UNSANITARY EXPERIENCE:
I used to come here very often but over the years the quality and service has gone downhill but today’s visit was officially my last.
As I was throwing away the trash from my tray, including the corn husks they use in the steamer basket, the short haired woman quickly came over and yelled at me exclaiming the corn husks were NOT trash, grabbed one from my hand that was full of trash including bones from galbi we purchased from another vendor, and placed it back into the basket for re-use. I was not only taken aback by the attitude, but also how absolutely unsanitary that practice is. Taking note of this, I watched what I assume was her son cleaning up some of the trays and consolidating the steamer baskets, throwing away napkins and cups, but kept the courtesy radishes in their little dishes and consolidated them down to one before taking them away, making me think they also re-use those.
Over the years they have changed their policy to only provide utensils and sauce per each basket you purchase. When I’ve asked for additional sauce and utensils in the past, they have stated they will not provide it. I’ve always offered to purchase extra sauce as this is a fairly normal charge for restaurants, but am given no way to purchase additional utensils, only advised to share. In the past they used to provide everything according to the number of people who are dining with you.
The gentlemen who are assisting the owner are nice, and offer good service but the owner is not personable, has a lot of attitude, and only seems to offer kindness if you purchase a lot of food.
The food is definitely not worth how unsanitary the restaurant seems to operate in and the lack of service, there are A LOT of better food options in that area, let alone that H Mart alone.
I used to come here very often, and it is unfortunate the direction they’ve taken their business.
TL;DR This restaurant has gone downhill in customer service and quality over the years and is trying to cut back on costs but doing so at food...
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