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Gyu-Kaku is a chain of casual dining restaurants that serves a variety of Japanese-style cuisine for lunch and dinner. Its restaurants offer filet mignon, shrimp garlic, asparagus, lettuce wraps and lobster tails. The chain s restaurants provide chicken breasts, salads and beef dishes. Gyu-Kaku s restaurants also serve several appetizers, soups and seafood items. Its restaurants offer fried rice, pork dishes and noodles. The chain s restaurants serve desserts, including banana chocolate ice cream, and cheesecake. Gyu-Kaku s restaurants provide several white and red wines, such as chardonnay, sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio, pinot noir, merlot, cabernet sauvignon and shiraz. It is a part of REINS Int'l U.S.A. Company.
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- Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ Dining
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Our favorite place in town
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For sure our favorite place in town. There is a grill in the middle of the table and you cook your own food. Takes about 5min, it is super cool. Service is awesome, very professional, waiters are on top of it. Highly recommend going during happy hour (everything half off). The kids love this place, always bugging to go. Its the birthday choice for out teenager. If we go during happy hour we drop about $50 - $60 for the four of us (including 30-35% tip). J
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Poor Food Standards.
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I got FOOD POISONING here. You can't get sick from undercooked beef so it must be either their sanitation standards or improper food storage. I skipped lunch before I came, so it couldn't have been anything else I ate that day. On top of it all, the waiter insisted that we pay. I was too sick to know that. Otherwise I would've puked on him to make my point. Bad food and rude staff. F- in my book.
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All the meat is nice and lean and the…
All the meat is nice and lean and the veggies are super fresh here. But the highlights are the spicy garlic noodles and the skirt steak -- crazy delicious. Not much of a wine or beer list (other than Sapporo and Asahi, which is fine), but they do have a few decent sakes. Surprisingly healthy!
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Favorite Place to Eat
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I have been a customer of Gyu-Kaku for about a year now. I can not get over their great food and service. Korean BBQ is a great invention and very creative. I will continue being their customer for the times to come. Give it a try you will not regret it.
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Great place for a romanic date.
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I Like this place. its just like this place i go to in culver city called GYENARI. which i LOVE. there similar but im a fan of korean.
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LOVE IT!
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I LOVE this place! This is always a go-to favorite of mine with friends or out of town guests. The food is high quality, and since you cook it yourself at the table you have control over how rare or well done you like it. I haven't had one dish here that I did not like. Great sake selection - the flavored sake is REALLY good (don't know the name, ask for it). The atmosphere is fun fun fun and the service staff is smiley and attentive. You really do need a reservation as the space is small, and the grill in the middle of the table makes it rather warm (don't wear heavy sweaters!). I HIGHLY recommend this restaurant for a date or a large group of friends.
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Great Japanese BBQ
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If you are looking for high quality Japanese BBQ, then this is the place for you. I have tried pretty much everything on the menu, and you cannot go wrong. The vegetables are always fresh and the meat is top quality. Bear in mind though, with the quality comes a price. A person can expect to spend around $50 a person on a meal. It is worth it though. The service and the food are always top notch.
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Over priced food, digusting small portions, fake Kobe, msg overload,
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Hello everyone \r \r Okay people this is korean BBQ sold at a higher price and smaller portions so please just go to any korean bbq in koreatown it will taste 10 times better and you'll actually get full for a lot less, wouldnt you rather go some place authentic its korean food why go to a Japanese restaurant. \r \r I know someone that use to prep food at GYU KAKU and they even put MSG in the rice to make it taste better and Glisten(pointless I know)...also please note the HIGHLY price ""kobe"" beef on the menu is not fully kobe it is half kobe half cow, just ask any manager next time you go there. Service is okay. Food tastes okay but wouldnt anything taste great if you added that much msg and who knows what else. I always use to get stomach aches after eating here, I don't go here anymore and wouldn't recommend it.\r \r \r I recommend: \r \r Chosun Galbee Restaurant\r 3330 W Olympic Blvd\r Los Angeles, CA 90019\r Phone: (323) 734-3330\r \r Soot Bulll Jeep\r 3136 W 8th St\r Los Angeles, CA 90005-1903\r Phone: (213) 387-3865
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Cheap..
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Just alright... cheap food but you don't get much.. after couple times... it gets played out.\r not many choices on wines. the service is very japanese... loud,hectic, everywhere...\r it was just ok. the food is kinda bad.. if you want cheap food. go there.
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LOVES IT! How Can You Not?!
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After being a gyu kaku regular, I hadn?t been to the one in Beverly hills for quite a while. I was surprised to see that they had a new decor considering all the newer built ones were looking much better than this one but now they are definitely on top. our waiter forgot my cocktail and I never cared to mention it and it was not on our bill. So that aggravated me because I was in denial that he really forgot so I just was over it. My favorite is the harami miso I always get 2 orders of that and never get any other type of meat dish because I?ve tried the others before and never liked them. I really like the original bimbiya but I get it w/o seaweed I find that it tastes much better that way, and w/ brown rice instead of white. It says that it has chicken in there but you can barely even find a piece, they need to put more in there. I love their gyu kaku salad but ask for the dressing on the side or else your salad will be soaked in it. Since their renovation, I noticed that one of their sauces in the white ceramic spout container was the same but it was watered down and I found that to be really weird, I mean it still tasted pretty much the same but I liked it when it was thicker. The Chilean seabass is really good I liked it a lot. For some reason our food (chicken, meats, etc) would always stick to the grill but this time our waiter brushed it with sesame oil which I was so happy to see. Our meats still stick but not as bad as before, they need to brush a little more on. Don?t bother with the chicken it's always tasteless. By the way don?t order the sweet potatoes because they?re not the traditional yams that you might think of they?re these Japanese sweet potatoes that are white & firm. I?ve been to the ones in Topanga and Rancho Cucamonga and both serve sushi & for some reason this 1 hasn?t caught on yet which is very disappointing. I just went there on March 21st and they still don?t have sushi. F.Y.I. the menu prices have gone up.
