I can't get enough of this place. I frequent this spot once every five weeks or so. What I love more than the food is the environment and the boys! I call them the boys but they are the ones really running this joint. Always smiling, always welcoming and it's always nice to chat it up with them. Super affordable and family friendly. read more

Been here a FEW times before COVID-19 and came for the first time during COVID-19. This is the place for when you're craving KBBQ and you are not willing to wait for long lines at other KBBQ places. The quality of the meat isn't the best, but is good enough to eat. The brisket is a hit or miss: it can be really good and can be really dry. During my experience eating dine-out, it was really dry. Plus, the menu selection is very small. The price is fairly cheap! I think it was about $18 per person (without tip). We got seated in an area with very little light (the lightbulb was broken), so the photo quality is bad. In general, from past experience and dining out, their service has always been so-so. But I am assuming that during my dine-out experience, it was much slower because they only had 3 people out in the front. Overall, this isn't my go to place but it's still okay to eat if I'm really craving and don't want to wait for other KBBQ places. read more

Wangdoyaji - Brisket - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

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Use to be my go to place but recently it's been giving me the runs lmfao TMI but it's true it happen to me bf and my mom like 3xs

My family and I have been coming here for years. This has been our go-to spot for a long, long time until tonight. Keeping in mind that we are long-time customers, we saw the staff change over the pandemic/lockdown and let me tell you, they did not fill the shoes of the original staff. My family and I were celebrating our mom's 45th birthday and waited a little over an hour to be seated. We know this is something all kbbqs have especially on a Friday night, so we waited with no complaints. We love the food, so we knew it was worth waiting for. However, after being seated we were a little shocked to see our second table (they brought out another table due to our large-ish party of 6 and poorly connected it to the first table) with a huge pothole (see photos; in the pictures you see the grill over the dent; this is due to the fact we thought about sucking it up and swapping the tableware with the grill for a hot minute). All of our tableware was sliding towards the bottom of the pit and we figured that this is a terrible way to eat and proceeded to take our concern to the nearest associate. We weren't upset. We just wanted our table swapped out. They told us they had other customers and other tables to fill and couldn't replace our table. We asked to speak to their manager who told us the same thing without any further consideration, no hesitation. This may seem like a trivial issue to some, but please take into consideration the possibility of the grill sliding and spilling hot oil all over my family. There is also the issue of other customers having priority over us--we are also people who are also customers. Why are we, who waited over an hour, exclusively being forced to use a hazardous table? Can't the other parties wait just as we waited? Why could we not be accomodated? I doubt anyone would want to eat on a dented table and have their food sliding down. In a way, it explains why said table was put away and not out on the dining floor in the first place. Yes, they have masks. Nice and safe. But grill over a major dent that could possibly slide and burn people? Not safe. But they don't care. No accomodations. No accountability. Loyalty apparently means nothing, too. It was good while it lasted, but we won't be eating here again. read more

Wangdoyaji - Did my best to capture the dent. The grill is carefully balanced; however, the tableware and food were slipping inwards prior to this photo. - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

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I will recommend Wangdoyaji Korean BBQ if you are looking for an affordable K-BBQ place. Although it's not as fancy as the other K-BBQ that offers a free frozen yogurt cup after your meal, this place certainly gives you a bang for your buck. Definitely try out their Marinated Beef as it is one or their best meats, only for $2 more. Their salad is decent and you can ask for more if you'd like. Jose, the guy who was attending us, was very nice and very helpful. He was on top of everything and gave a really excellent customer service. The only downside of this place is its parking - it's really hard to find parking as there are other establishments in this area. Pro tip: Grill and caramelize your onions and jalapeños, then cook your Beef Brisket - it will give it a richer flavor read more

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It's a straightforward kbbq where they serve only 2 types of meat: brisket and pork belly with salad and rice. Nothing fancy I.e. side dishes, noodles etc. But you will not notice that you've already eaten like 2-3 servings because the food keeps coming. It's a good place to go especially because they are open until 1am. If you want to just satisfy your meat cravings this is a good place already. read more

I love this Korean BBQ spot. So simple yet so good. I usually order brisket and lean pork. It's usually super busy on Sundays but in between week days it's a fair wait in the afternoon. Service is average. All men work here, I've never seen a woman employee. read more

