So Moon Nan Jib

Saturday evening, there was a bit of wait. We had 4 kids and 3 adults There was a little tucked in area with chairs to wait in.We didn't know if we should order the marinated or not marinated bbq meats. The server told us the marinated is good for us and the plain one food for kids and she can help us split half and half! The marinated one originally comes with spicy, but the half and half one didn't come with spicy in consideration for the kidsThe server was very kind and observant to our needs.Food was delicious and the dip sauced really completed the meat. There was also steamed egg appetizer! But no mashed potato salad.

Good food, good side dishes, cold beer. Service is prompt when they are not busy but it gets busy.

Authentic as i can get without traveling back to KR. Banchan is on point but they do make you pay for refills which is sad. Rare place where ajummas are chatty with you and cut your meat. While you're sharing your tea they got barley tea on the house. The ladies in the back cutting pretty good quality meats just don't ask what it is cause even they don't know.

Still our go to Korean bbq! We have been coming here for the past 4 years and wouldn't go anywhere else. Our 1yr old and 4yr old love this place. The employees and the owners are absolutely wonderful. For all those people who come in complaining about being charged because they didn't order enough food...I'm guessing you were trying to freeload of the bahnchan (the side dishes that come with the meal). That generally is free when you actually order some meals. There is a cost to run a business and if you got charged because you asked for more side dishes and were free loading...then save your comments and go elsewhere. Or just buy some food and don't be free loadThis place has been a wonderful est. with great food, great employees, and great owners.

First time visiting this restaurant after hearing all the good reviews about it. But we decided to get non-KBBQ items in this visit.Arrived here on a Saturday evening, decent amount of people on the waitlist. Upon walking into the restaurant, though it is a KBBQ place, but you can barely smell the smokiness. We got seated about 30-40minutes later.When they served us with water, they did not ask what we wanted to drink. Instead, they brought us warm genmaicha tea (kind of roasted rice green tea) but served the other table that was seated after us with cold water (they look non-Asian). It's kinda offputting that your race gives you different special treatment right off the bat..Ordered the seafood casserole because it is a cold day out and wanted someone warm and hearty. We get to choose if we wanted white or purple rice that comes with the casserole. The casserole is pretty big portion that serves 2-3 persons, but I think it could potentially feed 3-4 persons with averaged appetite.Seafood are pretty fresh, a good variety of them such as fish, mussels, squid, crab, shrimp, whole baby octopus, tofu and etc... and they even have cod-milt (fish's sperm sac) and styela-clava (sea squirt) in the casserole. Never before in my life have I had it.. we've tried it for you so you don't have to if this doesn't float your boat. They didn't taste fishy or gamey or anything like that. Once you pass that mental obstacle, they just taste like nothing...The kimchi soup is pretty decent and nice umami and kimchi flavor. Midly spicy, just enough kick to warm up your belly on cold days like this. They have about 8 different complimentary sides with the usual suspects (kimchi, fish cakes, cucumber and bean sprout), and they tasted pretty decent. Service is a little slow, and the servers aren't exactly the friendliest that you would expect from a local/american restaurant. They do have a call button on the table/wall if you need attention from your server. We had to walk up to the front to pay for out meal as well, which I don't really mind but we wondered for a second if we should walked up or wait for the check since our server didn't really tell us anything. Might be back next time to try their kbbq or something. Come for the food, but leave your expectations behind with their service.

Whether you're in the mood for self grilling KBBQ, or to order off the regular menu, this restaurant offers both. This is a very no frills type of Korean restaurant, and service was prompt. They offer a large variety of items on their menu, so whatever my craving is, it is most likely covered here. Everything on the menu honestly looked so good that I over ordered a little. I would definitely come back for the stir fried baby octopus and pork belly though. Some items are a bit pricey, but everything tasted great.

AMAZING. my parents have been looking for bibimbap and a trusted korean friend recommended this to us! I took them and my mom LOVED it. she said it was 10/10 and you know how critical asian parents can be they also came with side dishes that we did get refilled once and the side dishes had everything I love: fish cakes and potato, and then had everything my mom loves which is the green veggie thing that she was gonna go buy at hmart later lol. they were so happy with the lunch, I was grateful this restaurant exists . service is of course hard to grab people but it's fine food was great

Wait time on Saturday around 6:30p was about 40 mins. After we sat down, we got served barley tea. My partner and I ordered right away as we were quite hungry and got the seafood casserole (good for 2-3 ppl).The casserole is good with lots of seafood variety. There were 2 items we didn't know on the list which are steyala cava and cod-milt, and they were a nice "surprise". It comes with banchan and we got purple rice. Had a good amount leftover which we took home. Definitely would like to come back to try other items on the menu.Overall, service is pretty good and they clean tables a few mins after a party leaves. It's interesting tho that they don't ask we prefer water or tea. As mentioned my party and I got tea without asking, but I noticed a table that came after us just got cold water.

My friends and I came to So Moon Nan Jib for lunch a few weekends ago for the first time.The restaurant was crowded when we arrived a little before noon. They only had two to three workers, one woman who I assume is the owner. Thankfully, we were able to get seated within 10 minutes after arriving.So Moon Nan Jib's menu is extensive and is six pages long - they have your standard bibimbap, galbi, and soft tofu dishes as well as some more unique dishes like homemade cold noodles, black goat meat soup, Korean sausage, monkfish, and potato and pork neck casserole. They also have lunch specials on the weekdays too and the option to barbecue your own meat (KBBQ) as well.I opted for the SPICY SOFT TOFU WITH DUMPLINGS (+$17.99), although they had a huge variety of other options for the same price including kimchi, kimchi and pork, kimchi and beef, mixed (seafood and beef), pork, beef, seafood, vegetable, mushroom, and beef intestine. My friends ordered the short rib and soft tofu combo, the steamed egg, the seafood pancake, the cold noodles, and the stir fried beef and soft tofu combo. We definitely ordered a lot more than we needed and ended up taking a lot home because the portions were HUGE. They also had a huge selection of complimentary banchan that consisted of sesame sprouts, kimchi, cucumber kimchi, marinated eggplant, honey soy potatoes, marinated choy, and some dish (I couldn't tell if it was radish or maybe acorn noodles) in a sweet mayonnaise sauce. All of the banchan was super tasty, but we would've preferred the kimchi a little sweeter and less sour.The SPICY SOFT TOFU WITH DUMPLINGS was superb! The portion was generous and the soup was boiling hot when it came out. The soup was very flavorful and relatively mild (maybe like a 2 star on the spice scale?) and had a lot of protein. The mandu were excellent. All entrees came with complimentary rice (choice of purple or white) which I enjoyed dipping into my soup. My friends all enjoyed their dishes as well, and everyone had lots of leftovers to take home. Service was decent, considering that there were only a few workers there. It took a little while to get their attention sometime due to the busy lunch hour, but they were overall very attentive and came by to refill our tea, water, and napkins. They were nice and hospitable.As far as atmosphere, they have several Jinro (Soju) neon lights hung up which made for a cool and casual atmosphere. The interior and bathrooms were clean too.Overall: 5/5 for food, 4.5/5 for service, 5/5 for atmosphere

This is my favorite Korean restaurant. Love the squid pancake, piping hot, krispy crunchy. Bi bin bop, tofu soups, n the pick 2 choices allows me to have tofu soup or Udon noodles. The side dishes are also good. Help keeps an eye on you, very accommodating. Would go more often, but the distance and prime crime area of Federal Way is not conducive to frequent as much as I would. C'mon police, get a handle on the shootings, attacks.