Krave Asian Fusion - Irvine

Terrifian Asian fusion site that immediately meets my desire for Korean chicken wings. Believe the hype and all the akoladen! Now we just have to convince the boss/owner to put his famous beef noodle soup on the menu!

It?s very rare that I got to a restaurant and literally cannot eat the food. This is one of those places. The pot stickers are hard fried shells with a tiny bit of filling left that did. It combust in the deep fryer, the loaded fries with beef are a plate of crinkle cut fries, with a tiny bit of minced beef on and covered in that fake (not actually cheese) cheese sauce from a squirty can. I tried the crispy chicken as it seemed to be a specialty. I bit into one of the chicken legs only to have the crispy (crumbly coating) fall apart and onto the plate to reveal the most dry chicken I have ever had. Left all of the chicken, most of the fries, ate the ones without the fake cheese sauce on. The only thing they made and cooked in house, rather than opened from a Supermarket bag and deep fried was the garlic noodles and these were very good! A lesson to be learned fresh cooked food great, food from a frozen bag and deep fried for far too long (most of the food) not good. Never eaten in Irvine before so maybe this is classed as good food here, but as said I have never been anywhere where I simply could not eat the food.

Krave has a very chill atmosphere. The staff is really nice and helpful. There were a lot of different food options, for picky eaters and not.

Their bibimbap and katsu Korean style chicken is the best combo! Great quality and personal!

The reviews for this place are pretty divisive and polarizing, people either give it 5 stars and call it a miraculous experience, or they give it two stars and complain that it has garbage takeout. Despite these mixed signals, I plunged into the depths of this place with 7 more homies, and let me tell you, it's a mind-bending experience. I'm usually wary of places that try to do many things at once, since they usually end up being mediocre at several things instead of being proficient at a few things. This place is not like that though. Starting with the Loaded Kogi Fries and the Korean Fried chicken (we tried a 30 pcs one with both garlic pepper for half of them and mango habanero for the other half). My friends and I had a chance to try a bunch of different items, such as the Bibimbap (solid choice but nothing life-changing), Taiwanese Garlic Noodles, OG Burgers and Main Street Burger (both great choices), and even the Shoyu Ramen. The great thing about this place is that they get many things right in their menu, and the menu is pretty varied, so no matter who you come with or HOW you come here, you will always find something to satisfy your.... KRAVEs.