Furusato BBQ — Restaurant in Gardena

I have been a faithful customer since 2014, and everytime I come I have one issue, and one issue only. I have no problem with the food, nor the servers, a tad issue with the cleanliness, however, I'm fine with it BECAUSE the grade is all that really matters. My issue is with Mr. Simon. EVERYTIME I arrive, I deal with his rude icompentent attitude! He talks down to people doesn't answer any questions without acting as though I am bothering him. Oh and then you SHOULD NEVER GO TO THE BATHROOM AFTER WAITING 30 MINUTES to be seated, BECAUSE my friend did that and my name finally gets called, he wouldn't seat me until she came from the bathroom. Now, if we weren't sitting right in front of him then I would understand! Lastly, I went to celebrate my little brother's 13th birthday, we had a party of 11, and after seeing everyone there he decided not to see this until he saw us all there after we had beeb standing outside for an hour. Once we all started to come back in the very small space standing in front of you you rudely asked me to move out of the walkway. I said why would I move if won't seat us if we're not in front of you? Next my mother decided to let him know that she wanted to understand why he didn't feel the need to exhibit customer service, he stated" thank you for your comments, but I really do not care about what customers think.." call it a cultural difference, but I live in Koreatown for 3 years, and Lupe, I'm server so kind and I apologize for his rude Behavior! Thank you Lupe for your...

First of all, this restaurant underwent a renovation and change of management which has made this place amazing now. The prior low reviews are all from 4-6 years ago.

Come here for an amazing all you can eat (AYCE) Korean BBQ experience. The menu is limited to 6 items (beef brisket, beef belly, pork belly, beef bulgogi, chicken bulgogi, and spicy pork bulgogi). By having a small menu, they can keep prices very low (only $21.99 for a buffet as of March 2022)!

The service was the first thing I noticed was exception. The servers checked on us several times and keep food flowing, banchan (side dishes) replenished, and waters topped off.

The side dishes you can get are rice, rice noodle wraps, radish wraps, potato in a sweet sesame sauce, kimchi, spicy cucumber, and salad.

We got the beef brisket, pork belly, and beef belly.

The beef dishes were excellent. The meat was really tender and fresh, and the 3 dipping sauces of a sweet sauce, a spicy sambar, and a salt and sesame oil paired well with the beef. The meat had a good amount of fat on them as well which made it juicy.

The pork belly was thick and so fatty that it melted in your mouth when you would eat it.

Overall, this is an excellent, 5-star restaurant that has great service, great food, and a...

Used to be my favorite spot for Korean BBQ but after 2 consecutive negative experiences, today will be my last time coming here. Service used to be top notch when they had other servers, but these last two visits we served by an Asian women who I presume is the owner. Her attitude & service is horrible, she has no customer oriented service, leaves you talking when your ordering, always annoys you while your eating, is always watching everything you do, moves the heat levels every 5 minutes, shouts across the restaurant next to your ear. Has an attitude after serving you a certain amount of plates, why named yourself an all you can eat place, if your going to serving additional plates with a nasty attitude? The price isn’t that cheap, considering they only have 6 meats choices, other places have more than 20 options. Would never ask us if we needed any additional sides, condiments, we had to literally ask a different server if we could change the grill, because it was charcoal black already. We observe she had horrible attitude with other patrons, and still had he audacity to ask for a top!?!? After giving disgusting service, if you go there make sure to request the Latino servers, because this Asian woman is going to ruin your...