Let me start by saying that this by far is the most disappointing ayce kbbq i have been to. The plates, spoons and forks and cups are all not cleaned well. Very unsanitary. The food were okay, not good, not great, but just okay. Aside for the cold reception of the staff, the way they spoke to us is a bit rude. The only positive thing i believe would be the sides bar and the huge tables. It makes it easier for big parties to be accommodated. Overall. Not satisfied.
Abbie F.
Place rating: 1 Valencia, CA
For $ 9.99 you get what you pay for! Workers sorting the sides without gloves or any type of utensil, just their bare hands. CockroacheS crawling on your table as you eat. The hallway to the bathroom smells like raw fish laying in the vents. The bathroom floor has pee all over it. The«manager» of the night was rude, but on the plus side, the bus boy was kind enough to kill one of the cockroaches on our table. THAT’S why they get 1 star. Thank your bus boy.
Evelyn P.
Place rating: 3 Los Angeles, CA
448 Reviews and 3 stars total? I would have to say this is just about right. Let me just lay it all out there before I explain. The food was mediocre and the service was horrible. There is hardly any parking for such a busy place. The restaurant gets packed after 5pm. My family was a party of 11 split into two and we got seated right away because it was 4pm. Our first server was a teenager who was completely lost. We asked questions and all we could get out of him was«uhhhhh…uhhhh… Uh.» We asked slower but it was followed by head scratching. Maybe he just threw on the restaurant shirt and began working that day who knows! As our dinner began we ordered and they brought the food, however one of the problems of the night was a simple soup. We ordered a soup for my grandmother and if we wouldn’t have asked about every single time someone came over we wouldn’t have gotten it. It took about 3 or 4 servers to finally get our simple soup. Since we were a big party we needed service a bit more often. So much so, they decided to turn off our service bell and ignore us altogether. I thought that was rude since we weren’t asking for the impossible. Mainly just water and more meat. We finally got some service because we went up to them. Anyways, they could really work on their service manners or hire more servers if they’re so busy. The food was ok, I only really liked one type of meat. The rest was forgettable. Since they added their own tip to our bill, we were done so we left. 2 hours after leaving I was hungry. C’est la vie.
Brian L.
Place rating: 3 Irvine, CA
For the price(10 $ AYCE) it is DEFINITELTY worth it. You get brisket, bulgogi, chicken, one soup(per two people), rice, and banchans AYCE. The banchans were self serve. An interesting concept. I didn’t particularly enjoy the fish cakes though, but my friends did. They have kimchi, bean sprouts, jalapenos, onions, mashed potatoes, and more. The potatoes were my favorite! Unlimited sauce, too! Look for a button if you wish to call the employees sooner. The meats were quite average, tables were gross and dirty, and employees didn’t come super quickly, but for $ 10AYCE it was a pleasant meal. I enjoyed it! Thanks!
Richard H.
Place rating: 4 Monterey Park, CA
for 10 bucks yes, get to go get your appetizers yourself, and they had the clear noodles yum… and the fish cakes yum, and two types of potatoes yum. there was salad and surprising good carrot salad dressing. surprised too, cause i tend to not care for chicken and the chicken there was good, not like other places chicken isnt good, they had a salt and pepper chicken which was yummy there was the soy soup too which was surprisely pepper spicy which i didnt care for. there was a sweet and sour dip sauce for the chicken which was good, the bulgogi was very flavorful that i didnt need to dip any sauce, simple and ten bucks good
Susie F.
Place rating: 3 Pasadena, CA
Cheap korean bbq and a self serve salad bar. The service here isn’t the best, but I can’t complain much for $ 10 bbq. Good food, good side dishes, sucky service.
Kyky l.
Place rating: 1 Los Angeles, CA
DONOTGOTHERE!!! meat gets worst every time you order a batch of the same meat worts and worst and worst they charge extra for cc payment!!! Bad service!!!
Andrea E.
Place rating: 5 Tempe, AZ
Typical All-You-Can-Eat Korean BBQ restaurant. They have all you can eat for 9.99, and you can’t really go wrong with that. The service isn’t the best but I always make sure to come with low expectations because they are usually always packed and busy so when we get a chance to waive a server down, we have to make sure we have a list of everything we want, because it will probably be another 40 minutes before you’re able to get their attention again. There is a small cart for all the sides; it’s not served at your table like other typical korean bbq places. Their parking lot is VERY small and used for valet. But it’s only $ 3 which isn’t bad.
