Okay, now - we were told at the end that it was an off night as one of the main staff had to call off. However, one person not being there should not throw off their service and cleanliness of an entire establishment. The first table we were sat at had bugs in the napkin basket. Then we were asked if we wanted to cook our own food and we said yes and were moved to a table with the charcoal cooking option. However, all of the food we ordered was brought out already cooked - good thing because we only had three small charcoals pieces that barely emitted warmth. The number of kabobs we ordered were not correct and an entire dish was also left off of our order. Each dish came out with about 30 minutes in between and so we were there for over 2.5 hours. In addition, the bathrooms were really dirty and had what looked like charcoal dust piled in each corner - for what I would think is to deter bugs/critters? I actually love a good dive place if the food is good. Unfortunately, the food was mediocre and we had to get our own water refills, napkins, to go boxes, etc because the 2 servers were so overwhelmed/stressed and didn't seem to have very good systems of serving pace/rhythm and communication, especially because one of the servers had limited language options to communicate with customers. We were asked to come back to have a different experience - and usually I'd love to give a place another chance. Unfortunately, this is not one of those times. read more

I was drawn to Kochi Maru based on other reviews promising ox penis....and other meats of course. This was also for a friend's goodbye dinner, so I thought it'd be memorable. My group and i decided to order a bunch of things and share them with exception to the picky eaters. We had beef, lamb, chicken, ox penis and lamb balls. The beef/lamb were pretty good. The ox penis was kind of flavorless and really tasted more like beef tendons because of its consistency. We weren't too impressed. When my friends really wanted lamb balls, I thought it meant ground up lamb meat. Turns out, we were literally eating lamb testicles. These weren't too bad, actually. I'd place them 2nd or 3rd after the lamb and beef. Pros: - Making a reservation is easy. We had a group of 7 - There's a variety of skewers even for those who don't eat meat - They have the ability to split checks into multiple amounts - After sharing all those items, it was about $12/person before tip. Cons - Expensive beers. A bottle of Tsingtao was 4.99 - The waitress kind of bothered us when she put cooked meat on a plate that had previously been used for raw meat. She would also put the raw skewers on the top level so that the juices fell down on the cooked skewer on the bottom of the grill. We quickly moved it...but still kind of dicey that this waitress wasn't being careful. - The tables in the restaurant seem to fit 4 more comfortably. We had very little space for 7 Overall, this place was ok and didn't really "meat" my expectations. I really would advise that if you go, you should bring adventurous eaters. Leave the vegetarians and pregnant women (unless they love eating meat) at home. read more

Best Korean Chinese BBQ place in this town. Fresh meat, good service, tasty food with big portion. Gotta check this place!! read more

Kochi Maru - Kochimaru is the best Korean-Chinese BBQ place in this town. Blood sausage is my favorite!! - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Honestly this is a one star restaurant, but I added a star for the cucumber salad. Kochi Maru tries (and fails) to replicate a type of cooking you see a lot on the street corners of every major Chinese city, Uyghur grilled meat skewers. The Uyghurs are a muslim minority group in the Xinjiang province of China (Where China meets Russia and Kazakhstan). It is common in cities like Shanghai to see Uyghurs on street corners with large coolers of raw meat and a bike mounted charcoal grill ready to cook you the best after bar/club food there is at $1 USD per skewer. Anyways, that was what I wanted, and what I got could not have been more disappointing. All of the skewers here are pre-cooked in the kitchen to "medium-rare" actually well done, rendering the table top grill more or less pointless unless you wanted to further over cook your meat. (I assume/hope this was done because i came on a slow night and they wanted to prevent the meat from going bad?...) To make matters worse the grills with out the smoke hood are technically, charcoal fueled, but the covered the grill top in foil to avoid the fat burning off and creating smoke. So your skewers turn out overcooked and with out the caramelization you want in grilled food. That said, Kochi Maru is not all bad. I came with my girlfriend who ordered a cucumber salad, which I originally assumed to be a waste of money, but I could not have been more wrong. This salad was sweet and spicy and just the right amount of vinegar bite, and there was some noodle component that really made the dish. If you come order it! (The price seems high for a salad, this is because the dish is massive) Anyways, my advice is avoid this restaurant because most of the food is not all that good. However, If you have just stumbled out of Shooter Alley (strip club) or the porno theater that this restaurant that shares a parking lot with, go instead to Don Quixote for some Korean fast food. It's a hell of a lot cheaper and better and right next door. read more

