Banseok Jeong Korean BBQ

Enjoyed dinner tonight! The quality of the restaurant overall has improved. Definitely recommend Banseok Jeong Korean BBQ i if you are craving korean food!! Ordered the budaejjigae, spicy chicken and soy chicken wings! :-)

Their all you can eat option is the best value of food i have ever eaten. Easily a match for those brazillian steak houses, and at half, or less, the price.

Place was popping on a Saturday night, but the food speaks for itself. The waiters/waitresses were friendly and patient. I was in a group of 10 for the all you can eat, and we were not disappointed. Great vegetarian options and seafood.

Having never been to a Korean restaurant even once in my 67 years, I was startled when the question "Lunch or barbecue?" was put to me. Since we were there for lunch, I almost said "lunch," but I told the woman who had asked the question that I was craving Korean barbecued short ribs and hoped that would do for an answer (I'm such a novice!). We were seated at a clean table and asked what we wanted to drink. They have wine and beer, but we opted for iced tea and they politely asked if we wanted it sweetened or not. When we gave our order, she said something about our order being "dinner," but I did not understand what she was talking about. When we got the raw beef ribs, they had been nicely marinated and smelled wonderful. She put down the grate and lit the flame underneath and showed us how to cook the meat as well as cut it with the sharp scissors. A large bowl of salad showed up on our table, as did the small bowls of rice and pot stickers we had requested---plus maybe eight other bowls of little things for us to try (which we did). I fell in love with "corn cheese." We were still starving, and we told her so, so she magically returned with raw marinated beef, pork, and chicken for us to cook. She said to be sure to eat only what we cook because if we do cook something we cannot eat, we would be charged for it, regardless. They also gave us two little bowls of more special sauce for dipping the cooked meats (I poured mine over my rice---yum!). No forks or knives are provided to you, so you will need to either bring a bib (kidding, but you should have seen my shirt after eating!), ask for lots and lots of napkins, and also accept the fact that you will have to scissors your meat to the size you want and either use your chopsticks or our fingers to eat. There is a soup spoon, but I used it for my rice and sauce. Our bill was about $65 for the two of us, and was about the right price for everything we ate---and loved! We think it was a fun place to eat, reasonably priced, and we will return!