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| - I've mentioned this before, but Las Vegas is an awful place for kbbq. None of them are great, and even the meat at Greenland is only mediocre, resulting in only marginally better kbbq at home. We've been to Sura, Mother's, Honey Pig, Shilla, etc., and they're all average at best except for the above average price. I remember going to Woonam Jung a few years back with mum and thinking it was pretty good, so on this day as we're craving kbbq, we decide to head over here for early dinner.
The newly renovated interior is quite nice, bordering on the "upscale" side as far as kbbq's are concerned. Being new, it's clean and as yet devoid of the greasiness that tend to build up when these places age a bit. We'll see how long that lasts. The service throughout the meal is good and mostly on the pleasant side, so that was a plus.
We ordered the "Couple's Combo", which comes with choice of 3 meats from about a dozen, and the requisite side dishes, steamed egg pot, dwenjang stew, and salad. Alas, no lettuce ssam nor rice cake ssam, one of which should be required at every kbbq restaurant. Shame. We got the woogyup (beef belly), pork neck, and bulgogi. Beef belly was probably the best (it's one of my favorite meat), and was actually quite good. The other two were passable, but I wouldn't consider either of them worthy of L.A. standards. The steamed egg was as good as any, and side dishes were also pretty good. The stew was extra pungent which I'm not crazy about, but actually tasted really good.
It was $39.99 for the meal for 2 which is the same price as their AYCE, but we figured it would end up being about the same amount of food for the two of us. Turns out we were right, so no loss. In the end, I would probably rank this place #1 for kbbq joints in Vegas. Note, I have not had kbbq at Soyo, but I don't consider that a kbbq place so... Probably not quite deserving of 3.5 stars, but with the cleanliness and general advantage in overall food compared to other kbbq places, I'll be REALLY generous. Anyway, I'm still longing for Woo Kook or Baekjeong, or any of the fine kbbq establishments in L.A...
Table-for-1 Factor: Eh, if you're here to NOT eat kbbq, I think it's fine since they have myriad of other dishes on the menu.
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