My boyfriend & a friend of ours decided to try out Dookki. We came on a Sunday night right before 8PM and it was fairly empty. The staff was nice and we sat down right away. Our server gave us the run down and left us to explore all the options. There was many different options to choose from the sauce/flavor of our broth, to the fixings of the hot pot, to the toppings, rice, noodles, and even fried snacks to enjoy on the side (their selection of kimchi was my favorite). Although the fried snacks were cold and some a lil bland, everything else was sooooo good. When I tell you we was EATING, that would still be an understatement. We were living it up in there, with every bowl getting more and more delicious as we figured it out. The mussels were another favorite!! Our waitress was super nice and helped us with any questions or concerns. We were also surprised with the ice cream that's self served and to-go need be. Overall a really good spot to eat at!! Our bill for 3 people was $110 (before tip) but we did get 2 beers and soju. read more

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So I saw this place advertised on Instagram and wanted to check it out! Now don't get me wrong, I enjoyed most of the food and the price $20 was fair for ayce (rice cakes, fried rice, ramen bar). I think this place is a great trendy restaurant to visit for first-timers. It's fun, and you get to do all the cooking lol. Great for date night! Being korean, I personally just prefer to make all this at home LOL with slightly better flavor, but for the average American without korean experience, it would be a great place to visit. What I liked the best: -the small cheese rice cakes (looks like little white sausage) - trust me and just throw the chicken karaage in the rice cake soup and eat it -Apparently, the egg rolls were good - ramen bar concept Cons: -fish cake soup was bland as heck -we used way more of the best sauce recipe recommendation size for better flavor Will I come back? As a first timer, yes. Or If I'm having an immense craving for spicy rice cakes and my friends want to go, yes! read more

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Me and my little sister enjoy this establishment, the music is fun. The staff is so polite and attentive, I highly recommend this place. Tables are far apart, very spacious, fresh ingredients, clean environment. 10/10 on my book. read more

Dookki - Houston - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Been wanting to try this place ever since I've seen a bunch of youtubers in Korea try it! I just so happened to be in Houston this weekend, and this was my first stop out of the airport haha. We came around 8:30pm and were sat right away. It took a little while for the staff to get to us to let us know how it works and get drink orders, but it was pretty self explanatory--it's buffet style so you can add in whatever you want into your pot! They also have ready to eat hot foods as well AND a ramen station. There are plenty of different flavors that you can create for your tteokbokki, but my boyfriend and I just stuck with the spicy rose. It was so good! Highly recommend this place if you want to try out a new concept; however, it is quite pricey for what it is. PS. Get the corn cheese tteok!!! read more

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Overall the food was a-okay. I can see why people do not see the value in the meal, however for $20 for lunch, it was a fun experience and I would return for that specifically. Unclear if there is still a time limit because we were not made aware of it. We were too full to try the fried rice, but I can imagine getting a second wind if had stayed a little longer. One friend can't handle too spicy, so we tried the beginner combo sauce. It was a little too sweet with the bulgolgi sauce, maybe next time only half a spoonful. My favorite tteokboki was the cheese stuffed ones. My favorite hot item was the gimmari (fried seaweed roll stuffed with japchae noodles) Servers are hit or miss. read more

Dookki - Houston - This is when we just poured in the ingredients, forgot to take a pic after it was cooked and looking more tasty. - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

The food here was top notch for an all you can eat teólogo-bokki. The plethora of choices has something for anyone who loves this style of food. The service was good, though a bit slow. The food made up for it though. The restaurant was clean. But do expect to sweat because the heat from your meal cooking is going to keep you nice and toasty. 10/10 would definitely recommend. read more

Dookki - Houston - Soju Kimchi Bimbap Bulgogi Tteok-bokki Korean fried chicken - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

A great tteokbokki concept restaurant! Super fun and good vibes for friends and family to hang out. I went with a friend during lunchtime, plenty of space and parking, and peaceful! The vegetables and toppings for our tteokbokki pot were really fresh. We added cabbage, onions, beansprouts, shrimp, and beef. The rose sauce was delicious and a great option for people who can't eat spicy foods. All of the items were really good and the quality was delicious. The cupbap bar was great. I felt the ready-to-eat items on the buffet were lackluster. The dumpling was bland, fried chicken was not bad, but just okay overall. The fries were amazing, they have a ginger seasoning on them that I thought was really unique. Service was good and welcoming; the waiter was always ready to help us! I would come back for sure and definitely recommend! read more

