Located at the bottom of Royal Summit next to Dave's Ice Cream…read more Very small lot for both places. Maybe 10 stalls?! Friendly service and good Banchan. Clean restaurant and restrooms. The food is tasty and priced well. Now I know we don't need to go all the way to town for good Korean Food!!

Sadly they are closed for some type Of maintenance and you…read morewill discover this when you slowly reach their front door. NOT EVEN A CLOSED SIGN CAN BE SEEN AND ANY PHONE CALLS SEEMS LIKE THERE IS A DISCONNECTED LINE WITH NO RECORD MESSAGE TO INDICATE THIS ISSUE That's how much they care about their customers! Terrible service in this situation. But the food is good.

Their lunch special is one of the best deals on the island. I ordered the meat jun and shrimp…read moretempura with vegetables instead of rice. It came with a generous assortment of banchan, including kimchi, cabbage, and daikon, plus a comforting bowl of seaweed soup. The staff was attentive, friendly, and energetic. Everything was delicious, and the dipping sauce for the meat jun was absolutely perfect. The portions were generous--I even had leftovers to take home. Highly recommend!

First time here! I noticed it is always busy. Expect a wait and come early!…read more We ordered a variety of dishes to share. The portions are so huge, there will be leftover. The food was pretty good. The meat jun and seafood pancake was my favorite. The pickled dishes were tasty and can be refilled. Just a suggestion for them that they could upgrade their seats and tables.

First time here. We had the Jang su special, kimchee pork…read morepot stew, and pancake. Everything tasted good especially the Kalbi and BBQ chicken. I didn't like that they put spam in the pot stew. The sharable apps were good especially their kimchee. Service was top notch and friendly. The restaurant and bathroom were clean.

Food is good! If you didn't want to drive out into town this is a great yakiniku place to go…read more Service is relatively good when we went there was only 2 servers so they were a bit busy but they kept on it Ambiance is like any other yakiniku place

Excellent food and service, so good we went twice in 3 days! Friendly service and clean environment…read more!

Food was good, ban chans amazing! Prices are on the higher end, but good to go during their lunch…read morespecials. Would definitely go here again.

I'm waffling somewhere between a 4 and a 5 for Moobongri's AYCE Korean BBQ experience. For the most…read morepart, their Korean BBQ experience is great. The meat is reasonably high quality, the banchan is generous (the last few times I went they even had poke as a banchan included with the meal), and the service is friendly. The "kimchee soup" is one of my favorite kimchee jjigaes on the island. Refills of meat flow generously out of the kitchen, unlike some other AYCE experiences where each subsequent order gets smaller and smaller until they finally cut you off because you've reached the time limit. I only have one gripe. While each table has a very powerful burner for grilling the meat, their universal approach is to prop up a tilted cast iron plate over the fire to grill on. It's propped at an angle so that the oil flows into a catch pan on the side. This usually means that the half of the plate tilted closer to the fire gets really hot, while the other half struggles to get hot enough and risks just boiling your meat. It also makes adjusting the fire a tricky process - if there's a lull between meats coming to your table, someone might come by and, understandably, turn down your flame. That's fine, but when the food does come out, it takes a long time to get the cast iron hot again. This doesn't stop me from coming back for more here, but just one thing I wish was better about an otherwise great experience. There is a parking lot out front but it is cramped and usually fills up. There is usually someone helping to guide parking, but when it's completely full there's only so much they can do. Street parking in the area can also be a little bit tricky.

Still my favorite place to come for my soondae fix! Since we live on an island, soondae soup is…read moresuper limited. This place makes their soondae in house as I can tell the difference with frozen soondae and non-frozen ones. Until I go to Korea to try the real thing, this is the best I can get. I definitely think they improved their recipe from the first time I tried it. The aunties here are still very nice but as always give grace because it does get busy here and one aunty would have to take care of multiple tables and party size as well. Overall I'll be coming here whenever I need my soondae fix!! If you haven't tried, definitely come and try! I still need to try the acye here with friends one day!

I ordered take out. 1/2 tray of Their Khal Bi. Ten pieces…read morefrom the large Bone short ribs. Absolutely delicious. They placed foil around the meat, boxed it into two containers and made it so easy to take on the plane back to Hilo. A bit pricey but good short ribs is expensive. Can't compare to the thin cuts. The restaurant is clean and air conditioned. Staff was very kind and friendly. So helpful.

For $20, you only get four thin slices of meat jun and four mandoo 2 scoops rice. We ordered the…read moreJin Joo Special for $35, and it was honestly disappointing--not worth the price at all. I actually laughed when I saw the tiny sliver of meat jun that was served. Come on! We've been coming here for years and have never seen such a drastic change in portion sizes. The portions have become ridiculously small while the prices keep going up. We had a table of four, and the banchan served was barely enough for one person. Unfortunately, the value just isn't there anymore. At this point, you're better off going down the road for a more flavorful Korean feast.

