Sae Ma Eul

Visited this place on a Sat night after watching the final episode of Descendants of the Sun. Pretty hard to find parking and many people double parked and left their contact number on their dashboard. Their Korean BBQ is delicious with reasonable price. Only 4 dishes of refillable side dishes were served. Their meat is really fresh and we liked its soy sauce marinated meats! Do get there early if you decide to go on weekend!

If you know korean food, this place is Meh~~~~!!!
1. Staff service was not bad.
2. I had better korean food in KL. Quality is not so good. I guess you get what you pay for. It is just cheap but nothing else. If you wanna go for quantity and cheap food this is for you. I rather pay a bit more and have better quality food.
3. Atmosphere was fun.

I love the environment in this restaurant. Simple gives you the feeling of cooking and chilling at the same time. The food is ok. Weekends are always full. I always go during weekdays

Loving the grilled meat here, period.
As you know, Mont Kiara is an area that’s filled with heaps of Korean eateries — and it’s not easy to say which one is the best. However, Sae Ma Eul is definitely one of my favourites right now. Good quality meat, fresh seafood, nice pickles, the make-​you-​happy rice balls, friendly service — you name it.
Of course, I must admit that there might be some undue influence right here, as I came here after drinking with friends at Oktoberfest — but how could you resist Korean BBQ after some beers?
One thing that I would definitely recommend here apart from their grilled meat, which is a must order, would be their rice balls. You will be given a pot of rice with condiments on top, and a pair of plastic gloves. Slip them over your hands, and there you go! Like your rice hot and warm? Grill it! I love mine, like literally.
Another great thing would be that they are opened until past midnight, which is a big plus for all those who crave for some good grilled meat at wee hours.
Price wise, it’s pretty fair as well. The only thing that would cause a headache would be getting a parking here — good luck!

Never really a fan of Korean food. Got to know about this place from my colleague. She found it through some food blog and insist that we (the whole team) shall try them out together.
So yeah, we went to give it a try and at the same time have some bonding session. Well, I like bonding session, where we can talk nonsense and have fun together.
Okay, back to the food! We ordered 2 sets of the BBQ set which comes with some pork and octopus, some chicken, more pork, the famous seaweed rice balls (2 sets for the 8 of us) and 2 types of soup to share.
The fun part about this place is making the rice balls. You have to make your own rice balls by squeezing them with your hands (plastic gloves provided). My overly excited colleague is assigned the rice ball making task while the rest of us bbq the pork and of course, enjoy eating too. Hehe.
*tips* make sure the rice ball is a little burnt, it’s tastier that way where it’s crunchy on the outside and soft in the inside!
Enjoyed our bonding session over food very much but I find that their food wasn’t that superb, just that the concept where we have to bbq our own food and make our own rice balls is quite interesting. Well, I hardly go for Korean and whenever I do, I usually goes to Daorae where the food are BBQ-​Ed by the waiter. All I need to do is wait and eat. Heheh. Hence, this is quite new to me.
Great experience and worth trying if you’ve yet to try it but I don’t think that I’ll purposely come all the way here just for this though.

The queue is definitely long for korean bbq and this is one of the classic example that Sae Ma Eul Yeo Pe can offer. This shop is slightly small to accommdate the demand especially during weekends or public holidays. This shop is located at Solaris Dutamas and it is one of the hangout place for Koreans and locals.
This bbq concept is different from what you get at Palsaik because this is grilled using charcoal. More authentic I find it comparing to the grilling by gas. You can order from their menu that range from meat to seafood and the menu has more options for you to choose.
Price doesn’t come cheap but to me it is reasonable because you get to experience something different and you don’t eat this on a daily basis. Vegetables (lettuce) are usually very fresh and you can ask them to top it up as much as you need.
Overall, I’m loving this place very much!

