We tried this place for the first time last night for a celebration dinner and the food was very good. Wait lines were a little too long but the environment was something we enjoyed as family. Would come back here
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
bijan farhad
Over all its pretty good. Nothing crazy but still offer good variety. Must tries would be the prime steak, short ribs, and mango twist things for dessert.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Miles A
Made reservations for a party of 11, the staff killed it and we never were left waiting for anything. Shoutout my boy Rollin!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Abby Oi
We went today and we were treated so well by most of the staff we had a very nice server and the manager jonny was so sweet and on top of his game we had issues with our grill and he popped in and saved the day we didnt want to lose our table since it was in a good private area which we loved and he fixed the issue and we were able to enjoy our dinner in peace. You have to try the new boba drinks they are actually really good quality and delicious must try! 😋 The only bad thing I do wanna say is that the other manager I didnt catch his name but he might of been Latin tall and husky was kinda rude and really put a damper on our day he said he was going to charge us $5 extra each for not finishing our food we weren't even done eating yet... that really caught us off I've been here so many times and never had anyone say or do that to us... His delivery and tone was very rude and inappropriate. We were all smiles having a great time and he just popped in with his negative presence and attitude to dampen our mood.... still wont let it ruin my experience since everything else was above standards.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Eric Godoy
Right off the bat, need to state that our waiter, Israel, committed credit card fraud on my card. If you get him, save your receipt because he will add his own tip on top of what you’ve signed for.
Management seems to be in on it and tried covering for Israel until I threatened to get my bank involved. Still waiting on my refund, but have the proof needed to escalate this, hopefully that’s not needed.
Even before being literally scammed, I thought it was bizarre that the server told us he would not be able to split the bill more than 2 ways. This does not make any sense to me, that in the year 2026, we cannot split a bill, especially when the pricing is per person. It just doesn’t help the fact that this location has workers that are looking to scam you.
Food was good, would be hard to mess up serving acceptable meat. Atmosphere was bizarre, complete silence in there, no music. If you’re going here, just be careful + attentive to your receipt.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Liliana Garcia
The food was good but took forever to come out each round and I was freezing the whole time.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Jose Medina
It was okay I never had Korean food before but I imagine that this is what Korean barbecue taste like not my cup of tes
Alex Morales
The service was great! Food was great! My prima was celebrating her birthday! We even saw R.ytmz here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
J Winston
The experience was so chaotic. The staff were running around the entire restaurant, i do understand it was busy, but they all looked so lost and kept bumping into eachother. The meats werent that good and the bulgogi tasked old. The trays they bring the food on are all so dirty. The floors were extremely slippery, you have to talk really slow and they have wet floor signs all over the floor. It looks like they are having plumbing issues or something. It felt like such a dirty environment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Devin Ocampo
Alexis was fantastic! Have a lot of thing I have to avoid and she helped make sure I got the right stuff.
Came on New Year’s Day 2026 and we waited 30 min to be seated. Apparently several servers called off so we initially were being served by the manager. He took our drink orders and after bringing our drinks we didn’t see him again. After waiting for 15 min we were then handed off to Zay, our server. Under the circumstances he was very good. I have no complaints for Zay. I just wish the communication between the manager and him was better. As far as food, it was average at best. I do not like how dark it is in the restaurant. Also the vent system could be better. Too much smoke inside. The floors definitely were slippery due to the floating grease in the air. We came cause we had a gift card. I doubt we’ll be coming back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Allan
Came to GEN KBBQ on New Year’s Eve since Mr. BBQ was busy. This visit reminded me why I stopped coming here. The chadol brisket was very dry and tasted like shredded beef, and they don’t offer all the sides unless you ask. While the beef belly was decent, the overall meat quality, cleanliness, service, and atmosphere don’t compare to Mr. BBQ in Fullerton. Hopefully management reads these bad reviews and turn things around.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
LC Le
Come here as a single or couple is fine, as a big group is worse. 4 meat dishes per order, each dish is 1 piece of meat. Party of five needs to wait for the second round of order. Each portion is so small and the wait is long to get to the next round and they asked for the time when we sit down since there is 2 hours limit. Basically, All you can eat against the two hours marks and the turn around order. Never come here again Adding, the grill power is only good for 2 to 3 person party. Here is the photo of 10 or more minutes waiting between order round. Updated, after another 15 minutes waiting, nothing happened. Just ordered a Rice paper and cucumber pickle. And continued to wait.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
michael mccarthy
ABSOLUTELY FILTHY
I have never walked out on a restaurant before. This was such a horrible experience.
