Korean Bbq (buffe) Around Sukhumvit Area

falkan · May 6, 2010

Will find me in Bangkok a few days and will stay on Sukhumvit somewhere. Where there are no cheap Korean BBQ? (all you can eat) here in Phuket costs 100-150tbh, any similair along Sukhumvit or in range of 20-30min by cab or skytrain

dosent need to be just korean but all you can eat is allways nice for a low price..

Spaniel · May 6, 2010

You could try looking in 'Koreatown", I think that's what they call it. Their are a couple of Korean rest. there and maybe one of them offers a buffet. It's located on the corner of Sukhumvit, soi 12. If you're just interested in a buffet then check out the thread currently running about buffets in Bangkok. Plenty of suggestions there.

Matjesill · May 6, 2010

There is an excellent meat place, "Best Beef", where you can eat as much as you like for 199 at Sukhumvit opposite Soi 77. It's worth the extra money. Good prices for beer too!

SlumdogMillionaire · May 6, 2010

S D Moogataaa,

Petchburi road, oppositse big Italthai building,

199 baht all you can eat including live big ass shrimps in the tank! Good fun trying to catch the buggers!

Def worth a short taxi ride. Trust me quality, go all the time!

Takeo · May 6, 2010

I can second Matjesill's choice. Very good price for all u can eat. Not a bad location too, only 5 mins from onnut bts station. It is on Sukhumvit liek Matjesill said opposite where u can turn into soi 77.

Gluestick · May 6, 2010

There are buffets in Thonglor as well.

surangw · May 6, 2010

a good one on Soi Lang Suan just a few meters form Central Dept Store, as it goes these days, can find it, but can't think of the name

kites · May 6, 2010

I was walking around. Saw this one at the intersection of Surawong and Narathiwat road.

Korean Buffet Bhat 450 PP

Beef, pork chicked and seafood

Icecream Pepsi free

SamPoong Korean BBQ

022337692

Let us know how it is.

trajan · May 10, 2011

a good one on Soi Lang Suan just a few meters form Central Dept Store, as it goes these days, can find it, but can't think of the name

its called KING KONG YAKINUKU

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=315477542335&v=photos

lomatopo · May 11, 2011

I like Daidoman, many locations. For the OP the easiest might be at Major Sukhumvit, at the Ekkamai BTS stop. I forget the buffet price but they do have a true charcoal grill.

thaihome · May 11, 2011

There is one in Times Square on the second level just before the connection to the BTS walkway.

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mauiguy90 · May 11, 2011

There's one called Family BBQ. It costs either 99 baht or 119 baht(haven't been there recently). Its just off the MRT station at Petchburi. They have a good assortment of pre-cooked food as well as food that you barbeque yourself.

There's also another one at the far end of Sukhumvit 39 where it meets with Petchburi Road. The prices are similar to Family Barbeque. Both places have an extra charge for everything you get including the barbeque grill itself, ice, cold napkins, etc.

Most of these barbeque or "muu gaa ta" places are ridiculously cheap. In the past, they were several on Sukhumvit. However, since these barbeque places are fairly large and have had street front locations, they are slowly disappearing and being replaced by----condos. Enjoy these barbeque places while they last...

Kilgore Trout · May 14, 2011

There is an excellent meat place, "Best Beef", where you can eat as much as you like for 199 at Sukhumvit opposite Soi 77. It's worth the extra money. Good prices for beer too!

went there the other night; not impressed in the least; neither was my wife (Thai).

Agree that the beer is cheap though.

detectivethai · May 15, 2011

The poster has asked about Korean Buffet's and most posters have tried to help by offering Thai (ka taa) buffetts which there are many. They are not the same as Korean buffets but are cheap and some specialise in pork (muu) or beef (neua). The Korean buffets are usually indoor chain stores that can be found in shopping malls. For the (ka taa) ones try the leads given and add in Best Beef (On Nut) and one just 2 stops from Sukhumvit on MRT to Param 9. Rathchada soi 4 (actually there are 2 there) outside the Thai night club opposite side to Fortune Mall.