Decent all-you-can-eat tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) restaurant in Houston. Pick your sauces, ingredients, then let them cook, pretty simple and easy. A few bullets: +Lots of choices for your rice cake 'medium'. There's sweet potato and cheese-filled ones. +Can make cupbap or fried rice +Sauces are tasty! And broth is decent +Mussels are available +AYCE ice cream +Good service -Carb-heavy -Bulgogi is mushy/slimy -Japchae was not particularly appetizing either -Fried chicken is just chicken strips -Chocolate ice cream ran out -Only 90 minutes, might not be enough for larger groups -Ramen bar is just packaged ramen. I was expecting specialty noodles or something, maybe my expectations were out of wack. Overall verdict: The tteokbokki is great, and making it just the way you like it is something I never thought I wanted. I wouldn't go here for the other prepared dishes though. It's an interesting new concept to add to Chinatown! We don't need another sushi or hotpot spot, tteokbokki could be just the thing! read more

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Wow we were so excited to try this place as it was a new experience of getting to eat AYCE tteokbokki. We went on a colder day so the warmth of the broth was nice. When we first sat down, the waiter explained to us how everything worked. He pours in a base broth and then you can choose the flavors to pour in. We didn't want anything too spicy so went with the rosé flavor. The cheese ring is an extra $5 but it was our first time so we wanted to try it. Not sure if it I would get it again but it was good. You also have the option for them to make you fried rice at the end! At the middle area, they have a bunch of different types of tteokbokki. My favorite was the ones with cheese in the middle and the longer tteokbokki that had a great texture. You can also get a variety of vegetables like boy choy and cabbage. There is also an area of noodles and we got the ramen noodles. I also loved the fish cakes - they were delicious!! They also have a nice fried food section that has fried chicken, fried dumpling and fried gimmari. I love the gimmari (fried seaweed roll) so I got a bunch of those. They also have japchae, bulgogi, and spicy chicken. The japchae and spicy chicken were my favorites. Lastly, they have some self serve ramen stations and a few different ice creams but we didn't use these or get any dessert as we were stuffed. All in all, it was a fun experience, and I would come again with friends! You do get full pretty fast since the rice cakes are pretty filling so we weren't able to do the fried rice part at the end but thats always an option too! Food wise, it not not anything special but I think the experience is fun, especially with a group of friends! read more

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My first time trying a Korean topokki buffet hot pot. It was a fun experience to customize the broth to my own taste. The food quality was decent, and the price was reasonable. read more

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I am not a huge fan of tteokbokki , but I really liked the variety that they had. For example, I like the filled ones like the sweet potato and the cheese corn. The rest were pretty much original flavor, but in different shapes, so I was more interested in trying the other ingredients and the prepared. The ingredients to put in the soup were limited. No meats, but there were some seafoods and a good variety of veggies. The prepared foods were not great. The bulgogi beef was good but the japchae and fried chicken bites were not very good. I wasn't a fan of the sauces in the broth, maybe because they were too sweet. Overall, the value is quite good but the flavors and food quality's just ok. read more

