They have just about anything you are in the mood for from quick bites to sit down dinners combos. There's a bakery as well if you want a coffee an pastry.
Nice options, range of prices and types of food, and best of all, they're all Korean style food. It's a little chaotic and there's always to many people and not nearly enough space whether you're dining in or just waiting for takeout. Prices are high though and Daeho makes the least sense since its restaurant priced in a chaotic food court setting where you're required to bus your own tables. Some sort of PA & ticketing display system also needs to be implemented. With only 5 places, they could easily have a display announcing A#-E# and have some outside seating so people aren't just lingering and hovering over tables that are dining. Big callout are the drinks on offer. They are absolute garbage and a waste of space. No one buys them, especially when there's an entire markets worth of better choices. Each food stall has the same Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, bottled water lined up like an advertisement. No surprise as they're all sold by Cocacola. When H-Mart was just a rumor and hitting multiple setbacks delaying their opening 2-3 times, part of it was apparently having to comply with some dumb requirements about having "ready to eat foods for the neighborhood demographic" likely due in part to big ol' Cocacola $$$ pants needing their share of retail floor space and requiring foods that elicit soda drinking like fried chicken.
After hiking on Father's Day, wifey asked where I wanted to eat for dinner. She insisted we go to San Mateo, but I had other ideas. I drove to H-Mart and she immediately had reservations. I had to convince her to check out the food court since they were closed during my initial first visit to this Korean Supermarket. Knowing about the Oahu location, I assumed that they would have the same type of food here. The food court is located on the right side of the market entrance with several tables in a narrow, somewhat cramped, but adequate corridor that could probably fit 40 - 50 diners. The place was packed and you literally had to hover next to a table to reserve one and have to be somewhat aggressive about it. Just think of those grannies at the food sampling booths at Costco. Currently, there are 6 food stalls in this food court and listed in no particular order: Love Baked In (Pasty and Bakery) Da Pan (Korean Fusion) Left Wing (KFC) Daeho (Kalbi Jjim and Beef Soup) Da S.F.C. (Korean-Japanese Fusion) Paik's Noodle (Korean Noodles) After checking the menu on each location, we settled on Paik's Noodle and what drew me in was the Tangsuyuk, I was salivating at the photo and had to google what it was. Tangsuyuk in a Korean-Chinese meat dish that is deep fried in a almost like a fritter form that can either be beef or pork. In this one, it was a pork dish. We ordered two additional dishes and I will save them for another review. Verdict: Masitda (Delicious in Korean) We totally enjoyed our first experience at this place and it's a far cry from Kukje days in the early 2000's. No knock on Kukje...not at all. This is a welcome addition to this neighborhood with a large contingency of Asian-Americans living in the area. My knowledge of Korean cuisine continues to grow and I fully welcome to be a student to the vast array of different dishes. We look forward to returning here and trying out the other places and it's exciting. My only knocks on this place were that it is somewhat cramped and they ran out of paper towel in the restroom. Good thing I always carry extra paper towels with me in my pocket. Other than these, it's exciting to have these kinds of food options in this neighborhood. It's come a long way since Payless and Lucky's used to occupy this strip mall. 4 1/2 stars ****