Ben Park

Great restaurant and even quite a deal during lunch. We had the meat lunch sets, some ramen, and other food. We ordered too much, but it was good. The ramen was ok, but the garlic fried rice was great. Highly recommend.

+5

Rudy Ornelas

Gyu-ku has a good selection of a la Carte items. The happy hour is great you can definitely get a good selection, for sure. The Happy Hour Menu is plenty enough for me. The waitresses just the whole experience was really nice from the hostess to our waiters. The environment was totally chill and kickback. We had the stores at the very end with this complimentary tea (so good). For my first time here it was a great experience. I'll be back to try some more meats.

+6

Maria Vee

*OC Restaurant Week review* We haven’t been here in years because of the ever-growing number of Korean/Hotpot/BBQ restaurants in OC. We are so happy to discover they are participating in Restaurant Week. $35 per person for dinner ($25 lunch) includes rice, salad, miso soup, Gyu sushi, appetizer choices gyoza, spring rolls, wonton etc, BBQ items beef, ribeye, chicken, shrimp, veggies and dessert (vanilla or green tea ice cream). All the meats were good quality, tender and tasty. We also ordered happy hour cocktails for $6.75 (regularly $9) Thank you to Bryan (front desk) and our server Long for their friendly and cheerful service. Location is on Newport Blvd off the 5 freeway x Newport. Follow for more food + travel: IG:@i_therefore_conclude

+4

Augustina Chen

The Combo was just suitable for us. Sliced beef tasted tender, juicy and pickled. The seasoning is neither salty nor light. Sauces were fantastic! I even use them to mixed with rice

Ron Deo

Just as a general idea, you pay for premium meat cuts so that you can cook it the way you want it. Plenty of options for AYCE and for some items it's limited to 1 plate per person. The appetizers are delicious and the garlic noodles would be a necessary carb to go with all the meat consumed. When cooking, make sure to be mindful as it isn't like kbbq and your meat will char faster on this grill.

+5

Zhengzheng Chen

Very nice Japanese Style BBQ restaurant. Service was great. Waiters are professional and treat us as VIP. Food is also great. Many different styles of beef, pork, and chicken. They are all fresh and delicious. Default condiments have space to improve. Overall, that's a nice place to kill time with families.

+5

Sophie Tsai

I’d been craving AYCE bbq, and I was reminded of how much I loved going to Gyu-Kaku back when I lived in LA. It had been a couple of years since my last visit, so I checked their menus online and was happy to see they still offer AYCE, happy hour deals, à la carte options, and lunch specials. We went in the late afternoon for their lunch AYCE and were seated right away. For our first round, we ordered a few appetizers and plates of meat. The cucumber and cabbage salad was just as refreshing and addictive as I remembered. The marinated meats leaned a bit on the sweeter side, so next time we’ll probably ask for lighter marinade, or even go non-marinated (if allowed). The service was attentive, and as we ate, the restaurant gradually filled up with more customers, adding to the lively atmosphere. We wrapped up our meal with ice cream and s’mores, which brought back all the nostalgia. Overall, it was a great visit, and we’ll definitely be back!

+4

Maryjane Morfin

Bryan P was our server and he was actually the best ever! He recommended so many super good meats and side dishes to us and they were absolutely amazing! Super good energy and was an angel. Meat quality was really good and the beef tongue definitely was my favorite. 10/10 would go again with friends :)!

+3

Selection of AYCE items were decent. Food qualities were pretty good. With limitation of 90 minutes for AYCE, be aware that sometimes some items could take long time as long as 15 minutes to arrive from kitchen.

The food was really good, it was my first time getting to go to a BBQ place like this and I really enjoyed the process. We tried the pork dumplings which were delicious (and eaten too quickly to catch a photo of) and the garlic noodles which was also really flavorful. The meat itself was pretty darn tasty as well, and honestly I'd probably have eaten a bunch more if not for the only downside. I do wish the plates had a bit more but that's okay, over quality was great and prices felt fair. And that only downside was the staff. We were pretty much abandoned at one point and had to ask multiple staff for our server -whom never returned. Couldn't order any drinks or food after our initial order, and had to wait 30+ min to get the check.

We had lunch here and ordered 2 Beef Suliyaki Bibimbap and calamari. We topped it off with smores for dessert.

