SEOUL KOREAN BBQ & HOTPOT
100 Zan Rd, Charlottesville
(434) 956-4113
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Absolute established gentleman by the name of Aniu (Finest apologies if I misspelled) was amazing with service and made my party have a ba ba ba blast. Love that guy and can't wait to go back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We love Seoul and have great experiences here. Highly recommend it!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The theme of the restaurant was so cool, you are able to eat all you can, it has a variety of different food and you can make you food on the table
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
I almost didn’t leave a review because usually when something feels like a one-star experience, I don’t want to waste words on it- but this was really disappointing.
This was honestly the worst hot pot experience I’ve ever had. The soups were completely bland, which really took away from the entire meal. I tried three different broth flavors, and every single one lacked the rich, savory taste you expect from traditional hot pot. It was surprisingly flavorless and just plain disappointing.
To make matters worse, the “spam” they served wasn’t even real spam—it was just ham.
The BBQ was decent and definitely better than the hot pot, but the blandness of the broths overshadowed the whole meal for me.
For context, traditional hot pot that is executed well never tastes this bad—it’s usually packed with flavor and warmth.
Overall, a very disappointing experience. But service and employees are wonderful!
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 5
Totally appreciate this place being open on July 4th, unlike the other Korean place across the street... but needs a lot of improvement...
I had the absolute worst kimchi ever here... it was bland and somehow tasted old. They don't have any Korean beer. They also don't have a kimchi broth for the hot pot. Finally, they didn't have any draft beer to offer, I guess ALL the taps were broken.
The rest of the food was fine, but a Korean restaurant that screws up kimchi is totally suspect imo.
Edit: bumping up to 4 stars because they have that awesome cat robot!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 3
Green lettuce is not whole pieces or is broken or cut. Everything else was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 5
So the place is nice for sure. Definitely not a bad spot. I certainly enjoyed myself but I definitely felt a bit slighted at times. Waiter didnt come around often regarding if we wanted more items.
Items also came out a bit jumbled and we weren't told what was what when we received it.
Not a bad place though.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Korean BBQ, Hot Pot
Service is good but food sucks!! Expensive for the quality. Bbq is like a 6/10, but if you’ve actually had good Korean bbq you’d rate it a 4/10. But honestly the hot pot is so terrible here that it makes the Korean bbq stand out more. I’d give the hot pot a 1/10, if you actually know what good hot pot tastes like you’d understand. While yes, the sauce bar was great at this place— every single broth for the hot pot that I tried was absolutely flavorless and as someone who enjoys and knows what good hot pot tastes like, it ruined my experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Service: 5
The food is amazing, you come here for the experience. You cook your own food at your table. It's all you can eat. I went with a party of 5 and it really was a good price. It's definitely worth checking out, be prepared to cook, it's the experience though.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Not your usual buffet but still all you can eat. You don t get to get your ingredients from the line but you order them from the server. However this didn t change anything and the broth was still delicious. Definitely recommend
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I will never go back to this place, ever. It was extremely overpriced, my order was never correct, the service was terrible, the grill was not that hot and it took over 10 min just to cook up shrimp. All FOUR of us got food poisoning and were up all night (both ends). The idea of cooking your own food is kinda cool, but not for the dent that it will leave in your wallet. Extremely unsanitary and the swapping of raw meats all over the place and only one dinner plate given at the start just doesn’t seem right. I would have been better off going to Golden Corral.
I brought a team of ten people to your restaurant yesterday, expecting a great experience. Instead, we left feeling scammed. We were overcharged and seriously under-served. Several items we ordered never arrived, yet we were billed for all of them. This isn’t just disappointing—it’s dishonest, and it reflects poorly on your business. When customers feel taken advantage of, they don’t come back. I hope you take this seriously.
You will need to take plenty money. On the pricey side.
Amazing food and service
Real bad experience. Planned for a all you can eat hot pot and the waiter ONLY CAME ONCE for the order. WAITED THE WHOLE TIME for more food but no one shows up. But when times up guess what, they show their 455 over and said we are time up and can't order no more. This is ridiculous. Hope you never have this trouble, or hope this place shut down ASAP.
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