Welcome to Mapo BBQ, Korean BBQ Restaurant
We serve traditional Korean dishes, and Korean B.B.Q. Try our grilled meat specialties, whether you prefer beef, pork or chicken. Seafood specialties are also available. You may want to taste the Mapo BBQ, which is Korean-style stew (Jjigye), or eat the Jeongol and more.
Based on 188 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.1 stars. Price $$$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery
Address:
3395 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: (408) 984-8005
Hours
| Friday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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11 AM–10 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–10 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–10 PM |
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Reviews
Tiffany Lee
Seriously a hidden gem! I love this place. One of the best Korean BBQ restaurants in the bay. Their brisket is the best quality I had that is equivalent to high end restaurants as well as their service! Unlimited banchan and the only place that has decent gopchang, which is always hard to find. The service always helps to cook your meat for you and that’s worth everything. The exterior of the place doesn’t look like much since there is some construction to the whole building, but the quality and price of the food is super worth it. Every experience here is always the best!!
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Peter Shin
The building renovation was in progress.
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Wei-Ai Tai
Love the beef, kimchi, and banchan here. However, not a lot of options for non-beef eaters or vegetarians. Also, parking is a major problem, since there’s a lot of construction and it’s located in a small narrow plaza. Kind of pricey.
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Rong Su
I was checking the reviews to see if anyone shared the same experience of being charge for $1 for plastic container (for leftover soup) and $.50 for foam (for rice), which left me just a bit less satisfied as I am not seeing this as a common practice. The food portion was large and pretty tasty. Service was a bit cold, but courteous, I accepted that considering I had to eat late today and asked whether it is too late for them three times before sitting down (arrived 9pm and out of the door before 10pm). I just did not want to be hit with some made-up changes and felt I was being punished.
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Nola
Listen idk if it’s because I’m black or what. But the service I experienced here was horrible. I walked in the restaurant and I didn’t see the name of the restaurant and I just wanted to make sure I was at the right place. An older Korean woman asked if I’m dining here I said yes but I asked if this was Mapo BBQ and she was like yes but 2 person minimum for BBQ. I was like that’s fine cause I wanted my meat cooked anyway, I wanted galbi. She ushered me to the other side of the restaurant. I wanted to show her a picture of exactly what I wanted and she told me “just go sit down.” I did reluctantly. I’m still looking in my phone of the picture I wanted to order she brings a menu and points at the Galbi $49.99 I said ok I’ll take a look at the menu, I’m still trying to find the picture I want to show her. She doesn’t even wait a minute. Another waitress takes the menu and starts writing on the meal ticket “so you want galbi?” I was turned off at this point. Nobody greeted me with a warm smile, asked me how I was doing? or gave me a chance to look at the menu. The whole experience was very hostile. I just smiled and said “no, I’m leaving” then got up and left. I won’t be returning. I know when I’m not wanted.
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A K
I recently visited a restaurant and unfortunately had a very poor experience. When we (2 people) arrived at around 9 pm, there was only one table occupied, and yet we still had to wait for someone to seat us. The staff were all at the front desk and did not seem to be aware of our arrival.
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Roy Chen
Service is friendly here. A bit more modest than the mega kbbq spots opening up around here but the meats are pretty good. Price is slightly higher or just on par with the other spots. Kimchi and other panchan are quite good. Love the cumin spice they give…really unique.
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Jingyi Xu
Gam ja tang was really tasty and there was more than enough food for the two of us. The pork meat was so tender and it just fell off of the bones when i picked it up. The flavor was definitely there, but it did get too heavy and salty towards the end. They gave us a lot of banchan and it helped a lot with the heaviness. The gam ja tang came with two bowls of mixed grain rice which I loved as well.
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Michael Pedro
Always great tasting food. The waitress/server took my half glass of beer without asking if I was finished or not. Other than that, no complaints.
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Chester Lui
Omfg this place is amazing and authentic.
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