Marination Mobile

Great catering via your big blue truck! I was so impressed how you remembered about 50 or so names! The food was delish and our guests raved about it and the food truck experience. Made my daughter’s dream come true to have you show up at her party. The locals who saw you and got excited were sadly disappointed to learn it was a private party and food wasn’t for sale.

Food trucks are always cool! Good deal, tasty food. I’m happy. Not a huge fan of the over-​the-​top cabbage, but I guess that is this place’s «thing.» Doesn’t ruin it though.
Definitely getting it again.
I got the spam slider, chicken slider, 2 tacos, and the quesadilla. All tasted vaguely the same (as in nothing really stuck out as better than the others) but they were all good! Happy about the use of the Hawaiian King’s rolls. Those are super good.

Spamtastic! Thank you for catering our wedding at Golden Gardens. The guests loved it. We loved it. No fuss, everything was compostable, the spam was delicious. The staff was friendly and FAST!!! We highly recommend MS mobile for every event!

Very very tasty and reasonably priced. I had the tofu tacos and kimchi fried rice. Both were absolutely fantastic. Friends got pork sliders and tacos and reported the same.
I’m not typically a fan of tofu so was particularly impressed. I would have wanted chicken or beef if I had known that it was ethically sourced. If it is, that would be an awesome thing to note on the menu. Otherwise I’ll still be back and still be getting the tofu tacos because they were awesome.

Great food! Sadly, no longer a location. :(I’m a big fan of the restaurants (Capitol Hill & West Seattle), though.

Tacos: good. Kalbi beef was tender, jalapenos added pop, and the slaw was pretty crunchy (though it was too dry). Tofu taco had a good amount of their famous sauce.
Spam slider: meh. Spam was very salty, and the bread to meat ratio was waaay too high. They should have been more generous with the meat or added some other filling to the sandwich (like a fried egg, maybe?)
Side of slaw: waaaay too dry as a side. It was barely vinegary and I felt I was basically eating dry little cabbage shards. Disappointing.
I’ll probably opt for a kimchi fried rice bowl next time.

A coworker introduced me to this truck Downtown on «taco Tuesday» and recommended I order a variety on my first visit.
I ordered a chicken taco, a tofu taco, a pork slider, and Mac salad. It was a ton of food and I don’t think I need as much next time (but that is me) — next time I would probably get two tofu tacos and Mac salad. The tofu was really good. Everything else was delicious too, I just happened to like the tofu better than the chicken. The pork was amazing. The Mac salad with spam was also delicious, especially with some Sriracha added!
The line can get really long, so I would recommend going before noon if possible. They move pretty quickly, but my coworker got a quesadilla and those take longer so we did wait about 5 – 7 minutes for that. My food was done in about 2 minutes.
I will definitely be back. The food is unique and delicious!

BEST food truck food I’ve probably ever had! Fresh ingredients, tasty food combos and love the staff in the truck. It helps to order ahead of time using the ‘Yorder’ app, so that you don’t have to wait in line… otherwise the line can definitely get pretty long. But so worth it… wait if you can!

So ONO! The food is worth waiting in line for and their prices aren’t bad. Try the tacos — broke da mout’!

My husband and I love marination station, and have been known to drive across town to find them, but when we looked online, and verified with the truck and the location that they would be at Stoup Brewing in Ballard from 12 to 8 we were very frustrated and disappointed to see then gone. They reported that it was a slow day… And apparently they didn’t want to wait for the dinner crowd.
We were there at 5 pm on Saturday night, people are pouring in, the Stoup staff was very apologetic that the truck flaked out. Not only did marination loose business, but so did Stoup.
It just seems like a shoddy way to run a business. If you commit to being somewhere. BE THERE.

Just had this for lunch. Line was ridiculous! I had the fried rice with steak and a steak taco. For $ 2.50, I don’t know that the sliders or the tacos are worth it. The rice was good and you get a good amount of meat, but there’s a lot of rice as well. If you’re into Asian food, I would try Explosion across from Veggie Grill.

Great kalbi tacos
Spam musubi awesomeness
kick-​ass kimchi rice
#yelphaiku

The Kimchi fried rice with beef was the bomb. I really did not care for that version of Hawaiian macaroni salad, it had way to much mayo. I will come back soon and try the tacos.

Ugggh! Why did I have to discover Marination!!! Living in LA really puts a damper on things when a Marination craving kicks in and taunts me! *scream*
So Seattlelites or in-​town visitors, stop wasting time and do both you and me a favor and order their kimchi fried rice. Once you’re done drowning yourself in some amazingly delicious good eats you can count your lucky stars and thank me later.
Yup, you’re welcome.

Not sure why the spam musubi is so damn popular and always sells out, but it’s not that great. Neither is the fried rice, which is just way too greasy.
Why four stars then? Because the sliders are just phenomenal. My favorites are the spam sliders and the kahlua pork sliders.

