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| - Came on a Saturday afternoon around 3 or 4 p.m. with a relative for the all-you-can-eat dinner menu. We did not wait long, no line up. However, when we left around 5 the line up was huge. There is a 2 hr limit and no reservations for groups less than 5.
4/5 - FOOD: It was my first time at this restaurant, so I tried a bunch of different dishes. For the appetizers I tried the miso soup, bibimbap, noodles, corn, cold tofu and the enoki mushrooms. I would pass on corn, cold tofu, bibimbap unless you like it cold, and the noodles which were too salty. The miso soup was a bit salty too but fine. The enoki mushrooms were nice, make sure to put the whole tin on bbq so it becomes very soft.
The main dishes are really good and get that extra star. I tried the beef tongue, kalbi, brisket, squid, shrimp and chicken. I have to say the beef was marinated very well. I liked the marbling on the brisket and found meat overall to be nice and tender. Squid and shrimp were good. Chicken was okay but may need a bit of soy sauce.
For dessert, I had the creme brulee that everyone raves about. Also tried the Melon coconut flavored ice cream bar (limit 1 per person). I thought the creme brulee was good! It is very much like a creamy custard with a small light burnt caramel topping.
3/5 - SERVICE: Pretty slow. I tried to order just a bowl of rice to put it in my lettuce wraps and asked about three times before someone put it through the iPad device and delivered it.
To avoid this, know what you would like to order beforehand when sitting down and order all the appetizers and main dishes all in one go. Otherwise you risk waiting a long time to get another order going.
NOTE - We were seated right in front of this huge garbage bin with only a wooden partition/half wall blocking it. Garbage was teetering from not being taken out yet and made me kind of question the health or cleanliness of the restaurant.
Hope management addresses this issue and hires more servers to improve service. Overall, I will likely return but go for an off time.
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