I was rather disappointed with this place..something different to try.. but not all that great. We got beef..gizzards ..and sausage wrapped in bacon. There was one type of seasoning that went on most of the meats..this dry cumin pepper flake mix...which I thought the meat could have done without ..they need to set up a sauce and dry spice bar so people can mix there own stuff The meats are cooked a little in the kitchen before they bring it out...and some comes pre-seasoned with that cumin mix..it comes with 3 side dishes that I felt was lacking..and oh BTW...sausage & bacon kinda means/taste like bacon wrapped hot dog ...I'm guessing it's the hot dog you find in those Korean Shabu Shabu restaurants...I was thinking of asking for ketchup with my bacon wrapped hot dog.... Veggie options are lacking...I only saw corn...some idk..mushroom, broccoli, onion, bell peppers, or something more would have tasted good coming off the barbie...service was lacking too.. There was only one lady server.. We had to keep asking for refills,...and she went MIA long enough that I had to get up myself to get another pair of chopstick...request the check.....ask for a box....and even then she took her sweet time doing idk what at the front counter before she fulfilled the request ...It wasn't even busy for goodness sakes.. There's a paper sign that says no smoking inside..but ironically ..the table nearest to the sign was smoking in there.....I even saw one of the customer kill a mosquito inside the restaurant ...it was hard not to notice ...she was right in front of me...shrugs*..she left the dead thing there ..so I hope the waitress sees it tonight and wipes it down...and talking about wiping down....I would wipe down that metal rack before placing the skewers on there..when she sat us..the rack had cooking residue from the previous guests..I'm not sure if they're suppose to switch out the rack or wipe it down after each guest party or what...but we ended up wiping in down ourselves with the napkin and figured the heat will kill anything else.. The only reason I came here was because I read it was cooked with charcoal ...the wood chip charcoal didn't add any of that "smoked charcoal" taste for some reason...idk if the cumin seasoning covered up the flavor...or if it's just me...that maybe I was expecting something similar to yakitori ..but whatever it was...it was disappointing overall.. I don't intend to come back unless they improve. read more

This is my favourate kabob place in atlanta. Very authentic as good as what I had in China. I have brought a lot of my friends here. As for the price, I think usually it was over $20 per person each time. read more

My fiancee is addicted to their food. It is next to a Korean BBQ joint and strip area which isn't the best but they are open late which makes all the difference. We are not that adventurous so have stuck with chicken, beef, and tofu. The only piece I wasn't fond of was the tofu it had a odd sweet taste which just wasn't for me. They are owned by Koreans and offer a small banchan (small side dish's) which they refill. read more

$100 for 2 people, bad service, confusing receipt only hand written in Korean. I had no idea if I was charged correctly or not. There's some item I ordered not given, and not sure if I was charged for it because there's no clear receipt written in English. Way overpriced. read more

Skewers are amazing! Very juicy and we'll marinated, and their other dishes are very tasty too. The service could use some work but if you're looking for good meat then this is the place to be read more

cold noodle is my favorite, and lamb sticker,are real delicious! I want give five stars good good good! Never tried such good skewers since I came to U.S. read more

Kochi Maru - Kochimaru !!!! - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

I heard this place is the best lamb kebab restaurant in Atlanta, highly recommend this place !! read more

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Check this place out BBQ lovers! Nice place to hangout with friends to get some drink before go to karaoke! My favorite skewers are Lamb, lamb chunk, mini sausage and fish cake! They also have some homemade dumplings, Chinese style's suancai dumpling, Korean style'd kimchi dumpling and also pork boiled dumpling, I love them all!!! read more

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My husband and I found this place through a yelp search for Korean BBQ places. I saw that it said Chinese so we decided to give it a try before we spend the big bucks on Korean BBQ. I read the reviews and looked at the pictures and thought it would be a fun and different place to try. We ordered beef and lamb skewers. Also had pork dumplings which were to die for. The food was very good but our only BUT is that we didn't get to fix bush off the skewers on the charcoal pit. We came into the assumption to experience that so we were kind of bummed not too. I guess that's only for bigger parties not sure. Overall good food but not a great experience like we had in mind. We light come back and give it another try in the future. read more

Kochi Maru - Full spread of lamb and beef skewers with pork dumplings and sides. - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

