Soju can be added to the list of disappointing new restaurants. From the name to the decor, you'd hope they are being innovative but one visit was enough to see why they're not. The restaurant screams hipsters with plants and wooden decor. Every new Pittsburgh restaurant is jumping on the hipster decor wagon. Honestly, people return for good food. Focus on food! On the menu, you've got korean food and poke. I was tempted to try their poke but was told it looked bare minimum BASIC. Don't bother getting poke here, go to poke specialty spots. The presentation and ingredients looked sad. My table ordered the seafood pancake to share. It's extremely starchy because it wasn't cooked long enough. For entree, we ordered an array of items from bibimbop to bulgogi. They don't taste authentic. People may say "oh but they are not going for authentic korean food!". Then tell me, what is innovative about it? Because the food here tasted like subpar korean food selling at higher price.
For a place called Soju, it's not overflowing with soju either. Sadly, soju serves basic korean food that can be easily made at home at a high price and low quality.