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    Korean House

    3.6 (16 reviews)
    Open • 12:00 pm - 9:00 PM

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    Renne N.

    Well this is my first time here and my last time! Service was poor. If you in joy cooking your own food while dinning out!! Then go for it!! No ventilation hot and stuff!! Overall pretty pricey and bad experience!!! Should have went to Bichi Burger lesson learned!!!! Never again

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    Duong H.

    Happy to create this new business on Yelp and the first to post a review! This is the only known Korean restaurant and BBQ joint in Playas de Tijuana. The flavors are definitely Korean, but the flavors are a bit muted compared to their LA or even San Diegan counterparts--yes, unfair to compare I know. The banchan were all pretty good and the kimchi soup was really good. We went with the buffet grill option. They have gas grills built into the table. The waiter walked out several times with waves of meat ranging from bulgolgi to pork belly and galbi. My son liked the bulgolgi marinade and the flavors was ok, but nothing to write home about. Looking forward to exploring the rest of their menu, especially the ramen. So happy to have a local Korean joint here!!!

    Made a reservation and still had to wait 30 min outside. Took them another 12 min to bring the drinks to the table. The place was busy but its a small room in the corner of a small shopping center. The main attraction here is the "buffet" which you grill your own food at center of the table. They asked and we said it was our first time there so they tried to explain it but couldn't understand nor hear him over the loud music and his face cover. Waited long for "add ons" that comes with the food and when we asked for them several times they finally brought them when we were almost done. THE ENSENADA LOCATION IS WAY BETTER. CANT COMPARE.

    Kimchee, onions, sweet radish, and fish cakes

    I like Korean House and will return. We came in for ramen and enjoyed it. The kimchee and onions were a really good addition. Word of advice though, the ramen is spicy!!!! Probably too spicy. The shin ramen is the least hot, rated one chili pepper, and it is spicy. The tumse is rated 2 chili peppers and our lips burned the whole time we ate it and for awhile afterwards. We really enjoy the flavor of hot food but this was uncomfortable. Just be warned, we're not being dramatic! My dining partner wishes that there was more vegetables and meat in the soup. It's broth and noodles. Anyway 4 stars for cool, clean ambiance, friendly service, and authentic Korean cuisine.

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    Everything about this place was sooo good. I was bummed they didn't have kimchi rice like most KBBQ places. ;( But the drinks were fire!!!

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    Small so try and make reservation!! All u can eat is the way to go. Good variety of drinks.

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    4.3(73 reviews)
    5.7 km
    •$$

    Hubby suggested this restaurant since he walks by with his students all of the time. So glad we…read morestopped by. Great customer service and chill vibes. What we ordered: * BBQ Tri-Tip Quesadilla * Fatty Melt * Ibac Burger * Fries Our waitress Sonia was amazing. Super attentive. Food came out quickly, perfect temp & seasoned just right. I was pleasantly surprised with the quesadilla. Full of flavor & you could really taste the smokiness with the tri-tip. YUMMY!! We cant wait to visit again. They even have music BINGO on Wednesdays.... Sounds like a lot of fun!!

    I genuinely don't understand how Scotty B's has 4.4 stars on Yelp. The service was great. Our…read morewaitress was friendly, attentive, and clearly excited about the food. She made us feel like we were in for a treat. Everything is fresh, nothing is microwaved, and by her account this was going to be a whole experience. Unfortunately, the food didn't live up to the sales pitch. Not even close. We started with the IB Twinkies, which are basically bacon-wrapped jalapeño poppers stuffed with cream cheese. They were mid to mediocre at best. Think about the ingredients: Fresh jalapeño, bacon, cream cheese. That's already a winning combination. But there was some kind of ham or other meat stuffed inside that just got in the way. A good jalapeño popper doesn't need much. Give me the fresh crunchy heat of the jalapeño, salty crispy bacon, and cream cheese to mellow everything out. If you're going to make a jalapeño popper, just make a really good jalapeño popper. Next was the Scotty Doesn't Know smash burger. For around $15ish, this thing was SMALL. My friend and I split it and we're talking maybe three or four bites each. The spicy ranch was basically ranch and Tapatío, and the whole burger was just kind of... fine. Smash burgers work because of their simplicity. Crispy beef, cheese, bread, sauce, balance. Once you start complicating that, whatever you're adding better make the burger more interesting. This didn't. I wouldn't pay that price for it again. Sadly, the BBQ Chopped Cheese was the real offender. I don't know what this was, but it wasn't what I think of when someone says "chopped cheese." Instead of chopped hamburger and cheese, the meat had this weird thready pulled-pork or pulled-beef texture. There were large chunks of green bell pepper, an off-putting barbecue flavor, and then the entire thing was slathered in this cheese roux where I swear I could taste the flour. It was basically a pile of pulled meat, peppers and onions covered in floury cheese sauce. I couldn't get past one bite. Our waitress didn't ask us what our thoughts were. Mercifully. And that's ultimately my problem with the food here. If you're going to make classic dishes, make them outstanding. If you're going to play with expectations and reinvent something like a chopped cheese, make sure you've mastered what makes the original good before you start introducing new flavors and textures. The location is cool. It has that beachy, surf-bar vibe, you can see the ocean, and the service was stellar. I take nothing away from the atmosphere and our server. That's honestly what pulled this review up to three stars. But the food? Mediocre to gross and all things in between. And considering the four-and-a-half-star rating and the expectations we walked in with, genuinely disappointing. I don't blame the wait staff, and I don't blame the cooks in the back. I blame management or the owner. If THEY think those dishes are delicious, that's fine. I can't change someone's messed-up taste buds. But I CAN say, as someone who has eaten some of the BEST food San Diego has to offer, it's very easy to recognize what isn't. Fix the food and I'm SO down to give y'all another chance. https://www.youtube.com/@TheFoodSleuths_SD

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    4.3(1.1k reviews)
    77.5 km
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    Always super tasty. Their pizza and beer is awesome, but I'm personally a huge fan of their Mac and…read morecheese, and the watermelon salad. Try not to go on weekend nights cos it gets really busy!

    If a place is so good you come back again the next day, that tells you something! And I'll tell ya,…read moreJulian Beer Company is very, very good! How can you miss when you're welcomed so warmly by both people and dogs?! We ordered a round of a variety of beers. We each enjoyed what we ordered. But we like to share! So we tasted around, found out what we really liked, then came back and ordered some more, and another couple of rounds the next day! This is not your typical deep fried bar food joint. Someone in the kitchen really knows their way around a bbq! And they don't hold back on their sides. The pork belly bites were so succulent with their crispy outer skin and unctuous meat inside. The ribs were surely taken from a brontosaurus! Tender, flavorful, and just the right amount of smoke. The brisket sandwich was one of the best I've ever had. Did I say we shared? Well, I didn't the sando was gone before anyone could ask for a bite. The Mac n cheese was creamy and dreamy. The vibe here is really casual. Dogs, kids, people at tables, at the bar, outside - just everyone enjoying themselves over beer, food, and convo. Great music playing. Super chill. No hurries and no worries. We'll definitely come here again the next time we're out this way!

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