The service here is terrible, especially the lady that is in charge. There was a bug in our salad. That comes to show how much they clean their food before serving it. Will bot be back here. read more

Top Chef - Bug in our salad. That's after we've ate half of the salad already. - Korean Near Me - Simi Valley, California

Honestly I will never go here again. The food is amazing I will say that but the service..... the first bad experience we had was at a group dinner 4 adults and one child. We said that the child was only getting rice and no meat and they wanted to charge us 10 dollars for a bowl of rice, we said excuse me ?? And they said she would get something extra beside the rice and nothing else ever came. Then one waitress came and we asked her for some new meat and she came and brought it and then when asked her for something and she said "anything else, I can't keep going back and forth bringing you stuff" isn't that what a waitress does??? The second experience I came in to buy some meat to take home & I forgot to ask her to charge me for another item & the lady got so upset. She was shaking her head. Like do you not want to make money???? Worst service ever. Rudest staff and lazy. read more

I would not write that the food was made by a top chef, just that whoever in your party can cook, will probably feel like they have turned into a lion from a cat, metaphorically speaking. In other words, if you have never barbecued in your life and you like to put things on a grill to cook and feel like you actually cooked something; it may be a highlight of your life. This restaurant came down to being a Korean hole in the wall sort of place, almost like a truck stop with dining tables. The sides put out were, of course, Korean made sides. The meats were basically nothing. You could go to a grocery store, buy the meats, and grill it on a middle table grill. Your only spices are sauces and the sides. Now, elaborating more on what I had written about above was the whole grilling thing. I am not sure if the staff is suppose to have any role in it; however, when I came with my neighbor, who had taken my family here, SHE had to grill everything. Also, the restaurant seems to price up a lot of their dishes, probably not something that should be done if no cook is actually cooking it. Someone would come into this place with the theme that a five star Michelin chef was going to cook you some rad Korean dishes. Nope, they pass the labor onto you. Ridiculous! read more

Love it , great food , great price and great service.. I drive about 30 min away just to eat there

as many other comments on here say, the staff and owners are miserable and provided terrible service. story goes like this: i ordered over the phone for pickup, and got to the restaurant and there was only one other family eating there. the older man (i'm presuming the owner) passed me by and didn't greet me and gave me a bad look. the older lady (i'm assuming the other owner) came to me and asked what i ordered. she then said the price to me, which i couldnt hear her properly, so i asked her once again, and she yelled "IT'S $18.18" at me. i then asked her for hot sauce, and she let out an audible groan before getting it for me. the food was mediocre at best. i understand that my skin color is brown, and that i may dress a little shabby, but this is no way to treat a customer. i work as a doctor, so i know what good service from good restaurants looks like. i live less than a mile away and would love to support my local restaurants, but i dont think i will be going back here. be better. read more

Delicious Korean food! The service is excellent and the food is delisious. I have been coming for the lunch specials and the portions are very large. The image here is the spicey chicken plate. read more

Top Chef - Korean Near Me - Simi Valley, California

My girlfriends and I tried this place out for the first time after a hike we did in Ventura. The food was pretty good and there were plenty to select from their lunch menu for a fair price. The Miso pork was really good and I also like their beef belly. I would definitely come back if I'm in the area again. read more

The food was excellent. Went with a group of 6 and we all really enjoyed it. We had the short ribs, pork belly, bulgugi, and brisket. We also really like the Korean pancakes. The ambiance is nice, but the service is slow. The staff seemed to forget many of our orders after we had a second serving. We never received our last order of food and drinks. read more

Profiled? My girlfriend and I, both college students, went for lunch and had a terrible experience with our service. Our waitress would walk away from us while we were ordering from her and was short and rude with her responses. After an hour of terrible service, I left the tip that I believed was fair for the service we received (I actually considered not tipping at all). Much to my surprise, as we were leaving, she approached us and saw the tip left on the table. She proceeded to ask me, "Really? That's it?" We were just standing there in silence, I felt trapped. She pressed on, "Usually people tip more.". Once we made it clear that she was only receiving that amount, she scraped it off the table and muttered as she rushed away. It's needless to say that we were more than displeased with how we were being treated when costumers seated near us were very obviously being served more attentively and politely. Food was good tho. read more

Called this place and asked if I could get a reservation for 9:30. Show up at 9:23 and they said they're closed and can't seat us. I explained the situation and how I just drove all the way from my house to eat here and they turned us away. Do not trust these people. read more

First time here and the food quality is legit! A lot of marbling on the meat! I love that there's so many choices for pork belly! There's like 6 or 8 different ones! Must tries, beef belly, thinly slice pork belly and curry pork belly! I will definitely come back! Oh and service was good, nice ladies, and there was a button, so whenever you need help, push the button! read more

Hands down our Favorite KBBQ spot in all of SoCal.. all of the meat are quality cuts, service is beyond phenomenal. All of the staff are attentive and extremely nice. The green onion salad, the pumpkin juice (seasonal offering) are delicious as well as the dialing kimchi! read more

