Soft Opening:: 9! Staff were friendly and professional. They knew what they were doing and what they were all assigned for. Food was good. Their 'spicy' is not at all spicy. It definitely needs more heat. For their price, there can be more options. However I may be speaking too soon as this is only their soft opening. They mentioned first or second week of December for their grand opening and will then have their liquor license too! Will visit again! read more

Taegukgi - Premium Menu & Original Menu Ribeye & Chicken BBBQ - Korean Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

the food was really good! first time going and me and my bf loveeedd the beef bulgogi! our server Lusy was super sweet and gave us suggestions on what to get! super spacious and looks super cool inside as well! highly recommend, will be coming back !! read more

first time visit. definitely a learning curve for cook your own food. food was mildly seasoned. had to ask several times for forks. overall a decent experience. would have liked the ability to season some more. one of the staff adjusted the vent so close to the cooking area it was hard to cook our second round. not really clear instructions given by staff on how to cook food. asked one of the couples nearby who seemed to know what they were doing. The pricing causes the rating to be lower as well. read more

Great place if your wanting alot of Korean BBQ. We got the premium which includes shrimp and kalbi. You also get side dishes and sauces and can order some things like: Denjang chigae (soup), salad, corn/cheese casserole and you can continue ordering as needed. The grill was a little confusing to figure out which way to turn for low/high. And it was hard getting service. I think you don't just have 1 server. Everyone help each other but we found it was harder to get servers attention/ good service. Food was good but since I'm not a huge eater I think I still prefer more quality over quantity place like Takamatsu restaurant. read more

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I went recently for all you can eat bbq dinner the premium one. There's less banchan and I was bummed about that. In addition the marinades are a lot sweeter and the service is much slower. The staff are still very friendly but the food just wasn't as good as it used to be. read more

This was my first time at Taeguki. This restaurant is a cook it yourself korean bbq restaurant based out of San Diego. We went for lunch around noon and there was no wait. The staff is friendly and very attentive. When your grill starts to smoke, they immediately change out your grill top. You can order premium or original all you can eat, which allows you to choose items off a menu. We had a large party so we ordered triple of beef bulgogi, chicken, brisket, and pork belly. The best meat was the beef bulgogi. If you plan on bringing children 4 and older, expect to pay 16.99 for that child to have all you can eat. Our child only ate noodles from the side dishes and rice. Overall we enjoyed our meal, but for the price with kids, the food was not worth the cost. Leave your little ones at home and come hungry. Cheers! read more

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Let me just say got $40-50 a person this place is way way way overpriced. It takes forever to cook your own food and not only that the burners have to be switched out every 15 min cuz they start to smoke and then you're cooking again on a cold grill. The concept is fun, but for the same price you can go to a brazillian steakhouse and get all the food cooked for you plus all the extras are included. Also the service is weird you never know who your server is random people walk by and come to your table and you ask for something and of course they aren't the server so you wait again. The food was ok but just sucked that one person has to cook while anyone with you gets to eat. Interesting concept. But no thanks. I'll save my $50 and to to the Brazilian steakhouse and save me the time and trouble. Thanks but no thanks. Maybe for 1/2 the current price would be good but not worth the price. Plus you can only order 4 things at once. What's a crock of poop. We went for dinner Cuz we were starving. We'll we left the same way starving. Cuz get this. They even give you a time limit. Talk about a rip off. I'll stick with the normal Korean food and Korea House up the road. At least their food is priced well and delicious and guess what it's cooked for you. What a concept read more

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Our experience here was amazing. Soo good! Here is the best tip our waitress shared with us at the end of our meal: 1. Come early on weekends! We showed up at 12pm and had the most amazing service because it was not completely packed. The staff was attentive and never did we feel rushed or felt like we were a bother. Our waitress also told us that usually on the weekends they run out of cucumber kimchi by the end of the night. If you want to ensure you have what you want show up early. Our waitress also told us that on weekends the wait time is so long that it's a bummer to wait so long and have limited options. Hands down we loved all the sides and the regular pork belly was my absolute favorite. read more

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The food was great. All you can eat. The service was excellent. The ambiance was warm and cozy. I would definitely recommend this place. I would also recommend making reservations for your table. read more

