As someone who frequents different Korean BBQ places, this was by a long shot the WORST. If you want to get treated with respect and have your boundaries respected (GO SOMEWHERE ELSE). I usually do not review places, but the experience was so exceptionally horrible that I felt it is my duty to warn others to stay away. Contrary to others reviews we were seated quickly, and our order was taken quickly as well. Everything started off great, until we got to the cooking of the food items. First off, the waiter did seem like he was in a rush taking our order (even though the place was practically empty which makes sense now) we should have taken this as a sign. First bizarre incident was when the waiter ordered the recommended meats for us without us asking (which at the moment we did not mind too much) but it was still uncomfortable as no waiter has ever ordered for us before. Second, when the cooking of the food started the waiter kept adding and cooking our food carelessly, cross contaminating the vegetables we were cooking, with the raw beef. He would also just throw meat on the grill, if there was a space, without asking us if it was ok with us. I'm not sure if he thought this was our first time at a Korean BBQ place but in other Korean BBQ places, they would wait for us to place our food items and occasionally come by and help us. He then kept cooking, taking meat out and placing it on our plate just for us to put it back because it was not cooked how we like it. This became an EXTREMELY awkward put in and take out game at a point. NOW this is when things got what I consider disrespectful. I'm not sure if he went to someone and maybe complained about us not cooking the meat "properly" or how they think is "proper", but one can only assume this is what he did given what happened next. A lady came to change the grill, granted our grilling tray did need changing, but instead of nicely letting us know she was going to change the grill she proceeded to remove the food cause she was going to change it and goes "I am going to remove the grill and most of this food is done anyway" placing what was left on the grill, on our plates in the MOST condescending (you guys don't know what you are doing) tone we have ever experienced from a KBBQ employee. When you go to a Korean BBQ spot, yes, they help you sometimes (with respectful boundaries) but to flat out mock us because SHE felt OUR food was ready to eat was what I can only describe as horrendous treatment of a customer. At this point, we have had enough and basically felt like we were treated like two idiots that didn't know what we were doing. We lost our appetite and did not even want to continue grilling even though we were still hungry. Some advice, go elsewhere, because it seems, as per the comments, that if you are not having a big event like a birthday, the customer service is appalling. Save yourself the money, dignity and time and go somewhere else, NYC has plenty of ACTUAL high end and high-quality AYCE Korean BBQ spots. read more