Seoul Korean BBQ Restaurant

So we were searching for somewhere new to have lunch last weekend and found this little place on Unilocal (of course) so we thought we’d give it a try.
We weren’t terribly hungry so we decided not to get the all-​you-​can-​eat feature, although we made a mental note to come back with friends sometime and try it.
We instead ordered dumplings for an appetizer, and how can you not have bulgogi at a Korean restaurant?
The dumplings were fantastic. We had the pork and kimchi flavor, and they came out smokin’ hot, slightly crispy on the outside, and a nice mild spiced flavor on the inside. I’ve decided I prefer these dumplings to gyoza (the Japanese equivalent) because of the slightly fluffier dough that was lightly fried and toasted on the outside.
The bulgogi was great too. We had classic beef, and it came with four side dishes and two sauces plus rice. We opted to have the kitchen cook it, as my husband doesn’t love the idea of having to cook your own food at a restaurant (even though I find that really fun to do! Perhaps next time…)
Even sharing that amount of food we ended up taking home leftovers!
Pleasant attentive staff, clean restaurant, and good food — what more could you want?

Seoul Korean BBQ is popular for their all you can eat menu. You have a choice of spicy chicken, LA kalbi, pork belly, pork shoulder, etc. You also get side dishes and rice with your AYCE order. I recently heard that refills on your side dishes are not free. I haven’t had this problem as I have never needed refills on my side dishes. This would be a negative since all Korean restaurants I have been do free refills on their side dishes.
AYCE is pretty good, especially the kalbi and pork belly. You can ask to have the meat cooked at the back instead, if you don’t want to smell like grilled meat at the end of your meal. The a la cart menu is also good, but not exceptional. They also have a set menu, that I would not recommend. We have tried it multiple times and we have always left disappointed and thinking that we should have just have the AYCE. The set menu gives you an array of dishes, but the assortes grilled seafood part of it is lacking quiet a bit and all we could taste was the residue of the seafood being frozen.
The service is good and the orders come in quickly. Although our last 2 visits out water took too long to get filled and the servers did not visit our table until almost the end of our meal.
Overall, I think Seoul Korean BBQ is good, but definitely not the best korean bbq in Calgary. I would recommend to just stick with the AYCE to get your moneys worth.

AYCE BBQ with various choices for meats.
Tried all the selection, some cooked on the grill (all the beef selection) and the pork and chicken cooked in the kitchen.
The marinated selections were just ok, I was was so thirsty that night.
Service was very attentive by changing our grill and placing orders.
Been there done that. Probably wouldn’t go back.

Love pork belly. But the mushroom is unwashed. I have to use the water to clean it again. So many dust on it. They really should wash it before they serve it on the table. Other than this, it’s all good.

My wife love this joint! Ayce is good and the quality of food is high! I just don’t like the new charge on side dishes. There’s other restaurants in town that will give you refills for free.

this is the first time i tried actual korean bbq place in town other than koryo (fast food chain). and absolutely delicious. we went as a big group and ordered all you can eat beef ribeye, beef ribs, chicken so goood. we didnt get to make our own this time. next time we sure will try that. good service.good food

Yep this is pretty much typical Korean food. I lived in Korea for a few years and ate BBQ galbi for almost every meal. The prices aren’t the same as Korea (usually $ 10 a person compared to $ 30 here) but this is Canada and nothing seems cheap anymore. Go for the all u can eat and remember that you can refill the meat and sides as much as you want. Would love it if this place served Makali. I’ll be back next time I need my Dwen-​Jung-​jeegae fix

I just love korean bbq and when I travel it is the first restaurant I look for. Decided on this one and was a bit sad I did. But first the good. The service was wow. I never needed for anything. The would change my grill every time i had new meat. I must say that was the first korean bbq to do that for me of all the one i went to. The ognion salad was… Just say I ordered 3 hehe. The place looked clean as i only went from the door to my table. Bit now to the not so good. The meat had no taste. The reason i love bbq is the taste and that is where i was let down and that is why the 2*. The porc ribs tasted like it was cook in water. I will pass on this place if I am back in Calgary