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We did Dookki. Dookki means "two meals" and from my understanding after making tteokbokki, you use the remaining sauce to make Korean fried rice. This is not hotpot. It looks like it could be but it's really not. There is a pan that they add some broth and sesame oil. You make your own sauce and add it to the pan along with the things you get at the food bar. This is why it's not hotpot (to me). The sauce isn't the consistency of broth, it's acts more like seasoning, thicker hense the pan and not a pot. For an extra charge, you can have a cheese ring added, we didn't bc both of us aren't great with lactose The good stuff. There are various noodle options: ramyung, chewy noodles, glass noodles. There are various shapes, lengths, thickness of tteokbokki, corn cheese nuggets, sweet potato nuggets, sausage, fish cakes, meatballs, fish balls, fried tofu pieces,egg ,etc There were also shrimp and mussels (great for added flavor) There are veggies of course: cabbage, bean sprouts, bok choy, green onions, onions, mushrooms, etc There is a seasoning bar (soy sauce, spicy sauce, Korean spicy sauce etc) and toppings (corn, seaweed, ham, onion,kimchi, radish,etc) There are also fish sticks skewers like you have seen in kdramas and any Korean street food video. Keep in mind they are huge pieces of fish cakes so don't pick up too many. Moderation. There are also pre-made foods on the ends. One side has fried chicken, fried dumplings, mini fried seaweed rolls, mini egg rolls). The other had japchae, bulgogi, fried pork. There was also a bowl of those tiny sausages and tiny tteokbokki that are usually skewered and kind of sweet as well as some fried potatoes, also with a sweet sauce. If that wasn't enough, there is also a ramen station like in the kdramas where you self service. And for dessert they had self serve ice cream (4 flavors) with a few toppings. My advice: be moderate, get a little of everything the first round because you can always go back for more. They do charge if you leave too much uneaten food. NOTE: they will add more broth when the sauce runs low if needed, and they will change the pan 1x (included) if you want to make a different sauce. There is an instruction guide but we didn't read it . The staff (all we encountered) were super helpful and friendly and answered all our questions. We didn't do the fried rice bc we didn't pre-work but I'm sure if you ask the staff they can explain the process. And don't get it confused with the Chinese style fried rice, not the same, this is Korean fried rice. Overall, def plan to go back. I enjoyed it all. The glass noodles are chewy and nice, don't leave them in too long or they get soft and meh. The fried chicken was delightful -crispy and tender. Perfect. Keep an eye on the heat on the pan and turn it down when needed. It heats up pretty quick. The tables made for 2 aren't very big so it can be almost like a game of Tetris to get everything to fit. They give you a big bowl that you reuse to get your stuff. Then there are little plates and bowls to get the fried and premade stuff. There is also a sauce container they give you to reuse for your sauce. Enjoy! It's an interesting experience and I recommend everyone go once, just not all on the same day! read more

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This was my first time trying hot pot and I had an amazing experience. Our server was so nice and explained everything and constantly helped us out because we had no clue what we were doing. There were so many options I wanted to try everything. My eyes were definitely bigger than my stomach because after the hot pot portion we were not ready for the fried rice. I went during their pajama promotion after watching a TikTok and I was definitely not disappointed. The place is big enough to where there was never really a wait to get more food and it was always fully stocked. My favorite was the bulgogi and kimchi it paired with the hotpot perfectly. This places is perfect for groups of friends, families and solo dates, I will be coming back! read more

Dookki - Houston - Kimchi - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

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This place is a solid tteokbokki restaurant. I went twice during the pajama party promotion, definitely worth coming! Be expected to wait on the weekends, but weeknights are good during the week! Nicely situated in Chinatown next to 85C Bakery Cafe and Wells Fargo. Let's talk about the food. They have several sections/areas such as: -Tteokbokki of all kinds -Sauces (savory, sweet, spicy, salty, etc.) -Vegetables (like onions, bean sprouts, cabbage, etc.) -Meat (sliced pork/beef, fish balls, smoked sausages, etc.) -Noodles (rice, ramen, etc.) -Entrees (french fries, korean fried chicken, sushi, kimchi, etc.) -Ice cream (scoop your own, can take it with you to-go!) I like the community style pot in the middle of the table! My girlfriend and I went the frist time and we absolutely enjoyed it! Took my parents the second time and they got to pick and choose what they want! Will definitely be back, a great spot! read more

The restaurant was amazing! The variety of fried food and rice cakes are vase. I appreciated the kind waiters explaining how things worked. I ate alot and the fact that you can make ramen and get ice cream too is the perfect night! read more

Dookki - Houston - Rose sauce and cream sauce. Ramen noodles, glass noodles mushrooms, rice cakes, cabbage, bean sprouts.Corn cheese ring. - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

Finally found my way here after much waiting. Dookki is the premier AYCE tteokbokki restaurant in town, and the experience here was deliciously awesome. Firstly, I'm a fan of tteokbokki, but I'm not always a fan of the sauce it traditionally comes with. It's often times too sweet. I do love the texture of the springy fat tteok though! Here you can create your own sauce, and with a lot of varieties of tteok. They have skinny ones, extra long ones, filled ones, and everything in between! Of course, there's lot of options to customize your creation. From fresh veggies, to thin sliced meats, fish balls, and seafood, the customizations are endless! You even get to create your own sauce to season the house broth with. The server gives you a manual your first time, to teach you how to do everything properly, but we kinda skipped reading it and winged it. I have to mention the ready to eat items such as the Korean fried chicken, kimbap, japchae, and bulgolgi. They were all yummy! The fried chicken was super tasty and replenished often. Apparently at the end of the meal, they use the leftover sauce to make a fried rice, but I skipped out on this option as I was so stuffed. I did leave room for some scooped ice cream with sprinkles though. Definitely worth another visit. I just wish they had a few more sliced meat options, but that's about it. read more