Bingo66 · May 15, 2011

There's one called Family BBQ. It costs either 99 baht or 119 baht(haven't been there recently). Its just off the MRT station at Petchburi. They have a good assortment of pre-cooked food as well as food that you barbeque yourself.

There's also another one at the far end of Sukhumvit 39 where it meets with Petchburi Road. The prices are similar to Family Barbeque. Both places have an extra charge for everything you get including the barbeque grill itself, ice, cold napkins, etc.

Most of these barbeque or "muu gaa ta" places are ridiculously cheap. In the past, they were several on Sukhumvit. However, since these barbeque places are fairly large and have had street front locations, they are slowly disappearing and being replaced by----condos. Enjoy these barbeque places while they last...

This has to be the same as Family BBQ and he asked for "Korean" this is not korean, it's a normal thai buffet. It's 109bht or 199 bht for crab, It's also a rip off, they hide things like 15% servive charges and 50bht for ice.

King Kong is also not korean, it's japanese.

Or ask a taxi driver if you are feeling lucky, Gao-Lee Boo-Fay tee-nii.

Edited May 15, 2011 by Bingo66

RakJungTorlae · May 15, 2011

Family BBQ around Bangkok offers a Korean style BBQ and with Manny Thai food But they have Korean pork belly and marinated chicken , also sushi, kimchi and little japan and Korean dishes 99 for meat set and 199 for add on sea food. Big shrimps, crab, ect..

The closest i could think of is Huay Kwang MRT.

RakJungTorlae · May 15, 2011

There's one called Family BBQ. It costs either 99 baht or 119 baht(haven't been there recently). Its just off the MRT station at Petchburi. They have a good assortment of pre-cooked food as well as food that you barbeque yourself.

There's also another one at the far end of Sukhumvit 39 where it meets with Petchburi Road. The prices are similar to Family Barbeque. Both places have an extra charge for everything you get including the barbeque grill itself, ice, cold napkins, etc.

Most of these barbeque or "muu gaa ta" places are ridiculously cheap. In the past, they were several on Sukhumvit. However, since these barbeque places are fairly large and have had street front locations, they are slowly disappearing and being replaced by----condos. Enjoy these barbeque places while they last...

This has to be the same as Family BBQ and he asked for "Korean" this is not korean, it's a normal thai buffet. It's 109bht or 199 bht for crab, It's also a rip off, they hide things like 15% servive charges and 50bht for ice.
King Kong is also not korean, it's japanese.

Or ask a taxi driver if you are feeling lucky, Gao-Lee Boo-Fay tee-nii.

Chinese invented Hot Pot. Korean made BBQ, Japanese shabu shabu.

I think he just means korean style Bqq, Thai style would be roasting frogs and Bugs..

normally Ice is 50 baht

jfchandler · May 16, 2011

There is an excellent meat place, "Best Beef", where you can eat as much as you like for 199 at Sukhumvit opposite Soi 77. It's worth the extra money. Good prices for beer too!

We're really talking about two related, but different things here: Thai BBQ buffet places, and Korean BBQ buffet places....per the OP's original request.

Best Beef a short walk from the On Nut BTS station is one of the better quality Thai moo krata places....Their buffet consists of about 20 different meat, seafood and vegetable items.... But it's not a traditional buffet with big bins of food sitting out. Rather, and better in IMHO, you order off the buffet list from your waitress and they bring individual serving places to your table for cooking on charcoal BBQ pots....

However, there's nothing Korean about Best Beef at all, except that for some reason, they have kimchi as one of the buffet item choices. In all other respects, it's a Thai BBQ place with Thai sauces and Thai style. You have choice choice of cooking styles 199 baht for grill cooking, or 249 baht for soup pot cooking.

