This is Korean BBQ in a different format. It is not AYCE, nor is it the type you cook over a grill with banchan (side dishes) in little plates scattered around the table. This style of KBBQ sees a dome grill where the banchan and the meat are all placed on the grill to be cooked at the same time. There is a minimum 2 item order (I came with a friend) and we ordered brisket and spicy pork. The server pretty much cooked up our food for us, so all we did was eat, eat and eat. At the end of the meal, they will make fried rice on the dome incorporating all the flavors from your meats for a finale of kimchi fried rice. We've been here several times now, and I've always enjoyed my meal, especially the kimchi fried rice. But like any KBBQ spot, you walk out smelling like something a pack of dogs will like to follow around. read more

SUMMARY: Might be different for most of you and might take some getting used to. But if you're a Korean BBQ aficionado and want to step up your game, give the Pig a try! HONEY PIG CONCEPT Unlike most KBBQ places, HP is not an all you can eat place where you get a ton of banchan prior to the meal. The grill here is not your typical one either. It's a large half convex dome with a channel to catch the juices of whatever you order on the bottom. A ring of kimchi and bean sprouts are placed around the bottom center of the dome to catch the juices of whatever meat you select. Your kimchi becomes infused w/ those meat drippings while getting grilled. Now I took my wife (then fiance) and her sister from Taiwan to the LA HP and this was a totally cool experience for them. However I've *heard* from other friends who've gone to HP and said they really didn't like the taste of grilled kimchi (admittedly I didn't at first). After the juices start a' flowin', a bowl of rice is thrown on top and the server starts to mix everything together for you. Now you can tell your server not to do this, but that's the whole part of the HP way of maximizing the combined flavor of everything that's on the dome. How to eat? There's no real prescribed way of eating what's on the dome in no prescribed combination. Just eat! MEAT Now my friends who live in the area had never been here, so I suggested we get two kinds of meats: the usual pork bacon slices and the pork jowls. Yup, jowls! Now if you've never had jowls, it's got some what of a firm but slightly chewy consistency. But it is full of delicious flavor. My friend and his wife (Japanese and Chinese) were skeptical, but intrigued. Guess what? They ordered a second plate as they liked it so much! I highly, highly recommend it if you want to elevate your Korean meat game (that sounded weird, but you know what I mean). SERVICE On the day we went, it was good. ATMOSPHERE Clean, modern, and full of my peeps. Always a good sign. OTHER Parking is plentiful in this lot. Also there's an outdoor patio area w/ a fountain/pond where you can relax if there's a long line. read more

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Still our favorite local Korean brisket BBQ place. The best grilled kimchi in Orange County! read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Our family favorite is #7 beef brisket - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

Service: excellent Food: ok. Flavorful. Not the best BBQ food. Cost: expensive We went in for lunch because other restaurants at the plaza were full by 11:30a. Saw others cooking the food on the hot pan and thought it was pretty cool. They have lunch special but we opted for the regular menu. You don't get to cook on the table if you order lunch special. It's an ok experience. Probably won't purposely go back because there are so many better BBQ option in Irvine. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

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Great place!!! I've been here many times with my wife and daughter but never remember to yelp them. Didn't think they were open during Covid time but they did. Great service from the staff and food is very authentic. Definitely will be back :-) read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Ribeye - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

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The staff are helpful and attentive from beginning to end of the meal. The keep the water glasses full and attend to the meats being grilled at your table. They also give you more bachan without judgement. This location isn't too busy on a Sunday night, which is a great way to end a weekend in my book. Nothing against Honey Pig but I'd forgo the kimchee fried rice at the end. I came here for the KBBQ meats and bachan more that for the rice. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

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Decided to come here for dinner and it wasn't too packed. Especially for covid they distanced everyone accordingly. It's a la carte, not AYCE. Still had a good experience. The sides and meats were delicious and flavorful. We chose 2 orders of the thin sliced brisket. Was plenty of food for 2 people. The service wasn't on par though, even for it not being busy. Our waiter did come by several times to apologize, which was understandable. Didn't end up getting the fried rice at the end, probably a good thing since we both were full. Overall, I'd try it again and see if the next experience would be better. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Kim Chi, Bean Sprouts, Potato Slices, Tofu, Corn Cheese - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

