Seoul Korean BBQ Restaurant — Restaurant in Silverdale

I have ho-hummed about trying Seoul Korean BBQ for years now, mainly because I felt that the front of the store wasn't very enticing looking. Today I decided that I needed to try their food. I was hoping they offered a light lunch or a side of something, nothing that would give me that extreme feeling of being full, just enough that I could have something to try and still eat my huge dinner my hubby wanted to prepare.

My first initial impression was I couldn't believe just how significant in size this place really was, all this time I thought that it was a tiny little cafe, with a few tables, I was wrong. Walking towards the back to order, the wall to the left of me adorned many colorful writing and drawings by many young and old customers.

I asked for a take-out menu and then was pretty overwhelmed at that encyclopedia I was reading; over one hundred items were on the menu. Honestly, halfway through, my eyes glazed over from reading; I kept losing my spot, so I decided I would go with a simple choice of chicken teriyaki. One thing I've always stood firmly by is more is necessarily better.

The chicken teriyaki came with two scoops of steamed rice and a choice of macaroni salad, green salad, or kimchi. I didn't want to take a chance on a green salad, with the fear of more ranch dressing (and yes, I like ranch but not on every side salad I get), fermented vegetables (kimchi) wasn't up my alley, so I chose macaroni salad. The teriyaki chicken slices were tasty, nicely grilled with a light glaze and not an overabundance of sauce, but truly flavorful and tender. Sticky rice is just that; it's sticky! I am not one to judge macaroni salad; I'm truly not an enormous fan of it. My husband took a couple of bites and said the macaroni salad was ok, a little on the sweeter side. He thought there was egg in it, which would have been slightly different from any other macaroni salad he has eaten; we can not confirm or deny that there really was egg in there. Overall it was a good size lunch but way too much food for me.

A quick thing about teriyaki chicken, some love it saucy, and some prefer a light glaze; many restaurants will sauce it up to meet up to American standards, but I feel I have read that traditional Japanese teriyaki is a glaze, none-the-less, it is whatever you like

The restaurant was much large than I thought, with plenty of seating for a non-covid time; it looked clean and tidy, with no harsh smells. The server (friendly, polite but quiet) said something about the wall with all of the names and drawings that it had looked like that for eight years, people writing on top of other people's messages or signatures; she really didn't give an actual reason why people did it. It was interesting but messy looking, and after all of that time, why wouldn't it be?!

So, now that I have tried their food, would I try it again?? I want to try a few other lunch specials, especially their egg rolls and fried rice, so yes, I plan to return to Seoul Korean BBQ restaurant at some point, and now that I have a menu, I will pre-plan and know precisely what I want =D

For anyone interested in trying Seoul Korean BBQ, you can find them at the Silverdale Shopping Center 10408 Silverdale Way NW suite A117, across from the Kitsap Mall. Seoul shares a parking lot with several other businesses, including Ross, Aloha Kitchen Express, and Golden Rule Tattoo. Keep in mind that this parking area can get pretty busy during the holidays (pre-covid), and summertime isn't much different.

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Seoul Korean BBQ is one of the most mediocre KBBQ places I’ve ever been to. The selection is practically just bulgogi, and if you want any of the things that are normal for kbbq like brisket or Galbi it’s $30 extra per selection. The gyoza is limited to 3 pieces per person as well. They never changed the grill while we were there, and it was turned on to high heat without adjustment, so after the first round of bulgogi the grill was just a charred black mess. They provide you with tongs, however no scissors so trying to eat galbi if you get it is pretty difficult. The chopsticks provided were super cheap and splintery as well. The overall experience certainly left a lot to be desired, we didn’t even get a second order for AYCE due to them taking the menus away at the beginning limiting selections to just another round of bulgogi (which, pretty much everything on the menu is just varying forms of bulgogi anyways), and the burnt grill was not very inviting to actually take part in the all you can eat fun of trying different meats and everything. When it came time for the check we saw it was $106 for 2 people AYCE with one order of galbi. They took payment and did the most awkward transaction of holding the card reader asking us to select a tip option of 15%, 18%, 20%, or “other”. While they were holding the payment terminal it was too awkward to try and press “other” and just leave the $5 we were planning on (we normally always tip 20% no matter what, but the price here compared to the service given was really difficult to justify tipping at all). It’s very difficult to justify going here when there are WAY better places with WAY more variety and cheaper prices down in Tacoma. Save your money here and go down to “The Grill” in Tacoma for some really good kbbq with great variety and service, both of which were...

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