Kum Kang San BBQ Grill Buffet

My absolute favorite Korean BBQ place ever! The food options are amazing! The meat is marinated to perfection, and all of the side dishes are extremely flavorful!My family and I have been coming here since they first opened and the owner is super sweet and accommodating. We love this place and will continue going here!

Price: $32 post-tax and tip, super affordable for KBBQ!Favorites: spicy bulgogi, teriyaki chicken, unlimited banchanTips: Call ahead to avoid a long wait, and make sure to try everything, including the hot dishes and fresh fruits/desserts. It's truly ALL you can eat!Despite being a lifelong Seattleite, I had never discovered the treasure trove of Korean options in Federal Way. Having fallen in love with KBBQ during college in LA, I was delighted to find affordable and delicious options at Kum Kang San.Choosing my proteins, banchan, and dessert from a buffet cart was new to me, but I loved being able to portion out exactly how much meat my friends and I wanted when we were ready. Beyond that, the service was quick and kind with the servers kindly encouraging us to eat more and replacing the grill several times. The marinades were flavorful, and the spicy bulgogi was my favorite. I also made sure to load up on plenty of quick-cooking brisket and my favorite appetizers: fishcake, pickled cucumber, and japchae.I'll definitely return to Kum Kang San the next time I'm craving a quintessential KBBQ experience!

MY FAVORITE Korean bbq spot period located in Fed Way! This is the most cleanest and affordable Korean spot so far that I have enjoyed. Your are definitely going to get your moneys worth hands down. I absolutely love coming here due to the fact it's buffet styled , which means you yourself can pick from the buffet your types of meat, veggies, sides & even cooked items like stir fried noodles, sushi & etc whenever you want and as much as you want. Lots of options for meat like bulgogi, pork belly, short ribs , seafood it's amazing. The service is TOP NOTCH every time my drink was empty they always came and asked if I wanted a refill , or took our used plates or changed out our grill if it looked burnt. EVERYTHING IS SO DELICIOUS AND CLEAN. Tons of parking. Don't let the bad reviews scare you away, because this place is wonderful for your Korean bbq fans! Definitely get your moneys worth and fantastic service.

I love how I can get what food I wanna eat and how much. They have a varies of food from fried, raw for the grill, sushi, and I love their japchae. It was a full house they told us 20 mins but we only waited 10 mins. The server was on point in getting us drinks. It's not too noisy because everyone busy eating. If you get short ribs there an additional charge. I took away 1 star because they don't have any good dipping sauce.

Visited on a busy Saturday evening. We waited an hour to be seated. The selection area was nice and clean. We did have a hard time grabbing staff to change our grill. But other than that, the food was good and this is one of our favorite Korean BBQ places.

Probably my favorite Korean bbq place in Federal Way. The food is always solid and fresh. One of my favorite things about this place is that you can start cooking right away. Whenever you're hungry you can go up and grab more meat or any side dishes. The service is okay, but you come here for all you can eat and the convenience not the service! This place is always busy during the weekend evenings and can get loud but the freshness of the food and the convenience of serving yourself makes me come back. Would recommend to a friend!

I liked how all of the meat was out ready for you to just take. The service we a bit slow (grill changes), the floors were a bit sticky but high quality for everything else.

I gave 5 stars because i thoroughly enjoyed my lunch. A friend invited me here and though i'm not familiar with Korean food, i love Japanese food, bbq grilled meats, kimchee so i was ready to eat.They had a few items i don't know the name of but one was the pickled white radish; so tasty that i even saw a female customer taking too much and that was, in my opinion, a "crime" (haha, leave some for others).Another was some kind of rice noodle with thin slices of other vegetables like carrots (can't recall all so i should take a photo next time).The BBQ meats (pork, beef, chicken and others i'm not sure of) was available for cooking at your table, by yourself. I wasn't used to bbq'g so i think it got grilled too long and heat was too high but the sauce on the meat was really yum!I am planning to go in the near future with my husband.

If you are looking for authentic Korean BBQ, it is an okay place.If you are Korean or have been living in Korea for long enough, it won't be a place you expect.However, if you are curious what kind of Korean food Korean people eat, maybe this is a place to give a try. We usually only eat pork belly. But this place, most popular meats were marinated which we don't really look for (my kids don't eat marinated meats). And pork belly is paper thin that I feel sorry everything should taste better than it supposed to be. The desert area probably was my kids' favorite. They went 3 times before we left. I have very mixed feelings to rate. I knew I should not use the regular rating for buffet restaurants, but I really think they can do better than what they are doing if meat is thick enough for BBQ. However, for people who start to learn Korean food, it is not bad though that variety of hot dish choices. The advantage parts are:As Buffet restaurant, it is not pricy Free parkingService is goodBarley tea(or corn tea?) is hot and freshRestroom is cleanWaitresses check your grills and replace frequently

We go there all the time, take friends often.always love this place. Not fancy but always good food and service good for a busy place