Garlic1% — Restaurant in El Paso

I really hate I have to negatively post about this place. Me and my family have been eating here since they opened. My most recent experience has led me to write a post that is negative! When you walk in you can sit wherever you like, open seating. On this particular evening the restaurant has family style tables and there were a couple openings, me and my son who is 6 years old, took a seat at a table with available seating. I was asked to move before even being offered a beverage or a menu. I moved to across the way to a different table with other open seating with no issue. I was then asked to move my 6-year-old son so the party next to me can have a grill on the table. At this point I was over being moved around a small restaurant, squeezing between the tables with my small child. I hate to bring it up but I am, we were the only black people in this restaurant at the time. I refused to move again for the second time, I ended up saying I will just wait for my food to go I'll be in my car. After I left out I came back in and said don't even waste your food, I'm not going to waste my money on an establishment that is worried about making other customers comfortable and not treating me with the same respect as the other guest. No one else was asked to move, and we were all there to spend our money on this establishment. The food is good, but think twice on a busy night and you happen to be black. An easy solution to the problem would be for you to seat your guest and not ask customers to move...

Me and my boyfriend went on their first day open which also happened to be Valentine’s Day! Everyone there was so kind and friendly, the food was really good, and the restaurant was so clean. We made it just in time before the lunch special ended and were able to get a lot of tasty sides with our meals. He got the beef bulgogi and I got the mushroom stir fry and added chicken and it was delicious! We also had the kimchi pancakes which were really good, as well. We’ve been to other Korean restaurants in the area but this is the first one we’ve been to where the food isn’t greasy/oily and still has good flavor. We’ll definitely be back and will tell all our friends and family about it! Really hoping to see this place thrive and based off the great reviews I’m sure it will. Thank you and see you all next time!

Edit: We were hungry so the camera did not eat first lol, but pictured are my mushroom stir fry with chicken, his beef bulgogi, and the...

First time here and it was DELICIOUS. The place is cozy with about 8 tables, so go with ample time if it's busy. Also, heads up, they close at 9PM but when I was there, they sold out of the main dishes by 730PM and closed early. The staff was kind, attentive, and friendly. They serve banchan with your meal (small sides that include kimchi) the beef bulgogi was tender and tasty. It comes with a bowl of rice (they added a small amount of lentils) the seafood and veggies Korean cake is SO GOOD, and the seafood was cooked perfectly. The bibimbap was incredible, too. It comes with white rice, veggies, and beef bulgogi, and it's topped with an over easy egg. The prices are decent for the amount of food and flavor. The waitress told me that they use healthy oils/items to cook with, too, so that is always a plus. I will definitely be returning to try more...