Gangnam Station Korean BBQ - Buena Park

Discovered there is always room for SHIN RAMYUN! Gangnam Station OC in Buena Park, CA has to be one of the best spots for AYCE KBBQ in terms of quality, variety, service and atmosphere. I enjoy how spacious the restaurant is and how I can instantly I get food from the meat bar. Their salad dressing is a creamy sesame dressing and I love it. Even on the lowest tier, everyone is going to find something they are looking forward to grilling and enjoying. Don’t forget at the end, request for Shin Ramyun! My tummy made some space and it was delicious! I loved how I could add the veggies from the bar, leftover banchan and cooked grilled meats into the ramyun. It was sooo good!

Every time I come here I’m pretty impressed. Their meat quality is really good especially for AYCE. you have to get their $40 option since you have so many more meats. I love the beef tongue and their short rib. Their sides are also so good and they have a whole self serve section full of special marinated meats. I like the one with pineapple and don’t sleep on the pork belly. If you’re coming for a la carte I recommend their spicy cold noodles. Huge portion and so refreshing.

The food was decent. The meat bar was different in a good way. Grills were dirty. So was some of the silverware on the table. The servers were great. But the host, the one with the deep voice shouldn't be working with customers. He should be working in the back somewhere. His attitude towards us was just condecending.

This place has the best breakfast menu. I stopped coming late last year because the portion size of the meat had noticeably decreased. I felt like they didn’t need to resort to shrinkflation. I came back after a long time, and I’m happy to say the quality is back. 100% satisfied!

If I could give this place ZERO stars, I absolutely would. The food is decent, but no food is decent enough to be treated the way we were. This was hands down one of the worst dining experiences we've ever had. Our experience was completely ruined by our waiter, Taehyung. From the moment we were seated, he barely came by our table to take our order. Throughout the entire meal, he never checked in on us, and it was nearly impossible to get his attention whenever we wanted to order more meat. His section was not busy at all as there were multiple empty tables right behind us so the lack of service was honestly baffling. Whenever we did manage to get his attention, he was rude, dismissive, and constantly rolling his eyes, as if we were inconveniencing him by asking for service. At one point, when we asked for more meat, he abruptly told us that we were at our limit and that this was our "last call," asking what we wanted. This completely caught us off guard because no one ever told us there was a time limit or that last call was approaching. When we asked for a few minutes to decide, he rolled his eyes at us again. When we finally placed our order, he warned us that if we didn't finish the meat, we would be charged per plate. There were six of us, and the frustrating part is that we had barely been able to order throughout the meal because we could never get a hold of him in the first place. Immediately after saying this, he dropped off the check, making it obvious that he was trying to rush us out. We fully understand that restaurants have time limits and rules, but basic communication and respect are the bare minimum. A simple heads-up like, "Just to let you know, last call will be in 15 minutes," would have completely changed the situation. Instead, everything was handled in a way that felt abrupt, careless, and extremely unprofessional. Overall, this experience was truly terrible and left us speechless. It genuinely felt like we were being pushed out. Service like this completely overshadows the food and makes it very hard to ever want to come back.

We came here for dinner on Saturday and chose 39.99 tier. First, the table was sticky and the seat had unknown liquid on it. Second, the service was terrible. The server was too rush and busy. Third, the meat was not good at this price level. 2/3 of the beef brisket were fat??? The steak was dry, like chewing rubber. Would not recommend this place.

Food was great! Meat quality very good, love the variety of ways to pay and options to choose. However, the service was absolutely awful. They were severely understaffed on a Friday afternoon, making it nearly impossible to order any extra meats. Our main server seemed to intentionally avoid the table at all costs, and when we did manage to order something he acted like it was a personal insult. At one point we waited over 10 minutes for a replacement grill. We also had to ask for the same foods several times because the server(s) had forgotten or just didn't care. After all this, they included an automatic 18% gratuity, and have the gall to include an option for an extra tip.