Our party drove 35 minutes to the BQQ. We reserved a table at 9:30. They told us at 9:23 that they closed. We drove very far to eat at there restaurant. I begged the hostess. She did not look us in the eyes and said, "no, sorry!" several times. They have no customer service. read more

Not the best Korean BBQ i've ever had, but it's nice to have a pretty decent one nearby without having to drive all the way to la. The food selection for the price is good in my opinion, I love that they have soybean paste soup, most restaurants don't. The service is pretty hit or miss, the most recent time I went the service was great! I'll definitely be back. read more

I've given this place too many chances. Today is the last time we go. Staff is rude, have no personality and they take a while to come back to the table. Please be careful with charges they double charge and then say the new person was training and made a mistake, it happen twice to me. read more

the food is so good if you like spicy you will like kimchi you just have to get past the smell and the rice mmm it's so good the bulgogi is especially the best thing read more

The best korean barbecue in town. We're from northridge but we always go there for their yummy korean barbecue and excellent service read more

Top Chef - Korean Near Me - Simi Valley, California

Ok, so my friends went here and I warned them not to go, because they have HORRIBLE customer service and when I say horrible, I mean horrible. I was thinking of going back because they might be desperate for money because of COVID but it looks like I won't because they still have the worst customer service. read more

Best Korean BBQ in and out of town. We usually do All You Can Eat, but everything else we've tried has also always been great. The meat is delicious and either marinated to perfection, or unmarinated for personal preference. Not only is it better quality than every other place we've tried, but you also get an abundance. In addition to the meat, there are SO MANY OTHER ITEMS you get right away, or can order as you go. Almost all of which, are also endless. If you'd like more, you just need to ask, and they'll assist you as soon as they can. The staff are all very friendly and helpful, and more than happy to answer questions you may have. Just remember that any "All You Can Eat" restaurant w/ so many extras means the staff is constantly running back and forth, helping as many people w/ endless small & large requests as possible, so be patient. They definitely care and haven't forgotten you. The prices are very reasonable and always worth it! I always recommend them to everyone and love bringing new people, and they're never disappointed. read more

Was refused service due to being alone. It's Fathers day and I'm a father I insisted, please let me sit and order some food! Then I was informed I would have to pay for two people even though I was alone so I I left. I live 5 minutes from this place and it has always had a problem with rude staff for years. Very dismissive of anyone not speaking in Korean. Totally insane, they should not be in the business of serving food anywhere on the planet! Went to the other Korean place Kimchi Korean BBQ on Tapo street instead. Thankfully they had no problem serving a father alone on fathers day. Avoid Top Chef at all costs, they are horrible rude people! read more

Definitely would not recommend if I can give 0 stars I would. Very horrible service. We took my mother in law for dinner and every time we would ask for more meats or veggies the lady with short blonde hair rolled her eyes and gave us attitude.When we left we left no tip because their attitude and work ethic was trash!! As we were walking out the lady runs after us demanding a tip! I had never been pressured to give a tip! I gave her $3 that they definitely did not deserve and she still has the nerve to roll her eyes again!! Definitely last time we come here!! read more

If I could give this establishment 0 stars I would. Not family friendly, poor business practices and awful service. One of my daughters only wanted white rice. After going back and forth and making the whole table uncomfortable, I was finally able to get a side of white rice. Mind you, I offered to happily pay for a side of rice. I was so upset by the experience I couldn't eat, I had completely lost my appetite. I let our server know, and she still charged me for $30 for sitting at the table and threatened to charge my 9 year old daughter $30 for eating a single piece of rice paper. I paid nearly $200 for a meal where 2 out of 6 people didn't eat. My daughter was so uncomfortable she was nearly in tears. Truly one of the worst dining experiences I have ever had. We will NEVER return and if you're considering eating here, I suggest you take your business elsewhere, too. read more

Worst service ever!! Very rude staff. They talk fast and snappy. They always seem like they are in a hurry. They shouldn't work in a restaurant if they don't know how to give good service. Food wasn't that great either. It was salty. Stay away from this place. read more

Food is good but service is awful. The spicy ramen soup tasted like the cup of noodles that you buy for less than a dollar. Anytime we tried to order more it felt like they were annoyed. One of the guys told us that they only have two pots for the soups and two pans for the Korean pancakes in the entire restaurant. A few of the dishes we ordered never came as they don't write anything down. This was my second time coming here as the other Korean bbq place in simi was closed. I would recommend going to them over this place read more

We have traveled the world trying to find the perfect Koren BBQ and who would have guessed we would find the holy grail in Simi Valley! Love this food, and NEVER leave hungry. The waiters have to wheel barrel us out of this restaurant every time we finish our feast. read more