Recommend understanding the concept before disappointing yourself with expectations. This is not hot pot style ayce. It's ayce for Tteokbokki & fish cakes fans. Tteokbokki is Korean rice cakes cooked in a thick sauce. This concept you can add other types of ingredients to boost it up. I was lost at first but understanding the process now. This can be eaten solo or shareable. The downside to that is all party must agree on the sauce, because there's only one burner. So recommend you eat with someone who can tolerate same spice level. My husband got his own burner because his spice level is 5x hotter than mine. My daughter and I made a non spicy base, we made jajang (we scooped it 3x for our measurement) kinda remind me of jjajangmyeon. II'm not a fan of Tteokbokki (Korean rice cakes) it's heavy for me, but the other ingredients I mixed in was good. And we chose ramen as our carb. I did like the cheese rice ball (it had corn in there too) The sauce is runny at first but as you cook, the carb starches makes it thicker. The leftover sauce you can make fried rice from the fried rice topping bar. If you're a fan of that crispy pan rice you leave it on longer. I'm not a fan of it so I ate it saucey. Texture is wet, but different. It was pretty good stir fry Kim chi and top off with seaweed. I want to add cheese on it next time. The instant ramen station was awesome! I want the machine! You can also fill your bowl with toppings from the Tteokbokki station to make a gourmet ramen pot. There are hot food stations with fried & sautéed items. We loved the fried chicken pieces. I was full so didn't go the hot food for japchae, spicy stir fried pork, and bulgogi. Honestly not bad for $20's ayce, because just getting bulgogi dish at a Korean restaurant is almost $12-$15 alone. Overall a different experience and there are other familiar options to eat to make up for the dish you're not a fan of. Staff was friendly, attentive and explained the rules of food waste fee & It is 90 mins dining time. read more

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I was super excited to try this place out because of all the hype. Overall, it was ok! Lunch is $20 plus the cheese ring for $7. They have a lot of different shapes of tteokbokki, fish cake (regular and spicy), and very little amount of vegetables. The cheese ring was ok, it had too much peas and carrots in my opinion since I barely had any cheese. It got tired eating just rice cake and fish cake. The side dishes like chicken, mandu, bulgogi, etc. were ok as well, not too surprising. Despite the fact that it's AYCE, I saw many tables only got up to the buffet bar once at the beginning to get their food, and that was it. One round is enough to make you full (cause of rice) and lose your appetite. They have ice cream as dessert, and they only had vanilla and chocolate as of right now. Service was very nice but it felt like a self-serve place since the silverwares, napkins, and straws are at a counter that you can get yourself. Overall, you should try this place out if you want, but I personally wouldn't come back here since a lot of other hotpot places serve rice cake and fish cake along with beef for cheaper prices. read more

Dookki - Houston - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

The place is clean, decor is modern. Food is fresh and the service is great. The hot food options include a variety and are made fresh. Love the ramen and ice cream stations. read more

Haven't had Korean food in a while and I've seen this place before on TikTok soo decided to try it out. We were seated at our table then were instructed on what this buffet is like. Picked out our sauce, Rose, for some spice that wouldn't be overwhelming. Then we selected out items for the tteokbokki. This is where I'll mention that in this regard, it really isn't like a traditional hot pot or KBBQ buffet. You do certainly get to choose as much as you want (however much fits within the bowl you're given) but once you put it into the hot pot with the broth then that's pretty much it from my understanding. I know this may not be an issue for most, but I feel it caps the experience. What if you wanted more of this and too much of that? What if your friends wanted a different sauce you have to compromised? What about food allergies? In the meantime, while the tteokbokki is cooking, you can get some of the hot food they have available. Even though it's not necessarily the main focus of the restaurant, I felt like these really made the buffet for me. There's a solid variety of kimbimbop as well as Korean fried chicken. Alongside that, there's even a ramen station in the back. I highly recommend getting these before the tteokbokki is ready. Once it was ready, I did enjoy it. The assortment of rice cakes is more than enough in my opinion. After you're done, you can get the remaining broth to flavor a fried rice, if you still have room in your belly. My biggest downside is that this really isn't a buffet. You pretty much get one buffet and one fried rice that has to be shared across the table. You do have unlimitted kimbimbop and KFC, but IMO that's really supplementary. If they changed this to unlimitted, then I think it would better match the price for the quality and amount of food you get. read more

