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| - Gyu-Kaku was my favorite spot for yakiniku back in Japan..I do like korean BBQ but there's something about Japanese style BBQ that I just love (eh probably biased because I am from Japan). I came here on a Monday night for their happy hour where selected meat/veggies are $1-2 cheaper than its original price.
ATMOSPHERE
Very impressed with the atmosphere and interior. As opposed to the wooden benches/table and casual vibe of Gyu-Kaku in Japan, this place seemed more luxurious/fancy/modern. It made me wonder if Gyu-Kaku here incorporated Vegas's nightclub/flashy vibe to it. They have this cool lit entrance that makes you feel like you are walking on a red carpet for Grammy Awards. Interesting that they even have a bar..atmosphere here is way too cool for a BBQ restaurant.
SERVICE
Service was excellent here. All the staffs here are energetic and attentive. Our server named Ryan was beyond fantastic. Since it was my first time at this location, he gave us suggestions, explained different sauces and the cooking time for specific meat. I was impressed with his enthusiasm and knowledge.
FOOD
Good quality meat but kinda pricey for such a small portion in my opinion. I guess it's more about the quality over quantity here because meat was actually really good. I believe I got a Toro Shabu which was thinly sliced beef and horumon which was my first time trying. 3 sauces they had were ponzu, spicy and sweet soy (?), I personally enjoyed dipping in the ponzu. Ponzu was citrusy and very refreshing, complimented the meat well.
CONCLUSION
Will be back again for their happy hours!
[Edited to add]
Second time around, completely ignored. Even though we had 3 servers walking by us/making eye contact, they acted as if we were not there. Finally after a good 10-20 mins, one of the servers came up to us only to tell us that kitchen is closed. First of all, why do you even have a poster around the entire restaurant which states happy hour is until 1AM. We were there around 12:30AM.. Yeah, if you guys didn't ignore us, maybe the kitchen wouldn't have been closed? Taking a star off. Extremely disappointed in you, Gyukaku.
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