Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ — Restaurant in Los Angeles

This place caught my eye while back because of Korean words in their menu. Japanese B.B.Q. place established by Korean owner? Was my thought and today I'm here to see if I'm right. J/k. Was in area around lunch and decide to get something quick grab to go. From outside looks quite but once I walked in this place was almost full. It is small place but still much better than walk into empty restaurant on lunch time to order something. Got 'Spicy Kalbi Bibimbob' Both Kalbi and Bibimbob is Korean word. Many things on menu u can get for under $10 so it really fits my budget for lunch. By the time my order came out this place filled up all the tables. (This tells me I might need to reserve a table before I come here for dinning in) Stir fried rice with hot sauce (gochoojang, Korean hot paste sauce) top with Kalbi was excellent choice. I wasn't expecting much from it because of I ordered more like Korean dish in Japanese restaurant. My first bite remind me why this place is full on Monday lunch because they are GOOD. It was really good and I'm gonna make this place my lunch place whenever I'm in area. U guys should be proud because first restaurant outside of Korea town I've mention 'my lunch place' on web. Another one is in Marina Del Rey, B.B.Q place and both place have reasonable lunch menu price. (Under $10) and of course gotta be...

Yesterday night I went to the restaurant with my boyfriend and a friend and we tried to get a table after calling all day and not getting an answer. The website stated that since Monday 3/15 indoor sitting was allowed at this location. We got there at 6pm. They told us that they were still accommodating the table and it wont be ready until 7pm. They wrote my number down and they advised that they will give me a call once the table is ready. I went for a walk and got a call at 6:51pm stating that the table is ready. I told them that I was walking around and that I would be back in 15 minutes. Once I arrived the manager told me that they were full and they didn't have a table for us. That we could wait 45 minutes for the next table to leave. VERY VERY DISSAPOINTED. I would not recommend going there during this times. The manager told me that the guy who took my information was quite new and that she was sorry but there was no table for us. Go to any other location if possible or try any other korean bbq space. VERY BAD SERVICE!!!...

One star. Avoid if you’re from out of state.

I came here with a valid Washington state ID (which I had just used to board a plane and rent a car), only to be told that the restaurant “couldn’t verify it” because their ID scanning machine wasn’t charged. After waiting for it to charge, they then claimed their machine couldn’t validate our IDs at all and refused to serve us drinks—despite us being well over 21.

What’s worse, the staff initially said that “California law requires ID verification by machine,” which is completely false. When pressed, they backtracked and admitted it was just their policy. They essentially held onto our IDs, wasted our time, and gave us inaccurate information about state law.

If this is your policy, fine—but own it. Don’t lie and blame the state of California. This was condescending, poorly handled, and made our group feel unwelcome for no good reason. Plenty of better places in LA that don’t treat out-of-state guests like criminals for...