I understand that in a Korean bbq restaurant, it gets a little greasy with all the mean cooking. When I tell you I had a PUDDLE OF GREASE at my feet. I almost fell multiple times walking through the restaurant.
When we were seated, the booths were extremely cramped. My knees were hitting the table and I couldn’t sit comfortably.
We ordered the dinner option. EVERY PLATE WAS DIRTY when we got our plates of food. A thick layer of old food and grease coated the plates our food came out on. On top of that, none of the food we got was correct.
When we asked the waiter about it, he said they were busy and were just cleaning the dishes fast. There was maybe 30 people in the restaurant. I’ve seen busy and Gen and that was not busy in there. You are not too busy to provide a clean and healthy atmosphere. We asked for management and all she did was take the food back and avoid us. She didn’t apologize or have anything to say. We saw there was a second manager and we told her we were leaving and this was disgusting. She comped our meal that we didn’t even eat. It was such an inconvenience.
The least they could have done was offer a coupon or something but when asked, she just walked away from us. This place is a health risk to anyone who may be allergic to food and is a hazard for anyone who sets foot in there.
We drove 30 minutes to their Santa Ana location and had an amazing experience. Floors were clean, great music, awesome people, AND CLEAN PLATES!
I’m a huge fan of Gen Korean bbq and I will 100% be going back, But I will NEVER go back to this Anaheim location. DO BETTER!!!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Kevin Kelly
Food is alright and service is bad. Small portions, messed up orders, slow service, water left empty, single napkin per person. I've come to this place twice now. Both times exactly the same.
We tried this place for the first time last night for a celebration dinner and the food was very good. Wait lines were a little too long but the environment was something we enjoyed as family. Would come back here
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Over all its pretty good. Nothing crazy but still offer good variety. Must tries would be the prime steak, short ribs, and mango twist things for dessert.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Made reservations for a party of 11, the staff killed it and we never were left waiting for anything. Shoutout my boy Rollin!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We went today and we were treated so well by most of the staff we had a very nice server and the manager jonny was so sweet and on top of his game we had issues with our grill and he popped in and saved the day we didnt want to lose our table since it was in a good private area which we loved and he fixed the issue and we were able to enjoy our dinner in peace. You have to try the new boba drinks they are actually really good quality and delicious must try! 😋
The only bad thing I do wanna say is that the other manager I didnt catch his name but he might of been Latin tall and husky was kinda rude and really put a damper on our day he said he was going to charge us $5 extra each for not finishing our food we weren't even done eating yet... that really caught us off I've been here so many times and never had anyone say or do that to us... His delivery and tone was very rude and inappropriate. We were all smiles having a great time and he just popped in with his negative presence and attitude to dampen our mood.... still wont let it ruin my experience since everything else was above standards.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Right off the bat, need to state that our waiter, Israel, committed credit card fraud on my card. If you get him, save your receipt because he will add his own tip on top of what you’ve signed for.
Management seems to be in on it and tried covering for Israel until I threatened to get my bank involved. Still waiting on my refund, but have the proof needed to escalate this, hopefully that’s not needed.
Even before being literally scammed, I thought it was bizarre that the server told us he would not be able to split the bill more than 2 ways. This does not make any sense to me, that in the year 2026, we cannot split a bill, especially when the pricing is per person. It just doesn’t help the fact that this location has workers that are looking to scam you.
