Mr. Lim Korean BBQ @ Sri Hartamas
I’ve posted a status in my Facebook recently mentioned that I’ve been treated with one of the bad service at a Korean restaurant and here’s I’m going to reveal which restaurant was that! *drum rolling*
It was a casual dinner with my family on a Saturday and Mr. Lim Korean BBQ was my suggestion as Korean food always my perennial favourite. Made a reservation via phone call & I’ve reached on time with Sam while others reached after 15 minutes later. I was quite shocked once I stepped in the restaurant because the place was quite warm and the smoke emitted from the meat grilling was wafted in the air *cough*.
I was brought to one of the long table at tatami seating area and two bottles of iced drinking water was served immediately. First impression for the service was a good one however after 10 minutes I was seated and my others family member still on their way, the Korean boss rushing me to make order with an impatient face. I have no choice but ordered a set menu for 3-4 persons @ RM 170.00+ which I thought was sufficient for my group of 6 adults (4 females & 2 males) and 4 children (3 are under 5 years old). It came with Dak Gal Bi (marinated chicken slices), Dae Ji Gal Bi (marinated spare ribs), Sam Gyoub Sal (sliced pork belly), Pa Jeon (Korean Seafood Pancake), Jab Chae (Korean stir-fry with sweet potato noodles) & Dolsot Bibimbab (Rice in hot stone bowl). The Korean boss showed a very unhappy face after my ordering as I heard his murmuring (in Korean) @_@
When my family arrived, they complaint about the ventilation problem too and at the same time the Korean boss came again to ask us for more food ordering as he told us we have to order more since we were in a group of 10 pax! This definitely my first time encountered such a condition in a restaurant! We knew that the food is more than enough for our group after we saw all the food was served on our tables and we didn’t think we should order food that beyond our tummies can handle? However we still placed another order of Samye Tang (Ginseng Chicken Soup) to stop the little argument with the boss and our food ended up unfinished! ╮(╯_╰)╭
The interior ~decent but have no proper ventilation system.
The crowd which were mostly Korean.
Our tatami style seating.
FOC iced water
I’m not going to elaborate more on food as I was really not happy with the boss’s attitude.
The condiments for the grilled meats.
Kimchi and banchan ~ Oh ya, we were told by the Korean boss that we are not given refill for the banchan as our order was “under his expectation”! #wthagain
Grilled meats
Bibimbab
Pa Jeon
Jab Chae
Samgye Tang (RM 35.00+)
Verdict: Definitely will never came back again as there are so many Korean restaurants in that area and the suck service really pissed us off not to mention the ventilation system which really need improvement. For me the service in a restaurant play an instrumental role other than the food quality to ensure a pleasant dining experience. For those who planning to make a visit, what I can say is “GOOD LUCK” as I’ve read some good reviews about this place too.
Mr Lim Korean BBQ
5G Jalan 26A/70A Primaville, Desa Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +603-6201 6984
Business Hour: 11am-3pm & 5pm-11pm (Daily)
Long time have not had korean food. The place a bit far to me.
I think your neighbourhood have no proper Korean restaurant right?
noted… staying away… nothing says it all than bad service and experience! never knew now got minimum order at restaurants… >_<
But so many told me there is rule of minimum order >.<
What?!?!?! The minimum order concept is terrible! One can dine in and order for 10 pax and 10 pax can dine in for a person’s order, it’s absolutely up to the customer. Seeing what you experienced, I will never visit this place too.
But so many told me there is rule of minimum order >.<
Wow bad service, no thank you!
Hehe, exactly!
Now a lot of Korean restaurant got limit order per head. Even Uncle Jang also.like that. Last time when I at JB, the lady boss also dont qant refill our bachan cause order too little.
Totally cannot agree such rule!
I know another place that asked customer to order same portion food as per headcount and refuse banchan refill if u don’t: daore. Yards why I never step in daore anymore. They used to be popular (I think) because they were the first few Korean restaurant in Malaysia. But that kind of service.. Me don’t like.
Really? I never encounter such problem in Daorae and that is my family’s favourite Korean food joint o.O
i kena a few times leh.. especially the branch in kepong. maybe that was last time and they changed the policy?
there was once me and another girl fren went together, 2 of us only but forced us to order two food. = =” then another time was with a big group of friends celebrating birthday, then also don’t let us refill the banchan because we didn’t order enough..
I normally went Daorae Kepong too, if only hubby, me & Sam, I’ll order 2 set of grilled meat since minimum 2 sets is required for BBQ~
I’m very particular about the ventilation of the eatery I frequent. I wont even step in if the smell of smoke overwhelms me. That’s also the reason why I dislike shopping at AEON these days as their ventilation is quite bad. I’ve switched to buying my groceries at Village Grocer where the air is much cleaner and fresher.
Ya, I also don’t know how can we tahan the smoke for the entire dinner =.=”
For me, service is the utmost important thing. If the service is good, I don’t mind re-visiting a restaurant again even their food is just average. This one does not deserve to be a Korean restaurant at all. Totally against friendly Korean culture. Thanks for sharing.
But so many told me there is rule of minimum order >.<
i have never come across any Korean restaurant that implement this minimum order rule. it’s all over when the service is bad.
i do hate that i smell like a stinky tofu when i walked out from a restaurant!
But so many told me there is rule of minimum order >.<
Seems nice to me. But after looking into comments. >.<
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Tsk tsk, i would never returned to a place with bad experience. Not like i don’t have any other options 😛
Yes, never ever!!