Goku Korean BBQ & Hot Pot

3085 Meridian Ave, San Jose
(408) 784-3228

Recent Reviews

Allieya DePaolantonio

First time trying hot pot and it was actually pretty good. Everyone gets their own pot for hot pot. In the tablet you get what you want in terms of soup base, noodles, vegetables, meat, drinks. Then at the self serve they have sauces and some other things to add like jalapeno or cilantro. Pretty tasty. And the staff is attentive picking up dishes and filling water. Really nice service today. And even when we asked about vegan and dairy free options they seemed to be very knowledgeable right away.Dietary restrictions: Vegan broth upon asking. Knew dairy free options off the top of his head.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hot Pot

Paul McMaster

Always good value for money here, Service is better in during nighttime hours

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

John Smith

Very good all you can eat

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gokul Korean BBQ, Hot Pot, Miso Hotpot Soup, BBQ

Ashley Bermeo

The hostess tried to charge me for my 1 year old even though he's smaller than the maximum height to eat for free. She told me if he eats one grain of rice she has to charge me. I guess bring snacks for your baby if you plan on bringing them here.

Ben Grove

Food is great, sauce bar is awesome. Service was perfect. Only thing that took away from the experience was loud music and the seemingly excessive smoke throughout the building. It was not busy when I went and the whole place seemed very hazy, even with overhead fans at each table. I pictured how much smoke there would be on a busy evening. Other than this I would 100% return.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 5

Service: 5

OBI

The seatings kept moving back and forth, not sure why they’re not staying in one place.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Japchae, BBQ

Salim Ali Khan

Been there a couple of times in the last few weeks and Sebastian always gives us a warm welcome with a very cheerful smile and gets us a quick walkthrough of the available options ( barbecue, hot bowl etc) and once its our turn (highly recommend checking in online via the Yelp reservation) we get to the table and are ready to eat some yum and delicious KBBQ.The hosts/servers have always been phenomenal. Once you get to the table, you can walk over to the sauce station placed towards the end next to the kitchen to gather a few of your choice. I usually end up ordering a lot of sea food options (calamari, octopus, salmon, shrimp etc) and keep repeating the same to my heart's content. I have been told the other options with beef are very well prepared as well and all in all its just an amazing experience which i would definitely recommend!!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Hot Pot, BBQ

Elli I 0590

meat was very tasty, oysters not so much. service was fast.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Kenn Beasley

Lot of people I went during rush hour. Family had a great time. Food was amazing, no experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Meng Pang

In general it is a OK Korean BBQ buffet and the service is ok as well. But the choice of the food is very limited compared to the other similar restaurants we have tried.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 3

Recommended dishes: Brisket, Ribs, BBQ

Weichen

The service is always good. Make sure you join waiting list ahead of time. The wait time could be over an hour. FYI, This place has nothing to do with Comic Dragon Ball, only named Goku,

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

celyjane biag

not too big of a food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

HJ Kim

It's a 2-hour unlimited buffet, so it's good value for money and the meat quality is good, so it feels like eating at a Korean-style meat restaurant??

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Ninja

One of my favorite Korean BBQ places! The food is delicious and the staff is friendly.I also like that you order at your convenience with the tablet at the table.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Barbecue Grill

Dylan Leal

Came here with a a group of 4 on a Friday and waited for a really long time to be seated only to find that they moved us down the list so they could seat a larger party. Food was about what you'd expect. Nothing special really. The place was not clean at all. Our table had just been poorly wiped and was still very sticky from sauce and other things. The bathroom nearly made me vomit.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 1

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