They have AYCE marinated crabs and shrimp! Definitely go with a big group! I also recommend trying the spicy crab stew! It's not super spicy but with the right amount of a kick. I also heard from a fellow friend that the sashimi is really good!
David C.
why is this food so good? i ate it like it was my last meal. the service was great too.
Sin H.
YUMMY. For the price of 39.99, you get 3 options-- soy marinated crabs (personal fave), spicy raw marinated crab or the soy marinated shrimp. Only downside is that they charge extra for additional rice -- which is mean because you HAVE to eat it with rice haha. They had other options like included crab stew, etc. We came in late lunch on a Friday and there was no wait time. But, the waiter did not mention that we only had 1 hour before the kitchen was closing for dinner time (reopen at 1700). Overall, will definitely be back :)
Andrew N.
I was intrigued in this restaurant because of their fresh raw seafood selection, but unfortunately it was pretty pricey for just a party of 2 so we opted for the a la carte. This place is very popular for their Korean raw seafood. Soy marinated raw crab (5/5): I've had raw marinated crab at Crab House multiple times, but never fell in love with the hype. Even though I was never the biggest fan of raw marinated crab, I thought this was the best I've ever had. The soy was very sweet and the crab was meaty. Soy marinated shrimp (5/5): This was my first time trying this and I really like how the meat was meaty and chewy at the same time. Sea Urchin (3/5): We got the small and got $30, I didn't think it was worth. I barely tasted the uni as there was a bit too much rice Udon (4/5): it included fish cake and tempura, but lacked the flavor of udon from a Japanese restaurant. I'd choose this place over Crab House!
Gladys F.
A-okay. Theres a table at the door to sign in for the waitlist along with multiple signs listing their numerous rules. As a non-Korean, the whole vibe feels unwelcoming to other ethnicities. Yes, they offer ayce marinated raw crab but this does not include ayce rice or banchan. All these rules put us off and we ended up ordering a single serving of raw marinated crab and shrimp with some drinks. Food was okay and my Korean friend did say she really liked their marinade. However, we weren't satisfied and left to finish our dinner elsewhere.
Christine K.
Ig crumbznthings $39.99 AYCE raw soy marinated crab, raw spicy crab and raw soy marinated shrimp. Assumes it comes with 1pc fishcake skewer each. Food: The quality and marinade of both soy and spicy is excellent! The soy marinated crab quality is better than the spicy one. And the spicy one gets a tad saltier(and older) as you order more. The spicy one also had some weird grainy sand pouches on the head part. 1st order seemed fine but it got worse when "refilled". They have alot other combos which I want to try one day. including the steamed seafood set. It seems the side dishes/banchans are not free refills. I wouldnt fill my tummy with those anyways. Rule: 1 hr food order limit. 1.5hr dining limit. Service: Is not very good. Mostly young servers with low energy, no expressions on their face. Takes long 15-20mins between orders. They take the ordering and dining limit VERY SERIOUSLY. I felt very rushed altho the rest was empty. Location: LA,CA. Area is pretty sketch Spacious inside and ok setup. Large party semi private rooms available. Parking: Tough, no valet. Can park in 10min zones per restaurant. Free street parking with restrictions. Ig crumbznthings
Chloe D.
This our second time here at T=fish, loved the food first time and we decided to come back today. The food is amazing, we didn't get the AYCE CRABS but rather the combo 3 with Korean Halibut and raw dishes, I believe the portion has been sizing down since they didn't have the rice bowl sea urchin, the fish soup was in a smaller portion. Funny part: When we finished paying, the server ( a guy in his 20s) chased us out of the door and asked " where's the tip?" Like excuse me ? I thought it was weird so I put down $2 because we didn't get the service we wanted. He saw the $2 and continued asked me why? What happened? I said the food portions wasn't the same and he has the audacity to tell me " but the tips r based on service". Sir, all you did was sitting us, you didn't even say or ask how we are doing or if we need anything the whole time. Why should I have to tip when I don't get the service I want? This was the most uncomfortable situation I've ever been, unfortunately as much as I love this place, this will be my last time here. And please don't harass customer over tips, we are not obligated nor required to tip you!
Hannah K.
