New Seoul Korean BBQ Buffet

Came for lunch. $ 12.99 all you can BBQ. Very nice service too. There are enough items to choose from that you might end up foodcoma at your work.

I usually went to new soul bbq restuant to enjoy my time with my friends
I had a good time with my food. the food test so delicious
They have so many meat different and salad
The serve very good .I don’t understand some people come to eat said bad about this restaurant

Do not come here. The service is very bad and the food doesn’t taste fresh. Moreover, they don’t let you see the menu and price. They will collect 15% Tips when you pay even you’re self services.
My whole family came here on New Year with 17 peoples (12 Adults and 5 Kids). All we just know they charge $ 19.99 per adult, $ 12.99 per kids under 10 and $ 7.99 for kids under 5. There’s nothing free here.
Remember, they will collect the bill included 15% Tips even you don’t want to. S/​C stands for Service Charged is well know by them as «Tips … Tips … Tips …».
In one word, this restaurant has no business and is unprofessional BBQ restaurant. I will not recommend it to anyone I know.

we enjoyed ourselves here
friend and I went here for a late 9pm dinner on Tues night. place had a few other tables with customers but felt slow. we were seated right away and drink orders taken. we got up and selected our meats and vegetables from the buffet style bar. we actually liked this type of setup because we could easily just load up on the meats and veggies that we preferred in the exact large quantities, without constantly asking the waiter for additional portions of any particular meat. we could also easily load up on our favorite Korean side dishes without any of the small appetizers that we do not like. in the end, there is less service but this was a good change for us.
food tasted very good and we are like crazy. my only requested is that they change the metal grilling plate for us between large cooking portions. eating our 2^nd and 3^rd portions of meat on a burned plate is not so appealing.
we will come back to eat here for sure.

I don’t understand why a lot of people give this store only one star and complain here.
Before I went there, I was afraid to go there.
Because I saw Unilocal.Some people said it’s not good.
But my brother wanted go. I had no choice.
Well… Honestly the food was good. Also service was good too. I can recommend this store to my friend.
I love it :)

Food was good, nothing special. Its all set up like a buffet so you get up and get whatever you want to eat, bring it to the table and cook it on the grill.
I used to come here for KBBQ, but after what happened on the last visit I am never coming back. When me and my bf got up to leave after paying, the waitress actually chased after us and said, «No tip?»
After that I just never wanted to go there anymore and its been like a year if not more now. She didn’t do anything but come over once in a while to cut our meat into little pieces and we didn’t even want our meat cut. Wtf, we aren’t babies. We could have done that ourselves! What? Are we going to tip because you sat us down and brought us drinks? I honestly don’t think she deserved the tip for the little work she did.

There are two separate prices depending on what you want to eat. $ 16.95 is the basic which doesn’t include the short rib and a couple of other more expensive items. My son who is very picky only wanted the basic deal but because all the other people in my party wanted the short rib ($ 21.95 option) the waitress said everyone including my son who only likes to eat the calamari, rice and ice-​cream must purchase the more expensive option. Not wanting to be rude I hesitantly agreed and boy was that a bad decision on my part. Maybe it was because it was a week day and business was kind of slow (3 tables) but the meat didn’t taste fresh, there was no sushi and the ice-​cream machine was out of order. The best part of the whole meal was the free bubblegum that we received at the end

Worst Korean bbq I ever had. And I had many. And the waitress overcharged us and charged my niece who is 11 yo as an adult price
We have to correct the total amount three times to make sure it’s correct!
My regret for taking the kids and my bro here instead of going to PineHill bbq

We came here on a previous Friday around 5pm… No one was at the front desk besides one person cleaning up a distant table. She didn’t acknowledge us as we were in plain sight. It seemed like they were closing and yet there was food set out at the buffet line. The time on Unilocal and on their business card said they would be closing at 10pm.
We waited for 15 or so minutes and no one came to talk to us, tell us that they were closed/​taking a break. Saw another person come out from the back but only to grab something from the fridge. After we left, we saw a person had actually come to the door just to close it… So do they close early or what? Disappointed in receiving no help. :/​We’ve been to many kbbq places and this has *never* happened. This place is not recommended.

