Midori

New ownership, not friendly. You pay when you order at the counter like take-out and there's no table service. They don't seat you at the table or give you menus.
They serve the little sauces in plastic take-out cups with the lids on it. This place has absolutely no personality to it like it used to be.
I've never seen a sit down restaurant so non-customer oriented in me life. Fast food restaurants are more friendly. Every time I've been there there has only been one person in the place cooking and serving.
Avoid this place, you will be disappointed.

Food was VERY good! Four stars is because of lack of atmosphere and occasional slow service. Read the review!
Four of us had lunch at Midori. Our first visit.
The very kind lady, who is the owner and chef took very good care of us. We enjoyed the Bimbop, Tteokbokki, Kimchi, steamed pork Gyoza, Miso Soup, Bibim Bap, Seafood Soondubu and Chicken Bulgogi. She brought me fish sauce on request and the pickled sweet pepper was a complimentary dish!
The interior is nothing fancy. Looks like there is outdoor seating. It is BYOB. The main thing is the food is VERY good and the owner is very nice.
Do not expect the trappings of a fancy restaurant or super fast service.
This is more like being invited into a wonderful Korean cook's home.
We will go back!

If you are looking for homemade Korean food, this is the place. I got the kimbap and it was delicious. My husband got the tofu soup (forgot what's the name of the dish) but he was really happy with it because he said that he always wants more tofu and this was exactly what he wanted. Side of kimchi was super tasty. We really enjoyed all the food we ordered and will be back!

This is a very small, very quaint place. One person served as hostess, waitress and chef. She pulls it off very well. The best Bib bim bop I've ever had was back in Naperville IL. This was close. Since we moved back to CT we've been searching for a good Korean restaurant. This is the second one we've tried. Our search may be over. Good food, good friendly service at a fair price. We were there on a Thursday and they were very slow. They deserve to be busier.

I love Korean food. I REALLY love Korean food. And I keep waiting for Korean food to have it's Moment. You know, the kind of moment that turns into me being able to get legit, delicious, actual Korean food somewhere other than NYC. So, I was going to be driving down through Connecticut on an all day/night round trip from Central Vermont to JFK and back. Obviously, I needed to eat, but I also wanted a really good meal.

Spoiler Alert: I ALWAYS want a really good meal.

So I took to Yelp to check out my options. I was looking for Korean. Midori was listed as a Korean and Japanese restaurant with a pretty extensive Korean menu and, judging from my perusal of some of the more recent views there, the restaurant changed ownership in the past year. The current Midori does not serve sushi, but does have Korean and Japanese dishes. If you are vegetarian or vegan you are, unfortunately, out of luck here. I don't eat beef, pork or poultry, so it was a little challenging for me. Also because it was HOT HOT outside and I couldn't face eating a soup/noodle dish or Soondubu (which I LOVE in colder weather...) But I was still able to find multiple dishes to try. In fact, I was served so much food I could not finish it. Which is SAYING SOMETHING for me!!

First, may I say, Midori is PRECISELY the kind of place I want to support. It appears to be entirely run by one woman who is doing everything right in front of you. As in the limited kitchen is right behind the counter. The entire space is just a storefront in a little strip mall.

I LOVE to see someone hustling and working to own their own spot and do everything from scratch. When I got to Midori, late afternoon on a Tuesday in July, I was the only customer. And despite the fact that the (presumed) owner was my waitress and cook, service was spot on.
This isn't fine dining folks. So take those pretensions elsewhere. There is no alcohol. You don't come here for drinks. There also is no Banchan, despite some misleading pics and comments online. You can get two little, plastic cups with kimchi and pickles in place of Banchan. But I'm still not willing to deduct any points because I codlin't have eaten Banchan even if she'd served me some.
I ordered 4 things: Tteokbokki appetizer (rice cake with noodles, fish cake and vegetables in spicy broth); Kimchi Kimbap (fish sausage, stir fried kimchi, Korean pickled radishes); side of Kimchi; and Gyoza Salad (fried Gyoza tossed with green salad and delicious dressing).

Full Disclosure: I've eaten A LOT of Korean food in my life, but I'd never eaten Tteokbokki and only once had I eaten Kimbap (which, if you know, is sort of like a Futomaki, but very Korean and different flavor profile - i.e., HIGHLY sesame rice when done authentically).

The Tteokbokki arrived first and was HUGE. Like a full dinner sized plate full of The Most Delicious food and sauce. It was so freaking big I referred back to my menu because I figured it couldn't actually be an appetizer. LOL It was DELICIOUS. On every level. Different, delightful textures and mouthfeel, fabulous and spicy sauce. I tried to pace myself. But I'd already eaten the entire container of Kimchi (served in a plastic, half pint "to go" container - check your pretensions at the door!), even though I tried not to...

Since my first Kimbap ever was very meh, I was reluctant to order it. Also Kimbap is BIG. You get ONE Kimbap. (Not like Japanese sushi rolls where you order a bunch.) But I was super curious about "fish sausage" and I LOVE pickled radishes. I was NOT disappointed. That Kimbap was FANTASTIC. The owner/chef told me I should dip it in my Tteokbokki sauce and she'd given me extra sauce. GOOD TIP!! Although You don't need to dip her Kimbap in anything. You can just eat it piece by delicious piece and savor the flavors of each one. SO GOOD.

The Gyoza Salad is, frankly, pretty genius: a mixed salad with very tasty sesame type dressing tossed with fried Gyoza. Get your veggies AND a delicious, tasty dish.

I LOVED my meal at Midori. I LOVE to see a woman owning and running her own place and serving up food and food knowledge. I hope she gets so busy she has to hire waitstaff!! I can't wait to when I can get back. Hopefully after these temps cool back off and I can order some Soondubu or a huge bowl of noodles!!

Support small, independent businesses.
Support women entrepreneurs.
Order things you've never had before and be open to try things again that maybe you thought weren't fabulous the first time you had them.

Support independent restaurants and give them the "space" to be their own kind of great.

I had such a HUGE smile on my face when I left Midori. I hope you do too!!

All I can say is we ordered Korean Fried Chicken and was handed CHICKEN NUGGETS - you can't make this stuff up - STUNNED and EMBARRASSED at the ridiculousness of this establishment
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Unfortunately, some of the changes that the restaurant has made under new management in order to cut costs has impacted the experience substantially. We found our favorite dishes changed, the switch to all disposable utensils even in the restaurant really cheapened the dine-in experience, and overall it did not measure up to what we initially experienced. I hope things change for the better, but it may be awhile before we go back...

Midori used to be our ultimately favorite place to eat. We love the previous owners who was always consistent with their dishes. We always order the combination udon without fail to the point that the lady owner knows what I was going to order.
It's sad to see that my favorite dish is no longer the same. They have changed owners but they should learn from the previous owner what made them successful. Now they gave me only one tempura instead of two and I asked the new owner but she insisted that it was only one. But hey, I've been ordering that same dish for the past many, many years I've been here. She forgot both the fish cakes on the skewers and the shrimp tempura.
Tell me if there's a big difference in my combination udon? One is a strip down version food court style with only one shrimp tempura and the other was from the previous owner.
I really hope they'll learn from the previous owner who made great authentic Korean food.

Don't go here! The owner/cook wears the same pair of gloves for everything: food prep, cooking, waiting on customers, clearing used plates. It is absolutely disgusting and a health hazard. Bathroom was also missing soap.

DO NOT order Korean fried chicken! They are just chicken nuggets with Gochujang sauce!! Other food is okay...