If I could give a DOUBLE ZERO!! I WOULD!! ORIGINALLY A friend and I wanted to go next door to the sushi place next door since they are packed due to awesome food and SERVICE!! SO we settled for this place and thought let's give it a try???? Something new and for two minority women from two different nationalities and be open to trying new foods, we proceed to order from their dinner menu and order....advise our waitress this is our first time and asking for guidance.. she takes our order, 2nd person comes out with our food. Other customers show up place their orders....they get served. We are done....and No other waitress show up and ask if we are Ok or if we need anything else in the meantime, we see other customers who showed up after we do are done and have received their check and leave....WTH!!! Really.... So I call over a waitress and ask for our check and the way we are treated was not acceptable. We may not speak the language but we were willing to try and learn different types of food and most of all give this place business!! Guess we will take our business else where. So here is our tip for this place....You need to work on your customer service!!!! Should have checked this place on YELP before trying this place...could have tried another place with better customer service and not over priced food. read more

The best Korean BBQ restaurant I've ever been! A family gathering of three generations, we all enjoyed it so much! We love their availability of having BBQ and entrees. The kids loved BBQ, the adults liked entrees, so we all got what we like. As for the grandma, she just enjoyed being surrounded by her little ones. She loved the food too, but her focus was listening to her grand daughters telling stories. We had BBQ of marinated boneless short rib, rib eye steak, variety of mushroom, and an entree of bibimbap. The servers were so nice and attentive, especially they asked us if they should start cooking the next plate or wait. We were so comfortable and not being rushed. The fried rice at the end made the whole experience perfect!!!! The kid who said she was stuffed wowed with a taste then scooped more to her bowl! I just love we can order by plate for the BBQ and take home the leftovers, so we won't overeaten as if we were in all-you-can eat restaurants. I like to mention they have a regular menu for those who don't want BBQ. It's a place I will highly recommend to my friends. read more

Perfect place to take friends & family. A plate of thinly sliced beef brisket is $25, which is a favorite amongst most, including me! Love the napa cabbage & soybean sprout kimchi, plain white tofu and white yam slices that is fried alongside the meats. The waiter also drops in pats of butter too. Also given is various sauces, you can also ask for additional sesame oil to dip your food. Ask for as much romaine lettuce & green onion salad, wet rice wraps, pickled white daikon radish as you can eat. At the end of the meal, the waiter collects all your leftovers, adds in red rice and seaweed to stir fry you kimchi fried rice that is delectable. Take it home if you are too full. read more

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Cynically, this place price gouges. With the benefit of the doubt, they don't understand how to design fair policies. The latter is almost as bad, but you can't do much else than forgive incompetence. We were a party of 6 adults split across 2 tables beside each other. On ordering we were told we needed to order a minimum of 2 orders per table, meaning our party of 6 had to order 4 items. We didn't ask to use 2 tables for the record - that's how they accommodated us. Logically, it should've been a minimum of 2 orders for the party. Maybe we would've ordered 3 plates for the party. For anyone unfamiliar with the menu style, it's family style food which is shared, so 4 orders comes to more than a couple hundred bucks after tax and tip. It's expensive, even for Irvine. Besides the price gouging, other highlights of our experience included: - The portions of meat are tiny for exorbitant prices. - The quality of the meat is nothing special considering the exorbitant prices. - Big question marks over food handling practices as 3 of our party had GI issues of varying degrees, including full on diarrhea. - I was standing at the entrance for about 10 minutes before being acknowledged. This was not for lack of staff, I was blanked half a dozen times. - We were not checked on once while eating, other than to get us out the door. - One of the features of this place is they will cook for you, which on paper seemed great as I was holding a toddler. Well, they burned our pork belly, and made no offer to replace it. Do yourself a favor - there's a sushi place next door which is also expensive, but actually decent and doesn't treat you like you're something they stepped in. read more