Top Chef - Korean Near Me - Simi Valley, California

Just came from this restaurant and had a very unpleasant experience. My family and I frequent this restaurant but this evening the two ladies serving the tables demeanor was less than favorable. At the beginning of being seated, she was quite abrupt, along with the other lady that took our order. They delivered the meats and within 7 minutes of bbqing, the grill fire turned off, twice. I asked if we could moved since there was obviously something wrong with the grill. She said no and just banged on the burner and said it would be fine. Fortunately, the grill was fine after that. The service did not get any better but rather it seemed they were ignoring us since we always had to flag them down. I don't really like to resort to the bell for personal reasons but had to result to that this time. The bill comes and being a party of 5, we were automatically charged the gratuity. I asked the lady at what point do you autocharge the gratuity and said 5. I recall that it was 6 and doubled checked and sure enough it was 6. I brought it to their attention and she played like she thought it was 5. They did offer to redo the bill and I said I don't mind if the service was good but told her their service didn't warrant that gratuity. She said it was so busy but I stated they were rude from the beginning and it was not busy. I told her I will let the owner/ manager know the next time I go there. I said service and deceiving customers is why they lose customers. They also need to be aware non-Koreans can also understand their language. These two ladies may be having a bad day but that is not a excuse for how they served use this evening. read more

Food okay Service terrible and very rude. I was very disappointed. Not ever going back read more

A very surprising Korean bbq gem in Simi! The meat was of good quality and very tasty, while the service was spot on. We will definitely be back! read more

The meat was high quality compared to other K-BBQ places. The best K-BBQ place I've been. I strongly recommend you guys to visit this place!! read more

Food is great but a little over priced. The service however is horrible. The main server or manager is always so rude when we come in. Last time I went with some friends I decided I didn't want to eat much so I asked for just a bowl a rice. She said they couldn't do that and then swiped the menu from in front of me and stormed off. This place would be so much better with actual friendly staff. read more

I wouldn't bother reviewing if it was only the food that was bad, but the service was just as distasteful. One of the items I ordered was awful and it was apparent that the oil they used to cook it was too cold. It was oily and burned on the outside while undercooked and mushy on the inside. When we asked if we could get it taken off the bill we were told they don't do that so they remade it. It turned out exactly the same so we paid for it and left it behind while they tried to convince us to take it home. My brother and I never got anything to drink; not even water. The first item they brought out they nearly dropped on the table without saying anything. My brother's ramen tasted like Cup Noodles and was simply underwhelming. Just not a great experience. read more

This was my first time at Top Chef. We got in quickly since it as around 4:30 pm bit before dinner rush. Server assumed we were there for the BBQ, he could use a little more knowledge of the items. I ordered Sundun Bibimbap and a few other items. I wanted the green onion pancake and egg dish and was told no. When the nice Korean server came by she said ohh yeah you can have the 2 side dishes even if not ordering the all you can eat. Food Was piping hot, packed a more flavor. Bibimbap was missing a few of the colored veggie. Service was decent, I think I would try once more before I can have a better understanding, wonder if cut of meats are related to pricing. read more

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I've been to top chef 5+ times every time i go i leave unsatisfied but keep going back. Today pushed me over the edge and i will never go back. I went with 5 other people and the service was okay but it slowly went down hill. The waitress asked if we wanted more meat around an hour into the meal. I said yes and the meat never came but she slapped the check in front of me and told us that we were over our time. I then explain to her that we only over the time because they are taking forever to serve us. She then gives us the meat i ordered and it was maybe enough meat to feed a small kitten. The check was $225 which included an include tip of $35. I have no problem paying that but when the customer service is horrible why would i pay that and when i explained that to her she started to yell at me and walked away. HORRIBLE PLACE, most of the waitress are just outright rude and don't want to make you have a good time at their restaurant if i could give a 0 star i would. read more

I don't usually write reviews but i feel like i have too. While the food is good, they served it frozen and you know what happens when you try to cook a frozen food, it doesn't cook evenly. Most of the meat we ordered was still frozen. You can only order 3 things off the menu every time, which is not a problem but they take a long time to go to our table, they have a call button but our server doesn't seem to hear it. We were a party of three and can only order 3 things of the menu and would have to wait a long time to get another round. I ordered extra kimchi and ordered scallops 3 times but never got them. read more

Great meat quality, but you can tell management is a pain in the ass. It trickles down to employees and to customers. I wouldn't mind if they put more money into training rather than quality. I usually drive an extra 30 minutes to avoid eating here when I want kbbq. Im usually really patient, but it's really frustrating to eat here. Its quiet a shame because this is the closest kbbq to me. read more

Well stopped by here to do the all you can eat dinner. I walk in and a waitress approaches me and says, "ya?" I'm like, ummm I'd like to eat dinner??? She sits me at a table and asks me what I want. I tell her I'll just do the all you can eat. She tells me, "all you can is only for 2 or more people!" I ask her so I can't have the all you can eat? Nope! I'm shocked in todays time they don't want my $30 plus dollars! Needless to say I walked out!!! read more

customer service is horrible got max that we didn't leave a large tip after talking back and being disrespectful. Food was good all in all.

This is one of the worst kbbq experiences ever. I literally wasted my time, money, and dinner. The service was very poor. We didn't even get our pork belly and the server who took the order didn't even notice. read more

Not the best Korean bbq I've tried the meat was flavorless but the customer service was good. It was just ok.

This place has pretty bad service. I'm upset at how rude the workers were and I don't understand why they were that way. Their meat quality is mediocre at best. Regular side-items (banchan); that never gets refilled unless you ask 5 + times. Oh wait, no. It's because customers don't know how to wait, apparently. read more