Spicy Grill London Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is very good."
• "The food tastes great too."
• "The food was tasty, nice portions."
• "The food is delicious especially the bulgogi."
• "The soup and the noodle soup is amazing, that’s REAL soup, not just soup made with chicken powder or else."
• "The food itself was fresh and generous."
• "Really good Korean food."

Cons:

• "The portion of kanpoongi prawns which cost us almost a tenner is appalling, hardly filled half of the small foil box and the prawns were so tiny more like little shrimps."
• "Pork foot doesn’t taste good, a bit dry and very “porky” taste."
• "The army base stew tasted a little bit like western food so it wasn't that great."
• "The flavour of the food also has changed, somewhat different from when we dine in couple months ago, soft tofu stew was tasteless."
• "Ttobokki portion was very small and rice cake very overcooked and mushy."
• "A lot of the food was quite sweet and having eaten my own main followed by a bit of another main, felt it was sugar overkill."
• "Absolutely tasteless bibimbap."

Service

Pros:

• "Friendly and efficient service."
• "Well worth the tip! (Which he tried to give back 😁)"
• "Staff were friendly and polite."
• "Special thanks to the Korean male waiter who was extremely welcoming and friendly."
• "The server was so, so nice."
• "The staff was very good about it told me I could order anything else and didn't charge us for it and even brought us a free ice cream at the end of the meal."
• "Staff are kind and helpful."

Cons:

• "Tip automatically added on which was sneaky, despite very minimal and poor service."
• "We were waiting for 30 minutes for waitress."
• "Sometimes when it gets very busy, service may be a bit slow."
• "We were surrounded by tables that had yet to be cleaned and there was cutlery missing from the centre of the table."
• "Place is understaffed so service was slow, had to wait half an hour for drinks."
• "The service is utterly terrible."
• "Service could be alot better, staff need motivation."

Atmosphere

Pros:

• "relaxing atmosphere."
• "Atmosphere lively."
• "The atmosphere is really lively."
• "The vibe is nice and chilled too."
• "it felt like the authentic experience."
• "A lovely and atmospheric Korean BBQ restaurant that is situated local to my uni."
• "The staff was welcoming, and the atmosphere was cozy."

Cons:

• "The restaurant is a bit chaotic and smoky."
• "Restaurant is VERY loud and crowded."
• "Your clothes and hair will smell like Korean bbq after."
• "the place is clean but the smell inside was smoky."
• "There is no ventilation inside so our cloths still stinks of food two days after."
• "Space is limited for a buggy let alone the high chairs!"
• "Tables very close together."

Value

Pros:

• "Considering that we also had beers and soju (Korean traditional alcohol) the price was fair!"
• "The meal deals are also good value."
• "Not only is this place authentic, it has the best Korean food in London at a reasonable price."
• "The price means everyone can afford and enjoy any time."
• "Each person ended up paying around £25 which I think it’s pretty decent."
• "Amazing food at reasonable price points."
• "Great value as well!!!"

Cons:

• "Menu fairly vast but not cheap per say."
• "The food is okay but a little overpriced."
• "food is alot more expensive."
• "On the 'bad' side I can say that prices are a bit spice for me 😁."
• "The beef from my soup wasn't great."
• "Food was good, nothing special for Korean food in London."
• "They put sugar in bibimbap! Ours were sweet and worst bibimbap we ever had anywhere."