Re the Korean shopping center at Suk Soi 12, there are several Korean restaurants there including an overpriced Arirang outlet... But, I haven't noticed a Korean buffet there.... Korean BBQ yes.... but the pay per plate type.

For Korean BBQ buffet places (one price, eat as much as you want), the largest concentration seems to be on Soi Thong Lo just up from Sukhumvit Road.... There are several places within the couple blocks up from Sukhumvit that offer that style, particularly at lunch time....for around 300 baht per person...Korean style, Korean sauces, and the traditional small bowl servings of kimchi and other vegetables served as accompaniment with your meal.

dddave · May 16, 2011

There is a Korean Buffet on Sukhumvit 71, (Phra Khanong) between soi's 9 and 11, directly opposite the JUSCO shopping center.

They advertise a B199 lunch buffet, don't know about dinner.

BTS to Phra Khanong, take "exit-3" to Suk., taxi to restaurant about B40, or take any of the following buses: 40, 71, 133, 501 Ring the buzzer when you see the KFC on the right.

mauiguy90 · May 16, 2011

What's all the clatter about? I guess some folks just never learned how to read properly. The OP said specifically said "dosent need to be just korean but all you can eat is allways nice for a low price.." Let's not get picky about the type of BBQ since the OP apparently is open to either thai or Korean BBQ's.

However just want to note that the Korean BBQ across from JUSCO is not there anymore. I also picked up a condo brochure which describes a similar location to where Family BBQ is (or used to be). It may be gone as well. As noted, these thai BBQ places make great locations for new condos.

jfchandler · May 16, 2011

Please forgive me for pointing out that Thai BBQ and Korean BBQ are not at all the same....

But then, perhaps there are members here who only care about stuffing their faces, and don't really give a whit about whether they're eating Thai or Korean style dishes....

Best Beef is one of my favorite Thai BBQ places.. But anyone reading this thread and going there expecting to get Korean BBQ is going to be sorely disappointed. Korean BBQ it is not.

The subject of the thread, after all, is "Korean Bbq (buffet) Around Sukhumvit Area."

Bingo66 · May 16, 2011

There's one called Family BBQ. It costs either 99 baht or 119 baht(haven't been there recently). Its just off the MRT station at Petchburi. They have a good assortment of pre-cooked food as well as food that you barbeque yourself.

There's also another one at the far end of Sukhumvit 39 where it meets with Petchburi Road. The prices are similar to Family Barbeque. Both places have an extra charge for everything you get including the barbeque grill itself, ice, cold napkins, etc.

Most of these barbeque or "muu gaa ta" places are ridiculously cheap. In the past, they were several on Sukhumvit. However, since these barbeque places are fairly large and have had street front locations, they are slowly disappearing and being replaced by----condos. Enjoy these barbeque places while they last...

This has to be the same as Family BBQ and he asked for "Korean" this is not korean, it's a normal thai buffet. It's 109bht or 199 bht for crab, It's also a rip off, they hide things like 15% servive charges and 50bht for ice.
King Kong is also not korean, it's japanese.

Or ask a taxi driver if you are feeling lucky, Gao-Lee Boo-Fay tee-nii.

Chinese invented Hot Pot. Korean made BBQ, Japanese shabu shabu.

I think he just means korean style Bqq, Thai style would be roasting frogs and Bugs..

normally Ice is 50 baht

I've been to other buffets that had more varietys, hotpot didn't burn your face and generally tasted better. no service charge, ice reasonbley priced and better service.

Family BBQ Buffet - 2 people 500bht ~ (service charge hidden on bin and they expct a tip)

Hotpot chain buffet, indoor, nice ac and sushi etc, 2 people 450bt ~

Other buffets i've been to that are better (see above) then family bbq, 2 people inc tip 280-300bht~

So no I wouldn't recommand family bbq and its hardly korean style, its 2 thai rice dishs, some poor sushi, thai seafood and a few pieces of meat.

