Updated: August 2026

Late night korean food abu dhabi searches have exactly two useful answers. Until 1AM it is Mukbang Shows, with two Al Danah branches keeping the full menu running — a solo jjampong is AED 60, solo fried chicken AED 48. After 1AM there is one kitchen left in the city: The Skewers on Hamdan Street, open to 3AM, where a bowl of ramyeon is AED 25.

TL;DR

• Best until 1AM: Mukbang Shows, Muroor Road and Electra Street — full menu to close, 100% halal
• Best after 1AM: The Skewers, Hamdan Street — the only Korean kitchen open to 3AM, and the cheapest
• If you are stuck on Yas Island: Nuri Grill & Bar — midnight, 1AM on Friday and Saturday

Late night korean food abu dhabi: who is still serving after midnight?

Three kitchens, and then one.

Mukbang Shows runs to 1AM every night at both Abu Dhabi branches — Mon–Thu 1PM–1AM, Fri–Sun 12PM–1AM — and it is the only Korean operator in the capital with two late kitchens rather than one. Korean Bowl on Hamdan Street and The Taste of Korea on Electra Street both reach midnight. The Skewers carries on to 3AM.

Everything else has closed. Manna Land shuts at 11PM, Korean Kitchen at 10:30PM, and Madang stops taking orders at 10:30PM despite publishing a midnight close.

That gap is the single most useful thing on this page: closing time is not last-order time. A kitchen that shuts at 1AM stops accepting orders before that, so a 12:50AM arrival is a gamble and a phone call solves it.

Why do Abu Dhabi’s Korean kitchens close so early?

Because most of them are in hotels. Madang is in the Holiday Inn, Nuri is in the Hilton on Yas Island, The Taste of Korea is in the Cristal — and hotel restaurants run on hotel food-and-beverage schedules, which means service ends at or before 1AM regardless of who is still hungry.

The two kitchens that run genuinely late are the street-level ones: Mukbang in Al Danah and The Skewers on Hamdan Street. That is the whole structural story of late Korean food in this city, and it is worth knowing before you plan around a listed closing time.

Which Abu Dhabi Korean restaurant is open until 3AM?

The Skewers Korean BBQ, behind Emax on Hamdan Bin Mohammed Street. Its own menu page publishes 11AM to 3AM daily; RestaurantGuru’s listing shows 12PM to 3AM, so the two sources differ on the opening hour and agree on the close.

It is also the cheapest Korean menu in the capital, which is the usual shape of a late-night room. Ramen Noodles AED 25, Haemul Pajeon AED 28, Kimchi Fried Rice AED 34, Gimbap AED 38, Jajangmyeon AED 38, combo meals AED 38, Japchae AED 40, Yangnyeom Chicken AED 40, Garlic Chicken AED 40, Cheesy Tteokbokki AED 42, Beef Bulgogi AED 43, Kimchi Jjigae AED 43, Rabokki AED 45, Jjampong AED 70.

Phone 02 883 6144 or +971 58 183 8015. The honest caveats: this is casual street food rather than a full-service Korean room — the same menu carries a Korean corn dog at AED 22 — and its halal status is not independently verified, so confirm directly with the venue.

Is Mukbang Shows the right call before 1AM?

For most people, yes, and for one specific reason: the full à la carte menu stays available until close rather than shrinking to a late list.

The sensible midnight orders are the solo portions and the broths. Korean Fried Chicken AED 48 solo, Yangnyeom, Honey Soy, Garlic Mayo and Korean Cheese Chicken AED 51 each solo, Jjampong AED 60 solo, Soondubu Jjigae AED 59, Doenjang Jjigae AED 59, Kimchi Jeongol AED 50 solo, Tteok Mandu Guk AED 59, Rabokki AED 49, Tteokbokki AED 55, Japchae AED 55, Seafood Boil Solo AED 87. Bingsu is AED 37 and Melona AED 17 if the point of the trip is dessert.

Muroor Road is at 547 Sultan Bin Zayed The First St, opposite Emirates Grand Market, Al Danah, on +971-50-158-9433. Electra Street is on Zayed The First St behind City Seasons Hotel, on +971-2-564-0446. Both are 100% halal — beef and chicken only, no pork, no alcohol on the premises — at every hour they are open.

