I have been here a couple time and been really pleased with the food. The place has gone under decor changes lately (thanks to pinterest), but the food is as delicious as before. What I really like here is the banchan. I find them to be better and more substantial then other korean places. Quite honestly, it's the real reason I keep coming back because you just don't get 4 variation of pickles here. I typically order the BBQ Beef and Pork Belly. Do note that they advertise the price of one order of Pork Belly, but there is a minimum order of two. What I also like is the fact that those waiters are seasoned pro when it comes to grilling those meats. I have never had any waiter at any other Korean restaurants who knows how to grilled my Pork Belly to golden perfect on all four sides. I know it might sound silly but small things like this impresses me. The only reason why I gave Cafe Todamgol 4 stars instead of 5 is because of service. Although they are typically good, I felt on numerous time that my lack of Korean really hindered me getting served on a timely matter. But once you get your point across, service is excellent. read more

This place used to be good but not anymore. Now their food tastes like a refrigerator. I've explained this weird tastes to server and owner but no one gives a f* about complain. The complaints make restaurant better than ever but they failed to listen. GG RIP read more

Review from a Korean guy who eats korean bbq as frequently as he can. Also, I. Am. Man. I. Love. Meat. Inside is well decorated, and although there aren't too many seats, I never see too many people waiting. Everything looks clean and up to code so you don't have to worry about it. Banchan is par. Not great. Not bad. I got the all-you-can-eat option ($19.99) since the price difference was only a couple of dollars (if we ordered by serving), and I wasn't sure how much I would want to eat at this point. The meat is quality without a doubt. The pork belly is about an inch thick and has lots of fat (that's a good thing noobs). On the other hand, the beef is pretty lean and seems to be pretty high quality as well (from what I can tell; I'm no butcher). The problem is that they don't give you enough to pair with the meat. There is the pickled radish, chopped lettuce, sesame seed oil w/ salt but I need something else! Since the meat has no marinade, you need something else with enough flavor that brings more to the table than just meat! Maybe I was having an off day? I'm a little embarassed even writing that last sentence, but it's true. I usually enjoy stuffing my face until I hate myself (paradoxical I know), but on this day I was satisfied with just having a normal portion and walking away from the table. Also, service wasn't that great, but to be fair they seemed understaffed that day. 2 women between upwards of 10 parties for korean bbq is ridiculous. They did the best they could and were very personable when there but there just wasn't enough woman power. Definitely worth trying b/c of the quality of meat, but not worth putting in the regular lineup. read more

This place became our de facto drinking joint due to a certain incident down the street; nothing service related, just someone had a drunk rampage and now I'm ashamed to show my face there (at least for six months anyway). Todahmgol's menu reminds me of a tent bar's menu minus they don't have hagfish but they got a lot of staples and then some. My utmost favorite on their menu is probably spicy chicken with cheese. Yeah, it's on the pricy side (~$16) but its all chicken breast meat with copious amounts of colby jack sprinkled on top. My second favorite dish from this place is probably the bulgogi yooksoo (grilled bulgogi with broth on the sides to cook your veggies and noodles) and its pretty cheap (~$14 per dish or per person I cannot remember). The bai top shell salad (spicy hot pepper dressing with cucumbers, carrots, and some other veggies) is pretty good as well but my biggest gripe is its $3 extra charge for 3 little mounds of soba noodles (thin rice noodles). The plate is pretty huge though, and it'll run you about $20 with noodles and you totally need the noodles but you gotta ask. I usually never ever eat kimchi but their kimchi was actually good. I like their kimchi here. My friends surmise its H Mart kimchi but I don't think it is. They're open 'til 3am ish so go for some good Korean bar grub and $3 Coors Lite bottles and maybe some soju. read more

We tried this place for the first time tonight. What a disappointment! The food presentation was good, the flavor was pretty good, too. Service, though, was almost nonexistent. The servers brought us our food and then were never seen again. We ordered the pork & potato stew that I love. I've definitely had much better elsewhere. At all the other places where I've had this stew, there was an abundance of veggies and meat, not just the potatoes. The server was supposed to come back to cut up the pork and serve it to us in a small bowl. Well, that didn't happen; like I said, the servers were not seen again after they dump off our food until we rang the bell for the check. The soup in our stew dried up before the potatoes even got cooked! Everything is a big ticket order here, so expect to spend a little money. We only ordered the stew and a stir fry of chicken gizzards (and a small bottle of Hite beer), and we spent about $55 before tip. I really don't think I'll be coming here again. read more

I like this place because they are open late- at least 2am. Most of their servers can speak little English. We tried the ACYE option, $16.99, where you get pork belly and beef brisket. They also use a glass grill. The service isn't too bad, they are friendly and will refill the banchan if you ask them. With the ACYE option, I made the mistake of also ordering the seafood pancake. But I was really craving it, so I got it anyway. And I'm so glad I did. This seafood pancake is really good- not the best, but pretty good. It's thicker than most pancakes I've had, more like a seafood pizza rather than a pancake. read more

