Bbq Village

The food was great, but they seemed short-staffed when we went. It was on a Saturday for lunch, they didn't refill the glass noodles when it finished. I even pointed out that it was finished (only the onions and some veggies were remaining) and she responded by gathering the remaining veggies to the middle of the plate. lol.

I've had multiple positive experiences in the past so when my friends from out of town came to visit, they wanted to try Korean BBQ so I suggested this place. The ventilation in this place is a lot better than many other Korean BBQ places. The food wasn't up to par--most of the 'hot' dishes were cold or room temperature. The soup they had available was galbi tang (beef short rib soup) and it was super greasy and the radish flavor overpowered the soup IMO. There were pieces of sliced jokbal that I picked up which tasted like lemon-scented dish soap. The marinade for the meat were all overly sweet and the meat low-quality. The waitstaff changed the grills and removed plates from the tables often. A complaint I had was that the staff would use the same tongs to pick up the raw stuff then mix up the cooked food. That's grounds for cross contaminating even over fire! Overall the service was going fairly until the owner waltzed over and shut off our grill while we were finishing up. We still had food on the grill but because she wanted everyone to prepare to leave, she just turned it off. This was around 9:45pm on a Tuesday night. My family and friends were grilling the last amounts of food when the owner angrily yelled out in Korean at the employees "don't you know how to turn this off?!" She proceeded to turn off our grill and and stormed off towards the back of the restaurant. When we asked one of the waitstaff why she didn't even bother to ask us or even say anything, the response we received was, "she's the owner." This owner's attitude is a perfect example of poor customer service. I would not recommend this place to anyone else. If you're looking for quality Korean BBQ AYCE then head on over to Picnic Garden and save yourself from the low quality of this place.

Local specialties? Flushing is the real k-town, don't let ANYONE convince you there is good Korean food in Manhattan (even if they're Korean), this is the closest you will get to the real thing. All you can eat Korean BBQ cooked at your table, with an all you can eat salad and appetizer bar as well. Excellent food. Expensive. Not much drink selection, sake and beer are second rate, and that's where the missing star went. Friendly service though not much English is spoken. Thank you is kaam-saam needa.

The Shrimp Fried Rice and Mapo Tofu are great, and the fried sweet rice balls they serve as dessert are always a sweet send off. But keep your fat eyes firmly on the prize: the Seho Ggampoongie (Fried Shrimp w/ Sweet Chili Sauce) to waken your tastebuds from their lifelong slumber, and then the Jja Jang (Noodles w/ Brown Sauce) or Jjam Bbong (Noodles in Spicy Seafood Soup)...or, better yet, if you can't commit to a singular bowl of one or the other, simply order the Jjam Jjang (half jja jang, half jjam bbong). This Jja Jang is the cleanest I've tasted. It's neither overly oily or salty. The filler isn't potato heavy, rather it's a well balanced mix of taters and zucchini, onion, soy bean, and meat. The Jjam Bbong soup is also well balanced, tastes of true seafood, has well proportioned balance of mussels, clams, and shrimp to veggie filler. The Shrimp GGampoongie doesn't require a introduction. Don't bother sharing it. You'll hate yourself otherwise. The sauce would be incredible over rice but I just can't bring myself to ask them to pack the leftover sauce..it just sounds sad and fat. Easy LIRR access (Murray Hill) for Manhattanites w/o cars. Worth the traffic on the LIE/BQE any time of the day.