Joined up with my sister and her fiance after the UNLV game(for her) and after work(for I). I still frequent their sister restaurant Oyshi Sushi just a few doors over. Truth be told, I'm still so much into Oyshi(I just went again yesterday!) I hadn't bothered to try Soyo til I got dragged here lol. It's not a really large place, very casual. I'm guessing the interior was made to resemble more of a typical korean drinking spot? I say guessing since I've never experienced the korean drinking scene but the style seemed to be aiming for something to that effect.
They serve boricha, a corn tea that's common in korean cuisine. Instead of cups there's small metal(copper?) bowls to drink from. It's a slightly bitter tea but it complements alot of the spicy and savory korean foods.
The menu was pretty good in describing the various items for people who might not be as familiar with korean food. We're korean and grew up on korean food, so not necessary for us lol. Prices looked reasonable. This might be considered more of a drinking spot, but no one in our party drank, so I can't vouch for their spirits. But nothing definitely wrong with just coming to eat the food. I'm sure nobody here will scold you or call the food police!
There was 2 waitresses and they were good at keeping the side dishes and tea refilled and whatever else we needed.
The side dishes were decent. The only one that was kinda puzzling. It was shaved radish with mayo and I could taste a bit of egg. My best guess is a radish version of potato/macaroni salad? I ordered the spicy rice cake, it was fiery n delicious. If you don't have a high tolerance of spicy you might want to ask for this mild or try something else. Also had their version of hot wings with sauce made with korean chili paste(not overly spicy). There was kimchi fried rice & spicy tofu stew that I didn't try but was told were pretty good too. The only thing missing was the black blean noodles(jyajaymyun) but I guess you can't have it all! This place gets a solid 4.5 stars. Darn yelp needs to allow for half star ratings! Is there some petition we can start for that?