no excuse here... Some people have special dietary needs or just don't like certain things. It was weird that they couldn't accommodate. (They have no kids menu either).If you're a hardcore Korean food lover, I highly recommend stopping in. If you have special dietary needs (or maybe you just want to add extra meat to your dish) or you want excellent service, I'd say pass on this one.

WOW! What an experience! You come into a warm comfortable environment Only to be blown away by the food and service. I started with a Honeydew tea. That's right Honeydew tea. It was so tasty I gulped it down and anticipated the rest of my lunch. Now normally I just would see how good the appetizers are ar these new places which I had the Beef King Dumplings with Spicy Kimchi and Potato/Carrot Slaw. That was so good I decided to get a main course to which I had the Crispy Chicken with a spicy sticky sweet sauce and Sunnyside Up Egg served on a hot plate. I loved it! The chicken was juicy tender and crispy even with that sauce but if that was not enough drizzle with warm peanuts. Soooo good. The service was so professional dispite doing this for the first time which is a testament to fine training. Go there go there go there you will be glad you did. Who knows. You might see me there. I hope so.

AMAZING FOOD!! I got the Spicy Squid Pork Belly and it was the best meal I’ve had in awhile! I didn’t think they would give me so much squid but they gave me a lot of pork belly as well! Delicious and spicy sauce and tender, not-too-fatty strips of pork was so perfect. The rice on the side was a perfect pair with it all! I would recommend this place to anyone who loves delicious eastern Asian cuisine and I will continue to eat here

First let me say that the staff was really nice. Here's my review: Walking in, the restaurant itself was pretty nice with good decor. First and foremost the restaurant needs a menu with pictures. Right now it relies on a QR code scan with your phone with NO PICTURES of what to expect. I relied on the online pictures posted by the restaurant and it was completely disappointing. My son's soup had barely any meat. For the price, we were underwhelmed to put it mildly. I really wanted to have a great Korean meal. The food was so disappointing.

Had to use a steak knife to cut through the frozen cheese cake. Pretty sure there was meat in the "vegetable" dumplings. Inattentive staff. Decent Korean food, but nothing to write home about. Wanted to like it more...

Probably the best Korean restaurant in the area. The Jichae, the tofu stew, the beef soup were all amazing! I mean all the dishes were fantastic! umh.. the staffs were friendly, but forgot things easily... We have to remind him more than twice for a bowl. But overall, a restaurant that I will recommend!

The food was amazing! I love that its spot on with everything. Service was alright keep having to wait for water to be refilled when there was only us and another table. Otherwise I would go again and recommend everyone to try very good.

Had this beef stew couple nights ago it was diluted with bunch of water, didn’t have any deep flavor to it, and didn’t have much stuff in it either (not much veggies or any meat) I was expecting somewhat authentic but it wasn’t really. Was very disappointing and I wouldn’t want to go back again.

I went there two days ago because why not try it out. I wanted Korean food and Stonebowl around the corner was closed. I thought it was nice and service was good at first. My dish was a little bland to my liking but I told myself that it’s honestly fine, some people like it like that. BUT later that night, I started feeling weird, my stomach was hurting a little bit, felt the need to puke and around 12AM, I woke up discovering that I had food poisoning. I had to call into work the next and following day because of how bad the food poisoning was.I’d pass on this place just to be safe honestly. Every time I think of food or what I ate, I just want to vomit and not want to eat anymore.