146-148 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne 3000
Melbourne 3000
Mon – Sun
Lunch 12.00 noon – 3.00pm.
Dinner 5.00pm till Late
I could smell the eau de BBQ meats a block before we even walked into Gogi. I was entranced by the tables of happy carnivores and what seemed to be an almost ethereal glowing mist, but then I realised it was burning meat and couldn't figure out how the hell the smoke alarms weren't blaring. Welcome to the delicious world of Korean BBQ.
To say that I was full after my meal here at Gogi would be an understatement. A more apt description would be bursting. It has been a long long time since I experienced what is commonly known as a 'food coma', but this is in fact how I felt. And why? Because I couldn't stop eating. For $38.50 you are privileged to the BBQ/Shabu Shabu buffet, which allows you access to all areas of their all you can eat buffet. It is not crappy coleslaw and foul horrid flavourless fried rice, but fresh meats including octopus, big prawns, chicken, lamb even a bit of tongue action. Obviously there was vegies, salads and rice available but as if I would waste valuable meat space. In fact when my friend invited me it was with the words 'you haven't gone vego have you?'.
To say that I was full after my meal here at Gogi would be an understatement. A more apt description would be bursting. It has been a long long time since I experienced what is commonly known as a 'food coma', but this is in fact how I felt. And why? Because I couldn't stop eating. For $38.50 you are privileged to the BBQ/Shabu Shabu buffet, which allows you access to all areas of their all you can eat buffet. It is not crappy coleslaw and foul horrid flavourless fried rice, but fresh meats including octopus, big prawns, chicken, lamb even a bit of tongue action. Obviously there was vegies, salads and rice available but as if I would waste valuable meat space. In fact when my friend invited me it was with the words 'you haven't gone vego have you?'.
There is also a fantastic range of sauces including but not limited to soy, chilli and a delicious bean paste that I just couldn't get enough of. Then there was the tasty kimchi. For those of you out there that don't know what kimchi is, it is a traditional fermented Korean dish made of vegetables with varied seasonings. It sounds odd and almost wrong, but trust me, it is so, so right. In all, there were over 30 choices of cook your own goodies, and each time we went back for more, each tray had been topped up with fresh ingredients.
The service here at Gogi was fine. It won't win any awards, but you can't really expect too much from an all you can eat joint. None the less, the staff was friendly, we got all the drinks we had ordered, our used plates were cleared and approximately every 10 minutes the grill of our BBQ was replaced with a shiny clean one.
The food was fresh, the choices of meats and vegies were varied and plentiful and the beers cheap at $5.50. Gogi will definitely be on my list of places to revisit, after all it was fun picking things and thinking you've chosen way too much, but deep down knowing you'll be back for more. However don't think you can go crazy and pile up a whole amount that you will never finish, because as the sign on the wall states "Any food left on the plate will incur a $5 penalty". Brilliant.
Ratings out of 10
Food 6/10
Service 5/10
Service 5/10
Atmosphere 6/10
Value 8/10
Gogi Korean BBQ 6.25/10
Would I return? Yes
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