
Grams BBQ
In Garden Grove, this measures out as one of OC's very best AYCE Korean BBQ restaurants
When we dream about our experience at Grams BBQ, a Garden Grove-based all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ, we think back to several things. This is a restaurant with an emphasis on unusually high-quality beef, though Grams doesn’t literally or figuratively try to force it down your throat: You can choose from three AYCE menus, the first ($33) with 14 meats including Brazilian-style picanha, beef heart, three types of pork belly, pork galbi, and wagyu beef bulgogi; the second ($39) with 18 meats adding beef tongue, intestines, marinated beef galbi, and learn wagyu eye round; and the third ($59) with 27 items including Woode galbi, porterhouse steak, prime galbi, multiple types of wagyu, and boneless shortribs.
Every tier has something great; the top tier is on a completely different level. The Woode galbi ribs are marbled enough to give Japanese A-5 Wagyu a run for its money, marinated USDA Prime Galbi almost as tender as a pillow, and peppered Brazilian-cut Picanha is fantastic – alone, it would be a draw at a fully Brazilian steakhouse.
You don’t need to go for the highest-end meal to do well here. And if the list of meats wasn’t compelling enough, the ability to sample half-plates of all but the most deluxe dishes guarantees that a small group will be able to try at least half of the items on a visit.
Contrary to old and outdated reviews of Grams in its earliest form, we found the service to be very attentive – helped, surely, by diners’ ability to cook their own food rather than wait for assistance. On the other hand, some of the extra frills have been shaved off to keep the menu prices reasonable despite the continued presence of wagyu meats. Banchan are few in number, and tables for two are limited to three meats at a time. These are small complaints about an otherwise impressive experience that puts other local Korean BBQs to shame on quality for the price, though not on quantity of choices.
Stats
Price: $$$
Service: Table
Open Since: 2017
Addresses
8902 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92844
714.591.5044
Instagram: @gramsbbq