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Bibimbap in a hot stone bowl, vegetables and an egg on rice, with soup and kimchi.
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Bibimbap

Korean cooking on West Nile Street: bibimbap in hot stone bowls, Korean fried chicken, stews and kimbap, with Korean beers and cocktails.

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On West Nile Street, a few steps from Gordon Street and Central Station, Bibimbap has been cooking Korean food in the city centre for years, with a sister restaurant on Hanover Street in Edinburgh.

Its name is the dish at its heart: a bowl of rice topped with seasoned vegetables, meat and a fried egg, stirred together at the table with gochujang, the sweet and fiery red pepper paste, and served sizzling in a hot stone bowl.

The menu runs on to Korean fried chicken, twice-fried and glazed, which the restaurant counts among the best in town, bubbling bowls of kimchi and tofu stew, glass noodles, and kimbap, Korea's answer to the sushi roll. The room is bright and busy, hung with coloured umbrellas and neon, and the bar pours Korean beers, sodas and cocktails. It suits a quick lunch as well as a long night with friends, and it opens every day from noon.

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Before you go

Bibimbap opens at noon every day and closes at 10pm, or 11pm on Friday and Saturday.

Hours
Mon to Thu and Sun 12:00 to 22:00; Fri and Sat 12:00 to 23:00.
Where
3 West Nile Street, G1 2PR.
Also
96 Hanover Street, Edinburgh.

Opening hours

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Monday
noon–10pm
Tuesday
noon–10pm
Wednesday
noon–10pm
Thursday
noon–10pm
Friday
noon–11pm
Saturday
noon–11pm
Sunday
noon–10pm

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Where it is

3 West Nile Street, near Central Station.

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