Koriente

"This casual restaurant, located near the Red River live music district, serves easy pan-Asian fare with plenty of options for any diet. Bento boxes make grabbing lunch easy, but diners can also indulge in bibimbap, rice bowls, and its vegan and gluten-free options. Enhance your meal with add-ons like smoked salmon, mushrooms, or eggs — or craft your own unique bowl. On nice-weather days, head out back to the small, bright red patio." - Darcie Duttweiler

"This Korean-ish restaurant is one of the more affordable options in Downtown, with most dishes hovering around $12, and they’re known to be flavor-packed. Dishes like japchae noodles, teriyaki bowls, and bibimbap are filled with a creative combination of spices and vegetables, and every entree also comes with free miso soup. Call ahead to place your takeout orders or order online on DoorDash. Koriente has online dining only." - Erin Russell, Nadia Chaudhury

"Fresh and affordable pan-Asian fare can be found at this Seventh Street spot. Lunch hours begin at 11 a.m. on weekdays and 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Pickup orders can be placed over the phone or via DoorDash (with deliveries available too); there are outdoor dine-in areas." - Darcie Duttweiler

"Downtown has plenty of places where a nice dress or blazer wouldn’t feel out of place, but sometimes you just need a quick, healthy weekday lunch. When that moment comes, head to Koriente. It’s mostly Korean food—with lots of vegan and gluten-free options—with entrées that are designed to be built upon, so you can add things like chicken, tofu, mushrooms, smoked salmon, avocado, or eggs to your bowl. We like to start with a base of sweet potato japchae noodles, then just add as many vegetables as we can before they kindly ask us to stop.  " - nicolai mccrary

"This family-owned Korean-ish downtown restaurant has awesome options for those craving simple, flavorful food with lots of vegetables for lunch and dinner. There are dishes like the japchae with sweet potato noodles and vegetables to a rice medallion sautee. Takeout and delivery orders can be placed online or in person; there are Uber Eats and DoorDash deliveries; there are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas." - Nadia Chaudhury, Erin Russell