Delicious! My friend and I opted out of the all-​you-​can-​eat, but in the end it felt like we ate all we could anyway, there was so much food! We ordered 3 dishes when 2 would’ve been enough, and were soldiering through by the end of it. I also forgot it always comes with all the little dishes like the kimchi and bean sprouts.
The seafood pancake is pretty tasty. It’s a bit more doughy than crispy or flaky here, but it wasn’t overly greasy and heavy. A bit too much green onion for my liking though, it was almost like a green pancake instead. I was pretty much just picking out the green onions after a while. The small chunks of octopus/​squid makes for nice chewy texture, I wish there was more or maybe even some shrimp in there too.
The jap chae is also good, you can never go wrong with glass noodles in anything really. A bit more seasoning in it would’ve been nice, but overall still yummy. And of course we had to get the short ribs! They were pricey, almost $ 30 for an average sized platter but still good. They served it with lettuce, mushrooms and onions but we just ate the ribs on their own, they’re always the best part anyway.
Overall service and price were pretty good and I can’t complain. Would definitely visit again but next time will make sure to bring all of my appetite to really get the full experience!

All you can eat korean bbq is amazing! Taste awesome and the service was nice, well money spent!

delicious!

Celebrated a birthday dinner with FAM here twice. It’s always good and yummy. All you can eat BBQ comes with rice, kimchi, salads, and some other sides. Last night’s service by our lady server (it’s a shame i didnt get her name) was great. She was friendly, fast and attended to all our needs. One tip though if you’re already starving, order half of whatever you want cooked in the kitchen and half for you to cook on your table grill. So while you’re grilling you’re also already eating. It takes such a long time to cook by yourself LOL.
–At the end of the meal they serve you with this yakult-​like drink. It’s yummy!
–Washrooms are just okay, and they have Listerines to wash the mouth after eating so much bbqs !

From winter cold season sitting near the grilling stove to keep you warm, to summer hot season sitting near the grill sizzling the steak with a nice cold bottle of Korean Beer. Seoul is one of good indoor Korean BBQ in Cowtown during all season in the past years.
When I step into the main entrance, I scent the sizzling Korean BBQ rushing through my nose. Before the host greeting us. I stomach was growing for starvation and want to order food right away. I almost said: BBQ dinner for four… Embarrassing…
Anyways, I did order BBQ set dinner and a bottle of Korean Beer. They also serve all you can eat, but set menu is not a bad option: comes with Korean side dish aka kimchi et al, a choice of Seafood pancake or noodles, and a Korean style hot boiling mild spicy miso soup, bowl of steam rice, salad and most importantly main course of an average portion of meat and seafood (which you can choose they grill it for you or I can grill it by myself in middle of the grill table.) Since I do all the grilling, and they eat the food… aka my friend James, but the temptation of the sizzling grilling at front did increase the appetite.
Overall, I will give 3.5 stars. Price vs. food portion was a miss, as in Asian (Korean) market value it should be at least 15% lower what you pay in BBQ set dinner. I’m not sure all you can eat menu or the cost of huge place utilities etc… it should be more control by the owner/​management. On Saturday night, service was good: (4 stars) our server was swamped serving table. But she and her team will monitor us when we need something: filling up water and tea to keep us hydrated, and changing the grilling plate to prevent over burn. The most interesting thing at Korean culture is that they work as a team: when the customer leave the table, at least 2 people roll over the cleaning cart, they will hurry clean and set up the table for the next customer come in. I timed average was 1min and 15 sec (at 4 table turn over). Team work motivation was impressive!
Hopefully I can come back again if the price value will be adjust aka note to management: find a better a food suppliers??? And hire more serving staff? Although, we are living in an oil and gas town with party animals, market value does sound like a bias. Sigh!

worst manager.
he is rude and nonsense. he charged us 20 bucks penalty for not eating salty meat. fucking salty not eatable. worst of the worst. never going back there.

This is Korean Resturant offer all you can eat or order of menus. Good value and great variety that will fulfill your tastebuds.
Lunch or dinner.

This is as good as it gets in Calgary. Since I left San Francisco, I crave real authentic Korean food where you cook on the table and great side dishes. This is the place where all the Calgarian asians go. They have all you can eat menu, prices and portions are good. Good ambiance and service. The only downfall is I prefer more variety of side dishes like fishcakes, cucumbers salad… But I haven’t found any korean place that offers it other than in SF.