Would knock off stars if I could. Haven't eaten korean sashimi in years and was craving since covid. Wanted to bring my non-Korean husband to introduce him to the LIVE experience. Instead, I'm mortified by the service. The quality was OK. Not the freshest. Not the worst either. They are stingy with the side dishes. I've had better with higher value items. I asked for more edamame and was told to pay. She wasn't even nice about it. We didn't come for AYCE; I should have known to avoid a place where they serve AYCE because they're cheap and the service will suffer. All the servers were so rude. Absolutely unfriendly. The bill can out to be more than $160 for just the sashimi, one beer and tax. For two people. We could have went to one of the best sushi spots in Beverly Hills (ie Matsuhisa) and left happy and better treated. Avoid this place. All the negative reviews are true!
Gary N.
Let me give you the run down of this place, first I got here because I was craving for Ganjang-gejang 간장게장, and I saw a random Instagram post about Ayce offer from the restaurant, so I was excited to try it out, but the I was disappointed with my experience here. First, parking was a nightmare to the point, they has one entrance and one exit to prevent people going in and out the wrong way, I was lucked out to find parking on the street nearby. Secondly, it was not the first time I got denied for service because of some crazy stupid rules, in order to get all you can eat, it's a minimum of 2 people in your party, I never understood why I cannot do it on my own, most Korean ayce use this rule to have me eating and rating the food to my fullest and highest quality, and for what, it's not that I overdid my orders to waste food, and it wasn't free, I still paid for my food, so every time when this happened, I was either forced to order a la carte which I hated so much, because it was $39.99 ayce, and I had to pay $29.99 for one item of the same food, but less on everything, less bon chon, and came out to $32 after taxes plus tips on top. It was unfair, and did not know why they can make an exception, of course sometimes they did on another Korean ayce place, what they did was asked me to pay double and I can do my ayce experience which I completely accepted. Unfortunately this place won't, it would be weird to came up with an idea like asking another table that I could dine with them as a group so I can have all you can eat, but we're not even gonna go there :) so many signs about rules here, and yes you don't want to break any of them, one said you have 60-80 minutes for ayce, while the other said you had to finish every single pieces of the crab before you moved on to your next order, crazy but I can do it only if they let me :) Third, it was the service, I think it's pretty crucial why they get a 3 stars from me, I am not sure the rudeness came from the language barrier or because they like to mistreat people like me, when you get to the entrance, there was a table with sign asking you to out your name on there and wait until they get to you, the server came and started speaking Korean to me, assuming I was Korean, so I diversely by responding in English, and his facial expression changed, then when I asked about the ayce, he straight up said NO, then told me to order right there on the spot, of course I asked for ganjang gejang, and he took me to my table, but I must have misunderstood him, so I sat on the wrong one, when he came back from the kitchen with my food, he got extremely upset with me, he said if I wanted to change the table I should have let him know, which I told him sorry I didn't know, and I moved back to the one he assigned me, despite the freshness of the crabs, I felt so limited on ordering, the way the entree came, he didn't explain anything else to me, just brought me water and 4 side dishes and 1 bowl of rice, I felt cheated and robbed because I saved my stomach the entire day for the ayce, don't get me wrong, I never had any raw crabs that fresh, the kind that didn't taste frozen or had a fishy type of smell from something that was spoiled, but sadly it ended up short, to add insult to injury when I asked for the check, I gave him $40 in cash, he looked at me and asked if I wanted my changes back, I said Yes, then he rolled his eyes, I was sure I get this part, so you denied me all you can eat, then also want to dictate me on how I tip, you shouldn't ask that question about giving me back my change, obviously you can't just take all my money before I decided how much I would give in return, it's unnecessary practice, you should have known better if you're in this business long enough. For any ayce places out there with the 2 people minimum in your party, you might have lost a customer who is a fan of all you can eat, who also from out of town, worked on Easter Sunday, but cannot get what he paid for. It's a turn off for
Vince L.
