Mapo BBQ West Ryde — Restaurant in Sydney

We like their BBQ meats especially the marinated beef ribs, but recently we wanted to try their non-BBQ dishes for a quick lunch. We ordered their bulgogi beef and rice set, cold noodle soup (mul naengmyeon) and fried mang-doo dumplings as side dish. The place also provided complimentary Korean ban-chan side dishes just like other Korean places in Sydney.

The ordered dishes were top-notch, except the dumplings which were just average. We especially love the cold noodle soup and the bulgogi. The ban-chan side dishes were some of the best I've tried in Sydney Korean restaurants and need to be mentioned in this review.

Prices on the menu are competitive with other Korean places in close-by suburbs. The place is quite big and not too busy at lunch time compared to similar Korean joints in nearby Eastwood suburb, so we love having lunch here in the current social distancing / pandemic times. Services from floor staff were reasonable and we found no problem. You can pay with credit cards with additional...

SCAMMED... It makes me sad having to write this bad review as this is a regular place i go to for KBBQ, it was my 6th time going there and I've realized their service worsening every time i go back. But this incident draws the line and I will never come back again.. We ordered PREMIUM WAGYU and they tricked us by giving 2 pieces of bad quality meat together with 2 pieces of premium wagyu. (It was very obvious, two pieces was packed with marbling on the meat and the other two had no marbling at all and we even mistaken it to look like liver). When asked why the meats look so different he hurriedly just chuckled and said it is premium wagyu and walked away. It was very obvious that the meats were drastically different in appearance and texture/taste that anyone could tell it was different quality of meat. The premium wagyu was the most expensive meat on the menu as well and we just felt so cheated and unethical for...

Korean bbq restaurant with simple menu, plenty of side dish, and great tasting meat.

This is one of the well known bbq restaurant among Korean community in Sydney, and it did not disappoint. We visited on an early Sunday evening and it was packed already.

The venue is laid out like typical Korean bbq place. Grills in the middle of tables, smoke suction pipes above the grills. It was clean but smoky, not a romantic space by any means.

One thing that stood out above other Korean restaurants was that they served spicy raw crab. Usually you'd pay hefty price just for the crab, but it was surprising to see this being just served out as side dish after ordering the meat. I think this alone makes it worth the trip to Mapo.

The main dish we ordered, marinated beef rib, was delicious. Cooked above real charcoal heat, it had lovely smoky smell, soft texture, and sweet and soy flavour. The portion...