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    Soju 101

    3.7 (302 reviews)
    ModerateKorean, Bars, Karaoke
    Open 12:00 pm - 2:00 am (Next day)
    Updated 1 week ago

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    A15. Corn Cheese A08. French Fries
    Priya N.

    This is a great place to come by and eat/ sing with friends. They have a kareoke area for those who want to sing. The food was alright, the fries were semi crispy and the corn cheese was good. The soy garlic was okay but I am curious to try the other flavors. The staff is very attentive and will make sure that you are alright. They have a variety of selections ranging from tteokbboki to spam fries. They also have a drink selection menu as well. Overall it seems like a good place to hang out and have some drinks.

    Kimchi Pajeon
    Patrick Z.

    The food here is alright but they do give you a lot of it so it is a pretty good value. Good spot to drink a ton of soju and have fun chats with friends. We tried the Kimchi Pajeon, the K-pop Fries, and the Chili Cream Chicken which I all thought were just okay. Maybe I enjoyed the K-pop fries a bit more because I liked the fries and kimchi together.

    T03. Tuckpocky
    Eryana S.

    The food was okay. The service was okay. The ambiance was okay. This is not a place that would be my first pick. This is the place you go to where you're hungry late at night and there's not much else open and you don't want to drive to downtown. The music is too loud and you cannot hear the person sitting across from you in the booths. It took forever for us to sit down, I believe it was a Thursday night. I don't want to blame the servers because of the understaffing but they were definitely understaffed the night we went. Usually I appreciate places that have a bell versus a server regularly checking up on you(introvert here.) But I had to ring the bell 3 to 4 times to just get a glance from the servers. I hate asking for things repeatedly but there wasn't much of a choice. If you didn't incessantly ring the bell we wouldn't get attention. I ordered a beef bulgogi quesadilla, my friend ordered Spicy Wings, mozzarella sticks, tteokbokki, and japchae. Out of all the food, the japchae was the best. But they all got their orders and I patiently waited. 15 minutes passes, nothing. So I unfortunately tried to get the attention of the server, which took another 10 minutes, and I asked about my order. He asks the kitchen and they missed my order. I had to wait an additional 15 to 20 minutes. At one point I was debating to cancel the order. I had to ask again, and right as he walked away to check, another girl finally brought my quesadilla. We were all finished with our food, ready for the checks so we could finally leave. We rang the bell, 5 minutes passes, nothing. Rang it again, 5 minutes passes, still nothing. I tried to give grace, so we waited another 10 minutes to see if they would come to our table. Nothing. So my friend finally presses it repeatedly and the guy finally comes, apologizes, and gives us our checks and to go boxes. He was nice and apologetic, and told us there was a rush that night with only 2-3 servers working. While I understand that, the frustration, the orders getting mixed and whatnot, this was the first time for 2 of my friends there and it was probably the worst experience I've ever had of this place(not my first time.) I would not come here again.

    Half and C14. Half Yangyum Half Fried Chicken
    Andy C.

    Food was decent service was pretty bad. We Rang the bell multiple times but no one came until we had to physically get them. The ambiance is nice but if the service was better it would've been better.

    A01. Dosirak
    David C.

    I ordered a jjapaguri (noodles) and a dosirak (rice with sides) from here for delivery. The jjapaguri was odd tasting to say the least. It's pretty difficult to mess up as you combine jjapageti and nuguri (two different kinds of Korean ramen) and even if you don't know how to properly mix the ratios, it should come out fine. Not the case here. It was very bland and tasted watered down but also very dry. The dosirak rice when bitten into immediately had a slight taste/smell of Fabuloso. Not good. Kimchi was not that tasty and spam was dry. The egg was surprisingly well cooked though. Overall, I don't know if I would order from here again.

    Bulgogi
    Andrea P.

    The place was a little empty during lunch. I think more people go at night since they have karaoke rooms and a big bar. I had bulgogi it tasted good but a lot of meat pieces had a lot of fat. To drink I had a beer, you can't never go wrong with a beer. The menu has a lot of varieties. I would like to go back and try other dishes. Service was quick and good. The restrooms need a lot of work. They are not taken care of. No toilet paper, dirty and the soap dispenser was broken.

    Jamie L.