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Tried this place after a recommendation from a friend and I'm glad we went. I'd like to think of myself as a veteran of the Korean BBQ circuit (I am Korean) and this was definitely not the same thing. Don't go there with the mindset of eating Korean BBQ. The menu offers a variety of meat/seafood/animal organ grilling options. I believe a lot of the meat is pre-cooked before they bring it out to grill. I'm not sure if I was a huge fan of that, but I understand that they are probably trying to cut down serving time. We ordered most of the basic skewers - beef tendon, lamb, sausage &bacon, squid, and mackerel. Everything tasted pretty good, particularly the sausage & bacon. How can you go wrong with bacon? However, I did think the meal could have used more side items. Perhaps we should've ordered one of the many salads on the menu. Overall, it was a good meal and great option if you want to go with friends for a beer and some soju :p read more

The owners are very nice and I really love their beef and lamb barbecue! Fish tofu is a must! You can choose to barbecue yourself to keep food warm, or ask the owners to cook for you. read more

Kochi Maru - Fish tofu, beef, lamb barbecue is the best - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

It's been my third time in this Korean Chinese place. It reminds me my home taste back in China. ~ the Skewers are awesome! Lamb skewers are definitely my favorite choice. And he warm noodle is the MUST-CHOOSING menu, plus this is a corn-noodle, fat free for we girls~ Yay! And i love the customer service as well. Julianne and her mom are so warm-hearted, feeling so welcomed at every single visit! Definitely recommend this place!!! Have fun!! read more

Kochi Maru - Corn noodle soap!!! Omggg!! Love love love!! :) - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Mutton string is very good! There are sheep soup is very delicious! We don't have to eat beef. Just ordered beef tendon and tripe, not very good, basic have no taste! Are preserved in China, will be a lot of delicious! Saury also not bad! Given meat also good! Sauce radish is very appetizing! Grilled squid isn't good, the essence of the squid must all have no. Next time we will just order mutton string plus sheep soup! Perfect! read more

I was recommended to check out this new place, and was encouraged by the Yelp reviews.(Thanks for the pictures and the description of where it was). We found it rather easily and were seated as soon as we walked in. I expected a less friendly atmosphere, but the waitress greeted us with a smile and made sure everything was to our liking. I got the lamb (10pc) and the bf got the chicken (10pc). They brought out our banchan side dishes (pickled radish, fish cakes, and broccoli) and water within 5 minutes, and brought out our meat within 10. Even though the reviews stated otherwise, our waitress was kind enough to ask if we wanted to use the grill. She had sat the two of us at a grill-table, but we'd thought we wouldn't be able to use it since we were only ordering two plates. Maybe it was a slow night, or maybe they were just being nice, but they let us use it. My boyfriend said his meal was good, but he wished they served rice with it. He had asked if the chicken would be white or dark meat and the lady said it would be white. However when the meat came, it was a mixture of white and dark meat. My lamb was also good, and I liked the dry-rub seasoning. I would say 30% of the meat was fat, which was ewwwww do not want (but that's because I hate eating fat. For any strange soul that does like to eat fat, it was well-seasoned). Point is, 70% of the meat was proper lamb meat and was delicious so that outweighed the chewy fat. The banchan items were also very delicious. I do feel like we weren't given some items, since other reviews mentioned a dipping sauce for the meat and banchan items. also were only had 3 banchan items, when I saw four and five things in some reviewers' pictures, but hey maybe they changed the menu? In any case, the boyfriend and I will be returning. The biggest downside to this place is the prices. The lamb and the chicken 10pc were 11.99 each. There was no way to order just a 5pc of either. You definitely get full, but for me, kabobs would be good as a lunch, but you can only have it as a dinner. So we will return, but we would return more if the menu were more flexible. Last semi-complaint was that once we had our food, after the first 10 minutes, our waitress stopped coming over. This isn't strange in alot of Korean restaurants, but I just wanted to note you might want to go find you waitress rather than sit and wait for your bill. After they're sure you're good and you're enjoying your meal, they leave you alone. I give it 3 stars mainly because I had to dock a star for the lack of variety in meal-size and the fat in the meat. (I save my 5 stars for perfection) read more

Great flavors! Great food! I've frequented many Korean BBQs--but this is a fun new way to get your meat on

Was excited for the experience of getting to cook our own meat but we were sat at a table without a burner and the server said they will cook it for us in the back kitchen. read more

This place was ok. Kabobs in LA is much much better. They only have three kabob cooking tables in the restaurant. If you willing to wait then cool not me. The food really it's just OK Not even good. Kababs are dry and side dishes are boring and cheap. Service are not that great. I love Chinese kabobs but this place... Umm I'm very disappointed. Won't go back again. read more

Before visiting Atlanta, I bookmarked few places with good rating...but apparently this restaurant fell under my expectation...loved the fact that you are cooking/reheating the skewers on wood charcoal...think I could've ate more if each meat was marinated differently...but having every meat on menu marinated by using same spice was just too much...restauraant owner and waitress was fairly friendly...but until they can fix the menu with more variety of seasoning...i don't think i will be coming back here again. read more

