This place is just super delicious. We came here on a random Sunday evening before a movie. I ordered fried prawns, expecting your normal boring breaded, fried prawns, but no. These were prawns inside an onion pancake, fried and served with a wonderful sauce. So good. We also ordered beef bulgogi and rice cake soup, both were incredible. The beef was somehow sweet and savory, it was absolutely delicious. The soup so flavorful, especially after customizing it with one of the many add-ins piled on the table at the beginning of our meal. I think my favorite was the slightly pickled cucumbers and the kimchee. We're headed back there today to see if everything is as good as it was the first time. Fingers crossed! read more

This place totally surprised me. Yes, I admit I am a hard-ass when it comes to judging asian food, but this one measures up there with the korean restaurants in Oakland or SF. Kinda pricey, but it's worth it. I just wish the had the little chewy fish plate. Our waiter was SUPER SUPER SUPER nice, and even brought us a complimentary dish free of charge! When we were packing up our doggie bag, he came out with an extra stash of kim chee and pickled turnips for us. GO HERE! read more

The better of the two Korean restaurants I frequent. However, I frequent this place less often because I cannot walk to this one (I can with the other place). Korean BBQ Plus! is in the heart of the ghetto of Concord (or at least it seems ghetto to me). It's located in the back side of a parking lot that isn't quite visible until you drive to the middle of the parking lot. However, this restaurant's definitely more "authentic," since they give you about 8 side dishes on top of whatever lunch dish you order. Plus, the regular patrons who eat here are all Korean (I'm almost always the only non-korean person), and part of the menu only has korean words that I cannot decipher. The service is good, the food is great. 4.5 stars overall! read more

4 1/2 stars because of the pricey-ness and it's not an open BBQ. BUT Oh. My. Lord. This places is absolutely delicious!!! I've been on a hunt to find KBBQ as good as Chum Sut Gol in SoCal (Garden Grove to be exact) but have yet to find it. This place is a GOOD competitor. Although the prices are a bit hefty $20 for a plate of BBQ. There food is delicious and service is amazing!! I ordered the Bacon marinated in the house special spicy sauce, which is basically a thick slice of pork belly and it was ahhhhh-mazinggg! Then again I am a pork belly fanatic. We also ordered the beef marinated in the house special spicy sauce. Both were absolutely delicious!! Definitely will be a repeat customer read more

Very tasty Korean food - I've eaten a lot of Korean food in both LA and Seoul, and this place is legit. Not fancy but solid. Service is friendly, banchan was diverse and well-made. Pretty basic decor (think simple diner/cafe), but clean and tidy. They recently did a light remodel so the decor is slightly more up to date. Parking lot is indeed bizarre, as noted in other reviews. For some reason there are speed bumps every 10 ft. read more

After a long day of work, all I wanted was a nice, hearty Korean BBQ dinner. My mom and I chose to visit Korean BBQ Plus around 6:00 p.m. and we were the second group to arrive for dinner. The hostess quickly greeted and seated us. She promptly gave us hot tea and then disappeared. After a few minutes of waiting for the hostess, we ordered our meal and then the waiting began. Back home, the Korean restaurants I go to bring out the side dishes right after we order, which is the way I like it. But here at Korean BBQ, they make you wait until your ordered food is just about ready. So, we just sat there until the food was ready. (When the side dishes did come, we tasted each of them and decided that they were not very good. The best dish was the broccoli, just because I like plain broccoli.) -BBQ short ribs: a fair portion but totally lacking in flavor. When I think of Korean BBQ, I think of overwhelming BBQ-ness. The short ribs were cooked the right amount, but really didn't have any flavor at all. Did they forget the seasoning and sauce? What is the point of BBQ without the flavor? -Fried fish: We took a chance by ordering the fish and it was a mistake. For about $12, it was not worth it. It is a small fish with a lot of bones. To make it worse, our fish was not cooked all the way through! We let the waitress/hostess know and she took our fish back. Meanwhile, while waiting for a new fish, we pretty much finished the short ribs. We were waiting, and waiting. Finally she brought our fish out. It was the same piece of fish, but now being refried, it wasn't crispy at all. It was pretty much soggy and the little meat that was on the fish just absorbed the oil. -Seafood tofu soup: the waitress originally started walking to our table with tofu soup in her hand but right when she was about to put it down, she turned around and walked away with it. There was no explanation, but pretty much, we did not receive the tofu soup until after we had gotten the short ribs, gotten the fish, returned the fish, and got the re-cooked piece of fish. Why did it take so long? I have no idea. The soup had some pieces of clam and other pieces of seafood, but like the other dishes, was lacking in flavor, overall. It pains me to write my first one star review, but it had to be done at some point and Korean BBQ Plus did not deliver. Overall, the experience was very disappointing: the service is slow, the dishes didn't come out at the same time, or even near the same time, and there isn't much flavor. I thought the location wasn't that great either; this restaurant is also out of town for me, so I won't be back. read more