Wangdoyaji - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

For what this place is, it's good. If you want a cheap & simple kbbq, this is a place for you. SUPER limited meats for the cheaper menu, and if you pay like $2 more, you get an additional 2 or so choices. If you go to kbbq and pretty much only end up getting brisket and pork belly, come here. I'm personally someone who gets everything except plain ol' brisket and pork belly, so I just found this place very bland and boring. I do have to give them credit though, their service is VERY fast. Felt like my table always had meat on our table and we were never left waiting for meat. Meat quality is also pretty decent considering you're paying AYCE for like 20.99. Would I come back? Probably not, but that's just my preference for meat selection. read more

Wangdoyaji - a man and a woman sitting at a table with food - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

ONCE AGAIN THIRD TIME THAT WE COME AND NELSON OVER CHARGES US FOR THE FOOD AND BLAMES OTHERS FOR THE SAME MISTAKES HE COMMITS! If I didn't check the amount he would of taken advantage of my grandma and grandpa. Thanks for proving us that you continue to over charge clients and hides the tip for himself! Not fooling me buddy not coming back again this place is as crappy as it comes! read more

Man! Don't let the reviews fool you! I know we all have different taste and opinions in food but I honestly like this place better than those expensive kbbq places. Like Gen, gen is super expensive for these little ass plates they serve you. They remodeled the place and it finally has AC. The brisket is my favorite ! if you guys love more of a variety of meats then go somewhere else lol I'm a brisket kinda girl and I season it, onions, jalapeños, salt/pepper and lemon! YUM! the service is okay. The guys there really do there best. There are some really great guys with customer service. Try it out! read more

No rice paper No side at all besides some wannabe salad. I asked for rice. The waiter brought it out no problem. No water to start. Here is where things go really downhill. $2 charge for each rice. What??? You didn't even tell me. When you do business outside the normal KBBQ unwritten rules you have to let your customers know. Very little choice as far as meats go. I think about 4. The only 2 reasons they get 2 stars. The service was fine. Meats came out fairly quick. The quality of the chicken, brisket and pork belly was good also. Overall would not come here as the experience of a traditional KBBQ with the sides does not exist. The $2 charge per small as rice bowl really was a shockers. Would highly NOT recommend. read more

The food was so bad like no flavor and they over charged us . Honestly don't go there just ewwww

We had to ask the waiter 2 times for pork and 3 times for kimchi and never received the kimchi. Instead he was busy talking with friends and fist bumping various customers. He would check up on his friends and pretty much no one else. He didn't wear a mask unlike all his other colleagues too. There was oil all over the table and our seats when we walked in and fat all over the floor that I accidentally put my foot in and almost slipped. The food is nice but the service is beyond disappointing. read more

Wangdoyaji - Slippery Fat and grease on the floor below our table right where our feet would go - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

Pros: 1. "Affordable". You get what you pay for. 2. Spicy pork has the most flavor. So-so: 1. Service. 2. Limited selection of meats. Cons: 1. The meats are very bland. 2. No ventilation unless you are by the entrance. 3. No "sides" provided. There is nothing memorable here except for how bad it is. It isn't even mediocre where you can settle for KBBQ when you want it. I would not come back here again. read more

Wangdoyaji - Just waiting. - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

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To be honest I was mixed between giving it two stars or three stars from the get-go. We show up and the guy setting up our table I was rude asking us questions but in a manner that obviously gave us the understanding that he was having a bad day or he just slacks customer service skills. Our friends were running late and ended up showing up after we were finally seated but only after the good thing main server denied seating us because half of our party was running eight minutes late... the first thing I noticed was that the "back house" music is also the "front house" music, so I guess it was mariachi music the whole time?!... yea pretty much... Seat us, serve us, and charge the group separately... don't give us attitude if people are running late. The place is all you can eat, serves three different types of meat, rice, salad and some sauce to dip your meat into. Not bad for $20.99 in 2021. Having the guy ask us if we wanted rice after telling him no a dozen times just made us feel like he was having a bad day and just wanted to mess with us.... He would also also shove things into our hands when he would bring us food. Listen, whoever the Hispanic dude with the three dot "crazy life" tattoo serving in Reseda, you were clearly having a bad day... you also made the women that were with me feel like they were bothering the staff for a simple bowl of rice with your bad vibes. Other than the subpar customer service, this place has three choices of meat, rice and salad... not bad for the price I guess but I don't think I'll be coming back for a minute to be completely honest... with that being said, I can't let one server spoil the good time and give this place two stars... 3 stars sounds about right... great food, subpar service... read more

