5 Star Korean BBQ

No frills fun and authentic. Best Korean food we've found in the area. Friendly staff. Good portions. Lots of options.

Bibimbap was decent, but the service was quite poor. The most funny moment was when the waitress slammed the pen on the receipt as if she were smashing a stone, making us feel like we were being commanded to sign it.

Great place, great food! Definitely satisfied my Korean bbq cravings! I went with my whole family and received great service from the employees. Also loved how they played kpop in the restaurant. I already want to go back again

I don't think this tiny kbbq gets enough credit. I've read plenty of bad reviews about the food and service. However, I disagree. Yes there seems to only be two workers. One cook and one server. But they are trying their best to make their customers happy. Although I read and took the bad reviews into consideration, I asked the husband to take me on a good venture to try it out ourselves. During our visit, it wasn't that busy dining in. There were at least 2-3 tables ahead of us. We did notice that take out our delivery was quite busy though. We wanted to try their kbbq grill menu. And to be honest, it appears they downsized their menu to only having two meat options on their kbbq menu. Everything else was cook to order. Which is understandable since there is only two workers. We order both pork belly and the beef brisket with the kimchi dumpling & fried seaweed rolls. With the grill menu, we got four sides (kimchi, picked bean sprouts, kimchi cucumber and spicy fish cake). It is less than what you're normally served at any other kbbq places. But then again, it was prefect for just the two of us. The portion for the price was however a lot more than what we would typically receive at other places. Overall, 5 star korean bbq was great. The server was very tentative and made sure we were ok throughout our visit. During these hard times, some places are struggling to make ends meet and are trying their best. This would be one of those trying places. If you're not open minded and patient, I would suggest you not to go their because you'll probably just give them a terrible review. Note: yes there aren't any ventilation so you will end up walking out smelling delicious. Due to the small size of the restaurant, they do use tin foil to cover the grill which you will cook on. You won't get that nice char on your meat but it is still edible!

5 star food if you're ready to wait a bit.We went to 5Star Korean BBQ on one of their busiest days and they only had one server. But it was totally WORTH THE WAIT! We got the the beef bulgoki, crunchy seaweed appetizers and soju. Very good quality food, the flavors are authentic and the ambience very cozy and warm.

Mildly underwhelming Korean BBQ joint. They have weird vibes, highish prices (not awful for Korean BBQ - Soju was $13 tho), goodish food and tables with the built in electric grills that kind of work? Except they don't get that hot and are stuffed with tinfoil - so if it isn't perfectly flat the meat (two options) will stay flabby and raww.I walked in and told them we would be six people. They pointed to a table, then to a set of others which supposedly had reservations, looked confused, had me sit down, then moved me to another table and tried to push the two tables together before telling me the grill in one of them doesn't work and to enjoy. When others arrived they reconfigured the tables again. The grill that did "work" did not do so well so they decided to plug in the other, "not working" grill, and suddenly it sprang to life - who knew grills don't run purely on hunger.Anyway, I would go again in the distant future. In fact, if you want proper Korean BBQ in Madison you don't really have any other choice. Other places offer better food but you will not get the experience of the meat sizzling right in front of you. Probably the flavor of a non-electric grill (gas or charcoal) would have been better, but the meat and condiments are relatively tasty (if insufficiently charred). The appetizers - Dukboki and Kimchi Dumpling - were good so maybe order more of those. Oh and they should probably refill the water more, was a good twenty minutes after we asked.

Great prices for k bbq. Pretty good banchan - especially the tofu skins. Excited to go back!

I think the flavors are pretty authentic which is the most important thing. I am a crazy Dukboki fan and always order it at a Korean restaurant. Here at Five Star they make it very spicy (Korean-style sweet & spicy) , although the dish is still yummy. Hubby said his pork belly & kimchi stir fry is great to eat with rice. He wish the dish could be drier with just kimchi & pork belly though. The side dishes are okay - nothing really special. And they are not free to refill. The pleasant surprise is the appetizer deep fried sea weed. So crispy and yummy - we just could not stop eating one after one!

Not too many options. The waitress was not that friendly. Couldn't keep my water filled. The place was a little on the dirty side. Will not be returning here. I've been to many korean bbq's and this one is by far the worst I've been to. And it was so expensive for the small amount of food you get and lack of options.

Definitely five stars. We just moved but came here all the time when we lived in madison. Staff is so friendly and the food is spectacular. If you're looking for good, authentic Korean food, this is the place to go!!!!