DWJ Eastern Grill & Sushi Bar

The food is okay, but I went here for the sushi. Since they stopped having sushi, it’s not worth the trip.

DWJ was delicious; however, as others have Unilocaled, the service is seriously slow. It’s not because they’re busy. It’s because the owners are busy watching college basketball or testing ringtones on the cellphones!
We told them about their rating on Unilocal and how people were talking about their service and they said they were «a small business that’s trying to stay out of social media.» ??

This place has authentic and delicious korean food. The staff is friendly and the food is consistently good. If you’re a beginner to korean food, I’d start with the bulgogi! Move up to dolsot bibimbap! And then just explore!

We have a lot of Korean restaurants here in Toronto and we eat Korean food at least once, if not twice a week. Needed my kimchi fix, so off we headed to DWJ.
Spouse had the kimchi-​chigae, I had the cham-​pong.
Chigae was good, kimchi was definitely good — other panchan offerings, so-​so. Cham-​pong was ok, not enough gochu and not enough seafood. Noodles cooked perfectly.
Good wait staff. OK, but not exceptional … miyan hamnidah …

I ordered bugolgi it was delicious. The Korean dumpling was pretty good too. I ate all up next thing I know I had t unbutton my jeans.

After trying the only other korean bbq restaurant in memphis, my dinner companion and I made our way to DWJ last week to try what DWJ had to offer. It is located in a strip mall type of building with plenty of parking around. Upon entering this restaurant, I was pleasantly surprised with the prompt greeting/​service and the clean and nice interior. We were seated in a private booth with a countertop grill upon request.
The prices are similar to that of the other korean bbq restaurant in memphis. The service here is more of a business patron-​server relationship, rather than a personable hospitality type of feeling (but this isn’t a bad thing! They were nice enough and very prompt and professional).
My dinner companion found the food here better than at Asiana Garden. One thing to note is that refills of their sides are $ 1 each (but you should be there to eat the BBQ, not the sides…). Not sure of what the other reviewers experienced, but we found the cut of our meat just fine, and we got everything that we asked for.
I found at least 4 other tables were occupied by korean patrons, which is always a good sign for a korean restaurant. I can’t say that this restaurant is better or worse than Asiana Garden, but I do know that I will be back for my next korean BBQ craving :)

Back to try again. Guess it’s been a couple years. Seems about the same. Pretty decent but nothing outstanding. Had the spicy beef soup today and it was not bad.

Well I didn’t eat here, however my group of friends and I had a blast here, singing karaōke in their «secret» in the back private karaōke spot.
I’m from Atlanta, and there are places with private karaōke booths that are all over that city, where you can go with a group of friends and just sing the night away. They have plenty of space, it would be amazing if they opened up more karaōke booths.
While we were there, the food smelled wonderful! Will have to come back to just sit and eat!

This place is a little pricey, but two of my Korean friends have said it’s the best in town. This is the place I go to when I’m wanting Korean food. I like the variety of things. I went with a large group and we all shared so we all got to try a bit of everything. It was a ton of fun.
I have also done private karaōke here a few times with groups of friends. They have a nice variety in both English and other languages (I’ve sung a few in Spanish!). We typically get some type of almost sushi rolls (I don’t remember what they’re called) to snack on while we sing.
I will admit it’s a little pricey as well (anything is pricey when compared to free in bars though) but I liked not getting hooted and hollered at by random strangers. It was just me and my friends so we could be as serious or as goofy as we wanted to be. And no one was there to judge us or hit on us. I loved it. (And yeah that’s a huge deal to me. I had a drunken guy proposition me for gross gross things the first time I sang in a public bar… o. o No thank you.)

We have been coming here for years, before they were at this location. It is family owned and operated, and while I usually always get the same thing, the food is really good. if you have never had Korean food before, start with the Korean Style Beef, but definitely branch out. You get a lot of food for a very reasonable price and it is one of my favorite spots to change up what we usually eat.