Korean BBQ

KBBQ YOU CAN GRILL AT YOUR TABLE!
As everyone has mentioned before, the restaurant is a little unappealing to the eye. Kind of dark, kind of dull and boring, but at least it seems clean! There are a few tvs which play korean music videos on the wall which kind of help the bare orange walls.
The waitress is very nice and attentive. She always checks on the table, refills water, and refills all the unlimited side dishes too.
I was a little disappointed that half of the things we tried to ordered «ran out» when we had come in on a Monday afternoon. We ended up getting bulgulgi and spicy pork to grill at our table. Nothing too crazy but good enough to statisfied our craving. I wish there were some dipping sauces which came with the meal. Our meats came with some tasty korean side dishes, salad, rice, and yummy asian pancakes (?)
Overall, I’ll probably come back because the food wasn’t horrible, price was pretty standard, korean side dishes were good, and I do love cooking my own korean bbq at the table.
Environment: ³⁄₅
Food: ³⁄₅
Price: ³⁄₅
Service: ⁵⁄₅

I love Korean food… but I honestly don’t think I can ever come back here again.
First, the restaurant is so dark that I could barely see the menu. The tables are so greasy to the point that I didn’t even want to put my arms on it. I thought to myself that it is normal since the tables have BBQ grills on them. As long as the food is good, it doesn’t matter to me. We orderd a Kalbai and bulgogi (BBQ ribs and beef) so that we would cook it ourselves. We also ordered a side of dumplings.
When the waitress started up thr grill, i immediately notice that the top of the grill was bend and broken (Really?). Dumplings were completely burnt. Kalbai and Bulgogi were so oily that I could barely finish them. They do offer many different types of kimchi. However, half of them were so soar that we could even eat them. To make our experience here even worse was the horrible ventilation system. The idiots behind us clearly didn’t know how to cook their own food. They messed it up so bad that it smoked up the entire place. Their vent just didn’t do a good job of taking care of situation such as this. I basically walked out of that place smelling like BBQ for hours!
The only reason I still give this place a 2 star is because of the waitress. Service wasn’t great but that was only because the restaurant is short staff. Not her fault at all. I saw the owners walking around doing their own thing, but would not lift a finger to help her. She was the only waitress sitting the guests, cleaning tables, serving food, and checking people out. That is just wrong!
Ill never come back here again

Side dishes are great but wasn’t a traditional korean sides. What it appears to be a vegetable patty was a little too oily as if it was deep fried. Server wasn’t as welcoming & never came by too see if everything was okay or refill of water. I ordered yookkejang & it had a lot of meat & vegetables but little bland & oily.
I personally like what it appears to be a home made kimchee. It was delicious!!!
Not sure if I would recommend as korean retaurant.

I guess the saving grace of this restaurant is the flavor of the food. The ban chan dishes were pretty standard but tasty. The bulgogi was good and the spicy pork was marinated in a sauce that had both me and my friend rhapsodizing over the flavor. But then, there’s the service. I arrived at 1 pm on a Saturday and my friend arrived 10 minutes after I did. we placed our orders shortly after he arrived and it took a while before the server lit up the table grill’s burner; I was glad when she did because since I arrived I had been smelling gas coming from underneath the burners and was getting a bit nauseous. Then we waited and waited … and after a long while the heat had mostly dried up the cooking oil coating the surface of the grill, and the meats still haven’t arrived. Eventually, a full hour after we placed our order, the meats for grilling arrived, and they stuck to the now-​dry grill surface during cooking. Nevertheless, the flavors, especially of the pork, were very good. It’s just too bad that it took so long to get our food — there were only 4 tables (including ours) with customers. There was only one server and we wondered half-​seriously if she was also the only staff member in the restaurant at that time. So … we certainly liked the food, but the very long wait made us decide that we would not be making the long drive to this place any time soon.

We split our time between California and Colorado, and eat a ton of Korean BBQ in both places. We were driving through Arizona and had a big appetite, decided to look for some KBBQ. It was excellent! The selection of banchan wasn’t as varied as we are used to, but every dish was excellent, the lotus root was particularly good, and the kimchi was on point. Sam gyup sal was also worth a specific shoutout, and all of the food was worth coming back for. We will absolutely be coming back next time we are in the Phoenix area.

