Reviews for Gen Korean BBQ House in Oxnard, CA
I'm actually somewhere between a 4 and a five for this restaurant. I was actually expected to be a sit down restaurant where... they take your order and they bring you your Korean barbecue but it's not that. Sit down at a share table and you and your partyhave a hot stove in the middle of your table and you cooking me yourself. It is a one price per person thing except for drinks.So that makes easy. We have 30 different types of prepared meats you can have. Some like the Korean fried Chicken you don't cookthey just bring it to you already ready. Did you charge extra if you waste food. You get some side dishes. Small little lamp butI asked for rice and it didn't come and I had to ask the second time to have it. Not a biggie. I tried their premium steak andit was nice and soft but it wasn't prepared with any spices on it so it's kind of plain. The spicy pork bulgogi was very good.And then I actually did try the Korean fried Chicken and it was decent but not anything special. Staff is friendly. I ordered adrink and the waitress was nice have to tell me that's the 32 oz drink and I said thank you I'll get something smaller. So againsomewhere between 4 and 5. Read more
Quick Summary Very much enjoyed the AYCE Korean BBQ at this Gen location. Service is a hit or miss, but it really comes down to... how busy they are (e.g. weekends are hectic so a bit harder to find your server, but they're always really fast with fooddeliveries). Food quality is pretty good. It's a pretty well-run chain location Food- 4.5 stars Food quality is pretty good for$30 Korean BBQ AYCE. It's a hit or miss sometimes, because some dishes can be slightly too sweet. But otherwise, you reallycan't beat the quality at this value. Service- 4 stars If it's a weekday, it's fantastic. But sometimes weekends can bedifficult, where you have to hunt down your server Parking- plenty of street and lot parking Bottom Line Fantastic AYCE KoreanBBQ experience. It's a popular and successful chain for a reason. Love the Yelp waitlist check in. Just try to avoid busy timesto get the best service Read more
This place really put me in the tough spot to write this review. My husband and I came from LA county and we might be used to... with real Korean bbq in Korea town,That?s why this place quite a disappointed. First of all the ban chan or side dishes,That wasthe first things suppose to be on the table with varieties of yummy veggies,pickles,salad,kimchi etc. doesn?t matter you?ll eatall of them or not because that?s How Original Korean people do when they eat Korean bbq but with this place you?ll have toorder those side dishes with your server,They?ll not bring it unless you ask for,Which I have never experience this in anyKorean bbq place I?ve been to.I understand they might try to save cost by not wasting those left over side dishes but it?s justnot How Korean bbq place suppose to be. Meat quality was not great but wasn?t bad either,I would give them a OK quality.The mostdisappointed item I would have to give it to ?Thin Slice Beef Brisket? Though.Normally when you put this kind of brisket on thegrilled it would almost melted and when you eat the texture should be soft and melted into your mouth but the brisket here wastough and chewy,Which this was my first time I had a slice brisket that was this hard. Another things I have to talk about wasthe tofu stew soup.They serve in a small bowl with a plastics spoon just like what you get from a cheap buffet.I have never seenany Korean bbq place does that! It will usually serve in a hot stone bowl,So it will remain hot for a while but the soup tastewasn?t bad,It?s was another a OK again. The best things on this visit was staffs,They are all so great! Make sure we got what wewant,Grilled had changed as much as we want,Every time someone walked by they?re always make sure we?re doing ok,Love it! So thestars was basically for the service. Overall in my personal opinion,This place wasn?t a great or awesome Korean bbq but it?swasn?t bad either,It was OK. Will we come back for a second time when we?re in the area? We Read more
Me and my g/f stopped by this afternoon for lunch, we were seated without a wait and were quickly greeted by our server and got... our drinks ordered, I got water and she ordered strawberry lemonade and was told refills were not free (no problem I'm alreadypaying $25+ per plate) the price of 20$ on Google is absolutely incorrect, conveniently. We ordered the all you can eat meat,we were immediately greeted with dirty utensils (see photos). Told the server and he took care of it, was brought shrimp wenever ordered, server took care of it again. After cooking several portions they swapped out our grill with a new dirty grill(see photos), server apologized and took care of it again. To top this all off I'm watching another server fill containers ofsauce and putting lids on them, she drops 4 or 5 on the floor, looks around picks them up and starts putting them overcontainers. It's kinda gross no? On top of dirty utensils and grills it rubbed me the wrong way with this place. So, for $25+ aplate with food I ultimately cook myself, the 2 stars are for me. Clean your restaurant up and stop price gouging customerswith sub-standard food. Nobody wants to pay $75+ for anything remotely like that. The broken dishes my utensils were served onis a nice touch too. You get what you pay for right? Read more
This place has 30 options for their Regular option which is more than I?m used to getting. There wasn?t a higher tier option but... with the amount of choices I had, I don?t feel like one was necessary. The list includes seafood options of shrimp and octopuswhich I usually see on other restaurants top tier option. Staff was attentive and friendly. I liked that they had a grill caseto carry the hot grill they removed to protect customers when walking about but at the same time some seemed a little lax withhow they handled them. Did have an issue splitting check in two Read more
It is THE korean bbq place in oxnard. 30 items on the menu, $26.99 per person. Meat was good and our server was attentive. Only... thing I?d mention is when checking in on Yelp, you still have to check in with the front desk staff, wait another 15-30 min,then be seated. Plan ahead when going in a group. Read more
We had the BEST out of our kitchen family meal since 2019 last night! The food was delicious and fresh and our server Kawaii was... exceptional! We will definitely be back! I highly recommend you have a Korean BBQ experience at Gen???????????????????????????? Read more
Staff was extremely rude a party members who could not eat due to medical issues was being charged $27 ?per head? and was asked... to sit at the bar or would be charge? I have never heard such BS in my life. I would never eat here again and don?t recommendanyone else does that wants to be treated with respect. Dishes chipped and broken asked for new one never got. Veryunprofessional. Read more