Piggy’s Restaurant

Service: average, mostly cos they are so busy all the time
There’s almost always a line if you go between 6 – 7 pm on weekends.
Food: I love their side dishes, especially their pancake and glass noddles. Their table cooking is average, the meat isn’t the best quality. My favorite dish there is the seafood pancake, cos they don’t cheap out on the seafood. They have a patio for table cooking, but it gets insanely hot in the summer.
Price: average

Sorry Piggy’s. You lose all the star this time. Well… I’m not really that sorry. :p If I could drop it down to a 0, I would have.
Went back for another family meal (6 adults, 3 kids) after making a reservation on a night we knew it would be busy (Saturday night on a Father’s day weekend) only to find that they had given our table away to another group. We had to wait for additional 25 min for another table to pay their bill and the servers to clean up and haphazardly push 2 tables together to create our table. One member of the family had to keep getting up during the meal because the table they had put together for us was blocking the path to the washroom for other patrons seated in the same area. BIG FAIL.
When we were finally seated, our tables had greasy streaks from the table cloth they had used to wipe it down from the previous meal. Gross #1. Then the curious kiddies started opening up the flip top thingy that hides the gas burner starter and there was a glob of rice that was trapped in there from the servers rushing to clean the table. Gross #2. Then when we went to use the washroom, there were flies buzzing around with that distinct urine smell as if they had not cleaned it for days. Gross #3. When we were leaving the washroom, we could see a man butchering up different cuts without a hairnet and the door wide open to the washroom area where we had just seen the flies freely roaming about. Gross #4.
All of these factors really turned me off their otherwise good food. Cleanliness of the restaurant or lack of cleanliness always makes me questions how clean they keep the kitchen and their storage where the food is kept and prepared. Judging from the lack of cleanliness at the table and the washrooms, I’d hate to imagine what it looks like in the kitchen.
It was a hot evening and the A/​C was not on high enough so cooking with charcoal at the table was uncomfortable.
Unless Piggy’s really clean up their act and start doing things better with something as basic as properly cleaning tables, I will not be returning for a 3^rd visit.

Oh what a fun place to have korean bbq! Although their meat is not as high quality as their competititor, Sariwon, they are still very delicious. We ordered a kalbi and a pork dish. Their kalbi was marinated very well but I feel like the marinade might have overpowered the flavour of the meat itself. The pork dish… unbeknownst to us was semi-​grilled already and we had to cook it further. I wasn’t too big of a fan of that one (probably will order something else next time).
In terms of side dishes, there were plenty but really, they didn’t refill that many for you. Gone are the days when you could have unlimited refills on Korean side dishes. :(
Service was amazing — our server so happy and friendly, she made our experience awesome. The meal also comes with a small soon tofu soup, which was very delicious and flavourful too. Dishes do not come with rice but we only ended up ordering one to share.

Came here with a group of 7 and was seated right away on a Friday 7:30pm. Despite being able to walk right into a seat, the restaurant is by no means empty. They have a great variety of items on the menu and the service is AMAZING. Super friendly, responds to requests quickly, and help cook any of your bbq meats (not just at the beginning of the meal, but they come back to check on you and will help continuously cook and cut it for you). Delicious Korean appetizers with the meal and food quality is pretty good too — but on the pricier side for kbbq (minimum required order is 2 servings for each item though…). Don’t forget to check in on Unilocal to get a free pop!

Tasty korean bbq that is super filling. Had the Dae Ji Gal Bi– Korean style marinated pork rib and the flavour was really good. We actually ordered the seafood pancake as well, but just ordering the pork dish definitely would have been more than enough (there was only two of us). Ended up taking most of the pancake to go.

Food was good however customer service, communication & eye contact is a zero. Don’t expect anyone to check up on you, you’ll have to wave someone down. The protein we ordered, although delicious was not what we expected from the picture. We opted to cook at the table. We ordered the #46. I’m surprised because at the price we paid, and at other Korean BBQ establishments, you are given a soup, the egg dish, rice & more toppings. Our meal was abbreviated. We were never offered water, just the hot tea. I asked for a can of soda (pop) and showed them my Unilocal coupon from check-​in. It was reluctantly honored but no one was familiar with the coupon I showed them. Four came to our table to «inspect». They closed the meal with a shot of plum juice. It was really good, I was impressed.

