Jongro BBQ

6.8/10Korean

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Solid in a big kitschy room built to look like a Korean village. People say it's good value for Manhattan and loud enough that kids and groups fit in fine. Get a combo platter, though some regulars say the non-marinated meat beats the marinated meat. The banchan is the weak part.

22 W 32nd St 2nd floor, New YorkChelsea, ManhattanGoogle Maps

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  • in:Dinner with kids - unique but casual atmosphere24 pts

    “Korean BBQ at Jongro. It’s a large casual space that’ll allow kids to be kids. It’s also decorated like a little Korean village so there’s some uniqueness in that. Also, it’s just grilled meats, hard to say no to that. There’s also some fun sides like grilled cheese corn which is very palatable.”

    H3

  • in:Jongro vs New Wonjoo?9 pts

    “Jongro gives you more meat per portion, quality is a touch below wonjo, but still very tasty and tender.”

    H3

  • in:Anyone know of a place to get Korean corn dogs in Manhattan?1 pts
    replying to u/crazeman: There's a shit ton of Korean corn dogs in Manhattan nowadays. Two Hands is a chain but I think they're my favorite. Really like the sweet potato dog. Multiple locations. I like that they put on the sauce for you (more on this later). Jongro in Ktown has a corndog with a ramen crust. It sounds freaking amazing but it's actually meh and disappointing. They used to have a location on St. Mark's in East Village but I'm pretty sure it closed. Oh K-Dog has Korean hot dog and Korean egg toast sandwiches. They also have a unique squid ink half and half dog. This is strictly a "me problem". They have a mini bar on the side with a bunch of ketchup squeeze bottles with a bunch of sauces so you can put on whichever sauce you want. I squeezed a random combination onto it and it looked like I diarrheaed all over it. Didn't taste as good as Two Hands IMO but it could very well be me fucking up the sauces lol. The egg toast sandwiches are also SUPER mid, pretty disappointing. The only thing I remember thinking when I ate it was that it tasted like "eggs with toast". I couldn't even really be mad since that's exactly what it was but the Youtube videos of Korean street egg toasts sandwiches always look so damn magical and good so I was expecting something a lot better. I think I would have been much happier with a 2nd corndog instead of a corndog + egg toast.

    “I didn't like the ones in K-Town and I also thought the ramen was bad (it actually was so hard it tore up my gums, it's just like you're eating uncooked instant ramen)”

    H3

  • in:Jongro BBQ Market All You Can Eat opens tomorrow. My thoughts inside.34 pts
    replying to u/justflipping: If the quality is like regular Jongro, this is promising. The included sides look good too.

    “Think u should not expect the quality to be anywhere near comparable when the AYCE price is about the same as one meat off of regular Jongro’s menu”

    H2

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