I have nothing good to say about this place. NOT ONE THING.
Ridiculously uncomfortable seating!!
We were told how much the all you can eat bbq or hot pot would be per person. And despite there being three of us, we were told we were only "allowed" to order two proteins at a time and only three sides.
In front of us were three tiny plates - each with only two to three pieces of various pickled veggies. They looked as if they had been left behind by the people who sat before us. It was incredibly off-putting. It made me question immediately the choice I had made on my family's behalf to come to this place. I mean... WERE these tiny mostly empty plates left behind from another diner????! Where they???
It felt stingy and controlling. As if we were being punished or not trusted. I asked why the portions were so tiny to be told they were just small tastes. We ate them and were never asked if we wanted more. What purpose did they serve? One contained two slices of jalapeño and about five pieces of what looked like shaved garlic. ???
On the table was a bucket with a couple sets of metal chopsticks - which, despite my extremely precise abilities, were far too slippery to pick up anything. There were only a couple forks and no knives whatsoever which, come to find out were much needed with the tough cuts of meat we would be served.
We opted for spicy pork and beef bulgogi to start, kimchi, bibimbap, and a salad. I realized I was only "allowed" to order three "sides" and asked them to make an exception so I could get us all a side of rice. We were "allowed" to do so.
Then the food came.
The salad. Disgusting. Completely drenched in what was a ratio of about 80 percent sesame oil and maybe 2 percent rice wine vinegar. The rest I can only decipher as water. Some sort of red powder was sprinkled on top of the haphazardly "cut" lettuce. No. Toooo much sesame oil. No. Just no.
I have NEVER in my 52 years of life EVER described kimchi as FLAVORLESS until NOW. If kimchi is the test of how good a Korean restaurant is, this one should be shut down immediately! Watery, no spice whatsoever! WATERY kimchi?? Who knew there was such a thing?!! WTF was I eating!??!! Totally unacceptable. And disgusting.
Bibimbap WHAT?! Lukewarm rice with random cold veggies in a bowl. Drenched in a mysterious red sticky sauce. What was I supposed to do with this?? It may have been okay if it had been stir fried... but when I asked, that was not recommended to do on the cook surface. I mixed it up in the bowl as instructed and tasted what can only be described as a cold"ish" rice and veggie salad with some strange sticky sauce that was the only thing at this table that had a bit of a kick.
Stringy pork, stringy beef with way too much sweetness in the sauce that caused the meat to burn quickly if I didn't move it constantly. Moving it constantly made any semblance of meat fall apart so that all that was left were stringy bits of charred flesh that were inedible.
For our next two "allowable" proteins I chose the safe option - chicken - lemon chicken to be precise. And spicy - wait for it - pork belly (a much sought after protein in most places).
The pork belly was more like thin strips of bacon, DRENCHED in a red pepper sauce with NO flavor, NO spice that again, had so much sweetness to it that it BURNED on the grill top.
The lemon chicken was three thin sliced chicken thighs and to be honest was the best bite of the night. Nothing special or Korean about it. It tasted like the lemon pepper seasoning I could get at any grocery store.
I ordered another individual rice, and something I figured was the easiest to get
Right- "dumplings".
Not here.
They were deep fried wontons. NOT dumplings! Greasy with tough - as opposed to crispy - wonton skins. Hard to bite and chew and dripping with grease. The dipping sauce did not compliment the flavors at all. Another EPIC fail.
The bill couldn't arrive fast enough.
$150 for three people for some of the most disappointing food I have had for many, many years. This made me even more angry thinking of what I could've gotten anywhere else in the entire city of Huntsville for this price. Absolutely unacceptable!!!
I was curious... and looked at the menu to see if I had missed something.... ANYTHING. There were no other options, no other ways to order beside the all you can eat.
On the menu were pictured many great sounding veggies, bok choy, pumpkin, spinach, asparagus etc.... But no explanation how I could've ordered any of them. ??? No meals... no combo plates. WTAF? Are these pics just for show? Where are the veggies??
Less than gracious owners and chef, uncomfortable, loud, horrible food, lukewarm beer (I failed to mention that above but it did not go unnoticed).
Do not go here. Period. read more