Jangwon

Went with friends! The food is amazing! I really enjoyed all the food! It’s just the service. The service really wad that the guy came twice to make sure the heat was OK. But everything we needed something, we would always have to wait a long time to get someone’s attention. But no one was rude just to ask for one thing takes quite a while.

Really bad service. Servers try to ignore you as much as they can .Not recommended for group

Jangwon provided me with my first Korean BBQ experience, and I can’t wait to go back again! Me and a friend god the all-​you-​can-​eat four-​meat combo. The side dishes were delicious and plentiful, and the meat! My goodness. It was all delicious, of course, but the bulgogi knocked it out of the park. The server allowed us some time between the first three meats and the bulgogi so our stomachs could make room, which was excellent because there was no way I could’ve eaten more without a breather! The service was just fine, as well. Very polite, offered us more meat after we were done the first three, brought us more water, etc. No complaints there.
This is definitely going to be a place I return to, and soon!

This restaurant, if you can call it a restaurant is probably one of the worst «Korean» BBQ places in Toronto. I’ve never experienced something so bad in my entire life. Upon walking into the restaurant it took quite a bit to be seated and it was not that busy either. The service was not great at all though the servers were nice, the time it took to get the meats from the all you can eat menu were way too long. The meats that were given were also very very low quality as well and they also came to the table somewhat frozen and the meat tasted quite strange. It was very bland. Perhaps it was because of the grill that was used. I would not recommend eating here unless it’s for something other than the all you can eat option.

Always crowed, smell is so good as soon as walking in. We both have tried beef and pork sam gyup sal, but found out pork had too much fat and it didn’t taste as good as beef. We love their tasty side dishes, and $ 20 (beef) for all you can eat, we loving it!

Today I went with a couple of my friends to Jangwon for lunch and we were greeted and seated immediately as there was only one other table at the time. We sat in the booth and got our menus right away and the service seemed pretty good, however as the meal continued everything got worst. We were all under the impression that it was an AYCE thus, we ordered the 4 different kinds of meat for $ 20.99. The first 3 cuts came out and we were barbecuing, but after the first round we were confused about the 4^th kind, the bulgolgi. We had no idea that once we ask for the bulgogi the K-​BBQ portion would be done and we wouldn’t be allowed to switch back, as no one informed us.
After we had 2 rounds of the bulgogi, we were ready to pay. None of us had cash and no one informed us as we came in that their debit/​credit card system was down, but «conveniently» they had an atm in the restaurant. One of us decided to run down the street to the bank and grab cash instead, which took all but 5 minutes, and the woman, whom i’m assuming is the boss” pointed at the atm and told us to take cash out there. We told her someone went to get cash and she just gave us a dirty look.
Our bill came to $ 71, and we gave $ 75, and started to walk out, however she immediately said «EXCUSE ME!» and implied that we didn’t leave her enough money for a tip. She stated that we had to give her the tip amount that totalled the tax which was about $ 8 – 9. We were so dissatisfied with the way she handled the transitioning of the meats as well as her attitude about the tip. I’ve never had anybody demand that we tip them the amount that the tax was. It was extremely rude and she wouldn’t let us leave, we paid for our meal and no where within the restaurant did it say that there was a minimum amount required for a tip.
Overall the food was okay, service was beyond terrible and the «owners» attitude was beyond appalling. Never will I go back, nor suggest friends to go there. Definitely our first and last time going.

Came here for some late night grilled meats. This is a more authentic Korean BBQ restaurant that offers four different types of meats to grill — pork belly, beef brisket, pork neck, and bulgogi. While there is the option to order one or two, for a few dollars more you can get all four. Each meat is flavoured differently, because of this the bulgogi is brought in last to grill due to its sweetness. The pork belly is actually quite fatty with little meat but it’s so good when grilled crispy and wrapped in lettuce.
Each order comes with rice, lettuce, salad, soybean paste stew, and an assortment of side dishes. These are refillable. Combined with the all you can eat meat it makes for a nonstop eating experience.
Servers here are friendly, especially the owner. He will come and sit and drink with you if you invite him, but service is a bit slow. While I love that they have private booths for dining, it makes it hard to get the attention of the servers. Even with the equipped call bells, servers don’t respond to them. Aside from that, this place is excellent for Kbbq. Expect to come out smelling like grilled meats!

The ayce bbq here is pretty good but if you’re not Korean, it’s gonna be really hard to get the refill. They would just straight up ignore you 80% of the time.
Giving them 3 stars purely for the food, but 0 for the service.

