Reviews for Bando Korean Restaurant in Indianapolis, IN
Fantastic food, drinks and overall experience at a clearly family-owned place. We first came in last year during GenCon with a... group of ~20 and the staff did their best to accommodate everything we needed, even though they were clearly busy. Thatexperience was amazing, and ensured we would be coming back again this year, with closer to 40 people, and - once again -everyone had the best time. The food is delicious, and we couldn't stop ourselves from sampling everything, plus ordering moremeat from the $34.99 All You Can Eat menu. The staff is on the smaller side, so food can sometimes take a few extra minutes. Butthey're incredibly polite, kind, and attentive, so please give them that in return and you'll have an amazing experience. Read more
If you have never had the Korean BBQ experience , you should definitely treat yourself. The table includes your own little BBQ -... at this restaurant is charcoal. They bring you all kinds of Korean sides, and a plate of raw meat of different kinds. You havetongs and scissors, and the fun is that you get to cook it yourself. The waitress at this one was a little too involved in thecooking part, and took some of the fun by insisting to do some of the cooking of the meat herself. However, it is a funexperience with family or a date. The price is $35 a person, but it is a lot of food. Read more
Don?t think I?ve ever been to a restaurant where they just make their own prices up. Ordered the all you can eat and a water.... Needed to split the bill, and the lady was up front for nearly 10 minutes with a calculator really calculating 2 orders. Comesback with a(I kid you not) yellow sticky note with some math on it. And then continued to explain to me that 34.99 +tax came to38$ Plus an 18% gratuity of 7$. I did not know a restaurant had the power to do something like this when it was only one otherperson I was with. I have heard of bigger crowds and demand of gratuity. But in a small Korean Pendleton pike restaurant it?soutrageous. I must not be a huge Korean food junkie because I just did not seem to find the food that appetizing. The meatwas okay. Service was sub par, took them atleast 20 minutes to help our table. It?s not that I?m cheap, I honestly would havetipped more if I hadn?t felt like I was OBLIGATED to do so. No where does it state anything about the up charges. It justsounds like straight false advertisement to offer a meal at 34.99. And somehow it comes out to 45.00 in the end. Just say it?s45$ Okay experience but will not be coming here again. EDIT: and you see how the owner responds. Place is a joke. Save yourmoney, go elsewhere. Read more
It was our first time visiting the BANDO restaurant. I ate Jjamppong (SEAFOOD NOODLE SOUP) because I like spicy food. And my... wife ate Korean FULL DINNER. First of all, the jjambbong was so delicious that I ate it well. However, if you are Korean andknow the real dinner set meal, we recommend a different menu. The number of meals in the set meal was less than expected, and itwas all bulgogi and soup. I was also expecting side dishes such as fried fish. The price is high, but the food is delicious. Myrate should be 4.5. Not five stars. Read more
The food is good with a variety of common sides, but the service was absolutely horrible. I won?t be back specifically because... of the service. The food would have been good enough to come back for but the service makes it a no for me. As seen below theystopped changing the plate, did not bring the requested straws until after multiple asks, but came back to the table to justlook and not ask any questions. I do not recommend try somewhere else. UPDATE: it is not unlimited like stated on the menu andas seen on the receipt the charges were for a drink and a refill as well as 2 unlimited bbq meals. An extra charge was added atthe bottom for an additional meat that should have been included in the ?unlimited? meal option. Just not a good experience. Read more
1/14/2022- MY KOREAN MAMA BROUGHT ME HERE! I was craving some delicious Korean food and I normally hit up a different location... for my Korean fix. But my mom said this place recently changed management and that the flavors taste like your in Korea with anupdated menu. She ordered us Jjamppong (spicy noodles with seafood) and Jjajangmyeon (black noodles) and it was so delicious andflavorful! Stop by and have yourself a Korean treat! You won't regret it! Read more
***Updated: All you can eat for BBQ is $34.99*** Our new favorite Korean restaurant. We've got both bbq and regular dinner, both... are awesome. For bbq they have all you can eat for $30 person, I think it's worth it because we always get 2 rounds. For regulardinner is awesome (cheaper than bbq). When we got bbq tips already included but when we got regular menu, it wasn't. Read more
Excellent food. We walked in 25 minutes before closing (which I hate doing), and they still served us. I'm really glad they... served us and it was so amazing despite it being the end of the night. Do yourself a favor and eat here! Read more