I can't believe this amazing restaurant only has three stars! It serves up the authentic taste of Shenyang, with incredibly tasty meat and outstanding service. My best friend comes here religiously every month and recommended it to me. It's definitely a must-visit spot in Los Angeles
After eating at this restaurant, I ended up crying from disappointment when I got home. This is not clickbait; I genuinely cried. Upon arrival, I found that the only seasonings provided were sesame sauce, flavorless chili powder, the most basic soy sauce, and vinegar meant for cooking. If you like sesame sauce, then ignore my complaint, but the chili powder was so bland that even after adding it to my barbecue, the meat still tasted the same, without a hint of saltiness. I had no choice but to ask for extra salt, but even that didn't improve the flavor; it just made it salty, which was a surprise coming from a place that specializes in barbecue. Honestly, by that point, I had lost all appetite because eating any more meat felt like torture. It was truly distressing to pay $38 per person for a buffet and not want to eat after just a few plates, but I couldn't force myself to eat more to avoid wasting food. But the taste was just one issue. The vent above our grill was leaking oil directly onto our meat, coating it in a glob of black grease. When a server came over to change the vent head, they suggested cutting off the unaffected part of the meat and continuing to eat the rest. Yes, they actually asked for our scissors to cut the meat, which they hadn't provided, along with plates, until they asked. I had thought eating without plates was a quirky feature of this place. By then, I was nearly at my breaking point, especially realizing it was Valentine's Day and I was spending it eating terrible food at $38 a head, leaving with just a few plates eaten between two people. The more I thought about it at home, the angrier I got. It was the worst barbecue I've ever had, bar none, and I will never return in this lifetime, and I'd dissuade any friends from going