Now the honest limits, and the second one matters more than the first. Do not start an unlimited tier at 12:40AM. The four tiers (Gangnam AED 69, Daegu AED 89, Jeju AED 99, Bukchon Hanok AED 129) carry a two-person minimum and an enforced AED 60 leftover charge, which makes a full grill a bad late decision — à la carte is the right order, and that is the opposite of what a restaurant would normally push.

And if it is genuinely past 1AM, Mukbang is closed. The answer at that hour is Hamdan Street, not Al Danah. Our Abu Dhabi Korean fried chicken guide covers the solo-portion options in more detail.

Where can I get Korean food late on Yas Island?

Nuri Grill & Bar at the Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island, and nowhere else. It is the only Korean kitchen anywhere on the island, and the only one in the capital that publishes different weekend hours: Sun–Thu 12PM–12AM, Fri–Sat 12PM–1AM.

Expect resort pricing — Nuri Fried Chicken AED 99, Japchae AED 100, Seafood Pancake AED 100, Lobster Chadol Jjam-Ppong AED 95 — which is roughly double the city-centre equivalent. It is also a licensed venue where alcohol is served, verified from its own wine menu; that is stated so anyone who needs a dry room can plan, not as a verdict on anything else. Confirm halal status directly with the venue. Phone +971 54 211 5151 before making the drive.

Which places close at midnight?

Two, and both are downtown.

Korean Bowl Restaurant on Hamdan Street, behind the Millennium Hotel, publishes 11:00 to 00:00 daily on its own site — midnight seven nights, no weekday dip. The menu is built the way a late order wants it: gimbap, soups, noodles and ramyun, fried chicken and wings, rice bowls, dosirak boxes and loaded fries. Listing sites put the average bill around AED 80, but no prices are published, so you cannot cost it in advance. It is a small room of roughly two dozen covers, so a group is a phone call rather than a walk-in: +971 50 389 8283. Confirm halal status directly.

The Taste of Korea at the Cristal Hotel on Electra Street, Madinat Zayed, runs 11:00 to 00:00 per MyBayut’s guide, with a second site at Al Wahda Mall Extension. Its listings name a seafood hot pot and a seafood pancake, so a proper hot dish is available late rather than only snacks. Two cautions: those hours come from a third-party guide rather than the venue’s own site, and hotel kitchens are exactly the ones most likely to stop orders early. Ring before a late drive. Confirm halal status directly.

What is the Madang trap?

Madang Korean Restaurant at the Holiday Inn publishes daily hours of 12PM to 12AM — and a last order at 10:30PM. Both figures are on the venue’s own site. The published closing time and the last usable time are ninety minutes apart.

It is in this guide precisely because of that gap. Madang has the longest Korean menu in the capital — fifteen named stews and soups, a full Korean-Chinese section, six noodle dishes, five pancakes, sashimi — which makes it exactly the venue most likely to surface in a late-night search and turn a reader away at the door. Phones +971 2 585 5441 and +971 56 327 5999, with a second site at Al Ghazal Golf Club near the old airport on +971 50 137 5888. Confirm halal status directly.

What does late night Korean food cost in Abu Dhabi?

No Korean kitchen in the capital publishes a late-night surcharge or a reduced late menu. The prices at 12:30AM are the prices at 12:30PM — worth stating, because plenty of people assume otherwise.

A solo late order lands around AED 25 to AED 45 at The Skewers, or AED 48 to AED 60 at Mukbang. Two people sharing a hot pot at Mukbang after midnight works out around AED 50 a head. On Yas Island the same meal is roughly double. Our Abu Dhabi Korean BBQ price guide breaks down the unlimited tiers if you are eating earlier in the evening.

Is late night Korean food in Abu Dhabi halal?

Mukbang Shows is 100% halal at both Abu Dhabi branches — beef and chicken only, no pork, no alcohol on the premises — and that does not change at midnight.

For every other venue here the accurate advice is to confirm directly with the restaurant. No Abu Dhabi Korean venue’s halal status is independently verified in public sources, so this guide does not assert one way or the other. Nuri Grill & Bar is a licensed venue where alcohol is served, which is a fact about the room rather than a halal verdict, and it matters if you need a dry restaurant. Time Out Abu Dhabi’s guide to late night dinner spots covers the wider late-night field beyond Korean food.

Where to find late night korean food abu dhabi options by neighbourhood

The map collapses into one downtown corner plus one island.

