Moa Korean BBQ Restaurant — Restaurant in Pleasant Hill

Took a friend for her birthday lunch to Moa, which was separately recommended to me by another friend familiar with my love for kalbi and banchan. It definitely measured up. My friend said she never had Korean before except for KoCups - right?! Since I'd been wanting to try Moa for a while it seemed like the perfect opportunity. We went for a midweek lunch and we got the fried mandoo, a kalbi lunch and a dolsot bibimbap. There was one person there - greeting/seating/taking orders/serving/cashing out.. Front of House one-woman-show. She was great! Very friendly and efficient and pleasant. Everything came out hot, sizzling and so very fast! The kalbi was tender and delicious and my friend polished off the bibimbap plus some of my kalbi and we went through 2 rounds of banchan. Food was wonderful! The restaurant is small but well-situated and clean. Restroom also clean and well-maintained. The atmosphere is relaxed and we had a really comfortable and leisurely meal. Location is really easy to find and get to, plus lots of free...

Plain jane exterior belies the beauty of its cuisine. So, where do you eat after a doctor's appointment in Walnut Creek? You go out to Pleasant Hill to enjoy some Korean BBQ. Storefront says, "Go eat somewhere else" Food says, Yeah, you've come to the right place for Korean food". My wife orders Kalbi lunch and I have Bulgogi. Lots of side dishes that are traditional come out as an accompaniment to the main course like Kim chee, fish cake, daikon. The surprise side dish is chap jae, a clear noodle dish which is delicious. Main dish comes out and there is a superior amount of kalbi when comparing to other Korean restaurants. This place served eight pieces for a lunch combination which is at bare minimum two more pieces than other Korean restaurants. Bulgogi was juicy and tender and I shared the abundance of meat with my wife. That being done, there was a complete meal left over for our daughter to eat for her lunch 😋. All in all a very good experience with low prices and plenty of...

A friend and I get the lunch special from here frequently. The portions are so large that we share them (Me a 6' 2" 260 lb man, and my friend a 5' 6" thin woman) both get plenty to eat from just one lunch special order.

The sides seem to vary with the lunch special you choose. Mainstays seem to be kimchi, pickled tofu, broccoli and bean sprouts with sesame oil (so tasty!) a few pieces of tempura, and a LOT of white rice.

We've tried several of the specials. The marinated beef is delicious and has a slight sweetness to it. The spicy pork (dwe ji bul go ki) is our favorite. It's pretty spicy - not too spicy for me, but one of our other friends tried it and almost cried because it was too spicy for her.

We've tried the short rib soup, the cabbage soup, and the tofu soup. All are good, but not in the same league as the spicy pork. And you get sooo much food!

Can't recommend this place enough! If you like spicy, you owe it to yourself to try...