despite all the bad reviews recently, i still decided to try this place. advertised on instagram and tiktok a lot, and the AYCE aspect of the raw marinated crab caught my eye. service: it's okay, a lot of the reviews were complaining that the service was horrible however i can see why that is. they weren't that rude to me since i was korean, however the way they talk is very cold and can seem rude to others. however, if you just talk nicely it'll be fine, no hard feelings food: the AYCE crab was good at first. kind of annoying that the rice isn't all u can eat and every other is $2, however they give 2 crabs for each spicy and soy and cut them into pieces. the shrimp was good as well, which comes with 4 in every order. the first round tasted amazing, they give you a free fish cake soup and side dishes which the corn tasted the best and everything else was alright. after the first round the food started tasting just fishy. i understand that it is raw crab and i have eaten raw crab many many times, however the way i can't eat more than one round says a lot that the crab is very fishy. the soy isn't that salty but the fishy ness is crazy. the spicy one is less since it has a spicy marinate however it is still fishy the more u eat. at the end i ate 3 rounds and i felt so sick afterwards. conclusion: in the end, if ur craving raw crab this place can be worth a try. however i only came since it was all u can eat. the parking lot is hella small and tight so most times you have to street park. the food is okay and the staff can be stingy with the food. overall 2/5.
My partner and I visited the restaurant around 8:40 p.m., knowing it closes at 10 p.m., but were informed upon arrival that the last call for orders was at 9 p.m. and that we needed to place all our orders simultaneously. We encountered a significant language barrier, as the staff did not speak English, making it challenging for us to understand the menu and the dining process, especially since we are not Korean.The dining experience itself was underwhelming. The menu's diversity promised much, but the dishes we chose did not meet our expectations. We ordered soy and spicy plates, both of which were unremarkable and, regrettably, led to my partner throw up shortly after our meal. I chose an egg and crab hot pot, finding the egg overly salty. Additionally, there was a misunderstanding regarding the ingredients in my dish, as I was incorrectly informed it would contain fish, which it did not.Our visit was influenced by the positive reviews we had seen on social media, but our personal experience did not align with the high expectations those reviews had set. It's unlikely we'll return, reminding us of the importance of managing expectations set by social media endorsements. Service F- Food D-
Kevin W.
This review is for the AYCE raw marinated crab. Service: F Food: B+ Value: A Service - Servers make you hella wait between crabs, but understandable as they need to make money. I'm sure they could speed it up if they wanted to since these are usually marinated overnight. Servers act like they don't understand you if you ask for more food but the food will come. I bet management told them to wait N minutes between serving new crabs. Went on a Friday night and had no wait. Food - Decent. I went in with low expectations which I think is the trick with this and any AYCE spots with mass produced food. Was put off by the other recent reviews but didn't smell or taste different than other gejang. Maybe others aren't used to raw seafood? Soy sauce crab was a bit more than mildly salty but not unbearably salty. Value - Great variety of banchan. Left feeling full. Server came by one more time at the end and asked if I wanted another round (had been here for an hour 30 min at this point). I laughed and said "no thanks". He probably knew I was stuffed already lol.
Yuri Y.
Came here to eat last night. Arrived around 7:30PM & wasn't too long of a wait :) I saw this place on TikTok & IG reels, wanted to see what the hype was about & lemme tell you, the hype is REAL Out of all the seafood restaurants I've been to, this is my favorite spot! They have AYCE marinated crab, deliciously fresh sashimi & comforting stew to go w/ all the seafood!
David H.
0/5 If you are thinking about coming after seeing the Social Media post, let me save you time, money, and your well-being: Read this before you go. Food: 1/5 Had the Raw Crab AYCE. When we got our first round of Crab and Shrimp, they smelled and tasted a bit funky but thought it might be the sauce. However, as we continued, it was apparent it was the seafood. We couldn't finish the Raw Soy Crab but the spicy one was edible(?). So we ordered another round and the sour smell and taste were more apparent in the second round of the Spicy Raw Crab. The variety of side dishes looked fun but were all bland. A classic "bombard you with the quantity but give you poor quality." Though it looks like there is a lot, considering the amount of plates, the quantity was still very little. There is no refill whatsoever. Considering the portion size, this is ridiculous. Service: 0/5 We brought the issue of the potent sour/funky smell and taste of the first and second rounds of the Spicy Raw Crab to our server. The server took our food and took it to the back. They said they tasted the food and it tasted fine but the server mentioned they did notice a smell, noting this batch of the spicy crab was made yesterday. The server said if it doesn't fit our taste we can continue to eat the other two menus. Disappointed. We brought this issue to the manager. The manager told us that