3rd time coming here and honestly it has been great everytime. I would definitely recommend mainly getting the Berkshire pork belly, everything else is second tier to that. The shape of the grill makes the place more unique than traditional kbbq places. It definitely makes the grilled vegetables and banchan a lot better. There isn't a super diverse set of banchan but I didn't mind much. The service was good and the fried rice at the end is a nice touch. read more

My husband and I went to Honey Pig last night for the first time! The prices are a lot higher than a lot of other places, especially for the low quality food and bad service they offer! I don't even want to go into that because the reason I'm writing this review is that both of us got SICK from the food. We ordered the beef belly and the wagyu last night. We both had to call out this morning and stay home because of the frequent visits we need to make to the bathroom! Not sure if the meat was sitting out too long or what the problem is but we both woke up in the middle of the night with stomach aches and we are both miserable right now! read more

Meat quality is not good. Service is good but the meat, main ingredients are not that fresh. Meat is sturdy, they sell it for $40.

The one time I didn't let the Yelp reviews prevent me from going to a restaurant (because the first experience at the Rowland heights location was bomb dot com) would be the time it bites me back in my honey pig's ass. Before I start being my savage self, let me first point out the positive side to this place. The food. Okay done. Moving on. At 8pm ish on a Saturday evening, they were still busy. Wait was about 20 mins for a party of 5. No big deal. When I was sitting down, I noticed the employees were all racing like there was about to be some kind of zombie apocalypse...which probably meant they're understaffed? But there was a lot of them so I don't get it... The service started out strong. We were seated. And immediately, they gave us all the necessities: water. Lol jk. And one of the servers named Ethan (who is probably the best one out of all them btw) came and set up the grill and the banchan. We also went ahead and ordered right away with him. Got the brisket, signature black pork belly, and beef tongue. After he put the kimchi, bean sprouts, tofu, and sweet potato on the grill, he bounced out of there. And this is when it starts going downhill. Some other server came and roughly placed the beef brisket and pork belly. And then he proceeded to throw all the beef brisket on our grill. Then, he bounced out of there like no other. LEFT OUR MEAT GRILLING TO BURN. Meanwhile, I observed another server gently place half of the beef brisket on our neighbor's grill, and he also came back to check up on the meat and continued cooking for them. So after a while the brisket started cooking, and we didn't know if we were supposed to cook it ourselves because they usually grill it for you. I was like fuck it and just started to cook it myself. I guess this was a cue to them that we could cook it and for them to leave us alone for the rest of the evening. But we did not know that and still expected them to come cook for us. Anyway brisket cooked and we ate. All was well. For that one moment. After we destroyed the beef brisket, they were supposed to continue cooking the beef tongue. But no one showed up. After waiting a while, we were able to flag the server who was grilling for the neighbor. And asked him to cook the tongue. He just dumped all of it on the grill. And bounced out of there. Okay I could have done that. What the fuck. Well we continued cooking it. And since we were eating slowly and the fucking fire was on high blast, of course the grill started burning. It especially turned black when we finished all the tongue. So our grill was no longer useable unless if we wanted to fucking eat black shit. We rang the bell to call them over. Haha no one came. Of course. We rang it again. Then guess what? No one came. Again. (Btw we aren't doing this right after another. We waited quite a while before ringing it again). Finally my nephew just yelled out excuse me while one of them was walking towards us TO GO TO ANOTHER TABLE. and of course he had the most bitchiest face ever. Man it must be such a shitty job. He looked so miserable; I almost felt bad. Almost. Anyway, he came over and we were like what should we do it burned blah blah. And he stomped away and got radish, hoping to help salvage the grill so that he won't have to change the stone grill. But that didn't work. He had to change the grill. So he changed the grill. And then this empty clean grill was sitting in front of us for a good 10 mins. We just sat there and was confused. I almost considered leaving then because by now the RAW pork belly was just siting on the table. Probably infesting with bacteria and shit. However, we persevered and sat through while staring at the grill. Finally , I couldn't handle it anymore and flagged down Ethan. He basically repeated what he did for us in the beginning and cooked the pork belly. He also cooked the kimchi fried rice for us after we ate some of the pork belly. Poor guy was sweating. Probably from covering the other tables too since his coworkers are all lazy asses who can't do shit. He's probably carrying the team. I was very much looking forward to the kimchi fried rice because of how mind blowing it was the first time I had it. But I guess the bar was set way high from my first time that I was sadly let down by the kimchi fried rice this time. Probably had something to do with how the rest of the evening went down. I'm for sure not coming back to this location. You can def count on that. TL;DR- learned my lesson to never ignore Yelp reviews even though the food was good at the RH location. And just stay away from this place because service will probably ruin the food for you. It did for me sadly. I am very unfulfilled with my dining experience this time. I used to think service wasn't related to your perception of the food but it totally is. If you get treated like shit, the food will taste like shit. The end. read more

