Noriter Chicken & Beer

Maisie

5.0

My whole family loves to hang out in Noriter especially during sunday..We love the chicken and it taste same with what we had in korea when we travel. Staff are very accommodating kahit na andaming demands ng ate ko. Food are delicious and the draft beer is the best.. I recommend the Yangyeom chicken, sunsal padak and Kugmul teokpogi with double cheese :)

Dedi Wie

3.0

Note: This review is long overdue.Noriter Chicken and Beer may not look like the usual Korean restaurant, like a BBQ place, but it is Korean. Confused? Well, allow me to explain.Chicken and beer is synonymous in Korean food culture. With the huge popularity of Korean food in the Philippines, it has become popular amongst a few people already. Chicken and beer in Korean is known as chimaek. It is mainly done amongst a group of friends when eating and hanging out. Since Filipinos already love doing that, it’s easy to see why it has become popular. Instead of the usual sisig and beer, it’s chicken and beer.Now, let me admit, I don’t drink. I have drank before, but in most cases, my body cannot hack alcohol. As much as I would like to, I don’t. It’s complicated. A love-hate relationship with my body. Lol! I am 100% sure though that I love and enjoy Korean fried chicken. I can imagine it with beer, and it really makes sense.Again, I will admit that I haven’t had the chicken minus the beer at Noriter. The reason is, I was a solo diner when I visited and dined there. Everything on the menu was literally for sharing. There’s only a certain time of day in which they have solo meals, but I didn’t know about how they did things, and didn’t arrive at the hours in which the solo meals were available. So instead of walking out and finding another place to eat, I asked what I could order and possibly finish myself as I did have a hefty appetite and felt like I was starving. The servers gladly pointed out several options, which were good for about 2 people.So, I ended up ordering a bowl of Spicy Jjolmyen as I do love Korean noodle dishes. Translation, Spicy Cold Chewy Noodles is exactly what I ordered. It’s actually much like a salad as it has no soup. Also it has vegetables only, an egg, but no meat. The spicy flavor that it has comes from the gochujang paste. There’s also a fair bit of tanginess in it, which I believe comes from a fair bit amount of vinegar which is the liquid, making things mix easier since there’s no soup. And with how cold the entire dish is, everything blends well, balancing each other out.Food: 2.0 – I did enjoy the 1 dish I had. I just really wish that they kept the solo meals available all day. I know that chicken and beer in Korean food culture is meant for groups. What of solo diners? 99.9% of the time, Noriter will only cater to those groups? I’m sure there’s more than a 0.1% of a solo diner walking in.Price: 4.0 – The prices at first may seem steep, but everything on the menu is really for groups. So, it’s worth it.Ambience: 4.0 – Noriter is really a laid back place for groups and barkads to hang and enjoy food. No bar area that I saw, but with the low lighting in some areas, one might think that they’re in one.Service: 4.0 – Service is quick as the servers are very attentive, even refilling my complimentary popcorn snack when I was running out. Or maybe it was the Korean owner watching his customers like a hawk, telling his servers what to do.As I dined here, there was a group of at least 8 dining close to my table. The chicken that they ordered did look very good, and I even heard them compare it to other fried chicken places, and they are quite pleased with Noriter’s chicken. No doubt, I will come back, and not alone. But if I do, there’s always take-out.