Tabletop grills fire cook-your-own Korean BBQ feasts at this no-frills veteran family-style spot.
4128 Geary Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94118 Get directions
"Brothers Restaurant is loud, smoky, and a full-blown meat party. The hazy Korean BBQ spot in the Richmond is always packed with groups huddled around tabletop charcoal grills, flipping juicy strips of bulgogi, and passing japchae in between swigs of Cass. It’s ideal for a birthday dinner that’s the opposite of stuffy, and the bill won’t make you want to hibernate for a week either. Just roll up with your group, let your friend do the grilling for you (it is your birthday, after all), and make your way through a few mountains of well-marinated meat." - julia chen 1, patrick wong, ricky rodriguez
"Brothers is a Korean BBQ spot that’ll encourage you to turn your phone face-down, pour yourself a frosty glass of Cass, and spend the night working through mounds of well-marinated meats. The Richmond spot is controlled chaos—the hood fans fire all night, there’s a smoky haze throughout the dining room thanks to the glowing charcoal grills, and groups of all ages toast while flipping bulgogi and spicy pork. Focus your attention on the table full of banchan and meat, and enjoy not checking your notifications for the next two hours." - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez, patrick wong
"Brothers is a Korean BBQ spot in the Richmond that uses charcoal grills rather than gas, and the smokiness comes through in every bite of just-sweet-enough bulgogi, marinated spicy pork, and boneless galbi. Just make sure to also save room on the table for piles of endless excellent banchan and japchae. Hood fans fire at full force, and meat sizzles as a constant backtrack, overlaid by the sounds of birthday celebrations and group catch-ups over peach soju and Cass—it’s controlled chaos, and we love it. " - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
"The Brothers universe revolves around meat. As soon as you walk into this Richmond Korean BBQ restaurant, prepare to spend hours of quality time with sizzling mounds of spicy pork and bulgogi marinated in a sweet-salty sauce. The space feels intimate, lit by all of the glowy charcoal grills. And even with the constant hood fans firing at full speed, you can still manage to have a normal conversation. The seemingly endless supply of Cass makes Brothers the ideal place to forget about the day’s lowlights while you focus all of your attention on getting the crispiest char possible on your galbi. Come with friends, turn your phone face-down, and keep the banchan refills coming. " - julia chen 1, lani conway, ricky rodriguez
"Passing through the front door at Brothers means turning your phone on silent and giving yourself over to the haze of charcoal and bulgogi smoke. The Korean spot in the Richmond is a dimly lit, meat-centric escape from whatever hellfire you had to put out today—mounds of bulgogi and marinated spicy pork sizzle away on a tabletop grill, and you’ll have to shout to be heard over the hood fans firing away at full throttle. Basically, prepare to spend the next couple of hours forgetting about everything except the smoky BBQ piles in front of you." - ricky rodriguez, julia chen 1
