Spring Korean Bbq

Long story short, spend your money somewhere else it's not worth it here. First of all, service is awful. No greeting when you come in, we had to ask for the server to come take our order and no hint of friendliness from anyone that works there. It simply does not feel welcome to dine here and it's so sad to see one of my favorite childhood restaurants reach a new low like this. There used to be a time this place was affordable for all families, I was shocked to find one serving of marinated bbq was $56 today. When you are paying a premium, you expect premium meat but I only tasted a marginal difference from before. I also expected the beef to be free of white chewy fat for such a high price but I set my expectations too high and obviously this wasn't the case. They also have young inexperienced servers who had no idea how to pace cooking the meat so that customers always eat hot, fresh off the grill meat. We ended up with 2 servings of cold meat and had to eat in a hurry to prevent it from being stone cold. I'm guessing the owner could sense our disappointment, when I went up to pay the check, he basically threw the card back at me without a word and literally left right away. I wanted to leave no tip for everything I experienced but stil left some for the servers who were somewhat helpful. I only left 2 stars for the nostalgia I still feel for this place, but as a kbbq enthusiast there are so many better, affordable and friendly options nearby I will not recommend this place to anyone else or will I ever come back to this establishment.

We were a party of two. My friend and I were craving Korean BBQ and found the wait time for a few other popular ones were over 1 hr. So we ended up coming here. But there was a reason why this restaurant did not have a line on a Saturday night in the Bay Area.... The price increase was crazy. The Such Bul KalBi dish we ordered was $55.99 before tax. This has increased 30% compared to 7 months ago. Maybe I'm late to this information. But I wish my salary inflated at the same rate. The service was poor. We waited a long time until someone came and took our orders. It seemed like they prioritized grilling for existing customers who had food on their tables instead of new customers. Not until we started ordering, they told us we had to order at least 2 items from the wood-fired section to be able to sit at the BBQ table. Wish we knew earlier. So we didn't get the BBQ experience (or any lettuce) yet was charged the exact same amount of money. The food was fine. I might be a bit hung up on the Such Bul KalBi. But some pieces were so hard to chew. I felt like I wasted 10 bucks bc of that... Flavor wise, I liked the Tteok-bokki and the soup. Will not visit again.