Central BBQ House is a hidden gem in South Phoenix. It's never busy when I'm there, and I would like to help change that. For those who don't know, CBBQH is a restaurant and a night life destination. I personally have never been there "after dark," but from what I understand, they have bands sometimes. There are multiple pool tables, room for dancing, and the music is always elite in my opinion (r&b throwbacks). The decor is cool. It's dark and modern inside, and the furniture is tasteful. They definitely get ambiance points. I love Korean BBQ. In my opinion, there's not much they can do to stand out because the customer is cooking the food. That being said, I think their marinades are delicious. The variety of banchan (small dishes meant to be eaten with the rice and meat) is great. Their fried rice is yummy, as well as the gyoza they serve. Every time I go here, the staff is friendly and attentive. I took away a star because no matter what we order for drinks, they take an obscenely long time. We always have our food before our drinks. But aside from that, I'm always super satisfied with the service I receive there. If you're on the Southside, and even if you're not, consider stopping in to give them a try! read more

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Food is great Service can be a bit slow even when they don't have much people it's a hit or miss but they are very friendly. And willing to give out recommendations if it's your first time there! read more

So attached to this is central Kpop and I definitely recommend stopping by to get a drink or a snack. It's a cute little shop filed with kpop stuff, different types of snacks and ramen, hot food and drinks, also a little section for k beauty. I do wish there was different snacks to buy but it's a small shop so it's understandable. The tteokbokki was great and the drink I got with non dairy substitue (always a plus for me) read more

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Felt like we stumbled on a gold mine. Such an amazing place. My bf and I were stopping by during our road trip and for a great price we were able to have an all you can eat + free hour of pool. (So much fun btw) Food and Service was A1 too definitely worth checking out! read more

If you like dry over cooked meats that taste like left overs from the previous night, want your beverages to arrive after your food, and sides to arrive after your almost done eating your entree, and wait approximately 2.5 hours for your meal, then, yes I think this is the place for you. The menu is just a bit pricier than what you see online too. There was only one waitress. One cook. There are customer service issues that can be overlooked: maybe we arrived with our group of 15 at a time when they aren't usually busy? But the quality of the food was very underwhelming. I'm just glad I didn't get sick. The sequence in which we got our food was out of order and entrees were barely Luke warm and didn't taste fresh at all. The end bits of the meat that are supposed to have a char were dried as if they were charred another night then reheated. I've had better bbq take out left overs. I really wanted to like this place but it leaves a lot to be desired. The only thing that was special about it was the anticipation of wondering if we will ever be served. read more

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. read more

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Good little kbbq spot that gave me what I wanted. Great choice of meats and cooked hot foods. Sides could be more traditional and more options. The cheesy corn was too burnt and tasted burnt. The cinnamon pineapple was from a can which was not great tasting or impressive. Rice was mushy and chewy. Service was friendly and the robot was exciting to see. read more

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

Service was extremely slow even though the place was empty. I can't comment on the food because I didn't eat but still got charged as if i ate. read more

Pros: The grills on the table were nice. The robot waiters were cute, and probably more helpful when it's more busy. It was fun to get Shabu Shabu as well as the BBQ. And the price was less than some Korean bbq places. The food overall was quite good. We ordered three meats and had Shabu Shabu. Cons: There was no reduced price lunch menu which was disappointing and maybe contributed to the nearly empty restaurant. When it came time to check out we were asked to finish more of our chicken or pay a $12.95 fee. We payed over $50 for three meats and the broth and veggies for Shabu Shabu, but suddenly we were treated like 8 year olds at the family dinner table not allowed to go until we cleaned our plates. This is a posted policy, but I was still startled since we hadn't ordered an excess amount of food. And it's honestly the reason I won't be back. I understand trying to cut down on waste, but they should try limiting ordering (ie no new orders until you finish previous order) --don't make your guests make themselves sick choking down food after they are full. Overall: Do not recommend read more

Rude. Had our car towed because we didn't stay. Food looked disgusting..We didn't want to pay $40 for a dinner -- we weren't interested in All You Can Eat! Hope they get a nice normal restaurant in there very soon to replace this. read more

Walked into this place with low expectations because almost all restaurants north of south mountain are terrible. This place was amazing. Great quality, explosion of different flavors. Best restaurant I've eaten at in years. Little on the high end in price, but then the food is so very good. I don't mind paying a little more for this king of quality Coconut smoothie was from heaven read more

Our first visit to an all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ. Our poor waiter had to explain everything to us. He was such a trooper. Cooking your food on an in-table grill was pretty fun. The bulgogi was SO good. I ordered the Cajun shrimp and I had to pass. I didn't expect them to come complete with head she'll and legs. I was really unsure how to properly mutilate them and I don't think our server knew either. I'll have to watch a YouTube video before our next visit so I can destroy some seafood . They also have pool tables. Great place for a party. read more

