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    Central BBQ House

    3.1 (89 reviews)
    ModerateKorean
    Open 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Monica M.

    I've been here twice and it's been about the same both times. The waitress was absolutely amazing, and honestly the best part about the entire experience. We ordered a bit of everything. It was all pretty plain, the food was either barely marinated or not marinated at all. The white rice felt overcooked and had a mushy texture. The mandu was very good and the spicy rice rolls were great both times. I don't recommend getting any of the seafood options. The spicy ramen was only good while it was hot, and the French fries reminded me of middle school. We ordered the purple haze smoothies with boba and they were good. Parking was easy to find midday. It's a little hard to understand what they were going aesthetic wise. They have a karaoke center and billiard tables which makes it feel like it's more of an evening centered establishment.

    Been here a year ago and forgot how bad it is There was no fried rice and they never brought it out the whole time we were there The steak we got was completely frozen in the middle and had to ask for another I never got the kimbap or the veggies even though we asked three times There was a long ass hair in my food..should have just walked out The food took forever to come out and we ordered pretty fast Never offered to change the grill pan The DJ was super loud couldn't hear myself talk Be warned there is a live band at 9 pm ..great..louder music The waitress was doing her best and could tell she felt bad for the food being late but didn't even get a discount for having hair in my food. Not worth the bbq..when we got home, my husband felt super sick!!

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    Alexia N.

    When I ran into this place on Yelp it did not have the best reviews but I decided to give it a try Service 100/100 the hostess was extremely nice and she took really good care of me! The place is nice and big, but i feel it is more of a snack and drinks type of place than dinner. Food was meh, the marinated beef was good, the fried rice was flavorless and everything else was ok. The picture is the stove after I grilled a bunch of beef slices, and the broth with noodles.

    This is NOT sticky rice!
    Ava G.

    UNFORTUNATELY, NOT GOOD. I'm a South Phoenix native and I was skeptical in trying this place due to the location, a predominantly Hispanic area and in a plaza with a Food City. I wondered how good Korean food could be around here? I finally got around to coming and trying it tonight with a girlfriend who also lives in the area. This place is half shabu shabu, half kbbq, which is a bit weird. Anyways, It took a while to be seated due to understaffing. We were told by the host that someone had quit and someone else didn't show up. We sat down and it took quite a while for someone to take our order. Once the waitress came, we were told we could order 2 meats at a time, so first we got the beef bulgogi and the marinated boneless beef (the waitress recommended this one) along with kimbap and japchae. She comes back much later with everything except the kimbap and tells us "we ain't got no kimbap" and turns on our grill. We didn't have rice, kimchi, salad, or any other sides. We asked for rice and kimchi, and she told us the rice is "over there" motioning to the shabu shabu salad bar area. Turns out they have fried rice over there so we had to them ask for white rice. She brings us the kimchi, and it is very mediocre and taste store bought. It isn't very saucy or red. Moving on to the eating part , the grill is actually a shabu shabu pot??? It's quite weird that the grilling is done inside the pot. I didn't like it, it seemed to burn up so fast. It was completely black after ONE meat! And we didn't get any grill changes while we were here, but I'm unsure how they could do that, moving a big shabu shabu pot seems difficult. The marinated beef that the waitress recommended was SO BLAND! It was marinated in its own juice or something. The beef bulgogi was pretty good. The japchae was cold and bland. We didn't even get the white rice until much later, after this first round, and she brought only 1 small bowl and so we asked for another (spoiler, we never got the second bowl so we had to share). So round 2 we ordered Cajun chicken, spicy pork bulgogi, and mandu dumplings. It took so long to come! We sat there eating our shared bowl of plain rice while we waited. Once it came, the Cajun chicken was eh, I'm not a personal fan but my friend ordered it. Spicy pork bulgogi was decent, it had a very strong chili flavor but not in a spicy way. The mandu was your run of the mill dumplings lots of restaurants make, probably frozen at some point. We were still hungry, but service was so slow and the food was so mediocre we stopped. The waitress actually asked if we were ready for the bill, not offer more rounds. I was really hoping to like this place, but unfortunately it's not worth it. If you live in this area, it's better to just drive the 30+ minutes to some good kbbq in other parts of town. I will say the HOST WAS SO FUNNY AND KIND! He came and talked to use during our meal while we were waiting for food. He was the best part of this experience! Unfortunately I just can't bring myself to give more than a 1 star...

    Short Rib filet and Udon .. its around the corner.. music, TV/sports, pool tables, lounge, Karaoke, BAR!
    Anita B.

    Great place..you cook at the table and add you own flavors! They have good music, drinks, pool tables, TV's to watch sports or just relax and drinks! Service is great from the robots that bring your food to the servers that got all you need on hand!! Hector and Connor or Connor and Hector ROCK!! THANKS GUYS!!

