Musse — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Was I this unlucky?

A few weeks ago I had the misfortune of dining at Musse with my family. We had never been here before, and decided to try it out on the account of many good reviews online. As we enter, we're greeted by a relatively quiet but undoubtedly authentic Korean restaurant. The server attending to us that night was so Korean that she struggled to understand our English, and there were other Korean customers we could hear in the background. Unfortunately, the pricing is also quite typical of many Korean restaurants in that it is on the higher end. Many of the items featured on the menu--alas not visible online as of the time I'm writing this review--easily broke the $40 price point for no compelling reason.

Let's talk about the food. We ordered a Hot Dolsot Bibimbap, one of the beef noodle soups, and two beef bone soups. I'm going to be honest and mention that I don't recall exactly which beef soups we ordered, but it actually doesn't matter.

As it turns out, absolutely none of the soups we ordered had taste. Visually everything looked alright. The beef cuts looked quite appealing. But the soup broth and everything in the soup, appealing beef cuts included, tasted like boiled water. We are extremely sure we did not have COVID-19, as we could taste the bibimbap--the only thing that kept us from losing our minds. The bibimbap, by the way, was about average. Nothing much to write about there.

Was the chef sick? The ingredients cursed? An incredibly unlucky day for us? I don't know what the case is this time, but I have never, in the entirely of my life, been served completely tasteless food at a restaurant. No less a restaurant with such proud pricing. It could very well be the 1 day out of the year that they fail to serve tasty food, but I cannot, in good faith, give any more than a single star for this place based on my experience...

TLDR: foul server lady

STORY TIME

I came with my family for a pleasant meal with 5 adults and 2 babies (ages 2 and 3). We ordered the yukgaejang (large portion), bibimbap (for 2), and soondubu. To our surprise, the server lady responded with "Tsk! There's 7 people order 3 things?? Oh my goddd..." rolling her eyes and muttering something under her breath in Korean as she walked away.

Major side eye. I don't know where to start with this. This is an example of some big brained short-ranged thinking because I regularly order food from here and you're losing future business from me.

Learn some manners and be a professional. Take the order and keep your stupid comments to yourself.

Not to mention the comment was nonsense. We ordered enough food for 5 adults and 2 of the "7 people" are BABIES.

I was not aware that patronizing a restaurant required ordering a huge feast or else get scoffed at by the wait staff.

Further, I understand that the menu states 18% gratuity will be added to parties of 6 or more. How about use a little bit of sense when counting babies? Guess she wanted to secure that bag because that attitude would've cost her the tip. The whole experience is giving money grubbing

I loved this restaurant and actually was taking my brother and his wife to try it. What a wonderful first experience for them. This foul ajumma single handedly destroyed the goodwill I had for this business with her nonsense and lack of basic manners.

This story will definitely be shared with my friends who eat here because i'm quite annoyed about the unnecessary bad vibes. Nobody I care about needs that in their lives...

I am sad to be rating this one star, because I was very excited to try the food here for the first time. I came here with my family, and I ordered the budae jjigae. However, my food didn't come come out until about 30 minutes after my family's food came out, and they were basically finished eating already. I'm not sure if this dish just takes longer to come out, or if I just came on an off day, but it made the experience very poor. I was just starting to eat while my family was already done eating. It felt very awkward being the only one eating at the table, and I felt like I needed to rush because my food came out so late.

Also, the staff weren't very hospitable. They never really checked on the table if we needed anything. I noticed that they didn't check on any table unless they were waved down. The only time we saw the staff was when they took the order, gave the food, and gave the bill. The rest of the time, they were just talking to each other in the front of the restaurant.

To actually rate the food though, I think the budae jjigae was decent. Not great, but not necessarily bad. Just definitely not worth the price and the wait. I'm not sure if the experience worsened the flavor for me, but it's something I don't see myself ordering from here again.

If you want a place where you're eating with your family or friends, maybe this isn't the best place to go to. You may find yourself getting your food much later than the others and eating alone while everyone else is waiting for you. Halfway decent food plus a negative experience and lack of helpful staff makes for an overall negative...