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Easy to find, once you know, less than a mile from 215 & Rainbow, south on Rainbow. The venue is tastefully-appointed, sort of an industrial-chic look.
Two visits. It was the best-of-times (2:30pm on a weekday) and the worst-of-times (8:00pm, Saturday, no reservation, right at 100% capacity). Still most every aspect was positive.
The servers were kind enough to provide a good bit of GIY (grill-it-yourself) tutoring during my initial weekday visit. My return on a Saturday night was the final exam, as they were really too busy to provide much further guidance. I think I earned at least a B in the course. (Then again, you know the old academic saying: Pay your fees and you get your Bs.)
The deal here is basically $17 AYCE lunch, $20 AYCE dinner.
The banchan (side dishes), again, I am not in a position to judge, but it was all pretty tasty. I focused my refill effort on the kimchi and a couple of the other items. Then I mostly hugged the rib-eye bulgogi (hey, it's rib-eye, right?). But I threw a bit of the short ribs in there as well. Servers were as attentive as they could be (obviously more so during the weekday visit.) Still I had to be a wee bit aggressive (both visits) to accomplish the more serious work: more meat on the grill, a grill cover swap, etc.--all while keeping an eye on their 90-minute AYCE countdown.
Again, everything was basically pretty tasty. They comped me a little ice-cream cookie desert to take out the door.
Note this is a branch of a rather popular KBBQ venue in Chinatown named Tofu Hut, so I take that as an additional stamp-of-approval for this venue.
This is likely one of the best/better options for KBBQ in this immediate area ... so have at. For myself, I am not feeling I will be turning into a KBBQ kind of gentleman, but I may hit it again from time to time.
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