TIP: it's located next to Kabuki, across from Barnes and Nobles. Your clothes and purses will smell like bbq afterwards so don't wear your favorite fancy clothes if you plan to eat here :)
I came here the week after their opening with a Korean friend who's visiting town. She moved to MN for school and was dying for some KBBQ. We're both USC alumni so we've had our fair share of bomb kbbq in LA's KTown.
Pros:
-Lots of parking (mall parking)
-clean and new facility
- very attentive staff
- fair prices (same prices as the other Gen locations in CA)
- meat quality is quite good (LOVE the tongue, hawaiian steak, brisket, pork belly, and baby octopus)
Cons: (Why I only gave this location 3 star)
- a little hard to find since it's in the middle of the mall
- we had several dirty plates and bowls with crusty dried food on them :(
- The soups (bean paste and soon du boo were luke warm when served)
- the wait is pretty long since they're new, yet they won't allow reservation.
- they don't have any hot sauce, this is like a crime against asian food lol
Overall, decent spot because the KBBQ is new to Arizona and there's not much competition (Took this trend long enough to catch on =.=) For the same price, I've had much better kbbq in CA, BUT this will definitely help me satisfy cravings if I can't go back from for my meat fix :)