After trying 2 dishes and having another go at their AYCE, I feel the need to drop 2 stars.
We tried the cutlass fish and the dakdoritang (spicy chicken stew). Both were underwhelming. The problems began before the main dishes arrived. The side dishes were awful. The raddish tasted rotten and the rest of the side dishes also seemed a bit stale.
The cutlass fish dish was acceptable at best. I was happy about it because it's not easy to find in Canada. I had this first when I was in Korea and had a good impression on it. At Jang Won, it was just edible. The fish not being fresh is like a given in Toronto so it's not that. The problem is the sauce and how the dish is padded with thick raddish at the bottom to make it look bigger. The raddish looked terribly unedible. The dish also came with a tofu stew which I felt would have been better if it wasn't given to begin with. The tofu tasted old/rotten. After one bite I didn't bother to drink the soup.
The chicken spicy stew was not good but edible. It's another dish that I ordered because it's not common in Toronto and I tried it in Korea. It's basically slow cooked chicken boiled in a spicy stew. The biggest issue was that the chicken was OLD. There needs to be a certain level of chewiness to the chicken and it was lacking. The other problem was the soup base. It lacked punch. Too weak. It reminded me of chicken boiled in water.
If you come here, stick with the AYCE BBQ.