Gary F.
Yelp
This popped up as a new place in the area, so I figured I'd give it a try. I was by myself and got seated way out in left field in the back corner of the restaurant even though they weren't very busy. It didn't bother me or anything, just wondering what the thought process was on that. Maybe they thought I wanted some privacy or something.
My server was attentive while I checked out the menu. He excused his poor English, but that rarely bothers me as long as I can get my point across. The menu has pictures, so I figured I could point at pictures if nothing else. Turned out in the end that his English was fine (in my opinion, anyway - certainly better than my Chinese). I agree with some of the other reviewers that the the influence seemed to be more Chinese than Korean... but examples of both were definitely available.
I did not do the grill thing... there wasn't a built-in grill at the table I was at, so not sure how it would have worked if I ordered something that needed to grill myself. I assume a portable grill would appear at my table? Dunno. Maybe I was in the "don't trust this guy with fire" section. No idea.
I ordered Spicy Chicken - which, by the looks of the menu, was intended to be cooked in the kitchen (and it was). My server offered to bring rice as well, but I declined... which seemed to puzzle him :) I like rice, just trying to keep the starch down. I didn't see any point in him bringing it out if I didn't intend to have much if any of it.
He brought out some small plates with some sprouts, some broccoli... kimchee (or something similar) and an interesting peanut dish. I sampled from each of the dishes and before I knew it, they were gone. I've never really been a fan of kimchee... but I tried it and it wasn't bad. Before I knew it, it was gone. The main dish came out before too long and it was beautiful - piled high with bright red peppers. Tasty too - but I hope they didn't expect me to eat all of those peppers!
Around the time my main dish was served, a few families showed up and they were seated more towards the front / middle of the dining room. This pulled my server away and from that point on I was more or less forgotten in the wilderness of the back corner. I'm not going to say this upset me; simply making an observation. I wasn't in a hurry to go anywhere, so I slowly worked my way through my meal and chilled for a bit. I waited quite awhile for some sort of bill... then eventually I got up and chased mine down.
What I had was good... but I feel I need to explore the menu a bit more.