Wow, I haven’t had good Korean BBQ in the longest time. Time flies — it’s been over two years, the last time was straight from the motherland of South Korea. Anyways, we were hankering for some all you can eat Korean BBQ goodness so we hit up Seoul Korean BBQ. A no frills, grungy from the outside looking restaurant — aka. my kind of joint.
We went on a Saturday evening and the place was busy. Lucky for us, we didn’t have to wait and were seated right away. My poor sis, she couldn’t eat 99% of the menu (no gluten/​no egg) so she had to settler for a soft tofu dish while she watched us devour through the all you can eat (AYCE) menu ($ 26.95/person).
The AYCE menu consists of 9 meat selections, 4 side dishes, rice and onion salad. The ban chan (side dishes) were decent (potato, kim chi, bean sprouts). Our favourite was definitely the marinated bean sprouts, yum. They also bring you a small bowl of sweet Korean hot sauce and a side of lettuce wraps (if you want to make lettuce wrap sandwiches).
We tried all 9 of the different types of meat (beast mode) and my favourite was the spicy pork bulgogi and deep fried chicken. The deep fried chicken was really good — good sauce, crunchy but felt nice and light. Not your typical deep fried chicken. Pork bulgogi was nice and spicy, just the way I like it. Pork belly had so much fat on it, it was ridiculous! We were definitely disgusted by all the fat grease oozing out but that’s pork belly for you!
Anyways, service was good (they came to switch out our BBQ grills several times) and food was tasty. We ended the meal with these Korean sweet mini drinks (not sure what they were called) but was a perfect way to end our meal.

Not the worst Korean BBQ in Calgary but also not the best. I find their combos are quite pricey and they ran out of a usual side dish without telling us.
The service is prompt but ill informed. When we asked if their vegetable dumplings contained any source of meat they said they would have to ask the kitchen. They came back and said it was fine. When we bit into the dumplings we found small pieces of meat.
Air quality (although common for a BBQ) is not that great either.

I received a gift certificate from my brother to try this place out. He suggested that my wife and I try the all-​you-​can-​eat menu so we did.
The buildings outside appearance is run down and dated. Located off of Macleod Trail, this place definitely does not scream HEY YOU SHOULD EAT IN HERE to people driving by.
That being said, my wife and I gave it a shot. Initial impression of the interior was better than we expected. It seemed clean and it was really quite large. We got seated right away with no reservation and a server came and took our drink order right away.
Service was fast, and friendly. We ate our body weight in calbi and bulgogi, went through several plates of kimchi, rice and the other sides. We were both pleased with the food. We both had low expectations going in and left happy. I have tried quite a few of the Korean places in town and I would probably come back here if I was really hungry.

I wish I had written a first review of this place when I first came here, because it would definitely have gotten a four before. When I first started going there I was really impressed with the quality and size of the portions. They still have a lot of little extras that I definitely appreciate but aside from the kimchi and other little appetizers they give you at the beginning, the rest of the food, tea, atmosphere, service, have all degraded. Not to mention the prices have definitely went up to a point where it’s just not worth it anymore here. It’s still a fun experience but there are other Korean restaurants elsewhere, as other people have said.
When I first came, they gave generous amounts of meat in their jap chae and other dishes, now (I wish I had taken a picture) they give you probably less than 1 oz of meat and the dish has increased in price and is almost $ 17. Over the past two years I’ve noticed the tea getting more and more watery as well. I didn’t want to believe it the first three or four times, but by the last time I went I realized that there wasn’t any reason to come here anymore above other similar restaurants. The last time I went, the jap chae was almost all noodles and it tasted like they had been soaked in butter. It just didn’t taste right. I just remember I used to look forward to the tea (it used to be SO good), and the generous portions for good prices. I’m not sure if they were losing money or what it was.
I don’t think the beebimbap has ever been that great here even when I fell in love for the place, but I’m just really disappointed by how much their noodles degraded. Their soup used to be quite nice too but I haven’t tried it recently so I can’t comment if it’s bad now. I would say from my last few experiences, don’t waste money on the jap chae or ordering a la carte BBQ items (they don’t give you much, and it can be pretty fatty). I think the group dinners are the best value for money but then you’ll need at least 3 people to finish.
The service has been about the same since I started. Nothing special. They make you pay at the front. I’m guessing now that they’ve gotten a popular name they feel it’s OK to slack on the quality and quantity but hopefully they figure it out soon enough… its not like they are the only restaurant of this type in Calgary.