Came for dinner and was surprised at the selection given. It's classic Korean street food items such as fried chicken, kimbap, etc. solid food even if not amazing! Service was alright and ambiance was casual. It is definitely very carb forward such I anticipated (and loved). Dinner was ~50$ for 2 adults! read more

We've been coming to Dookki at least 4 times a month since they opened. For the month of November 2024, they have a Pajama Party promo which is 50% off after 6pm when you wear your pajamas to dinner. If not, dinner is $22.99/pp. I enjoy coming here because of the large selection of food. From their fried food station, ramen station, rice cakes, banchan, and wide variety of sauces, you'll never run out of choices. I like my sauce sweet and spicy, it's a combination of 5 of their sauces. Oh and their broth is anchovy base so it's perfect for my vegetarian friend. They even have ice cream for dessert! They're always playing KPop music and several TVs playing KPop music videos. The staff is really helpful and always available for any needs. They'll even make your fried rice at the end if you have room in your belly for it! Will definitely keep coming back! read more

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Let's start with service. So kind and patient since it was our first time. They walked you through how to choose and cook everything. Then we got plates! We decided on two bowls: one spicy and one not. Spicy had lots of fishy things like mussels, shrimp and wheat noodles. Not spicy had beef, fish cake and fried tofu with sprouts and cabbage. So so good! We had side plates of Korean fried chicken, kimchis, galbi, japchee, lumbar, fried veggies, etc. Then you took the leftover soup and made fried rice! Last is ice cream and it hit the spot. So worth the price and such a nice semi calm K-pop-ish atmosphere. We all loved it and will be going back soon. read more

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Such a fun experience! We are newbies to the Korean food scene and the servers were great at helping us get started. So many choices and therefore endless combinations. We enjoyed some sushi and LOVED the Korean fried chicken while waiting on the pot to cook. We tried the more traditional way then on our second round added all the extras that sounded good...and our combo was a hit!. The fried rice that we made in the pot was so good. The kids really enjoyed the boba and adults were fans of the peach Soju. Such a fun and unique place! Can't recommend enough and you definitely won't leave hungry! read more

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I love the concept of Dookki, it starts out with you picking your own toppings/items to go into the broth and then the option to make fried rice followed by dessert all for ~$24. They also have some premade items like bulgogi which is nice to have while you wait for your soup to cook. It truly is all you can eat style and it's so good. You start out with your own broth and then you make your own soup base flavor, they have about 16 different combos if I recall correctly. Once you finish your soup you have the option to get more broth and go back for seconds if you'd like. They have boba and ice cream (free) for dessert and it's also good. This would be a perfect spot for a date and the lighting is a tad dark. With that being said, there is plenty of seating! Lastly, the only reason I've decided to take off a star is because the service could be better, I've only been twice but both times our server did not come and check up on us and we had to waive them down for our check after sitting there for a bit. read more

Dookki - Houston - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

The food was not really fresh at all and there was almost no food out in display while it was only 7pm and not even on a busy day I would understand if it was busy but there was no more than 7 people there and the waiter kept messing with the temperature of the table and all this would be fine if im paying almost 25$ per person withought the extra fees then I hoped the food and flavor and just the service alone would be a bit better and worth the money instead it was a complete let down read more