Never coming back!!! Food was no taste,customer service was horrible I knew they are busy but they have time for other people But not us. Felt so disrespected 2 70 9.99$ . read more

Todahmgol - Korean Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

I didn't realize this place is there until tonite. It's a hidden gem! Lots of choices on the menu, and I wanted to try everything! I'll definitely be back to do such! I had the squid and the flavor was amazing! I literally finished it all...other then the sauce itself! Hahaha! The hours are great, opens late! read more

Todahmgol - Spicy squid! Yummmy - Korean Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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We were so happy with our experience here. We wanted to eat korean food but were a little worried about not having an English menu. But here, we were welcomed and felt comfortable and not out of place. Our server recommended the special to us which was pork belly on the korean bbq and was amazing. We also ordered the seafood pancake, but they brought lots of kim chi and side dishes and a few complimentary items too! Everything tasted amazing and we had a great meal. read more

Todahmgol - Korean Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

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Came here with a group to experience their full spread. Had hot pot with various beef and pork cuts as well as seafood. As other reviewers mentioned, portion size isn't substantial. Don't be turned off by the lack of English menus, it's fairly easy to discern what you're after. Staff is friendly although we got stuck for quite a while due to their credit card machine inexplicably not working. Cost is fairly high for what it is, going forward I'll probably stick to Honey Pig. All things considered, if your on pleasant hill at 1am and want a meal, it's not a bad place to be. read more

Todahmgol - Cafe Todahmgol - Korean Near Me - Duluth, Georgia

Nice because it's open late and it has a decent selection of Korean alcohol. A little overpriced but the food was decent. read more

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One of my favorite Korean joints in Duluth. Whenever I feel like eating Bosam(steamed pork with cabbage, oysters, kimchi, and much more) and Korean potato soup( spicy soup with pork and potatoes) I go here. Drinking soju with these items is a must. The owner still does most of the cooking here. Efficient service and they don't hesitate to refill the bonchon, which is all prepared there as well. I also enjoy the fact that most Korean restaurants have buttons you can push for service so you don't have to wait until your server comes around or you don't have to flag someone down. All restaurants should have the service button. They have a large room for larger parties. One knock is their menu is only in Korean so if you can't read it they have pictures of the food they serve as well. read more

My favorite all-you-can eat Korean BBQ in Georgia (Honey Pig, Star Cannon, Oh my SSangyupsal, etc.) when I think about the $ and taste. Price-wise it is not the cheapest nor the most expensive. The food quality is pretty good/great! I love going with my best buddies, because we have a great time just eating, enjoying the well-decorated restaurant, and sweet waitresses (sometimes they remind me of moms/grandmoms). read more

I'm a bit disappointed with my dinner at Cafe Todahmgol... maybe it's because I had high expectations due to the raving reviews about their AYCE Korean BBQ. With the AYCE Korean BBQ option 1 ($19) you can choose between beef sirloin, pork belly, & pork neck. Unlike other AYCE Korean BBQ restaurants around, the beef at Cafe Todahmgol is not thinly sliced, but rather thicker chunks. Unfortunately the beef looked a lot better than they tasted... they were all very chewy unless you eat them rare. Pork belly was my favorite overall (think thick cut bacon) Side items were great but they didn't have the rice paper wraps like most AYCE Korean BBQ places. Service was decent... one server couldn't understand us due to the language barrier. Cafe Todahmgol is nicely decorated inside & out. Shared parking lot with What the pho? and Vincent Bakery. read more

Um.... this definitely isn't a food establishment where you come with your family to have dinner. This is a bar - a joo jum (traditional korean bar). I like to go over there to have drinks and what not on late weekend nights, but if you get there early to have dinner.. I guess it will be alright too. They do have many bar food stuff on the menu. I like their selection of stews and casseroles.. chigae & jjim. You need to really be aware if you are not a smoker. This place allows smoking and every Korean I know smokes... It doesn't bother me, but it could be a problem for nonsmokers. Food is okay, service is good and price is... well, questionable. Some of the stuff .. I think are way too over priced but most Korean foods are that much. I guess cooking Korean food is time consuming and the prep is not as easy of course with all the other ban chan you get.. you can't complain.. read more

I love the fact that this place serve traditional korean food, but they need to hire more staff that can speak English. Our server speaks zero English, which frustrated us a little because it was so hard for us to order. read more

The staff was so kind!!! My husband has never had authentic Korean food and they were very eager to give us pointers. I loved everything from the pork belly to the spicy tofu soup at the end. Such an amazing experience! Its very cozy and casual, great for date night! read more

