青瓦台

To be honest… just don’t go here unless you really need a late night hungover and crave for something to eat after drink Best They serve good wholesome K food The pancake is not bad (but it can be better) Only the bulgogi worth it, it is hot, steamy and very yummy- the rice is slightly burnt and crunchy- which is my favorite part They give a lot of banchan Bad So the thing is: they just have A LOT of problems The staffs is very… cold and you always need to repeat twice until she do something I think the place understaffed… because the server really hate to be there tbh The beef is super hard and chewy…. I would not call it if I were you The servers “passive aggressive” ask for us to tips 18% at least while its just a very quick lunch (we did tips fyi but its “not enough”)… we didnt mind and did leave 18% tip it but being ask for tips is … not our thing

Food was okay actually it’s good but why they are literally forcing the tips. We are also students and did 18% tips. I think that’s good enough but sadly they aren’t happy and making some weird expressions. Queer feeling really!! Not gonna come again🫡

All I ordered was 1 order of glass noodles and 1 order of fried dumplings for myself. The entire service experience was just putting the food on my table. I heard the waitresses arguing with some other patrons as they paid and left, and it seemed like they were dining and dashing, but not really. Then it came time for me to pay, and I paid for my 1 person meal, $41 and change, plus $5 tip for the absolute minimum service that they gave. When I gave them the $5 tip, the service person said in broken Korean English, "Tip is 18%. You give two more dollars.". I reluctantly gave the service person the $2 right away, and left realizing what had happened to the patrons that had left before me. The service was awful. They demanded a more than deserving tip, (which I ended up giving). And if I could post the a picture of the dumplings, which had no meat, it was all glass noodle, egg and herbs. There's also a history of them having fruit flies flying around that they can't seem to resolve.

my third time visiting, but the experience was honestly shocking. The staff were extremely rude, and I actually heard them talking badly about customers in Korean, assuming foreigners wouldn’t understand. They said things like “She only left a $4 tip, how disgusting,” and other insulting comments right in front of customers. I couldn’t believe it. The food wasn’t good either. The broccoli tasted spoiled, and when I tried to ask something, most of the older staff didn’t even respond. When I went to pay, they asked if I wanted the tip automatically included or separated. When I said I would pay the tip separately, the staff member literally questioned me — “Why? Why separate? Just include it, 18% is accurate.” Her tone was confrontational and rude. If the service had been decent, I would’ve gladly tipped 18%, but the attitude was so unpleasant and disrespectful that I honestly wanted to leave zero. I still left a small amount only because she kept staring at me aggressively. This place is truly the worst Korean restaurant experience I’ve had in New York. I’ve lived here for years and have never written a review like this, but I’m honestly shocked. The first time I visited, there were flies and mosquitoes inside — the hygiene was terrible. I’m never going back. The staff are unbelievably rude and unprofessional.

Their food is not worth the price they ask for. I ordered Seafood soup Haemul Jeongol. But the soup that they served was absolutely different and tastes so bad. Not even single piece of shrimp, oyster, mushrooms and vegetables are included. They only put the cheap small white fish pieces and two crab pieces without any meat in it. They only put kimchi and soy sauce, tofu and 2 to 3 pieces of white fish and meatless crab. So disappointed. And also the service is also so bad. I also ordered fried oyster pancake. Same thing happened. Only two or three pieces of small oyster and it’s not crunchy enough. Total was $71 for pancake + seafood soup + beef tripe soup and tip 18% which is a mandatory. I won’t go back there again.