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I'm still feel full from last night. Along with 4 orders of entrees, they provided us with 13 small kimchi plates, and a egg soup on the house. It was really hard to go through all the side dishes they provided us on top of what we already ordered. But we did however finished it all since I couldn't bare the thought about all the hungry people around the world. The only thing I was partial to was the pork soup, because they sliced fatty parts of the pork with hardly any meat portions. I wasn't sure if it was made that way just to give it more taste, but the soup base was very good. There was another kimchi dish that is probably my new favorite. It's beans cooked with soy sauce and sugar. I haven't has this dish at any of the Korean restaurants and recommend coming here to try it out. read more

The lady and I went for dinner on a Friday night after seeing the reviews. I figured since it was Friday we would get seated and the servers would be trying to move as quick as possible. We got there and the place smelled great, like authentic food done well. Sat quickly and our order was taken quickly. Veggies and rice in the stone bowl thing for the lady, spicy pork for me and a large beer for us to split. About ten minutes later waters and my spicy pork came out and an 'taster' group of plates for the lady. Then we waited. We were both kind of munching, but the spicy pork had me sipping on the water and then I started wondering if my beer would ever arrive. The pair of us tried to flag down two different waitresses for ten minutes. Then we got more water. Beer nowhere to be found. Stone bowl nowhere to be found. A whole 50 (five zero) minutes later the veggie stone bowl comes out, which they must have felt bad it took so long because they chocked it full of meats. Chicken, beef and pork. Well my lady isn't one to turn away a plate that took almost an hour to get and she isn't a hardcore vegan or something that can't be in the same building as meat but it could have very well ruined someone else's meal. I eventually had to metaphorically and emotionally get on my knees and beg for my sapporo. There seems to be a communication barrier because we first got two bowls delivered and had to clear up the bowl-sapporo gap. The food was good. The service was not great. I feel bad rocking them this bad, because it looked like a family joint and they were trying their best. But our plates came out almost an hour difference! My dinner partner said empathetically "Yeah, I'd come back here." with hope in her voice. I responded "Well it looks like you are coming by yourself, because I won't be back here." On the way out we paid at the counter and after spending almost two hours for dinner we had to stand at the counter and wait for one of the two servers to come and help us. Last gripe, the parking lot was a little hinkey and there were no lights, it made my neck hair stand on edge. My final thought: for the price point, flavor point and time there are better. read more

I've been coming here for a few years and think this the best Korean food in the area. I think the chef is extraordinary and underappreciated.Their tofu dolsot bibimbap is the best bibimbap I have ever had in my entire life. Their japchae and seafood pancakes are also excellent. I once catered a company lunch from this restaurant and everyone fell in love with their food. trust me.. I grew up in korea and regularly eat at virtually every well-known korean restaurant in the east bay and the south bay, and this place is my top choice. It's low-key coupled with great food. You'll see plenty of koreans eating here. read more

Don't be fooled by its rough exterior...inside is a quaint place to enjoy your most desired Korean dishes. The first time I went in, I was greeted and seated promptly. I looked at the menu which is filled your staple dishes - bulgogi, kalbi, bibimbap and even tteokbokki (dukboki)! Price isn't bad either! During my first trip, I had the bulgogi and it was yummy! And yes, 13 different banchan (side dishes) were served together with your meal -- what a treat! On my 2nd trip, I decided to try their bibimbap. Again, so good! As I was eating, ajumma kept coming over to my table asking me how it was and I kept saying (in between bites) "joha!" then ajeossi came out and told me to put more gochuchang to make the bibimbap real good! I also love that I get to practice my Hangul :-) I would've given it 5 stars but had to wait a little bit for my food but other than that, everything is yummy and the staff is super friendly. I wish they have jajangmyeon though. read more