I would give a 0 star if it let me. Expensive and small portions and only allow you to eat for 2 hours. Premium meat is not premium, it's all FAT and oily. If you want to get a heart attack then this is the place for you. The salad is like come from pre made from the store, doesn't look fresh at all. Korean Gen BBQ is way better and enjoyable with a reasonable price. Won't be coming back here for sure!!! read more

My boyfriend and I were excited to try this place especially when it's the only kbbq in Tucson but all I can say is I'm disappointed in the service and quality of food. I am also a server at a kbbq restaurant in socal and I understand how busy it can get. However, our grill was burning and one of the services didn't bother changing it after aggressively dropping off our last round of meats. He left to talk to the table next to us and just continued talking after peaking over his shoulders to look at us. Our main server kept forgetting our side orders (like rice, garlic, etc) so we had to ask 2-3times. I genuinely appreciate the tall, female server who was able to attend to our needs immediately without forgetting. She was very sweet. The meat was mediocre compared to other places I've gone to. The portions are very small and it was an inconvenience waiting long for our meats. It was a hassle having to order the meats less than 5 minutes after the meats were dropped off. I'm not sure what was in the food but both my boyfriend and I had a bad stomachache when we got home. read more

Meat was very good but we got could not eat more than two rounds . Service was excellent and they checked on us several times make sure we were satisfied. The ambiance was fun and invigorating. Definitely a must to have date night dinners . read more

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4 items per person with a time limit. We didn't feel rushed, but that was a first. Beef and shrimp cuts were fresh the extra beans sprouts, corn cheese, kimchi were small portions. We had a good experience receiving special treat for my sister in law birthday the environment is festive and trendy. Kool place. read more

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There is only a few tables , but getting more meat is taking like forever , we have been waiting for 8-10 mins to get meat to bring to the table read more

Service, food and drinks are always a 10 out of 10 when my fiancé and I come here! Lunch price is very reasonable and has there most popular meats. read more

Tried it for the first time with a friend and it was an interesting experience! Had a 20 min wait which I was surprised for a weekday but I've heard it's busy most of the time. First time having to cook my own food at a restaurant but I enjoyed it! Great food and staff was nice! They were good about switching the grill plates out in between cooking too. Would definitely go back! read more

Taegukgi - Korean Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

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We enjoyed our experience here! Good food, good service! It was dark inside, so a nice dinner atmosphere, although maybe too loud for a date night, kid friendly. Yuki provided such great service - we are so appreciative! read more

I gave this place a 1 star because it was just not hitting last night. Upon entering you see a list of some items they ran out of. So going in and looking at the lower priced menu, it was pretty much slim picking. Then I decided to choose the higher menu, and there they were also out of a few items too. If you're going to be out of that many items then there should be some discount percentage offered. Service was meh. We had one server started out helping us. Then ALMOST towards the end some other server comes around, ask a few repetitive questions. Then seriously kept coming around and thought we needed our check. Came back with th4 check. And then check was already on table for 15 mins, original server comes back and decided he needed to drop the check. Like what's the rush? It wasn't even like we were ordering any more food. Was just trying to catch up with a friend anf working on the food we had cooked. Then few mins later another server who isn't our server at all as if we needed the check. And at this point I like. We should be done and go. This is ridiculous. Terrible terrible terrible! Will not return! And menu price is over priced!! Not a big selection for the price. Did not deserve 20% tip!! Only good thing was the guy who was changing out the grill pan. He was very good at his job! Very attentive. read more

Second time here. Good place to go with friends and to socialize. I Love the Bulgogi beef and the ribs! We did the all you can eat premium. They time you for two hours. Staff was super friendly. They changed out the plates when needed and kept our drinks filled. This time I used the restroom and it had a foul sewage smell and it wasn't as clean as I would've liked. Keep your receipt, you get 20% off your order next door at the Korean tea house read more

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Awesome food and Awesome service. Cody the manager even came by and talked with us. We came at lunch time and we will for sure be back again to try their dinner menu. I recommend the beef bulgogi, pork belly, and chicken bbq. Korean BBQ read more

Taegukgi - Lunch all you can eat menu. They also do a la carte bento boxes if you dont have time to chill. - Korean Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

