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| - Prices 2018 Jan 9
Mon to Thurs
Adult dinner: $24.99
Child 5-10: $ 17.99
Child 4: $3
Fridays and weekends is $2 more.
Okay I've been to many Chakos around Toronto and always had a good meal there. Gone at least 7 times.
It was my first time to this Mississauga location.
Restaurant looked big and very nice. Clean, not smokey and had some neat purple tree lighted up inside the restaurant.
Service was fine no complaints, they changed the grill when I asked them, no issues. Food came fast.
Food quality: here's a big issue, the beef ribs were extremely tough. And no, it wasn't because I cooked it for too long. From the two portions (10 pieces) no matter how long I cooked then for, it was like chewing through leather. I couldn't even bite through one! I had to spit out every piece. Beef ribs are one of my favorite cuts. So I do know how to grill them. Heck, it ain't rocket science
Pineapples: can't gone wrong here right? Wrong! I was expecting the usual Chako sweet, juicy grilled pineapple, but it was dry and tough!! I tried one before it was grilled to make sure and yup, dry, and not juicy. Sad. As pineapple was one distinguishing factor for Chako vs other Korean AYCE grills
Shrimp: maybe it was just my grilling technique, but after grilling them, it was very tough to peel the shell off. Imo that's a sign of non freshness of shrimp
Kim Chi: oh yes this perhaps was the most delicious item. But first you need to grill it on the grill and it tastes extremely delicious!
Everything else (sliced beef, chicken, fish, etc) was okay. Not bad not spectacular either. The California roll and spicy Salmon roll was just mediocre.
Smoke: here's the Biggest issue. There seems to be no suction exhaust fan at all?? Back like 10 years ago, Toronto Korean BBQ started using suction directly at the grill level. So from that point forward, your clothes didn't stink like Korean BBQ for 2 days after.
So this Chako had no suction so the smoke just rose like it would and blow into our faces and eyes. It was very uncomfortable. Soon, the entire restaurant was smokey as expected. And it was only like 10% full? See attached photo of the smoke.
This made our dinner very un-enjoyable and I couldn't wait to get out of there.
Chako Mississauga please install those exhaust fan at the grill level!!!
Tips: like someone posted, the waiter told us the first 10% goes to manager and then whatever is on top is service. This is bullocks. I thought about it and I believe this is something the waiters say to make more tips.
Either management knows they are saying this or not. I bet you the servers gets the tip like any other restaurant, but this way many people will pay more!
If what they say is true, then the restaurant simply raised the prices by 10%. And if I was a waiter there, I'd complain why I am not getting the tip as normal. And I'd look for another restaurant to work at if that's the case.
So, bad ribs, smoke in my eyes, tip issue, non enjoyable dinner:
1 star
Other Chako locations, 4 stars.
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