+6

Mehrnaz Bd

The food is great. You definitely get a good amount of meat for the money you pay. The only reason I took 1 star away is the ventilation system. Most of the time it’s either too hot Or smoky inside and you end up smelling like food when you get home.

Ayberk Kuday

Good service. Nice selection of meats including kobe beef amd pork. Very friendly staff. They used to have Sapporo however in this visit we've been told iy wasnt available abynore, instead we had Kirin which is also good. Kobe Kalbi Prime rib is my favorite. Love the kimchi too.

Daniel Moon

Stopped in for my first visit during lunch on a weekday and was very pleased with my experience. The lunch combo specials are reasonable and offer a lot of choices. The come with a salad,soup, and rice and the 2-item (12.95) was plenty for me. I ordered the rib-eye and one other miso beef. I preferred the rib-eye seasoning over the miso one. The salad was fresh and vibrant. The soup was just okay for miso soup, but I don’t expect too much. We cooked the meat at our table and added a side of spinach and garlic which was really good too. Service was prompt and attentive. The beer mugs were frosty! Overall a solid choice for a hearty lunch at a great price!

Mario Garcia-Gillespie

Great spot for all you can eat the Premium is the best option. They have great sake and good meat choices. The rice sides are large.

+2

navneeta mukherjee

Okay place but the manager is a really nice guy. Comparatively smaller than the other locations. Won’t honor most of the rewards offered on the app. Food is mostly the same as other locations. The person on the next table kept playing a video very loud on his phone and the servers didn’t say anything to him despite me requesting them to ask him to keep it down.

+6

Jiawei Bao

Our recent friends dinner at Gyu-Kaku provided an exceptional Japanese BBQ experience. The outstanding service we received, starting with our attentive waitress and her seamless handover to another server during her break, set a positive tone for the evening. We explored the dinner menu, which offered a wide range of tantalizing meats that we grilled ourselves. The restaurant's environment added to the overall positive experience. Gyu-Kaku featured a cozy and inviting atmosphere with well-spaced tables, providing an intimate setting for our family dinner. The tabletop grills, where we personally grilled the meats to perfection, added an interactive and fun dimension to the evening. The warm, dimmed lighting created a pleasant ambiance that made us feel relaxed and comfortable.

Fatma Berber

The food was good, we ate bunch of it. But our server was not coherent at all. We ordered 2 meat lovers menu which is for 2 people, and we were a party of 4. Each package should've arrived with a 6 meet plates, but our table only got 10. When we explained this to the server he looked confused. It was very chaotic. The rice arrived very late even though we kept asking. Some of the meat were delicious some were not. I would recommend the restaurant but i dont think I will go there again. I hope when you try it you will get a better server than ours.

Luke Pakula

The food was great, the service was horrible, we ordered a lunch combo for 2 that comes with 2 soups, 2 cups of rice, salad bowl, and 6 servings of meat. We had to ask for the rice which was not delivered, no one came to check on us through out the meal even though there wasn't many customers at the time and when we called for service and asked for a water refill we did not get it. I'm pretty sure we were supposed to get desert as part of the combo, which we did not get. Servers were too busy chatting amongst each other than caring for their guests. P.S. the food was great!

This place was horrible!!! I have ate at many different gyu restaurants and I would never go back to this one. The inside was so filthy everything from the floor to the tables were sticky. The building had exposed wires and wing nuts hanging everywhere, there was holes cut it to the ceiling and side walls. Chunks of plaster broken and missing and this is all before I even get to the service. The place wasn’t even busy but about halfway through my meal my waiter disappeared after 30 mins I found another one just to be told that my waiter left for the day and they didn’t have anyone else to assign to my table. The food was just ok half of it tasted like it had been sitting out a bit to long nothing like how most gyu restaurants are. I hope that people who eat here don’t let this one stop you from going to a different one the foods normally really good

Michael Martinez

I booked this in advance for a business dinner and it was a disaster. The grill was filthy, the tongs were crusted, and the sauces were sticky and unclean. I politely asked the waiter with glasses and a black COVID mask for water to take my cancer medication and he was incredibly rude. I told him I have stage four cancer and needed hydration — he brushed me off. I lost my client over this unprofessional environment. I paid $235 and left a tip only because one amazing server got my Arnold Palmer fast and treated me with respect. I will not return. Gen Korean BBQ is cleaner, more professional, and worth every penny.