Gogi Korean Bbq &Hot Pot — Restaurant in Elk Grove

Came here to try the food. The service was phenomenal, please keep up the good work! They were also playing some really nice throwback music which was awesome!

The food, sadly, left much to be desired. As someone who has eaten at several hot pot places and in a family of hot pot lovers, this sadly missed the mark. The food was nothing to drive home about, and mind you, we actually went through most of the choices on the menu. It was kind of cool that we each got our own individual hot pot, but the way the induction stove was embedded into the table made it a little too awkward for us to eat, especially since there was a useless KBBQ grill right in the middle of the table.

I had the Japanese Miso soup base, while my cousin had the Tonkotsu and the Gogi House Spicy soup bases. We tried everything besides the mushrooms, noodles, and sliced meats (due to the 2 hour time constraint). The only soup base we had an issue with was the Gogi House Spicy as it was like an attempt to make the hottest soup there is without caring about the flavor profile (which was nonexistent BTW).

Of the menu items we had, the seafood dumpling was kind of just meh, the quail eggs were always good (just make sure you dip it a few times in the soup as it cooks really fast), the vegetables were fresh enough, but it did attract flies which was a turn off, and the seafood was actually the best part of it all. I definitely recommend getting all the seafood options. The mussel was beautiful, the shrimp was prepared nicely, and even the squid was just the right consistency (as long as you don't cook it for too long, of course!). The clams were a little on the smaller side sadly. The tofu was pretty good too as someone who loves tofu, but I wouldn't say it's something to write home about. The meatballs were also just okay, it was good, but not amazing. The mini sausage was also just meh. Also, I would think SPAM shouldn't be a menu item but it was, and sadly, it was one of the better items.

Also, they had a fruit, salad, and sauce bar, but it could really use some work. The sauce labels was confusing as it took me an extra 30 seconds to understand they flipped the labels, the fruits didn't look very fresh, and unfortunately, there wasn't a lot of sauce options, especially one would expect at a hot pot place. Also, those worried about sodium, their soy sauce is the full salt one so it's strong.

Their dessert was the ice cream cups you see at every other buffet: vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream. I would rather have the orange flavor one that they DON'T have.

Overall, I might come back to try the KBBQ side of things, but definitely not worth coming back for the hot pot side especially at around $40 per...

I do love this spot. 😀 . I love the hot pot, which is like a fondue. You choose your soup base, and you get your individual pot too. I do like the variety of items you can choose to do hot pot. I love the variety of veggies, meat, meatballs, miscellaneous items, and seafood. . Veggies - we love the pea tip, bok choy, spinach, all the mushrooms, white, oyster, and tea tree mushrooms. . Meat , we love the beef rib eye sliced which cooks really quick. Not too fat or lean. . Seafood , they have blue crabs and oysters is enough said 😋, and clams. . Sauce bar omg 😲 if you love your sauces to dip for hot pot then your in heaven. No need to bring your own sauce like I did. The sauce bar is amazing. I mean if you love garlic, onions, jalapeño to add to your hot pot or korean bbq, oh yesss... . Kbbq , my personal favorite is the galbi, which is a must for meat eaters. . Kbbq for veggies is of course the mushrooms. . Kbbq, we also like the seafood like shrimp. They have lots of choices too. . I personally usually come here to get the hot pot because it's fall and winter season soon. We like hot pot to keep it cozy. . Some improvements needed is get rid of the flies, it's annoying and not too sanitary. Sodas and tea , it's kind of flat, not enough carbonate, not that refreshing like I hope it is. . Overall you can pick 2 or pick 1. The whole party has to do the same either kbbq or hot pot. One is for 33 and 2 is for additional 5 bucks. At the end of the day it is under 40. It is overwhelming to do both, because it's too much to take care, your stuff is boiling and the other is burning. You just don't know which bite to take first is a problem lol. Hope you this helps you with decision and thanks for reading and have a...

Oh boy oh boy, put on your child seatbelts and get ready for my review.

So let’s get started with some back story, my friend and I wanted to eat some Korean bbq and I’ve never been to one so he was like, I know this cool place and I was like let’s wait a week before we go so I can have $$$!! He was like okay!

So the initial thought of the place. The place is really well organized, staff is super helpful and friendly. Like amazing staff. Professional and professional. Special shout out to Kathy, she was our waitress and was so amazing, I had some dumb questions, as it was my first time and we had burnt the pan like 3-4 times cause we are horrible cooks 😭. Alas though, she was amazing and extremely helpful. Special shoutout to her and because of her, I think I’ll start coming to this place more (hopefully to try the hotpot). The atmosphere and the design of the place is absolutely beautiful and I should’ve taken pictures but was too caught up on the food, it was delicious mind you.

First time I had kimchi (10/10) and fish cake (12/10) and I fell in love with the fish cake, genuinely the best fish cake I’ve ever had (hopefully that’s what it’s called and I’m not mixing the names up). The food and beef was amazing. I loved it so so sooo much. The chicken is good but takes a bit to cook and that’s not on anyone, just chicken 🐓. I loved the beef so much, literally fell in love with it. Loved the ice cream on the way out asw and the fruit bar.

Look I’m not gonna keep rambling but here’s what I will say. I’m def coming back and there isn’t a wait (on a weekday and lunch time) and TRY THIS PLACE, it’s worth the...