Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong - Irvine

Baekjeong is a full service KBBQ restaurant. Your waiter will actually cook the meat you choose for you, I think one time we came they let it get a little overdone but I wouldn’t take a star off for that.The meat is delicious, and the sides are great too. It is pretty pricey so we only come here as a special treat but it’s actually a nice change of pace to have the meat cooked for you. There are plenty of other places you can go if you’d like to cook your own meat for a bit cheaper.Overall, great restaurant, make sure to arrive early or plan for a weekday since it gets pretty packed and the wait time can be very long.

For what I considered the best of Irvine for Korean bbq, but disappointed. The quality has gone down,eats are thinner cut esp rib eye and not as good. Not to mention we waited over 40min when there were tables available , but apparently not enough servers. On Friday night for 4th of July weekend? Weird. And not even a line.We ordered a la carte : beef brisket, rib eye and short ribs. Also salads were over-drenched.

First things first, Baekjeong is not all you can eat, but that aside, the experience is typical of most KBBQ style restaurants.Once you order, the staff serves and cooks the meat for you, but they do this for other tables too – and they get busy. So if you don't want your meat over cooked, you'll need to keep an eye on it.The meat was tasty, but didn't stand out from those served at other well established KBBQ restaurants.The banchan were also good, but some of the more common items, like the salad, were too small and had to be re-ordered a number of times.I did appreciate the way the ventilation systems could be positioned right over the grill. It kept the smoke level and smell on our clothes to a minimum.We got there early, but did see a long wait line outside about an hour in. Prices sit on the higher side, especially if ordering a few drinks and sides. The place was clean and the staff were attentive and friendly.

Willing to drive from San Fernando Valley to enjoy Baekjeong Irvine though admittedly we also came down for UCI graduation. Food is delicious, meats very high quality, and great side dishes available. Whenever we go for Korean BBQ, my husband is our collective cook so he especially enjoys that the staff here do the cooking on top of the food quality.

My husband and I finally kicked this place off our bucket list. We 've been wanting to try this place for quite some time now, but the wait is always insane so we 've always ended up going somewhere else. Last night we got there early and we able to get seated in 45 minutes. This was a much different experience than what I 'm used to, mostly because the staff cooks for you. I didn 't know that and took the plate when it arrived and started to do my thing and a waitress came by and was like, please let me do it for you. Sure, why not? The steamed egg and cheese corn were incredibly delicious. We got the combo which included thinly sliced beef skirt, beef short rib, pork belly, and marinated pork steaks. The combo also came with a side if either kimchi stew or soybean soup. We got the soybean soup. Everything was amazing. My only complaint is that they left the meat cooking longer than I would have liked (I like my meat on the rarer side) and we thought they could have changed the grill plate out at least once, since the meat towards the end was getting charred bits stuck to it. Other than that, it was a great experience and we are excited to go back (hopefully with friends in tow, because it was a LOT of food and we want to try more things).