Oh Geul Boh Geul

For my mother's birthday, my sister took a day off work and I brought my son to meet them for lunch. She decided that she wanted Korean food, so the Yonge & Finch area seemed like the most convenient place to go.

Restaurant: Oh Geul Boh Geul
Location: Willowdale
Meal: Lunch
Day: Monday
Son's Age: 11 months

The restaurant has limited customer parking in the back, where you can enter through the back entrance right by the kitchen. Free parking is definitely a nice bonus along Yonge.

Accessibility: ⭐
The restaurant itself is quite small, so both the front and back entrances are narrow. This is not the place to bring a stroller. They also do not have high chairs, although they did provide a booster seat to secure to the chair.

The washroom is located in the basement down a narrow set of stairs, and there is no change table or counter space.

The good news is that the toilet has a lid, so diaper changes can still be done, but it's not convenient.

Service: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I have to give the servers credit because they were clearly not prepared for a baby, and they were even less prepared when I asked for hot water to heat up my son's food. They started by bringing a teacup with too much water so that my baby cube would cause it to overflow, then they brought a banchan dish that was much too shallow. After bringing another bowl that was too large, they finally brought me a small bowl of hot water.

They also came back to check that we had everything we needed, and they were quick to refill our banchan. In fact, we discovered that my son really liked the cold tofu, but we had to navigate carefully because there was some chilli soy sauce on it that we wanted to avoid giving the baby. When we asked if we could have another without sauce, explaining that it was for the baby, they quickly brought out a large helping of the tofu with sauce on the side. While they didn't know what the baby needed, they were more than willing to accommodate us, and I really appreciated the effort. 

Food: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I must say, of all the Korean restaurants in Toronto that I've visited, I think this must have the most banchan. 

What I found particularly unique was that they had a green onion pancake and fresh broccoli, which is a nice change of pace from your typical kimchi, bean sprouts, and japchae. And yes, you can get refills on all of them. For my main, I ordered a bibimbap. 

This was served with some miso soup. The bibimbap was very good. I generally enjoy bibimbap and haven't had a bad version yet, so this is a good example, although it also doesn't stand out in my mind as being especially remarkable or anything. Still, the meal was satisfactory, and the banchan was great. 

Overall: ⭐⭐⭐½
This place itself is not designed to be baby friendly, and given my experience, it would seem that the staff does not see a lot of babies here. That being said, the banchan is great and the servers are so cooperative, really doing their best to make things easier for me. If you are feeling brave and want some good Korean food, this is not a bad place to try.