The Good: Service here is AMAZING. Everyone is incredibly friendly, diligent, and, most surprisingly, available. If you so much as glance up from your table, a nearby staff member will notice and run over to ask if there’s anything that you need.
What stands out the most about Piggy’s, other than its 5-​star customer service, is that they grill the food for you, not just at the beginning, but continuously throughout your meal. Pick a few meats (we got a lot of pork: pork belly, pork shoulder, etc.) and a hearty dish to split with your friends (we got bibimbap) and you’ll get a nice taste of everything. The side dishes are also abundant and mouthwatering; my favourite is the salad with their house-​made poppyseed dressing. Couldn’t get enough of it!
The Bad: Piggy’s is a little bit more on the pricy side for korean fare/​bbq (especially since it’s not all you can eat.) However, the servings are more than generous and
The Ugly: Nada.

Amazing!!! For tabletop cooking, really a hard place to beat. Their selection is large. Their specials for traditional food staples like seaweed and mussel soup never fail to impress. The staff are attentive, the table stovetops are powerful, and I’ve been impressed with the quality of ingredients and culinary skill put into everything that is available on their menu. I’ve had soups, mandoo, tabletop, etc. here. Casual enough to bring friends and larger rowdy groups to. I don’t recommend bringing a date here though, unless you’d like to spend the evening in silence! It’s much too loud for conversation, even when you are sitting across from one another. Maybe sitting next to one another will be better? ;)
For the cost-​conscious, the prices are fair and the portions are well-​matched. You are unlikely to leave hungry. They also provide a solid selection of side dishes. I’ve never been here while the patio is open. I hope to this summer.

Food and atmosphere were great for me so I’ll give this place a 4. Service however was not the best but it’ll do.
We came in for lunch on a weekend to find the restaurant fairly busy but we didn’t have to wait. We ordered two, two person orders of Korean BBQ meats, cold noodles, seafood pancake and a rice. For meats, we selected the pork belly (obviously) and a beef dish. The grill came and I was fairly surprised to see that they use charcoal, that was definitely a plus for me. Typical korean side dishes are included with your meal. I really enjoyed the pork belly, finding it good quality meat which was extra tasty over a charcoal grill, wrapped in lettuce with some ssam sauce and other side dishes. The seafood pancake was a bit crispy on the outside which I really liked! They have a few large vents above the tables.
I’d visit again.

Food: 2.5 stars
My friends and I came here for lunch a few Tuesdays ago and it was pretty quiet. They started us off with 5 side dishes and a small deep fried pancake. My favourite banchans were the black beans in a sweet and salty sauce and the pancake.
We ordered Mandu Jeongol to try the giant Korean dumplings and Saeng Samgyeopsal to share between the 3 of us. Both dishes come in a serving size for 2 people and we definitely had food left over.
The Korean dumplings were just dumplings on steroids, nothing exceptional about the filling or the dumpling skin. I did like how the soup was not too spicy or salty. There are some noodles at the bottom and I think there were slices of sausages, rice cakes, and vegetables.
The pork belly wasn’t melt-​in-​your-​mouth but still tender enough. Make sure you try it with the 2 sauces that come with it, otherwise it is pretty tasteless. This dish comes with some pickled radish, tofu, and spicy peppers for you to wrap with your pork belly. Not a fan of the pickled radish or the spicy peppers. The cabbage we got to wrap the pork belly in was a little thick as well.
Portion sizes were great but unfortunately, it fell short of my expectations.
Ambiance: 3 stars
Spacious and clean restaurant. Hard dark wood booth seats. It was quiet on a Tuesday afternoon, which is nice if you want to chit chat without losing your voice.
Service: 3 stars
Standard service. We got all our food in a timely manner and the lady serving us was polite.

