I will begin by saying that I intend to amend this review in the future. But for now, one star is adequate. I will also preface this by saying that I cook at a country club full-time, am attending Le Cordon Bleu, and I lived in Korea for 2 years. This is not coming from spite or anything but an honest food review.
It actually hurts me to give a bad review because it seems like they are trying to do a good job but honestly, $45 for a super stringy and fatty and BLAND NY strip steak with some lettuce and steamed buns? I didn't mind that it was rare. I prefer my meat rare. It just did not taste like anything. At all. The banchan were okay but still lacked punch and imagination. I know this isn't Korea but other Korean restaurants include a bunch of bottomless banchan for free! But that isn't my problem. I will pay for great food and I expected to do so here. It just did not live up to what I expected. I thought it would be flavorful and authentic and it was none of those things. It also didn't seem to succeed at being fusion - bland is not fusion, it is just bland. I am sorry Tory!
If you want to do Korean, then do it, but make sure you season the dishes correctly! Honestly it was so underwhelming that I am glad we ordered 2 bottles of soju...
Looking forward to going back and NOT ordering the ssam. Hoping something on the regular menu will be better. Will edit next time.