This is an AYCE place revolving around rice cake so if you are a fan of rice cake like me this place is for you. There are a decent variety of things to choose from to add to your pot and a ramen bar for you as well. I especially loved the fish cake on the skewer. Overall, the food was very good. There is a station for sauces as well to make the flavoring you desire but don't fret if you are unsure what you want as they have recommended sauces and the recipes to make it. I would recommend sitting with people who have similar spice tolerances as you though because it will only be one sauce per pot. My friends and I were too full before we could make it to the fried rice portion but I've heard good things about it and will have to come back to try it out. The service however was very disappointing. We walked in and were not greeted by the staff even though someone was at the front desk. The staff did not seem like they wanted to be there and were very inattentive to us even though it was slow. We were able to get seated quickly but we did go when it wasn't peak eating hours. There is a lot of seating available and a nice interior though with K-Pop playing. read more

Food honestly sucked. Was there like an hour and a half, they didn't have meat for the hot pot the entire time. Service was also not great. My server barely came to my table while actively attending the group that came in after me, which were sat right next to me. Super unsatisfied overall with my first time experience. Definitely not worth the price at all. Wish I would've gone anywhere else. read more

If you like tteokbokki, this is your type of place. Come hungry b/c those rice cakes can be filling. The rice cakes are really cute here- hearts, flowers, and regular shaped. They pour a broth in a pot and you can choose your sauce. You only get 1 sauce change. There are several stations. You take your big bowl and gather whatever you want to add to your hotpot. There are plates and bowls available for cooked meats, kimbap, japchae, fried dumplings, fried chicken, etc. You can make your own bibimbap bowl or ramen. You're supposed to end your meal with fried rice made from the leftover sauce. Plus, you can choose from 4 flavors of ice cream and top it with sprinkles. Overall, I thought the service was good. The tteokbokki was fun to eat, but I felt like I barely ate any rice cakes and put way too many fish cakes, etc. The cooked stuff would have been better if it wasn't sitting out under a heated lamp, but they put just enough out and refilled when necessary. It was kept tidy. I think there was a variety of items that kids can eat, which is a plus b/c korean food can get spicy. I happened to visit when they had a promotion, so got 22% off plus a free drink coupon via raffle. Now, I have a coupon to go back within a couple months. read more

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The food was amazing, I went to lunch with some friends, pricing was great it was 15.99$ all you can eat for 90$. Definitely recommend if you're looking for a spot to try. You can make your own sauce from different options, and you can choose which toppings to go in, from tteokbokki to noodles, eggs, meatballs, etc. Fills you right up!!! read more

Dookki - Houston - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

Such a fun experience with friends. We went during their November special which was wearing our pjs after 6pm and receiving 50% off. That brought our total to $12 per person which is a steal for all you can eat. The food was yummy and you can tell the quality of the ingredients was really good. I really enjoyed my experience here and would definitely recommend right now with the promotion going on everyday til 11/31. read more

I was really excited to try Dookki because Tteokbokki is one of my favorite Korean dishes and the DIY and AYCE concepts were a novelty to me. I came on a weekday, late afternoon for lunch and there were still a good amount of people eating there. Since it was my partner and I's first time, our server explained how we were supposed to go about preparing all the food. We also learned that we could make fried rice after we were done with our Tteokbokki, which was cool! I was honestly a little disappointed with the toppings selection for the Tteokbokki. In the end, Tteokbokki is just rice cakes and there's only so much you can do with that, so I thought that the novelty of the process should've really come from the variety of toppings you can put in your Tteokbokki. There were just a couple vegetables, fish cakes, and seafood you could choose from. The toppings for the fried rice section of the buffet were also underwhelming. However, a positive is that there is a solid variety of premade foods that you can pick from the buffet, like japchae, bulgogi, kimbap, fried chicken, and wings. There's also a freezer where you can scoop out your own ice cream after the end of your meal! For a price of $15.99/person, I think my lunch experience was pretty solid, but I wouldn't come back again anytime soon. read more

Dookki - Houston - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I was really excited to try an all you can eat tteokbokki concept - I love AYCE and I love the chewiness of tteokbokki bring me unparalleled joy. The process is very simple. They give you two measuring cup shaped containers - the larger one is for to mix sauces that become the flavoring for your plain broth at the table, and the smaller one is for your personal dipping sauce. With a larger group, some people got confused and switched the cup sizes but the quantity and mixture of sauces/flavors is pretty foolproof, and they'll let you start over if needed. We enjoyed eating through the mainly fried prepared items while we waited for our broth to boil. The selection of prepared foods and hot pot ingredients, however, was less impressive than other hot pot establishments. There were more tteokbokki and noodle options than at other hot pot restaurants, but this wouldn't sway the vote for me to choose this place again over others. You'll definitely be full at the end of the meal, but that will be because you filled up on a lotttt of starches rather than meats. read more