My friends have been raving about this place for the longest time I wanted to see what the hype was all about so I suggested that we have dinner here for our monthly gathering. Parking is a real pain here, I drove around for almost 45 minutes hunting for a proper parking space. It’s best not to park illegally because the policemen in the area are very diligent. One of my friends went earlier around 6.30pm to get a table, this place is usually very crowded especially and they don’t take reservations, tables are on a first come first serve basis. The BBQ grill is super basic, literally a wire netting over charcoal fire it wasn’t what I’ve expected at all.
The prices here are abit on the pricey side, we ordered the set meal which consist of two pork chops, two slices of bacon and two baby octopus. We also added a few ala carte items such as the marinated pork and some seaweed rice ball dish. By the time our food arrived the place was packed and there was already long line of people waiting in line to get a table. So the set meal arrived first, I understand that the pork chop would come whole but the octopus too? We had no idea how to cook the octopus (yes you have to barbeque your own meat, this is not like those other Korean BBQ places where they cook your meal in front you), we just placed the octopus on the grill and hoped for the best. The pork chops were alright but the bacon wasn’t, it was chewy and the amount of fat on the meat made it worst. The octopus was surprisingly tasty though.
Halfway through the meal the waiter brought over a big bowl of rice and a pair of plastic gloves. He left it on the table without saying a word. We stared at the bowl, puzzled. So we look around at the other table and realized that it was the rice balls that we ordered. The waiters we rolling the rice into balls for the other tables so we flagged down a waiter and asked him to assist us as it was our first time ordering this dish. He asked us to do it ourselves as he as way busy, we pointed out that other waiters we helping the other tables why couldn’t he but he still insisted that he was busy and couldn’t help us, then he walked away. Geeze! We managed to get another waiter to help us with the rice ball, he too was reluctant at first but obliged in the end. So was it worth all the frustration for the rice balls? Nope not really. They tasted like white rice mixed with sambal ikan bilis. Nothing special.
I usually love eating Korea BBQ, but gosh! This was a really bad experience.

Another authentic Korean restaurant in Mont Kiara area that I really love. Came here for a friend’s birthday dinner one weeknight and it was packed. We had to wait about 15 minutes for a table to free up and it was 5 of us to one table. Managed to get an outdoor table which we were looking out for anyway as we were going to be barbequeing some meat and wanted fresh air.
What’s interesting about Sae Ma Eul is that, unlike other Korean BBQ restaurants, you grill your meats over an actual metal grill plate over hot coal fire, so your meat cooks faster and the oils drip back down through the grill into the fire and keeps it burning all night!
The meat here tastes so good when grilled the traditional way. we were all so full by the time we’d finished.
They also serve alcohol here so we had a few cans of Tiger beers to go with our meats. The spicy belly was the highlight of the night — so fatty yet so juicy and tender after being cooked for less than 10 minutes.
We loved every bit of this restaurant, however it can get super hot outside especially with the fire in your face, so if you’re planning on coming here be prepared to have your clothes smell like BBQ and be prepared also to be sweating throughout the night.
The staff here are very helpful — once we needed help with cutting the cooked meats as we were afraid of burning ourselves and one of the waitresses came and did it for us in less than 5 minutes! She must be so used to other customers asking her to do the same.
Although the range of Korean restaurants in Mont Kiara is extensive, if you’re looking for some authentic Korean with a unique experience, I’d definitely recommend Sae Me Eul!

Meh.
Korean food is always my Achilles heel, because I dislike anything that is both sweet and savory. Of course, Sae Ma Eul offers both things at the same time along with the dreaded BBQ, which admittedly tasted as good as it looks. The side dishes tasted just average to the mouth, but if you are a huge fan of Korean food, then yes, the side dishes will tickle your fancy. With the ambience being less private due to the open air environment, everything you taste contains copious amount of carbon monoxide of cars passing by and other harmful things hanging in the air. Yes, it does give you a better ambience, but hygiene-​wise?
No. Just no. Perhaps I will enjoy it better if I am a sucker for Korean food, but I am not, which made my life sad. Sad indeed.

I am a fan of Korean food but i can’t remember a single dish in Korean. this does not make sense. Of all many korean BBQ shops around here, only this is full house and crowded. I passed by this place so many times but never had a chance to try it but thanks to Unilocal Events, i finally manage to try it.
Ordered the BBQ set which is about RM50 something for baby octopus, free flow of vege and garlic and meat of course. Our table was really space constraint and luckily we were sitting near the counter top. The used charcoal as fire and a net for use to cook, here nobody will help you cook so be careful and i personally think that the ventilation is a no go because when the fire gets big, it goes to the side and the ventilation doesn’t suck so much of the fire. We burned some meat and over cook the octopus but it’s ok, still edible.
As for the noodles, we ordered a dish called rice ball where you put on gloves and make your own rice ball mix with seaweed rice and chilli paste, the kimchi is really crunchy and spicy and cold, LOVE IT! Also, we ordered pork spicy soup, it was good and buckwheat cold noodle which is a combination of sweet and sour soup. I also heard that the Ramen here is good but didnt manage to eat this time as our table is full.
Came home and smelled like bbq but it was fun and exciting.