AMAZING lunch specials!…read more I got the cold noodle and the kalbi lunch special for about $30. Also shared a couple of other lunch specials with friends. The saba was DELICIOUS! Honestly, everything was super good. I love the purple rice with the kabocha pumpkin. Highly highly recommend for the lunch specials!!!!

We were psyched to come back today for lunch and geared up and were one of the first seated in the…read morecomfy booths. Ordered our usual lunch combo, cold noodles and kalbi for me and spicy cold noodles and dakgalbi for hubby. The banchan looked good and tasted blah. All of them tasted exactly the same, not balanced, and too much vinegar. We only ate the soybean sprouts. The meats are good here, the noodles, banchan, and the broth for te cold nangmyeon are sorely lacking in flavor and the noodle portion for the nangmyeon was very small this time and I am a small eater. Also at Noon today there was hardly a crowd, unlike before, so I think with price inflation and poorly seasoned foods customers are going elsewhere. We won't be back for a spell as there are so many other good places to eat around town. We don't mind paying more every year for the same dishes, IF the quality and quantity stay the same but once one or the other goes--we go--elsewhere.

Discovered Soon's from an IG post about a few of their favorite spots in Oahu. Decided to check it…read moreout for dinner during our last trip out. Was a quick 15 minute drive from the Hilton village. Arrived to find a no frills restaurant. First discovered meat jun while out in Lanai and loved it. Opted for both the meat jun mix and kalbi plate. Food was ready within 5 mins and decided to eat back at our hotel as we had a full kitchen and dining table. The food smelled amazing and somehow we made it back in less than 10 mins. The kalbi and bbq chicken were both awesome. Was really disappointed with the meat jun as it had a weird chewy texture. Upon closer inspection, not sure if it was even beef! Loved how they include both kimchi and cooked bean sprouts with each plate. We thought the portions were pretty generous and had more than enough for lunch the next day! Would definitely head back for both their kalbi and bbq chicken during our next visit out to HNL. Bring cash as that's the only payment accepted here!!

HISTORY: Soon's korean bbq smoky aromas drenching the neighborhood are a core childhood memory. I…read moregrew up in the 80s nearby, cruising Salt Lake Shopping Center from back when there was Pioneer Chicken and Kana's Ice Cream and Pay n' Save and Sizzler's. My parents would stop pick up Soon's on the way to UH games at the stadium, a Saturday splurge (they were never cheap) when my mom didn't have time to make musubi and hotdogs. Maybe i'm suffering from "da good ole days" syndrome, but my first trip back to Soon's in about ten years left me Broken Hearted... VALUE: the portions were OK, Soon's always gave a satisfying portions but never "masu's massive" satisfying. I thought they used to drop a rubbery fried mandoo as a bonus side with your plate but i could be wrong and i got none today. AMBIANCE: it seemed cleaned up, definitely. but like when you see an old plantation house with a thick coat of bright glossy latex it just felt a little off in a less charming, trying-too-hard kind of way. For reference, I absolutely love the "Honesty" of Bob's BBQ on Waikamilo, and BBQ Kai in Waianae. FOOD: I ordered a couple BBQ Chicken and Meat Jun plates for some contractors working on my parents' house nearby, thought that was a safe bet but NOPE. I felt bad i gave the contractors the terrible meat jun i wanted to apologize was so embarrassing. MEAT JUN - (2/10, +one point cuz it didnt give me food poisoning). Soon's version always was thin, but today was Next Level chintzy. I dunno if the meat was over-pounded flat to stretch it out but even WITH the coating it was the SIZE AND TEXTURE OF BITING INTO A STICK OF STALE WRIGLEY'S JUICY FRUIT THAT WAS FORGOTTEN IN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BACKPACK FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS DURING A HUMID SUMMER VACATION, but without the burst of fruity goodness. So maybe a more apt analogy would be texture and flavor LIKE BITING INTO A STICK OF CLAY. MEAT JUN SAUCE - (nostalgic 8/10). sweet and tasty, but Why do they give only that MINI thimble portion cup of sauce?!? THE CLAY-LIKE MEAT JUN DOESN'T EVEN FIT THE OPENING OF THE TINY %#@$ CUP!! BBQ CHICKEN - (solid 6/10). Always over-marinated, the classic soon's tasty but heavy handed preparation. Clearly benefits from nostalgia. OTHERS - the BBQ meat / bulgogi is also over marinated, with small/medium shreds of slightly dry and too-hard meat. meh. - the "banchan" tsukemono kimchee foil pocket of veggies was always a treat, but so small. plus the kimchee is super weak more orange and sour than truly tasty. The TREAT - SECRET IS TO POUR A PRECIOUS FEW DROPS OF YOUR TINY CUP OF MEAT JUN SAUCE OVER THE VEGGIES TO GIVE IT A TASTY KICK. VERDICT: I grew up with Soon's, but I want to remember them fondly so I'm Never going back. My parents still live in Salt Lake so I'm sad. Guess I'm just going to file Soon's away with the fuzzy old memories of Aloha Stadium, the Islanders, and the 'Bows v. BYU. Next time i need Korean bento I'm going to Gina's.