It is a waste of time to write. The price is higher than the taste. Best of all, service is worse. But coke was good. read more

The experience was awful. It was my first time going here and the servers look like they did not want to be bothered by questions. The service is simply bad. For the prices of the meats, I was expecting a quality selection, and it did not meet my expectations in terms of taste. The meats were dry and bland. I encourage you to go to another Korean BBQ where you can pay half price, and have a better customer service experience and quality of meats. read more

MY fav hang out after working a long day to comfort my soul with nice quality protein bbq, and chilled soju. Ssajannim is so friendly, this is my 2nd time with octopus bonus menu. You all Irvanise gotta try this place. Cheers read more

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Been here a few times and have enjoyed the food and service. Will continue to come in the future :)

After trying this place for the first time recently, its no surprise its only 3 stars. We arrived pretty late on a Sunday, around 8PM and the place was pretty empty. Its quite a large restaurant that I'd estimate can seat maybe 30 parties or so. We got a table way in the back corner. Foods: We got brisket, beef tongue, pork belly and they were all delicious. Everything is a la carte, this place is not an AYCE place. The server is also your cook and he comes by to cook your food for you. You have one of those large iron circular grills, not your typical kbbq grills like at Gen. So there is significantly more surface area. The server puts the kimchi, bean sprouts mushrooms, and all the other condiments around the perimeter of the grill. We asked for garlic on the side. Food quality was very good. They make fried rice for you at the end too! It wasn't very good to me however. Service: Unfortunately service is not the strong suit here. At first service was pretty good for us. There were maybe 3 or 4 other parties eating when we got there. Towards the end of our meal, a few more parties showed up and service when south real quick. We couldn't get anything we wanted, including the check! I was ready to just walk out. Literally the restaurant isn't half full but service was at a D+ level. I don't think I'll be coming back here with the service at the level that it is. Maybe it was a bad day but all the other reviews say the same thing so it most likely isn't. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

Great service we got lucky with the hostess who took our reservation and served us super sweet! Unlimited side dishes and green onion salad delicious! Minimum two meat orders plenty to share included steamed egg and mixed fried crispy rice with veggie sides and kimchi- the waitress and waiters cook for you while you're there. Such a nice experience lots of food for sharing. Located inside shopping mall with ALBERTSONS ARCO AND KOHLS NEXT TO TANG190. Highly recommend read more

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location and cleanliness is great. the ventilation of the cooking surface is wonderful and the meat cuts are great but I think the portions are too expensive for the amount given. Menu is a la carte, not AYCE. I must mention one item that was surprisingly good: cold buckwheat noodle. It was not sweet soup as most places make it. Almost as good as the one at Mo Ran Gak in Garden Grove. The highlight of this establishment is the fried rice cooked for you by your server at the end with whatever meat, veggies and kimchi that's leftover on the cooktop which is actually the top of a stone lid used in olden Korean days for cooking great vats of soups or rice. It became perfect object to grill meat because it drew out fat without burning it. Cooking on this stone lid renders tender cooked meat without the charcoal taste. It was a good experience but expensive for regular visits. read more

