Ruth M.
Yelp
My friends and I arrived around 8:30, and the owner did not hesitate to let us know, after we were seated that they close at 9:30 sharp. Initially they attempted to seat all five of us at a table with one stove. I politely asked if we could sit at a table with two instead, and there was an immediate hesitation on their end as if they could not accommodate but the restaurant was nearly empty upon arrival so I didn't see the problem. I wear glasses, but damn I had my contacts in and could see clear as serran wrap!
The owner took care of us...or her sister, whomever she was she sat us down and immediately started suggesting appetizers. Cool, it was our first time and she wanted us to have a tasty experience. The egg rolls and dumplings were good, but covered in a teriyaki like sauce. It was a bit overwhelming.
Anywho, as we proceed to order she immediately pushed the combo for 3-4 people instead of the combo for 2 which was still plenty for the 3 of us sharing a stove. She took everyone's drinks, but never served those who didn't order a drink water. And for reference, by those of us it's me...I am those of us. Cool. Whatever
We order and the menu indicates all the sauces you can have your meat come with or marinaded in, but this was never mentioned to us.So for someone who was pushing these appetizers we should try because they taste great, she sure didn't mention how we could elevate our meat with these sauces and seasonings advertised on the menu.
Our food comes out and of course, as per any Korean bbq place, we start putting meat on the grill. At our own pace. She then inserts herself at our table and starts filling the grill completely with all random meats at once. At this point she's cooking our meat at a faster pace than we can eat--we start rushing to keep up with her. If I wanted a Benihana's experience I would have went there--especially to feed the fish under the bridge. But this iswhere i started to get annoyed. Like, please let's us enjoy this experience?
Anywho, she does this again with a 3rd serving of meat and leaves to the other side of the table to insert herself to cook their meat as she did ours. I flip our meat which some of it was pork and within seconds she immediately comes and starts distributing the pork on our plates. This is where I became upset. I JUST flipped the pork over and not even 5 seconds past and she's serving it on our plates. Okay at this point, I'm offended that there was no regard to make sure the pork was cooked to completion
So we at this point we are 3-4 cooks in and our grill top is BLACK. We can't even tell if the meat is cooking because each side has been charred immediately and looks cooked on the outside but who knows. Not to add. There's chicken to be mindful of. Again, the disregard for making sure everything is safe to eat since she's cooking it is boiling my blood at this point.
whatever, the only positive thing I can say is that there was no charge for alll of the extra meat we needed to take to go. As we're eating and she's done cooking she leaves our table comes back and asks about the bill and payment. Before we can respond, she looks at us and asks if we can just arrange to Venmo each other? I couldn't help but feel that was so unprofessional. Like what is that? What if I had a basic pre-paid flip phone because the way these gas prices are these days, I've been thinking about it!! Anywho, I GUESS I get that she would prefer it to be paid on one card, and she could have just said that instead of just asking us to venmo eachother.
Not once did the grill get changed, it was as black as the tarr used to patch cracks on Cockerhill. We were rushed and everything then started to taste burnt. Our cooking experience was taken away from us and we didn't have much privacy as we ate because she inserted herself. AND THEN, automatically added gratuity to the bill of two people and to the bill of three people. The bill overall in my opinion, was way too much already.
As this lady was polite, it did not come off as genuine. She was rushing us the entire time but kept telling us to take our time. I thought Opposite Day was a middle school myth!? If she felt we came in too late at 8:30 because they close at 9:30 sharp, she could have told us she couldn't seat a party of our size that late.
On top of everything it was way over priced. The combo base price alone came out to about $60 per person for unseasoned non-marinated meat. Gen is better and cheaper.
I will not be back. I don't recommend but i wish this business the best of luck.
