I Can Barbecue Korean Grill | Santa Ana

One of the best Korean barbecues I've been to in a long time I love the sides. The service was great, and the ambience was very casual due to the fact that it was slow for a Sunday night, but that was good for us because we got extra attention in the service.Absolutely amazing happy hour. We only paid 39$ bucks for two beers and three bucket.

Our experience left a lot to be desired, especially when there are similar spots in the area that do it better. What made this place stand out is that it felt a bit hollow, generic and, in many regards, formulaic. It felt less like an authentic and genuine Korean BBQ experience and more like a good homage to one.This restaurant is in the heart of downtown Santa Ana, so parking can be a bit tricky. There are opportunities for street parking but there is a parking structure close by that is free for 2 hours. The inside of the restaurant is sizable and can definitely seat larger parties. I could imagine this place gets busy at night and on the weekends. We went in the early afternoon so it was pretty empty save for a few tables of people.When we got seated, our server instructed us to order via QR codes, gave us our waters, and walked away. We rarely saw his face unless it was to change our grill. I've also never seen a restaurant actually use their robot servers almost like they were a full time employee. It was doing work getting us our food! Asking for refills of items was difficult and the server didn't seem interested or attentive at all. Ordering through the mobile website was fine after fumbling with it for a few minutes. Some things we didn't like about it: we had to order through the site to get more water..why couldn't they just give us a pitcher of water to help ourselves? We also couldn't order certain banchan options which was annoying.A couple experiences during stood out to me. One was when one of our party members ordered a spicy ramen. When the robot came, it brought a small pot of hot water and a pack of Buldak noodles. This type of ramen is meant to be cooked in a boiling pot of water, drained, and eaten more as a dry noodle. The way it was given to us guaranteed that it would not cook all the way and the water couldn't be drained either.The second was cooking our corn cheese. It was given to us in an aluminum container, which is typical. However, it took forever to cook. When it did, the cheese tasted unnaturally grainy. I do not think it was quality mozzarella.The thing that holds this review up are the meats. The quality was very good and the portions were huge. Main gripes aside, we left with full stomachs and overall satisfied.To be honest, probably would look elsewhere for a more authentic Korean BBQ experience.

Food was not authentic Korean BBQ.The lady restroom was not clean at all.pork thin meat was dry when I cooked.There is a public parking but only covers 2 hours.I like Korean BBQ in garden Grove or Stanton. They are more authentic KoreanIt was full of customers but I do not see why so good?!My water cup was broken and leaking waters.The rice bowl was broken too...

If you want actual Korean bbq, just go to one run by Koreans or that has Asian people there because this place is not it.For starters, the place is very small and can only hold a small amount of people, but when you call and ask the wait time they always say about 20 mins. I called at 8:45 pm and was only 20 mins away and to my surprise they had a long line outside. We didn't end up getting seated until 10:01 pm. Once we sat down, we started ordering food(everything was through your phone, there's no one taking your order) and we only got 2 out of the 6 meats we ordered. We sat for about 5 minutes while everyone else was getting serviced and their food, so we place another small order, nothing came, 10 mins went by, we placed another small other and nothing came again. It was like this until 10:50. We clicked their "need help" button around 5 times and no one came in to check on us, no one even bothered to make eye contact with us. We finally got the attention of one server or buster and she said "she'll go get help" and went back to cleaning up grills and ignored us and we didn't end up eating another round until 11:05. They close at 12, we felt pretty rushed to eat the food we ordered as they handed us our check before even finishing our food. They weren't remorseful or apologetic for the long wait once we finally got a hold of someone who could help us. They just said "what do you want" it feels as the night was pretty much a bust. The food portion was good from what we got, but the traditional Korean side dishes just weren't that good. The japchae wasn't cooked throughly, the fish cakes were too salty, the steamed egg soup was green/grayand overcooked, and the tofu soup was too spicy with too much green onion garnish. The bathrooms were also a mess and some toilet stalls didn't even have toilet paper. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this place on a busy night or if you want Korean Korean food, this is more Korean inspired or Korean fusion.

We absolutely LOVE coming here. Ahmet and Mahmut and the rest of the staff have become family. We love coming here with our kids and have even recommended our own friends and family to this place. The food is amazing and always fresh, the staff is friendly and on POINT! They even came to our wedding!! This place never disappoints. A must try if you like quality food and service

This is my first time here and I like it.This will be my go to spot K-BBQOrdering from the QR code is super fast and they have a variety of options to choose from.Quality and taste of meats are solid.

Went for my friend bday cause he wanted bbq. Great food, meat selection and the staff is all super friendly!! Will be back again. Thank you!!!

Fun spot! Great service. Think we got our grill change like 5 times while there. Ordering is done through your phone via a QR code at your table. This includes even water and refilling sauces. You have the ability to select half portions after the items are in your cart. Good selection of beef options including various steak style and my favorite beef tongue slice. Steam egg and tofu soup was delicious. $37 per adult, which is a fair price for what you get. There's also a halal option at $42 per adult. Wished there were better dipping sauce, as they provide the standard brisket sauce, oil and red chili paste. With so many kbbq options out there, not sure if we will come back unless we are in the area. 5 star for the service 4 star for food. Overall solid 4.5 experience.

***$38.99 for dinner and $29.99 for lunch***I wouldn't come back to this spot. It wasn't horrible but with so many other great kbbq spots in Socal, I wasn't impressed or fully satisfied. Also feels overpriced for the quality.The space is big, great for groups. I came in on a Wednesday night for dinner and it was pretty slow. The meat was good, but for me I was underwhelmed with the spicy tofu soup. It looked very thrown together and barely had anything in it. It was something about the place that didn't feel authentic to korean food. They have a robot like thing bring you the food, but it left me wondering how much I should tip if no one was really helping us personally. When we did interact with staff, they were kind.

The best service and food! Memet is always very nice and attentive, we love eating here