OH NO, Ka Chi, what is happening here?
I have been to the Korea Town Ka Chi location probably 30+ times. I was in a Korean food mood (big surprise) on my way home from work so I stopped off at this location.
Upon first glance, I was pretty convinced that this location was superior to the Korea town one because it was a) bigger, spacious, b) slighter nicer decor/newer furnishings.
I should know better - love at first sight is merely an illusion. This Ka Chi really let me down because:
a) The food was sub-par (kimchijjigae was possibly the saddest I've ever eaten. Barely any meat. UNDERCOOKED rice. What kind of Asian restaurant can't cook rice properly, WTF!)
b) The place was NOT CLEAN. The table next to us sat for an hour full of dirty dishes and leftovers from someone else's meal. The restaurant was empty, there were 5-6 staff at hand dicking around, but none of them could be bothered to clean up dishes/wipe down tables?
c) Service was bad. They forget to bring my friend's rice then acted annoyed when we asked for it.
d) There was a SIGN saying that customers would be CHARGED $3 FOR EXTRA BANCHAN (side dishes) after 1 refill. What the bloody hell? I've eaten at over 20 different Korean places in Toronto and I've never seen them try to charge extra money for banchan refills.
Ka-chiiiiiiiiiiiiiyaaaaaaaaa later, Ka chi