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| - Just like how I never help my husband on long drives, I don't help him cook at AYCE Korean BBQ places either. Eating at Hobak was a real treat for us both, since we get even higher quality meats and we both get to enjoy it without the pressures of cooking. The wait looks daunting at times, but they are pretty good at expediting service and turning tables over. There is a popcorn machine near the front, usually blocked by people waiting, but a good way to tide you over if the wait is long. My recommendation is to come here as a couple of with a group of 4 so you're not waiting too long for the large party tables, especially on the weekends. Although there was a ton of people outside for the holidays, we got sat immediately since our party was smaller.
There is plenty of banchan to go around, and although not AYCE, the dinner sets have always left us full and with leftovers. The reason I gave this a 4 instead of a 5 is your server can really make or break your experience. The first time we went here, our server was amazing at juggling all his tables and cooking the meats very well. He even had time to have conversations with his tables and get to know people a bit. On our second visit, our server was running around like his head was cut off and you could tell he wasn't doing things efficiently. He'd walk to a table, forget what he needed to bring, walk to the kitchen, then kind of wander, before being reminded by his table what they needed, if the table didn't already ask someone else. Luckily the other staff members picked up his slack a bit. However, when he did cook our food, he overcooked items and at some points, you could just tell he was poking at the meat with the tongs, not for any purpose other than that's what he saw other people doing. He was also pretty tall and looked like he struggled bending down to do the cooking, so he couldn't really see what he was doing. That experience made us miss being able to cook our own food and be masters of our own dinner destiny, so we haven't been back in the new year, but I don't think we'll be away for too long - I love their desserts! Their ice cream sandwiches are my favorite part of the meal - we opt for strawberry, which has a little bit of chocolate in it as well.
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