Very fun karaoke spot, low key, not to loud and very personal. Seems like the local "cheers" everyone was very welcoming. Definitely will be returning. Might just be my new local spot. Food was great and the drinks....whew read more

Soju 101 - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

The other reviews talking about bad service are not wrong!!! Hostess is not efficient at all about seating even when we told her it's okay if we split our group into two tables as long as the tables were close together. Service is so bad and I felt bad having to keep calling them over. I ask for one thing and they leave right away when I was trying to tell them THREE things we needed (napkin, plates, utensils, water refills) so that way they don't have to keep coming back. But how can I help the servers if they leave before I'm done speaking?? we can't even eat without those things. Food is just okay. We got the seafood pancake with like 4 pieces of seafood for $14. The tteokbokki had like 6 pieces for like $10. Not worth it!! Even when the bill came out, we asked to put both tables into one check but they gave both our tables 4 checks each??? Like what? Even paying out was a disaster since there is no communication between servers. read more

DO NOT COME HERE! They are HORRIBLE! We had a CONFIRMED reservation and when we got there they told us our reservation didn't exist! They do whatever they want - when they want and if they want! They don't care about providing great customer service and they are RUDE! Give your money and business to an establishment that will appreciate it. They haven't been open long either and my guess is that they won't last if they continue to be this rude, unprofessional and a hot mess! RUN from here! There are better karaoke places out there! read more

I can't wait to come back and do Karaoke! My friend and I were randomly around the area Sunday night, and we decided to give it a try. It wasn't packed, service was very prompt. Our bartender was very attentive, and funny. We decided to do the soju shots flights, we did 3 rounds of them... so we practically tried all the flavors my favorites were yogurt, strawberry, green apple and lyche. We decided to do the soju flights for $5.99 I mean that's super good, and you get to try different flavors! After we got the $15 yogurt bottle we got around 8 shots I believe. We also got a strawberry soju bottle which I loved the taste. I truly enjoyed the yogurt soju, and the strawberry soju. The food looked amazing, I will be definitely be back for the food as well. The music was really good you got a little bit of everything KPop, reguetton, pop, and top 40s. The bathrooms were very clean an extra plus! I will be definitely be back and I'm so happy we have soju 101 in Katy! read more

Soju 101 - Happy Hour Menu - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

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My group of friends and I have tried twice to get reservations here. We've made them long before 24 hours in advance and have gotten them confirmed, only for them to be cancelled later on both times. We won't be trying again and it's ridiculous how un organized and horrible they manage their reservations. read more

I went here yesterday and tried a bunch of new things! Let me just say the spam fries are literally to die for. i dont even like spam but i loved it. Everything here was soo good. i love this place. the chicken is so hot and good. the ramen is amazing and the cheese corn sounds weird but its kind of like an elote! If ur in the area you definitely need to try this place and definitely try the spam fries! read more

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This is a great place to hangout with friends! The food dishes are all so great for sharing and I would consider them like snacks that you can munch on as you are hanging out. It almost feels like you're on a Korean drama or just drinking the nights away while sobering up on snacks. They do have happy hour as well! One down side is that the karaoke room set up was a bit difficult. The keyboard is not in English and it wasn't very user friendly. I would highly designate the DD to be in charge of the karaoke playlist because it was so confusing. Also, we had no clue how to set up the queue of songs, which made it super frustrating. read more

Location: Behind Beard Papa's, on the other side Standout: The fish godeunguh gooie is really good, can't fry it like this at home! Specials: Summer special menu drinks is a good deal, see pic Service: Friendly :) read more

Soju 101 - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

I was super excited for a new karaoke place in Houston/Katy and I was no disappointed! The karaoke set up as the Korean karaoke places in Dallas however there are only 3 karaoke rooms. Our waiter/bartender Caris was very helpful and attentive even though he was very busy with other patrons too! We had a wonderful time and I will definitely be back! Must recommend for everyone to try the Korean cocaine shot. It's an experience Overall 10/10 would recommend! read more

Soju 101 - Lit time at soju 101 - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

