Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ

The food was good overall, but my mom said it's small servings. Look at the photos attached and be the judge. Some meats were tastier than others, but overall, the meats were tender. The soup was very tasty like the salad, and the lunch special is a good price, for sure. The service was slow in parts of the meal when they got very busy at the height of lunch, around 1 p.m. on a weekday, so I would even suggest a reservation would be best if coming on a weekend or the evening, just to make sure that you are seated right away. I would go back to Gyu Kaku if I'm in the area.

The meat was absolutely amazing, and so was the service. I will definitely come back.

Had a really fun time here. Meat quality was good and our server was very attentive and brought stuff out to match our pace. Loved the smores and the end. Place was a little loud, but then again, it was a Friday evening and people were having fun.

We had dinner here and sat at the bar, where Kathy took care of us. She was absolutely wonderful — super friendly, attentive, and made us feel genuinely welcome from the moment we sat down. Her customer service really stood out and made our whole experience even better. It’s rare to get service that feels both professional and personal. We’ll definitely be back, and we hope to sit at Kathy’s bar again!

The food here is delicious. I enjoyed the dinner here with family. We appreciate the service here 🙏. Thank you.

We came here for a birthday lunch. We used to visit the Northridge location, but since that closed, we have been frequenting this location. We had a great lunch. As always, the food was fantastic. They were out of cucumbers today, so we ordered the spicy cabbage instead. This was a great alternative, and we will definitely be adding it to our rotation. I particularly enjoyed the bacon chips, the beef sukiyaki bibimbap, the Umakara ribeye, the Harami skirt steak, the pork belly, and the Bistro hanger steak. Our server, Alex, was excellent. She started off by letting us know what was not available and took our drink orders. Service was a little slow because they were missing some servers, but Alex was doing a great job of getting everyone their food. She kept apologizing, but we felt it was unnecessary because she was doing the best she could and we did not mind waiting a little. This location gets very busy during peak dining hours. Reservations are recommened. The parking lot gets very crowded, but they do offer valet parking.

Overall, I'm a bit disappointed with Gyu Kaku. I've loved "Japanese BBQ" in Japan and for years wanted to come here. I finally did and probably won't be back. Service was fantastic, wait staff was super kind and friendly and attentive for our group even when we were the last table to leave. Most of the side dishes are kinda pointless and some weird. Hard boiled eggs in the salad? You don't even see that in Japan. The "cheese corn butter" hardly had any cheese and was a watery mess. Dumplings as basic as they could be, Edamame was decent and the beef sushi was great. Bibimbap was actually pretty good with the crispy rice bottom from the bowl. As for the meats, they were all pretty bland and just molded together. Unlike KBBQ where I feel like you get more prominent flavor profiles, here, all the meats just seemed bland, boring, and very very similar to one another, nothing really stood out from the other. And smore's for dessert? Really? How Americanized can this place be?