Yoseokgung 1779 — Restaurant in Gyeongju-si

We ate at House of Choi for dinner. We ate the 69,000 won meal option as we booked late.

We were given a private room and our appetizers immediately came out. The first three dishes were delicious. It was followed by a salad and raw fish with seaweed wrap. The final set of dish was a simple Korean side dishes with rice, along with galbi-gin.

The first set of dishes were great for set meal. The last dishes were like from a cheap Korean restaurant. The galbi was overcooked and chewy.

The server was rushing to serve our dishes even though we were still working on our last set of meals. They don't monitor us and serve the next set of dish as we finish each set. They claim that they have a big party and needed to serve all the rooms together. That seems like lazy service.

The price of the meal was not worth it. I recommend other restaurants more reasonably priced restaurants in the area. Not sure if they're trying to Michelin Star or not but they are a long way from it...

Atmosphere was nice, but more like a private room with food. The waitress though nice, but needs more training. The moat important part, THE FOOD! It’s not worth your money. We paid approx. $200 for our meal for 3 and it was one of the worst meals We’ve had in Korea. The sweet and sour mushroom was too tough and too cold, chapchae overcooked (i could’ve made better, cheap ingredient soup, galbijjim was too tough, kimchee with underwhelming flavors. Served water in a plastic karafe, I just don’t understand the hype. We started questioning why this place was so well known. 8’m completely unimpressed by the Choi family taste buds. In all honesty, it’s not even worth the experience. Beware of the good reviews. I think they might be related to the owner. I would not recommend this place nor would I ever go back...

Not too bad but not worth it. Waitresses are kind but not professional. We didn’t get to choose the menu (they decided for us). They started serving the dishes as soon as we sat down without explaining the courses or asking about drinks. Food is ok at best but highly overpriced. They brought the dishes into the room before we finished the previous ones. The whole thing felt rushed and we didn’t feel particularly welcome. To add to the whole thing a bulb basically exploded on top of us which was a bit scary (although I guess that can happen anywhere). Location is beautiful but $120 for a pretty picture is excessive and the overall experience...