Came at lunch time. I generally find asian service to be extremely rude except for korean and japanese restaurants. The service here was super nice so +1 korean service wooh! I almost always get the bulgogi plate and one of their korean pancakes. It's consistently made well and service is pretty fast. As per usual at korean places, all their korean mini plates/snacks they give as appetizers are good as fuck too. This place needs to be much busier than they are because they're really fucking good. read more

Fairly new, strip mall Korean restaurant. A little small, can be cramped on weekend nights. But that means it's good, right? I can personally attest to the ohjingho (squid) bokkum being top notch. They have quite a few good side dishes, too. I'll definitely be back. 10.13.07 update: S.O. says that side dishes are good and plentiful. She whole heartedly approves. Also, not uncomfortable to ask for pakban refills. Grilled mackerel also quite good. 1.14.08 update: after eating at a lot of Korean establishments in the bay area, my conclusion is that this place has the best pak ban side dishes around. good quality and selection. save yourself a trip to LA and just head to Concord! (also upping the rating to five stars!) read more

Best Korean bbq restaurant in Concord. Food, service, staff & prices are great. Use to live here in Concord and anytime want Korean food this is the place to go. Seafood Pancake, Bulgogi, Short Ribs, Fried King Fish & Chop Chae are a few of my favorite dishes we order. Also my family also loved the Spicy Seafood Soup. Sorry don't know the names & numbersftom the menu. However I highly recommend this restaurant hands up. read more

Ate here a couple months ago and forgot to post a review (oops!). Came for lunch and we ordered a number of dishes family style, including the bulgogi, BBQ pork, and japchae. The place is a little hard to find since it's not visible from the street. Worth searching for though. The food was delicious and price is decent at lunch. I've yet to find a place that has good cheap Korean food but I've also paid much more for Korean BBQ that didn't taste as good as this. read more

The reviews were right. This place gets lost in strip malls that surround it. There are a bunch of Mexican grocery shops, a little Asian (i think Korean focused) market, a bunch of random restaurants, and other shops close by. But my bf and I were craving some Korean food, and found this place on yelp. What the reviews don't you is that there is a minefield of speedbumps that surround this place. Literally there were speedbumps for every 2, count 'em, TWO parking spaces. Apparently there were too many races going on in this parking lot and this was the most effective way to stop it. To the food! Unlike the Korean restaurants in the K-Town known as Santa Clara (by El Camino), they give you the little appetizer dishes when you get your entree. I think it's so you're less likely to get seconds and they can give less... probably good for people like me since I could just eat those for a meal. We got a seafood pancake & bulgogi. Seafood pancake - Of all the ingredients, green onion was the most prevalent. It was still very tasty. The part that lacked was the texture. It didn't have that slightly toasty/crisp-ish texture that Choi's Kitchen does sooo well. I'd say it's average. Bulgogi - A little more expensive than i'm used to paying for this dish (~$18), but it was very good. It was well marinated and came with a large portion of rice and lettuce. I'd definitely come here again next time i'm craving Korean and in the East Bay. If I want my favorite Korean place though, you'll find me in Santa Clara. Another plus: The waiter was super nice. Our bill came a little late because there was a rush of people when were ready to leave, but the waiter was so nice, we didn't care. read more

Really great place called ahead for reservation and even though they weren't super packed when we got there they still had a table reserved for us. The spicy marinated chicken was to die for and even though you cant cook it yourself like some of the other places I have been they did a wonderful job cooking it for me. They have a large menu selection and all the side were delicious and fresh. Short ribs were great as well . The house sauce here is not to be missed and the pancake appetizer was deliciously packed with seafood goodness. read more

Banchan for days.... Last visit, they served 18 various side dishes. Cuttlefish is my favorite. Kalbi is not bad. Missing something. Love the waitress (I believe she is the owner's wife). Her english is rough around the edges, but always jovial. Bottom Line: Generous portions, good value and top notch service equals a repeat customer. read more

