GOO STK 528 — Restaurant in Seoul

Highly disappointed. We spent about 300,000 won here (including a bottle of wine). We ordered the T-bone steak with the weight of 650g so the steak alone ran us around 180,000. It was supposed to be medium rare, but it was really medium well to well done. Only 2 pieces were medium while the rest were well done. For this high end restaurant, you should expect better. We also ordered creamed spinach and grilled mixed vegetables. These sides came out first and they were cold! I didn’t know what we were thinking because we should have sent them back, but, unfortunately, we didn’t because we were expecting an amazing steak which would compensate for the cold sides.

The service was terrible. The 2 waitstaff serving 4 tables at this location were too busy watching a baseball game on their phone to provided consistent service. A phone was posted on their main workstation in the middle of the room! Mind you, this is a small restaurant so I could also watch that baseball game with them.

We sat next to a very loud group of 4 guys and yes they were obnoxiously loud even for my American standard. The waitstaff didn’t even ask them to quiet down as it was disturbing the rest of the place. The table to our left moved their table after the furthest table became available because of the noise. I supposed the waitstaff didn’t tell them to quiet down for the same reason we didn’t want send our cold sides back...abiding by the local culture?

For the money we spent here you would expect white table cloth service, but we’ve gotten better service while paying 1/3 the price. I hope the owner of this restaurant become more mindful of training and food...

Westerners take note: This is a wonderful small steak house, with superbly prepared filet/tenderloin and a great selection of sides. Fries are the small crispy kind; mac & cheese is very flavorful and not bland like other places. Table next to me had a gorgeous t-bone, large enough to be shared by two adult men. Bring your appetite and your wallet. Small space creates intimacy and focus on the food. Loved the steak and sides. As a starter, the caesar salad was just OK: not entirely sure that it was romaine, and the croutons were out of a bag. For dessert, the tiramisu was mostly a light, sweet fluff; not much of the consistency of lady fingers, and didn’t have the taste of espresso. Finished it all off with a Graham’s 30-year tawny port. Would I go back? Most definitely! Two locations; I went to the one in Gangnam. There is another, larger...

저희에게는 기념일이었지만 꼭 큰돈을 쓰러 간 건 아니었습니다 원래 가고자 했던 곳이 예약이 마감이 돼서 어쩔 수 없이 오게 된 곳이라 내심 마음이 편진 않았지만 그래도 괜찮게 거니 하고 갔습니다. 허나 저희가 먹은 식사량의 가격이 너무 많이 나오더라고요 게다가 조명도 너무 어두워서 뭐를 먹는지 입으로 먹는지 코로 먹는지 알 수 없는 기분에 기념일 사진 한장 제대로 된것도 못 건져서 그것도 너무 아쉬웠습니다

오늘의 파스타 이건 또 왜 이렇게 비싸죠 ? 저는 태어나서 5만원대 파스타를 처음 먹어 봅니다 내용물도 그렇게 해산물이 가득한 거 같지도 않고 저희한테 차라리 스테이크를 메인으로 보여주시면서 조금 저렴해서 잘 나가는 사이드메뉴를 안내해 주시면 좋을 텐데

어리버리한 알바생이 와서는 가격도 제대로 전달하지 않고 계속 가격도 올림을 해서 알려 주고 조금 불편함이 있었던 것 같습니다 우릴 호구로 보나 이런 느낌.. 비싼메뉴만 권하고

저는 블로거로 활동을 하고 있는지라 정말 다양한 엄청 많이 먹어 보고 많이 접해봅니다 근데 개인적으로 봤을땐 저는 다시는 가고 싶지 않다는 생각이 들 수도 있겠다는 생각이 들더라고요

다음에도 고객을 잡기 위해서는 처음 왔을 때 좋은 기억을 심어 줬으면 참 좋았을 텐데 하는 아쉬움이 듭니다

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