Maru KoreanBBQ — Restaurant in Patong

The only Korean things you’ll get there are the name of the dishes and the drinks!

We ordered:

1. Japchae: it was so watery, don’t ask me how and lacked the taste of at least sesame oil; it’s an easy dish to make that you can never go wrong with, well that’s what we thought until we tried this!

2. Tteokbokki: nice try, it’s obvious that you used the already packed tteokbokki you can buy from stores and added an egg to charge extra for it. (Failure)

3. Ramen: what in the world did I just have, it’s just ramen with no flavors; I’m wondering if they forgot to put the spices sachet.

At this rate I’m just thankful I didn’t go for Kimchijiggae I would’ve got tomatoe based soup instead of kimchi

Food 1/5 Drinks 5/5 (they do have authentic Korean beer, so go for drinks only...

Good service, good Korean food. We came here twice during our stay in Phuket. Average spend is between 1400B. Delicious side dishes, we always go for bibimpap and pork belly to bbq ourselves.

*toilet There is no toilet in the restaurant itself but there is one in the main building. Ask the waiters for the toilet and they will provide a pass key and some toilet rolls to use or umbrella if it was raining. Very hospitable! Main building toilet was alright.

*adjacent bar After or before dining, there is a tiki bar with soothing music (live Filipino band) if u fancy some drink and some chilling time.

*massage places nearby This restaurant has nearby massage places too, we haven’t tried them but saw there were quite a few about...

Can’t understand why there are so many good reviews, my experience was terrible. The Banchan servings are laughable, for a table of 3 we literally got a single piece of kimchi. The Bibimbap size is also extremely small with zero protein even you order it with beef. The waitress we had was inept, she completely messed up our order. Nothing more frustrating than going out to eat with your family and everyone receiving their meals at different times. I was finished with my meal before my wife even got hers and she finished before my daughter got her food. I highly recommend skipping this overpriced restaurant and seek out other Korean dining...