Real Korean! Authentic food with authentic Korean old lady service! I give it a four since consistency isn't the best but overall always beyond average experience. read more

They weren't yet ready for bulgogi when we went so we go intestine and rib instead. Latter was a little better than the former--both were ok. But a bit pricey for what you get. Sides were a bit more limited but pretty good. I don't think they did a particularly good job with service. read more

we just left this place because they said THIS IS A BAR. People can smoke here and it's not suitable for our baby. That's why we went out and then we noticed here's a sign" NO SMOKING". I don' know why they just don't want to do business with us. they might just don't welcome people with baby. read more

Most nasty meal I ever had came along with worse customer service, Horrible experience, very poor service. Server, manager, ever ody was just weird! Food was MSG loaded, got sick , Be aware! read more

Heard that this place had better cuts of meat for their all-you-can-eat sets than both Iron Age and Star Daepo. When you walk inside it is well decorated with private booths mostly and was not smokey like some other KBBQ places I've been to. The staff either knows zero English or just enough to get your order, refills, and drinks; we ended up with 2 waitstaff, a non English speaker first and ended our meal being served by one with limited English. Sides came out a little slow and they forgot one guy's beer a couple of times. The set itself had only 3 cuts of meat- beef, pork belly, and pork; it came out very slow, the cuts were nice, but this is the fist time I've had pork belly that had bones in it, cooking took forever (one of the group was impatient and wanted to start cooking but got stared daggers when he was caught putting meat on the grill plate), and the service for bringing and cooking the meats from the all you can eat set were incredibly slow. The sides that came with the all you can eat set were great. TLDR- The food was tasty, but there are others near by that have a better selection of KBBQ (all you can eat sets) for equal or less than here. The service leaves more to be desired. Ordering other than KBBQ may be better. read more

I've only been here late nights, but it's a great place to drink and talk. Get one of the booths, order some soju or makkeullee (excuse the horrific romanization) and pull out an ashtray. Samgyupsal is done well here and the soondae is ok, but I usually get the pahjun or the dakddongjjib (if you don't know what the last thing is, don't get it). read more

the service was terrible. Servers frowned their faces everytime I asked to get something for us. I ordered jokbal and bossam. The food had weird distinctive smell which made me to eat something else with it to cover up the smell... The portion was so so so small. Just don't order jokbal and bossam combo if you are very hungry. read more

It was late on a Monday evening and we were trying to get to What the Pho? before closing. Boo, they were closed. After much whining, we turned our heads and saw this place. Cafe Todahmgol is just intriguing and inviting. Once we stepped in we just knew we had to stay. We didn't have a clue what to order, but just like the Wizard reviewed before, we saw the posted pics with a bottle of alcohol on the wall and pointed. There was a pig's feet, duck and seafood. Of course the other half had to make things difficult and start asking questions in English. I usually scorn him for this, but I wasn't so irritated this time. Ask and ye shall receive. The nicest young waiter who spoke English came to help us. We ordered the seafood option that was posted ion the wall. WOW, that portion was large. Big enough to feed 4 people, at least. The Korean rice wine was fresh and crisp. Everything was great. Loved the lil nook that we sat in. Cafe Todahmgol was a pleasant surprise. I will definitely be returning with more friends soon. read more

By far the worst Korean restaurant I've ever been to. $80 dollar worth of nasty food. Service was horrible. When asked for more salad they said they were out! REALLY!!!! 678, Iron Age, Breaker's are so much better!!!! read more

The spicy pig trotters.. hardly any meats are there. Plate is full of bones.. service is poor and doesn't even respond to calls. Took the water bottle for refil and never returned. I recommend you avoid this place. Although the neung myun (noodles) was great, the portion again was very little. read more

Awesome. I speak absolutely no korean, but they were nice enough to help us out. The sizzling meat being cooked in front of you looks and tastes awesome. I have no idea what I ordered, but it was awesome. ( I looked at pictures and pointed) read more

Just an average Korean restaurant in Duluth. Nothing special. Their stews are okay, but kind of bland in comparison to the other Korean restaurants nearby. read more

Best Korean meats. Authentic hot soups. This is the place you go to when you want some legit Korean. Trust me. Amazing. This place will change your lives and you will want to come back wanting more. You will be bloated at the end so pace yourself. Make sure to get soju. read more

I normally like coming here but the service was awful. I ordered two unlimited bbqs and when the waitress came, she told me that if she doesn't come then I should cook the meat myself. You don't tell a customer that. During the whole time I was there, she came like 3 times to cook the meat. The meat burned and she said the meat burned. Well obviously because you didn't come and I cooked it by myself. I know it was a little busy, but you should be able to at least tend to your customers. When I went up to go pay, she was watching me to see how much I would tip and kept sucking her teeth the whole time. She was absolutely rude. read more