We were so excited for AYCE KBBQ at $16.99 per person. After reading some stellar reviews on Yelp, we couldn't wait to try the bomb ass chadol and sirloin and enjoy the awesome service.
Hmm.. did that happen? Well, 1 out of 3 delivered so you be the judge.
Our group of 5 sat at a table by the back, next to the serving stations. You would think that would help our chances of getting great service, but nope! We had to constantly ask for food and drinks. At one point, we were sitting there meatless, banchan-less and with no drinks whatsoever. WTF?
All of us were pretty annoyed by this fact and we had to ask for steamed egg a few times. They tried to tell us we already got it, but we weren't that dumb. One of the waitresses was cool and hooked us up with 3 steamed eggs (that's the limit per table). However, I did see that the table behind us got stellar service and tons of steamed egg. Hmm..
On to the food. We ordered pretty much everything off the $16.99 menu, except for the intestines (barf) and the pork belly.
Chadol: Weird. Not like typical chadol, too thick and progressively got more funky. We had about 4 plates of chadol. At one point, even the waiter couldn't tell if it was chadol or beef tongue!
Sirloin: OMFG. Winner of the night! This thick and juicy steak was delicious! There is a limit of 1 steak per 2 people. We had 5, but still got 3 steaks. Yay for some sweet talking from MC in our group. Definitely get the sirloin, you won't be disappointed.
Sirloin
Hmm.. did that happen? Well, 1 out of 3 delivered so you be the judge.
Our group of 5 sat at a table by the back, next to the serving stations. You would think that would help our chances of getting great service, but nope! We had to constantly ask for food and drinks. At one point, we were sitting there meatless, banchan-less and with no drinks whatsoever. WTF?
All of us were pretty annoyed by this fact and we had to ask for steamed egg a few times. They tried to tell us we already got it, but we weren't that dumb. One of the waitresses was cool and hooked us up with 3 steamed eggs (that's the limit per table). However, I did see that the table behind us got stellar service and tons of steamed egg. Hmm..
On to the food. We ordered pretty much everything off the $16.99 menu, except for the intestines (barf) and the pork belly.
Chadol: Weird. Not like typical chadol, too thick and progressively got more funky. We had about 4 plates of chadol. At one point, even the waiter couldn't tell if it was chadol or beef tongue!
Sirloin: OMFG. Winner of the night! This thick and juicy steak was delicious! There is a limit of 1 steak per 2 people. We had 5, but still got 3 steaks. Yay for some sweet talking from MC in our group. Definitely get the sirloin, you won't be disappointed.
Sirloin
Kalbi: Pretty good, albeit kinda chewy. I've had better elsewhere.
Baby octopus: Really salty, but tender. Could have done without the intense salty marinade.
sirloin, baby octopus, spicy pork belly
Beef tongue: Not bad, but then again, I'm not a fan of tongue. Don't want my food tasting me back.
Spicy pork belly: I didn't like this at all. Very hard to chew and really salty. Skip this.
Salad was okay and very salty as well! I was so thirsty the entire dinner and for hours after.
Salad + banchan
Banchan was lacking and small in portion size. Nothing out of the ordinary here. We had potato salad, daikon, fish cake, tofu, kimchee, rice wrappers, bean sprouts and pickled cucumbers. My favorites were the rice wrappers, potato salad and bean sprouts.
Overall, the food was about a 3.5 and service was a 2.
Would I come back? Probably not. But, you can't beat a $20 dinner and feeling like a stuffed cow.
3/5***
Cham Sut Gol
3700 W Olympic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90019
(323) 734-9292
2 comments:
I doubt I would ever go back there. It's one thing to get service like that if they were extremely busy, but we were 1 of 4 tables when we first showed up? Granted that it did get busier, but as it got busier, service deteriorated even more.
same here, never again!
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