Korean food at IconSiam: The Bibimbab guide

On the 6th floor. IconSiam stands on the Charoen Nakhon bank of the Chao Phraya, which puts this branch on the opposite side of the river from the family’s Sukhumvit and Pathum Wan tables. Opening hours are 10:00 to 21:00, every day, and the branch answers its own line on 082-380-8282.

The full branch record, with a map search link and the hours written out day by day, is on the IconSiam branch page. If the mall has moved a unit since we last checked, the branch phone is the fastest way to find the door.

Korean house cuisine centred on dolsot (hot stone bowl) bibimbap, soups, stews and classic sharing dishes, prepared with balanced nutrition in mind. Three things anchor the table.

• Dolsot Bibimbap

  돌솥비빔밥

  The house original, served roaring hot in a stone bowl

• Korean Soups & Stews

  찌개 · 탕

  Slow-simmered daily, from kimchi jjigae to soft tofu

• Classic Sharing Table

  한식 상차림

  Grilled fish, pancakes and banchan for the whole table

At this branch the 13 bibimbap bowls run from 250 to 280 baht, and the soups and stews from 220 to 420 baht, before VAT. The whole carte, section by section and filtered to what this branch actually serves, is on the menu page.

Yes. Dolsot bibimbap is built as a single serving: one hot stone bowl is a complete Korean meal for one person, rice and vegetables and protein in the same vessel, and the soups and stews are served the same way. A mall lunch on the 6th floor takes about as long as you want it to. If you want the method before you order, read how to eat dolsot bibimbap.

Yes. The menu runs from mild to spicy so every generation finds a dish, and most of the table is meant to be shared. Large tables and group orders are arranged by the Group Order Center on 02-662-2268, and the branch takes its own bookings on 082-380-8282. IconSiam is a long trip for some of the family, so call ahead rather than arrive and wait.

IconSiam is a The Bibimbab table, not a griddle table. Korean barbecue is the work of Hwaro, the family’s griddle BBQ brand, which runs 4 branches: Central Ladprao, The Mall Ngamwongwan, Central Pinklao and The Mall Bangkapi. None of them is at IconSiam, and none is on this side of the river, so it is a separate evening. The branch-by-branch Hwaro guide has the floor, hours and phone for each one.

Four more The Bibimbab tables sit across the river in central Bangkok. Each cooks from the same recipes, so the choice is about which side of town you are on, not which kitchen is better.

• Siam ParagonGround floor, Pathum Wan, Bangkok083-728-8282
• EmQuartierB floor, Phrom Phong, Bangkok093-161-8282
• One BangkokB1 floor, Rama IV, Bangkok080-821-5233
• Sukhumvit 24Sukhumvit, Bangkok092-276-8282

All 13 branches the family runs, across every brand, are on the locations page.

Because one kitchen decides. Every sauce, marinade and recipe comes from Chef Kim’s Cooking Lab on Sukhumvit 31, the family’s central kitchen, so the bowl at IconSiam is the bowl at Siam Paragon. The recipes are the founder’s: Master Chef Myoung Hee Kim opened the first Korean kitchen of this group in Bangkok in 2010, and the lab still tastes a dish before any branch is allowed to serve it.