Food was good, would be hard to mess up serving acceptable meat. Atmosphere was bizarre, complete silence in there, no music. If you’re going here, just be careful + attentive to your receipt.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
The food was good but took forever to come out each round and I was freezing the whole time.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
It was okay I never had Korean food before but I imagine that this is what Korean barbecue taste like not my cup of tes
The service was great! Food was great! My prima was celebrating her birthday! We even saw R.ytmz here!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The experience was so chaotic. The staff were running around the entire restaurant, i do understand it was busy, but they all looked so lost and kept bumping into eachother. The meats werent that good and the bulgogi tasked old. The trays they bring the food on are all so dirty. The floors were extremely slippery, you have to talk really slow and they have wet floor signs all over the floor. It looks like they are having plumbing issues or something. It felt like such a dirty environment.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alexis was fantastic! Have a lot of thing I have to avoid and she helped make sure I got the right stuff.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Came on New Year’s Day 2026 and we waited 30 min to be seated. Apparently several servers called off so we initially were being served by the manager. He took our drink orders and after bringing our drinks we didn’t see him again. After waiting for 15 min we were then handed off to Zay, our server. Under the circumstances he was very good. I have no complaints for Zay. I just wish the communication between the manager and him was better. As far as food, it was average at best. I do not like how dark it is in the restaurant. Also the vent system could be better. Too much smoke inside. The floors definitely were slippery due to the floating grease in the air. We came cause we had a gift card. I doubt we’ll be coming back.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Came to GEN KBBQ on New Year’s Eve since Mr. BBQ was busy. This visit reminded me why I stopped coming here. The chadol brisket was very dry and tasted like shredded beef, and they don’t offer all the sides unless you ask. While the beef belly was decent, the overall meat quality, cleanliness, service, and atmosphere don’t compare to Mr. BBQ in Fullerton. Hopefully management reads these bad reviews and turn things around.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Come here as a single or couple is fine, as a big group is worse. 4 meat dishes per order, each dish is 1 piece of meat. Party of five needs to wait for the second round of order. Each portion is so small and the wait is long to get to the next round and they asked for the time when we sit down since there is 2 hours limit. Basically, All you can eat against the two hours marks and the turn around order. Never come here again
Adding, the grill power is only good for 2 to 3 person party. Here is the photo of 10 or more minutes waiting between order round.
Updated, after another 15 minutes waiting, nothing happened. Just ordered a Rice paper and cucumber pickle. And continued to wait.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
ABSOLUTELY FILTHY
I have never walked out on a restaurant before. This was such a horrible experience.
I understand that in a Korean bbq restaurant, it gets a little greasy with all the mean cooking. When I tell you I had a PUDDLE OF GREASE at my feet. I almost fell multiple times walking through the restaurant.
When we were seated, the booths were extremely cramped. My knees were hitting the table and I couldn’t sit comfortably.
We ordered the dinner option. EVERY PLATE WAS DIRTY when we got our plates of food. A thick layer of old food and grease coated the plates our food came out on. On top of that, none of the food we got was correct.
When we asked the waiter about it, he said they were busy and were just cleaning the dishes fast. There was maybe 30 people in the restaurant. I’ve seen busy and Gen and that was not busy in there. You are not too busy to provide a clean and healthy atmosphere. We asked for management and all she did was take the food back and avoid us. She didn’t apologize or have anything to say. We saw there was a second manager and we told her we were leaving and this was disgusting. She comped our meal that we didn’t even eat. It was such an inconvenience.
The least they could have done was offer a coupon or something but when asked, she just walked away from us. This place is a health risk to anyone who may be allergic to food and is a hazard for anyone who sets foot in there.
We drove 30 minutes to their Santa Ana location and had an amazing experience. Floors were clean, great music, awesome people, AND CLEAN PLATES!
I’m a huge fan of Gen Korean bbq and I will 100% be going back, But I will NEVER go back to this Anaheim location. DO BETTER!!!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Food is alright and service is bad. Small portions, messed up orders, slow service, water left empty, single napkin per person.
I've come to this place twice now. Both times exactly the same.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 2
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