Bonchon - Turtle Village — Restaurant in Mai Khao

During my culinary exploration in Phuket, I visited a Korean restaurant that was a profound disappointment. The service was severely lacking, with too few staff members who were anything but attentive. Most astonishingly, the restaurant ran out of essential items - no kimchi in a Korean restaurant is simply ludicrous, rendering all kimchi-based dishes unavailable.

The staff's indifferent attitude towards the shortage was infuriating; they were nonchalant and unapologetic. It felt as though the restaurant was not functioning as it should, wasting its space and my time. I cannot recommend this establishment and would advise others to avoid the frustration of...

I ordered a great value bulgogi. Bit light on the amount of lettuce leaves and not loads of beef but quality was good and let’s be honest it cost £6.50 so can’t complain! Served with gochujang and sesame oil. The lychee tea was nice and flowery. My wife had a spicy seafood soup but it tasted too full of chilly powder and I couldn’t gulp more than 5 spoonfuls. Service is on the slow side but that’s their business decision which seems to have led to the bulk of terrible reviews as opposed to the quality of the food itself. Wife’s barley tea was topped up without asking so service on this basis was good. Would return and...

Was unsure to go here due to the really bad reviews, so was prepared for any bad service when we went. Service was not at all as described in reviews, food came out in less than 15 mins (except half a fried chicken which we were told would take that long , as expected for the size), portion sizes were good, and very cheap pricing so was quite worth it. Was quite busy over our time there but still the servers managed well, good and fast service and yummy cheap food. Around 6£ for half a chicken fried (9 pieces), most meal sets under 7£. Very cheap, our per person spend was just large because we...