KorBQ

Tucked into a Petrie Plaza corner of Civic, this all-you-can-eat grill house makes its pitch plainly: the capital's first Korean barbecue buffet, in a stripped-back, industrial-leaning room built for long, sociable sittings. The format is generous, a fixed price, a table-top grill and free rein over marbled beef, marinated pork and the trimmings, but the kitchen resists the race-to-the-bottom instinct of many buffets. Alongside the traditional cuts sit modern flourishes that lean Korean-Japanese and Korean-Western: a crunchy octopus starter, wagyu rib-eye, fried chicken lacquered in sweet heat. Bubbling stews, stir-fries and a rotating cast of banchan round out the spread, so the meal reads as a full Korean table rather than a meat marathon. The crowd is a mix of students chasing value and groups settling in for the evening, and the staff are used to steering first-timers through the grilling. It is not fine dining and does not pretend to be; the appeal is abundance done with more care than the price suggests. In a city not overrun with Korean options, it has carved out a reliable niche, a place to graze slowly, cook your own, and leave comprehensively full.