Gen Korean BBQ House

1628 Hostetter Rd f, San Jose - 95131
368 reviews
Korean Barbeque
(408) 477-2773

Came on a Friday night for dinner and surprisingly didn't wait at all for 2. Maybe it was because of the warriors game? Anyways I'll take it!Variety isn't as much as some in SoCal but enough. Really really enjoyed our prompt service and the beef belly was my favorite! At under 30 bucks, it's a good AYCE KBBQ spotFood: 7/10Service: 8/10Experience: 7/10Value: 7/10

Great settings and family accommodations…???

Overall the food was decent. It is definitely not a 5 star restaurant, if you've never had Korean BBQ before than it's worth to go at least once, but its not something I'd recommend more than once a month. If youre not sure how this place works, it starts when you pick four dishes to bring out and cook. After those four you can pick another four to cook and eat, most of the food is raw and youre tasked with the job of cooking it yourself in the center grill of your table. You can pick an unlimited amount of dishes to bring out, but only four at a time. To get the most value out of this place you would need to eat as much as you can, like a buffet. The food was alright, if there was more seasoning on the meats it would have been better.

The food was amazing. The staff polite and helpful. Definitely a hip place to eat.

Awesome place. Good food. Worth the price. Friendly service. Tyson was our waiter and he did good?? Would so go back here and I recommend it. The wait is worth it. We waited in line to be seated but they text you and call out for you to be seated which is good. Parking is good and free.

An endless feed of different meats and such. If you like wide sauces for dipping your cooked meats, you need to ask for it. We were 7 adults packed into a 6 person booth. All in all a reasonable experience.

Great food and great service ????

After a 9 mile hike, we were ready to eat! Gen has always been reliable in flavor, texture, and taste so we decided to go to this chain Food/Taste/Flavor: 4/5 - our usual orders of beef brisket, premium pork belly, bone-in short rib, pork cheek, and spicy rice cake were great. Fairly consistent cuts and great textures all around. Miss: when the restaurant ran out of galbi (bone-in short rib), the server recommended #10 which is the finger short rib as "they are marinated in the same sauce so they taste the same but it just doesn't have bones." We trusted his recommendation but they are NOT similar at all!! Yes, we can agree that the marinade is the same but they don't have the same texture and don't cook the same way either. We couldn't eat most of this dish since it was extremely chewy and it felt like it wasn't defrosted all the way since we had to cook it to death on the outside but it was still bright red in the middle Ambience: 2/5 - similar decorations to the other chains but way too loud! For birthday celebrations, they bang on the metal cooking trays to get everyone's attention and between singing. Ear plugs recommended! Service: 3/5 - Jo$h was great every time he came by to assist and we would give him a solid 5/5 but it seemed like he was pulled in too many directions at once or he was given too many tables to cover that we didn't see him for almost 25 minutes at one point. Since we were there pretty much till closing, he was wiping down tables and covering for other areas where the servers had to leave Value for price: 3/5 - delicious food but price is creeping up. Slightly disappointed that they no longer have beef tongue on the menu. They were also out of beef belly, galbi, sweet garlic sauce, and garlic & herb sauce.

I visited with a group of 7 on a very busy night, and waiters/staff were very friendly and attentive. This was my first time visiting this restaurant and it was a fun experience as well as delicious food.

Bad service .. we eat n stop wait food n eat n waiting it so disappointed .. by time they bring food u don’t want eat anymore … all u can eat should fast but this location super slow don’t have enough service. I wait an hour my favor food??? Suck