Genwa Korea BBQ (Beverly Hills) — Restaurant in Beverly Hills

Genwa is fantastic! My husband loves Korean BBQ, but I'm not a huge fan. So it took a special occasion to get ourselves here. We were lucky to find street parking not too far away - valet is $6. There was also quite a lengthy wait - over 30 minutes. But the food that followed was so superlative that it made the wait totally worth it!

We kept it simple and ordered combo A for the two of us - the mains were prime galbi and bulgogi chicken. The combo also came with japchae, soon tofu, brown rice, gyerinjjim (Korean steamed egg that was bubbling as it reached us!), house salad and wait for it....26 types of banchan! (Yes, I counted!) Honestly, I could've spent the entire meal sampling the banchan; plus we had a wonderful server who explained the various dishes to us and brought us second and even third helpings of our favorites (our faves were the fish cakes, dried calamari and the little savory pancakes whose names I do not know)

Just we were beginning to feel full, the meats arrived! Ordinarily, I would've wondered how 2 meats would fill us up, but I hadn't counted on the unlimited banchan and other sides. While the bulgogi chicken arrived already cooked, our server pretty much did most of the work while grilling the prime galbi at our table. The galbi was the juiciest, most tender meat I have ever eaten (probably one of the fattiest too, but when it tastes as great as it did, I don't really care!). The bulgogi chicken was good too, but everything paled in comparison to the galbi!

Honestly, the meal was enough to warrant a five star rating, but they went above and beyond with service that treated us like royalty, and the nice touches at the end - the sweet rice tea (totally regretting that I didn't ask for more!) and the foot-shaped lollipops! Genwa is definitely pricey (the meal came to $80 with tax and tip, and no drinks or dessert) , but I can't think of a nicer place to celebrate a...

So I had my graduation party here several weeks ago and it was a great success!!!

The private room upstairs has a small booking fee but was totally worth it. It fit over 45 of my friends and family. Our servers Ed and Sofia really took care of us. We had ordered numerous grouped courses which had such a great variety of dishes already, but they were super accommodating with additional dishes from different individuals as well. I especially appreciated the attention to detail they reserved for my cousin and guest, who are vegetarians. THANK YOU for helping them feel welcome at a K-BBQ restaurant.

The private room doesn't have the grill tables, thus all our dishes were cooked on the side and served to us...which was actually very beneficial because we were wearing nice clothes from the ceremony and there wasn’t a fear of smoke smell clinging to our clothes.

For the meat dishes, I find that the price is not as low as other places, but the quality and service has always been superior.

Ed and Sofia also remained very calm while dealing with little kids running around and friends/family coming in and out to greet me. They also helped me cut two whole cakes to serve to everyone as well.

And of course, in Genwa fashion, the numerous barchan dishes excited my family so much because they love kimchi, pickled vegetables, egg, as well as other small dishes. My dad told me that next time he visits LA, I should take him back to...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this place. Pricey, though in line for most Korean BBQ spots, but DE-LICIOUS. The wait staff are mostly men and GORGEOUS. Go just for the eye candy. Sweetness on the eyes and sweetness in the belly. Doesn't. Get. Any. Better. Than. That. Hee. Hee. They brought my young daughter unlimited kim and bap, which she loves, along with kid size and geared plates, chopsticks, etc. A banchan heaven, as the amount of sides are INSANE. Like Crazy Eddie. Insane. You have to be of a certain age bracket to know what I'm referencing, unless that's on vintage rewind like so many things. Everything looked and tasted beautiful, including the dessert. My daughter likes the purity of ice cream without the pomp and circumstance, so they were nice enough to bring her pure ice cream. ; ) To top the sweetness of the evening, a colored flower lollipop was distributed to all of us ladies. It was all ladies for the evening in our party. I would definitely go to this place over and over. I am dreaming of it now even as I write this... ; ) [Bonus: the valet is cheapest I have ever seen... I think I remember $5 or something...