Wangdoyaji - Pretty much what your going to get, just expect a weird look when you tell them no rice... - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

Just called to ask for approximate wait for two people and they answered and just said " just come over here I don't know " in a rude manner . This is not how you run a business at all . Poor customer service read more

Been coming here with my girlfriend who showed me this place and now she's my fiancé Best Kbbq in the valley at an amazing price read more

Haven't been here in a many many years. For the area it's open late. They made it much better over the years. You get what you pay for. It's not the highest quality meat but it's not expensive. They give you kimchi and garlic. The garlic was full of heat. I didn't care for the kimchi as much. A little too sour for me. The service was excellent. They take care of their customers. For my late night fixes I will return. It's way closer than going to K-Town. read more

The food was pretty decent, however the service, grill design, and atmosphere ruined the experience completely. Starting with service, I had no idea to which waiter was ours, as well as the waiter never bringing me what I ordered. It was only later when I asked another waiter for what I wanted that it came. Something as simple as napkins couldn't be brought to me. I find it however that it's not all the servers, but I assume just one or so, I'm not sure. I just know that most of the night I didn't have what I wanted. The waiter we had the most of night never really even talked and had just mumbled, just refilling our water. I was very disappointed in the service. Going on to grill design, you look at it into the beginning and think "oh this is interesting" however the grease gets caught in the edges and begins to pop. The grease splashes on to you constantly and hurts like a bitch. That annoyed me a lot into the night as well. I've been to many korean barbecues with the same type of grill actually, however they had much more convenient ways of disposing the grease. Finally the atmosphere doesn't give you the vibe you're even at a korean barbecue. Walking into there I get the vibe I'm in some deli shop. I never saw a Korean nor asian employee. As cheap in price for the food as it was, you'll be paying in your patience. Service at a Waffle House is better than here. read more

Wangdoyaji - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

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i wouldnt say their brisket is brisket, more like a beef belly which is much more fatty. the bulgogi was sooo dry and barely had flavor. typical kbbq does not charge extra for rice where this place does. side options are only garlic or kimchi. kimchi was all juice and spice, no flavor at all. for $21-$25 go somewhere else, its per person anyways for AYCE so spending a little extra for much better food would be a good choice. its expensive for what its worth dont waste your time, pick another one in this area. read more

Absolutely terrible customer service I called planning a date with my girlfriend and the person on the other end rudely answered and said we don't know come and find out yourself horrible service from a "professional establishment" not to mention I came and tried the food wasn't even all that good super expensive for what it is definitely not coming back here again read more

Great small and simple spot to get KBBQ in the valley, mostly if you're a simple eater like myself and just order brisket and pork belly as the menu is limited to its choices. Might also be the cheapest priced KBBQ spot in the San Fernando Valley. One thing I noticed is that we ordered brisket a few times and each time there was a different amount of meat served to us, but service was good other than that. Open plaza parking available. read more

When the online hours say open until 2 am, and you arrive at 11:30, and see they're open until 12, but they turn you away anyways. Not coming back here again. read more

For a kbbq place in the valley, this one is still my favorite. I have been to many kbbq places and this place still has the best service and an attentive staff. The prices is still the cheapest and the meat quality is great. 5 stars read more

I'll commend this place for staying open till 2am And they're meats and house sauce are excellent. But it would be so nice if you also served more sides! read more

Wangdoyaji - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

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Food is horrible the meat is low quality and chicken is nasty DO NOT RECOMMEND the other meats are alright but no flavor absolute no flavor place is super small only good thing is the water and how friendly the staff are good HORRIBLE place HORRIBLE bad do not recommend another thing SUPER EXPENSIVE FOR 4 people over 200 dollars charging 30 for service and 15$tax realy don't recommend read more

I'm sorry this place is barely worth two stars. I've had twice as good for half the price. For $20+ they should be offering at least a couple of bon-con items. The one thing they had going for them was fast service. read more

Pros: *Round Table Remix *Muzzily Meat Cons: *Rip-Off-Rice *Tarzan Tax (Will swing at your _) *Secret Scandal (Rat problem in restaurant) *+6 Radiation (Tested on gyro counter) read more