ChristopherWilliamsBKK · May 16, 2011

There is an excellent meat place, "Best Beef", where you can eat as much as you like for 199 at Sukhumvit opposite Soi 77. It's worth the extra money. Good prices for beer too!

went there the other night; not impressed in the least; neither was my wife (Thai).

Agree that the beer is cheap though.

I went there 2 weeks ago and found it very good

jfchandler · May 16, 2011

Ditto, it's one of my Thai wife's favorite places for eating out....mainly because she's a fiend for eating grilled beef... and that's what Best Beef and its buffet is mainly about...

We've probably eaten there a couple dozen times in the past couple years, and never had a bit of stomach problems thereafter...

Unfortunately, can't say the same thing for a lot of the traditional Thai moo krata places around BKK where the raw meats sit out all afternoon and evening in big metal bins...

jfchandler · June 22, 2011

However just want to note that the Korean BBQ across from JUSCO is not there anymore.

Just to confirm the above, the Korean BBQ buffet place on Soi 71 is indeed closed/gone...

The name was Go Ki Jip, and there are still references to it on the web in various places, now out-of-date, of course.

However, the same restaurant does have another branch in the Thong Lor area, and we confirmed it by calling and speaking with them today.

Their address says Soi Thong Lor 20 with a phone of 02-714-9300.

The Phra Kanong location was more BTS friendly, whereas the Thong Lor location, I gather, is farther up from Sukhumvit and closer to Petchburi Road.

My wife didn't want to make the trek, so we went back to a Korean BBQ Buffet place we'd been to once before called Dawon, located on the left side of Thong Lor and a quick walk of about two blocks up from Sukhumvit Road and the Thong Lor BTS station. At present, they're offering a pork BBQ buffet, with all the Korean sides, for 290 baht all day, from lunch until closing. And then they're offering a beef version of the same deal for 490 baht, I believe.

For their beef price, I'd stick with the Thai style Best Beef buffet restaurant on Sukhumvit Road near On Nut BTS for 199 baht. But for more authentic Korean style dishes, the 290 baht pork buffet at Dawon is quite a good value. I believe they have a two-hour limit with the buffet.

And today, their service was good and attentive. Asked for more lettuce slices, asked for more chilis, asked for more kimchi, and all were brought promptly... Drinks refilled quickly and charred grill plates regularly replaced. Each table also has its own kind of suction tube to suck up whatever smoke is coming up off the charcoal bucket grill that inset into the tables, meaning you don't come away smelling like BBQ, at least not too much.

jfchandler · July 11, 2011

Just a couple of updates here...

Apparently, the place on Thong Lor Soi 20 is still a Korean restaurant, but no longer a branch of Go Ki Tip...

My wife's on a Korean food binge lately, so we've been out exploring in that regard...

The other day, we found the new location of Go Ki Jip is located on Suk Soi 34, about 100 meters off the main road, just a short walk from the Thong Lor BTS station.

We had a pretty good Korean BBQ buffet for 299 baht apiece combined with their "all-you-can drink in two hours" nicely chilled Asahi beer buffet for 199 baht each. They appear to offer both the BBQ buffet and the beer buffet for both lunch and dinner. I forgot to ask whether the beer buffet was also available with regular ala carte orders...in addition to with their buffet.

We ended up meeting the Korean owner or manager who speaks English, and was quite a good host. However, on arrival, we first got a Thai waiter who didn't have a clue and, among other things, neglected bringing all the Korean side dishes to our meal like kimchi until we were half-way through. The owner-manager confirmed that Go Ki Jip's former locations on Soi 71 and Thong Lor both had been replaced by the current Suk Soi 34 location.

Overall, I's say their offerings weren't quite as authentic and polished as you might find elsewhere, and the buffet includes no beef choices....just various versions of pork, chicken and shrimp/squid. But we nonetheless ate until we were overstuffed and had more than our fill of Asahi...and ended up not doing much for the rest of the afternoon...

