Fun interior ambiance, much like your classic Korean pub with pub food! However, the food itself is monotonous. All of the food is completely one-dimensional in flavor. There is the same strong, spicy gochujang flavor in every dish. There is nothing inherently wrong with that; however, you can't taste anything else but the gochujang, in every single dish, despite all the dishes varying in ingredients and style (soup, stir fry, noodles, etc.) This makes the entire meal very boring, even if you order 5-6 dishes like we did. The kimchi pancake didn't even have kimchi in it, just huge pieces of onion that aren't caramelized down, so it's really just raw onion pancake. The service is pleasant and quick to help you with what you need; it was perhaps the highlight of the meal. Overall, disappointing food. read more

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This is THE spot to hang for late night munchies for anyone vibing K-pop . They play a variety of K-pop music while you munch on Korean food. I had the curry katsu chicken. I'm not sure if they modeled it off Japanese curry or that Korean style curry ( I wasn't aware of Korean curry). Regardless it was definitely something that hit the spot, especially considering that it was later (this place opens until 2:00 everyday except for Mondays) Now onto the food! The chicken curry was actually pretty good. I didn't have any expectations, so it would've been hard to disappoint me unless it was trash. Fortunately it was not trash and was cash. This place seems popular for yakitori, which I would definitely want to try. Good food, good music, good times, and good vibes. What more can you ask for? read more

Sojuya - Katsu Curry - Japanese Near Me - Cypress, California

Came to Sojuya around 5pm and it was surprisingly empty, which made for quick service. The staff was super friendly and the food came out hot and flavorful -- great portions too. Nice little spot to grab Korean food without a wait if you come early. read more

the food was super good! i tried their budae jjigae which was good and a huge portion. a group of us 4 had a hard time finishing it bc it's huge, but we also got other dishes haha. the chicken and rice cakes was my favorite! super simple and the texture of the rice cake was perfect! also got soy garlic pork belly and pork katsu which was pretty good too. but honestly the chicken and rice cakes was my highlight hahaha. they also give a little bowl of popcorn which is a cute touch haha - good vibes and nice workers! just wish the restaurant wasn't so warm inside read more

I have been going to eat and drink at Sojuya for sometime now. I have tried many different food dishes they make and drinks they have. First and foremost, the food is authentic Korean food with an added Japanese Yakitori grill. You can tell by the amazing taste that the Japanese Tare sauce is homemade. The flavor of the Tare sauce and authentic binchotan charcoal makes the yakitori taste amazing. The Korean dishes remind me of the authentic Korean street food from Korea mostly the topokki. My all time favorite will always be the Fried Chicken and beer, chimeak. 치맥. There is just so much to choose from. Sojuya is also great for large groups of people so bring your friends and family. The atmosphere is authentic Korean style and they will be playing mostly K pop music. The service is perfect. They have the push button on each table to call for service and make your orders. I have always liked this. This helps with the staff and you. Now they do not have to keep coming up to your table to keep checking on you. But if one just happens to walk by and they do, they will assist you. The best of both worlds. read more

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Such a fun experience! Even the manager or owner gave special attention for my friend's birthday! Food and prices are great. Service is great! Ambience is relaxing and you can really enjoy your time here! read more

Came here on a Thursday night with some friends and we were seated quickly. We had a party of 6 and they have plenty of larger tables in the back for bigger parties. They have a menu for their skewers and you can order other dishes with their staff. They had two options for tteobboki (regular and carbonara). Their regular is really spicy! I wish they had a rose tteobboki to mix both sauces but this one was still delicious. We also ordered their kimchi stew which had plenty of soup and toppings. Their kimchi pancake was also so delicious. My favorite part of the pancake was the edges (it was extra crispy) but the entire pancake had a nice balance of all flavors. Parking is excellent as it's located in a plaza. The ambiance of this place is very relaxing and chill. It's a little dim inside but that just adds to the vibes. read more

Sojuya - Japanese Near Me - Cypress, California

Surprising big inside! Really like how late they open and the kpop music blasting. Lots of menu options, they have buttons you press to get their attention. We ordered the rice cakes and popcorn chicken, it was covered in a sweet and spicy sticky sauce. Pretty yummy! Tried a few skewers and they weren't bad for $2-4 each. Surprising a decent amount of people when we came around 11PM. Would definitely come back to order more. Great late night spot! read more

