Aside from a slightly misleading sign, stentorian music and a nothing-you-can-do-about-it finger food nature of the appetisers, I'm not sure why Meike B gave Bullgogi only 3-stars. She raves about the 'delicious' food, 'super friendly' manager, and 'beautiful, modern' and 'zen' decor, suggesting that it could be the latest little gem on Notting Hill Gate.
Well Meike, those are bullshit reasons to give a good restaurant 3 stars, which really isn't "a-ok", especially as a 1st review. When was the last time a 3-star review tempted you to try a new restaurant?
There is no decent Korean in almost all of London, let alone outside of Soho / New Malden, so this place deserves a few start just for existing. The dolsot bibimbap is about as good as every other dolsot bibimbap, which is a good thing. The BBQ beef ribs are tasty, as is the KFC and some other crap I've eaten there. Service is very good, although their roaring Deliveroo trade can be irritating, with all those masked men coming and going.
Probably a 4-star in practice, but as an averaging exercise, I'd say 5-stars. read more