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Such an overpriced place. Service is okay, they should give more detailed grill instruction such as how much time it will take. We spent 84 (plus tip) for 2 of us. We ordered 20 skewers and a Korean cold noodle. This is the price for some fancy steak house or seafood place. Not Chinese skewer :) read more

This is a place I come almost once a week with friends or alone. I always have their cold noodle and kabob. Today I tried a new dish, corn noodle with beef soup. It's as delicious as the others. Ask their salad is great. Every salad is great, especially the cucumber one and the tofu skin one. They open till very late. A perfect place for friends hanging out. read more

Kochi Maru - Corn noodle with beef soup - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Best authentic Northern China BBQ you can find in Atlanta. A wide selection of delicious meat and veggies. Nice and helpful staff. Hope they can turn up the AC a bit in the winter. read more

Came here with three other friends. Very nice environment to eat with a group of your buddies. Was seated right away when we came in. It felt as if we were VIP or something. We ordered a plate of salad, some lamb skewers (DELISH!), and rice cakes. All were brought out to us by a very VERY cute waitress (Yelp needs emoticons - but this belongs in another review). I would have had more pictures but my friends ate most of the food right when it came out. The Korean lady (co-owner I believe) was also very nice. Such a sweet little lady. Little, but she does so much. GOD BLESS HER SOUL. 10/10 would come back again for the food and candy...eye candy that is ;) Going to try the ox penis next time read more

Kochi Maru - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

We have been there for several times, but the food quality is not good as before any more. Their lamb tastes like been stored for quite long in fridge,maybe because slow business. And the boss has bad attitude and won't allow customers who consume below $100 sitting at self-grill table.anyway, won't come again! read more

First of all I love the concept of the kabobs cook at the table, so we went to see what is all about. We ordered 20 pieces of meat so we can cook at the table, if you ordered less than that, they cook for you in the kitchen. We ordered lamb because of the reviews on yelp, then we ordered squid and chitterlings. The meat is so bland, no seasoning whatsoever ( they gave a little seasoning for the lamb ) but I was expecting the meat to be marinated like the Korean bbq is famous for. Then we ordered pig ears that was good but our baby octopus salad was the most disappointing one. They used a dried octopus instead of fresh one like in the picture, the octopus was so chewy and dry, you almost need a new set of teeth just to eat it, the flavor was good though but what is the point when you can't even chew on it. Not likely to go back anytime soon. read more

It is great taste that same as my country's taste ! I really recommend your guys to go there , it is wonderful!

When I think of grilled kabobs, I think of street food/summer bbqs. During my childhood my sister would always have these summer bbq birthday parties at our local parks. Now 15+ years later, my brother-in-law wanted to host my sister's birthday somewhere with lots of meat selections. My local search led us to Kochi Maru. I called in and they were able to accommodate our group. We were given the choice of either two rooms with two grills or two tables lined up sharing one grill. Some of the food could be cooked in the kitchen to quicken things up. Since it was a party of 14 with 2 babies it was a bit hectic. It was the first time here for many so we wanted to experience the in-table grill together. I really liked the use of charcoal and the in-table grill set-up. We had the beef, lamb, squid, fish cake, and ox penis on skewers. They were cut into thin cubes so they cooked quickly. Our beef was great when eaten fresh off the grill. The lamb was a bit surprising. I generally can't stand the odor or taste, but it wasn't overwhelming at all. However, I was not a fan of the squid. The teriyaki sauce on it was good but I was thinking grilled squid should have a deep smoky flavor. Since it's cut so small and cooked quickly it didn't have time to develop the flavors. The fish cakes, on the other hand, were delicious. I'd definitely order that again. As for the ox penis, we tried that out of curiosity. I'd say it tasted like chewy beef tendons. Each individual had a dry mix of spices to dip the meat in. Our orders also came with 3 small ban chan sides for the group to share at each end of our table. I was really disappointed in the fact that our ban chan was not unlimited. We were told that if we wanted more vegetables we could order the salads. So... we also had the pig ear salad, baby octopus salad, and cucumber salad. The salads were consistent in flavor. My favorite was the cucumber salad since it had some thick clear noodles. For drinks, we had beer as well as pineapple, blueberry, and peach soju. I definitely recommend the pineapple and peach. The flavors were very prominent. The blueberry, however, tasted like grape cough syrup. The service was, for the most part, good. Our server was a bit blunt at times. The group was caught up in conversation so we weren't always paying attention to the grill. She'd remind us to flip the skewers often since she wanted the food to be eaten when it's tender and juicy instead of dry and overcooked. It was understandable. The atmosphere was perfect. We had our own corner of the restaurant so we could move about freely. There also wasn't booming music/loud televisions so we could carry conversations without shouting across the table. I would definitely come here again since we were easily accommodated and the waitress is very attentive. read more

