Sharon M.
Yelp
Where do I begin! While on vacation, we were looking for an AYCE yakuniku/korean bbq restaurant for dinner. Of course I turned to Yelp and found two that caught my eye. After reading reviews, I called both locations and they were both an hour wait from the time I called but we decided to go to the closer location. It was a great choice.
They did have a waitlist that they use, but it was not available during the time that we wanted. We got there in about 25 min from our hotel and found that it was free valet parking on the side of the restaurant.
We walked in to put our names on the waitlist on the iPad at the hostess counter. The hostess was very nice and welcoming. The iPad stated that it would be a 24-39 min wait. There were 9 parties before us but the line went rather quickly and we were seated in 20 min. That was great as we expected it to be longer.
We were seated in a booth to the left side room of the restaurant. The restaurant is big and has many tables for dining. In the center, there is a big buffet full of raw meats, many banchan choices, and some fried items such as fried rice, fried chicken, waffle fries, and chicken katsu to name a few.
On the menu, they have prepremium meats that you can order 3 at a time. We wondered why only 3, but when the meats came, the portions were very very big then we understood why. You can also order soondubu and steamed egg dishes. Our server was on top of it and came to change our grill many times. I absolutely loved that so it wasn't soooo smoky and the grill was not chared.
We were so happy that we decided on this restaurant. Dinner was $35.99 which is not bad at all for AYCE Yakuniku. They do have a disclaimer saying all uneaten food would be charged $9.99 per pound. We did not have any issues with that. We loved EVERYTHING and definitely recommend this restaurant. The meats were good, the banchan was soooo good as well. My favorite meat was the galbi! Simly DELISH!
If you are in LA or in the Torrance area, you need to try this restaurant especially if you like Korean BBQ. It will not disappoint!