This place was so bad… me and my boyfriend spontaneously wanted kbbq and it was around 9pm. We were looking at places near the area and thought this one had okay reviews and decent price. And since it was a buffet style, we thought we’d try it out.
Serve yourself: honestly I thought it was an interesting change that it was a serve yourself kbbq, but then when I got there I realized i didn’t like it.
1. Because we came at 9:30ish, we didn’t have a lot of time to get the meat we wanted and eat it. And it was annoying getting up for the banchan (side dishes) because there were so many to get for the table. It would be better if there were trays. I hated going back and forth.
2. Because it is a buffet, I feel like the quality of their meat and other selections of food was not as good as it could be at other restaurants with similar price.
Food/​meat quality: the meat wasn’t that good, took me so long to chew one piece of meat… was so tough my jaw felt like it was breaking
Grill: this was so unacceptable… their grill was not like what I’ve seen before… after one round of meat or one kind of meat I cooked, it started burning like crazy and the meat kept getting stuck on it… worst grill ever.
Service: the waitress was pretty nice and accommodating BUT… the part that me and my boyfriend hated was that since we came late, they said it was last call at like 10pm… which usually should be 10:15 since they close at 10:30. But not only that, they gave us so little time to get the meat we wanted. All these workers started coming out like the restaurant was closed or something… and people were cleaning up everywhere and it made us feel SUPER rushed, uncomfortable and bad. I feel like they shoulda cleaned AFTER the customer is done eating like wth… it made us feel so awkward.
During last call when my boyfriend went up to get more meat, the server reminded him that they close at 10:30, again rushing us and making us feel like they want us out of here and don’t want our business
To add to that, since it was 10:30 and they wanted to close their cash register, we paid first. Afterwards when our cards came back for us to sign we were eating, and I guess we didn’t sign them yet. The server basically shoves it in our face telling us to sign… like shizzz girl calm down.
Overall I hated this experience and will never come here again… just felt like the whole place was so low class and the ambiance was just not as good as if you just went to a regular kbbq place. It seemed like they were trying to be better but I don’t think that’s working for them tbh.

All you can eat korean bbq. Dinner priced around $ 21-​$ 22 per person. Tips are already included in the bill for our party of 11 people. Food quality and taste are average. Plenty of parking and servers come frequently to ask if we needed anything. If you want grill changes, you must request for it. Large space inside so good for large party.

Good price for all you eat and good food :-) Me and my Pops favorite place to eat kbbq.

This is definitely our spot! We’ve been here countless of times and everytime was awesome. I love the fact that you can actually get up and get it yourself instead of getting attitude from the waitress when you want more rice paper. Or them taking forever… The meat is so delicious. And the sides that come with it are super good too! The staff are very friendly. I mean for us they always change our grill when we ask. We go there so much they already know us. Hi! So. Coke for you, sprite for you, and diet coke for you. And rice. OK.
Lol they don’t even give us the menu anymore! Cuz we get the same thing all the time!

Went here yesterday. There are no customers beside us so I assume the staff will be extra attentive. I was so wrong.
The grill is sticky, burnt quickly and the staff refused to change the grill after 1 change.
The quality of the meat is average, nothing special and the selection is limited.
Overall, decent food but horrible customer service. For about few dollars more, you can enjoy better meat and dining experience at other places such as Incheweon or Cham Sut Gol.

The price is pretty good for all-​you-​can-​eat, $ 16.95.
For premium, which includes boneless kalbi ribs, whole shrimp, osysters, etc… It’s $ 21.95. Which is still pretty good!

Rough, run down, and low budget. Can’t seem to figure out why you wouldn’t just go to a full service kbbq instead.
Place is a buffet style Korean BBQ. While the selection may have more variety and the buffet style self service may be more convenient, quality is sacrificed!
Brisket was dry, not marbled at all! Kim chi was plain and rice paper tasted old and stale! And these fails are the staples to any kbbq!
Not to mention small grills that seemed to burn everything, sauce bottles straight ghetto grandma style with reused containers of mayo, ketchup etc. filled with some Asian sauce.
My only compliment is the service. Since they’re not running orders, waitresses were attentive, cleared plates, helped grill and cut meats.
Honestly though, pay a couple bucks more and just go to a full service joint.

This is an AYCE KBBQ place in buffet form. You order what you wanna order from their combo choices and then you grab some plates and scurry away in search of food. The kbbq meat is brought to you but other stuff like squid, oysters, etc… must be grabbed through the buffet section of the place. It really isn’t that bad of a place to eat. My only problem with this place is the décor. It is not pleasant on the eyes, though the food makes up for it somewhat. I will say that you should at least give it a try just once if you want KBBQ. Its not bad (actually rather tasty) and the watermelon is the best I have tasted out of all the buffet places.
Service is also mediocre, not good but not bad either. They really don’t cater to your every demand unlike most places so that is of concern. The demand for tip is also a bit of a reach for me. If I feel like it I will tip you but you gotta put in some work first. Don’t stand there taking forever to change my grill and then ask for a huge sum of tip money. Blasphemous! Nonetheless I probably will give this place a second go-​round.

