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San Soo Gab San

5247 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL | Map it  

60625 41.977101 -87.689000

(773) 334-1589

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Features

Neighborhoods:
Far North Side, Lincoln Square
Cuisine:
Sushi, Korean
Price:
$
Categories:
Barbecue Restaurants, Restaurants

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Restaurant Special Features:
Group Dining, Breakfast, Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Hidden Find
General Info:
Open 7 Days, Open 24 Hours
Payment Methods:
MasterCard, Discover, Visa, American Express

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Review Highlights

ambiance
100%
“Most of the wait staff have a great sense of humor and are fun to chat with when they make their rounds.”
drinks
100%
“On a side note, get a bottle of Soju(korean rice wine) and couple bottles of OB or Hite beer, you'll be in for one heck of an awesome meal.”
food quality
87%
“Great food worth so so service”
overall
100%
“Great food, and very good service for the type of place.”
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return potential
0%
“Every time I've gone the servers have been extraordinarily rude but I always go back because of the food and proximity to my house.”
service
44%
“service sucks.”
value
100%
“The prices are very affordable, and you could feed an army with 2 entrees.”
wait time
33%
“Sure, the service was a bit slow and no nonsense, but the food was very yummy.” View Less

Reviews for San Soo Gab San

Umbrella

Member since Mar, 2011 View Profile
12Reviews
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Joined 1 year ago
4.0
March 02, 2011

Ok service, wait time a little too long. The wait staff seem to take on the atmosphere of the place, I have gone there with my Caucasian friends and the service was great, I have gone there with my Asian friends and the service was terrible -the service is

not consistent. But I decided who cares, the food is

good and the price is right. I can never finish the portion

because of the side dishes so I make three meals out of

one. Bustling place on weekends.

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Urbandale

Member since Oct, 2009 View Profile
1Review
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Joined 3 years ago
5.0
October 14, 2009

Great Food!. My daughter and I tried this restaurant for the first time and we really enjoyed the taste of smokey flavor of beef and calamari and all the side dishes. We thought the service was good. Someone filled the water glass and changed the grill without asking. I have tried many many Korean restaurants in several big cities in the past and this restaurant was definately of one my favorite place. I will definately go back !

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oppamen

Member since Sep, 2008 View Profile
1Review
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Joined 4 years ago
1.0
September 21, 2008

Please avoid this restaurant. Im Korean and lived in Chicago for 15 years. Ive been to this restaurant since I was a kid so I know alot about their service quality. If your looking for restaurant with decent food quality then you can go to this restaurant but if you want decent food and service this is not the right restaurant for you. When I go out to eat I pay 20% or more on tips but not here. My max tip is 10% or NONE. Thats how bad this place is.

My last visit to this restaurant ended 1 month ago. I can go to different restaurant with better food and better service. Kang Nam on Kedie and Lawrence is 5-10 min drive from San Soo Gap San and you can get better food and service there.

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redheadache

Member since Jun, 2008 View Profile
1Review
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Joined 4 years ago
1.0
June 21, 2008

The servers hate you if you are white. They serve you hate beef.. We've been to this place approximately six times as it's close to our house and the food was, in the past, yummy. Every time I've gone the servers have been extraordinarily rude but I always go back because of the food and proximity to my house. They avoid eye contact, take 15 minutes to come to your table and have occasionally run over my foot with a dish cart - seemingly on purpose. If you are on the way to the restroom they will push you out of their way. I have gone in at 2am but have never been drunk, rowdy or loud. Last night was one of those nights when at 2am Korean BBQ seemed like the perfect thing. I went with my boyfriend and they seated us and again, took long enough to come to the table (approximately 15 minutes) that my guy went up to the counter and asked for a server. There were only two other tables with people in the place. After ordering they brought us food about 20 minutes later with 8 of the dirtiest most bland Korean side dishes I've ever seen. The beef they brought us was school cafeteria quality. It was a joke to say the least and we both felt like we were eating hate beef so we paid, and tipped and vowed NEVER to come back to this hateful place. I half expected to be throwing up all night.

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msk0627

Member since Jan, 2007 View Profile
2Reviews
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Joined 5 years ago
3.0
May 06, 2008

Bad Service! Rude!!!. I have been there couple of times for BBQ. Food is good, meat is average. Atmosphere is good for groups. Service is unbelieverablely bad.... avoid peek time on Sat nights. Once I was with couple of friends having BBQ. 4 guys and 1 girls, obviously will eat alot of food and finish fast. They rushed us to put the meat on the grill and we needed to asked them to refill the charcoals and a new grill so many times and they were trying to avoid us. Then, we saw the meat bones still have chuck of meat on it. So my friend just put the meat bones on the grill. Couple mins later, one waitress/ manager came to us and give us a look and said "haha, why are you eating that, are you a dog?! only dogs would eat that..." Then she laughed as she walked away........

What a insult? Well, all of us just looked at each other but didn't response to her "funny insult"

.... What kinda restaurant is that?!... so rude! I have gotten some bad service from other restaurants, but not like this time... and we paid for it.

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