Kitok Restaurant

Based on Unilocal reviews, I feel like I should be raving. The food was middle of the road, and I don’t get the allure of the Oriental Fries, whatsoever.
Granted, I didn’t get a burger — I had the shrimp tempura, but I’m severely underwhelmed. The staff was friendly and it was local and clean, so those are my hi lights.

This is a great hole in the wall joint in Waco. I would have to say that, believe it or not, they make the best burgers I’ve tasted in Waco. I’m not even that big of a burger eater and I was surprise at how great it tasted. Next, I’d like to try their bulgogi… it sure did look scrumptious when I walked by the kitchen window and saw the chef putting in that work!

As a Baylor student, I came here a lot. The food is tasty, the service is good, and the price is right. Now that I’ve graduated, I still make it a point to stop here for a cheeseburger and an order of Oriental fries when I’m in Waco. Their burgers are juicy and well seared and the oriental fries are tempura-​battered deliciousness. It’s small and fairly dark inside, and I prefer the burgers to the Korean food, but Kitok is definitely worth a stop.

This is a really great place to eat! The people here are always very polite and the food is always hot and fresh. It’s a place I normally wouldn’t stop to eat at because of its location, but it’s somewhere that should never be passed up if you are in Waco!

A Waco institution! It’s definitely not the best Korean food I’ve had (I once lived in NYC and have tried quite a few), but serviceable and the burgers and oriental fries are real good. You can’t find anything else like those fries anywhere, assorted shredded vegetables dipped in fluffy batter and fried. I think they fries have declined slightly in quality since i started going to Kitok about 12 years ago, but they are still darn tasty. It’s basically a Korean greasy spoon diner, not gourmet at all.
Docked a star for super weird hours, but I think that is due to the sketch area they are in. They are frustratingly only open until 4:30 on weeknights, and only until 8 on Friday and Saturday. Anytime I think to go there lately it’s like a Wednesday at 4:45. it’s very disappointing because when you’re in the mood for Kitok there’s nothing else that will quench it!

Yeah… Don’t really get the hype.
Oriental fries is tempura battered I think of a hodge podge of things. Not really fries at all. Maybe a couple of them were actually potatoes. Def need seasoning.
Cheeseburger with egg is fine.
Salad is fine and soup is fine… But too hot to eat in the summer time.
Fried rice is… Odd. I expected Asian style fried rice since I was getting bulgogoi, but it was def more like dirty rice at a creole restaurant except kind of odd tasting.
Bulgogoi was fine. It didn’t really taste like bulgogoi, it was pretty heavily seasoned and tender, but it wasn’t the same sweetness that you expect for bulgogoi. It was also the wrong cut for bulgogoi.
Price is fine. At least it isn’t over priced.
Service is good. Lady was really nice.
Bathroom is like a sauna. Ugh, worst way to go to the bathroom is when it’s like that.

Great food. Great service. I had the chicken sandwich added the egg, my son had the chicken fried steak sandwich and we shared the oriental fries. It is a dive but well worth the trip!

I Come here for the burger and oriental fries. It’s a dive but the place is very clean the service is excellent. staff is very friendly and more than willing to help you in any way possible.

Oriental Fries are AWSOME. I know you don’t think hamburger when you go to an Oriental restaurant but…
this is a hand made patty (like my Mamaw used to make for me after school as a kid) and the seasoning really pops. Great flavor and the people are really friendly. This is a must try if you are in Waco.
I came here while in college at McLennan back in the 80’s and it is still great food today. It has stood the test of time. I, for one, am really happy I came back.
James

The hamburger was good along with the oriental fries. Tried an order of the cheese sticks and a bowl of the chicken potato soup and I was pleased. Overall this place is great for burgers and had some great costumer service.

I’m all about a local dive with great food. Unique, cheap, good food at a place frequented by locals — that’s sort of the pinnacle of what you hope to find on Unilocal.Kitok is a dumpy, poorly maintained building with cramped seating in a somewhat questionable neighborhood. Check! Celebrated by locals for the weird mix of american hamburgers and korean dishes at affordable prices. Check! However, the missing part of the equation is the quality of the food. The food is really, really BAD.
The Lip Locker burger is reminiscent of a burger you can get from any roadside diner. The patty is formed haphazardly and slightly overcooked. Several layers of burger and cheese are contained in a toasted bun with kind of buttery taste. In other words, the burger is absolutely mediocre. It’s a vintage expression of a burger from the 1960’s or maybe from a Denny’s restaurant at 3 in the morning. It’s edible, but it’s weak and somewhat boring.
The bulgogi consists of a few pieces of grilled meat and plate full of rice with chopped onions and celery, and a cup of soy or sesame sauce. It’s a clunky dish without a lot of flavor, acid, or spice. It’s bland and heavy, and distinctly the OPPOSITE of what good Korean food should be. It reminded me of one of those rice dishes you might find at a Chinese buffet restaurant that have been sitting for three hours under the heat lamp. Bleh.
And the oriental fries, supposedly the hallmark of this restaurant, were greasy and off-​putting. They consist of skinny shreds of potatoes, sweet potatoes and onions with a green herb (parsley?), dipped in a sweet batter and then fried. The fries have no seasoning whatsoever, and taste vaguely likely funnel cake or donuts because of the batter. I don’t understand the appeal — they’re oily, sweet, and have no salt. I don’t know how it’s possible to mess up the simple deliciousness of the french fry, but Kitok has achieved it.
Even the complimentary potato/​chicken soup and the iceberg lettuce salad were tasteless and pitiful. This place literally can make nothing right.
Not only was the food terrible, but I also suffered the shame of having suggested lunch at Kitok to my co-​workers. Everyone hated Kitok… and me. Thanks for nothing Unilocal

My girlfriend and I used to frequent here in college in the late 80’s.
Love!

Top 3 burger joints in town: soup is great too. If you don’t get Oriental fries, you should apologize to yourself.