My second time at Jangwon was much much better.
This time, we visited with just my girlfriend and I so we didn’t have to keep bothering the wait staff. My complaints from the first review are still valid, so make sure you read that one to understand what to do/​avoid at this restaurant.
Lesson learned from last time? Don’t come here with 6 people to a grill. Stick with 2, max 4.
Service was still slow, but this time the side dishes and the lettuce didn’t get immediately consumed when they were put down. The problem is that their portions is the same regardless if the table has 2 or 6 people. If they just gave their food portions relative to the table size, it would drastically improve their service level.
I still never figured out their mystery 5^th meat, but at least I remembered to take a picture this time and post it. Capicola? What? My next time there, I’m determined to get this mystery meat.
Highly recommended for their amazing quality of food at low prices.
Just don’t come with a big party. Do your birthday events elsewhere, trust me.

Visited today March 5 ’16 at around 4pm and received very bad service.
— we chose this restaurant for its AYCE option.
— the wait staff gave us a large pile of pork neck meat. I estimate it at rough 1kg. The meat was dry and not very good. We complained to the staff and asked for more beef instead but the staff refused to give us beef unless we finished the pork neck first.
— blatant false advertising: we ordered combo 4, but the staff failed to bring us one of the four items. After asking the staff for the item, the staff said if we received the item we will not be able to ask for more after — this was the ALL YOU CAN EAT option
— the stove was poorly maintained: we asked the staff twice to change the gas, the first one simply turned it off and walked away to serve the party seated next to us. We had to wave down a second staff after 10 minutes of non-​service.
— we had to wait another 20 minutes to pay the bill at the end as the staff was keeping their heads down at the counter and not making any eye contact with the customers. I don’t know if they were playing with their phones or not. At the end of my visit I realized that there was a older male server who wandered around the restaurant and ignores my party the entire time, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD OUR HAND UP FOR SEVERAL MINUTES AT A TIME. It would seem that this worker was more interested in talking to the younger female customers.
I would not recommend this restaurant and I would caution anyone who isn’t a young, pretty Korean woman from visiting. We were ignored and it was IMPOSSIBLE to get their attention.

Visited here recently for a late dinner all you can eat authentic Korean BBQ. Overall, an extremely disappointing experience with average food and terrible service.
Located by Christie on Bloor, Jangwon looks fairly standard for a Korean restaurant. We ordered the full all you can eat menu which was $ 20.99. This meant you would get access to 4 types of meat (pork belly, pork neck, bulgogi, and beef) soup, rice and side dishes. The food was average in my opinion but definitely much better than Chinese BBQ places like Korean grill house and Chako. This was authentic after all. The meat was good but not outstanding in term of quality (I don’t think you should be expecting anything more at an ayce.)
The service however was probably one of the worst experiences I’ve had at a restaurant in Canada. First off, when we entered the restaurant we asked an older female server for a table. She, for sure seeing us completely ignored us. That was okay because we were able to wave down another younger male server who helped us with a table.
We were seated in a booth (which contributed to the crappy service we got due to the lack of visibility). We probably waited 15 minutes with no one attending to us to take our orders. I actually sat looking out of the booth trying to wave someone over (had to do this throughout the night). I’m sure I was ignored multiple times. And when I say ignored, I mean the servers would look over to you, make eye contact and proceed to walk away and not come back. We ended up trying to wave down the one younger male server the whole night who actually acknowledged us. At one point we asked for additional lettuce, soup and meats and the female server actually asked us (while not paying attention/​looking away from us) to pass her all the empty plates — when they were completely within her reach. I honestly thought that the service wasn’t just crappy but down right disrespectful at one point during my night.
I definitely won’t be visiting again.