because no one else had complained and because they tasted the food and it tasted fine, they would continue business as usual. Agree to disagree - sure. But considering it is raw, one complaint is one too many. They noted that they make the batch fresh every day and the taste is fine. I mentioned to the manager that our server told us that the batch was made yesterday and the server noted it smelled funky, though they mentioned it tasted fine. So the manager went to talk to the server. This is where my experience went from disappointment to my safety being in danger. The server came back furious, clenching his jaw, saying "When did I ever mention the crab tasted funky." I clarified that the server noted the food tasted fine but it did smell funky. The server aggressively commented why I was putting words into their mouth and condescendingly asked if I was on drugs. (*note* the quotes were originally spoken in Korean language and were translated to English. ) Speechless. Then we told the manager what just transpired. The manager stated they apologized for the server's comment with 0 expression and walked away. We paid the full amount and as we were heading out, customers sitting at the table close to us asked us how the situation was resolved. Note, that we talked to them a bit during our time there. Then as I began to explain the situation, the same server came back furious and approached me and attempted to intimate me demanding to leave the other customers alone. I explained to the server the other customer talked to us first. My friend asked the server if he was trying to provoke us. Then the server asked if we wanted to fight. He ended up walking away after that comment. (Considering we couldn't even finish the first round of the Raw Soy Crab and couldn't continue to eat the second round of the Raw Spicy Crab and Shrimp due to its potent funky and sour smell and taste, we tried negotiating, thinking it was not right for us to pay the full amount. The server and the manager said we had to pay the full amount due to the reasons stated above) Dinner from hell. The food was terrible. The service was terrible.
Tae S.
I was so excited for this place after I saw it on instagram. I was straight up speechless of how bad the taste and service was. It tasted so fishy and sour at same time. I don't eat seafood often but I definitely tasted straight up rotten. They charge $40 each for ayce. I. My whole entire life I've never left a ayce restaurant with only doing 1 round. When we issued this problem to server this person was straight up rude. Saying for him it tastes fine and no one else complained other than us with 0 emotion in his face and gave us the check 15 min after we sat down cuz we complained of bad taste. 1st round of crab that we ordered but couldn't finish. We both were guys over who weighs over 190 who eats so well. I straight up came to this restaurant thinking I would go at least 7-8 round but leaving after 1 round. I hope who ever reads this really don't come to this place. Horrible taste and what's worse is horrible service. This male server wanted to get down with one of us because we were complaining of his service. FIRST TIME leaving 1 star review ever in my life. What a joke this place is. I'm definitely getting food poisoning fsho fsho.
They have AYCE marinated crabs and shrimp! Definitely go with a big group! I also recommend trying the spicy crab stew! It's not super spicy but with the right amount of a kick. I also heard from a fellow friend that the sashimi is really good!
why is this food so good? i ate it like it was my last meal. the service was great too.
YUMMY. For the price of 39.99, you get 3 options-- soy marinated crabs (personal fave), spicy raw marinated crab or the soy marinated shrimp. Only downside is that they charge extra for additional rice -- which is mean because you HAVE to eat it with rice haha. They had other options like included crab stew, etc. We came in late lunch on a Friday and there was no wait time. But, the waiter did not mention that we only had 1 hour before the kitchen was closing for dinner time (reopen at 1700). Overall, will definitely be back :)
I was intrigued in this restaurant because of their fresh raw seafood selection, but unfortunately it was pretty pricey for just a party of 2 so we opted for the a la carte. This place is very popular for their Korean raw seafood. Soy marinated raw crab (5/5): I've had raw marinated crab at Crab House multiple times, but never fell in love with the hype. Even though I was never the biggest fan of raw marinated crab, I thought this was the best I've ever had. The soy was very sweet and the crab was meaty. Soy marinated shrimp (5/5): This was my first time trying this and I really like how the meat was meaty and chewy at the same time. Sea Urchin (3/5): We got the small and got $30, I didn't think it was worth. I barely tasted the uni as there was a bit too much rice Udon (4/5): it included fish cake and tempura, but lacked the flavor of udon from a Japanese restaurant. I'd choose this place over Crab House!
A-okay. Theres a table at the door to sign in for the waitlist along with multiple signs listing their numerous rules. As a non-Korean, the whole vibe feels unwelcoming to other ethnicities. Yes, they offer ayce marinated raw crab but this does not include ayce rice or banchan. All these rules put us off and we ended up ordering a single serving of raw marinated crab and shrimp with some drinks. Food was okay and my Korean friend did say she really liked their marinade. However, we weren't satisfied and left to finish our dinner elsewhere.