We have been here many times. We enjoy the food and service. Often we will go during the week as the weekend can be busy. The food is delicious, it is not ayce. We enjoy the beef belly and brisket. The fried rice at the end is so good. We eat it the next day w a fried egg and sesame leaves. We bring our kids and they accommodate them well. Solid place. read more

First off the food here was not that good second off this is by far the most expensive Korean BBQ restaurant I have ever been to and it's not even ALL YOU CAN EAT. On top of that one of the waiters was very rude and was not happy with his tip and literally came to us and was like you should tip more. Unbelievable no one does that you should be lucky I am even tipping you at all I will never be coming back to this Korean BBQ ever again there are ton of other Korean BBQ palaces in the area that are 100x better read more

Ten years ago, I often came to Honeypig. I have always wanted to try this store in Irvine. I tried it today, which made me very disappointed. 1. The beef tongue has a strange smell. After talking to them, there is no response. 2. The miso soup is very salty. 3. There is no air conditioner, it is too hot.overall it was a very underwhelming! read more

Food was so yum! Meat was real good, especially the chadol. Loved the kimchee fried rice after. Need to order at least 2 meats, which is a lot for 2 people. Took leftovers home. Service was good, will be back. read more

It's a good place to go if you live around Irvine and don't want to drive far for Korean BBQ. Staff attentive. Lots of meat selections. It's not the best Korean BBQ I ever had but it'll do the job when I crave for it and is low on time and just want to go somewhere nearby. Friends and family all seem to agree. read more

I ordered togo for short rib combo. They gave me side dishes, salad, fried kimchi, tofu, radish, sauces, soup and lettuce. It was lots of food and tasted amazing! Definitely going to try other combos next time ! read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

Pretty good food! A little pricey but you get a lot of food, the duck wasn't a favorite but the brisket and Wagyu were delicious. I would've given more stars if we had white rice and bigger soup portions. read more

I heard that this was one of the better Korean restaurants from my Korean students (I'm a teacher) so decided to check it out with my friend. Ordered the brisket and short ribs. The brisket tasted a bit bland and flavorless to me and the short ribs didn't impress me either. Plus each dish was at least $23.00 or more and they require you to order a minimum of two meats. With all the other decent KBBQs in the area for $20, I personally believe your money is better spent there compared to here. Yes, you get a little egg dish for free and fried rice at the end, but for $50 I feel the price was too steep for the quantity of food you receive. Service was okay. Probably will not come back due to price and unimpressive taste. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

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I guess you can nickname this location as Porky's Revenge. Since, this place is the 3rd installment of the Honey Pig BBQ chain. The first restaurant is located in LA so we'll call that one the original Porky's. The second venue in Buena Park, that's Porky's 2 - The Next Day. As you can deduce from the hints above, the Honey Pig BBQ chain is known for their high end bacon (with 3 locations), hence the reference to the 80's adult comedy film about teenage escapades at a Florida high school. Even after Eight Korean BBQ's push into Orange County, the Honey Pig BBQ locations are still ideal places for a great meal. For me, it just depends on the kind of porky mood I'm in. I know for a fact that I don't ever have to wait too long for a table at this location, even during peak periods. There's a 2 serving minimum, with each order ranging from $20 to $25. Although, beef is available, I generally tend to stick with the bread and butter - swine. I really miss the concept of the black dome shaped grill. It allows everyone to sit in a circle, family style. Similar to an episode of "That '70s Show." Limitless laughs and crazy soju shots all around. With a few of your closest, you can make sure that there's never a dull moment. The server will spread generous amounts of kimchee and bean sprouts around the grill. The cooking surface allows the fat from the meat to drip down along the sides. Some of it will mix into the ruffage, while a singular hole is present to catch the juices that overflow into a metal container. Just when you thought that the feast has ended, out comes the waiter with lettuce, rice, and seasoning. Mixed with the leftover kimchee, bean sprouts, and pork shrapnel - you're getting fried and oily goodness that just can't be beat. I highly recommend asking for extra sesame seed oil, which gives the rice a more toasty taste. Asking for Doenjang Jjigae (bean paste soup) on the side is another great idea. Pairs well with the fried rice. As someone who tends to avoid the buffets and AYCE options, I don't think the portions are small. I mean, if it's bad, my KBBQ spider senses will definitely make me tingle. But, I haven't run into any issues when I've dined here, including the service. It almost works to my advantage cause I'm trying to stay away from this disease called gluttony. Have you heard of it? The best KBBQ joints are never AYCE, so don't come with the notion of getting your money's worth or that you'll be full beyond belief. The point here is to savor each moment of the swine, throw some kimchee and bean sprouts to the face, and enjoy some greasy fried rice as the epic conclusion. Don't forget to mix and match some soju shots in between. HOLLA! read more

