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| - Honestly, I usually cannot stand DIY BBQ restaurants. You smell like meaty smoke afterwards, the quality of the meats decrease after your first plate, they forget half your order, etc etc. BUTTTTTTT... Gyubee is actually none of the above! I actually enjoyed eating here!
We made a reservation on a Friday evening for dinner at around 5pm, and I totally recommend doing so. There was a line forming already at that time!
The service we had was pretty good! Our server forgot a couple of things at the start, but after reminding him a couple times he stepped his game up. The seats for our party of 10 were TERRIBLE THOUGH. We were seated at a bench table underneath that cow sign, and there was not enough room at all for 10 people nor were there even near enough grills. The people in the middle basically have no space to sit since there's a huge metal box on the ground for the grills' heating units (? or gas whatever) - super uncomfortable seating. Also 2 grills on each end of the table for 10 people? NAH, there needs to be at least one more in the middle.
Food-wise... The cuts of meat from Gyubee are definitely WAY BETTER than places like Chako or Korean Grill House. AND they are actually marinated with different sauces unlike the aforementioned. I love that they have a variety of veggies available too. The corn and enoki mushrooms are bomb, but they're not healthy at all - they're drowned in butter so def not eating veg for the health benefits here. However, the seafood here is definitely lacking. They only have squid and shrimp... so cheap stuff that overcooks extremely easily. They also have a pretty good variety of side dishes here - bibimbap, cold noodles, and salad. The creme brulee for dessert was pretty good too surprisingly.
OH... PRO TIP THO: SAVE the butter-filled tin from the corn/enoki, PUT it on the grill, then ADD food to the heated butter to cook = POACHED IN BUTTERY HEAVEN.
OH... PRO TIP X2 THO: ORDER bibimbap, ADD grilled meat to bibimbap (cus it has no meat in it).
Other than the not-so-good seats, I would definitely return with a smaller party so we are all seated more comfortably next time!
FYI... the prices here are slightly cheaper than the one in Markham (at least they were when we went a couple of weeks ago).
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