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!! read more

Central BBQ House - Korean Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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. read more

Central BBQ House - Stove - Korean Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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... read more

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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!! read more

Central BBQ House - Short Rib filet and Udon .. its around the corner.. music, TV/sports, pool tables, lounge, Karaoke, BAR! - Korean Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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Made a reservation for a birthday 2 days ago for 12 to accommodate us and they said they would. Got here today and they said I never called. Split the group and killed the vibe. I am extremely disappointed and wish another Korean bbq place opened on this side of town in Laveen/ south Phoenix. Staff understood however the owner needs to own up to this. Would not recommend this place, will not come here ever again. read more

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 read more

Central BBQ House - Black angus beef, Hawaiian chicken ,garlic pepper chicken veggies. Orange sex on the beach - Korean Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

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First time at Central BBQ House, in South Mountain. We arrived around 1 PM on a Saturday and there were 5-6 tables full. I thought, at the time, that they could fit 150 diners. It was huge inside. We were seated and greeted immediately. Our server was extremely helpful, explaining how the menu worked, how the 'all you can eat' worked and even helped us with our decisions. The overall price was intimidating but since it was a bottomless buffet, it was acceptable. Proteins I would recommend include: beef, pork, chicken, bulgolgi pork and the shrimp. At first, the shrimp were a challenge but then we realized we had a scissor so it got a lot easier. I also recommend adding veggies during the cooking process, which helped make complex flavors: onions, shaved garlic, jalapeños, bean sprouts, marinated cilantro, to name a few. Return visit already planned. Return visit update: On our last visit, the service was the highlight. This visit, it was horrible. The very loud Mexican music did not represent a Korean BBQ. Between the neon lights, pink balloons and loud music, the atmosphere was awful too. SMH. Our server, Matt, was hopefully new cuz if not, they're in trouble. We were greeted immediately and asked if was wanted anything that wasn't at the buffet line. Since we just sat down, we didn't know what was there, so we just ordered a glass of Chardonnay and a ginger iced tea. SMH. We made it to the buffet and filled up our plates with meats and veggies. We got back to our table and the hot pot (Shabu Shabu) was full of broth and there was a glass of red wine. We added glass noodles, veggies and a couple of dumplings, while on the BBQ side, we added meats, veggies and soy sauce. We had to ask for bowls for our hot pot. SMH. When Matt checked back with us, we asked for the Chardonnay and the iced tea. He said they were out of Chardonnay, so we ordered a ReislIng. He returned with Chardonnay. SMH. He asked if we had come up with anything that wasn't at the buffet, so we asked for Beef Galbi and fried rice. He sad they were out of both. SMH. Later, he told us that they were making fried rice for us and it would be out soon. After ten mins, the table across from us got a HUGE plate of fried rice, so we asked Matt for ours. He said he forgot and would go get it. SMH. A full forty mins later, the rice never showed up, even tho Matt assured us several times it was on the way. SMH. When done, we paid our $65 bill (plus tip) and walked out, shaking our heads. read more

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.... read more

Central BBQ House - AYCE - Korean Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

This place just opened in June 2019. They serve Korean BBQ, shabu shabu and Korean style Chinese food. This is a well know chef that makes the Korean-Chinese food that has been around in the valley for a long time. I've come to eat his classic dishes. This is for big groups and can get loud with music. read more

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So bad that we didn't even eat it. Had one bite then ended up leaving. My meat was grey and the broth was horrific. A disgrace to kbbq ... trust me, do not go here read more

New location in south Phoenix! We found this place by accident & are so happy to have gone. It was a group of 5 that came. The inside it very nice & clean. They have nice music playing. The staff is very friendly & conscientious. They checked up on us multiple times & made sure we had everything we needed. The set up allows to have a combo of shabu shabu & BBQ which we found amazing. The ingredients are fresh & good quality. The marinated meats have good flavor to them with rice included. The place also has boba & bingsu! The only other bingsu place that I know of is in Mesa which is why I am so happy to know there is a locations in Phoenix! read more

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FOOD WAS AMAZING!! Our host was very polite & had excellent service made our first time feel like professionals!! I do want to point out that anything left over will be charged so do be cautious of how much you order but on the weekdays it's very slow but you can most definitely tell Thursday-Sunday it looks like atmosphere turn into a party ! I Highly recommend! read more

Our server was so so amazing, kind, and thoughtful! I believe her name was Patricia but I could be wrong. Food was also so so good and overall I feel like it was such a great deal. I love the fact that they have a good variety and even all kinds of boba drinks. Definitely recommended read more