Al Danah and Hamdan Street hold four of the eight kitchens in this guide, and both of the genuinely late ones. Mukbang runs two branches here — Muroor Road opposite Emirates Grand Market, Electra Street behind City Seasons Hotel — with Korean Bowl behind the Millennium Hotel and The Skewers behind Emax, roughly ten minutes from the Electra branch. If you are downtown after midnight, this is the entire realistic list.

Madinat Zayed adds The Taste of Korea at the Cristal Hotel on Electra Street, in the same downtown grid. Al Sa’adah has Madang at the Holiday Inn — worth knowing about, not worth a late drive. Al Nahyan Camp and Al Najda Street hold Manna Land and Korean Kitchen, both closed before the late window opens.

Yas Island is the second zone and a dedicated trip across the bridge for Nuri. It makes sense only if you are already out there after an event.

One note for anyone new to the city: Abu Dhabi has no metro, tram or rail network, so every one of these is a car or taxi decision, made on road distance and neighbourhood rather than station names. Mukbang is also listed on Talabat, Deliveroo, Careem, Noon Food and Keeta if the drive is the problem rather than the hour.

Practical tips for a late Korean meal in Abu Dhabi

1. Ring before you drive. Closing time is not last-order time anywhere. This one habit prevents almost every wasted late-night trip in this city.

2. Know the 1AM cliff. Before 1AM you have Mukbang’s two branches and a full menu. After 1AM you have The Skewers and nothing else. Save both numbers.

3. Order à la carte after midnight. Mukbang’s unlimited tiers carry a two-person minimum and an AED 60 leftover charge — a fine deal at 8PM, a bad one at 12:40AM. A solo fried chicken at AED 48 or a jjigae at AED 59 is the smarter order.

4. Do not trust a midnight listing at a hotel. Madang’s 10:30PM last order is the clearest case, but hotel kitchens generally close service before the door.

5. Pick the neighbourhood before the dish. On Yas Island, Nuri is your only option. Everywhere else, aim at the Al Danah and Hamdan Street corner, where two late kitchens sit about ten minutes apart.

6. Broth travels better than fried food. If you are ordering delivery at midnight, a jjigae or jjampong holds up on the drive far better than fried chicken, which loses its crust.

7. Check halal needs in advance. Mukbang publishes a clear 100% halal position. Every other venue here needs a direct question, and Nuri is licensed.

8. Read the menu before you leave. The Skewers and Mukbang both publish exact prices, so the bill at 2AM should hold no surprises.

FAQ

What is the best Korean restaurant in Abu Dhabi after midnight?
Mukbang Shows until 1AM, at either the Muroor Road or Electra Street branch, with the full menu still running. After 1AM, The Skewers on Hamdan Street is the only Korean kitchen still open, to 3AM.

Does Mukbang Shows stay open until 1AM every night?
Yes. Both Abu Dhabi branches run Mon–Thu 1PM–1AM and Fri–Sun 12PM–1AM. Note that 1AM is the closing time, not the last-order time, so ring if you are arriving close to it.

Is any late-night Korean food in Abu Dhabi halal?
Mukbang Shows is 100% halal at both branches — beef and chicken only, no pork, no alcohol. No other venue’s status is independently verified, so confirm directly. Nuri is a licensed venue where alcohol is served.

How much does a late Korean meal cost in Abu Dhabi?
Roughly AED 25 to AED 45 for a solo dish at The Skewers, or AED 48 to AED 60 at Mukbang. There is no late-night surcharge anywhere. On Yas Island, expect AED 95 to AED 100 for a main.

Can I get Korean food late on Yas Island?
Only at Nuri Grill & Bar in the Hilton, open to midnight and to 1AM on Friday and Saturday. Everywhere else means driving back into the city.

Why does Madang show midnight but stop serving earlier?
Its own site publishes a midnight close and a 10:30PM last order. Like most hotel-housed kitchens in Abu Dhabi, service ends well before the doors do.

The late Korean map in Abu Dhabi is small but reliable: two branches to 1AM, one kitchen to 3AM, and a lot of hotel restaurants that look open and are not. Call first, order à la carte, and it works. For the same question answered where the field is wider, see our late night Korean food guide for Dubai, or MyBayut’s Abu Dhabi Korean restaurant guide for published timings across the city.

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