"Honey, where do you want to take the kids to dinner tonight? I don't feel like cooking dinner..." I asked my wife.
"Hey let's go to Chako! We haven't been there for a long time!".
Great...on a night where I don't want to cook she wants us to go to a restaurant where we have to cook ourselves?!?!? Go figure!!
Chako has been around a while as an all you can eat Korean BBQ joint in Scarborough. It has your standard beef, fish and chicken cuts of meat, along with other items such as fish, shrimp and other seafood choices. The beef ribs tend to be a standout of the items we ordered. There is more selection on dinner and weekend dinner menus with the price adjusted accordingly.
Its not really high quality cuts of meat but at this price point its reasonable for what you pay. The good thing is that the marinated meats are lightly seasoned and not too salty like many AYCE joints. They also have some simple sushi rolls with quality that is similar to what you find in the supermarket aisles in case you want something different. The matcha and mango ice cream were really bad though and partially melted already when you get them.
Service was really good as the servers are constantly walking around and quite pleasant which is always a bonus. They charge 10% service charge but the servers emphasize you can tip more if you want. I'm guessing since that 10% only goes directly to the management:(
Overall its okay, nothing great but does the job if you don't want to cook.....wait I mean if you don't want to do the dishes afterwards;)