Surah

Went last night (Friday night), and while the food was good, the service was terrible.  We have dined there before, and the service was fine.  We arrived five minutes early for our appointed reservation time, and were met with quizzical looks.  I'm not sure they were aware of the reservation.  We were finally seated at our BBQ table, which did have a "reserved" sign.  We ordered sushi/rolls for appetizers, which were very good.  Two of them were brought out together, but the third person at our table had to wait at least 5 more minutes for hers.  BBQ was good; one of our dishes was marinated beef ribs, and the sides were good.  After our server finished with the BBQ, he basically disappeared and never came back to see if we needed anything.  We were finished with our meal for about a half hour, and finally had to ask someone clearing tables to let our server know we would like our check.  Highly disappointed this time.  Oh, and for some odd reason, they had the same song (a woman singing) playing over and over and over and over the entire time we were there.  We had time to discuss that as we were waiting for someone to come and bring the check.

I wasn't expecting much from this restaurant, but I have to say that this is the best Korean restaurant that I've had in the area! Even though the inside of the restaurant looks extremely trendy like an Asian fusion place, the prices are unpretentious and the food is really good! First off, the kalbi is of an extremely high quality - the meat is delicate and flavorful and I just ate the pieces right off the grill! Even though sauces and lettuce (for wrapping) are provided, the meat tastes too good on its own for me to want to mask its flavor! I'm still dreaming of this kalbi, especially now that I'm no longer on the East Coast! The bibimbap with spicy pork was VERY spicy, which is great, but it was already pre-mixed with sauce and a LOT of it - I think a little more restraint would have made this dish perfect; after all, the highlight of bibimbap for me personally are the vegetables! A rock shrimp tempura appetizer was amazing! Sweet and crunchy, these huge pieces of shrimp are addictive! Banchan were good, soondubu was good, the seafood pancake (given to us by the owner) was good, and the sushi tasted fresh! I was extremely impressed by this restaurant and I know now that whenever I come to visit my family in Pennsylvania, this will be my go-to restaurant request when we dine out!

My husband had been wanting to try Korean BBQ for quite some time and after doing some research I came across Surah.  I decided that this would be the perfect place to take him for his birthday and we have to say that we both enjoyed it! Although it was only the two of us, we decided to try a little bit of everything. We ordered the wings, which were delicious, sushi and the Korean BBQ which consisted of short ribs, pork belly and tons of veggies. The owner was extremely now and even offer us a complimentary glass of Korean wine.  We will definitely be back soon!