This place was delicious!!! Seriously it's been awhile since I've been somewhere that I felt like I walked out with good service, food and prices. They hit the mark on all three. We had the spicy chicken, salt & pepper beef, rice cake and sausage skewers. The rice cake and sausage were ok but the beef and chicken were yummy. Super tender. My favorite was the kimchi fried rice. Soooo good! Lots of spam and kimchi flavor. We also had the cheese chicken cutlet which had a good flavor. The spicy pork Bulgogi had just the right amount of spiciness, too! The place is cool looking inside. The decor is kind of Japanese tea house-ish but also with a Korean bar vibe. I would absolutely come here again! read more

Kitchen close at 12:30. What kind of restaurants kitchen closes an hour and half before closing? Just advertise yourself as a bar

Sojuya in Cypress? My Go-To! Seriously, Sojuya in Cypress is just the best. That Korean grill? Unbeatable. The "appetizers" are so savory! Incredible flavors, every single time. Love the vibe too. K-pop blasting, super lively. And the staff? So friendly, always smiling. Makes you feel right at home. For an amazing time, great food, awesome music, and good people, Sojuya's it. Five stars, easy! read more

Apparently closed down for construction, would have been helpful if this was posted on here instead of having to drive 30 min to find it out myself. read more

This is one of my favorite kinds of foods. Japanese yakitori style combined with Korean bar foods and beer/soju. I liked the chill vibe where it's pretty noisy but you feel contained within your own booth. They made the seating spacious so you don't feel like other groups are bleeding into you. The service was overall good and standard with a Korean style bell button to call servers over. If I were to knock half a star it would be for the price but that seems more like an inflation thing (I think). This place is possibly my new favorite spot to hang out at. My cousins took me here for an early 40th birthday celebration. It was perfect. We had a bunch of skewers. Labokki. Toasted rice stew (which was so good!). One of the fried chickens. A pitcher of beer and some soju. No complaints about anything. Sojuya and yakitori make you feel full and better than funny. read more

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Came here for my buddies bday on a friday night, we were a group of six. We came in at about 11:45p, they closed at 2a this night. When we walked up to the host's front desk, we waited for a few minutes before the man standing there said anything to us. When the host finally spoke to us he was quite rude, he didn't seem at all like he wanted to give us a table unfortunately. I thought maybe it was cause they were close to closing, but they were still open for another two hours. Service for when we were seated at our tables also wasn't the worst but it could have been better. The only redeeming quality imo was the corn cheese, it was good. If not for that, would have given 1 star. Cheers read more

Sojuya - corn cheese - Japanese Near Me - Cypress, California

I was craving yakitori and visited Sojuya on a weekday for dinner. You are greeted by three Jinro frogs once you enter the establishment. The place is divided into two rooms. The front room is brightly lit, very modern Korean/Japanese. It looks like people can sit at the bar and around the open charcoal grill, but there was no one in the room at the time. My group of two was seated in the second room which was more like the typical Korean bar. Light focused onto the tables only. Kpop was being played and they have the MV projected on the wall. We were seated close to a speaker in the corner of the room. It was a little loud, but not to the point where I wanted to move to another table. For food, we orders the half seafood and pork okonomiyaki and a decent amount of skewers. The Japanese pancake was solid and I highly recommend! The skewers were good although I wish that there was more variety of veggie/mushroom skewers and marinade options. I had high hopes on the beef skewers but found the meat too tough especially the large chunks. Overall, I enjoyed the experience and wouldn't mind visiting again. I'm sure Fri/Sat nights with a group would be a blast at Sojuya! read more

Great service and aesthetic! Super cute decor!! Food was good, drink special was a decent price too! Great Korean pub spot with friends. read more

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This place is perfect for big groups! It's a Korean/Japanese fusion pub that sells soju and beer along with bomb ass yakitori and classic Korean dishes. My boyfriend and I live right down the street from this place and we've been wanting to try this place out cause we always see a lot of people there on the weekends! The yakitori was all good. We stuck to the chicken, Pork belly, and quail eggs. We also got the raboki (dukkbokki with ramen) and it the spam kimchi fried rice. Both were super delicious! Next time we'll try the yogurt soju! read more

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Wow!!! The Kimchi Stew brought back memories of my ajumma's home cooking and I'm not even Korean. It is so nice and dark in the restaurant. It perfectly pairs with the KPop music videos playing. The music also drowns out the WBNA game playing on the other TV . It's like it wasn't even there. The service is great. There is a button to push when you need service and they respond in a timely manner. read more

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Great izakaya vibe! Service is not good - almost not there. Plz treat your customer right if you have a banner saying to treat your servers right :) Food is okay read more

