Loved the food and atmosphere was really good. I think they serve chinese/korean food here. It was my first time visiting so we had some recommendations from sean ( our waiter) and ordered sweet and sour pork, spicy lamb kebob, beef kebob , and assorted vegetable with glass noodle. Our server came back frequently to check on our table. It was great experience overall. But only downside is that price is little bit too high. Other than that , food and service was excellent.
Brock S.
I'm a fan. The food was good, really tasty, felt fresh. The staff was nice and came back often enough. It was a great variety with Chinese and Korean and somewhat unique in terms of those options on the same menu. I'll be back for sure. The only thing is it's pretty expensive. Like you can't really eat a "meal" without spending $30+ per person. But it's worth a shot regardless!
Linh P.
We had a reservation on a Tuesday for dinner. The parking lot was small but I believe there was extra parking in the back. We were kindly greeted by the server and promptly seated. As it was our first time there, the server answered our questions about the food and amount of skewers in each order. The food came out shortly after but no one explained to us that there was a specific direction to put the skewers on the grill. After grilling some skewers, a server noticed that we were grilling them improperly and came to help us. Afterwards, everything went pretty smooth. They provide you with quite a few side dishes, almost like at Korean BBQ restaurants. Definitely more than the usual you would get at skewer places. It was nice that we didn't have to order a lot of appetizer/side dishes. But we did order the cucumber salad. The cucumber salad was light and super refreshing! It was a great palette cleaner in between the richness of the skewers. We got the beef skewers, pork belly, rack of lamb, chicken, and gizzard. All of the skewers were really delicious with the provided sauce/seasoning. But one of the best dishes was the salt and pepper pork! It was so delicious and packed with some much flavor. Would definitely recommend getting!
Noah W.
Prices are moderately high but still worth it. The lamb skewers are good, and I'm a fan of the warm noodle. Skewers are great to share if you want to get a main dish as well. Skewers come in sets of ten for lamb, beef and chicken.
James S.
Great bbq restaurant. I ate here and was pleased with their food quality and service.
Joseph K.
Great, just like the one in Ktown, but larger. However, the wait is even longer. Kids love the rotating skewers. There are plenty of options...maybe too many options that it gets confusing and we end up ordering more varieties. The service was good too. The waitress would come by to make sure we don't burn the meat. I will definitely go back, but I hope that wait time gets shorter.
Vincent P.
I am trying out this place for the first time. It's pretty good. I like the quality they have for each of the meats. It's a bit pricy but worth it. The squid is pretty good. Def worth coming back!
Monika M.
Definitely an experience!! The skewers will rotate on its own so that it'll cook evenly on each side. I'm usually not a fan of lamb but I was able to enjoyably eat the lamb here! They also have some fun skewers like steamed buns. They also have vegetarian friendly items such as veggie skewers and veggie dishes!
Shadia N.
Ambiance was pretty casual! Service was quick sometimes there might be a bit of a wait on weekends. We waited about 20-30 minutes in the evening. We ordered the chicken gizzard, intestines, quail, beef tendon, steamed buns, eggplant with garlic sauce, and fried sweet and sour pork!
Timothy C.
I only tried Malatang and cilantro pork. This place can cook. Malatang is full of flavor and ingredients. Cilantro pork was very refreshing. It was perfect with my basmati rice. I rest my case.
This is a korean chinese spot so everyone is clear. It's not as good as the real deal authentic Chinese skewers. I don't think I would come back to this place by choice but would go if people said they wanted to go.
Ella C.
I was there wednesday for lunch with friend of mine. First time visiting , had lamb skewer and beef skewer. They were both great. Our server sean showed us how to cook the meat, and he refilled all the side dishes before we even asked for it. Very good service and food overall. Will be back for sure to try other stuff on the menu.
Gyuri K.
Its very pricey. Be aware to spend money! Service was good. She kept checking on us and It was good quality of meat. But malatang was very spicy.
Navy I.
Walked in there before the dinner rush. Parking was too bad but you may want to carpool rather meet up there. We got seated fairly quick. We told the service that it was our first time; our server wasn't too focused on us much he forgot our rice we ordered and our drinks... We ordered: Chicken wing screwer (6.99) for two party wings ((middle part)) Lamb kabobs (10 sticks) Beef kabobs (10 sticks) Eggplants stirfried Whole Squid came cooked already It was very delicious and the experience of cooking ourselves. After we finished our server then asked us if we got our rice, (honestly) Rice was hard. not cooked with enough water. I would have rather they forgot the rice completely. The other server was a bit more like able; he got us our drinks and bowl of rices.. The food was good but wayyyyyyy over price..$6.99 for two partial wings? Our bill was $184 plus tip
Terry K.
A Chinese skewer restaurant in Buena sounded so exciting because I didn't have to go to Rowland or Irvine anymore. Clearly not an option. The skewers were basic at best. We order the kimchi rice and Dan Dan noodles and both were so bland 1) the prices here are ridiculous. Prices are double of what you can get at other skewer places. The quality of the meat isn't better, it's basic. Edible but nothing special. 2) ZERO STARS for service. One of the servers spilled one of our water cups as they were dropping off a plate. It got all over my jeans, my boyfriend's tray and our side of the table. The server said "sorry" then walked away. He didn't come back with any napkins or towels. We had to flag someone else down to get napkins and it was the tiniest stack. Are you serious? The server knew they water spilled everywhere and did nothing about it. Didn't offer to replace the tray that ruined the spice powder on there. We had to ask for more napkins and they made it seem like we were bothering them. 3) the rotating skewers were not cooking the meats evenly. We had to keep shuffling them around. Not sure if it was just our table or their system in general. 4) they forgot our alcohol. our table thought they probably didn't put it in and didn't think it was a big deal. but when we got the bill it was on there and questioned us and the other servers to make sure we didn't get our drinks. Honestly don't waste your time or money coming here.
