Dude, this was straight-up the strangest KBBQ establishment I've ever visited.
First, before they even bring you a menu, the staff will deliver a massive plate of beef brisket to your table. Not knowing this, I initially thought the plate was misdelivered to our table and intended for a different table (until one of the staff members explained that they start EVERY table off with a plate of brisket).
The next thing that surprised me - no banchan! No fish cake, no rice paper, no kimchi, no cucumbers, no potato salad, no seaweed, no bean sprouts, no jeon, no fish, no japchae. Instead, each diner gets an extremely large bowl of salad (which honestly wasn't bad) and a (thankfully) large dish of dipping sauce. Each table also gets a plate of sliced white onions and jalapenos. That's it - oddly, rice will incur extra charges (an extremely strange business decision, since getting people to fill up with rice *has to* be cheaper for the restaurant than filling them up with meat).
Given that the demographics of the clientele present during my visit were decidedly non-Asian, something tells me that is why the banchan was non-existent.
The lower-tier AYCE fee is currently $17.99/person (the upper-tier AYCE fee is $19.99/person). This compares very favorably with other KBBQ AYCE eateries I have been to, all of which have charged $20-30/person (or more) for their bottom tier (or just in general, in the cases of the restaurants with tierless-menus).
Their menu has the least amount of variety of any KBBQ eatery I have visited - if I recall correctly, you only have about a half-dozen meat options available - and I think they were all beef or pork - no baby octopus, shrimp, etc. If you are craving chicken or seafood, this is probably not the place for you.
They *really* could have done a better job of pre-greasing/oiling the metal grilling plate - our meat was sticking onto the plate a lot more than it should have (compared to my experiences at other KBBQ eateries).
The service was pretty good overall (in fact, I will say it's probably better than most KBBQ places I have been to), and I have no complaints about it.
The menu appeared to have specified a penalty fee for any leftover meat. However, the staff here seems to apply common sense about it - my dining companion and I only had the "complimentary" (or perhaps "introductory" is a more appropriate adjective) plate of Beef Brisket and an order of Pork Belly. Given how massive said plate of brisket was, we were unable to finish it, and I asked a staff member for a to-go box for the brisket (so it would not go to waste). He seemed to have to think about it for a few seconds, but he brought me a box for it, and the receipt confirmed that we were not charged a "leftover meat" fee (given that the two of were only served 2 plates of meat total, I hardly think said fee would have been justified).
The restaurant is currently offering both indoor dining and ad-hoc outdoor patio dining as well. If you can, I recommend trying to get a table inside, as the bootleg tables outside are very wonky and unstable, which I found to not be such a great thing on its own, and much worse with a gas grill placed on top.
I will close out this review with the following observation: if you plan to eat around here a little before midnight and mostly just want to fill yourself up with AYCE beef and pork for less than $20/person, this is honestly not a bad spot given the lack of KBBQ alternatives open late in the area (that I was able to observe, at least). read more