Jong Ga House

372 Grand Ave, Oakland
(510) 444-7658

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Maykel Poveda

Amazing Job I really love …

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

William Yoshimoto

Michelle and maggi are awesome. The food and service is amazing. This is my church.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

aDum Adam

Food and auntie
All you need to know

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Niko

There's one server who purposely doesn't wear her name tag. The rudest. I get she's probably related to the owner but this was my first and last time coming here.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Josh Beckel

Excellent

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

s m

My family went on a weekday during lunch and had all you can eat for my birthday. We called ahead to ask about parking but the person who answered the call didn’t seem to understand and I thought it was poor connections. We found out after we arrived and started to order that the two waitresses barely understood or spoke English. They didn’t give us the kitchen shear or the tongs so we had to get it ourselves. I saw they had some sauces near the kitchen counter but when I asked about them they couldn’t tell me what they were. Another waitress who was not working that day was having lunch with friends and she was so nice to come over and help us several times. I felt so bad interrupting her lunch multiple times.
The food was good and we love the octopus but we are not going to come back again. Every time we need more food we had to point and gesture; not being able to communicate what we want was really frustrating. They should to change the menu to all photos or do something so they it’s easier to order.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

Scott Sibley

One of our favorites, tasty Korean, friendly staff, pleasant atmosphere. Great selection of Ban Chan and the spicy pork is yummy.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Korean BBQ, Banchan, Cold Kimchi Noodle Soup, Beef Bulgogi, Sauce, Pickled, Japchae, Naengmyeon

Michael Owens

I've been here more times than I can count. I've eaten at multiple KBBQ spots to find a place that can best this one...can't find it!

The pork belly at Jong Ga house might be the best quality I've ever eaten. It just melts in your mouth(assuming that you cook it right, of course).

I can't praise this place enough.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Negar Arabzadeh

It was one of the best koren bbq i had
The mean portions are too big
The service is great but the staff are not very friendly

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

CC C

Absolutely amazing!!! I've come here ever since I was a little kid, and it's really good. This restaurant is a truly authentic kbbq, the waiters do speak fluent Korean. Came here recently around lunch and there was no wait! Me and my plus twos were seated rather quickly. We ordered the all you can eat, which is pretty worth it. Keep in mind that you have to finish eating in 2 hours, and that if you have leftover meat you have to pay extra!
Anyways, at each table there's two complimentary sauces, one is really salty and another is kind of like soy sauce. Soon, a waiter/waitress will arrive and give you the banchan (side dishes), which are amazing. I highly recommend the fried potatoes. After that, you order and then you.... wait. Usually the wait is five to 15 minutes, it varies a lot because there's rush hour and all the staff members have to cater to all the customers.
Once you get your food (aka raw meat and stuff) you just grill it and BOOM! it's delicious. Dipping it in the sauce is great- it kind of cools it down and just adds great flavor. This time we also order some noodles (i forgot the name) that were cold, which actually tasted really good.
I'm glad I come here, because the food is just great, if you cook it well haha. But the meat is actually pretty good quality!
You can also ask for lettuce to wrap the meat in, and they'll give you a paste as well (not sure if its ssamjang or doenjang, I don't know much about Korean culture but I love it). I highly recommend doing this because it's really good!! I also add some banchan in the wrap which is delicious.
Keep in mind the banchan is complimentary and you can always ask for more!
Anyways, this restaurant is just awesome. Please come here. You won't regret it.
AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE POTATOES! THEY'RE MY LIFE AND SOUL /lighthearted /half kidding

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jorge Romero

I was going to rate this place a 5 all around however, I checked my statement after and noticed they upped my tip from 15% that I checked off to 20%. How disgusting is that!? You're tipping isn't required. This tipping culture is disgusting.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

Yosief Mihrateab

Bad castmer service

Service: 1

Leonardo Polo

Beautiful place, Michelle id the best auntie

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jenn

This review is only for lunch special.

This place is currently my favorite spot for galbi with an insanely good price. With the Galbi combo, it’s $24.99 and comes with cold noodles, really tasty banchans (side dishes), soup of choice (I do tofu soup), and galbi.

Everything was so delicious and the pricing is great especially in this economy.

The restaurant interior isn’t anything crazy but the service is phenomenal! You know it’s good and authentic when Korean grandmas are serving you.

Parking is street parking - I’ve never had problem during lunch hour finding street parking but might be different later at night time.

Overall, been here twice and it’s been consistently good. Definitely my go-to for cheap galbi and tofu soup! Might give the AYCE Korean bbq a try some time.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Angie Gonzalez9404

Delicious Korean Barbecue and Korean dishes, Kimchi, Galvin and bul go gi are mi fav. Make a reservation on Yelp to secure a table!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

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