I was excited to try this restaurant, but my experience was unfortunately a letdown. The food, although presented well, was overpriced for the quality. What truly ruined the meal was the automatic 12% service charge. I couldn't understand the justification – the service was lackluster at best.Charging extra for poor service seems counterintuitive. How does this practice incentivize restaurants to improve if they're already getting a guaranteed tip? This policy left a bad taste in my mouth; enough to knock two stars off my rating. I won't be returning or recommending this place.
Aya Kawawa-Beaudan
Had a lovely time with friends. Contrary to some recent reviews, we had great and very friendly service. Food was delicious and came promptly, definitely give this place a try if you haven’t already!
James Lord
Fantastic Korean barbecue restaurant. Food is amazing and the lumch deal at £10 is great
Tracey Brown
Very nice food and quick
Kristofer Shears
My wife and I love this restaurant. We have been twice now and the sweet and spicy fried chicken is to die for. The service is great - our first visit an older gentleman very kindly showed us how to season and eat bibimbap properly (and it’s amazing). 10.5/10
Venus Alfante
Lovely welcome from Aunties and Uncles at FoH and you can see the kitchen team too....reminds me of hospitality from home....Very reasonably priced too...the Assorted Kimchi is amazing, would happily eat that by itself!Thoroughly enjoyed our meals and cannot wait to be back.
Sunny Yau
Waiting for more than 50 mins for a cold noodles to my daughter. That's what they do. The boss was ridiculous.
Joe Hutson
My main took 1h20 to arrive and only after asking after it repeatedly times. My dumplings were cold in the middle. My wife noted that the quality of her beef tongue dropped since our last visit, it was more rubbery in texture and had an odd aftertaste, though she did enjoy the rest of the beef BBQ.
Che Hong Tam
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Angela Sung
We order the 'All meat' bbq assortment and they were delicious. Salmon is also good. Ox tounge needs improvement as they are not fresh.
Service is lacking. After waiting about 10 minutes to be served, I asked the older gentleman, who I assume is the owner, if he could take the orders and he pointed at the QR code on the table without much explanation. He looked very annoyed that I had asked and I noticed that other customers received similar cold reaction from him.As somebody who suffers with asthma, I wish there was a smoke extractor fan, preferably above the grill like most Korean places. I'm not sure how they got away without one to be honest as it's certainly not healthy to be breathing in all that smokeFood wise, it was alright. Normally banchans ( side dishes) are complimentary in other korean places if you order BBQ but this one was just not worth the price.
Francois Snyman
The experience started with the staff allowing a bunch of people to skip the queue. The £60 meal (including a forced 12% tip) that could maybe have satisfied a small child included fairly flavourless food and rice which has never seen a single pinch of salt. The experience was punctuated by random service related issues and the owner being incredibly rude to his staff. It is a strange place and I will not be told that this is the quintessential Korean barbecue experience.
Mail E
First time to this restaurant. Food was alright. Was in for BBQ but no chimneys like other Korean restaurants. Ambience could be better.Very frank old guy. We were here for an hour, just had my food finished and was asked if i could leave to cater other customer (fair enough, no offence taken).Not bad restaurant if you are looking for something different but I would not be visiting this establishment again.
Gail C
Soju and the Kings Arcade in Reading are on the up! We had a flavoursome and unique barbecue experience cooking our own surf and turf on the hot plate. The home made kimchi is not to be missed. We did feel slightly dislocated from the main restaurant as we were seated in an outpost- an indication of popularity.
ciara t
Great food and lovely staff, will come again. We had the Korean bbq and homemade kimchi and both were delicious. Only thing that wasn’t great was the music.
I was excited to try this restaurant, but my experience was unfortunately a letdown. The food, although presented well, was overpriced for the quality. What truly ruined the meal was the automatic 12% service charge. I couldn't understand the justification – the service was lackluster at best.Charging extra for poor service seems counterintuitive. How does this practice incentivize restaurants to improve if they're already getting a guaranteed tip? This policy left a bad taste in my mouth; enough to knock two stars off my rating. I won't be returning or recommending this place.
Had a lovely time with friends. Contrary to some recent reviews, we had great and very friendly service. Food was delicious and came promptly, definitely give this place a try if you haven’t already!
Fantastic Korean barbecue restaurant. Food is amazing and the lumch deal at £10 is great
Very nice food and quick
My wife and I love this restaurant. We have been twice now and the sweet and spicy fried chicken is to die for. The service is great - our first visit an older gentleman very kindly showed us how to season and eat bibimbap properly (and it’s amazing). 10.5/10
Lovely welcome from Aunties and Uncles at FoH and you can see the kitchen team too....reminds me of hospitality from home....Very reasonably priced too...the Assorted Kimchi is amazing, would happily eat that by itself!Thoroughly enjoyed our meals and cannot wait to be back.
Waiting for more than 50 mins for a cold noodles to my daughter. That's what they do. The boss was ridiculous.
My main took 1h20 to arrive and only after asking after it repeatedly times. My dumplings were cold in the middle. My wife noted that the quality of her beef tongue dropped since our last visit, it was more rubbery in texture and had an odd aftertaste, though she did enjoy the rest of the beef BBQ.
I like
We order the 'All meat' bbq assortment and they were delicious. Salmon is also good. Ox tounge needs improvement as they are not fresh.
Restaurantji Recommends
Service is lacking. After waiting about 10 minutes to be served, I asked the older gentleman, who I assume is the owner, if he could take the orders and he pointed at the QR code on the table without much explanation. He looked very annoyed that I had asked and I noticed that other customers received similar cold reaction from him.As somebody who suffers with asthma, I wish there was a smoke extractor fan, preferably above the grill like most Korean places. I'm not sure how they got away without one to be honest as it's certainly not healthy to be breathing in all that smokeFood wise, it was alright. Normally banchans ( side dishes) are complimentary in other korean places if you order BBQ but this one was just not worth the price.
The experience started with the staff allowing a bunch of people to skip the queue. The £60 meal (including a forced 12% tip) that could maybe have satisfied a small child included fairly flavourless food and rice which has never seen a single pinch of salt. The experience was punctuated by random service related issues and the owner being incredibly rude to his staff. It is a strange place and I will not be told that this is the quintessential Korean barbecue experience.
First time to this restaurant. Food was alright. Was in for BBQ but no chimneys like other Korean restaurants. Ambience could be better.Very frank old guy. We were here for an hour, just had my food finished and was asked if i could leave to cater other customer (fair enough, no offence taken).Not bad restaurant if you are looking for something different but I would not be visiting this establishment again.
Soju and the Kings Arcade in Reading are on the up! We had a flavoursome and unique barbecue experience cooking our own surf and turf on the hot plate. The home made kimchi is not to be missed. We did feel slightly dislocated from the main restaurant as we were seated in an outpost- an indication of popularity.
Great food and lovely staff, will come again. We had the Korean bbq and homemade kimchi and both were delicious. Only thing that wasn’t great was the music.