My colleagues/​friends and I were here for a meet up, catching up. Sae Ma Eul is located at Solaris, Mont Kiara and quite an assuredly corner that are super easy to be discovered. Thanks to my colleagues/​friends, I once again witness the true Korean Food. YUM!
Since it was my first time here, my colleagues/​friends were ordering. They first ordered a cold chilly noodle (Mmmm, Must try), Gae Jang (Beef soup) as our appetizer. Next, we continued with humongous pieces of pork (RM 27), beef and fresh octopus as our main course along with a bowl of piquant seaweed rice — it is eaten in a rice ball form where we used our glove to actually rolled it. It’s one of the BEST Korean bbq I tried in my life!!! Their amazing tender pork and beef, is incredible. Not to mention, their remarkable kimchi that are breathtaking — they have the prefect kimchi, I am not even KIDDING! Plus, their boss and staff here are extremely friendly. There’s a smoke spot for the smokers (yeah for them) and wifi are even provided. Ain’t it great? They charges at a reasonable price for their food as well.
If you are a die hard Korean Fan, you are been warned. You might fall for this restaurant intensely. So, are you ready for a Korean food invasion?

I like the whole street side shopping experience of this place! With most Korean BBQ place being indoor, poshy and comfortable, this place offers a twist to the whole experience by offering street food like sensation for their customers. Sit by the space at the corner outlets with steel tables and stools and start your BBQ session. You’ll feel like you’re eating in Korea in no time.
They offer main dishes for you so you can get a bit filled up before you start your BBQ session. Order some kimchii friend rice, pancake or even cold buckwheat noodle. I have a thing for their buckwheat noodle though, gosh the noodle is just slurpy and smooth with a yummy dressing to match. There are many choices of meat and vegetables but the portion is really small hence is serving won’t feed a hungry strong man but for the ladies, well just maybe it’s enough. So if you wanna munch on meat it might rake up some $$$. One pro tip though, park at Soho KL if you don’t want to stress on getting a space and order some makgeolli when you have your meal. It’s the best match, ever!

This place was really packed. The service was pretty good though, employees were really quick on their feet on cleaning up, getting you seated and cooking your food. They have a decent set with pork and octopus which cost 55rm that is suitable for 2 – 3 people. Those rice balls cost like 20rm. You would have to cook the food and make the rice balls yourself but it’s pretty enjoyable. I think it’s part of the fun with this Korean barbecue place.
The parking can be a little bit of a pain. People would double park everywhere for this place.

This is my first review, so I am going to let Sae Ma Eul to be my first review, it is located at Solaris, it is at a corner but its not hard to notice, I had been supporting them before they got well known, so I know the boss for quite some times,
their food are the same with those we usually went (those expensive until you think you going to wash dishes for them) but to be honest their price is really reasonable! rm27 for thick piece of pork, rm13 for broth noodle, and to be honest, the boss is super nice! :) I can’t think of anything to rate them bad. their food and people are awesome, if you are a big fans of korean drama and stars, this is a place for you, (no, there is no korean celebrity) BUT THE ATMOSPHERE IS THERE, what I mean is, they are open air surrounding, so you can smoke (if you are a smoker) and their restauarant provide Wi-​fi if you insisted to get connected and show this place through your social media platform :) I highly recommend you guys to try their rice wine, trust me, it taste super nice! even perfect when you are bbq-​ing!

I am a big fan of barbeques. Being able to grill your own food at a restaurant is awesome! This corner lot in Solaris Mont Kiara is where you should be if you’re a fan of Korean BBQ. There is a constant queue every time its open, sometimes even before it opens. Stools are provided for those who are waiting, considerate.
The prices for meat here are quite expensive, but is definitely worth it. The grill is cleaned if there is a previous customer and fresh coals are added. The food you ordered arrives almost instantly most of the time. Standard korean side dishes are served and are refillable.
The meat was perfectly marinated, guaranteed to satisfy your umami buds. Plain water are constantly refilled on your table, but I’m sure you can order other drinks too. Remember not to dress to heavily as the heat will get the sweat out of you.