Chung Ki Wa — Restaurant in New York

If you want quality food and to be treated well stay clear from this place. My friend and I walked in and no one welcomed us, but that’s ok we’re just here for food, right? We get our food and they taste a little “old” and not all that good (we got the tteokbokki and bulgogi bibimbap) compared to the Korean food we get at Seoul tofu in flushing or BCD tofu house in manhattan (which I do recommend). Which even then is ok, we wanted to try a new local place near us and we found out it’s not for us, no biggie. My problem lies in the fact that both servers were deep in their phones to the point where it took me a good ten minutes to even get their attention for water. And then when we were done, another ten minutes to get their attention for the check. In fact, several times one of them did glance at us and made eye contact only to immediately look away, hello? But fear not, all their words and attention suddenly appeared when it came time to sign our receipt and give them a tip. That lady all of a sudden did not shy away from eye contact, standing right next to our table literally staring us down. Obviously we didn’t want to give them 18% being that their service was beyond terrible, but still we decided to give them 15%. She counted the cash in front of us and suddenly she was able to speak and let us know we actually owe her one more dollar. Really? For a dollar you had to act that shameless knowing how terrible your service was? Whatever, we gave it to them and left vowing to never come back and to write a review. And guess what? They didn’t even bid us good night or even a thank you as we left. For $20 a dish, please go elsewhere where they actually care about your patronage and please read the other reviews if you don’t believe me, all have said the same. Never will I be back, I don’t support those who only care about me when it comes to...

please dont go to this restaurant !!! yes, dont even try it even if you are craving for k food. i went with my friend here like 2 days before even though i dont want to .she was hosting it so i cant suggest her to some other restaurant.it was my third visit and and worst one.first of all , i asked for a bbq set and she said we cant order only 1 menu ,we have to order 2. which was never heard of. i mean i have tried many k bbq before and even in korea and i understand that you cant order bbq for 1 person as min is for 2 person but they wont suggest 2 separate bbq .still my friend doesnt want to change the menu for me and converse with stubborn ajumma .i was like what . then she brought the worst quality of a meat wrapped around 2 rib (yes ,meat was wrapped around it cleanly separated from the bone.saying its ribeye ) . and one flap of fatty meat was our second set .imagine even 2 set were not enough for 2 people.side dishes were not appealing at all. kimchi was too sweet. they gave us 3-4 pieces of lettuce leaf which were not fresh . we were billed 126$ for 2 people. it includes a small makgeolli and 1 small spicy chicken wings. i know k restaurant are more expensive than other but i have tried several k food in flushing. they have better taste and environment where i ordered a lot from the menu and charged 100 dollar.i even packed some left over food which i was not able to finish at that time. more shocking was she asked for extra 5 dollar tips (on top of our 15 dollar tip) .i would have never given a tip with that attitude . ps: she thinks if we dont speak korean means we have never tried k food before. better go to flushing for better quality and taste for k food not in here! i dont even want to...

I would never come back here again and it’s solely because of the service. My family of 10 decided to come here for dinner. Mind you, we are the ONLY one in the restaurant. They give us 2 menus, we had to ask for more. 5 mins sitting, the waitress with the black hair is asking what we want. We told her please give us a min. She just stands there. She then demands that we should each order one item. Um, no. We always eat family style. We ignore her suggestion and then she still continues to huff and puff while standing there. She made more comments and we were ready to leave. The ONLY reason we stayed was because the next waitress with red-ish hair took our order and was nice. After the first waitress’s service, my mood just turned sour. I did not enjoy the food nor did my family. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good either. Through out our meal, the 1st server is constantly hovering, making noises. My family member said “she is treating us like we are here eating for free”

At the end of the meal, the nice waitress brings our bill and we pay. But when the receipt came back, the first rude waitress comes. She says “tip in cash” we said okay and she continues to stand there. We gave her 18% even with her bad service. And then she takes the receipts and demands that it’s min. 20% and that so many of us came here to eat and that we should tip more.

SHE WOULD NOT LEAVE OUR TABLE. We tipped her 20% to get her to leave. She didn’t say thank you or nothing!!

I will be telling everyone not to come here. No one wants to go out to eat to experience this kind...