This place is very good for the area and they close late which is plus. Very basic menu but I love brisket and this place served good briskets!! Seeing people complaining about the table being bend or broken and sometimes the stove is slighting makes me feel like these losers should eat at home and not come out in public and ruin restaurant reputation by giving them bad rating over little shits. read more

I give this place and extra star simply because they are open past midnight on weekdays. This means Yummy Korean style BBQ long after work and school, deep into the night. A very cool find, as every other Korean place in the area closes at ten at the latest. Apart from the night offering kudo, I would probably give this place one or even two less stars, not because it is bad (it is actually very good for what it is) but because the restaurant offers zero banchans apart from a very hot but delicious deep red Kimchee. Yes, the salad is amazing, but it is NOT a banchan. Yes, they give an abundance of raw sliced onion for grilling (which was great), but Onions are not banchan. Yes, they plop down a dish of peeled garlic and cut jalapenos, but these are not a banchan. So, do NOT expect any of the typical Korean vegie sides that makes Korean BBQ such a winning experience. Here even an urn of Korean style bean curd soup or a bowl of rice costs extra. This place is ALL about the meat. The meat, and the onions. And most of the meat is unseasoned. It is just plain brisket, or just plain pork belly, or just plain beef slices. You really need the salt and pepper oil to give things any flavor. The meat is sliced super thick as well, so it is chewy and bland, unless you spruce it up yourself with the onions, the garlic, and then douse it generously in sesame oil and soy sauce. So when grilling here you are not just grilling, you are actually being a chef, adding flavor, and seasoning food. Also, the portions of meat are huge, and even though I asked please for a half portion of each meat - because there was just two of us and we wanted to try everything - our first three meat portions were more than enough to stuff us both before we even got to the spicy pork or the marinated beef. Still, we hid and overcooked the early food (tricks to keep them from charging for leftovers) so we had room to get a portion of the marinated stuff. The marinated meat was better than the plain meat. At least it had good flavor. But again, it was cut way too thick. The problem with thickness in this case is that the meat is tough, and so the only way to really enjoy it is to pop it on the grill for 10 seconds and then eat it just north of raw. You can do this with a really thin cut (like a shabu shabu level slice), but with a thick piece, you are actually eating raw meat. In the end, I ate my pork almost totally raw just to keep it chewable. And it was delicious and tender, almost raw... but also dangerous. The way to solve this was to eat very slowly so one didn't fill up too fast, and to spend a lot of time seasoning ones own food, and experimenting with how to cook it - just enough but not too much. It was a high maintenance meal for me, but I still enjoyed it. Here is an interesting thing about the place. There was not a single Asian face anywhere: neither among the staff nor the customers. That is why I keep using the term "Korean style" as opposed to actual Korean. This is NOT a Korean restaurant. This is a Korean Style restaurant. And if it were in Fargo North Dakota, it would be the most popular place in town, and a true adventure into Korean Style dining. But in LA, it is an anomaly . However, if you find yourself in Resida at 1 AM and you want an AYCE Korean (style) BBQ for under 20 buck each, this may very well be the best place to go, if not the only place. I will come here again, when I am desperate and in the area late at night. But next time, I will bring my own banchan and some gochujang from a Korean market in K-Town. And I will come with four to six people instead of two, so we can get a greater variety. Plus I will plan on spending an extra 7 bucks on soup, rice, and custard, to get the full experience. Two more quick things, one very cool and interesting, and one quite funny The cool and interesting is that we were here on a Monday night at 11 PM, and there was a line waiting for tables. When we left at almost one, there was still a line. Not one Asian in the line, but it was still a big line. This means something good for the place. Now the funny thing. The parking lot is like nothing I have ever seen anywhere outside of Egypt or Bulgaria. Almost every car was parked outside of its parking space borders. Some even parked almost sideways in their spaces. And one mis-parked car led to another, so that by the time we found a space, we too had to park almost sideways just to fit. It was the most chaotic parking lot I have ever seen in America. And we even saw, while waiting, an SUV pulling in to park in a spot that had two fully empty spaces, with plenty of room to park correctly, and the SUV still parked almost sideways, taking up both spaces. It was as if the parking lot had a gremlin watching over it, who made sure that the chaos would continue, even if it didn't have to. My daughter and I laughed and laughed, in our wait-line, as we watched car after car park chaotically. It was very funny. read more