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I stumbled across this place late at night with some friends and family in which they came here before, and I haven't. This place is fairly new located in Katy area of Houston. I love how this place opens late and still serve amazing food and alcohol. I had attached some photos but the photos don't do any justice. We had the ramen, cheesy corn, rice cake, dumplings, spam & eggs, and garlic wings.. and omg heaven! I love the wings here with some rice it taste so fresh and flavorful. Everything here was good, the food, the service, and the atmosphere; it's definitely a good place to hang out with some friends or your significant other for some quality time! read more

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I love this place. It's fun and open late Their drinks so good, and can't skip their karaoke room read more

This place is a good place to hang with your friends and grab a drink or sing karaoke. They have 3 karaoke rooms for all the people that wants to have fun and sing. They have happy hour specials after 9pm everyday. This place have a good variety of alcohol too choose from. The have beer,Soju, mixed drinks, Korean wine and shots. The price of food are a little expensive on most dishes but the portions are decent size. The waiter is friendly and nice. My friend was allergic to peanuts and he made sure the food he wanted wasn't cooked in peanut oil. read more

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Had to stop by to check out what the hype was all about. We had the below: Corn cheese - nothing special, tastes like can corn with cheese Garlic Soy Chicken Wings - delicious, crunchy and moist Smoked pork belly - perfectly cooked, so tender and moist, great to dip with the provided sauces Bapocky - spicy but good as well We also had the lychee soju. We will be back to try the other food items. Prices are a bit high but portions are bigger than normal. read more

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Really loved the vibe of this place. Very clean inside, all nice servers, great food options, and pretty much reasonable prices for the foods and drinks as well! Couldn't take many pictures though, but I really recommend this place!!! read more

Soju 101 - Soju Sampler (4 shots out of 10 flavors) - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

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Stopped here randomly last night (Sunday 9/1). I got a couple bottles of Kirin Ichiban and the Ramen. First off, the place is super cute! I love that they play KPop music videos. (I'm a HUGE Black Pink fan) I had the Ramen as my entree. At first site it looks super basic but OMG the flavor was AMAZING! For a Ramen that didnt have any meat in it, it was literally one of the best ramen I have had since I moved to Houston! It had a great flavor with the perfect level of spice. My photo does it no justice at all! Con: I'm not a math person and the wifi password was the solution to a super long math problem so I didn't even try I can't wait to go back! read more

Soju 101 - Ramen - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

DO NOT COME HERE service was terrible only two employees were running the whole floor, bussing tables, taking orders, phone calls. Etc. It's their fault for not telling us from the start that they were short staffed and only had ONE KITCHEN WORKER. We waited for an hour for our food not even the appetizers came out. Food was overpriced for what it's worth, didn't even give us a discount for the lack of service and for waiting for our food. Never coming back here again. There's definitely better restaurants in the plaza than this. read more

Soju 101 - Disgusting cold cheap noodles $10 not worth it - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

Nice place to hang out and have fun service is good . Costumers are nice and fun . I been there 2 times . Both times it was a very good experience. read more

Everything we had was delicious! A friend ordered so not sure what all we got but I know the spam fries were my favorite!

I love their korean chicken, tteolboki and drinks. Loud but cool place definitely for the weekends read more

The competition in the Katy Asian market is fierce. There are so many very good restaurants there, but Soju 101 is able to stand up with the best of them. I got some take away on the way home from some errands. I called ahead and my order was hot and ready at the agreed time. I got the Takoyaki (octopus balls) and Smoked Bossam(pork belly). The perfectly cooked and rendered pork had condiments of raw onion, jalapeños, and garlic, which went well with the pork. Also three dipping sauces that I dont have a clue what they were but tasted great with the pork. This was my first time with Takoyaki, so i cant tell you if it was authentic, but I enjoyed it. I'm looking forward to coming back and trying other items on the menu. read more

Amazingggggg!!!! Five stars every time. The food is great. Karaoke is great. The whole place is a vibe and excellent to bring friends!

