Goku Korean BBQ & Hot Pot

3085 Meridian Ave, San Jose - 95124
326 reviews
Hot Pot Korean Barbeque
(408) 784-3228

We paid $114 for all you can eat bbq and hotpot for 3 people. $35 per person. Really good price. Services were great! They come like 5-7 minutes to check on us. The only draw back was the restroom. Towels and hand soaps was empty. No protected sheet for the restroom. Their working on the speaker in the restroom. It sound like a high pitch sound in there. Speaker blew out. These recommendation were giving to the server. Good and friendly environment. They got a small fruit bar plus condiments also. Overall a great place to enjoy Korean BBQ and different style of hotpot. Would definitely come back here?

Food was pretty good. Both the KBBQ side and hotpot was great. Meats and marinade were great as well.

Food is decent, worth the price. They forgot to bring us 3 items. Waitress was attentive. $30 per person for dinner, another $5 total to do the hot pot on top of the bbq.$5 a plate for uneaten food. That doesn't apply to the hot pot leftovers, basically just uncooked raw meat, according to our waitress. 2 hour limit. I recommend reserving before you leave you house. Wait at 7 pm on a Saturday was one hour.You can order 4-5 meat bbq dishes at a time, 10 hot pot. The only hot pot broth that's not pork-based is a vegetarian miso that's not on the menu, you have to order from the server.The portion sizes range widely. When we arrived, we got 3 spicy shrimp on the plate, as we left, the table next to us got about 12. There's a side area where you can self-serve sauces and canned lychees/peaches/salad. The Korean bean paste is great, made the soup much better. The ban chan was very good.The few carps I have: the crab was garbage ?, we got maybe a teaspoon of mush after a bunch of work. I think it made the soup taste worse.The marinade on many meats was a little overly sweet. My biggest issue, and what caused me to drop a star: the noise level was really excessive. I could barely hear my friend across the table. I probably won't be back due to that fact alone.

Ate lunch here today. Very nice Korea BBQ and Hot Pot restaurant. The dishes are delicious, especially all the beef and pork. This restaurant also has a fruit selecting/sauce making area you can go get yourself. RECOMMENDED for everyone!

Yummy BBQ and hotpot. Lots of good selections for meat, seafood and vegetables. Hotpot soup bases are very good.

Pretty good quality of meat and wide variety of selection. Service was beyond my expectation. Place is very clean.

Incredible selection and friendly staff. Easy ordering system made for an enjoyable and fun meal. Would definitely recommend the short ribs.

They are busy with no customer interaction. Everyone is running around with little to help their tables. Staff are busy, but the experience was extremely poor when it came to ordering food and drinks.The biggest negative is that they always put the flame to cook meat way to low. Takes to long to cook and frankly it's a hazard of how low the flame is that the meat can't be cooked properly.Hey does anyone love paper plates to eat all the meat you want? The price you pay and you get paper plates? The paper plates are even the cheap kind which was a big negative as we are not eating dry food.

My favorite Korean BBQ place in San Jose! Wide menu variety & good prices. All you can eat with a 2 hour time limit. Offers both Korean BBQ and Hot Pot. Great customer service & fun atmosphere. Most people always go to Gen but Goku is much better!!!

Pretty good quality of meat and wide variety of selection. Service was beyond my expectation. Place is very clean.