Korean Grill House need not apply

May 1, 2009 8:58 AM

Best Korean Barbeque on Bloor?

I'm taking some friends out for Korean barbeque this weekend, and I'm looking for recommendations for the best grill-at-your-table places, ideally in (but not limited to) the Bloor & Christie corridor. My criteria for evaluation include not only quality and selection of meats, but quality and variety of panchan, other dishes (mandu, pajeon, etc.), atmosphere and such.

posted by TheWhiteSkull to food & drink (7 comments total)

I have the impression that the restaurants on Bloor-Christie don't really do barbecue all that well, at least compared to restaurants in the suburbs. I've heard good things about Miga, which is in Mississauga, and has a new location opening at Bloor and Markham.

One option is Joon's which has cooking at your table, but it's not exactly barbecue in the sense of bulgogi, kalbi, etc. Their specialty is dakgalbi (marinated chicken).

Korean Village (the restaurant with stone walls and no windows) has decent barbecue and good side dishes. It's pretty similar to Korea House both in food and ambiance, further west, across from the PAT Market.

I disliked "LA Sundubu"; they're the place advertising the AYCE barbecue. When I ate there, they didn't grease the cooking plates at all, so the meat kept burning and sticking to it, and their system was to constantly replace them with new plates.

My favorite Korean restaurant in that area is Na Deul Mok, which is right on Bloor and Christie, on the south side. Everything I've tried there has consistently been done very well. I'm not sure if they have grill-on-your-table, though.
posted by pravit at 9:17 AM on May 1 [1 favorite has favorites]

Also, you might find Chowhound useful for this. Here's a thread on Korean BBQ I found.
posted by pravit at 9:20 AM on May 1

I used to live at Bloor and Palmerston; Joon's was my favourite for the table-cooking. Super cheap, tasty food.
posted by krunk at 12:52 PM on May 1

I've enjoyed Korean Grill House on Queen at University.
posted by musofire at 1:56 PM on May 1

Oh, I see the clever title now. Whoops.
posted by musofire at 1:57 PM on May 1

Joon's is delicious. Get the big flat pan of stuff they cook on your table. Regular sauce (it's not very hot, but it's tasty), seafood, chicken, extra vegetable, noodle, rice stick, cheese. It's good.

For Korean BBQ in Toronto-proper, try Korean Grill House- Queen & John or Yonge & Wellesley.
posted by pseudostrabismus at 5:00 PM on May 1

Wait, what's wrong with Korean Grill House?
posted by pseudostrabismus at 5:11 PM on May 1