Loved the food and atmosphere was really good. I think they serve chinese/korean food here. It was my first time visiting so we had some recommendations from sean ( our waiter) and ordered sweet and sour pork, spicy lamb kebob, beef kebob , and assorted vegetable with glass noodle. Our server came back frequently to check on our table. It was great experience overall. But only downside is that price is little bit too high. Other than that , food and service was excellent.
I'm a fan. The food was good, really tasty, felt fresh. The staff was nice and came back often enough. It was a great variety with Chinese and Korean and somewhat unique in terms of those options on the same menu. I'll be back for sure. The only thing is it's pretty expensive. Like you can't really eat a "meal" without spending $30+ per person. But it's worth a shot regardless!
We had a reservation on a Tuesday for dinner. The parking lot was small but I believe there was extra parking in the back. We were kindly greeted by the server and promptly seated. As it was our first time there, the server answered our questions about the food and amount of skewers in each order. The food came out shortly after but no one explained to us that there was a specific direction to put the skewers on the grill. After grilling some skewers, a server noticed that we were grilling them improperly and came to help us. Afterwards, everything went pretty smooth. They provide you with quite a few side dishes, almost like at Korean BBQ restaurants. Definitely more than the usual you would get at skewer places. It was nice that we didn't have to order a lot of appetizer/side dishes. But we did order the cucumber salad. The cucumber salad was light and super refreshing! It was a great palette cleaner in between the richness of the skewers. We got the beef skewers, pork belly, rack of lamb, chicken, and gizzard. All of the skewers were really delicious with the provided sauce/seasoning. But one of the best dishes was the salt and pepper pork! It was so delicious and packed with some much flavor. Would definitely recommend getting!
Prices are moderately high but still worth it. The lamb skewers are good, and I'm a fan of the warm noodle. Skewers are great to share if you want to get a main dish as well. Skewers come in sets of ten for lamb, beef and chicken.
Great bbq restaurant. I ate here and was pleased with their food quality and service.
Great, just like the one in Ktown, but larger. However, the wait is even longer. Kids love the rotating skewers. There are plenty of options...maybe too many options that it gets confusing and we end up ordering more varieties. The service was good too. The waitress would come by to make sure we don't burn the meat. I will definitely go back, but I hope that wait time gets shorter.
I am trying out this place for the first time. It's pretty good. I like the quality they have for each of the meats. It's a bit pricy but worth it. The squid is pretty good. Def worth coming back!
Definitely an experience!! The skewers will rotate on its own so that it'll cook evenly on each side. I'm usually not a fan of lamb but I was able to enjoyably eat the lamb here! They also have some fun skewers like steamed buns. They also have vegetarian friendly items such as veggie skewers and veggie dishes!
Ambiance was pretty casual! Service was quick sometimes there might be a bit of a wait on weekends. We waited about 20-30 minutes in the evening. We ordered the chicken gizzard, intestines, quail, beef tendon, steamed buns, eggplant with garlic sauce, and fried sweet and sour pork!
I only tried Malatang and cilantro pork. This place can cook. Malatang is full of flavor and ingredients. Cilantro pork was very refreshing. It was perfect with my basmati rice. I rest my case.
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This is a korean chinese spot so everyone is clear. It's not as good as the real deal authentic Chinese skewers. I don't think I would come back to this place by choice but would go if people said they wanted to go.
I was there wednesday for lunch with friend of mine. First time visiting , had lamb skewer and beef skewer. They were both great. Our server sean showed us how to cook the meat, and he refilled all the side dishes before we even asked for it. Very good service and food overall. Will be back for sure to try other stuff on the menu.
Its very pricey. Be aware to spend money! Service was good. She kept checking on us and It was good quality of meat. But malatang was very spicy.
Walked in there before the dinner rush. Parking was too bad but you may want to carpool rather meet up there. We got seated fairly quick. We told the service that it was our first time; our server wasn't too focused on us much he forgot our rice we ordered and our drinks... We ordered: Chicken wing screwer (6.99) for two party wings ((middle part)) Lamb kabobs (10 sticks) Beef kabobs (10 sticks) Eggplants stirfried Whole Squid came cooked already It was very delicious and the experience of cooking ourselves. After we finished our server then asked us if we got our rice, (honestly) Rice was hard. not cooked with enough water. I would have rather they forgot the rice completely. The other server was a bit more like able; he got us our drinks and bowl of rices.. The food was good but wayyyyyyy over price..$6.99 for two partial wings? Our bill was $184 plus tip
A Chinese skewer restaurant in Buena sounded so exciting because I didn't have to go to Rowland or Irvine anymore. Clearly not an option. The skewers were basic at best. We order the kimchi rice and Dan Dan noodles and both were so bland 1) the prices here are ridiculous. Prices are double of what you can get at other skewer places. The quality of the meat isn't better, it's basic. Edible but nothing special. 2) ZERO STARS for service. One of the servers spilled one of our water cups as they were dropping off a plate. It got all over my jeans, my boyfriend's tray and our side of the table. The server said "sorry" then walked away. He didn't come back with any napkins or towels. We had to flag someone else down to get napkins and it was the tiniest stack. Are you serious? The server knew they water spilled everywhere and did nothing about it. Didn't offer to replace the tray that ruined the spice powder on there. We had to ask for more napkins and they made it seem like we were bothering them. 3) the rotating skewers were not cooking the meats evenly. We had to keep shuffling them around. Not sure if it was just our table or their system in general. 4) they forgot our alcohol. our table thought they probably didn't put it in and didn't think it was a big deal. but when we got the bill it was on there and questioned us and the other servers to make sure we didn't get our drinks. Honestly don't waste your time or money coming here.