The service is good, food is enjoyable, but it's over priced. I went there with my girlfriend and the bill ended up being $50 for bul golgi and galbi, and kimchi fried rice. I enjoy the food but the price was a killer. read more

We get a last minute phone call to go out to lunch for Korean food. It's one of my favorite Asian foods, so I'm up for it. We meet in Concord at Korean BBQ Plus. My first criteria was met: no whites/Americans eating there. With the exception of my husband, his daughter and her son and me, all Asian people. First clue, it's probably good. Lots of sides and delicious ones too. Eggplant was good. I usually don't eat the fishcakes, kind of reminds me of eating an ear (texture thing), but these were good. We ordered bul go gi, jap chae, and chicken bbq. All were delicious. The chicken was especially good, very tender. If you like salty foods, you might have to had soy sauce, but I thought the food was fine. Service was very good. I would go out of my way to eat here. Next time I go, I'm checking out the grocery store that is adjacent to the restaurant. read more

This is a great place for lunch, the quality of the food and quantity offers good value for money. The lunch typically runs around $11 per person. I'm a regular at the restaurant and usually visit it once a week or two. The place is generally busy for lunch considering it is located away from the road and is tucked away in a corner. It is frequented by many asians - authenticating it is the real thing! Enjoy! read more

Our favorite dish here is the Mool Neng Myun. It's been very consistent and tastes really good for being in Concord! Lots of banchan! There have been some hit and misses but overall, probably the best Korean restaurant in the East Bay. read more

Came back with my wife and we ordered both the Kimchi Fried Rice and the Dai Ji Bulgogi (Spicy Pork) and we both absolutely loved our lunch. I'd been a little reluctant to come back after my first meal here but this food was absolutely delicious. We didn't leave a bite of food, it was that good!!! read more

Korean BBQ Plus - Dai Ji Bulgogi - Korean Near Me - Concord, California

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PRO: * best Korean restaurant in the Bay Area * very good food * inexpensive * friendly waitresses who work hard though there's only one there at a time * next to a Korean mom-and-pop market (same owner) CON: * can get crowded fast (e.g., when a golf tournament crowd enters) specific food recommendations: * lunch combo of kalbi and den chan kook plus all the ban chan will be the highlight lunch of your week, every week read more

This is actually a follow-up review. My first review was not very complimentary both due to service and food quality. I have to admit, BBQ plus is like a new restaurant now. A tall, slender woman serves us most often and she is very gracious. Since she she has gotten to know us, she absolutely spoils us. She explains what the dishes are made of with great pride offers more throughout the meal. There are so many banchan dishes it's nearly a complete meal in itself. Including the soup/salad/jap chae noodles there are usually 15 or 16 dishes in addition to whatever main courses you order. That's hard to beat, especially for an inexpensive lunch menu. All this for under $10 per person! The variety is unusual and amazing. They include roots and stalks/stems to unusual sea plants, fermented vegetables, broccoli with mayo, two kinds of sprouts, diakon, kim chee, cucumber, spinach, fish cake, kelp, seaweed, tiny dried fish, potatoes, etc. So many I can't remember them all. I had to take a video to show another Korean food affection-ado at work. My favorite dishes are Haemul pa jun or Seafood Pancake, and Mae-un Dak Gui (Spicy BBQ Chicken) or Daeji Bulgogi (Spicy Pork), and Bim Bim Nang Mun. There is a shorter, older woman who is not quite as friendly and may not give all the dishes to one table that she gives to another, but the older man is much friendlier than he was a couple of years ago and very attentative. I have seen more patrons in the last few months since Korea House began giving smaller portions and less ban chan (we got 5 side dishes last time we went...stingy! but their Fried Prawns and Kalbi are better). Yet I feel this is still a best kept secret in Korean food. I hope others give it a try and get to know the family who runs it. You will be very richly rewarded by their generous kindness. read more

Recently revisited this place and found that the interior of the restaurant has been updated. I don't know if ownership has changed, but the wait staff was a lot younger than in the past. No problems here as the service was very good. Lunch prices are less than $10, but the amazing part is the number of their small dishes. I counted 15 for lunch and all were good. Right next door is the Korean grocery and we picked up a jar of their home made kimchee. Each jar is labeled with the date and degree of hotness. Granted Mixed Grain (see my review) has a better location in Walnut Creek, but this place is my first choice for Korean food. read more