Very disappointed in the management and attitude of the front staff. We had a 630 reservation for 8 of which all of us had arrived. They told us it would be another 1/2 hour or longer before a table opened up but they had 2 banquet tables we could take but we'd not be together. The purpose of the group was to catch up and visit, thus that option wouldn't work. I noticed a large table open and asked and they said it was for a larger party who's reservation was an HOUR later and I asked why they were holding a table for them but making us wait. They gave no excuse other than "they have a reservation" to which I replied as do I! Their attitude & unkind approach is unfortunate as I know we won't be back. read more

Only giving 4 stars because they got rid of their Japchae!!!! Otherwise, I'd give 5 stars. The only AYCE kbbq here in Tucson, that I know of, and we frequent often and the food is always fresh. Last time however, on Mother's Day, they were out of most meats on their menu which was frustrating. They are kind of pricey, but they are worth it. Usually their staff is amazing, but our waitress we had last time was quite rude. Disclaimer: if you're coming from a city with a large Asian presence and lots of KBBQ options like myself, this is the only place that comes somewhat close to meeting your expectations. read more

Walked in for lunch today and waited over five minutes to be greeted. Once greeted, waited another five minutes to get seated. Waitress was less than friendly while taking our order. She spent most of her time in the corner talking to someone and not paying attention to us. Very poor service and mediocre food for $90.00. Much better options for far less money. read more

I took my mom here on a little "mother daughter date" and it was so sad. We looked for the staff to come over for such a long time that we ended up getting only 1 round of food. The whole experience was unfortunate, especially when it's an all you can eat restaurant. We were only served 1 round and forgotten but the price was still almost $100. read more

I make better kbbq at home plus I make sure to have the essentials. This place is ok if you don't know what or how korean bbq is, if your from Tucson and never traveled maybe. First off the waitress said they don't carry hite beer or cass, no korean beer?? then she said they have kirin, which we like this japanese beer... so we asked kirin ichiban? She said no its kirin.. well she doesn't know the name of what she sells. 3 of us at table and they brought one iced glass had to ask for 2 more. We would order more beer as we drink with the meal plus they are big bottles so always do one to start it stays cold that way..... but anyway. We ordered premium package for all 3 of us and our guest asked for pineapple skewers it was from a can and they only brought 2 skewers with 3 triangle chunks of pineapple..so embarassing! Our guest wanted it, traditionally we don't have grilled pineapple at korean bbq, we eat it after the meal and its fresh cut pineapple. So embarassing and cheap this place... we asked for romaine lettuce wraps or perilla leaves NOPE, they don't have them. Wait, what? We will pay for it... no worries. Oh, you don't carry the leaf wraps, isn't this korean bbq??? How to wrap and make bundles??!! We asked for scallion salad (pajeori) NOPE they don't have it. No greens served here. Not even that they ran out they don't serve them. The waitress started the grill the meat was cooking so low temperature we turned it up the grill she came back to just turn the temperature down and quickly walks away.. wait what???!!! It was not searing the meat.. we did not even get items we asked for, she didn't care to bring us the sides.. the kimchi was one piece of cabbage stretched out it was a joke.. we didn't even eat we were so disgusted with the service and lack of items (authenticity) that make it kbbq. When is siracha a dipping sauce and where was the doenjang??? I asked for sesame oil and that was a bother usually it is mixed with the salt but they just had salt in the dish no sesame oil. Just too many things wrong.. we left our meat on the grill and asked for the check did not finish anything.. the beer still in the glasses. Food not cooked not ate..raw meat on plates and some on the grill not even cooked just partial boil in its own blood from not being able to turn up grill. After approximately 25 minutes of this lack of service and begging for things we decided to take our guest to another place. Asked for the check, the waitress sends the manager a guy comes over asked if he could help, told him the lack of things and the waitress not bringing sides was not off to a good start we were leaving we wanted the check. We were charged for 3 premium meals and the one beer. We were seated at 7:05 pm.. it went downhill quick we left at 7:38 pm.. it was horrible. The manager was trying to fix things after the fact, we had a guest from out of town and wanted better for them. So as after waiting for them to ring up and take my payment I called the Brazilian steakhouse and we had a great meal there with excellent service at Churasco de Brazil. I am sure I will find a better place for kbbq in Tucson, or will just continue to make it at home. ZERO stars! read more

Taegukgi - Korean Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

We enjoyed our New Years meal here today. Food was awesome and the service was even better provided by Chance along with the other staff members. Everything was awesome, the environment and the music. Highly recommend for everyone to try this spot out! read more

Really good food and very fun staff with helpful attitudes! Came for the food stayed for the good music

The Beef Bulgogi here is the best in town and the best that I've had seen being stationed in South Korea. Chance is always excellent!

