Shin Chon - Old Ellicott City

This spot has been a staple for YEARS. A reliable spot to go when you miss the typical 9 pm dinner cut off.. however that no longer holds true. Sit down early and you 'll avoid this true madness that we went through...We walked in 830 with a party of 10 ppl and 1 baby for Easter Dinner Bday celebration. Then was it communicated at 8:47 pm that the kitchen closes at 9 pm tonight. The door shows 10:30pm. No biggie though. We ordered everything within 2 minutes of being asked to push things through. It was 8:50 PM at this point.Service: Some were super nice ajjumas!!! A+ service. The rest were clearly ready to go home. It was super confusing because some servers would insist take your time as another server asked us to move from our spot, mid conversation, so she could fit her trolley for dirty plates and glasses into our seating area to clear the table as if we were leaving. There were ppl in our group clearly still eating so we were taken aback by the request. People are STILL EATING. As a result, this insistent server spilled food juice on the birthday boy. He was blocked in and couldn 't get up as she kept clearing our table.Management: idk why you were YELLING at your employers in korean while they were eating their dinner shift meals but we 're korean so we understood what you were saying. We were attempting to enjoy an Easter Birthday meal and you sucked the happiness out of the room.Food:Kalbi was delicious. Japchae was extremely overcooked. Soondubu used to be fire but this time around it was just okay. Sam gyup Sal (pork belly)And chadol (brisket) wasn 't cooked to my liking since the servers did it in the back.It would have been nice to be able to at least order more rice since it comes out of a rice cooker but the whole table failed to order more bowls of rice.

The combo meals comes with so much food! The servers cooks all the meat for you, but you can do it yourself if you ask. The banchan was a little underwhelming with overlapping flavors kimchi cabbage, kimchi radish, and another kimchi veggie) perhaps it was just that days banchan. Highly recommend the steam egg!

One of the best places to take family for Korean food. Quick service, excellent food, reasonable prices.

I knew that this restaurant would not have an elegant or upscale atmosphere. On the other hand, at least the food was average, but I confirmed today that it wasn't even that good. In particular, I would not recommend the soup type, and if you are not a barbecue guest, do not expect attentive service from servers.

After living in South Korea for a few years I can say this place serves some of the most authentic and delicious Korean food in the Baltimore Metro area. I highly recommend!!!