Sonny R.
Place rating: 1 Bell, CA
Let’s begin by writing that this was probably the worst I have ever been treated at a place in my entire life. My usual spot Castle was closing so my friends and I decided to walk across the street to Moon BBQ. I had been there once before and thought it was ok but my friends really wanted some KBBQ so I thought what the hell let’s give it another chance, I shouldn’t give things another chance. This is another one of those 9.99 All You Can Eat Deals, but it’s not even worth 2.99. The sides are self serve at a Buffet Style Booth and are half empty and the other half are people scrapping the bottom of the barrel for fish scale. The rice paper was dry. It took us about 15 mins and 3 reminders to get water and rice for our table. This is when it turns into an episode of Kitchen Nightmares. My ride had arrived early so I went up to pay for my part of the bill… be advised this is one of those places where the owner charges people because he doesn’t trust his workers with the register. I paid for mine but when he gave me my receipt it still included my tab, when I informed the man charging me he said ‘WHATTHEFUCKDOYOUWANT?’ I looked at him completely shocked and asked him to repeat himself, he shook his head and printed out a new receipt with the corrected value. He then shooed me away and told me to ‘Get the fuck out of his face’. I asked him if he was the owner and he informed me that he was and told me to ‘Sit the fuck down and shut up’ asking me if ‘I was happy’. The food wasn’t terrible. The service of the wait staff can be improved. But this guy? This guy is like the KBBQ Nazi and for that I will never be going back.
Russell C.
Place rating: 4 Santa Clarita, CA
This place is solid Kbbq, for $ 10.00, the banchan salad bar is self serve as are all the sauces. If you’re expecting white glove service this is not the place. But you will leave with a full belly and money in your wallet. Finding street parking can be a challenge or you can valet. If you pay with a credit card they charge a .75 cent service fee.
Walter E.
Place rating: 2 Los Angeles, CA
The food is ok. Bulgogi is good. A little sweeter than most. Pork belly wasn’t too bad actually. It’s good that all the sides are in the serve yourself bar. Means you don’t have to keep calling the servers. Service is ok. They get really busy at times so might be slow at times. The main Korean guy in the front was kind of rude. Telling us hell charge us twice if we leave food. It wasn’t alot of food leftover either. Douchey guy and for that I wouldn’t go back… Therea hundreds of other places to go to. And to top it off he was arguing kinda loud with a server. Try one on Olympic and fedora. Forge the name. Good eats!!!
Robert R.
Place rating: 5 Murrieta, CA
I’m from out of town and AYCE Korea for $ 10 is awesome! I had a good experience here and the service was prompt even though this place was PACKED. The self serve items were pretty good and packed with flavor. When I come back to visit my cousins I’ll have to insist on coming back, I thought this place was legit!
Sally H.
Place rating: 4 Davis, CA
This place has so many mixed reviews and I think it depends on the day/time you come. My BF and I came around 2pm on a Sunday and it wasn’t too busy. Got seated and noticed there was a buffet style of all the side dishes… what!!! LOVEIT. No more repeatedly trying to get the waiters attention to bring more side dishes. There’s also lots of different sauces to choose from! The meat was. okay. But can’t expect much for $ 10! This place is worth the $ 10 especially w/the unlimited side dishes. The down sides: No ventilation, service. takes. foreverrrrrr. You honestly can’t complain at a $ 10 place. It’s as cheap as it gets! If you don’t like this place then there’s another one right across the street!
Nance Y.
Place rating: 1 Los Angeles, CA
The worst service ever. And I mean the worst. And hour before closing it was already last call. They were intrusive cooking our food. I personally like to cook my own food but they take the tongs right out of your hands and start rubbing the meat into the grill shredding it to pieces! Unbelievable! Every time we tried to ask for something we were ignored or they did not bring it at all. The last straw was when they brought the check they placed it right on top of my water cup! How dirty is that?! What I’m done with my water? Is this a sign that I need to leave 20 minutes before closing? Before we paid. There was another party who did not tip. We knew this because the waiter said«hey come back! You did not tip us» They laughed and walked out without tipping. And neither did we! Do not come here! On top of the bad service unfortunately the food does not make up for it. Find another spot. Any spot. Just not this pathetic place.
