I am getting the same feedback that BCP is not what it used to be when we were there. Trust me, when we went there there were TWO families and we all thought that there was a lot of food.

As a matter of fact, we ALMOST went to Kim Ga Nae today. I was about 2 blocks away when the boys suddenly kiboshed the idea when I told them it will take more than 1 hour, likely 2. They wanted to go home quick to get back to their computer games (sigh!). KGN is the type of restaurant we will like … we love Korean BBQ!

Ben

Anyways, I think there’s never harm in trying out a new restaurant. thank you for all the reviews, Ben and Suanne :)

By the way, have you ever tried out the $13 all you can eat Korean BBQ lunch in Richmond? It’s called Kim Ga Ne, located across from Aberdeen mall. What do you think of it?

We had their Combo C, which consisted of tofu soup, beef shortribs, jumpcha (sp?), stone pot bugolgi and seafood pancake.

It was filling enough, there were four of us, but the food quality was terrible compared to other Korean restaurants I’ve tried.

The jumpcha and the beef shortribs were swimming in oil. And no joke, the shortribs were 50% meat, and 50% bone+fat. More fat than bone.. and meat for that matter;

The seafood pancake had a marginal amount of seafood in it, and the bugolgi had very little vegetables and meat. In fact, after stirring in the egg and the vegetables, I don’t think I tasted any meat at all.

I’d complain on a different website, but no dining rating site seems to really know this place exists, and good thing too. It’s really not that great;

We paid just under $30 for the med size with all 5 items. Since I am a condemned carnivore, the two slices of hotdogs just didn’t hit the spot for me. For $30 we could have eaten 1/2 a pig in most Chinese eateries =)

IMO this would be a great meal for vegetarians.

BTW they also placed the grill right in front of my three year old son too!

Ordering from the right menu: The menu you have posted in your blog is not the correct one. It is the menu opposite that page that has the rice they fry up for you at the end. The menu you have posted just comes with plain rice. It is a good thing the waitress pointed this out to us.

Service: The ladies that served us were not very strong in English, so that is perhaps the reason why I felt they were avoiding us all night. We had a toddler with us too and they seated us at a table for 4 against the window so my daughter sat in a high chair at the end of the table. The server comes and plops the burner and food right in front of her. Gee, that’s smart! We did not receive water at the beginning of the meal like you did. We had to ask for it several times before we got it. It also took us a few tries before we could order two beers, which were priced well at $3.50 each. They did not give us any dishes to eat off of after they stirred up our food so we had to wave someone down, which was not that easy as the servers were not always around. At one point we had to get up ourselves to look for some extra napkins and other pair of chopsticks. The cooking of the food at the table wasn’t much of a show. It was more like, turn on the burner, a few quick stirs, turn off the burner, enjoy. They gave us the rice soup and only one bowl of the kimchi soup(?) between the four of us at the beginning of our meal, not in between courses. They were also not able to make light conversation with us when we asked about the food as they were cooking it.

Food: The food was tasty but it wasn’t an overabundant amount of food. You say that the large was too much for 4 adults, 2 teenagers and 2 toddlers. We had 4 adults and a toddler who wasn’t eating and we were able to finish everything easily. We are not big eaters, just average. The 5 items for $3 was a bit skimpy. A few slices of hotdog, 1 or 2 dumplings, what cheese?, mostly just instant noodles. I noticed that you were not charged for this on your bill. It wasn’t really a 3 course meal for us as they came by with the noodle stuff seconds after they cooked up the main stuff so it’s more like a 2 course meal. Also, we did not receive any beans sprouts, green onions, cucumbers or green beans in our dish.

Ambiance: It was way too warm it there. The place was only 1/4 full and not everyone was having the fire grill yet the place was so warm when we arrived and stayed that way throughout our meal.

Value: The food came up to about $40 with the extra 5/$3 so for 4 people it was ok but I think I ate more cabbage and rice than anything. Everyone at our table thought that valuewise you could get a lot more at a Chinese restaurant, where they usually have an extensive dinner menu that you can order 4 things off of and get rice, soup and dessert for just under $50.

P.S. Love your blog, B&S! Keep up the great work! :)