Sooo this little piggy wasn't bad. I love Korean BBQ and this place hits the spot. I recommend going with a large group because the grills are HUGE! They have very limited side dishes... Boo! You only really get sprouts and kimchi. I want more! more! damn it! :P The staff was very attentive maybe too much by asking if everything was okay, but I would rather have that then being ignored. (one of my pet peeves.) I think in a couple months everything will be running smoothly and hopefully with more sides. *wink wink* ;) I still feel Shik Do Rak is the best in Irvine... :D my personal opinion. read more

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Just had thin sliced beef belly for togo..it was good for two people...WOW..also it was WAGYU Beef... read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

3.5 stars Honey Pig BBQ is a Korean BBQ but it is not AYCE. This is a place that you need to go to as a group because you order large orders of meat which you share with a group. Everything is placed on a large round grill from which the group picks pieces of meat and pickled vegetable from the grill as the pieces become cooked. We ordered the pork belly and the galbi beef. The pork belly came out in large thick oblong pieces. They were placed by the waitress on the round grill along with the kimchi and bean sprouts. It was interesting having grilled kimchi and bean sprouts. Grilled kimchi is a little sweeter and milder when it is grilled. The pork belly was a little better than average but didn't wow me. After being grilled, the pork belly became a little too chewy and was not very juicy. The galbi beef was surprisingly not that moist and flavorful in contrast to other galbi beef that I have had. Towards the end of your meal, the waitress brings rice which she combines with the grilled kimchi and bean sprouts giving you kimchi fried rice. The thing that caught me by surprise was the price of everything. We were charged high quality prices for average, so-so quality meat. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Honey Pig BBQ with pork belly, kimchi and bean sprouts. - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

We ordered the prime pork belly and marinated boneless short rib. Both were very good but expect to spend money. It's not cheap to eat here. The service was okay. There were so many of them going back and forth with helping us cook the meat and getting more side dishes. Some of them were friendly while one in particular wasn't. We asked the guy to make us the fried rice at the end and he gave us a look like, what, you want the fried rice? But he made it for us and it was good. Something to keep in mind, be careful when touching the metal bowls with the salad. My brother burned his thumb because we didn't realize the metal bowl was touching the grill, so it got super hot and my brother sizzled his thumb. One of the waiters noticed my brother putting his thumb in the ice water and brought him a bag of ice. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Menu - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

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It was a lot of food, all pretty good. A little on the expensive side. I gave it 2 stars for 2 reasons. On its own the food is pretty bland, but the main reason I gave 2 stars is because they kind of forgot about us. There were 3 or 4 waitresses helping us throughout the whole meal. When they put the rice on at the end to give us left overs, I think all the waitresses thought a different waitress would help us, and because it took so long to help us all of the rice we took home is now burnt read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Burnt rice they gave us to take home. - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

