Cham Soot Gol — Restaurant in Buena Park

TLDR: Best KBBQ in LA

OG review from 2018: I regularly visit once or twice a month since being introduced to KBBQ here about three years ago. My girlfriend and I have tried other places, but none of them ever come close to the professional atmosphere, the amazing service and the top teir quality, and portions of their meat. Shout out to one of the managers, Danny, who is always a calm, reassuring prescence, who keeps things running in ship shape. Every time we're told it's going to be a long wait, we know it will be worth every second.

2025 update: Wow, life has a way of getting away from you! Was in the area for a niece's softball game, and literally just caught lunch - glad to see we're back to opening at noon on the weekends! Fantastic service and my now wife and I polished off our meats with gusto.

Was happy to support these guys through the pandemic, but post-pandemic they introduced the CSG Marinade and I keep telling them to bottle it. Our go-to strategy is to order Brisket to begin, then on the second round ask for the CSG Marinade and more Brisket so it can soak while cooking longer meats like the marinated Pork Chop or the Pork Bellys. Seriously, Danny, Bottle that!

After coming here for 10 years I might try to buy a T-shirt and represent my love for this place! Come...

Very disappointing experience compared to similarly priced AND cheaper kbbq options in the area. Most of the marinated meats were so lightly marinated that you could only barely taste the marinade. Usually a bad sign when bulgogi tastes incredibly close to brisket.

The grills are small and weak, and at our table we had the grill on constantly for 2 hours and most of the grill was cool to the touch. Not necessarily emblematic of all the grills, maybe our table was just a poorly maintained grill. This did mean that it took incredibly long to cook even normal portions.

While kbbq places don't specialize in sides, no salad was slightly disappointing, and including Noodles in Potato Salad was very unexpected (and not in a good way). The soups are completely unseasoned, especially the Crispy Rice Soup which is functionally no different than just dropping white rice into a bowl of hot water. Even basic seasonings like salt, onions, etc. would go a long way.

The service was better than your average KBBQ place, but the food was incredibly lacking, except the brisket, which was passable. Definitely not...

This is one of my go-to KBBQ places. When I'm down in the OC or at KBF and craving KBBQ, I definitely will be going here. They're back to indoor dining. I did happen to experience the outdoor dining as a result of the pandemic. It was well done, out in their parking lot between the clothing store. They had the portable stoves at the tables and a huge tent. Price is average here, especially against their competitors. But I think their meats are better cuts here. I brought a friend that usually eats at GEN that thought CSG is much better in the quality of their meats and better service. And they are! The service is great here. My favorite is the ice cream! They serve thrifty ice cream. So I usually go for the chocolate malted crunch or the green tea. Pre-covid, it used to be self serve and in a cake cone. Gone are those days. They're now prepacked in single serving foam cups. Only one disappointment with that compared to pre-covid. I had asked for 2 flavors but they said I can only have one. Gone are the days of AYCE ice cream too? Noooooo! I hope it was just...