Iron Age - Columbia Heights

The food was definitely not it. The seasoning and the meat itself are very bad quality.

Quality of meat was just bad.

We had a great time at Iron Age. The staff are excellent and helpful! The marinated meats were fantastic. I only wish that they make two small changes: 1) since certain meats on the menu need to be cooked on different surfaces, I would have liked to organize my servings by cook type to prevent waste, and time loss. 2) the menu link from the QR code, is blurry when you try to read the meat descriptions (to see which ones are marinated or not)

I go to kbbq every week but this place was below the average. The service was so bad. 20% Tip was included but staffs were so mean and not even answering to you. I don’t know why they have to be so rude and ruin someone’s day if they decided to work there. The girl at the host was really disrespectful even though my friend was trying to be nice. Meat quality was really bad and tasted weird. I’ve been to here for few times but the quality is changing every time and not consistent. I don’t know what happened to the management but I won’t go back again.

I’ve been coming here since it opened a few years ago, and the meat was consistently of excellent quality. However, there has been a marked decrease in the past few months. The meat has too much cartilage, and it’s obvious management has started purchasing cheaper meat to keep menu prices low. The service and atmosphere has retained its excellence, but I’m no longer excited to come due to the worsening quality of the food. What a shame Iron Age, please get back to how you were before. I’d much rather pay an extra $5-8 if it means great meats.

Service and staff are great. Food it’s very bad. The meat is very sweet or not seasoned properly. The japchae tasted like oil. There is no real authentic banchan. The grill is not set properly and the meat sticks to it. It can get very loud because of the music. If you’re NOT looking for legit Korean food, it’s perfectly fine.

Fast and attentive service from Alex during this busy night on Valentines. Cuts of meats were almost on par with the $29 Dinner AYCE price tag, with enough options. Iron Age still exists as one of the cheapest AYCE Korean bbq establishments around. Only set back about this location is that I’m not a fan of those criss cross grills unless it’s for the steaks. Cooking the spicy pork bulgogi was especially difficult as it cooked unevenly with edges burnt because of the way it interacted with the fire on that grill.

Lots of fun! Music is pretty loud, but typical with Korean BBQ spots. The food and service were top notch! Great atmosphere and awesome addition to the Columbia Heights area. Will definitely return :)