Best Korean Restaurant Irvine Near Me

4worldlovers:
We stumbled on to Honey Pig BBQ while looking for a place to eat after a baseball tournament in Irvine. This was a fun, different experience. The servers were great, answering all our questions, since this was a first for all of us. The servers did all the cooking and were very attentive. We had shrimp, wagu beef, and duck. The meal starts off with the servers bringing out the meal prep, which consists of kimchi and several other items served with whatever meat you choose. The servers cook all the food and tell you when it's ready. There are dipping sauces, which were very good and rice paper for wrapping the food. There were no complaints about the meat we chose. Everyone loved the choices. The kimchi can be a little much if you haven't had it before, It is an acquired taste type of food. At the end of dinner, the food leftover is combined with rice to make a fried rice meal. It was delicious. It would be tough to suggest what to get. I recommend asking questions and taking a chanc...

4worldlovers: I love this place! I truly was blown away about how yummy this place was and how much I could put away in 1 sitting BECAUSE of how yummy this place was.

Dinner was about 25$ a person not including the drinks we got. Kind of steep compared to other places that are usually 19-22$ but you really do get all kinds of selections. There’s filet mignon, all kinds of seafood (shrimp, octopus), and also the great classics- but marinated as well. I would take a bullet for the pork belly marinated in spicy sauce. It really was great.

Love how this place also includes rice paper, because it isn’t as heavy as actual rice. Service is super fast paced, and everyone is so attentive at taking empty plates, asking if we needed any more meat, and constantly refilling drinks.

The space is pretty big, and I like the setup of the grills and tables. Everything looks very clean and modern, and the fact that everyone isn’t all crammed together is really nice.

Solid good AYCE KBBQ, good meats and good service. for $28ish per person, it’s kinda high (for me, it may be decent for others) but the meat selection was awesome.

Aside from all the fun clever names, the staff actually don’t pay all that attention to that, it’s more fun to read than it is to say when ordering more rounds of meat. It’s easier to just say the numbers TBH. “#8, 10, and 14, thanks”

We had a great time, and we had a large table too, wait was almost nil, especially for 6:30pm on a wednesday (when we left though, there was a long wait). Speaking of wait, it’s a 2 hour dining limit, and they’ll remind you we’re near our time limit with a “last call”, so that’s helpful. 2 hours of AYCE KBBQ is plenty of time to overeat and need to be rolled out on a wheelchair LOL.

PS: we’re big fans of the #8, Don’t Rib Me Off; #4, Hot Cow-Ture; and #17, Not Your BAEsic Pork Belly. Runner ups: #10 Speak Your Beefy Mind and #7, Yo Soy Cow (this doesn’t mean it’s Soy!)

This is my favorite AYCE Korean BBQ in Orange County! I have been coming here since 2015 and their protein quality and service has gotten a lot better. The grills are also better and they’re very generous with their portions. My personal favorites–Beef Belly, Filet, Brisket, Pork Belly marinated in Soy Sauce, Steamed Egg, and Tofu Soup. They have the best Steamed Egg and Tofu Soup! The Steamed Egg is moist and silky, and the Soup is not too salty and has the right amount of spice level. I love wrapping my meat in radish. It really brings out the flavors and they complement each other. The servers are super friendly and consistently change our grill. I’m always craving this place and have even eaten here two days in a row!

All That Barbecue is still one of my favorite KBBQ spots in the area. What’s not to like?!

Wait – This place gets really busy, especially on the weekends. Usually the wait is 30 minutes or more BUT now they have an online check-in system! You can just put your name on the waitlist while driving over to avoid the long wait.

Food – The meat here is always soooo good! They’ve actually added a couple new items to their menu, like the filet mignon and have good side dishes.

Service – It tends to get pretty packed, especially for dinner, but even with that, service is always really quick! They bring out meat really quickly and are always happy to refill salads, side dishes, and change the grill.

