Ariari is a $$ Contemporary Korean restaurant with strong signals from both Google diners and Blackbird: a 4.6 Google rating across 601 reviews and 4,410 all-time Blackbird check-ins. The highlighted reviews point to a small, cozy room, with one reviewer describing the service style as not traditional Korean.
The dishes that surface in the highlighted reviews are specific: Spicy Monkfish, crab noodle, scallop hand roll set, beef shank/rib soup, and especially the uni cream dolsot al bap. Reviewers call out crispy rice, oceanic uni, and a fresh-sweet cabbage kimchi salad. Blackbird traffic peaks on Friday and Saturday.