Helen G.
Yelp
We came on New Year's and paid dinner price for sushi + kbbq, which is ~$50 per person, so with that price, we expected pretty good food.
They first give you tons of sides, like kimchi, potato salad, salad, choice of soup, etc. These sides are pretty good, especially the kimchi jjigae stew that has a lot of flavor and body, really delicious for AYCE! The sushi menu comes with its own sides like takoyaki, seaweed salad, agedashi tofu, karaage, etc. I really liked the takoyaki especially for an AYCE place, and again all of these sides were pretty good!
Unfortunately the food really is mid, it is just okay. Not bad but not good either. The Korean bbq meat cuts were not good, the beef belly namely did not have that strip of fat it is supposed to have, it tastes more like brisket and is much tougher . The bone in Galbi was alright, but the marinade is not as good as literally any other kbbq place we have been to. The boneless Galbi was tender but not seasoned at all, making it bland. On the bright side, the pork belly was fine and the sirloin for beef was really good, it actually had marbling for flavor and had salt and pepper so it wasn't bland. This was the only meat cut I liked for the Korean bbq.
For the sushi, again most of it was just okay. I thought the nigiri was really average other than the fatty salmon which my friends really liked. The baked rolls were also average, but the scallops on the scallop baked rolls were good. The unagi was the best thing for the sushi, but it tended to have soft bones left inside. Again everything we ordered from sushi was just okay.
Service is good, they are fast considering all the options they have and food they have to bring out, and everyone is really friendly.
For $50 a person, you can find pretty nice AYCE at other kbbq places, hotpot places, or even sushi places. They just don't have it all combined, and while this offers the option of all 3, the food is really average and the combinations don't necessarily go together either. I would rather eat just one option and have it be really good.
The sides are pretty good here, like stews, salads, and other appetizers, but I find the main dishes to be lacking.
Maybe a good experience once just to try, but I don't plan on coming back.
On the plus side, the interior is very spacious and clean!