Juan F.
Place rating: 2 Monterey Park, CA
I guess for $ 10AYCE I shouldn’t complain much… but I will. Okay — I wasn’t expecting the meat quality to be superb — or even average. But those frozen turds of meat being served to use tasted super old and nasty. The salad bar and side station was disgusting — flies flying all over them and the sauce pitchers were pretty dirty. The restaurant itself had a gross feeling to it. Service was slow for water and meats. They didn’t even give us chopsticks or utelsils when the meat finally came. I guess that’s what I get for trying to cheap out on a day out.
K M.
Place rating: 5 Los Angeles, CA
Loved this place! Was in line for Castle but the wait was too long. We spotted this place across the street and got lucky! The place is bigger and cleaner. The sides and sauces are served salad bar style with a lot of variety. I ordered the $ 10AYCE that comes with 5 types of meat(pork belly, Brisket, Marinated beef, Marinated Chicken, Salt and pepper chicken). I feel like the meat was higher quality than Castle. I’m sure I will be going here from now on! Grills were clean and changed often. Only Cons: Service was fine, only two people who cleaned and served. The rice was hard and the soup wasnt pleasant. Little to no parking.
Sj Y.
Place rating: 1 Los Angeles, CA
Nothing but cheap place! They have NO A/C inside. Never turn it on. However u can try if u come from africa or any hot place Old lady is owner who She is impolite. Never say hello and ignore customer.
Emily T.
Place rating: 2 Boynton Beach, FL
Came here as we saw it was well priced. The plaza it’s located in is completely dead so it can be easy to miss this place. The service was terrible. For an all you can eat KBBQ place, you need to have good service. How else are you suppose to get your meats? Well there was only one lady on staff with a nasty attitude, making everyone wait as it was more important to her to bus tables than to cater to her guests. In the middle of our lunch, she was replaced by a gentleman who was a little more attentive. The food was grouped into different price brackets depending on what kind of meats you’ll be ordering. You can cook it yourself in front of you as they continue to bring out the meats you order. Out of all the KBBQ I’ve had, this was the worst. Flavor wasn’t strong. Meat was cheap. Sides at the buffet had flies continuously buzzing around. Not a good experience.
Donna N.
Place rating: 4 Oakland, CA
This is where kings and queens dine when they are on a budget for KBBQ. For $ 9.99 you cannot beat that price. I used to eat at Castle which is across the street but the wait for it were always long. Well this unfortunate event made me tried out Moon 2 across the street because from a distance we didn’t see any line or people waiting outside the door. The meat is not bad. I love their bulgogi! I have tried more expensive KBBQ places and though the quality of the meat does not compare to those places, I am not complaining cause it is quite decent. Not up to par for some people but for me I enjoy it. I love the self serve side salad bar. They have everything such as rice paper, mash potato, corn, kimchi, etc. I especially love, love, love their fishcake. I don’t know why I live it so much more than all the other places I have been to. I even crave for it when I am not here. The service here is okay. They have a service button at each table in which you can click if you want more meat or water or have a grill change. I am not going to lie but the ventilation is bad in here. You will come out smelling straight up like meat! There is valet parking for $ 3. You can also try to find street parking. Well for cheap, I don’t mind. But they do charge 75 cent for card usage.
Blessy B.
Place rating: 2 North Hollywood, CA
First of all the parking lot is always crowded so hope you guys get lucky and find street parking. The place is quite small. If you have kids and are bringing a stroller, I recommend leaving it in the car since they have no room whatsoever. This is place is like any old korean BBQ spot with a slight difference. The sides are on a buffet table and so are the sauces. This would be amazing but everything looked sketchy. The potato salad look a couple days old. The noddles were super dry and everything else looked ok to eat. Now for the meat… Everything was average. The only upside is that they have bulgogi in the $ 9.99 list. I definitely would not go back to this place. Especially when there is better places to eat down the street.