Mo Ran Gak Restaurant - Garden Grove

We’ve been at many Korean BBQ restaurants, but Mo Ran Gak is our top list favorite, from food to service. Banchans are fresh and change mostly daily except the basic banchans like kimchi and cucumber, they are different from other restaurants, significantly home made and delicate, seasoned well balanced. From cold to hot soup I guess every dish is well deserved to try. My unforgettable impression of Mo Ran Gak restaurant is the marinated Short ribs, the beef is literally melting in my mouth, the meat is still juicy, full flavored and melting. Besides food the service and staff are super nice and careful. Highly recommended for anyone who loves Korean cuisine.

The best Korean food I've ever had. The portions are huge and we realized we ordered too much food because we were expecting 'private equity owned chain restaurant' portions and we got Korean mom and pops portions. They gave us so much stuff on the house along with a variety of banchan and sauces. We ended up having 6 to-go containers. Our server was a chill guy who was prompt, knowledgeable and cooked our bbq perfectly. Really great experience, will be coming back.

I don't even know where to start- an AMAZING dining experience from start to finish EVERY SINGLE TIME!!! I really should have written this review sooner. Each visit, once we ordered, our servers did EVERYTHING, so if you’re new to this type of dining. Just bring your appetite, great company if you can, or just enjoy their amazing feast all your own. Located in a shopping center with ample parking, whether by the market or by Paris Baguette, it's convenient. Expect a wait as they're usually busy anytime I've been here for dinner with a group of 6 of us. The wait most times for us have been no more than 15 min. I'd wait an hour easy- if absolutely necessary. I know I won't leave hungry nor disappointed. Favorites/ Highlights (kept a list, because there is so much to remember!) The way their staff bring everything out, banchan, and the different t entrees, it's like a symphony... very efficient and so well choreographed. Diverse selection of banchan includes the soybean sprouts, acorn jelly, potato salad, kimchi, squash, squid, lettuce (varies each. visit if I recall correctly, but always a delicious variety Banchan include their signature fried mung bean pancake (BUT YOU STILL SHOULD ORDER THEIR SEAFOOD PANCAKE TOO)- the crispness, the crunch, the texture of each ingredient, the FLAVOR is by far my favorite of all seafood pancakes I've tried) Steamed egg is the best!! Favorite grilled meat is the beef brisket for me. Their presentation is beautiful, the grilling is so quick and always changed out so as not to char anything or taste anything charred. I've read you can grill it yourself, but our groups have always let the staff grill our items. MARINATED COMBO D/ 4 (Included a SOJU OR BEER) Regular brisket, pork belly, shrimp, chicken Steamed egg AND soybean paste soup OR tofu soup The brisket and the pork, the shrimp- all were so tender and delicious! They serve the shrimp butterflied and deveined so it grills perfectly. 1 Each of the Regular and Spicy Nangmyeon (additional cost to the combo) Want Galbitang Yookejang is always a crowd favorite (shredded beef in a hot and spicy beef broth Spicy Braised Cod (also had radish, sliced rice cakes, the sauce is delicious too and not too spicy, so good with white rice) Bibim Nawngmyeon is another must try (don't use too much vinegar- add a very little and flavor to taste with the mustard, unless you get the spicy version, no extra seasoning needed) There- that is the "short" list for now :) Hope to be back again soon!

Was recommended to go here and it did not disappoint! It’s à la carte, so we went with the 2 person “prime non-marinated Korean bbq” combo A which was perfect in serving. I am still dreaming about the spicy cold noodles 🥹🤤🤤 service is excellent. They cook for you in case you come with a diva who doesn’t want to cook. Meat was fresh and very tender. Definitely will come back here again!!

This place was amazing. Great Korean BBQ and Korean foodfood at reasonable prices. People are very friendly!