I heard about all the ravings for Honey Pig. Although I've never tried their LA branch, I thought I should give it a try now that they opened a new one in Irvine. We ordered a plate of their famous black pork belly, a plate of Wagyu beef brisket and bulgogi. The beef were good. Very tender and sweetly marinated, just to my liking. The pork was a bit hard to chew though. I don't know if it was because we cooked the pork too long, or that's just how BBQ pork should taste. What I didn't like was the selection of banchan. Their tables were very small. Most of the tables could only seat 4 people. With a big round BBQ grill taking up most of the table space, they could only fit 2 more bowls of small salad and 2 plates of rice paper plus our dinner ware sets on the table. Then they put kimchi and bean sprouts on top of the grill. It was my first time trying hot banchan. Unfortunately I'm not Korean and I can't eat anything spicy. Both the kimchi and the bean sprouts were very spicy. Even my friend who could eat spicy thought the kimchi was too sour and too spicy for her taste. After we were done with our meat, the waiter came and poured a bowl of rice with veggies on top of the grill and mixed the rice with the leftover kimchi, made a big portion of kimchi fried rice. Since the kimchi was really spicy, I couldn't eat this kimchi fried rice without drinking water at the same time. They brought us a bowl of miso soup and I thought the miso soup tasted way too salty also. I couldn't finish my soup. Very disappointed with the food. The beef was good, but I was disappointed with their famous black pork belly being so hard to chew. I wish they could at least have more varieties of banchan and mix less kimchi with the rice, so that people like me who doesn't eat spicy food could have more choices. As for the complains about service, yes none of the waiters smiled and they rushed us while we were ordering. But I'm used to this type of unfriendly service at Asian restaurants. At least they would bring us food quickly whenever we requested something. This isn't an all you can eat Korean BBQ. Their price was a bit high. Most of the meat cost around $20 per plate for medium portion. For this price, I think I would rather go to an AYCE BBQ. read more

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It's an okay Korean BBQ place, minus the service. The style of BBQ is appealing (all kinds of veggies and meat and whatnot are cooked on a giant lid) and arguably authentic Korean. I enjoyed my meal there, but I noticed some problems in service. Basically, the servers are negligent, not just to our table but just in general. Well, they're not terrible, but there's no Korean "hospitality" (double quotes because if you know the deep cause behind extremely good services in Korea you'll be depressed) whatsoever, I felt. I found the ingredients were of okay-ish but not great quality. Still, if you like Korean BBQ and live nearby check this place out. I'd be happy to come here every once in a while if I lived there. read more

Honey Pig BBQ - Korean Near Me - Irvine, California

Friendly service, but a little confusing if you don't know language/custom. There is a large heated dome shaped pan in the center that they cover in oil/fat. You order the type meat you want to eat. We had 4 adults and 3 kids. We got brisket, rib eye, and pork belly. Cold noodle and three orders of white rice. It comes w/ side dishes and kimchi, some of which they put straight on the pan before/while the meat is cooking. I think if I were to do it again I'd skip the brisket and cold noodle. Got 2 large pitchers of beer. Total was $120. For the price, it was not bad. Interesting. But not great at the same time. read more

One word: diarrhea! As my husband and I continue to explore our new neighborhood. We have cravings for korean BBQ so figure we'll give this place a try. I'm going to start with the positive points. Their grill is amazing. Cooks very evenly. Not very big so the table sits 4 adults comfortably. Their sam jang is favorful and goes very well with the bland meat. Their salad is also very tasty, well balanced of green onion and lettuce. Now onto the negative points. 1) Hard of hearing. As soon as we sat down, one of the guys started piling up the kimchi and bean sprout even after we told him we don't really eat much of it so don't waste it. 2) Rude. We asked for a few mins, a few kept coming to bug us then finally this waiter showed up and basically gave us "are you going to order or not" attitude. I was like WTF. 3) The kimchi tasted old and quite bland. 4) We were going to order kalbi with bone, but the waiter said they would cook them for us then bring out, so where's the fun of barbecuing it? After dinner, we were going to head to BBB to shop. 15 mins after arriving, I felt a sharp pain and literally gave my daughter to my husband quick and ran to restroom because something couldn't wait to come out. My husband was fine because he didn't have any of the kimchi so my reasoning of deduction, I'm thinking the kimchi is the culprit! read more