Tong 86 — Restaurant in Perth

Food: more plain meat than marinated meat, and unfortunately only two choices when it comes to sauce--Gochujang (Korean chilli sauce) and a garlic oil--which meant that our BBQ was a touch on the plain side, in comparison to other Korean BBQ places that are heavy on marinating meats. However, rolling up the "intercostals" (meat from between the ribs) with a smattering of Gochujang in a lettuce leaf did taste very nice. Marinated chicken and marinated pork were, on their own, nicer tasting than the pork belly (that is raved about for some reason, but it's just plain pork belly) or scotch fillet steak (while thick and juicy, it is just plain.) The seafood pancake was nice, though dominated by large chunks of spring onion, and kimchee pancake was good, however needed to be spicier, truer to that 'kimchee' taste. The egg omelette with cheese was tasty. 11/20

Service: there's a button to attract waitstaff's attention, which is a concept we were entirely not used to, so we often just flagged people down with our hands. However, when using the button, they do come quickly and help out quite well. I find ordering too much meat and cooked dishes at once to be bad at a Korean BBQ: the tables are always round and dominated by the grill, so there's never any space. We ended up using two vacant chairs to hold the tray of meat and the egg omelette. 12/20

Ambience: it's not fine-dining obviously, but it does have a bare bones charm about it. Relaxed atmosphere, and fairly welcoming. 12/20

Overall: would I come back? I haven't quite decided. Certainly, there are other Korean BBQ places in Perth that have more variety of meats, cuts of meats, and marinades. Unfortunately, there might not be quite enough here that's worth the trip of visiting...

Overall Tong 86 was a positive experience. Situated a bit out of the way, the interior gives super cool warehouse vibes and is very nice and spacious. It does feel a bit awkward to be situated in the middle of basically a big floor and was a bit annoying to have people constantly walking around you in close proximity but it’s nothing too dramatic. The service was dismal. The staff were quite abrupt with giving our food and I was unable to get the attention of any of them. I understand it was busy but it was frustrating to have to wait for ages to get the chance to ask for an extra napkin or a glass of water. In saying this, when I spoke on the phone to a staff member he was very helpful in managing to secure a last minute reservation for us! The atmosphere of the place is very lively and loud. If you don’t like loud noises not a great place to come but I personally didn’t mind it. The food was great. The tteokbokki was probably my least favourite thing - the sauce was lacking in sauciness and spice but the rice cakes were nice and chewy. The fish cake soup was super yummy - the broth was nice and flavourful and the fish cakes were super hot and chewy. My favourite dish was the kimchi pancake- definitely a must get! The honey soy chicken wings were also great and have a super sticky sauce. Unfortunately we were unable to grill any vegetables on the bbq as we needed to have bought meat as well. I definitely think it is a place worth trying as the prices are also...

Great place for Korean table BBQ!

It's a little bit away from the main Northbridge drag, but worth the walk. It's almost like a big warehouse building with lots of tables with built-in table bbqs. It is one of the larger kbbq restaurants, so good for accommodating bigger parties The kind of hotplate they have are gas cylinder run, with a thick round hotplate on the top. They don't have individual smoke exhaust fans, but the hotplate didn't get too smokey, and the very high ceiling gives the place good ventilation.

The menu is easy to navigate. With the main focus being on table bbq. I think it's the cheapest place for pork belly! They have all the usual meats too. You need to order at least two meat dishes to have the table bbq. When you order the meat it comes with pickles side dishes, a bit of lettuce and dipping sauce/seasoned salt. The side dishes were kimchi, a sweet fishcake side, a kind of potato salad, and beansprouts.

The rest of the menu is pretty standard for a Korean table bbq place. We had the cheese omlette, which was really nice, great texture and flavour. We also had the chicken japchae, which although seemed like a small serving, was flavourful and had a good amount of chicken and veg included. Along with these two dishes we got one serve of pork belly and one serve of marinated chicken and one bowl of rice. Between two people this was a great amount of food, we...