Taeyang Pocha Korean BBQ SOJU Restaurant Reviews Summary

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."