Taegukgi

Went to lunch here while driving on the Eastside of Tucson. This place is so awesome! Their selection of meats, chicken and seafood is top notch. Everything is explained in detail on how the food comes out (raw or marinaded) and you get sticky rice, kimchi, pickled jalapeños, potato salad and a couple other things to complement your meal. I like the way they bring out just the right amount of meats so there's virtually no waste.The restaurant was extremely clean and the service was not only incredibly fast, but very friendly they always checked back to see if you needed anything or had questions.I live in Marana, but I'll make the trip to return here. It's a great place to take a family or a date. Id give it 10 stars if I could.

Love the all you can eat good menu. They even have a lunch menu which I think make it really good and unique. Plus you can go solo unlike some of other KBBQ place in tucson. I will say they charged for extra side of cheese corn since it wasn't on our menu which is fine but $1 I got literally a small sauce dish. Which was not worth even a dollar. I think that was the only downside. Maybe someone to check on drinks. We had moments where we didn't have any drinks and sometimes hard to track down server when there wasn't even many tables to begin with. Ambiance is very dark inside almost grungy but not dirty or anything just very dark inside

A bit pricey per plate but well worth every bite! Every employee was very friendly and accommodating and the WIDE variety of food was very fresh and cooked EXACTLY the way we did it since it was HIBACHI style! We will DEFINITELY return!!!

This was a fun dinner, but I was a little disappointed in the service. In our first order, we got the bulgogi beef, bbq chicken, corn cheese, and spicy pork belly. I loved the flavor of the spicy pork belly, and it went well with the rice they give you. The bulgogi beef was also good, but just a little bit too thin to cook easily. The corn cheese was in an incredibly small cup, and I really didn't get much cheese in mine. And the chicken that we were brought was not seasoned at all, even though we'd ordered the bbq chicken. I also ordered a side of potato salad, which I never received, and we had to wait a long time for someone to come switch out grill plates at one point, despite making eye contact with multiple waiters during that 10 minute period. It was a tasty meal overall, but I won't be going back here next time I'm in the mood for Korean bbq.

Excellent quality all you can eat meats/ seafood/ poultry and assortment of veggies and sides for a decent price. One of my favorite sides is the steamed egg which I highly recommend you try. It's a cook the meat yourself experience but it's a fun experience doing so as you have several sides to nibble on while waiting. There is a decent bar with choices of alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages. Service is quick once you order. It does get smoky from the cooking pans and so do expect your clothes to have a smoky odor after you are done. It does get busy and waits can be long so make a reservation if you can. Ample parking.

Me and my nephew always go here to eat all you can eat Bbq. Hands down good waiters and the music in the background plays good music. Are waiter Chance is great. He knows what we like to eat.

Unfortunately, it just doesn't live up to the price.I'd like to give this place a higher rating because of everything but the meat, but at the end of the day it's about the meat. And the meat just isn't very good.It's a bummer because everything else is done so well. Convenient location, good parking, snazzy and open floor area. Your are seated to metal bowls filled with pickled veggies, kimchee, potato, etc. They have a pitcher of water waiting for you. Friendly staff. It's a very impressive start.We opted for the Premium dinner menu at $39.99 each.The expensive cuts of beef had a gamey flavor to them. Something wasn't quite right. We increased the heat on the burner which helped create something of a char which helped a little, but right off the bat with the first bite I was disappointed. I would have preferred more seasoning.It's not all bad. The bulgogi had a nice flavor to it and the salt and pepper pork belly was great overall, but that's all I really remember as being good. The shrimp was lifeless and turned really hard when cooked. The short ribs again lacked flavor. They tend to rely on a lot of sauces that burn/smear off when cooking so you're often just left with a regular piece of meat. I felt like it's something I could reproduce with a pan and a jar of sauce at home.The total for 2 was over $100 with tax and tip and that's the hard part to stomach. The flavor just wasn't there and I found myself ordering and eating more just to justify the price and was let down which each new item. When the time came I was ready to go and walk off the calories.They have a large menu so perhaps you'll find something to your liking. We didn't have any of the problems others commented on like items being out of stock or servers not coming by often enough, but then again we got there when they opened. They have a cheaper lunch menu for $24.99 each and perhaps that's more worth it, but I just don't see myself going back.

First off, I love me some KBBQ regardless but I love the overall vibe of the restaurant. All the workers are super chill and attentive. We have had a really good experience these past few times with one of the servers Chance.

Taegukgi is my favorite restaurant! It is pricey but as someone who enjoys trying different proteins I really think it is worth it. I love the brisket and the beef bulgogi the most, ask for garlic butter if you haven't yet! Highly recommend, Chance is always a great server. Music is always on point and vibey.

I was afraid there would be a long wait because I couldn't find a way to make a reservation online, but the restaurant was pretty empty, especially for dinner time on a Friday night. I see why now. There were plenty of staff members working, but it didn't seem to matter much.I actually wonder at this point if the incredibly slow service and missing items are by design. It's all you can eat BUT with a time limit. If they can delay serving and replacing food for as long as possible, you end up getting significantly less food than you would at a lot of places for such a high price. I honestly was still hungry leaving, but our time was up, and even if it weren't, I didn't want to wait around long enough to track someone down to request the food then wait to receive it then wait to cook it.The price does include the experience, so I get that it's a little higher, but it's still nowhere near a good value for the amount of food you end up getting or the service. However, most of the food itself was delicious. The service was not good, in terms of speed, accuracy, and explanation of the process itself. After the entire dinner, I was still never sure who our actual server was. For groups 6+, they also automatically add a 20% tip, so there's no incentive for them to even attempt good service from that aspect either, as that's about 12% more than they deserved tonight. Even the bill we had to wait a really long time for, get up and request it, then wait a while more to actually receive it.As another reviewer mentioned, there are also things that would never be acceptable food standards if someone else were cooking it. You use the same tongs and scissors for all your food (pork, beef, chicken, raw, cooked), have to just kind of guess if/when your meat is sufficiently cooked, and the burnt sauces and bits will get transferred onto the next thing you cook (see picture). There also aren't separate serving plates from what the raw meat is brought out on, so if you want to put something somewhere other than in a bowl at that moment or leave it on the heat, you have to put it back on the serving dishes covered in raw meat juices.Overall, the food was good. If 1-2 people go, I think this could still be an enjoyable experience and you'd be more likely to get your money's worth and probably more likely to get decent service if their tip depends on it.