Straight up immaculate vibes here. I stumbled upon this place on a random, rainy Saturday just to find out they had happy hour even on weekends. The food and service was fire so when I had another group outing wondering where to go, I had to come back two weeks later (last night). Staff again was super friendly and chopped it up with us a bit when things weren't busy. Bulgolgi fries and the galbi skewers sent me out into the ether - definitely recommend those! read more

Food was honestly okay, but don't expect too much from it. The grilled skewers were pretty good. Came in with around 5 people during opening at 5pm for a birthday dinner. Service was decent. I was critical of the decorative choices in the restaurant since there was a lot of... well everything. My brother said I "didn't get the vibe" since I don't drink but it's alright. Definitely don't come for the food it's pretty mediocre, also take into account that it's a place based on drinking. Probably would've been better. Also, they gave us popcorn. LOL. But anyway, one of the weird things about this place was that the plates looked exactly like dog bowls... because they were. The vibe was very weird in there. It felt like a fever dream. read more

Great tasting food and awesome prices...it was delicious. It very very very very very very good food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My friends and I came in about a hour before closing. Service was fast. They were able to get our meals out fresh and hot with our soju drinks. We ordered 2 cheese corns and 1 fried chicken. The sweet corn paired with the cheese made every bite delicious. The crispy and saucy chicken was also everything we wanted in a Korean fried chicken. The chicken wrapped in the corn cheese is a great pairing. Ambiance is perfect for a quick bite after a night out with good vibes and music. Definitely will be coming back again. read more

Sojuya - Japanese Near Me - Cypress, California

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Vibes immaculate, service supreme, food fantastic. Would definitely recommend if you need a chill spot to hang. read more

Sojuya - Takoyaki and Bulgogi plate - Japanese Near Me - Cypress, California

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Walked in around 11:30; Said they didn't serve alcohol to a table if everyone wasn't of age. Told them they weren't drinking/ we only got enough glasses for us that were of age. Never happened to us before here and we've brought the same party multiple times so we were a little confused. The waiter was super nice about it though so we were gonna stay and just eat (the manager with the yellow hair was not so nice almost sounded as if he wanted to kick us out so we left). Understood though because they said it was the law. But a party with a child looking around 10 walked out around the same time we were leaving the parking lot and they had drank. Wondered how that worked. read more

This place deserves a 1 star, no question. The food was fine, but everything else was a complete disaster. The restaurant was messy, and the service was flat-out rude from start to finish. We asked for a pitcher and handed over IDs, only to be told, rudely, that they wouldn't serve alcohol if not everyone at the table was drinking. Fine. So we adjusted our order, and suddenly the server decided, "I'm not serving alcohol at all." No explanation, just attitude. When the food came out, they basically tossed the plates onto the table, half hanging off the edge, and walked away before anyone could say a word. We tried multiple times to ask for water, but they never stuck around long enough to even acknowledge us. It only got worse. We were ready to leave because of how bad the service was, but we were stuck waiting on one last item that never came. We asked for the check and told them to remove it. No response. Then we watch our server grab that exact dish and take it to another table. Seriously? Disorganized, unprofessional, and zero respect for customers. Don't waste your time or money here. read more

Good food good service. Try a little bit of everything u want go wrong. Prices are reasonable and food is yummy.

We were looking for a place that was open late night. I've driven by this place for the past seven years and I've never stopped. We decided to give it a try. It's a very cool spot. They have great music, ambience is pretty cool and the food was delicious. They give you complementary popcorn. When you first walk in though, you do kind of question where did I pick? They could probably take some time and do a little dusting near the front entrance. Since it was our first time there, we probably ordered a bit too much but we wanted to try things and were not sure of portion sizes. Nothing was a disappointment. Everything we tried was very tasty. We had the pot stickers, beef skewers, chicken skewers, bacon wrapped asparagus, beef and chicken noodles, and rice. It was a lot.. . It's definitely a place we want to bring our friends to. Looking forward to our next visit. read more

Came here on a Friday night and it was pretty packed. Got seated right away. This place is great for big parties or small ones if you need a chill place to hangout into the late night hours. Some food like the yakori were all sold out by the time we got there. Mainly went there to drink soju. Corn cheese was pretty good. Service is quick and didn't hurt there is a call button for quicker service. read more

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Great vibes, great food, k pop music videos all night long. What more could you ask for?

