KoJa Kitchen

Flavorful food for a decent portion size and price. After walking a lap around the public market, I settled for Koja. I got the short rib rice bowl and was surprised by the portion size. The meat was flavorful and tender. The salad was drenched in dressing and honestly got a bit too salty at the end. I would ask for dressing on the side next time. Rice was a little mushy, but overall, a decent meal for $13. Limited staff interaction. Ordering is via snackpass tablet. Food is placed on the counter and you receive a text when it is ready. It took me a few minutes to flag someone down for a cup of water even though they had no orders at the time.

I really wanted to like KoJa Kitchen, but I just can't give it a great review. Here's why:First off, the menu is super appealing--lots of tasty-sounding options. Ordering at the kiosk was a little slow, but since we were the first ones there, it wasn't a big deal.We got the braised pork bowl, the short rib koja (because seriously, when do short ribs ever disappoint?), and the soy fried chicken wings. But it took 25 minutes for our food to come out, and no one else was waiting. There were three people working, so I'm not sure why it took that long. At least the seating area is pretty nice with good vibes.Unfortunately, the food didn't live up to the hype. The wings were hot, so they seemed freshly cooked, but the short rib and braised pork were just scooped out of a big container without even being warmed up. I know because I watched them make it. Plus, everything was drenched in sauce--not really my style.The wings were decent. Crispy on the outside, moist on the inside... but again, smothered in super sticky, sweet sauce.For the wait time and the price, I definitely expected better. ‍

Man - so terribly disappointed with Koja Kitchen today. But let's start with a positive- my pork taco was delicious! 5 stars for that!Self ordering kiosk was easy to use. Food came out in a decent amount of time. Now the bad. The beef was ALL gristle! The beef taco terrible. My fries also full of gristle. WTH - the entire reason I went to Koja today was for the kamikazi fries! I'm glad I decided on the pork taco or I wouldn't have eaten. I normally love this place so what a huge let down. I may not go back especially with so many offerings at the public market!

This place used to be great. At some point unfortunately, they decided to completely abandon all customer service. It seems like the world's most angry and/or miserable people work here. They never smile, they're avoid all eye contact (probably so you can't ask for anything), they are extremely irate all of the time and respond very poorly to any requests - good forbid you need utensils or a box or something. The food is ok though so I have a couple stars for that. Fortunately, you can mobile order or use the kiosk to order now... but hopefully you don't have questions or any special or normal requests. Parking is easy at public market and there is a live and active scene. There is indoor and outdoor seating at the market as well as Tesla super chargers.

Whole menu here is super solid. There is very little interaction with staff here, as ordering is through a kiosk. I'd say it's one of the most consistent places in the public market though.

My absolute favorite at Emeryville's Public Market. I mean... Japanese AND Korean. My two absolute favorite cuisines! I always get the shortrib koja and always think it's too small to be enough and then I am always stuffed afterwards.

Really enjoy the food here. Definitely one of my go to spots when coming to the market. Love how everything goes together. Love the flavor on the meat.

The woman working there was incredibly rude. After waiting 20 minutes I went up to ask and she said, "you'll get your food when it's ready". Fun!

Went there with my husband last night and ordered the taco Tuesday deal, umami fries, soy garlic wings, and the pork rice bowl. It took about 25min to get our food after ordering from the kiosk but once we got our food and sat down to eat at a table right next to their stall, the tacos and the fries were cold! I notified one of the employees there and first asked if he could reheat the tacos and he said that it's going to be the same? I was confused and just asked to be refunded for the cold food and went to super duper burger instead.

Worst Koja ever! We experienced this business back when they were in food trucks way before they were in the actual brick & mortar buildings. This shortrib Koja is their signature dish but the rice buns were extremely thick, no flavor & gross. The short rib was hardly edible but the rest was far from their actual fusion dish.We will not ever order from here ever again which you have to do only via the computer. No person to person ordering or contact. We won't ever come back. They will certainly put Koja kitchen out of business. Seriously. I can't see this lasting another year.