Great food and customer service! Chance always takes care of me and my family. Also military Mondays is nice bonus and nice portions of food!! read more

We were pretty excited to try this place but it was a bit disappointing. Maybe it was just bc it was later in the evening or end of day and it's different on other days. the staff seated us at a dirty table. They did clean it when we pointed it out. then we saw someone had spilled water all over the seat. Another person came out to clean the seats. The flavors are ok. The staff is super friendly and nice. read more

We had a great experience eating kbbq. The premium menu had really good cuts and was well seasoned. Our orders were delivered decently quick. The soju was solid and perfectly chilled. The music was good and overall it wasn't crazy noisy for how busy they were. Our server was attentive and ensured we had consistently swapped grills to ensure the best cooking experience. read more

Taegukgi - Soju - Korean Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

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I'm glad to see that recent reviews reflect the quality of this place pretty well. To be honest, I miss 7 Ounce because I really think their selection and quality of their meats and seafood was much better. This place is just mediocre with prices way too high to justify it. The marinade for all of their marinated meats is also WAY too sweet, with no balance of flavors. Bulgogi marinade is typically a delicious balance of sweet and savory. Here, it's just too sweet. Their side dishes are also not seasoned well at all and also taste too sweet. I guess whoever makes them really likes sugar? I have had Korean food at many restaurants, and made lots of Korean dishes using authentic recipes, so I know it wasn't normal. I'm sure some people like it that way, but it did not suit my tastes. The sliced beef brisket was super dry and flavorless, even when cooked just barely. The pork belly wasn't very good either. For the price, it just wasn't worth it. We need a good KBBQ place in Tucson ASAP. read more

Had another amazing meal at Taegukgi Korean BBQ! Our server, Chance, was fantastic--friendly, attentive, and super helpful AGAIN. The food was fresh, delicious, and full of flavor AS AWAYS. I love the variety of sides and quality of the meat. The music always adds a great vibe, making it a perfect spot to bring family and friends. Everyone loves it every time. Highly recommend! read more

I really enjoyed this experience. The food was wonderful and the staff was amazing! This is a very expensive restaurant, so just know that before going in. My son, husband and I ate and our bill was $200. read more

Taegukgi - Korean Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

While it's super busy the food is great. Definitely on the pricier side but it is all you can eat. They had quite a few meat and seafood options as well as tons of sides which were all yummy. The workers are good about checking in on you. Worth trying for some good Korean bbq! read more

Wear your stretchy pants and get ready to devour all you can eat! We initially went here a couple Months back and the wait was over one hour, so we left as we couldn't wait that amount of time that day. We went on a Friday lunch-ish time and we were seated right away. The restaurant is clean and modern. Our service was on point. We got drinks right away and our cups never got empty. We went with the lunch menu and the beef bulgogi was my absolute favorite it was so delicious. They also include Kim chi and relishes and steam rice. Everything is all you can eat, so relax and take your time to enjoy the ambiance and the process of cooking your own meal. They switched out our grill multiple times to keep our grill clean. It's a great spot for an intimate date or night with friends. Service and food was amazing. read more

Taegukgi - Beef bulgogi, spicy pork, chicken , brisket & sides. - Korean Near Me - Tucson, Arizona

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Our night started off a little rough as we unfortunately had a very inattentive server and we were told items were not available when they actually were :( However, Ray, the bartender, really came through! She helped us order additional items, brought us banchan that was actually in stock, and checked in on us regularly after. She even informed of us that you're able to do a half order for the last round which really helped! She really went out of her way to make our experience a positive one!! read more

I will never be going back to this place . The price is CRAZY. For half the amount of money you can go somewhere Else and get an excellent meal . The staff was nice ... the manager was rude . read more

Poor service, low quality meat, and extremely slow in every regard. Gains a star back for being clean and having decent bulgogi. If your staff doesn't know chadol baegi is, you can't get over 3 stars as a Korean restaurant. read more

I really loved this place! I've never tried Korean bbq before and so when we came we got the premium option for meats and our waitress was nice enough to give us a little bit of every side so we could try them all which was great. Service was awesome they gave us a clean grill in a timely matter when ours got too dirty. read more