SO DISAPPOINTED today. We ordered $170 in total but we found the shrimp, which is no more than $10 was not fresh, they were dead and frozen for a long time, and you can tell from the taste of meat. We argued nearly 15 minutes and the manager refused to talked to us to We would NEVER visit this restaurant again, since the people who run this restaurant don't know how to respect their customers. And besides that, we saw one roach on the table, not good sanitary condition at all. read more

I had friends visiting from out of town for the SEC championship that I needed to wow. pulled up my favorite Yelper, Daniel B, looking for inspiration and found this place. figured if he gave it 5 stars it must be great. and even though my friends are notoriously picky eaters and Meat/Potatoes or Italian food types, they AND their Teenage children LOVED this place. then I took mine 3 daughters (21,23 & 25) last night (who are NOT picky eaters). They were nervous when they saw the outside of the place (i.e. the Shooter's Alley strip club) but ended up sending/posting on FB pictures and arranging to meet their Work and school friends here without me they loved it so much. the Beef & Lamb skewers are by far the best. I would ask for extra bowl of their wet dip. You don't need to dip the lamb, try the dry dip only first. the steamed dumplings were very fresh (had 50/50 Kimchi/Pork). Wasn't a big fan of the Ox tongue, I prefer the thinner cuts like at Shoya Izakaya or Sushi Nami's Veal Tongue, it was the only thing we didn't finish. the Sausage Bacon and Cucumber Salad also got unanimous 5 stars from all 7 "kids", and the pork & chicken skewers got 4 stars. Would recommend getting an extra set of the beef skewers for large groups. they are really tasty. read more

kabobs were really good. Everytime I came to this place I order beef and cucumber salad which is my favorite dish with beef skewers. Lamb soup was really good too with a little spicy sauce. The server said lamb skewers was the most popular one but I'm not a really lamb person so I still stick with beef. So I think The food was totally worth five stars and also server. Since March they changed price up a little bit but I still go to eat kabobs!! Highly recommended for those who like kabobs! read more

Kochi Maru - After the decoration. And now they are not server pre coked food anymore. It also fresh meat - Chinese Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Went out at 10 pm knowing they were closing at 2 am so went out to grab a bite. Saw this place on yelp and never tried it. First, the address for this place is incorrect. We ended near a deserted warehouse in the middle of nowhere. That should have been our first warning sign. So i am already getting bad vibes about this place, however i decided to call in anyways and asked for the correct address. So now we arrived at the destination, within this place there is a strip club next to them. I mean really? Can they really pick a better location. This place was just clearly unflattering. Entering the restaurant we got seated. This place is a really small joint about 5 tables to the left without air vents and 5 on the right with air vents. Because we sat on the left we didnt get to really cook our own meat. So the whole main experience was useless. And to make it worse we found a bug in our potato salad... I mean just my luck the only thing i like about this place are there chicken. The service was slow, and they seem to just be lazy. I am always open to new places but i will never be coming back here. read more

Good place. It's our second visit. The place was renovated, clean and nice. Food is good, ordered lamb 20pc, lamb shrank and pork ear salad. Tsingtao beer is good and the price is not high! Will be back. read more

Had a large group of 30: They took great care of us. We ate family style and a wonderful variety of skewers. So much good food. Cooking was fun and made the night very 'interactive" Some in our group where very adventurous with ordering the exotic items and loved it. Besides the skewers we got salads, pasta dishes including steamed pot stickers that were excellent. They have a great selection of alcoholic beverages from Korea that were a real treat. We had a blast and if you never have been to this type of resto, strongly recommend checking them out. read more

Honestly, I've been to every single Korean Chinese BBQ place in this area and I don't think I've ever tasted something better. So much traditional food you can't even find in any other place, high quality, friendly service and the price is really had to beat read more

The kabob is bomb! Sooo good! It moves by itself so it's evenly grilled. My fav is the beef and lamb, must-have!

Today I just went to this restaurant and the food with good color was so amazing than I expected! The food is exactly the same as what I ate in my home country. I'm gonna go there more often! read more

Best kabob in town!!!! Fresh and delicious. Cold dishes and dumplings are awesome~ great service!