Ig crumbznthings $39.99 AYCE raw soy marinated crab, raw spicy crab and raw soy marinated shrimp. Assumes it comes with 1pc fishcake skewer each. Food: The quality and marinade of both soy and spicy is excellent! The soy marinated crab quality is better than the spicy one. And the spicy one gets a tad saltier(and older) as you order more. The spicy one also had some weird grainy sand pouches on the head part. 1st order seemed fine but it got worse when "refilled". They have alot other combos which I want to try one day. including the steamed seafood set. It seems the side dishes/banchans are not free refills. I wouldnt fill my tummy with those anyways. Rule: 1 hr food order limit. 1.5hr dining limit. Service: Is not very good. Mostly young servers with low energy, no expressions on their face. Takes long 15-20mins between orders. They take the ordering and dining limit VERY SERIOUSLY. I felt very rushed altho the rest was empty. Location: LA,CA. Area is pretty sketch Spacious inside and ok setup. Large party semi private rooms available. Parking: Tough, no valet. Can park in 10min zones per restaurant. Free street parking with restrictions. Ig crumbznthings
This our second time here at T=fish, loved the food first time and we decided to come back today. The food is amazing, we didn't get the AYCE CRABS but rather the combo 3 with Korean Halibut and raw dishes, I believe the portion has been sizing down since they didn't have the rice bowl sea urchin, the fish soup was in a smaller portion. Funny part: When we finished paying, the server ( a guy in his 20s) chased us out of the door and asked " where's the tip?" Like excuse me ? I thought it was weird so I put down $2 because we didn't get the service we wanted. He saw the $2 and continued asked me why? What happened? I said the food portions wasn't the same and he has the audacity to tell me " but the tips r based on service". Sir, all you did was sitting us, you didn't even say or ask how we are doing or if we need anything the whole time. Why should I have to tip when I don't get the service I want? This was the most uncomfortable situation I've ever been, unfortunately as much as I love this place, this will be my last time here. And please don't harass customer over tips, we are not obligated nor required to tip you!
Would knock off stars if I could. Haven't eaten korean sashimi in years and was craving since covid. Wanted to bring my non-Korean husband to introduce him to the LIVE experience. Instead, I'm mortified by the service. The quality was OK. Not the freshest. Not the worst either. They are stingy with the side dishes. I've had better with higher value items. I asked for more edamame and was told to pay. She wasn't even nice about it. We didn't come for AYCE; I should have known to avoid a place where they serve AYCE because they're cheap and the service will suffer. All the servers were so rude. Absolutely unfriendly. The bill can out to be more than $160 for just the sashimi, one beer and tax. For two people. We could have went to one of the best sushi spots in Beverly Hills (ie Matsuhisa) and left happy and better treated. Avoid this place. All the negative reviews are true!
Let me give you the run down of this place, first I got here because I was craving for Ganjang-gejang 간장게장, and I saw a random Instagram post about Ayce offer from the restaurant, so I was excited to try it out, but the I was disappointed with my experience here. First, parking was a nightmare to the point, they has one entrance and one exit to prevent people going in and out the wrong way, I was lucked out to find parking on the street nearby. Secondly, it was not the first time I got denied for service because of some crazy stupid rules, in order to get all you can eat, it's a minimum of 2 people in your party, I never understood why I cannot do it on my own, most Korean ayce use this rule to have me eating and rating the food to my fullest and highest quality, and for what, it's not that I overdid my orders to waste food, and it wasn't free, I still paid for my food, so every time when this happened, I was either forced to order a la carte which I hated so much, because it was $39.99 ayce, and I had to pay $29.99 for one item of the same food, but less on everything, less bon chon, and came out to $32 after taxes plus tips on top. It was unfair, and did not know why they can make an exception, of course sometimes they did on another Korean ayce place, what they did was asked me to pay double and I can do my ayce experience which I completely accepted. Unfortunately this place won't, it would be weird to came up with an idea like asking another table that I could dine with them as a group so I can have all you can eat, but we're not even gonna go there :) so many signs about rules here, and yes you don't want to break any of them, one said you have 60-80 minutes for ayce, while the other said you had to finish every single pieces of the crab before you moved on to your next order, crazy but I can do it only if they let me :) Third, it was the service, I think it's pretty crucial why they get a 3 stars from me, I am not sure the rudeness came from the language barrier or because they like to mistreat people like me, when you get to the entrance, there was a table with sign asking you to out your name on there and wait until they get to you, the server came and started speaking Korean to me, assuming I was Korean, so I diversely by responding in English, and his facial expression changed, then when I asked about the ayce, he