Gyu-Kaku Japanese BBQ 28 North Almaden Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110

"If you are pure Asian, perhaps you won’t like here. Trust the ratings, i probably won’t comeback. Food: The beef tongue was frozen and overly salted. The other meats were not well-prepared and the portions were miserably small. And they run out of green onion at the beginning of Friday’s night. Service: The service staff is also very limited; the bartender not only takes orders and mixes drinks but also handles cash transactions and cleans tables. It took us 25mins at the 1st waiting list to be seated."

"Based on some of the online reviews for this location I was a little hesitant to try it, but I'm glad we did! The service was excellent. Or waiter (Mustafa) was very attentive and responsive, and our food came quickly. We decided to order a la carte, and had an avocado salad to start. The salad was very fresh, and large enough to share between three people. Our meat dishes were of high quality and tasted great, and the BBQ burner was clean and worked well (easy to control). I don't normally write reviews, but felt compelled to do so given our great experience. All-in-all a great meal and awesome service!"

"To start it is priced a bit higher then your usual all you can eat BBQ place but the quality makes a strong case for it being worth it. Also helps if you go early. Good atmosphere, good staff, with a 90 minute time limit on the BBQ. All the beef are excellent but especially the Toro Beef, Bistro Hanger Steak, and the Angus Beef Ribs where especially good."

"This location offers AYCE, but I usually go for the happy hour deals instead. The shishito peppers, tuna poke nachos, and the mushroom medley are good starters! You can't come here without ordering the Beef Sukiyaki Bibimbap! Crispy rice, flavorful meat, and sweet onions. This dish never disappoints me. Easy to share too! The meats are on the fatty side, but I liked the Beef Toro, Duck Breast, and Sirloin. Everything cooks quickly and the staff gave us tips on how to cook certain meats. Service was overall quick too."

"We have a good time with our friends here, meat and appetizers keep good quality, but the quality of service is just ok, they have problems about short of staff & training about Japanese BBQ service. The grill should be checked & replaced while been using for a while, but they didn't, the server or our table staff are so busy for running between tables and kitchen for delivery dishes. She forgetting checking about the drink & food satisfaction status at our table. Our drinks are way too sweet for us but we don't have a chance to talk about it with our server. I believe if this location hire more server and runner, or the manager can check each table at least onece, the service quality will getting better. We will definitely come back, hope they get better improvement while we back next time."