Bonchon Pineville - Asian fusion restaurant in Charlotte - 8318 Pineville-Matthews Rd #703, USA

Running some errands and noticed the Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken in Pineville, NC restaurant immediately. I think it’s a sign to visit Seoul! ✌🏽 ⁣I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I walked in but the energy was inviting and the food smelled good! Always a plus! I ordered the Soy Garlic and Korean BBQ 🫶🏽⁣ 10/10 for both! ⁣will certainly be back. ⁣

So we went for lunch, got there right at noon but was able to sit right away. Great start. Ordered pretty quickly, and this is where it wasn't the best. It took a pretty long time before the meal came out. ~30 minutes. Food was tasty. My chicken I got was split between the soy and the spicy. Wow, that IS spicy! 🥵 And I love spicy. Everything else was tasty too. Overall it was good, just took longer than expected.

The atmosphere was very much of a fast food restaurant but with wait staff. Which wasn’t for me, I’d prefer to pick up food at a counter and eat it at the table, or have a more pleasant environment, since all the TVs were on the cooking channel and that’s all we could hear on the speaker. It felt run down, and the food was good, but the chicken was not as juicy as other Korean chicken places in the area.

Excellent. Loved the service and quality of food. The wings were amazing. Spicy and the Soy Garlic split! So tasty! Thank you

(Update: lunch specials have gone up to $10.25) This location and the one on Park Rd. seem to share staff and management. They both offer fabulous $8.95 lunch specials. The boneless wings aren't nearly as good as the drums and wings. They're more breading than meat. We like spicy food, but Bonchon is even too hot for us, so we tend always get soy garlic and this time tried the sweet crunch as well (not bad). Besides the spicy chicken, the tteokbokki rice cake dish was on fire! Interestingly, the mozzarella they put on top helps to temper the heat on your tongue. (But only a little!)

We enjoyed ourselves here for dinner one evening. We had several dishes. *The chicken strips are offered in Spicy and Soy Garlic. Listen. This spicy is SPICY 🔥🥵. This spicy did not come to play with you, it wants to make sure you never forget the time your taste buds mutinied and wanted to jump right off your tongue into your water glass. All that said, the flavor is delicious. *The spicy Korean chicken tacos, however, are not spicy at all. Or maybe my taste buds were destroyed from the chicken strips. Tasty, just not spicy. *The Shrimp Shumai was my husband and son's favorite dish, by far. They finished this in mere minutes. *The Pork buns were decent for me. Again, my boys loved them. *Lastly, the Udon Noodle Soup. DELICIOUS. *Dessert! I almost forgot. Definitely try the Korean Fried Doughnuts. Delightful. Overall, GREAT FOOD. The only reason it's not 5 stars for me is because the dining room space is a little cramped if you're not lucky enough to get a booth.

I'm no expert but Im pretty sure my appetizer should arrive well before my entree. So my entree arrived 10 mins before my appetizers. I had the BiBimBap. Unfortunately the rice was so hot that it dried everything out and by the end I was having to drink water with a bite of food just to get it down. I've been eating Korean food for a long time and I've never seen BiBimBap served in a clay bowl before. Those are usually for hot dishes which probably added to the dryness of the dish. Server was doing what she knows so I don't blame her. Could be a great spot for Korean food ,but as of right now , it's very disorganized. I also tried to order dessert but was told that I would have to walk next door for that.

My first time having Korean food and it was amazing! We ordered the soy wings, garlic fries,spicy tacos and a noodles bowl it was amazing, server was very friendly and did a great job of running the floor by herself!