The carnivore inside me was screaming for brisket! I’m not from Orange County but come up here often from San Diego. Always had the usual seafood cove lunch special but decided for kbbq! (would of went to cham sut gul, one block over but they were closed. lamers.) My sister & I came in right after the lunch rush so barely anyone was there. $ 16 AYCE dinner at 2:30pm? Ehhh kinda expensive. & no egg pot?! Whack attack.
The brisket was very good! Perfect amount of fat on it to keep it from drying out. Mussels were a little bit too fishy tasting for me & I’m a huge seafood fan! Tripe was kinda plain. But they had a pretty good selection of meat/​poultry to choose from. A random sushi bar with fried rice and tempura (stale by the time I ate it. Boo) good amount of side dishes! I love the thinly sliced dicon & the noodle salad thingy.
Fountain drinks with refills! Woohoo. & the ice cream was good also. Got the check & came with melon gum.
Customer service was good. The ladies who helped were nice but I had to flag her down to change our grill.
Would I come here again by choice? No. But don’t let that discourage you from trying it! ³⁄₅

All YOU CAN EAT KOREAN BBQ!!! But the waiter was picky about how much rice I am allow to get compare to the amount of meat I’ve got… She was like «too much, only one cup of rice please». Overall the foods was good, the service wasn’t to bad, they did check up on us, cut our meat, refill our drinks, change our grill, etc…
When it was time to pay our bills, they kept reminding us to pay tips…

Food:
— meat: they have alot of different kind of protein here, including spicy pork, teriyaki chicken, spicy chicken, beef brisket, plain beef, pork belly, tripe, pork belly, squid, baby octopus, beef abomasum, pork skin, chicken gizzard, plain pork, mussels, pork skin, and marrow gutt. They also have beef short rib, prime rib, live oyster, and shrimp for additional price. I like the beef bulgogi and spicy chicken the best. It has good flavors and not as fatty.
— salad bar: love their salad section. They have all different kind of veggies you can think of. Starting from fishcake, spicy and original beansprout, kimchi, rice paper, pickled radish, pickled cucumber, uncooked mushroom, broccoli, corn, acorn, cabbage, seaweed, shirataki noodle with mayonnaise, and many more things. Kimchi and seaweed are my leadt favorite. Kimchi is too watery and bland and seaweed taste like old and expired food. the jelly noodle and salad with korean sauce are my all time favorite here. Very yummy and refreshing. It did not make me feel sick no matter hpw much I ate it. I think I ate two full plate of this jelly noodle and a plate of salad. Delish!
— appetizer: tempura (broccoli, sweet potato, squid, green bean), steam egg, soon tofu, egg roll, fried dumpling, japchae, fried rice, pumpkin soup, sushi, and sashimi. Soon tofu and steam egg are the only thing worth getting from the appetizer bar. The rest is just meehhh and will ruin your buffet experience. Sushi is hardly edible with cold rice and very tiny crab meat inside. You are basically eating a plain cold rice. Sashimi did not look fresh nor appetizing at all. I think you might end up getting a stomachache if you eat this. Egg roll is very mushy and greasy. Japchae is very sweet. The tempura is lumpy and not crispy. The pumpkin soup, on the other hand, is not that bad. Its sweet and has a thick texture. It will make you full pretty fast if you eat too much of it. Soon tofu is pretty yummy and keep me warm.
— dessert: jello, sliced oranges, canned pineapple, and soft serve ice cream. Dont bother getting anything from this section but the ice cream. They have chocolate and vanilla flavors. But they ran out of chocolate flavor when I came here. So I only tried the vanilla. The ice cream is pretty good and the texture taste somewhere between frozen yogurt and sorbet.
Price:
— $ 16.99 for well-​being buffet and $ 20.99 for premium buffe which include all of the four additional proteins I mentioned above. I dont think it is worth to get the premium as the well-​being option will keep your tummy full and happy. But people have different preferences.
— lunch special are somewhere between $ 6.99 — $ 7.99 monday to friday only. No lunch special on weekend or any other holiday.
— hot tea and soda are not free. If you think they wont charge you, you will be surprise when you check your bill.
Service:
— fast and attentive. Servers are mostly ahjumma. They are not the friendliest people but they do what they are suppose to do. Thats what matter I guess. They change the grill pretty fast too.
I think this place will be my new favorite kbbq buffet to go. While the quality of meat is not as good as gen or shikdorak, I like the self-​serve style. This way I can control how much I want and what I want without having to wait. Better than seoul bbq in tustin. Happy eating!