Enjoyed our first time at All That BBQ. We went for lunch and got sat right away. Our waiter Thomas gave great recommendations and was such a cutie too. The food came out quick and refills for sides and meat was on point. The staff is very attentive. Multiple people came to take plates away, provide refills, adjust the heat on our grill, and check up on us. Food was delicious and my kids enjoyed it which is a win when you have picky eaters.

This was my first time ever trying Korean BBQ and All That Barbecue did not disappoint! The staff was very attentive and helped us throughout the meal with our food. Not only that but the food was absolutely DELICIOUS! I highly recommend the bulgogi and the brisket.

I’d also like to give a shoutout to Katie! She answered all of my annoying questions and exceeded my expectations!

4worldlovers: (식)Shik (도)Do (락)Rak means epicurism or the cultivation of refined taste.

Since opening its door in 1996, Shik Do Rak has introduced its way of Korean BBQ to its customers. It’s the original house of dduk bo ssam(rice paper wrap) and has been serving its customers quality cuts of fresh meats and authentic Korean cuisines.

The ownership has changed in 2004 and has been under the same management ever since. Our goal is to continually provide our customers with quality food and great customer service.

The restaurant doesn’t take reservations, so we arrived prepared to wait for whatever it takes. It appears that the restaurant offers special package deals for 2, 4 or 6 people, a fixed selection of meat (all beef), soups, plus some drinks (about $180 for 6). If you take the special package, you get seated right away (or get priority). There were 6 of us, everybody like beef, so this was rather a simple decision.

Everything which was served was delicious. Excellent condiments, real, tasty kimchi (unlike the stuff you buy in the can), delicious spicy soup and excellent quality meat with tasty sauces – sirloin, ribeye, short ribs and more.

Super-enjoyable process of making your food, eating and having a slow conversation – this is what I really like about Korean barbecue, more a lifestyle fixture than anything else. We also had Asahi beer which was perfectly refreshing with the meal.

Hands down!!!! There has been a lot of improvement at this location. The meat was fresh and the service was great! I was very pleased my dinner! Unfortunately they no longer serve frozen yogurt:( i totally understand though. People were littering and loitering in front of the restaurant so local businesses weren’t happy. Tip…ypu can save a few bucks if you pay with cash

This is one of the better KBBQ spots near me and the service was pretty good. The meat is tasty and they were attentive when we run out of vegetables which we like to mix with the meat for added flavors. I believe our server’s name is David (or Daniel). They also give you the option to have some steamed eggs; the pork is probably their best meat here as the beef is so-so at least from my experience. However, given the service and an overall delicious KBBQ run with a friend, we decided to make this our go-to spot whenever we crave Korean BBQ.

Last min decision to come here with some friends and we dont regret it!

Since there is quite a few popular places in this plaza, parking can be hard to find, especially with the 7 leaves right across from it. Although it is a big lot, so its not that hard to find spaces.

The wait was about 45 min but was expected. I noticed some people were able to call in cause they had a white board with peoples names and party size written with a time stamp also.

Once we got seated, there was a menu given to us and there was three different price points from which you can pick from. We chose the 20.99 version as it seemed like it had mostly everything we usually order anyways.

The service was pretty good for being how busy it was. The meat quality wasn’t bad either. Thats what I was going to be worried about. Although their marinated short rib is amazing, def order it!

Overall I was very satisfied with the service, food, and quality. Ill be back soon, and hopefully I can call in to avoid waiting for awhile.

I was on a late night trip back to LA with only a piece of beef jerky as sustenance for the whole day. Luckily I came across Shik Do Rak. We immediately chose the top AYCE option with 30 items for $28.99; it’s called the 3-1. We could have easily chosen the 25 items for $20.99 but we didn’t want to waste time reading the menu. We sat down in our emaciated state and weakly pointed to the top choice and within seconds banchan (the sides) were at the table, and only minutes later a meat platter was already on the grill.