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| - Let me preface this by saying I am half Asian and grew up on my Korean stepmother's excellent food, so I know what good Korean food tastes like. It's been a few months since I ate a late lunch here one time, but I remember it clear as day because it was so damned terrible.
The restaurant was stuffy and humid (poor ventilation), the service was abysmal, as in I had to wait over five minutes for the menu when the place only had one other table of three in attendance, the banchan were lukewarm--almost at room temperature, and my bento entree of dwehji bulgogi was mediocre. It included a depressing looking lettuce salad that tasted like it had been languishing in the presumably hot kitchen so long that all the crispness of the lettuce had died a sad, untimely death. It did not include carrot, cucumber or any of the side vegetables usually found in bento salads. The pork was well sliced but it didn't have enough chili flavor to it. It was also lukewarm.
The service was lousy. I was waved to a table, not walked to it. Then I sat there for far too long, and when the menu finally did arrive it was plopped in front of me, even though I had one hand raised to take the menu. Finally, the owner made no eye contact with me, the ultimate customer service insult.
Since that visit, I have not returned. I notice that the customers who gave this place five stars are generally gringo Americans. The Asians who reviewed this place were far less generous, and that's because we know that this establishment needs to get on its game.
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