I really loved the food here, it was really good and fresh. I also like the vibe and the aesthetic of the place. However I did have this inconvenience with a server that ruined the whole experience . All I remember is that she had dyed hair and always made faces at everything and everyone. I think I heard her say her name was Ashley something like that. Most of the time I didn't even know what I was doing I was so confused. She didn't explain or help out. Worst server ever. She was always at the front of the restaurant. She was absolutely no help whatsoever, I don't even know why she's a server. At that point she's a host. I hope next time I do come I get a different server who will actually help. Besides that the place itself is good and would recommend. read more

Dookki - Houston - Food - Korean Near Me - Houston, Texas

Didn't have bulgogi and Kimbap when we went. Didnt give us soup options and just brought out the broth without consulting us.

Don't expect it to be like those other Asian buffets with a huge variety of selections. It's a good spot if you REALLY enjoy Korean rice cakes and flavors. They have 3 types of noodles to choose from & endless toppings! There is also a separate ramen section (shin, Jin, neoguri, etc.) along with an ice cream section (6 flavors). Everything is basically self serve as any buffet, except heating the soup & pouring broth. The staff is very kind and helpful when you need them. I believe their adult lunch prices differ from dinner and when we went during lunch they were also doing kids (12 & under) eat free. Overall a cozy feel! I would go again in the future to try out other flavors and the fried rice since last time I was too full to experience it. read more

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Great service. Great experience. Nice little hole in the wall spot. Great price for 3 ppl

Food - personally thought the quality was pretty average in terms of the freshness and availability of the ingredients and the taste and quality of the additional food items. The concept is awesome but I'm not sure if quality of food varies with days, but the quality that day did not meet expectations Service - okay, very self serving location. honestly there was not much help provided for first time comers who are not familiar with tteoboki - they pointed at the instructions on the paper. Ambiance - decent, clean, spacious read more

No wait Saturday lunch $19 pp. so much food. Be ready for a mega carb fest! There's a section to make ramen, bimibap, and another for hot (fried) food and a section for the tteobokki. You make the broth by adding the sauce. You can request for $7 cheese ring (we were too full) and raw egg bc boiled eggs. Add everything to the pot, The broth thickens and enjoy!! There's ice cream to cleanse the palate. Definitely plan to diet afterwards read more

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I visited here on a Friday evening about 2 months after they had opened, and it still had a fresh smell about it. I was expecting a long wait, but instead, I was able to be seated right away. Let me just preface by saying this is one of those complicated restaurants where you will do most of the cooking at your table, with multiple steps involved. Here, patrons basically cook their own soups on the induction top at the table, eat fried finger foods and dip them in the broth, if they want, then make fried rice from the leftover broth using the ingredient bar. One option is a cheese ring that you can order with your soup to make it more creamy or make cheese corn on a separate plate. There is also a ramen bar at the rear wall where there are 2 stations to make packaged ramen (yes, the same ramen you see in the grocery stores). After dinner, if you're still hungry, as with many buffets, there is a small area to the left of the ramen bar to dip and make your own ice cream using a few different toppings (mainly sprinkles). I feel this is really asking a lot to have customers here in the US make their own soups in a quick like manner. There are just various things that can go wrong. It should be left to the chefs in the kitchen to make this type of soup, imo. Cooking meats on a grill is one thing, but making a soup is just more complicated. I made my sauce based on a suggestion from a magazine article I read earlier in the day from my visit, which was similar to one suggested on the sign at the sauce bar, using 2 different spicy options and one mild option. I grabbed all the ingredients during my 2 different attempts to make broth. The first turned our great and spicy, then I decided to have the waiter bring a new bowl and I made a very mild one. My favorite ingredient for the soup were the mussels, even though they were small and nothing special. Otherwise, I really don't have much to say for all the noodle options with various tastes and textures. I thought a lot of them tasted similar. I'm not a fried rice fan, but I made it anyway just to complete the process. It turned out okay, but not something I would eat regularly, even if I was a fan. Overall, I think this restaurant is a culturally popular thing that may not bode well with other cultures on a regular basis. It's fun to try once, but I don't see myself being a regular. read more