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| - Chako's a Korean BBQ restaurant (ie: you get a grill and cook meat/veggies) with a menu containing Japanese food as well.
They take reservations for groups of four or more so if you're planning to go in a smaller group, make sure you go before 6:30 if you want to guarantee yourself a table. And trust me, they get busy. There are always lines waiting at the door when I leave. I don't think they have a time limit as I've never been kicked out before.
The food itself is pretty good. I go usually to just eat meat so I can say that I love their beef, pork, chicken and lamb (this one's only offered on the weekends, along with a few other items). The list of food you can order's pretty long but I just order these, along with rice and miso soup.
Most of the servers are pretty happy to serve you. I've had times where it'd be hard to flag someone down for the bill or additional food but they're generally pretty good. Something I do appreciate is they make sure your drink is filled up.
Of course, no place is perfect. If you're one of those people that go around prime-dinner-time, be warned that parking is dreadful. I've mentioned this in my Destiny review, but because of all the restaurants around the same parking lot, finding a parking spot can take a lot of time. So, like I mentioned above, go early!
Something of note is that this place is pretty expensive. Dinner on Mon-Thursdays is $21 and $24 on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Then there's extra for drinks and of course, tax and tip. They also tack on an extra 10% as "service charge". They added this very recently (as of January 2016) and I'm a little curious why. They can afford to because they're always busy but I wasn't impressed by seeing this after they didn't have it for years. It can be very expensive.
If you want lots of food on a grill and Japanese food, I could definitely recommend this place. It's a fantastic place to eat and it's not too busy, assuming you don't go when everyone else does on the weekend. So go and eat lots of meat! And be prepared to smell like it once you're done!
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