Yaedam Korean BBQ in Pleasant Hill

Yaedam KBBQ is slightly better than your average korean bbq restaurant based on the quality of their meat. We decided to go a la carte (though they do have AYCE) since we werent very hungry. We ordered the premium pork jowl and brisket. Both dishes were good portions. Our party of three adults had plenty to eat. Each order came with a side of steamed white rice and assorted banchan. Their banchan dishes were decent, but was disappointed that they didnt provide anchovies. Also, we werent offered refills and were only given two pieces of lettuce for wrapping. I guess refills only come when you do AYCE. Their housemade bean paste was excellent.As for the atmosphere, there could be some improvement. The lights were not turned on during our meal so it was rather dim. Also, there were uncleaned tables near us despite the restaurant being more than half empty. We came right as they re-opened from their afternoon break so not sure why there were still dirty tables.Service was decent; nothing stood out good or bad.Overall a very underwhelming experience. We wont be going back.

FIRST TIME WE CAME HERE AND WE ARE IN LOVE !!!!MY PARTNER IS A VERY PICKY EATER AND TO MY SURPRISE HE DEVOURED EVERYTHING ON HIS PLATETHE FOOD WAS VERY TASTY AND VERY HOT. I LOVE THE CHICKEN WINGS AND EVERYTHING WE ORDEREDTHE RESTAURANT LOOKS VERY CLEAN AND WELL DECORATEDBUT OF COURSE THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE THE DELISH MEALS THAT CAME OUT OF THE KITCHENTOTALLY TOTALLY I RECOMMEND YAEDAM KOREAN BBQ TO EVERYONE WITH A VERY SOPHISTICATED PALATETHE FOOD IS 놀라운

OK, First things first. The food...Flippin AMAZING!I might be biased because Im Korean but seriously, the food is delicious.This place used to be a different Korean restaurant pre-pandemic but everythings new/different/changed now and this is yet another example.Back to the food...The banchan is well done and flavorful and has authentic flavors that is really hard to do well. The Kim Chee Jigae is OUT OF THIS WORLD!!!!! The richness of flavor without being over salted is what surprised me. They also had a korean beer that I never had before so that was pretty cool.You know I had to order the Kal Bi too. That was super good as well. The manager/owner said that an order would feed 1 and a half people but we found that itll easily feed 2 and in our case they brought out 4 decent sized ribs and it fed all 4 of us. Granted 2 of my party were little ones (actually 1 little one and my teenage son who could put away the groceries).One of the issues I had was that things I asked for didnt show up and I had to either ask multiple times for them or the wrong thing showed up. Eventually I asked to cancel a couple items off our order. If it werent for that I would absolutely give this a 5 star review.In the end it wasnt a big deal but I can see these things being exacerbated during high volume times like Friday or Saturday evenings. With that being said I think its a 4.5 star place.Well done, authentic Korean food is hard to do and good places are a rarity. I would be more than happy to drive an hour to come back with my family or wife on a date night/cruise.Support your local korean restaurant, give this place a try (just not on Friday or Sat night lol).

We came here for Dinner. Didnt do AYCE. Banchan was great, the Mackerel and GalBi were amazing. Spicy pork was ok. It was pretty empty so service was great, cant relate to when its busy.Will try AYCE next time.

Came here to have dinner for a friend bday. Our first time and had a great time. Meat was fresh and service was great. Most definitely will be coming back. 👌🏽

I really enjoyed the Korean BBQ here. Im not a huge fan of Korean BBQ, but my wife loves it so I was ready for another mediocre meal, but was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the meat here.We ordered the spicy bulgogi and I could not get enough of it. 10/10 would recommend. They also have soju cocktails which was too sweet for me, but it was still a fun drink. Only get if you like sweet drinks.

My first time here and it was delicious. You get so many sides with the all you can eat !!

Very poor service. They dont listen to their customers and they dont care. We use to come to dinner here 2 times a week and we no longer go. We thought take out would be better. No. Take out is not better. They lost a good customer. There are other good Korean restaurants in the area we will be going to.

The food here is delicious. Definitely has better options on their menu than other Korean bbq restaurants nearby. Only thing holding it back from it being 5 stars is the service. My family and I got the premium all you can eat because the short ribs are our favorite. However it wasn’t necessary because the LA short rib included with the regular all you can eat menu was marinated the same as the ones listed on the premium. The wait time it took them to bring the meats out after ordering was so long, that we kept having to turn off our grill because it was just burning and smoking a lot due to having no meats to cook. They even took long like this with ordering drink refills and waiting for the rice and different sides. I think our dining experience definitely could’ve been better if the service didn’t suck so bad, but at least their food was good.

Lunch was delightful. Friendly server made soju recommendation. Lunch special was fast. Mackerel beef bulgogi. Kimchi pancake, calamari, soft tofu soup were all flavorful