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| - I used to be a very frequent korean bbq customer with this chain of restaurants and this was my first time coming to the new Yonge and Dundas location. In short, it is very similar to all the other korean grill house restaurants, AYCE for low prices and tons of MEAT MEAT MEAT.
A quick rundown on how korean grill house restaurants work. You can order AYCE or you can order off the menu (everyone gets AYCE), however if one person gets AYCE in your table, nobody else can order from the menu, everyone HAS to get AYCE. Basically, they give a you a large selection of meat and there is a grill in the middle where you essentially cook the meat yourself given a pair of tongs per person. Meats include beef, marinated chicken, lamb, squid, fish, etc.
Let me start off with the food. If this is your first time coming here and you are CRAVING tons of meat and grease then you're going to love it here. It is essentially unlimited meat grilled to your heart's desire (not really since all your arteries will be clogged up afterwards). However, the meat here is LOW quality meat and full of grease and nasty preservatives. The food is very very greasy and may give you a stomach ache afterwards if you eat way too much. Also, although they say it is "Korean BBQ" the chain is actually Chinese owned and the BBQ here is not authentic korean bbq. Authentic korean BBQ has much higher grade meat and is generally not AYCE. If you are craving a lot of meat and/or are with a large group of friends and you want some AYCE this place is great. However, if you are on a date or want a nice classier dinner, this is definitely not the place to be as you will smell like grease and your stomach will feel horrible afterwards.
The service here is mediocre, it is not amazing yet they are not generally horrible. It was a problem for us getting the attention of one of the servers as they do not constantly come and ask if everything is ok or not, you have to call them down (in typical chinese restaurant fashion).
The decor is quite nice and the place is large enough to fit a lot of people but it is not overly popular unlike other restaurants around the area. We arrived on a friday dinner and there were tons of open seats whereas places like salad king were full to the rim.
In short, come here only if you are CRAVING all you can eat greasy meat and don't mind the low quality cooking. It's alright, I have to admit we always have these cravings every now and then. Don't expect a nice, classy dinner with a date, this place is just a lot of fun cooking and hanging out with a large group of friends.
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