2.5 — Food is a 4 but Service is a 1.
Ahhh, so much good and bad.
Come here for authentic, AYCE Korean BBQ. Now, this ain’t no Chako or Korean Grill House (the Chinese interpretation of Korean BBQ) so don’t expect any salmon, green peppers, sushi or anything of that sort. At $ 20.99 per person, you get 4 types of meat — pork belly, pork neck, beef brisket and bulgogi. There are other AYCE combinations you can choose from (i.e: pork belly and pork neck for $ 16.99 pp) but your best bet is to just get all four.
Accompanying the meat are side dishes, white pickled radish, shredded lettuce in spicy sauce, lettuce, a bowl of white rice for each person and a small soybean paste stew to share (doenjang jjigae). You can devour the meat however you want but lettuce wraps are probably the most common and most flavorful way to eat it. I have no complaints about the food, everything is delicious!
The environment and setup of the restaurant is very typical of a Korean meathouse and doesn’t stray away from what you’d find in Korea at all. It really made me nostalgic of when I lived in Seoul which was nice.
Now the negatives which are all very substantial:
It’s a family run business so the owners do their best to tend to everyone but this means service can be REAAALLY darn slow. Especially when every table has so many refillable dishes, I would imagine things to get really hectic. They’re pretty friendly and willing to get you everything you ask for but it just takes a long time and may require repetitive requests on your part. What’s worse is that we were a party of 6 and sat in one of the booths with no assistance bell. You can imagine how difficult it was for us to get their attention.
In addition to that, it’s not uncommon for AYCE establishments to implement a 2-​hour eating rule but it tends to be loosely enforced and meant to discourage those who order way too much or stay way too long, neither in which we did. Promptly at the 2-​hour mark (from when we sat), we were told we couldn’t order anymore meat. Now how it works here is that 3 of the 4 meats are served first and the bulgogi comes out LAST on its own because they have to change the grill. So you have to be strategic somehow because 1. You can’t switch back and 2. You have to give yourself enough time to do a few rounds of the bulgogi (and trust me, you will want to because it’s good). When our 2 hours hit, we hadn’t gotten to the bulgogi yet and our server was not willing to accommodate us. But the owner was nice enough to «do us a favor» and give us a small portion of bulgogi. I’m half grateful but also half rolling my eyes.
We left with some of us still feeling unsatisfied and hungry because there were 6 people to ONE fairly small grill. And if you take into account that we had slow service, how much could 1 person have actually eaten?
My advice:
— Come with a small group (less than 4) so you can reasonably share one grill or have a party of 8 cause that’s the magical number to get 2 grills (maybe even 7, not sure)
— Avoid sitting in the booths because you’re less likely to get their attention and it’ll just take away from your dinner when you spend half your time trying to hunt them down
Final thoughts:
I wouldn’t boycott this place entirely only because the food was great and AYCE Korean BBQ for four types of meat in Toronto is quite rare (most Korean places don’t do AYCE and if they do, usually it’s just pork belly) but it may just not be worth all the hassle in this case.

All I have to say is WOW! It’s been a long time since I’ve got to experience Korean bbq that of any quality for AYCE price. By no means do we eat a lot (we actually do… but beside the point), but we enjoy the variety that AYCE offers; sometimes that variety comes at the expense of quality. The Korean bbq is quite trending and places like Chako and Korean Grill, etc tends to be the forefront of the populace of the GTA. I feel that people pick those places for price/​location and conveniences but forget to venture out to see what other restaurants have to offer. I am so glad that we did. The offerings at this restaurant is top notch. Hands down-​I would go out of my way to get here. And to think when we first seated, we had second thoughts due to slow service. If anything, that was the one down-​fall of this place. The food is amazing but service was very slow (there were only 3 servers, can’t really fault them). The manager was friendly and quite dedicated to his restaurant and food. The vibe is low-​key and homey. We go the AYCE menu that featured 4 different types of pork and beef preparation-​pork belly (decent thickness though I wished it was more marbled but the fat crisped up quite nicely), pork neck (an interesting cut but I found dried out quickly if not taken off at the moment it cooked), the beef slices (nice and juicy) and bulgogi (the extra highlight of the meal). The difference between this restaurant and other of its kind is that the food came in stages rather than all at once (which I appreciated as it controlled a huge portion of cross-​contamination and so forth). The bulgogi was last so that we could enjoy the meal without it overwhelming our taste-​buds. The side dishes were also very good, simple but complimented the meal perfectly. The overall experience with the food was amazing… it is priced a bit higher than the run of the mill Korean bbq chains but the quality and experience was well worth the price. I would definitely without a doubt return dine here. It is worth noting that they do offer quite a large selection of other a la carte items and pairing (quite reasonably priced, may I add?). Definitely a place that would change your perspective on Korean bbq standards; a great place to grab a drink and hang out with good friends.

Woah! This place has slid down the rungs faster than oil on a lamp post.
We arrived and were promptly seated. It wasn’t that busy but did fill up about an hour after we arrived.
It took them 15 minutes to bring menus and water, another 10 to place an order. We already knew that we both wanted the AYCE Pork belly. When our food came, it took another 20 minutes for the soup and after 25 minutes we eventually asked it we could have rice and the server snapped «It’s COMING!». It still took another 10 minutes after we asked.
Our grill went out after a server came over to turn it down. After realizing that our meat wasn’t cooking at all we had to go to the counter and find a server to come and put a new canister of butane in.
Service was really really bad. I get that things happen, but it’s been a consistent downslide the past few times I’ve visited. The quality of the food is also in decline. Several of the side dishes tasted off or were served in scant portions.
I’ll be looking for a new place for Korean BBQ.