    This place has a fun vibe and our service was pretty good but the food was really not good. Food gets a 2/5. I ordered the following: 101 wings: meat was dry, exterior was soggy, and the wings had no flavor whatsoever even though they were doused in what appeared to be some gochujang sauce. Army stew: this was so bland and just spicy. It didn't have the sourness that army stew should have so I feel like they used little kimchi and mainly used gochugaru and jalapeños. There was also tiny piece of spam and sausage. It was just so meh. Chapaghetti: this was honestly the best dish but it was just instant ramen noodles with the sauce that comes with it and some meat added in.

    Steamed egg
    Solykan P.

    I came in with a group to eat dinner with a group and sat at 2 different tables back to back. My table ordered first, and I pointed to the photos of the items we wanted to order. The waitress who took our order acknowledged everything as she wrote it down before I moved to the next photo item. Here are a few things that could have been better: 1. The steamed egg did not come out looking like the photo. We kindly asked the waitress to take it back, but there was some initial resistance from her. 2. We asked about the status of an item (beef intestine) and were met with an attitude from the waitress. She stated we never ordered it, but two of us at the table pointed at the photo when ordering. This was where her customer service would give the business 1 star because instead of taking any accountability or kindly apologizing for forgetting (it happens), she got frustrated with us and argued that we never ordered it. 3. Corn cheese was the first item we ordered, and it never came out until we asked another server. His response was a lot better than the waitress's and he handled the request politely. 4. We also placed an order for chicken wings, which didn't arrive at our table. I'm going to assume it was combined with the other table, but we already told the waitress we have 2 separate tabs. 5. We asked for a side of kimchi and the waitress gave us a bowl of kimchi that also had rice grains inside... so it was either a used bowl from another table or it was never cleaned. That was kind of fowl.. 6. To wrap it all up, the AC was broken, so it was also really hot inside. This isn't the first time I've been here and honestly, I didn't like it the last time but I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt. Customer service is everything, especially when there is conflict, there are always better ways to resolve it without attitudes.

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    Nick R.

    Emptier than I would expect on a Friday night, which was good because no wait, but disappointing because this place should be packed. Delicious food on a huge menu at a decent price. The takoyaki was so hot that when I bit into it, the molten interior cooked the roof of my mouth enough the peel the skin AND I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS THAT DELICIOUS. This food was so fresh and delicious that I immediately planned ehat I would get upon returning. That menu is do enormous, you will have a hard time deciding what to get. Every dish killed. The spicy gobchan gui gui was incredible. I expected my teen daughter to be suspicious but one bit and she told me it was amazing. Houston, please show up. I loved Soju101.

    brain hurty
    Gregston C.

    chill place to hang out, eat and drink late. typical Korean comfort food flavors, variety of sojo (obviously) and other drinks. probably reasonably kid friendly during the day. it's closer to a bar at night and obviously a bat late night. lots of parking but can get busy with all the other restaurants

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    I had super bad service when I arrived here. I ended up not getting my food at all with a party of 7 with barely any customers.

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    So gross. Everything was cold. Quality has gone down so much. Only good thing is the karaoke and even the rooms are poorly taken care of.

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    4 years ago

    I went with a couple friends for the private karaoke. Everything was amazing (food, drinks, and ambiance). I would highly recommend!

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    4 years ago

    Great tteok-bokki and friendly staff! There is a large drink selection and a huge menu.

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    5 years ago

    Good place to get drunk and hang out, really enjoyed the atmosphere and drinks, will definately be coming back for more!

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    I went here with tthree friends. The song book was so hard to navigate. Worse karaoke experience ever

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    This bar offers a large variety of food and drinks! Service is great and fast! Get their kpop fries!!

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    One of the few authentic Korean bar foods in the area. If you ever have a late night craving check this place out.

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    The soju sample was amazing and the fried calamari was really tasty! The service was quick and attentive.

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    Ask the Community - Soju 101

    Wanting to have my birthday party here is this place for under 21?

    Yes!

    How to dress to do there, is a formal place or can we go just with jeans and tennis shoes?

    Casual. Go in your jeans and tennis shoes.

    Can I come here just for food? I don't sing :)

    Absolutely!! I don't sing either. :)

    Until what time is food served?

    1:30 am

    Do they have Japanese Songs?

    They do have Japanese songs

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