My wife particularly liked their marinated squid, while I was partial to their pre-cooked spicy chicken stew that they call "doritang," which tasted a lot like and had the consistency of a Japanese chicken curry but with a bit more spicy and topped with sesame seeds.

See the following info below:

midasthailand · July 11, 2011

There is a Korean BBQ place on Soi 22 just near Honey house 1 hotel and Larry's Bar. I went there a week ago, taste was fine but total cost for two was 1,400!!! Way too expensive for a cook it yourself restaurant.

jfchandler · July 11, 2011

Meanwhile, we also ended up trying the BSD Dubu House Korean restaurant in the basement of the Ploenchit Center on Sukhumvit Road at Suk Soi 2... about halfway between the Ploenchit and Nana BTS stations, though probably a bit closer to Ploenchit.

While they have a quite extensive ala carte menu with entrees in the 200 to 500 baht a piece range, we also discovered they're currently offering Korean BBQ buffet for 290 baht for lunch or dinner, minimum two persons ordering. The buffet isn't mentioned/listed on their regular menu, but they have it on a separate printed flyer, meaning perhaps their buffet is just a temporary offer.

But unlike Go Ki Jip, BSD's buffet is only a couple varieties of pork and one of marinated chicken, but no shrimp, squid or beef. And no seafood pancake unlike Go Ki Jip, where each order arrives with only two slices.

However, BSD's buffet entrees are prepared with a bit more polish, and their selection of Korean side dishes like kimchi is a bit more traditional and authentic compared to Go Ki Jip... The service from our waitress was quite good and attentive. I ordered iced green tea, and without me having to ask, she brought a full metal pitcher to the table filled with iced tea and just left it there for our meal.

We were a bit nervous when we first walked in on a Sunday early afternoon, and found the place was absolutely empty, even though the Middle Eastern restaurant opposite was doing quite good business. But the food was good, and during our stay, several other parties came in, including a large party of Koreans and everyone seemed satisfied with their meals, as we were.

Afterward, I asked my wife which she preferred between Go Ki Jip and BSD, and she said Go Ki Jip because of its shrimp and squid in their buffet... For me, it's a toss-up... The beer buffet and the broader entree selection at Go Ki Jip are nice... but the preparation and side dishes from BSD are much better, resembling the Koreatown restaurants I'm familiar with from Los Angeles.

See the info on BSD below:

jfchandler · July 11, 2011

There is a Korean BBQ place on Soi 22 just near Honey house 1 hotel and Larry's Bar. I went there a week ago, taste was fine but total cost for two was 1,400!!! Way too expensive for a cook it yourself restaurant.

That's one of the things that make the real Korean buffets (as opposed to the Thai BBQs like Best Beef) a nice feature... you get your choice of quite a range of entree BBQ items typically, along with all you can eat of the usual Korean side dishes...

To have the same range and quantity of food that you get via their buffets ordered from the same restaurants' ala carte menus easily would hit the 1,400 baht amount for a couple that you mentioned or even higher... certainly higher in the case of how much we eat there...

Depending on the Korean restaurant, the pork entrees usually are in the 200 to 300 baht apiece range... Seafood 300 to 400 baht range... And beef seemingly in the 350 to 500 baht range... And those prices aren't for the fancy, upscale environment places... Do the math, and it would add up pretty quickly.

jfchandler · July 11, 2011

BTW, I had mentioned above the Dawon Korean BBQ buffet on Soi Thong Lor just a bit up from the main Sukhumvit Road on the left hand side of the street... but I didn't include their detailed info... so let me do that now...

They offer a ongoing 490 baht buffet with beef and everything else, and a 290 baht buffet with pork, but no beef, and everything else.... both for lunch and dinner. My wife and I both had their 290 baht pork focused buffet.

Dawon offers a good selection of entrees and a good array of traditional side dishes... The service the couple of times we've been there has been attentive... I will say, however, that the last time I was there for a meal I had a sudden need to rush home shortly afterward ... not something that ever happens with me including when I eat Korean food at many different places...