Frank W.
Yelp
We ate so much at K BBQ for a late lunch that I could not stomach the idea of dinner. My nephew, our mutual friend, and I were running a half marathon the next day. They picked me up at the airport. We were trying to decide whether to eat and what. I looked at options: in Texas, it seems meat is the local preference (during the race, which I had run twice before, I saw more than one participant in a Texas Beef Council t-shirt). I actually have curtailed my consumption of animal protein significantly, but I am not a vegetarian, so my thinking was this would be a good venue at which to go all out.
We were not disappointed. The format is all you can eat. They have several tiers of pricing. They also warn, as they should, against waste.
Our friend had not had Korean BBQ before. You cook it yourself. I believe the burners for the unit in your table were not the best. I'd rather the flames were hotter/higher. That is a quibble. It worked out. We had beef, chicken, pork belly, and octopus. We also had the cheese corn and few other side dishes, and those little appetizers that are standard (banchan; although I am, it turns out according to genetic testing, partly of Korean ancestry, I was not raised with any Korean culture). My friend and I drank a bottle of makgeolli. The idea was if we did all this in the afternoon, we would have recovered before our race. I am not so sure this was the best idea.
In any event, the server was superfriendly. She checked on us often. The smokiness was mild. That is hardly a complaint. One of the issues, if you are not familiar with this cuisine, is that a good night out will leave your clothing with signifiant odor, and, depending on the fabric, you might not be able to get out the scent -- which is fine, since it is a reminder of time well spent. That might be related to the style of burner. It was all milder. Another issue, which almost caused us to give up but if you consider it is in fact an excellent indication of quality, is the parking lot was just jammed. We circled for a good 10 minutes. The whole mall, on a Saturday afternoon, was bustling to an extent that challenges the notion that retail is in trouble.
I would eat at K BBQ again. The only reason not to is that, of course, such a diet cannot be healthy if indulged in to excess.