Holly H.
Yelp
My party came here around dinner time on a Friday - that is to say, I was there very early for a late night Korean place. There were plenty of other tables open with only 2-3 other parties seated at the same time as us.
Keep in mind that if you come with a large party (5+ people), 18% gratuity is automatically added to your bill.
This is one of the places that uses a button near the table that your party can use to call your waiter. This worked out pretty well because the wait staff would come very quickly after the button was pressed. However, this means you need to remember to press the button anytime you need the waitstaff because they won't come by to check on you otherwise (e.g. you'll need to use it when you want to order and when you want the check).
Our appetizer came out first - truffle fries ($9.00). The fries met expectations - texture wise they were crispy enough but not notably better than fries elsewhere. They are about the same size and shape as McDonald's fries, but less tasty and of course with a strong truffle flavor.
The Korean chicken wings ($23.00) came out next. The chicken wing options on the menu were shockingly nondescript (we were considering the "supreme" wings which told us nothing about the flavor of the sauce), so the Korean chicken wings seemed like one of the more predictable options. These wings were very saucy - I'm not a huge fan of saucy wings (at no fault of this restaurant). They were pretty good for what they were - had no issues with the taste (the sauce has a sweetness to it which I expected for Korean wings) nor the texture (didn't notice the wings being soggy at all).
The spicy army soup ($42.00) was a bit underwhelming. It looked like a large quantity from some pictures I'd seen on Yelp (it's meant for sharing with 2-3 people), but the pot was actually shallower than I thought. I thought there would be a greater variety of items in the pot - there was spam, sausage, rice cake, ramen noodles, mushroom, cabbage, onion, etc. which was not unexpected but nothing special.
The final food item to come out was the kimchi pancake ($18.00). This also met expectations - no complaints about the taste or texture.
For drinks, my party tried the soju cocktail ($24.00), which is also meant for sharing. This was really nothing special - it just tasted like guava flavored soju, not sure what else they added in here.
Overall, the experience was fine but I wouldn't come back here in a hurry. I was already coming into this dining experience with low expectations since this place is meant for the late night drinking crowd, and I wasn't experiencing the restaurant in its intended fashion. That being said, the drink selection didn't stand out to me (more of a place to get drunk quickly rather than enjoy tasty drinks). There are other places that are of the same flavor as this restaurant (e.g. Pocha K) that had more imaginative late-night food and better drinks. For Korean comfort food, there are definitely better places to go - nothing was wrong with the food per se but the prices were pretty high for dishes that were just barely meeting expectations.