It not a flashy restaurant. Little run down looking but it has always been consistently good food and service. One of my favorite places to go.

Wow this place is amazing! It deserves more stars than it has. The service was awesome and the food was super good. Its a little pricey but totally worth it despite what some other reviews say. Definitely will come back!

I don’t know why there is all the hate, the food here was great and at a reasonable price! The server was nice, so I have no idea why people are complaining about it. It is true that the place looks a little shabby and we were the only ones there for quite a while until some other parties came in, but there are little to no cook-​yourself-​kbbq places in AZ and this place is awesome. We went on a Friday night and I was surprised it was completely empty when we first came there, but definitely give this place a try!

We came here in a group on Saturday from LA. The food is good but the service sucked. I give three stars for the food. I won’t go into details about the fly in the water… The chicken Katsu and beef bulgogi was tasty. The side dish of the veggie pancakes was nice too. There was only one server working with a useless manager not to be found till the end. We asked for multiple things and were left waiting. I’m told that the sides were refillable but we only got one dish replaced. We’re aware that there must not be many options in Phoenix for Korean bbq like there is in LA. This wouldn’t be good enough in LA service wise but the food is good!

If this restaurant was located in California or any other state with adequate Korean BBQ selection/​competition, it would surely struggle to stay in business. However, I gave it 3 stars because it is the only Korean BBQ place within a reasonable distance from my house. It is clear from the restaurant logo to the menu descriptions and prices that this place is geared towards non-​Korean clientele.
Pros:
— excellent banchan
— decent service
Cons:
— $ 14 per bottle of soju (side note: on my last visit they ran out of chum churum brand after our first bottle and had to substitute with an off-​brand for the subsequent bottles… at the same $ 14 price)
— considering both quantity and quality, the meat is over priced
— poor atmosphere and environment
Bottom line: if you need a Korean BBQ fix, this will likely satisfy your craving… but otherwise, it leaves much to be desired.

So… This review is hard to write. First and foremost the reason I keep going back is the waitress. I dont know her name but she is super nice! The place itself is shockingly tacky. Every time I go one more letter of the neon sign out front has burned out. It is down to only the K and the O. I always think of Bar rescue when Im there. This place has so much potential that is wasted. I feel sorry for the waitress. she will have like 8 tables before the owner lady finally comes to help her. Sad. Yes… and they do always have pluming issues.
This place is a like a puppy that is so ugly that it is cute. I cant explain my affection for it.
Food is good by the way. the Kimchi pancakes are awesome!!!

It was a Monday night and I was craving Korean food. I arrived to the restaurant 30 minutes to closing, but they still welcomed me warmly. I really wanted Sol Long Tang, but they said it wasn’t available. I got a Kalbi Tang instead wanting some sort of brothy meal.
My server who is also part owner chatted with me and was so kind to make sure everything was okay with the food. When the owners really show that they care about their customers, it makes such a big difference.
The ban chan was very tasty with 6 different little dishes and a few Korean pancakes. My kalbi tang was extremely flavorful and satisfying. I ordered a bibimbap to go and it was equally as delicious eaten the next day.

Bad experience!
The waitress let me know from the beginning that she would not have too much time to serve me because she had a big party to tend to so she rushed me to place my order. Than I asked for a glass of wine and she said I would need to buy the bottle. Problem with that is I’m driving so… yeah. Than they bring out the bulgogi and for $ 17.00 bucks I got a few bites of meat are you kidding me!!. The meat is good, the sides are ok, service not good and the price for the amount of meat is terrible!

First, let me say that I came here expecting it to be like the Korean BBQ in Los Angeles. It was not… They cook it for you and it wasn’t that great. The staff was nice. It just wasn’t the experience I was hoping for.

Food was really good here! Just wish there was more of it for the price. We all left full, but I’m just used to bigger portions when we go out for KBBQ.
I understand what the other people were saying about the service, but it didn’t bother me that much. The waitress was really nice and I just let her know whenever we needed help because she was doing like so many other things…
Definitely planning to come back here!

