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| - My first visit to Five Star Korean BBQ was a firm FIVE! My dining bud and I feasted on Hae Mul Pa (TOTAL SCORE!!), Bi Bim Bob (the fried egg on top is da bomb diggety!!), and Bul Go Ki Beef (yuuuuuuum!)! I've not before experience Korean cuisine, so this was a fab first time endeavor!! These dishes were so flavorful and darn right GOOD! I, also, had a Milkis beverage...which to me, was like carbonated, melted Dreamsicle!! OOOOOOH YEAH!!!! My pal had a Crunch Crunch Pear and thought it was equally fantastic, with a genuine pear flavor. We had gone on a Tuesday evening and service was stellar! The female server (I'm thinking she was the owner) was so helpful to my novice self in explaining so many of the dishes and being delightfully available and fun. However...visit number two was a bit different. This was a Friday after work and it was VERY BUSY, both with walk-in traffic and online orders. Service was poor at best because of this, including bad attitude. My dining bud and I brought along another friend and we were VERY hurriedly rushed to order. This, being our friends first time in a Korean eatery with no idea as to where to begin, was not a good start. I ordered a Katsu Chicken and a Katsu Pork (to go), Dining Bud ordered the Bi Bim Bob, and Another Friend ordered Duk Bae Gi Haemul Tang. Both Katsu dishes were subpar...flavorless, flatted-flat meat between deep fried breading. The Katsu sause was equally without zest of flavor and the salad was an iceberg variety (ehh). Dining Bud LOVED her Bi Bim Bob and was very satisfied. Another Friend liked the seafood in her Duk Bae Gi Haemul Tang, but found the broth and vegetables bland and flavorless and ended up leaving it. DANG! This was such a disappointment for me and Another Friend. Dining Bud was pretty happy though. But this visit dropped my rating to a one star and I decided to split the difference with a three. On a positive note: the place was hoppin' with patrons and the online business was going crazy (the phones and iPad were ringing off the wall). I'll give it one more shot with my son, who is at the ready to give it a whirl as a first-timer.
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