A bit pricey, meat dishes were 18-25 and the appetizers were 10-13. The little dishes were okay, no small fish one. The place is in the middle of nowhere but inside is nice. I like Korean house more. little dishes are better and things are cheaper by 5$ read more

After 14 side dishes (can you believe it?? 14!!) 1 bowl of rice 1 kimchee tofu stew My FOOD COMA is settling in. This place is a very rare find in Concord. There aren't that many options in this city and I'm glad to finally find a Korean restaurant that really satisfied the craving. Menu is extensive and food tastes authentic (another plus). Prices are typical and range from $8-10 a plate. No complaints when it comes to the service - they are fast and efficient! I will definitely be adding this to my list hot of spots for lunch. read more

Came here last Sunday (1/20). Keep in mind, my BF is from Korea, and we just went to Korea in October - so I'm pretty solid on what Korean food tastes like, and most importantly; I know what I like! First off, this restaurant seems to be connected to a Korean market(?) - the actual entrance to the restaurant is near the back of the shopping center. Secondly, this shopping center is full of Mexican places! Haha. When we walked in, the place was full of Koreans - already a plus in my book. We were seated quickly and given the menu. My BF had already decided he wanted spicy soup, and I wanted bibimbap, so we didn't really have to pick between all the options they have. Man! They have all the good stuff! I want to come back with more people so we can do family-style! We ordered, and the poor floor staff seemed to be really overwhelmed (there were like 3 party's that walked in at the same time, and they were all 6-9 people). There were only two waiters, and I don't know how many people were working in the kitchen. So the food took WAY LONGER than it should to come out. They ended up NOT having my BF's order ready when mine came out (came out like 5 minutes later). But they made up for it by being EXTREMELY apologetic, and brought us out two small appetizer-dishes to make up for it. I only kept to my food. It was good. I was happy with it. The veggies were fresh. My only thing was that the tofu was not marinated at all - it was just raw. Meh. I shoved it to the bottom of my sizzling bowl and fixed that up. Also, the banchan was really fresh - and delicious! We ate a lot of it before our meal came because it took a while, but I was very happy with the quality of the ingredients and the spicy/sourness of the dishes. There is another place in Concord that is on our to-try list (Korea House), but I can definitely see myself coming back here. read more

Food is ok. Service sucks! Never came by to refill water. Gave more attention to fellow Koreans eating there. Not coming back!

Absolutely disappointed. How did I ever cheat on Mama San's? We dined here because our regular Korean spot was closed (it's a Monday) This place was a joke. No flavor, poor poor service and pricey! There were only 2 tables occupied (including us) I'd give them a plus on the decor - a tad bit nicer than other spots I've dined at. We had - Soon dai (stuffed tripe) $14, which kinda tasted like solidified dinuguan. Dol sot bi bim bab (veggies & beef in clay pot $12 - flavorless. Considering how SLoW it was, she could have at least offered to stir my pot..... La gal bi $19. Burnt, dry, lacking flavor!! Sides were under okay. There weren't as many varieties as we're used to - and our waitress never bothered to refill any... Like the fish cakes :( It took forever for our check to come.... I had to go up to the register to get the check (while the other table got their check promptly) I'll never be back, even if I crave for Koreans on Mondays. read more

Pretty good Korean food for Coco County standards, but that's not saying very much..... I haven't tried the kalbi or other bbq dishes here, but the soups are alright. The kalbi tang (kalbi soup with daikon, glass noodles, egg and green onions) I ordered is pretty darn good and keeps me coming back for more. My friend's soon doobu was lacking flavor. The bibimbab is good too - my dad likes it. :) The banchan (free side dishes) are fresh and have nice variety: daikon kimchi, napa cabbage kimchi, bean sprouts, fish cake, etc. Service is friendly, but when they're busy, you have to walk up to them to ask for things (like more tea or a banchan refill). read more

