Takorea Bbq - Harrison

The food was very salty at this restaurant. We ordered a spicy pork belly and a bibimbap bowl with bulgogi ($7). Surprisingly, the bulgogi bowl was the same as the regular bowl but cost $7 extra. We got takeout for dinner and the total price per person was around $20-30. Overall, I would rate the food a 1 out of 5.

Atmosphere is pretty cool, it was squid game themed. I had wings and spicy pork over rice on a hot stone plate. The pork dish was way too salty, had 2 bites and that was it. Waitress came over and asked if everything was ok. I said the dish is way too salty. At this point most establishments would offer another dish or remake it. Not here, they just shrugged and proceeded to hang me the bill. Service: Dine in

The restaurant offers parking validation for up to 2 hours on most days, excluding game days at the nearby stadium. Parking costs $5 for the first 2 hours and $10 after that. The parking garage is conveniently located next to the Element Hotel. On a Sunday late afternoon, there were plenty of spots available. Service was prompt and the meal type was lunch.

It was just really average for me. The fact that the tacos have to be ordered as three of one type and can't be ordered mix and match feels like a massive drawback. Despite that restriction, I got to try both the spicy pork and the bulgogi beef, each of which was decent enough but really nothing all that remarkable. The bulgogi was sweet and salty and the meat was tender enough, but there was really no charge or flavor reminiscent of real Korean BBQ. The spicy pork was pleasantly hot and salty, but could have used more deep, savory flavor. Each order of tacos (that comes with three) plus a very modest side of chips will run you almost $20, which really doesn't feel like a great value given the taste and size of the tacos. It's possible one of the other varieties would have blown us away, but I have no way of knowing as they don't make it easy to sample a larger variety, and the price point just doesn't really inspire me to try when there's so many other good Korean places and good taco places in the area.

The toppoki bar doesn’t deserve this amount of money. I didn’t see anything that should be included (show on the menu) except the toppings we added. And for one toppoki (an appetizer in other Korean restaurants), we have waited for at least 30 minutes. It’s not a good dine in experience. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50