straight up said NO, then told me to order right there on the spot, of course I asked for ganjang gejang, and he took me to my table, but I must have misunderstood him, so I sat on the wrong one, when he came back from the kitchen with my food, he got extremely upset with me, he said if I wanted to change the table I should have let him know, which I told him sorry I didn't know, and I moved back to the one he assigned me, despite the freshness of the crabs, I felt so limited on ordering, the way the entree came, he didn't explain anything else to me, just brought me water and 4 side dishes and 1 bowl of rice, I felt cheated and robbed because I saved my stomach the entire day for the ayce, don't get me wrong, I never had any raw crabs that fresh, the kind that didn't taste frozen or had a fishy type of smell from something that was spoiled, but sadly it ended up short, to add insult to injury when I asked for the check, I gave him $40 in cash, he looked at me and asked if I wanted my changes back, I said Yes, then he rolled his eyes, I was sure I get this part, so you denied me all you can eat, then also want to dictate me on how I tip, you shouldn't ask that question about giving me back my change, obviously you can't just take all my money before I decided how much I would give in return, it's unnecessary practice, you should have known better if you're in this business long enough. For any ayce places out there with the 2 people minimum in your party, you might have lost a customer who is a fan of all you can eat, who also from out of town, worked on Easter Sunday, but cannot get what he paid for. It's a turn off for
despite all the bad reviews recently, i still decided to try this place. advertised on instagram and tiktok a lot, and the AYCE aspect of the raw marinated crab caught my eye. service: it's okay, a lot of the reviews were complaining that the service was horrible however i can see why that is. they weren't that rude to me since i was korean, however the way they talk is very cold and can seem rude to others. however, if you just talk nicely it'll be fine, no hard feelings food: the AYCE crab was good at first. kind of annoying that the rice isn't all u can eat and every other is $2, however they give 2 crabs for each spicy and soy and cut them into pieces. the shrimp was good as well, which comes with 4 in every order. the first round tasted amazing, they give you a free fish cake soup and side dishes which the corn tasted the best and everything else was alright. after the first round the food started tasting just fishy. i understand that it is raw crab and i have eaten raw crab many many times, however the way i can't eat more than one round says a lot that the crab is very fishy. the soy isn't that salty but the fishy ness is crazy. the spicy one is less since it has a spicy marinate however it is still fishy the more u eat. at the end i ate 3 rounds and i felt so sick afterwards. conclusion: in the end, if ur craving raw crab this place can be worth a try. however i only came since it was all u can eat. the parking lot is hella small and tight so most times you have to street park. the food is okay and the staff can be stingy with the food. overall 2/5.
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My partner and I visited the restaurant around 8:40 p.m., knowing it closes at 10 p.m., but were informed upon arrival that the last call for orders was at 9 p.m. and that we needed to place all our orders simultaneously. We encountered a significant language barrier, as the staff did not speak English, making it challenging for us to understand the menu and the dining process, especially since we are not Korean.The dining experience itself was underwhelming. The menu's diversity promised much, but the dishes we chose did not meet our expectations. We ordered soy and spicy plates, both of which were unremarkable and, regrettably, led to my partner throw up shortly after our meal. I chose an egg and crab hot pot, finding the egg overly salty. Additionally, there was a misunderstanding regarding the ingredients in my dish, as I was incorrectly informed it would contain fish, which it did not.Our visit was influenced by the positive reviews we had seen on social media, but our personal experience did not align with the high expectations those reviews had set. It's unlikely we'll return, reminding us of the importance of managing expectations set by social media endorsements. Service F- Food D-
This review is for the AYCE raw marinated crab. Service: F Food: B+ Value: A Service - Servers make you hella wait between crabs, but understandable as they need to make money. I'm sure they could speed it up if they wanted to since these are usually marinated overnight. Servers act like they don't understand you if you ask for more food but the food will come. I bet management told them to wait N minutes between serving new crabs. Went on a Friday night and had no wait. Food - Decent. I went in with low expectations which I think is the trick with this and any AYCE spots with mass produced food. Was put off by the other recent reviews but didn't smell or taste different than other gejang. Maybe others aren't used to raw seafood? Soy sauce crab was a bit more than mildly salty but not unbearably salty. Value - Great variety of banchan. Left feeling full. Server came by one more time at the end and asked if I wanted another round (had been here for an hour 30 min at this point). I laughed and said "no thanks". He probably knew I was stuffed already lol.