Since coming back from an east-coast area, surrounded by awesome K BBQ spots, I've been sorely disappointed by some of the Kbbq places that I have eaten at. Who would've thought that I would find a "money" K bbq restaurant in a plaza that is surrounded by taquerias and a bowling alley? I was pleasantly surprised to walk into a clean, small restaurant with walls lined with white lights. Almost all the tables were filled. We ordered La Gal Bi (BBQ ribs with special sauce) and tofu stew/soup (#51), substitution with beef and veggies instead of all the seafood. The way I evaluate a good K BBQ place, is how is the meat?! Well, I am happy to report: delicious! I wish there was more per platter b/c we cleaned it out! The soup was mildly spicy and tasted just as I remembered it at other awesome restaurants. The staff members are extremely friendly. The waiter gladly gave us another side dish of broccoli. There were only two staff members, and they were working really hard, passing out side dishes and meals, and having little time to clean up tables. I didn't feel neglected at all! I was starving and wondered why the side dishes didn't come before the meal, but it seems that the restaurant's policy is to bring them out with the meal. Another great Concord find! **I had to edit my review to 5 stars b/c after I went here with a large group, staff were even MORE friendly, giving us seafood pancake and two egg soups for free! During bro's bday, they turned out the lights for us to light the cake and sing. Just a great place! My fam loved it here! read more

I've been living in SoCal for a few years so I've had my fair share of good Korean food. I came home for the holidays and my mom told me about this restaurant. I kind of had lower expectations but honestly I was not disappointed! I had the tofu seafood soup and my mom had the bi bim bap. We also got 13 side dishes (our favorite part haha). I was very impressed with the tofu seafood soup because there were A LOT of clams (my favorite!) and it wasn't salty :). The bi bimp bap was pretty standard. The waitress was also very sweet! Definitely coming back when I come home again! read more

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I have always seen this place and never went in. Today was the day! The staff is so nice and their cold spicy noodles are delish!

Tried this place with the family and I have to say it was delicious! We got there in the early evening, I guess a bit early for the usual dinner patrons but we were randomly in the area and decided to go. My parents know the owners so we for a few freebies along the way which was nice. Heehee. However service can be a tad better. Also the price here is a bit high so bring extra cash or card to get the good stuff. My go to is always spicy pork. This place makes it well but not amazing. Side dishes are great and I absolutely looooove refills on it. Make sure to go during the quiet times tho, as it started to pick up, they spend very little time checking on you and you will have to start flagging people down. Try it out! read more

One of the best Korean food in the tri valley area. I have been coming here for over 2years and finally decided to write a review. Food and service is always great here. I love soup and anything comforting. I always get some kind of soup dish. Very flavorful broth but never salty. read more

The food was excellent, we ordered potstickers, Kalbi, Bulgogi, chicken fried rice, and noodles. Moreover they brought us all the small dish offerings, Kimchee, sprouts, tofu, potatoes, and many other flavorful dishes. That is the fun ...the bounty of flavors. I haven't had Korean BBQ that good in a long time. The service was very good too, read more

We got in the Honda, heading for Concord. "What do you feel like?", "Oh, i don't know, Japanese" "OK, let's see what's in Concord..." So we get the navigation set to some random Japanese place and we end up here. We need a new navigation CD. This place blew our minds away. We saw that other tables were getting an array of little dishes, and wondered what they had ordered to get them. We were then very surprised when those little dishes started coming our way. The sheer variety of them was amazing. I have never tasted tofu so good. The little fried anchovies, the "coleslaw" of daikon and apple, the caramelized roots, the kale... everything was sooooo tasty. I ordered the baby octopus, which ended up being the only dissapointment of the meal (a bit tough), while my husband ordered the pork and bacon dish. They were out of bacon, but who cares? It was from out of this world. We need to go back, because the food was incredible, plentiful and delicious. What a serendipitous find. read more

Amazing!! Best food I've had around here. Fast, affordable, great people. kim chi came with a million different things and it was delicious!!! read more

Korean BBQ Plus - Kim chee dol sot bi bim bab - Korean Near Me - Concord, California

I really really enjoyed this place! I usually go to San Francisco for good Korean food, but then a friend and I heard about this place. Really great food....though it is just as expensive as going to the city, but you don't have to pay bridge toll! Also, the side dishes are numerous and delicious, so no need to order one of their somewhat expensive appitizers. Great food, good and fast service, very nice! read more