Young to mid 30s vibe, packed up about 7pm on Friday. Mixed seafood soup and Korean pancake and Red Top Jinro Soju was great. Had a side of sweet potato fries yum. Get your soju on here with a bunch of variety. read more

Sojuya - Japanese Near Me - Cypress, California

Came here with a friend & we split a big bottle of beer as well as some spicy edamame, bulgogi, & dduk boki. Everything was delicious! I am only knocking off one star because all of our food arrived, we began to eat it, but then realized (after a long time) that our waiter probably forgot to put in our order for the dduk boki. It happens though, and when it did come out it was nice & fresh. I definitely gotta come back & order more food & drinks (-: read more

I've been to this place a couple of times now. This place is very chill and bigger inside than expected. they have a good selection of food. You can choose Japanese grill selections or local Korean bar food. It's a typical Korean bar place and food. Service is good and fast. read more

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Just wanted to thank the owner for reaching back to me. I'm fully aware of how stressful working and maintaining a restaurant is. It was a busy night and everyone makes mistakes. However, when the mishap occurred and our food was accidentally sent to a different table, why weren't my friends and I informed about that right at that moment? A simple explanation and apology right then and there would've been acceptable. It's just straight up wrong that my friends and I had to wait almost an hour and for any update I had to use the call button. None of the staff members even offered us anything else to make up for the inconvenience. Once again, Im fully aware that restaurants are very stressful for the staff and especially the owners. I acknowledge that. However, there are ways how you can make up for certain things. read more

Good food, Great Service. Staff was very accommodating to our large family of ten since they are a small restaurant they created a very good environment for my family to enjoy their food. read more

Came here on a Sunday night because we just wanted good food even though we were not drinking (cause this place is known for drinking). We came in to the place and no one greeted us. After around 2-4 minutes, we decided to ring the buzzer to hopefully let the workers know that there are people definitely in the front. After they gave us a seat we checked the menu. There were actually a lot of great choices. We proceed to the following: Kimchi Fried Rice- The flavor was there! There was a lot of fried rice! I like that they also give an abundance of spam too. Stir Fried Kimchi and Tofu- Definitely enjoyed this dish too. The stir fried kimchi went so great with the tofu and pork belly. The kimchi of course was sour but the tofu really balanced it out so you do not get too much taste of one thing. Went well with the kimchi fried rice also! Oddeng Soup- For the price and amount of fish cake, it was not bad! Soup was great in taste and flavor. Like many people here, the food is great but the service def sucks here. We of course were never asked if we wanted anything else. When the buzzer gets hit, they take awhile to respond, then another moment for the item requested. They were not very efficient in their productivity. When we asked for the bill, it still took awhile. On top of that when they brought out the bill, they literally had the audacity to ask us "Do you want the change?" That is VERY unprofessional. Especially if our total was around $65 and we put $80, of course not especially with the service. Nope! My friend literally stared the guy down. This was the reason why we did not want to put down more because lets be honest... who does that? read more

Great place for a night out! It's a mix of a Japanese izakaya and a Korean pub. They have food ranging from yakitori to kimchi pancakes. The popcorn chicken with rice cake was my all time favorite. So much sauce and flavor while still maintaining its crispiness. 10/10 would recommend. The kimchi pancake was also pretty good. 8/10. This Korean bar sells their soju for cheaper as compared to other places. Seating arrangements aren't as crowded so you have plenty of space for your group. The vibe here is more like a restaurant rather than a bar. Our waitress was amazing! We ordered quite a bit and she gave us a free bottle of soju. Her quickness and service made the experience much better. Food: 9/10 Customer service: 10/10 Price: 8/10 read more

Sojuya - kimchi pancake - Japanese Near Me - Cypress, California

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Sojuya is always a great idea! Yakitoris are my fave! Always fun ambience and great customer service. Love this place! read more

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Frecuentamos este lugar seguido, nos gusta mucho el yakitori. La atmósfera es informal pero agradable, música todo el tiempo. Ayer nos regalaron una jarra de cerveza cortesia de la casa :)) read more

Reply to the Owner's response. That's your reply? Did you have your secretary copy and paste. Gae Sori!! The owner messaged me and blamed his staff as 'new and being trained'. They only do what the owner tells them. He throws his staff under the bus and there wasn't even an apology. When you don't know how to apologize, how do you expect the staff to be courteous to customers? That's how you end up refusing customers even though you have 75% tables OPEN. Beyond RUDE!! I'm in disbelief at this moment. Been here lots of times starting from when they first opened. Went here today, Saturday, by myself. Lots of tables open. I'd say only 25% of the tables full. The whole back side was open a long with tables in the front and middle. She tells me no open tables. Couldn't believe it and still in shock. Who does that? If it were close to full I get it. Sit me and then ask me to move if they get full and need my table. Freaking stupid, greedy, ignorant and rude. Will NOT BE BACK... EVER read more