    Black angus beef,   Hawaiian chicken ,garlic pepper chicken veggies.   Orange sex on the beach
    Kc S.

    Food is absolutely delicious. It is all you can eat food that you cook yourself in your own lil cooker. The owner is always on site witch is fantastic. Live music . Pool tables dancing. Has something for the whole family. Only complaint ever is we wish they had to go boxes

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    Wendell N.

    It's confusing.... kbbq place but their playing Mexican music, pool hall and a bar. The theme inside clashes took. It ruined the eating experience. The broth for the Shabu is ehhh. The meats aren't that great either. Our server was also clueless about the concept of an AYCE restaurant. It's like she's never even eaten at a kbbq place before. Having the hot pot and grill using the same pan became difficult, when our grill needed to be replaced but couldn't because we had hot pot still cooking on the other half. So we had to grill on top of burnt/charred grill. Most likely won't come back. The place needs to figure out what kind of place it wants to be. Restaurant, pool hall or local bar....

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    Great service, delicious food, cold beer, and good vibes. Most definitely coming back...I Highly recommend this place!

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    @sizzle desert ridge mall…read more First, of all the Korean BBQ restaurants in Phoenix, their meat quality is the best. I applaud them for having good quality food, the prices reflect quality. On my last experience, Saturday March 28th, it was disappointing due to the way we were treated. We requested fish cake upon ordering and was told they just ran out, I commented/asked if that was truly the case as it is always out. At the very least, it's been the last 10 times they've been out of this side. We do go frequently, so it was surprising to hear him make this excuse. The remaining food service was average, it was busy so the server did the best he could under the circumstances. He attitude seemed fine and we moved on with our meal. Upon receiving our check, he decided to autograt our bill for a party of 5. I brought this up to our server and he stated it is managements decision to autograt parties of 5 or more (I call BS) and asked if it was because I seemed displeased at the ordering of our food due to the fish cake questions? I asked if I was profiled as someone who doesn't tip for any other reason? He insisted that all parties of 5 or more at the restaurant are autograt, at all Sizzles. At this point, if servers are now able to autograt any parties they feel a tip is not earned, it's no longer a tip and a restaurant charge. if I was profiled, it would seriously be disappointing. I'm happy to share all receipts showing a minimum of 20% at every restaurant, many cases even more, including at Sizzle. Deeply disappointing at this restaurant and may consider not going back. There are many options but to be treated this way is again, disappointing at best. I rated 2 stars due to the interaction and excuses for the autograt and will be writing a letter to the management but affirm the food/meat quality is very good, this was a very bad reflection of service and decision for the service staff to secure their tip this way. If they're out of fish cake, I do not blame the server and it is not their compensation that should be impacted but the action taken by the staff is questionable.

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    Favorite korean place in Phoenix, and great that it's in north Phoenix! Came in for Thursday dinner…read moreand it was nearly all full but we were able to get a seat right away. Glad they're doing well Chad, our server, was attentive, kind, and funny. Great service! Got the over the rainbow roll, tteok bokki, chun cheon chicken galbi, ossam bulgogi. - roll had tasty purple rice and fresh fish! Not fishy at all - tteok bokki had a little spice and loved how soft but chewy the tteok was. Even after taking it to go and reheating it, the tteok was nice and soft and chewy - chun cheon chicken galbi - great flavor without being salty. Asked for extra veggies and they were cooked perfectly so there was a crunch. Chicken is sooo tender

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    4.5(302 reviews)
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    We had two ribeye steaks & pork belly, mushrooms & all the sides two large South Korean Beers & a…read moresmall bottle of their Korean whiskey. First visit & it was absolutely stunningly delicious. Highly Recommend

    I have to say the food was good but for the price like some have said - seems to be a bit high. We…read moregot the beef combo c with beef stew and steamed egg/corn cheese comes with this but the corn cheese gets stale very quickly so their suggestion to get double egg should be taken - which is sad bc corn cheese is like one of those must tries on my list but also something I wanted to have with my meat, not 15 minutes before my meat came. The beef soup was very good - tofu was ultra soft and silky. I loved the spice level and they bonchon was also definitely worth trying. I would recommend getting extra salad dressing on the side and getting the lettuce plate (which is an extra $3.5) for the meat unless you want to eat it with the pre-tossed salad. Huge fan of the ginseng spirit. Not their typical 40-53% though, so be sure to know the difference. They also served me a different one than what I had in the flight which tasted and looked different (it was murkier vs clear when ordered in the full bottle) and the bottle is def 13%. Service is on pointe - never needed to ask for anything other than another box and if you're trying to hear someone on a first date I wouldn't recommend coming here, but the general ambiance is fun and worth a try with good friends and family. Definitely will try again for other menu items.

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