cy
Apr 27th, 2009, 03:31 AM
Hi all,
I did a search and seems like no one did a review on this Korean BBQ that's located in Richmond Hill (In the plaza where Destiny, Marlow, Moxie is). It's not a bad place, so I've decided to take a few pics when I went there again tonight.
We took a chance the first time for their late night special, $11.99/person, grill only and it turned out great. The grill was really nice and hot so that the food gets cooked quickly without drying out, compare to the others that have weak and uneven fire.
When we went again tonight, but at the regular dinner hour. The price was $18.99/person. There are way more food than the late night special. One really annoying part that's worth mentioning - No drinks are included, only water is. Perhaps they expect people to go to destiny after since they belongs to the same company?
Service
Their service is decent to great. Everyone is polite and smiling, and feels like they want to be there. However, they sometimes try too hard with their not-so-fluent english that it actually confuses us. The orders came very quickly, but not too accurate. All the sushi (cooked food) didn't come in the first order. We had to check with the waiter not once, but twice to get them. When they finally came, it's all wrong. Alright, it's AYCE, so we'll jsut finish that and order it again. So when we order it again, the waiter didn't write down anything, just nod to whatever we said. 5 mins later, he brought out all these random dishes at random quantity. This part actually bugged us that I had to confirm with the waiter if he wants us to write down our order instead. It might just be for that particular waiter that's having a bad night. Overall, service is great.
Environment
The place itself is nicely lit up. Nicely renovated and very clean. Seats are not tight and table has enough space for everything in the menu.
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/25.jpg
Food
The foods are great. The selection is a little more than what other Korean BBQ offers:
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/1.jpg
As mentioned, their grill is nice and hot, so that the food turns out to be much better than any other grill places. The meat are marinated properly and not too salty. Vegetables are fresh. The quantity of each dish is in a good portion so that you don't need to end up wasting food (given if you didn't order too much). Overall, it's a "good".
Just to share some pictures:
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/2.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/3.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/4.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/5.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/6.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/7.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/8.jpg
<More pics in next post, 10 pics limit /post>
Conclusion
I would give them a 9/10 rating, and would not hesitate to go again. I've went twice, and it's been great both times. Service is consistant, and so is the food.
I am not good at writing reviews, so it's a brief one. If someone can chime in and add their opinion, that would be wonderful.
Contact
Chako Barbeque
(905) 889-7898
163 York Blvd. Richmond Hill
http://www.godestiny.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=35
Cheers,
Chris
I did a search and seems like no one did a review on this Korean BBQ that's located in Richmond Hill (In the plaza where Destiny, Marlow, Moxie is). It's not a bad place, so I've decided to take a few pics when I went there again tonight.
We took a chance the first time for their late night special, $11.99/person, grill only and it turned out great. The grill was really nice and hot so that the food gets cooked quickly without drying out, compare to the others that have weak and uneven fire.
When we went again tonight, but at the regular dinner hour. The price was $18.99/person. There are way more food than the late night special. One really annoying part that's worth mentioning - No drinks are included, only water is. Perhaps they expect people to go to destiny after since they belongs to the same company?
Service
Their service is decent to great. Everyone is polite and smiling, and feels like they want to be there. However, they sometimes try too hard with their not-so-fluent english that it actually confuses us. The orders came very quickly, but not too accurate. All the sushi (cooked food) didn't come in the first order. We had to check with the waiter not once, but twice to get them. When they finally came, it's all wrong. Alright, it's AYCE, so we'll jsut finish that and order it again. So when we order it again, the waiter didn't write down anything, just nod to whatever we said. 5 mins later, he brought out all these random dishes at random quantity. This part actually bugged us that I had to confirm with the waiter if he wants us to write down our order instead. It might just be for that particular waiter that's having a bad night. Overall, service is great.
Environment
The place itself is nicely lit up. Nicely renovated and very clean. Seats are not tight and table has enough space for everything in the menu.
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/25.jpg
Food
The foods are great. The selection is a little more than what other Korean BBQ offers:
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/1.jpg
As mentioned, their grill is nice and hot, so that the food turns out to be much better than any other grill places. The meat are marinated properly and not too salty. Vegetables are fresh. The quantity of each dish is in a good portion so that you don't need to end up wasting food (given if you didn't order too much). Overall, it's a "good".
Just to share some pictures:
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/2.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/3.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/4.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/5.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/6.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/7.jpg
http://www.christography.ca/images/chako/8.jpg
<More pics in next post, 10 pics limit /post>
Conclusion
I would give them a 9/10 rating, and would not hesitate to go again. I've went twice, and it's been great both times. Service is consistant, and so is the food.
I am not good at writing reviews, so it's a brief one. If someone can chime in and add their opinion, that would be wonderful.
Contact
Chako Barbeque
(905) 889-7898
163 York Blvd. Richmond Hill
http://www.godestiny.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=35
Cheers,
Chris