Nagwon Garden

Came here for a birthday dinner. The old couple that runs the restaurant is sooo sweet. The woman took our order and did everything - I thought she was actually cooking the food in the kitchen too (she might have been) until I saw a man come out of the kitchen after we had finished our meal and they were sharing a hard-boiled egg together. It was the cutest thing I've ever seen.I took off a star just because I felt like the experience was good, but not amazing. We came on a Saturday night and for the 2.5 hours we were in the restaurant, only one other person came in to have a meal alone. There was no music playing in the restaurant and it was a little eerily quiet. Other tables that weren't occupied by customers had lots of papers on them and clearly weren't for customer seating even though they were in the middle of the restaurant.It was my birthday so we showed up with a cake and the woman was very kind to let us put the cake in their fridge until we were ready for dessert. We ordered 3 meats for Korean BBQ: pork, seafood, and beef. They were all marinated well and were tender and flavorful. We also got the kimchi pancakes, steamed dumplings, and japchae noodles. All the food was delicious!

Good food and excellent service. the owners are so nice and I wish more people knew about this place. It's not the most eye opening korean bbq but it is very good ayce for the price. the Gabli short rib was especially flavorful and the sides dishes were pretty good (the steamed egg was a little overdone but otherwise was really good)

This unassuming restaurant is surprisingly great. Our meals were tasty and they serve the best jap chae in the area. Service is not as quick as other places, and you'll come out smelling like smoke from the bbq, but the food is well worth it.

Came here for lunch after a recommendation from a friend. We were the only table there which was a bit of a red flag but at least we got the restaurant to ourselves? We did the all you can eat option which was roughly 35$ a person (so worth it since galbi was 30$ by itself) We had to get our meats and our sides from the metal tins in the buffet lines. Which is fine but not sure how long the meats/sides have out. The waitress started the grill for us which was nice! The charcoal grill does give the meat w nice taste to the meat. I think out the meats the galdi, bulgogi and the pork spare ribs were the best of the meats. They had the best flavor overall. We also got the seafood pancake which was huge and delicious :) overall lots of food that was pretty good. Our waitress never refilled our water which was annoying. Overall meats were tasty, sides were okay, pancake was delicious.

The food is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Meat was tender, juicy and very flavorful. The taste was accentuated with the smoke from the coal. The old Korean couple who run the place also run the Korean food truck outside Tyler on Temple campus and they said they will reopen the food truck again on Jan 10, 2022, so I'm definitely visiting. They were so nice, caring and genuine. At the end they also gave our table sweet cinnamon tea. 10 out of 10 Korean food experience

We've been coming to Nagwon for over a decade. We stray and try a new place every so often, but this modest, nondescript, no frills, all-you-can-eat korean bbq joint at $40 per, is delicious, and still the best bang for the buck. It's self-service here. Pick your meats, be it marinated or plain galbi, pork belly, bulgogi, shrimp, marinated chicken or squid and cook 'em at your table. Bring over, too, the variety of banchan,(vegetarians have plenty of options too) including lettuce, samjang, garlic, sliced peppers, steamed egg, and five different types of kimchi. Sit back and get ready for some good barbecue, but be forewarned. It gets seriously smoky and you will need a shower when all is said and done. And completely sated.

I can't speak to anything cooked in the kitchen as we've never tried it, but they turn out consistently very good Korean BBQ, based on having gone there 5+ times now.The quality of the meat is absolutely a cut above the other local places; excellent marbling in every cut, extremely tender, and their marinades and sauces are all quite good, at least to my relatively untrained palate. It also seems that most of the pickled vegetables are made in-house as well. Also, how many other shops use charcoal instead of gas? I've only run into one other locally.The couple who own and run the place are pretty limited in how much English they speak but they positively dote on you in terms of helping you cook and cut the meat; it takes some doing to convince them you know how to grill it. That said, they do dote over customers.Decor is pleasant, but nothing amazing.It's also the quietest restaurant I know; never full, never loud.Definitely worth the occasional excursion.

Been here twice now. Really love the food. It is all so flavorful. The service is also very fast and timely.

My friend and I came for dinner. We did the Korean BBQ and had a pork and the seafood (squid and shrimp). The pork we did was the bacon which came unseasoned. They give you a little dish of seasoning paste, but if I do the pork again I would probably go with the seasoned version. The food was great quality and the marinade on the shrimp and squid was great! The restaurant was pretty empty the entire time we were there which was really surprising as this is the only KBBQ place locally outside of driving into the city. The owners were incredibly sweet. I did not realize that we would not be cooking our own food, though. They set up the grill, bring out the food and do it all for you. I do wish it was a little more hands on and that we were able to do some of the cooking ourselves. Overall the restaurant was pretty quaint and cute. There was no music playing, and the owners were a little hard to find when we were ready to get the check and head out, so due to this and the lack of DIY cooking I removed a star. I will definitely be coming back!

I don't even try food because I'm a picky eater but i tried this but it wasn't that bad, my rating is 12.5/10, nice restaurant!