Tasty, it's just too expensive., we just went there to celebrate my husband birthday. But, we don't like to cook. We both like service when we go out eat. read more

Went for Karaoke. As they have live music there you'd think they would use the house p.a. system and speakers for a fuller sound

WORST dining experience of my life. We ordered our meats and the managers would cancel our orders without letting us know, delay sending out food, and yell at the waiter when he was taking our orders. It's all you can eat but they clearly missed the memo. The food is bland, unseasoned and very low quality. They gave us all of our food almost 1.5 hours in and held the credit card until we finished eating... we tried having a discussion with the manager, however, the owners of this restaurant are EXTREMELY rude, abrasive to customers and their own staff, and money hungry. If I could give this place zero stars I would. Don't waste your time and support this place. Downloaded yelp solely to write a review for this sham. save your money (& sanity). Horrible. read more

As a Korean BBQ fan, this place is a hidden gym. Elegant design, Table side grill and half of the grill is for this savory broth so you can make Shabu Shabu too. So on one side you cook your meats on the other side you throw you veggies, seafood, ramen, eggs, dumplings, mushrooms you name it. Good meats here. They also server smoothies and boba. They have bar, pool tables, live bands and karaoke on certain days. read more

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This place was disgusting. Definitely not kbbq. Very deceiving. The worst brisket I've had in my life, I think it's been out for a while and it didn't taste normal. The corn cheese came out cold. No banchan at all. White rice wasn't even on the menu, I had to ask for it. So many red flags. My husband and I had to leave early. read more

This place is just wierd. Korean BBQ, Japanese shabu-shabu, buffet, disco lights, Mariachi playing and a bunch of pool tables. No bartender when we went for dinner. The place is massive. The food was not fresh. The lights garish, loud music and poor service. This place is a total nope. read more

Looked great as I walked in. Looked like a casual and laid back upscale dining place.... With live band that was awesome and pool tables! Great and safe atmosphere. Ordering process for all you can eat was soooooo confusing. Waitress was inattentive as she was overwhelmed taking all the tables, not her fault. We were missing 4 of our meat sides as someone randomly brought them to the other table we were with and dumped them into their cooking stations without checking if they were our tables. Several employees made comments about how terrible the place was ran and that they were sorry. And the woman's bathroom smells like 100% overflowing cat littler boxes and was completely filthy. Will not go back for food. But the live music was great. read more

Should have trusted my instincts on this place. It was not good. We went there to try the AYCE Korean BBQ. The 2nd tier plan was $22.99, and contrary to what their Yelp says, its not 50% off on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The brisket and beef belly were just not good compared to places like Manna or Gen. I also tried their steamed egg and cheese corn... its just a hard pass on these items as well. The sesame oil we received was not sesame oil... The most unforgivable part of this was that we got fried rice that was spoiled. Service was also very slow, and took almost 30 minutes to get our second big order of meat. read more

We had the all you can eat korean bbq. Our server was very attentive. She always made sure to ask what we wanted next and if we wanted anything to drink. The meat options and side dishes were endless. We felt very well taken care of here. The only complaint was that the cheese corn was subpar. read more

This restaurant is a must try . It doesn't look like much from the outside but it is beautiful on the inside and it has several pool tables, a dance floor, a space for a DJ and private rooms to host events definitely a hidden gym . The food is delicious I would come back again. The only thing I did not like was they didn't have to go drinks . read more

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Really fun date night spot. For the location it's a total hidden gem. The food was great as were the drinks! You need to check them out for your Asian style food needs. read more

Wanted Asian food for dinner specifically Korean. Didn't even know this place was so close by. I was hesitant because of all the reviews but also knew a lot of people don't write reviews so didn't want to go based off just the few that there are. Personally I had takeout so my review is just based off on that. It was not busy and staff was friendly as soon as I walked in. My order was taken right away and was even asked after by other staff if I had been helped. Food did not take more than 10 minutes. I ordered tteokbokki and mandu. I will definitely go back to dine in. I know my personal experience could be due to the fact that the reviews are pretty poor and that doesn't attract costumers so I was helped right away. However that's what reviews are, a personal experience, and mine was good. We can't always go based off of reviews because we might actually enjoy it. I'm not saying if you go that you will have a good experience but you'll never know if it's a good or bad place if you don't try it. read more

Central BBQ House - Tteokbokki - Korean Near Me - Phoenix, Arizona

Better then gen. I love that it has both shabu and Kbbq and plus there's a pool table! Would definitely go back! Their hot green was delicious and it's free refill! read more

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Went here for dinner last night and had an absolute blast. Food was good and service was pleasant. They offer pool and karaoke as well.