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| - Came here after buying their groupon.
While not a negative impact on my experience, the place was pretty empty with only two other tables occupied. But whatever.
At first, I wanted to order their short ribs, but they were out. While I figured this was only for the day, there was other pictures and menu items that were X'd out with permanent marker. It would be cool if they kept up with a updated menu.
I got the calamari, the pork cutlet, and the bulgogi fries. The calamari was tempura battered, not a whole lot of flavor to it, but it wasn't overly cooked and chewy like some calamari tends to be. It came with a soy sauce and vinegar type of sauce which added some needed flavor. Overall it was okay. The bulgogi fries ended being a lot of fries with only a little bit of bulgogi. The meat was overly sweet. It was topped with some shredded cheese, onions, and some type of 'corner store gas station nacho cheese' and two other dip-able sauces. While it was something different, and of course I wasn't expecting it to be or taste like authentic Korean food, some more bulgogi on it would have made it a little less forgettable. The pork cutlet was pounded extremely thin and heavily breaded. There was some type of sauce on it, but I couldn't tell what it was, and the pieces that didn't have sauce on it didn't have any flavor to it. Most of the pieces were chewy. Rice and some shredded cabbage with a drizzling of sauce came with it.
The service was good, I was always given more napkins when I asked for them, and I always had plenty of ice water.
Nothing was particularly bad, but nothing was particularly good either. Which is fine, since 21 doesn't play itself up to be a fine dinning experience. It mainly plays itself to be a bar that serves bar type food. I saw they had a full bar with a selection of soju and other Korean alcohol. The food seemed perfect for 1/2 off happy hour, or to soak up some alcohol.
I would come again with another groupon or during one of their half off food and drink days. With it being so empty during the evening time, I don't know how much longer it will remain open.
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