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Fun for groups
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We love going here. My husband loves the hirame miso and I love the bibimbop. It's a good idea to make reservations. It gets packed.
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good time
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I have had lots of other meals here, and everything I've tried is awesome. The wait staff is so friendly, very attentive too. I am a regular so I go there alot by myself and feel comfortable.
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KOBE Beef!! MmMmMm...
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Let me just start off by saying: you WILL come out of this place smelling like smokey marinated meat. I don't care if they use downdraft smokeless braziers-BBQ is BBQ. That being said...ladies- this is a small teeny tiny price to pay for awesomely delicious marinated kobe beef. I, myself, am not a huge fan of meat in general- but Gyu-Kaku's kobe beef is to die for!! I also enjoyed their garlic marinated kalbi (beef short ribs). Delish~* Oh!! Another perk of visiting the Beverly Hills location on La Cienega- this is a great area to star gaze (celeb stars that is)!! Last time some friends and I spotted Method Man!! Yep- complete with wife n' kids- just dining out with the fam. Gyu-Kaku is definitely worth checking out. Sure, your locks won't smell of Pantene the rest of the night, but c'mon it's Method Man + family and you get kobe beef !!
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Fun times
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Just went there last weekend for a friends birthday dinner. We all had a great time. The food was good, our waiter was a little slow at first but he apologized and was up to speed after that. Prices are decent as well. I would recommend the tofu salad. Super yummy dressing.
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great for friendly outings.
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I took my boyfriend here for his birthday after coming here with friends a previous time. Had a great time on both occasions and would consider returning. The food is good and the service as well. It's a very casual atmosphere, but looks serious only due to the fact that it's on restaurant row. I'm sure there's better places, but the overall experience is good. however, (this may be from just that one couple) i wouldn't recommend a first date at this location. the atmosphere asks for people who are comfortable with each other and sharing a grill with little to no physical interaction due to the burning hot pit in between you just isn't good for first dates.
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Another do it yourself place
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A nice place for traditional Japanese charcoal BBQ. It?s a fun experience but cooking your own food is a lot of work! Besides BBQ they have other Korean food favorites. I'm a really fan of pickled vegetables! \r They have a pretty good variety of foods. A must try is the Enoki mushrooms BBQ on the grill in the foil pouch. \r Though the menu is fairly meat and seafood centric, they do have a tofu platter and lots of great vegetables you can BBQ.
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Great food, great service & fun for group also
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The moment we got in, the hostess sat us promtly. Our waiter was great to explain to us about the way their food prepared and how to order it. The food was so great & thank you to our waiter recommendation the the Beef with Miso sauce, it was the best dish. The Spicy Tuna Avocado Salad was a great portion & was so tasty. We loved it. The Mushroom Medley was a MUST. Grilled for 2 minutes each side & it was so fresh to eat.\r \r The Hot sake 300ml bottle was very smooth & at $30, totally worth it to try. Don't forget the dessert, the Banana Chocolate was also a MUST.\r \r We came with a small baby, so it was a little hot for the baby, but its a beautiful place for couples or a group of friends. Highly recommended. We will definitely come back for more.
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Great date place
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I was introduced to Gyu-Kaku on a date once and had a lovely time. Cooking your own meats and vegtables in their steamers make for great conversation. I'd gladly go back!
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Absolutely Amazing!
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I've been going to Gyu-Kaku for over a year now, and I just can't get enough. The other reviewers state that it's not ""authentic"" Korean BBQ, and that is definitely true. However, they fail to realize that it's not a Korean BBQ restaurant, it's Japanese! Of course, there are a lot of Korean-inspired dishes, but you can't expect exact Korean BBQ from a Japanese restaurant. To be honest, I think Gyu-Kaku's food tastes much better than Korean BBQ, which I also have frequently. I never know exactly what to get, so I get a little bit of everything. One thing you should ask for is butter-garlic sauce. It costs a dollar extra, and apparently it's a ""hidden"" item that the servers came up with. Use it as a dip for your beef. Stay away from the Kobe beef though: I ordered it once, and it really wasn't up to par with other Kobe I've had. Gyu-Kaku has a great dining atmosphere which is good for groups of friends, and still manages to be great for dates. The waitstaff is incredibly friendly and all of them have been very entertaining and funny. The food CAN be somewhat pricey, especially when you start drinking (trust me: have a Kirin with your food), but it's worth every penny. Enjoy!!!!
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affordable delicious healthy food
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This place is so much fun and the food is fantastic! Very affordable too. Would be fun for a group!
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