Big no for me ! Price is great if you are looking for a cheaper spot but no rice paper ? Wow not sure if you can consider this kbbq. No sides and they charge for rice per bowl. Restroom are a disaster. This is a honest review about my experience and one thing for sure I will not be coming back to this place again. read more

This place is pretty cheap and straight to the point. If you enjoy only meat and are a baller on a budget this is the spot for you. Service is pretty quick and the place gets packed fast. Be early especially if you a party bigger than 4. The con: rice is not unlimited. But then again you dont wanna fill up on rice when theres plenty of meat to go around. read more

Wangdoyaji - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

This amazing whole in wall is known as the hood spot! Sooo good and great service they keep the plates of meat coming. The salad is delicious sometimes it's a little to salty but nothing brisket can't help out! Also recommend to try the bulgogi, This place may not be like the fancy ones you have 30 different types of meat to chose from but by far it is one of my favorites all it is missing is rice paper. read more

This place needs improvement in their meat quality. The customer service needs improvement as well, they need to be more welcoming, not just leave people coming in standing there clueless and not greet them. read more

Giving this place 4 stars because of the prices! Such a good deal & the food is pretty good. It comes with interesting add-ons (never had onions to cook at kbbq) and the salad is very good! I came on a weeknight and it was still pretty busy so I imagine it's quite a hot spot. Great place to go for cheap kbbq with friends. read more

I love AYCE KBBQ! We walked in on a Saturday night and luckily there wasn't much of a wait as we were immediately seated. I forgot if there were different tiers, but we got the brisket/pork belly menu (around $12-13). I kind of wish there were more options on the menu but brisket is still just as delicious! If you want a steamed egg pot, it costs extra (around $2), which I thought was kind of bummer since I'm used to it being on the AYCE menu back in the OC. But the steamed egg pot was full to the brim of the pot though! So it was worth the money. Wish it had more seasoning though. But other than that, the meat quality is decent. If you want rice, you'll need to pay extra. I was looking around for some rice paper, but this place doesn't serve it. Mini tears. They offer you salad to fill you up, and that tasted good. The soybean paste that they offer was standard at best, but a bit watered down as what I am used to. However, despite those setbacks, the food was pretty delicious. Service is friendly as they were able to keep me happy with the extra soybean paste and extra raw garlic. Overall, the bill came out pretty standard to what you normally pay for AYCE KBBQ. Parking is plenty. Credit cards accepted. read more

Wangdoyaji - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

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The parking lot here is huge. The service is great. You honestly get what you pay for. It's cheap ayce Korean bbq. They don't have a wide selection (just brisket and marinated beef). The rice is an additional charge. A lot of people like the ponzu sauce that they have here for the meat. Overall, this place is close to where I live and does the job for me. read more

Wangdoyaji - Korean Near Me - Reseda, California

I've been coming here for years and tonight left an absolutely bad taste in my mouth. This is our go to for affordable and somewhat quick kbbq. Wait times happen, no big deal. But tonight I was completely thrown off. My group was a party of six. The servers are quick with the meat and it's just like a regular time. Only difference tonight is how the server handled the bill. I go up to pay for the whole group to avoid any confusion in splitting the bill. I see the amount, and just put in the suggested gratuity(more than 15%) and go on my way. I head to the bathroom to wash my hands and one of the servers calls me to talk to him in the hallway. Asks if I split the bill with anyone because he believes it's short. I show him my receipt and I ask him if there's a problem. He points at my tip and says "it's easier for us with cash". I tell him I already left a tip and don't carry cash. He looks disappointed so I ask him what the matter was. He stares at me blankly and I can tell he's upset but he tells me "nevermind" and walks away. I was thrown off but didn't think much of it. Later I review my receipt and I discover there already was a service charge added to my total. I'm not upset with that, it makes sense for a big group. I added additional tip over that service charge, no big deal. I'm upset that the server had the audacity to even come up to me and bring my tip up like it was even an issue. Ridiculous. read more

It's becoming my fave local kbbq! I love all the sides that come with it. Menus is straight forward and affordable. They always get the temp right so the cooktop doesn't burn and get smokey. All the meat is supper yummy too! read more

Great serivice! Fast and way better than ayce, who said they werent seating anymore at 9pm even though they close at 11pm. Support this bussines! read more