Poor quality ingredients. Korean Fried Chicken was burned and tasted like pure grease. Cheese tonkatsu also tasted more like grease based cheese. Would not recommend. Better off going to the Hmart food court. read more

THIS PLACE IS A HIDDEN GEM! I found this place through Yelp, was looking for some food late night when my go to taco truck was closed. After searching, I saw this place was still open at 1:02AM and called to ensure they were open. They took my to-go order over the phone. I arrived at 1:20AM and my food was still being prepared. By the time I used the restroom, washed my hands, and returned my food was out. The place is very clean. The staff is very friendly. FOOD 1. ORDER THE BULGOGI QUESADILLAS!! Such an amazing fusion concept that works. And tastes AMAZING! I literally ordered based off the pictures. 5/5 stars 2. GALBI (KOREAN SHORT RIBS) IS ANOTHER FAV! Sooooooo well seasoned, juicy (not dry) and the perfect amount of meat with marbled fat interspersed throughout. Are you drooling yet? 5/5 stars 3. SPICY KOREAN CHICKEN WINGS Excellent! 10 big, juicy wings, and the sauce is very flavorful, and NO my chicken wasn't undercooked as mentioned in some other reviews. I do have my eye on trying the Garlic Soy chicken and the Korean BBQ flavors next time. You can't split flavors with the 10 piece chicken wings by the way. 5/5 stars 4. MANDU (Korean fried dumpling) MEH! The dumpling was crisp, I loved the sauces on the side (some kind of marinated soy sauce and the other was the same sauce served with the bulgogi quesadillas looks like Tom Yum sauce). Where this fell short, imo, I didn't care for the filling. It was too much seaweed. 3/5 stars 5. CORN CHEESE It's corn cheese. Enough said! They do it superbly! I was almost fooled that i was eating a mac and cheese casserole the way the cheese melted perfectly atop the corn. 5/5 stars WORD OF ADVICE: The bathroom is clean but smells like reused grease (I don't think they have good ventilation in there, possibly also because it is located right next to the kitchen) so if you don't want to smell like hot cooking oil, I wouldn't suggest using it. BOTTOM LINE: I'd support this place again, dare I say it, it could replace my taco food truck (at least on weekdays when it closes early). Those Bulgogi quesadillas, ribs and wings are nothing to play with! OKAYYYYY! read more

Open late. Food was good. Got the veggie ramen. Spicy noodles with seafood. And the topocky. Everything was well flavored. I'd order again. Ramen was my favorite. read more

Came in today. Got sat. First time here and looked I've the menu. Server never came. I dont know if they actually listen to the bells on the wall to call the sever, but we pressed it and no one came. We left after 20 mins. read more

FOOD: 0/5 KARAOKE: 3/5 The food here is subpar (and even that is an understatement). It's mind boggling how some of these foods taste, really. We only ever come here for the karaoke rooms. However, our recent attempt at reserving a room was far from anything positive. We made a reservation booking a room for the evening a day prior. However, upon calling again to confirm the reservation, the staff on the other end informed us that no reservation was made, and that *they* usually call to confirm from their end. We've reserved many times before but have never received a confirmation call in the past. We were a little confused to hear about 1) this sudden new procedure and 2) how our reservation decided to disappear into the ether. read more

It was great food. The atmosphere was fun and and welcoming. The food was great. I would recommend for people to check it out. We split two dishes and it was plenty. The service was excellent and came every time we pushed the button. I would recommend it you are in the katy are to try it out. read more

Soju 101 - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

I placed a late night order of soy garlic wings and calamari to go. When we arrived home the wings looked delicious, not too mich sauce and appeared to be crunchy. When we bit into them they weren't cooked all the way, the inside was red amd such a disappointment. The calamari was lighty breaded and had a tasty dipping sauce, put they needed salt. I will not return. read more

Soju 101 - Undercooked chicken - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

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Service & atmosphere was great. They have late hours compared to most places, which are also nice when you want to grab a bite after 11pm it's hard to find things open. Overall we tried many different things on the menu some were delicious and some were interesting . Pictured are just two of them. I'd def suggest the first picture I believe it's fried dumplings. read more

Soju 101 - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

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An ok place for Korean, given there are few options in Katy, TX. We ordered the bulgogi and tofu/pork spicy soup. Did not seem truly authentic (what they lacked in authenticity they made up in spice); food hat lots of heat but but not super flavorful. Missed the traditional meal with all the side dishes: we had to ask for kimchi and it was just so-so. Not bad if you are craving Korean and are willing to settle for average. read more