This place was great. I went here for a friends birthday and the food was delicious. Don’t know the names of the dishes but the pork belly was flavorful and well seasoned. The seafood pancake was nice and crispy on the outside and the squid was tasty.
Prices are a bit on the higher end but we’ll worth it.
Wait staff was very pleasant and knowledgeable offering great suggestions and a great experience. Would definitely go again to try more of their food.

Piggy’s is definitely my favourite restaurant of all time for KBBQ. I’m very picky when it comes to Korean food but I honestly have to say that the KBBQ at Piggy’s is amazing. It is on the pricier side (compared to some other KBBQ places like Chako’s) but it’s definitely worth the money. Your order also comes with a variety of side dishes. On the whole, the side dishes are average — not bad but not exceptional either. Piggy’s offers a lot of items other than KBBQ such as Bosam, Pork Cutlet and Pork Bone Soup. One tip: don’t get the Cold Noodles; they were awful. I’ve also tried the Pork Cutlet and loved it.
The service is great but there is usually a long wait to get seated for dinner (anywhere from 10−45min). I recommend avoiding the dinner rush that starts around 6−7pm and coming in for a late lunch/​early dinner if you want a table right away. The booths give you quite a bit of privacy but the loud atmosphere isn’t ideal if you want to carry on long conversations with friends.
Overall, if you’re looking to try some delicious authentic KBBQ, Piggy’s is the way to go!

I’m updating my review based on a bad experience I had today.
What we ordered for lunch:
Ugeoji Galbi Tang
Doenjang Guk
Dduk Galbi
The service was good and the food tasted great as usual, but as soon as we finished our meal I felt really dizzy and had a drunk feeling which was definitely the MSG. I know that most restaurants use MSG, but Piggy’s overloaded our food with it. My boyfriend and I felt extremely tired after lunch and for the rest of the day until now (7:30pm) we had no energy to do anything. We both developed really bad headaches and our mouths were extremely dry. I am currently having really bad heartburn as well. Not good at all!
I don’t think we’ll be going back after this bad experience because I don’t want to eat food that is loaded with MSG and I am really disappointed that Piggy’s would need to use so much of it just to make their food taste good. That just shows without all the MSG their food would probably taste bad. Great cooks don’t need MSG.

Piggy. Is. Yummy. Need I say more?!?
Decided to go for some Korean food and ended up taking a suggestion from a friend.
The location is quite easy to find and has its own parking! (Blessed). The restaurant itself was also larger than I expected, so it was nice to see that it was bustling on a Monday night! This location has a mix if KBBQ and cooked dishes, making this a perfect location for any of your Korean food needs.
My friend and I decided to go for the Bossam Dinner Combo, which came with tons of pork, radish, lettuce, and tofu for the wraps. The combo also included Steamed Egg with Veggies and a bottle Soju. Amazing amount of food and for a good price too! The Bossam was amazing, cooked to perfection, and was perfectly paired with all the side dishes it came with!
The service was amazing as well. Our main server was super nice with a great smile, and explained certain things about the menu we didn’t quite get. The table also had a service bell which would easily and quickly alert a server. They never took their time, and always went to see what was needed straight away!
Piggy. Is. Great! I will definitely be back for more! Kamsamnida!

This is one of the better Korean restaurants I’ve been to. When we came, the place was packed so the service suffered a bit. But the food was delicious. We ordered this bulgulgi meal for too where we cool the food at the table. The meat was marinated just right and it was so tender. The side dishes were plenty too. I found the kimchi and spicy pickled radish spicier than other Korean restaurants I’ve been too but overall, great variety. Would recommend trying out this place!