Even my mom would approve of their Spicy Pork Kimchi Fried Rice! I hope she doesn’t see this. Yes, my traditional Korean mom is an amazing cook and she makes «bomb» kimchi and kimchi fried rice. Good kimchi = good kimchi fried rice. Enough about my mom.
This cart shows up like a block away from my work every Monday. I am the luckiest guy. I have tried everything on their menu from the Tacos to the special Musubi’s. Everything on their menu is amazing and delicious. But, as I have noted earlier the highlight is the Spicy Pork Kimchi Fried Rice with sunny side on top.
Spicy Pork is marinated and cooked perfectly. It actually reminds me of Spicy Pork BBQ’s from home. Very close and that is pretty good in my opinion. This meaty goodness is layered on top of their delicious Kimchi fried rice. That is topped with a sunny side up egg. WOW! Game over! That completes a triple threat of probably one of my favorite dishes in town (I know… I say this a lot. I have a lot of favorite dishes).
When you dig in and the egg yolk drips into the spicy sweet, salty pork and kimchi fried rice, you are completely mesmerized by the flavors that are created by the combination of the three. I am salivating as I write this paragraph!
There is a certain level of fear of this place with less adventurous eaters. I say this is a very good place to expand your taste. You can slowly work up to the fried rice by trying out their Kahlua Pork sliders and various Tacos. I recommend this place with two thumbs up to anybody.
Note: To beat the HUGE LINE that forms around lunch time, I order online using Yorder ahead of time. This way I can have it ready on the time I choose and cut in front of everybody to get my food and walk away. (I am not a Yorder representative but really it takes me 2 mins order and 5 min to pick it up vs. standing in line for 20 min.)

I kept hearing about this amazing taco truck that is in Belltown only on Tuesdays. Apparently everyone at my work loves this place. Where the heck have I been? I thought it was just a regular Mexican taco truck. What a surprise to find this Korean/​Hawaiian goodness!
I was really weary about spam. Just the thought of it makes me wrinkle my nose. BUT the mac with spam just sounded good and at $ 1.50 how can you go wrong?! I tried it and wow it was really good! I told myself I’d pick out the spam but I wound up eating it too and loved it.
I also got one of the beef tacos and one aloha pork slider. Really tasty. The beef was juicy. Whatever sauce is on there is fantastic. The slider didn’t disappoint either. I was famished and these three items totaled $ 6 and was so satisfying.
I am now trying to figure out how I can get them to cater a lunch for my work. My coworkers will absolutely love me.
Cash only so be prepared! Oh and even with a huge long line, they were super fast!

Guess I’ll be the first to give them less than 4.5 stars. My experience was probably a little different since I tried Marination Mobile during the Mobile Chowdown in West Seattle today.
The line was so so long and basically didn’t move. We waited about 30 – 40 minutes and there were 10 minute periods where we stood completely still. I had decided to get the kimchi fried rice with the egg after noticing the macaroni salad was out. After all that time, they ran out of the rice 2 people before me!!! I was so so mad. Ahhhh! They were out of the quesedilla too.
I ended up standing in line for ONE two-​bite sexy tofu taco. Ahh! It was ok, but not that flavorful and I was so mad I waited in line for that.
They need to be more prepared. So. Not. Worth. It.

UPDATE: This location is now closed. Visit their brick and mortar location at the Harvard Market (above QFC) on Broadway and Pike
or follow the truck at the following spots [see website for more details]:
Monday: South Lake Union
Tuesday: Belltown
Wednesday: Freemont
Thursday: Starbucks SODO
Friday: SODO
Saturday: West Seattle
(From my Marination Station review)
I’d like to think I was one of the OG’s…back when they used to set up shop at the factory gravel parking lot across Safeco field. It’s inspiring to see how far they’ve come… makes me wanna start my own mobile food business.
Kudos to Kamala, Roz, and their staff for all their hard work!
QUICK TIP: Often imitated, never duplicated. You can’t go wrong with anything. Kahlua pork sliders are a MOS DEF MUST, especially since there isn’t anything like it out there. If you’re lucky, hit up the torta!

Probably my favorite mobile eatery in Seattle, it embodies all the best qualities of a food truck – cheap, delicious, and completely addictive. I dislike the term «fusion,» but their menu draws on Mexican, Korean, and Hawaiian influences to create original plates without any gimmick-​novelty factor.
Once I waited for 45 minutes in the pouring Seattle rain for my tacos (one of each flavor) and spam musubi. And when I was finished, I was tempted to get right back in line for round 2.
Also, they get bonus points for having a quick and organized ordering process. I’ve had orders lost before at other busy food trucks, but Marination really knows how to run it.

Finally, on my day off, I made it to Marination! Here’s the schedule of where they are, but join their Facebook/​Twitter accounts for changes:
Monday, South Lake Union – Cascade People’s Center
Tuesday, Belltown – Keybank Belltown Branch
Wednesday, Fremont – Indoor Sun Shoppe
Thursday, Beacon Hill – Pacific Medical Center
Friday, Safeco Field
Saturday, West Seattle – Hans Foreign Car Repair
Sunday, CLOSED
After months of hearing friends rant about this dang food truck, I got to see for myself what the hype was about. I went with my 2 girlfriends from Hawaii and we put in a huge order for us (oh yeah, we local girls can grind hard!)
We ordered:
1 Tofu Taco
1 Kalbi Taco
1 Pork Taco
1 Chicken Taco
2 Kalua Pork Sliders
1 Kimchi Rice Bowl, with egg on top
They had Spam Sliders on special too.
My favorite taco was the Kalbi and chicken. The Kalbi is super sweet and the chicken is marinated in this miso-​ginger sauce. So ONO! The Kimchi rice bowl was SO much and between 3 people it was the perfect size.
We pounded on everything so hard and were stuffed for about 5 – 6 hours. lol
Note. CASH ONLY!