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| - We had prepped our body to consume the all you can eat Korean bbq by coming hungry and with a strong mind. We put our name in for a table of 5+ on a Sunday at 1pm. Their texting system allows you to walk around Tempe Marketplace while you wait for your table. After letting the hostess know that our stomach was literally eating ourselves, some of us were starting to get hangry and ready to bail. We even contemplated sending our doctor friend to tell the staff that one of us has hypoglycemia and needed to eat STAT. We were finally seated at 3pm, a two hour wait.
The vibe was confusingly awesome. With the movie Hook playing on their big screen, clerbbb music jamming loudly, and a classy ambiance, I didn't know where to put my attention... Until our food came.
If you haven't been to an all you can eat kbbq before, you're in for a treat. It's mainly meat but they have a few other selections like Japchae (rice noodles) and dumplings you can order. They will bring raw meat to the table and you cook it on a hot plate. Using scissors, you cut up the meat to bite size and serve yourselves.
They have "four orders at a time" rule, so we immediately asked for our four orders right when we sat down. When the food came, our instant regret was not turning on the hot plate ahead of time so we can eat sooner. We nommed on the kimchi, sweet mashed potatoes, and other Korean complimentary side dishes while the meat was cooking. We got the routine down that whenever the new item arrives, we order our next four because we knew that the 2hour limit was going to be more of a sprinting marathon. They were well staffed and changed our hot plates at least 5 times. Some of our faves were the garlic pork belly, cow tongue, and galbi. Their meat was good quality and well marinated - no other place like this in the valley.
We ended up ordering 34 orders between the 6 of us, so we challenge you to eat more than us! Overall, I won't fault them for being popular and the experience was super worth it for their dinner price ($25).
Protip: Show up before 11am to limit wait time. They don't take reservations.
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