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| - I come from Orange County where Korean BBQ places in OC and LA don't come up short and I feel I have a pretty dang decent grasp on Korean BBQ, so finding a place since moving to Phoenix for KBBQ makes me oh-so-happeee. I've tried a couple other KBBQ places in the Glendale/Phoenix area, and this location (Ohya) is the only one that seems to have a good fun atmosphere, bek se ju, and all-you-can-eat nights. Although Cali places have the all-you-can-eat every night, I'm not understanding why places in Phoenix haven't adapted this concept (and for $20 per person at that and free green tea ice cream!).
Anyways, the first table we sat at - the grill wasn't working so the server moved my friend and I to a working grill to eat BBQ (not a problem). She was really nice about it and got us waters right away. The pricing is a bit much when they serve such a small amount of meat when ordering off the BBQ menu. We ordered brisket and bulgogi and the brisket would suuuper fatty. I've never seen such fatty meat. I felt like saying "want some meat with that fat?", and considering how much fat there was instead of meat, it shouldn't be priced what it is! The tofu soup I ordered at medium spicy and it was very sour and I never got an egg with it! I won't be ordering that again...
I can tell they cannot accommodate large parties, because they moved two different groups around to different tables and had to squeeze them in - and many of their grills weren't working. It was like playing a game of musical chairs & tables. This location is right across from ASU West campus tucked in a little shopping strip. We didn't have any problems with service, except a few times we couldn't get a hold of our server to order more drinks but it's understandable when a flood of peeps come rushin' in. Overall during this visit, service was good, the side dishes were good mainly the spicy cucumber and kimchi, the bulgogi was good, but the prices were a bit much and the meat was really fatty.
UPDATE: So on 12/8/15, I went to their all-you-can-eat bbq and sushi night. Let me just say, I will never return again for the Korean bbq portion, maybe if I just want all-you-can-eat sushi. They charge $21.99 per person for just sushi, and only $25.99 for bbq and sushi per person. They limit what you order for bbq each round and they only give you 90 minutes from the first moment you place your first order. Once you reach the 90 minute mark, you're no longer allowed to order anything else. During regular bbq nights, they give you six sides and lettuce or salad, but for all-you-can-eat they don't give you lettuce/salad and only give you three small sides (no fish cake, no potato, no bean sprout). The meat portions are half the size of regular bbq (which was already a small portion to begin with). Our server Brian was super nice though...he hooked us up with a salad lol.
If you want to order nigiri sushi, they only bring you one piece per order and they limit how many things you can order per round. Also, they charge $10.00 for a bottle of soju. It was the most disgusting soju I've ever had and I've had some pretty bad soju. Stick with beer, sake, or hot sake. Lastly, if you don't finish everything you order, they charge you extra on top of what you're already being charged per plate that you don't eat. (This is understandable for all-you-can-eat sushi, but not bbq. That's ridiculous.)
Recommendation for the restaurant: Go to K-town in Los Angeles and get some pointers on how to run a Korean BBQ restaurant - or even Korea where they have an entire buffet and charge $20-25 per person and you can pick whatever you want from the buffet as many times as you wish. Also, please stop buying such fatty meat. I felt like that's all I was eating was fat instead of actual meat (bulgogi, brisket, galbi). And stop charging $10.00 for crappy soju. I can get soju at a street vendor in Seoul for cheaper than that and it tastes better. Also, have an option for people who just want all-you-can-eat bbq... if LA and OC can do this daily and give larger portions and not cut the sides down in half for only $20.99 per person, I'm sure you can too. Just saying.
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