They offer traditional style AYCE Korean BBQ, as well as an extensive selection of other Korean dishes. I opted for the KBBQ which was decently priced at 19.99 for four kinds of meat (Korean bacon, pork neck, beef brisket and bulgogi), and you also get some complimentary soup, rice and salad in addition to the usual banchan which I thought was generous.
The quality of the meat was good and although it was unseasoned, the sauce that came with it gave it more than enough flavour (I think it was just sesame oil and salt). The bulgogi came separately from the other meat because it was cooked in a different grill and it had some sweetness to it which I liked.
But the attitude of the female (owner?) soured my experience because it seemed like she was reluctant to help us with even the simplest of tasks like turning on the grill (it was kinda broken and we couldn’t figure it out) or serving us a second helping of meat… I’m pretty sure we didn’t overstay our welcome judging by the 2 hour seating limit and the restaurant was pretty empty anyway…
The food was great but the service just made the whole experience feel off.

Came here with a group of friends around 10pm on a Friday because we couldn’t find any other Korean place open late that would take debit. We’d never heard of this place so we didn’t know what to expect.
Our server was very nice. Despite it being so late (and he was probably tired), he still greeted us with a smile and was very friendly. On our way out, we passed by some of the employees cleaning and they all smiled and wished us a good night. It made the experience that much more pleasant despite the disappointment with my dish.
I got the lunch special bulgogi with rice (it said lunch, but they said that we could still get it), which tasted okay, but the meat was a little dry. It would have been better with a little more sauce on it. Also, I didn’t realize it at first, but the portion of the meat was actually kind of small – it was hidden with a bunch of vegetables and brown onions that resembled beef until you actually look at it.
Overall, it was OK. I would definitely give this place another chance if I’m ever in the area late in the night again, as I feel like I can’t really judge this place based off of one dish. My friends said the bibimbap was delicious so maybe I’ll try that next. Or the Korean BBQ. Plus, the workers were all pretty friendly which makes me want to come back and give this place a second chance.

This place is really my favorite for korean BBQ.
You meat is great and everything is served korean style, the spicy salad, rice, sides dishes…
If not in the mood for BBQ, they have pretty much everything korean as well.

If you come here and choose the AYCE option (which they increased their price from $ 17.99 to $ 19.99), the server/​owner will convince you to get pork belly, pork neck and beef brisket first, although you may be more interested in the bulgogi. I’m sure they will let you get bulgogi (if that’s your favourite Korean dish) if you insisted enough at the beginning.
Honestly, their bulgogi is overly seasoned, so salty and sweet I don’t find it very appealing. Also, the entire pile of meat WITH the marinate is served to you on the grill, which is very not appetizing. Two star is given to their Dwenjeang Jjigae or fermented bean soup.
Service is really sub par at this restaurant. It’s difficult to get anyone’s attention if you are hoping to get more condiments, water or lettuce. When the servers approach you, they don’t even look you in the eyes or sometimes they don’t even bother talking to you. Before you are done eating, the server comes to pick up your grill and dishes. Take the hint and expect to leave at that point. I feel completely unwelcome at a restaurant like this. I still don’t know why I tipped them… Never coming back.

AMAZING PLACE TO HAVE KBBQ!!! It’s authentically korean, ran by koreans, served by Koreans, visited by koreans. They have $ 15 all you can eat kbbq which is nothing like the Chinese imitated ones. To u get to choose two items of the four (eg. Pork belly, beef, pork neck, bulgogi). They give you so many side dishes it’s amazing oh and refillable. They have soju, import and domestic beer, some plum soju or sake too. I don’t think they carry Cass beer anymore or they’re always out. Gotta check them out and Pat Mart is right across the street too.

The best [and most authentic] Korean food I’ve had in Toronto! The AYCE is at a fantastic price ($ 14.99 for pork belly and korean BACON — HECK YEAH!) with generous grilling portions, and unlimited lettuce and side dishes. They’re also home to the thickest pajeon (pancake) dishes, mmm.
I don’t recommend coming here on a Sunday nights, as there are only TWO people waiting tables. The waitress I spoke to confirmed that it is their busiest time of the week.
However, something I do recommend is using the service button located at the side of each table to «get their attention».
Oh, and did I mention that there’s free wifi? Check, and mate.