Came here to eat last night. Arrived around 7:30PM & wasn't too long of a wait :) I saw this place on TikTok & IG reels, wanted to see what the hype was about & lemme tell you, the hype is REAL Out of all the seafood restaurants I've been to, this is my favorite spot! They have AYCE marinated crab, deliciously fresh sashimi & comforting stew to go w/ all the seafood!
0/5 If you are thinking about coming after seeing the Social Media post, let me save you time, money, and your well-being: Read this before you go. Food: 1/5 Had the Raw Crab AYCE. When we got our first round of Crab and Shrimp, they smelled and tasted a bit funky but thought it might be the sauce. However, as we continued, it was apparent it was the seafood. We couldn't finish the Raw Soy Crab but the spicy one was edible(?). So we ordered another round and the sour smell and taste were more apparent in the second round of the Spicy Raw Crab. The variety of side dishes looked fun but were all bland. A classic "bombard you with the quantity but give you poor quality." Though it looks like there is a lot, considering the amount of plates, the quantity was still very little. There is no refill whatsoever. Considering the portion size, this is ridiculous. Service: 0/5 We brought the issue of the potent sour/funky smell and taste of the first and second rounds of the Spicy Raw Crab to our server. The server took our food and took it to the back. They said they tasted the food and it tasted fine but the server mentioned they did notice a smell, noting this batch of the spicy crab was made yesterday. The server said if it doesn't fit our taste we can continue to eat the other two menus. Disappointed. We brought this issue to the manager. The manager told us that because no one else had complained and because they tasted the food and it tasted fine, they would continue business as usual. Agree to disagree - sure. But considering it is raw, one complaint is one too many. They noted that they make the batch fresh every day and the taste is fine. I mentioned to the manager that our server told us that the batch was made yesterday and the server noted it smelled funky, though they mentioned it tasted fine. So the manager went to talk to the server. This is where my experience went from disappointment to my safety being in danger. The server came back furious, clenching his jaw, saying "When did I ever mention the crab tasted funky." I clarified that the server noted the food tasted fine but it did smell funky. The server aggressively commented why I was putting words into their mouth and condescendingly asked if I was on drugs. (*note* the quotes were originally spoken in Korean language and were translated to English. ) Speechless. Then we told the manager what just transpired. The manager stated they apologized for the server's comment with 0 expression and walked away. We paid the full amount and as we were heading out, customers sitting at the table close to us asked us how the situation was resolved. Note, that we talked to them a bit during our time there. Then as I began to explain the situation, the same server came back furious and approached me and attempted to intimate me demanding to leave the other customers alone. I explained to the server the other customer talked to us first. My friend asked the server if he was trying to provoke us. Then the server asked if we wanted to fight. He ended up walking away after that comment. (Considering we couldn't even finish the first round of the Raw Soy Crab and couldn't continue to eat the second round of the Raw Spicy Crab and Shrimp due to its potent funky and sour smell and taste, we tried negotiating, thinking it was not right for us to pay the full amount. The server and the manager said we had to pay the full amount due to the reasons stated above) Dinner from hell. The food was terrible. The service was terrible.
I was so excited for this place after I saw it on instagram. I was straight up speechless of how bad the taste and service was. It tasted so fishy and sour at same time. I don't eat seafood often but I definitely tasted straight up rotten. They charge $40 each for ayce. I. My whole entire life I've never left a ayce restaurant with only doing 1 round. When we issued this problem to server this person was straight up rude. Saying for him it tastes fine and no one else complained other than us with 0 emotion in his face and gave us the check 15 min after we sat down cuz we complained of bad taste. 1st round of crab that we ordered but couldn't finish. We both were guys over who weighs over 190 who eats so well. I straight up came to this restaurant thinking I would go at least 7-8 round but leaving after 1 round. I hope who ever reads this really don't come to this place. Horrible taste and what's worse is horrible service. This male server wanted to get down with one of us because we were complaining of his service. FIRST TIME leaving 1 star review ever in my life. What a joke this place is. I'm definitely getting food poisoning fsho fsho.