Taeyang Pocha Korean BBQ SOJU Restaurant Reviews Summary
Category: Korean barbecue restaurant London
Address: 125 Lewisham Way, London, SE14 6QJ, United Kingdom
Phone: +442035738175
Rating: 4.6
based on 139 reviews.
Food Quality
Pros:
"The kimchi dumplings were awesome, too good to share."
"Food was fantastic and delicious, and not too expensive."
"Really tasty chicken and beef which were both favourable and well seasoned."
"Their selection of Korean dishes were literally to die for."
"The beef bibimbap came in a sizzling bowl with an abundance of fresh ingredients, making every bite a treat."
"Absolutely loved the fresh dumplings and the generous portion of the udon noodle soup!"
"The food is on point! 👌 Feels very homemade and authentic."
Cons:
"The portion of meat in the bibimbab is questionable."
"Kimchi was gross, as was the seafood pancake."
"Sundubu - tofu stew - the most disappointing aspect of the entire meal."
"Quite disappointing really as I’ve had great Korean food in the past, I ended up throwing the beef broth down the sink."
"Both main vegetarian dishes were luke warm, a bit too greasy."
"Overpriced, the pancake was soggy and too thick."
"The spicy chicken was disappointingly mild and bland."
Service
Pros:
"The staff are attentive and friendly."
"The service was lovely, came with complimentary side too."
"Polite and friendly service."
"The service is beyond great <3"
"Very kind service staff gives prime service felt me so grateful."
"The staff were so attentive and kind."
"Service was swift and the owner was very friendly."
Cons:
"Waitress wasn’t knowledgeable about the food ingredients and wasn’t friendly."
"The waitress who served us was slow, uninterested and didn’t have a great attitude despite us being only the customers in the restaurant."
"Severe attitude problem when serving and was throwing the plates into the table with grunts."
"The waitress was aggressive in her approach to make us leave."
"Complain about service, particularly the young waitress who is very very rude and impolite."
"Was served meat dumplings instead of vegetable... no care about the severity of what had happened."
"The restaurant is too small and they always only have one waiter so the service is too slow."
Atmosphere
Pros:
"A wonderful addition to New Cross / Lewisham."
"This place is truly amazing! The atmosphere is fantastic, offering authentic Korean food at a conveniently accessible location."
"It's so lovely to go to an authentic Korean restaurant in the heart of south east London."
"The music is really pleasant and fitting with really nice bits of tasteful decoration."
"Loved the ambience and the food."
"The atmosphere is also so vibey i love this place will be coming back :)"
"The restaurant is welcoming with music playing at a pleasant volume and it being a comfortable warmth."
Cons:
"Mixed feelings about that place, I thought it has its own Asian vibe but when we had food it was super average. Like low quality fast food and pricey."
"Restaurant looked a bit grubby."
"Atmosphere and decor was atypical for a Korean restaurant."
"Place itself is scrappy and looks bad from outside, we were about to head back home after seeing it."
"No air conditioning so it gets really hot in there."
"Slightly shabby decor and wonky tables but that doesn't bother us."
"The main reason I'm knocking off a star is that quite a few of the menu options were unavailable when we visited."
Value
Pros:
"Price is definitely bargain, big portion, good quality, nothing to complain!"
"Great fresh Korean food, decent price, and polite service."
"The portions are generous and the prices very reasonable."
"Best Korean bbq and fried chicken with reasonable price."
"Food is really tasty and portions are very generous and pretty cheap for their size too."
"Most things are also under £10 so affordable price."
"Portion-sizes much closer to their Korean equivalent and about 2/3 of the price of other Korean restaurants in town."
Cons:
"It’s quite expensive for the area, however."
"We probably wouldn’t come back and pay full price as it would be expensive, especially for outskirts of Lewisham."
"Quite expensive at £11 - £13 a main for very average and downright bad food."
"It’s not cheap and it’s not worth it - go to New Malden for a real taste of Korea in London."
"Severely overpriced for the portions and quality."
"4 stars because prices are a bit too high for the amount of food."
"Overpriced. 2£ for very small portion of plain rice which was from bottom of the pot."