Korean BBQ Poll

Which AYCE Korean BBQ in the Irvine/Tustin area do you prefer?

  • All That BBQ

    Votes: 11 36.7%

  • Gen Korean BBQ

    Votes: 3 10.0%

  • I Can BBQ

    Votes: 6 20.0%

  • Korea House

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • Seoul Garden

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • Shik Do Rak

    Votes: 11 36.7%

  • Other

    Votes: 4 13.3%
  • Total voters
    30
irvinehomeowner said:
Kenkoko said:
Just went to BWON Shabu & BBQ  in Fullerton last weekend. You get both Shabu and KBBQ AYCE. Meat quality was excellent and priced decently.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/bwon-shabu-and-bbq-fullerton-3
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I think you just found us the crown jewel... AYCE shabu, KBBQ and buffet... time to go to Fullerton.

Rep... like... thanks... +1... A++++!
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Personally...I didn't care for it and service was terrible.  Normally I don't care about service but it was really bad. 

The Korean food was okay and they gave you way too much per order so unless you are there with a lot of people, you can't really order a variety.  The meat was also shredded super thin so it was hard to grill.  Broth was meh.

Oh and they make the ultimate sin of using round grate grills instead of the thick metal plate grills. 

4 stars on Yelp but read the actual reviews...not so hot.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/bwon-shabu-and-bbq-fullerton-3

Even OC Weekly was tepid in its review...they are usually over the top on their reviews.

And as with all all-you-can-eat Korean barbecues and shabu-shabus, the evening became a contest to recoup the cost of admission. But as time wore on, I found that juggling the two burners was taking away from the experience, especially when I realized my dining partner decided she was full halfway through.

The situation was exacerbated by the fact that, unlike other Korean barbecues, the servers were not obligated to help me manage the grill. Once they dropped off the meats in premeasured boxes, they were done. As a consequence, half of what I roasted turned to cinder, and most of the veggies in my shabu pot turned to mush.

But because the restaurant institutes punitive charges for any food left uncooked or unconsumed, I persevered and ate it all. I left BWON painfully bloated, sweaty from the steam of the shabu pot and reeking of the greasy smoke of the grill. In other words, mission accomplished!
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https://ocweekly.com/fullertons-bwon-shabu-bbq-does-both-diy-genres-simultaneously/
 
Heh.

My experience was fine but maybe because it wasn?t crowded when we went. I liked that they had cheese corn and jap chae at the buffet.

The grill worked for us, actually cooked the thin sliced pork belly better.

Just too far away.
 
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