Kimchi Tofu House

"A small Dinkytown restaurant known for its Korean stew and bulgogi." - Julie Yu

"Just across the street from the University of Minnesota, this tiny eatery specializes in silken tofu stews, grilled meats, and bibimbap topped with meat, vegetables, and an egg. Warm up with Korean-style ramen, which is spicier than its Japanese counterpart. (A vegetarian-broth version is available, too). Kimchi Tofu House is a choose-your-own-spice-level adventure, from “zero spice” to the eye-watering “very, very spicy”. Note that it’s closed on Sundays." - Justine Jones, Stacy Brooks, Eater Staff

"You will not have a leisurely meal here, but you’ll certainly have a good one. At this hole-in-the-wall restaurant near the University of Minnesota’s East Bank campus, service is direct, kind, and almost impossibly efficient — even with every table at full capacity, there’s rarely a wait longer than ten minutes before you’re seated, menu and water in hand, banchan landing on the table the moment you’ve finished ordering. Take one look at the other tables and you’ll see that the lunch combos are the way to go here: any grilled meat along with a silken tofu stew, which arrives with a raw egg ready to be cracked into the searingly hot bowl of kimchi jjigae, still bubbling as it lands on the table, alongside plenty of white rice to sop up the savory broth." - Julie Zhou

"Kimchi Tofu House, tucked into a bright yellow storefront on Oak Street, serves comforting Korean dishes. The namesake silken tofu stews, teeming with tender dumplings, meat, kimchi, or bright veggies, are hard to beat — but don’t overlook the Korean-style ramen, which kicks the spice level up a notch." - Justine Jones, Eater Staff

"There are many reliable places to eat on the University of Minnesota campus, but head to the East Bank area next to Huntington Bank stadium to find a bevy of stews at Kimchi Tofu House. Its spicy beef tofu stew is especially excellent." - Ali Elabbady