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| - Chako (which is owned by the Destiny Group, which also owns Wasabi buffet and Destiny BBT) is a Chinese style all you can eat grill serving savoury marinated meats that includes the basic stapes like pork, chicken, beef, short ribs, salmon, tilapia, shrimp, mussels, squid, etc. Ask any Korean national and they'll tell you that this is far from the authentic Korean BBQ experience.
Because of the cramp grilling stations with highly inadequate venting, you WILL smell heavily like grilled meats once you leave. The heavy MSG used in the marinade will stay with you for hours if not a couple of days after the fact. A buffet is rarely about freshness of ingredients, or even superb taste. Once you are able to understand that a buffet is to satisfy one's heavy cravings for grilled meats, then you can start to enjoy it for what it is and not expect a high quality dining experience.
Chako fits the bill whenever I want to stuff myself silly with BBQ'd beef, despite how I may feel queasy for going over my stomach's limit the day after. Service is a hit and miss, sometimes good sometimes bad. It's super busy on weekends, so do expect to wait a bit for a table if you are with a big group.
There was once a true Korean BBQ located in this same plaza. Sadly it shut down because it was too authentic. They actually served high grade quality fresh meat served along side other Korean cuisine fair. They actually incorporated vents built around the grill to suck up all the smoke so you don't leave the restaurant smelling like a grill. But most of all, the place was not a buffet.
People that are complaining that there's no true Korean BBQ experience in Richmond Hill have only themselves to blame for the demise of the actual authentic KBBQ experience that it once had. Diners voted with their wallets that they preferred the fake, but Chinese buffet style over the authentic Korean style.
Happy grilling!
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