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Bulgogi Quesadillas took 45 mins to come out only after we asked to have anything sent out because we were hungry. Waiter was very apologetic but quesadillas hardly had any meat and cheese. We were one of three tables in the restaurant. One of which already had food. Very hungry unhappy as we wait for the rest. read more

Soju 101 - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

The room was freezing cold. The food was pretty good and decently priced. I was a little disappointed because some of the buttons on the keyboard were not working. And the selection of songs could have been a little bigger. read more

Only went there for takeout so this is a good review. The food was okay not bad but maybe didn't hit the spot as much. The bulgogi was more sweet than I would like and tuckpocky was fine but the sauce was slightly powdery. Overall not bad but probs more cater for the experience there than the food read more

Soju 101 - Bulgogi - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

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Went with my daughter & husband & 2 kids to celebrate early birthday for her. They both love Korean bulgogi (sp). It was around 2 or 2:30 Saturday afternoon. Walked in no one there at all, we called out Hello! Hello! So we sat down at one of the tables, Finally a lady came out from the back with a tray of food ( guessing) and went into another room occupied by someone. We had expected for her or someone to come out and take an order or tell us someone would be with us. We sat there for a few more minutes with no acknowledgement whatsoever, we got up & left. Don't care how many stars or what ratings they get on their food. Will never be back & tell anyone that asks how they do business. We ended up at Yummy Seafood and had the best service!! My daughter was happy because they had what she called the best crawfish ever!!! read more

This place used to be incredible, the staff used to be so nice and accommodating. Now, this place is a gross joke. I don't know even know where to start. 1. The atmosphere, it's dirty, the karaoke rooms have ripped seats, the walls look like they've never been cleaned, and the bathrooms are disgusting. 2. The staff acts like they hate their lives and the customers, anytime you ask them a simple question they give so much attitude and act like you're inconveniencing them. One of the girls pretends she's never spoken to you when she literally is the only one who answers the phone for reservations. 3. The reservations. You can make 1 a YEAR in advance and they always tell me "oh well someone made one before you so we can only give you 1 hour" this happened twice, they also lie. They say the manager will call you and they don't, they once argued with me and told me they called me to confirm and I just never answered but my phone NEVER had a missed call from them. This place has gone SERIOUSLY down hill. When my fiends and I come we spend a MINIMUM of $300 each time, we will never be back. From now on we'll go to Sing just around the corner. read more

The food at Soju is OVERPRICED and only good if you're intoxicated before you arrive or you're lucky enough to get some fresh food... this is my last time coming to this business. I ordered the calamari to start; however it came out cold and super chewy; I have had FAR superior calamari elsewhere. $15 for some terrible fried squid. $75 bill for an upset stomach. I do love the atmosphere but we received pretty poor service as our waiter only came to the table two times and completely forgot our drink order. I get the chicken everytime but I'm not sure why because they bring me parts of the chicken I've never seen with barely any meat on it. Unless you're doing karaoke do not waste your money. read more

The cheese was really good. Tator tots were nice and crispy. But their chicken was to dry. Was really overcooked. The ambiance here was nice though. Pretty cheap food too. Definitely in the budget read more

Soju 101 - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

Awesome service. The reservation process was easy, the facility is neat. They do temperature checks, there's a lot of sanitizing areas and they provide mic covers. There's really no need to mingle outside the karaoke room, their service is on point. The best part was the food and alcohol were good and all reasonably priced! All of my friends who saw my stories were asking about the location! Would definitely come back. This is soooo much better than other karaoke bars out there. read more

Soju 101 - room is perfect for a group of 10 or less - Korean Near Me - Katy, Texas

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Everything on the menu is great! Except the mozzarella sticks , I was disappointed in the cheese pull but it's alright . I didn't have a chance to do the karaoke that they offer but it's nice to dine and just enjoy the ambiance of the place. Service is great, food comes out quick. read more

Came here several times with my friends and they were very great!!! This place is always SUPER CROWDED at night (weekends). Be alert it could take some time to get your food done! The staffs are polite, friendly, and fast. Delicious Food. Great sample cocktails Soju(s). Will definitely come back!! read more

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