Gen Korean BBQ House — Restaurant in San Diego

Unfortunately, I wouldn’t come back here nor can I recommend this KBBQ. I came here last night by myself at 9:19PM on Saturday. The restaurant was very slow, and barely anyone was in there.

My server, Neil B, kept trying to rush me during my dinner to leave. He brought me x2 of everything I ordered (appetizers and meats). When the 4 big plates of meats came, he poured all 3 of them onto the grill without asking me. So once those finished cooking and I take them off to eat, he comes back around, takes the 4th plate of meat sitting on the table and he pours it onto the grill. I had to legit take the cold meat off the grill before it cooks, so I could actually have time to enjoy my meal and all the meat he had placed on the grill prior. The thin sliced meats were also very dry and tasted like plain ground beef (almost like cardboard).

About 50 minutes later into my meal, the waiter (Neil B), places the check on the table (I didn’t even ask for it yet).

This experience was super disappointing. For this to be a restaurant that just recently opened up about a month ago, this is horrible. It is very apparent why the restaurant is super empty on a Saturday night. The employees and staff will be the initial downfall...

Please read!!. I don`t understand. 4.5? yesterday it was 3.7

Restaurant Review: GEN Korean BBQ House (UTC, San Diego)

My daughter wanted Kalbi (Korean short ribs), so we decided to visit the newly opened GEN Korean BBQ House in UTC for a Saturday lunch. I have been to most of the Korean BBQ places in San Diego with my family, but this was the worst BBQ restaurant I've ever tried in San Diego. As a Korean, I believe the basic cooking methods for the side dishes (Banchan) are fundamentally flawed. Personally, I felt like tearing the word "Korean" off their sign. I cannot understand the current high ratings this restaurant has.

Food Review

1 Chadolbagi (Beef Brisket): I generally consider brisket a cut that's hard to mess up, but this meat was easily crumbly, almost like powder. It seemed like they took a different, cheaper cut of beef and just sliced it thin like brisket. 2 Pork Galbi (Korean-style Pork Ribs): This was completely different from Korean pork galbi. When I finally tried to eat it, it was full of pure, solid fat inside. they cooked a chunk of fat, basted it with sauce, and served it. It was inedible. 3 Steak: While I can't identify the cut precisely, it seemed like the same type of beef as the brisket but cut into steak-like pieces. It was tough and crumbly. 4 Kimchi Fried Rice: LoL. This is not Kimchi Fried Rice. It tasted more like ketchup fried rice. 5 Banchan (Side Dishes): They were strange. It truly seems like the chef does not understand Korean food. 6 Japchae (Glass Noodles): The dish was missing essential ingredients, and raw onions are not supposed to be added to Japchae. 7 Sundubu Jjigae (Soft Tofu Stew): They didn't cook the zucchini with the stew; they added it raw. 8 Vegetable Salad: This was the only edible item.

Service Review

1 Staff Shortage: There was a significant lack of staff. ◦ No matter how hard we tried to make eye contact, no one came to the table. They don't have a call button like many Korean restaurants do. ◦ Our grill sat empty for over 15 minutes. We weren't ordering much because the food was bad; we just wanted to try one last item before deciding to cut our losses and stop eating. ◦ After a long wait, the pork we finally ordered was the huge chunk of fat I mentioned above. 2 Tipping: They set the tip options at 18%, 22%, and 25%. I simply cannot understand how they justify an 18% tip. We absolutely did not feel like we received any service worth that amount.

I don’t recommend this BBQ restaurant. Please use others. 딸이 갈비가 먹고싶다고 해서 UTC를 갈겸 겸사겸사 새로 생긴 GEN에 토요일 점심을 먹으러 갔다

나는 가족들과 샌디에고에 있는 대부분의 한국식 BBQ집을 가봤지만,

샌디에고에서 가본 BBQ집중 가장 맛이 없었다. 더구나, 한국인으로서는 더구나 반찬들이 기본적인 요리 방법이 잘못되어있다고 생각한다. 개인적으로 간판에 있는 Korean 이라는 글자를 지우고 싶었다.

현재 올려져 있는 평점조차 이해할수 없다.

음식 리뷰:

차돌박이: 차돌박이는 왠만해서는 맛이 없기 쉽지 않은 고기라 생각하는데 우선 고기가 가루처럼 으스러진다. 차돌 부위가 아닌 다른 부위를 차돌처럼 얇게 잘라서 나온듯하다.

돼지 갈비 : 한국식 돼지갈비는 사진처럼 저렇게 나오지 않는다. 무엇보다, 요리를 미리 해서 나왔다고 가지고 왔지만, 막상 먹으려 했더니 속은 비게로 가득차있었고, 비게를 구워서 양념을 발라서 가지고 왔다. 도저히 먹을수가 없었다.

스테이크: 이건 정학히 구별할순 없지만, 차돌박이 부위랑 비슷한 부위를 스테이크처럼 잘라서 나온듯하다. 질기고 으스러진다.

김치볶음밥: LoL 이건 김치볶음밥이 아니다. 케챱 볶음밥에 가깝다고 생각한다.

5 반찬 : 오묘하다. 일단 요리사가 한식을 모르는듯하다.

잡체: 기본적으로 잡체에 들어갈 재료들이 다 들어가지 않았고, 잡체에는 생 양파를 올리지 않는다.

순두부찌게: 호박을 같이 끓이지 않고, 생 호박을 넣었다.

야체 샐러드 : 그나마 먹을만하다. .

서비스 리뷰:

기본적으로 일하는사람이 부족했다.

중간에 아무리 눈을 마주치려해도 일하는 사람이 테이블에 오지 않았다. 그렇다고 한국식처럼 호출하는 버튼도 없다. 불판에 아무것도 올리지 않은채로 15분이상 지났다. 사실 맛이 없어서 많은걸 시키려는게 아니라, 마지막으로 하나만더 시켜보고 맛없으면 돈이 아까워도 그냥 그만 먹으려 했다.

기다리고 기다려서 주문한 돼지고기가 첨부한 사진과 같은 비게 덩어리였다.

Tip : 18, 22, 25 % 를 기본으로 하는데, 도저히 18%는 이해할수 없다. 서비스를...

My friends and I were really excited to try out Gen Kbbq having it be located in UTC, however it was incredibly disappointing. Our waiter was Howe for the evening, and the service took years for us to get more rounds in, and it felt like he would purposely walk by our table super fast so he wouldn’t have to talk to us. He was also incredibly rude at the end when we were trying to pay and he kept talking down at me when I asked a simple question. He also wouldn’t write anything down and had to constantly ask what we asked for but then still give us the wrong plates. Once we did finally put in a round, it would took extremely long to get to our table and it still had to cook. If I knew We were going to be waiting at least 15-20 min inbetween each round, and the meat quality was also really poor. I would have just driven to convoy for KBBQ, and other place would have been better...