It was my first time here just last week and I’d say it was an okay Korean restaurant. They offer a variety of different types of Korean soups and a lot of different types of Korean meat BBQ options (pork belly, bulgolgi, short ribs, lamb). Overall I had an okay experience here but I would probably not come back. It was okay but not great.
Service and Environment:
It took us around 10 – 15 minutes to get a seat because we were waiting for them to clean some tables. This restaurant is pretty big with plentiful people leaving and coming, but the servers seem a bit disorganized when it comes to cleaning the tables right away and just leaving it until the last moment when customers have to sit down. However, service got better when we sat down. There’s a button on each table for you to click anytime you need something and they usually come right away. I also like how the restaurant is very spacious and airy — there were a lot of tables doing Korean BBQ, but I never felt congested with the smoky smell.
Food:
Bulgolgi Korean BBQ (Beo Seot Bul Go Gi)
This I believe was around 35 – 40 dollars? It came with Bulgogi with glass noodles and vegetables. Some of their side dishes included: seafood pancake, mash potatoes, two salads (one was caesar and the other one was with kimchi sauce I think), kimchi, radish, seaweed, lettuce, and the soy-​based sauce to dip your lettuce wraps with. Unfortunately it didn’t come with rice so we had to order that separately. The meat and glass noodles were pretty good. I really enjoyed the seafood pancake and radish as well. The salads and mash potatoes were meh.

This place was the same as any other Korean place you can find in the area. It was larger than most Korean places so a plus for that. However, my friend and I were not impressed by the service as it took us much longer to be seated even though there were many seats. At first, the guy at the register offered us the seat right beside the door and we kindly refused and asked if we could get a booth even if we had to wait. We were waiting and there were two tables that were gone and all they had to do was clean up the booth but it took them a while to do that.
The menu itself had a large selection of soups and meat. We ordered the Beo Seot Bul Go Gi which was pretty good. The side dishes were not that great. There were random salads served to us and a scoop of mash potato. However, I did like how they added seafood pancake as a side dish and the radish was pretty good. Rice costed extra even though at some places rice is included. They had purple rice which is always a plus.
Overall, the service was better after we got seated and the food was decent. I would come back to try the soups since they had such a large variety. Another bonus was that some famous Korean people (My favourite girl group Apink) have stopped by Piggy’s during their visit to Canada so it says a lot compared to other Korean places.

Herbivores beware! This korean bbq restuarant is all about meat. I would definitely recommend coming here in a big group of friends so that you can try out more types of meats. One of my favorite cut was the pork belly, where you would take the lettuce, add some rice, kimchi, and onions (they all come as side dishes) and roll it into a wrap! Yum!
You may wonder why I am giving this place a 3 star. This has everything to do with the service. After bbq a round of meats, the grill usually becomes blackened and charred. That’s when the servers come to your table and switches the grill top with a new one. During the first grill switch, out server was holding a hot grill top drenched with hot oil over our heads. So the second time around, I told him that I will move aside to let him do his job. However, he did not listen and some of the hot oil on the grill top spilled onto my hand. I would definitely recommend that the owners think about how dangerous the grill changes are and perhaps move the grill to the end of the table to allow the servers to change it without holding the hot grill over anybody’s head. It was lucky that it was just my hand and not someone else’s eyes.
If you do decide to come here for the food, make sure you take caution when they are switching the grills!

This review based on the standard Korean dishes and not the Korean BBQ. Although now I wish I had opted for the Korean BBQ instead.
Side dishes (onion pancake, kimchii, kimchii radish, soy potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers). The only side dish I really liked was the onion pancake. The others were meh as Jennifer K. would say.
Beef rib in soup with rice (Friday lunch special) $ 8.95 — I got three pieces of beef ribs. They were soft and tender but not very large in size. Soup was tasty and not overly salty and was packed with veggies.
Cheong guk jang and bibimbap $ 9.95 — basically came with like a kimchii soup and bibimbap with no meat. Tasted okay but without some kind of meat to accompany the dish it made it really boring.
I don’t think I have ever had so much veggies in one meal. This is why I wish I had opted for the Korean BBQ. There is always next time.

authentic Korean bbq!
Décor: spacious and lots of booths. They have a good ventilation system so you don’t smell like krn bbq afterwards: P
Food: generous with the side dishes, the food and meat cuts are fresh and nicely marbled. They even cut the meat for you and place it on the grill. I was even more impressed when they changed it for us without us asking.
Go and get your belly filled! :)