Koreatown · Korean · Vegetarian
A shoes-off vegetarian Korean temple restaurant off Fifth Avenue — quiet, meditative, and thirty years running
Hangawi asks you to leave your shoes at the door and sit at low tables in a hushed wooden room, which is an enormous shift from 32nd Street twenty feet outside. The menu is entirely vegetarian and rooted in Korean temple cooking: mountain roots, mushrooms, tofu prepared several ways, stone-pot rice. The pumpkin porridge that opens most meals is a good indicator of the whole approach — plain-looking, carefully made, quietly excellent. It has been running since 1994 and has never chased a trend. It is one of the calmest dining rooms in Midtown and one of the few genuinely serious vegetarian restaurants in the city.
Hangawi is a shoes-off vegetarian Korean temple restaurant off Fifth Avenue — quiet, meditative, and thirty years running. Regulars order mountain root medley and tofu clay pot.
Hangawi is priced at $$$ — approx. $40–$75 per person.
Hangawi takes reservations by phone — call (212) 213-0077 to book.
Hangawi is at 12 E 32nd St, New York, NY 10016, in Koreatown. Garages on E 32nd St and Fifth Ave