Seoul House 서울관 SOJUBANG 소주방

Was here for BBQ with family. I love how they serve various fresh Banchan[side dishes]. It's one of the best in town. Unfortunately, it was so busy having only two servers, which is really little for BBQ restaurants. We had to ask at least three times to get extra utensils, orders, and drinks. Otherwise, it's very recommended.

August 10, 2024 on Google

They posted advertising online but when we mentioned, they said change of management and they will just honour it one per table for this time only. But online was per head, not per table. If no promotion, price is on the high side and nothing special. I would rather go to other Korean restaurants than this one.

August 5, 2024 on Google

Came here on the weekends at 6:00pm, and they are not busy. We did make reservations because we have a large group of 14 people. They managed to set us up on one long table. We order mainly Korean BBQ items, and everything is fresh. They started cooking/grilling for you, which is super nice! We ordered their homemade Makgeolli (Rice wine). Which i like it. Services are really good here. Parking is almost full when we arrive. I will come back and try other Korean dishes beside BBQ for sure.

August 4, 2024 on Google

I visited Sojubang today (July 20) and had a mixed experience. When we arrived, it wasn’t very busy, but as soon as we ordered, the dinner rush began, and the restaurant got quite busy. Part of our food arrived fairly quickly, which was nice. However, our BBQ combo, which was supposed to come with soup and two rice servings, didn’t arrive until we were almost done with our meal. We had to ask the server for it, which was disappointing. We also requested a refill of three side dishes and had to remind the server twice, but they never came. The food itself tasted okay, but the service left much to be desired. Additionally, for a BBQ place, the air conditioning was not strong enough, making it uncomfortable during the summer months. Moreover, it was pretty pricey for the portion of BBQ meat we received. Overall, while the food was decent, the service, portion sizes, and lack of adequate air conditioning made the experience less enjoyable.

July 21, 2024 on Google

All the food were great nice and open spaces. I would go again to have. Few things keep in mind are it was super cold sitting by the window or by the wall when I was visiting. Recommend to sit in the middle in the winter time or cold weather. Cups, side dish plates, and cutlery were all disposable. It would be nice if I get served proper dishes and cutlery. I’ve checked someone’s review that the owner has favour to take care of certain customers. I also agree. I had quite nice atmosphere only along my friends that night which I really enjoyed, but I can hear she was busy chatting on other tables to tables and loudly chatting and greeting in front of of doors who she recognized specifically.

February 19, 2024 on Google

A very nice restaurant, just not sure why not a lot of customers during weekend dinner time. The meat dish we ordered are really nice, also the tteokbokki. They can refill the side dishes as much as you want. Overall it’s a great Korean BBQ.

February 3, 2024 on Google

My friends and I made a reservation for the restaurant's $10 pork belly special. Sadly, we left quite frustrated with the service and overall experience. We were a group of 7 people sharing a single grill and one pair of tongs. KBBQ comes with a free soybean stew and some rice, but we had to flag down multiple servers and ask nearly 10 times for our stew. We kept being told it was coming, but it didn't arrive until we were basically done eating and with a single bowl of rice for the whole table. We also had to ask for an extra pair of tongs and chase people down for lettuce/banchan refills since no one ever checked on us. What we got: - Pork Belly no skin - Pork Belly with skin - Seasoned premium beef - Soybean stew (comes with KBBQ) - Banchan (kimchi, fish cakes, cucumbers) - Popcornis Final thoughts: Kpop playing and the lights dimmed halfway through the meal so the vibe was pretty cool. Meat was nothing special, but can't beat the $10 deal we got. There were powdered flavouring you could put on your meat (wasabi, cheese, cumin, sweet corn) but I found it a bit gimmicky and you shouldn't need to cover your meat in powder if it is good quality. I believe the meat deal is over so I probably won't be back. There are better KBBQ options.

September 2, 2023 on Google

Gamseong Siktak is a newly opened Korean BBQ and Pub in the Thornhill area. They are currently having a promotion - all soju (chum churim) bottles are $5 for your first one, for each person at the table from Fridays through Sundays. Their flavours range from apple mango, green grape, regular, grapefruit, citron/lemon, and others. For weekdays (Mondays through Thursdays), they're offering $10 for pork belly plates. One of the workers say that they intend to go on with the promotion until early September (Labour Day weekend), so now is the time to go! I had originally made a reservation on their website (a week in advance) because we had a party of 12 for a Saturday night. I even got email and text confirmation and reminders from them leading up to the day. When we arrived, they had let us know that they did NOT have our reservation, and additionally could not seat us because our entire party was not there yet. They also said they could not guarantee us a seat by the time everyone was there (even though we let them know everyone was within 5-10 minutes away). What was the point of that? This was not mentioned to me when I made the reservation. I can also see that they took down the reservation booking site from their website now - this was kind of disappointing. The rest of the night, however, the service was good. Not amazing, but good. The food itself was good - we ordered 2 of the party platter for 3-4 people with additional entrees on the side. Everything was great and brought out in a timely manner. In total, we spent about $40-50 per person.

August 8, 2023 on Google