Private parties either celebrating or engaging in late-hour business activities occupy private rooms on the periphery of the main dining area. Dishes described as hot, such as saut ed squid or octopus and a number of main-course soups, are very hot, but good.
Meals come with upward of a half dozen vegetable side dishes.
Samwoo Restaurant also offers Japanese dishes. Good are sushi and sashimi, remarkably crisp tempura of shrimp and vegetables, chewy negimaki of beef enveloping scallions, tender grilled chicken yakitori, and dumplings. Chef Gu has 30 years of experience including 4 years as the specialty chef for Caesars Atlantic City Hotel Casino. He has been with this location since opening as Second-Chef in 1991 and continues today as Proprietor since 1996. All during this time Samwoo Restaurant has been a Top 100 Washingtonian Award Winner for Best Restaurant.