What kind of business doesn’t hire enough people to be able to properly service a half empty restaurant? Today we sat at a table for 40 minutes and didn’t get even get to put in an order before we decided to just leave. Last time I was here the cook had to come out to help us because the one waitress who works there was so overwhelmed. It’s a shame this place is so understaffed because I’ve been here before and the food is decent.
Unless they hire more people I wouldn’t recommend coming here. They can only handle two parties in the restaurant at a time.

First thing’s first. My dad is addicted to Gyu Kaku (Chicago location). Like seriously, he is. So when we were in town, he really wanted to go to a place similar to it. My brother and sister-​in-​law had heard of this place through word of mouth and decided to venture out of their comfort zone with us in tow.
The place looked like it wasn’t open or was in the beginning stages. It almost looked like it had been a small town college bar at one time. Our servers were nice and put up with our questions and requests (like refills). It’s a little on the pricy side, but we did get more sides than expected.

I don’t get the low rating for Korean BBQ. Yes, the interior is a bit shabby and a bit too empty … but the food was seriously the best Korean I’ve had here in AZ. Plus, the pricing was a bit decent in comparison to other Korean establishments I looked up prior to dining here.
Incredibly empty, there was one party of about 8 people dining here and a family of four on a weekday night. The interior is fairly large, drab interior and empty.
Ordered the Pork Belly (Samgyupsal) and Bulgogi for Korean BBQ which came with a Green Onion Salad, Lettuce, Pajeon and Kimchijeon and side dishes (Ban Chan).
The pork belly is frozen, but still good. Bulgogi had a good marinade and tender. Intrigued they gave Pajeon and Kimchijeon, although the latter was not as good. These fried little pancakes with veg are delicious and filling. The side dishes were okay, but lacking. Kimchi, pickled cucumbers, braised lotus root and fish cake were served. Glad they gave us Green Onion Salad, Lettuce with the little helping of garlic and Jalapeño to eat with the pork belly.
The service was actually really nice, we were checked up on often and the lovely lady even made sure ask if we knew how to cook everything (which we did) — but thoughtful!
Price was decent as previously mentioned it was about $ 13-​$ 17 per plate of meat. Good portion and side dishes were refilled when asked.
For the price, the food and service was good. Yes, you will smell like KBBQ but that’s pretty inevitable especially with overhead smoke extractors.

So this was a very bad experience for my husband and I. We came in and it was empty, dark and gloomy feeling. The waitress placed us at a table in the dark! I could barely see my food! All that aside, its a bit pricey. We asked if the 20 something worth had a good decent amount of meat, she said its quite a lot. She brought out the meat and it had only 4 pieces. The rice was really soggy. The table was real sticky. I was just expecting way more out of this place i guess. I think it could of been better if they just clean it up a little bit more, make sure that they give more meet if we are paying 20+… i know meat isn’t cheap but wow 4 sorry pieces. sad sad sad.
Overall i mean, the people seemed nice but it just was not a good experience overall. Hope they can make some adjustments to make it better. It has potential.

This restaurant was probably the most uncomfortable dining experience I think that I have ever had in my life… My boyfriend and I looooove korean bbq and we were looking for a good one in Arizona.
First of all, we were the only customers in the restaurant for dinner. Whoever owns the place probably lives there in the back room; his/​her friends and family were there and kids were running around like it was day care, there were toys and homework on the ground.
The worst part of the experience was the service. The waitress was very nice, but she stood right at our table the entire time we looked at the menu, hovering until we decided. When I tried to tell her I wanted the bibimbap she tried to tell me that I wanted something else and that I would like it better, and I insisted that I wanted bibimbap, but she kept insisting that I get other things that were more expensive than what I was choosing. She seemed very pushy and did not understand the concept of a menu and ordering things.
The food itself tasted good but was completely overpriced. You also do not get to cook the kbbq yourself, they bring it to you already cooked. Maybe I am just spoiled living in southern california where Korean BBQ plates are about $ 15 for all you can eat, or even less, but we got a korean bbq plate for about $ 25, and it was only one plate, not even all you can eat, which was absolutely ridiculous.
If you are expecting AYCE KBBQ that you cook yourself, or decent prices then this is not the place for you.