Vicky B.
Yelp
My boyfriend and I were craving some korean bbq but didn't want to drive all the way to chinatown so we found a place that was somewhat close to our home. Kure popped up and we thought we should try it out as it was also open late.
When we arrived at 8pm, the restaurant wasn't very packed but there were 2 large parties with more than 8 people and it looked like more people were coming in to join them as I kept seeing people go over to their table. It also looked like they had been there for at least 2 hours or more already.
We were invited to take a seat at any table but the table that the waiter had pointed to was dirty so they told us to wait just a few minutes as there was another table that was being cleaned and a grill was put in for us to use. Once the table was ready, we sat down and skimmed over the menu. We requested waters for drinks and for appetizers, we ordered corn cheese, kimchi soup and 2 salads as well as steamed egg. The corn cheese was a very small portion, not really sharable but still tasted good, then the steamed egg and salads. It was about another 20 minutes after we began eating that someone came over to see if we wanted to order anything else and we told the lady that we wanted to order some meats to grill. We ordered about 5 plates of meat and then she left. The meats came out fairly quickly and we began grilled. While we had waited for the meats to come out, palplatestes, scissors, grilling tongs, chop sticks, bonchons and other utensils came out but afterwards, no one came by to check on us. My water cup was practically empty I had kept looking around but none of the wait staff were very observant or would come by to our table to ask if we needed something else. It wasn't until the table behind us wanted to order that I was able to get the attention of the same waiter to ask for jalapenos and garlic slices. They only brought out Garlic slices but never came back to let me know if they had jalapenos or not. I had to ask another waiter who was just walking by if they had jalapenos and she said she's check. When she came back, she threw a small bowl of sliced jalapenos on the table saying "this is all they have." and walked away without asking if I needed anything else, nor checking if I wanted more water (which I really would have appreciated.)
A waiter finally came by asking if we wanted to order anything else after we had finished all the meats we had ordered and we ordered about 3 more plates of meat. However the waiter that came by never picked up or made any attempt to clear off our table of the empty plates we had on the table. Even for a less of a busy night, it just seemed as if the staff would wait until the guest leave to clean up and even then they would just disappear all in the back at the same time. There was a few times I noticed there were no waiters visibly on the floor and at a later point they were all sitting at a table cleaning 1 table that one of the large parties had which didn't require all 5 waiters.
Overall the food was the only good thing there. The service was awful so I can't imagine what service is like if the restaurant was actually busy. The waiters were unobservant and not available to the guests frequently enough.
The place is good for large groups of people or dates but overall due to poor service I wouldn't recommend coming here.
