joy garden korean bbq restaurant

always good service and good food. veryauthentickorean menu. hot foods are wonderful and cooled dishes are even better. easy to find, hard to forget. pretty much eat there on a regular basis

stumbled upon this hidden gem of yakima and have not been able to stop coming back! the food is dangerously good with the friendliest of service. the menu is filled withauthentickorean dishes that leave you satisfied and full everytime! there is a variety of korean bbq style meats that come out sizzling to the table, and plenty of broths and soups that can awaken the taste buds. everything comes out in a timely fashion so that you can either stop in on your lunch break, or have a nice dinner with your family. i can't say enough about this place. have yet to try anything on the menu i haven't liked! the food will have you addicted!

great food, great people. love this place. super friendly staff, awesome food, reasonable prices! what else do you want. it, for me, is the best restaurant in yakima and offers actualauthentickorean food, cooked by koreans. we have tried about 6 different things off the menu to date and they were all delicious.

thank you joy garden!

we will be back, and often.

the joy garden is a long way from korea. the joy garden is truly a joy to eat at. unlike chinese or generic asian restaurants, the joy garden is veryauthentickorean food, made by koreans. i haven’t had the chance to sample all of the menu items, but those items i’ve had have all been excellent.

one of the first items i had there was the bul go gi, which is a popular and typical korean dish. basically grilled bbq beef, it is both savory with a little bit of sweetness and some spice. most dishes are served with a number of relishes and kimchis and korean style sticky rice (which tends to be sticker than regular steamed rice). all the dishes i’ve had and seen come out of the kitchen appear to be made fresh. the general nature ofauthentickorean cuisine lends itself to the use of very fresh ingredients and very few if any prepared components.

within the past few months they have upgraded their dining room to also support korean bbq. you order a platter of raw, marinated meats and then cook them at your table. again, i wasn’t disappointed; the meats were all juicy and oozing with savory flavors after they came off the grill. also included with your raw meats is onion and mushrooms that are also to be grilled with the meats. one platter meant to 2 could easily serve 3 or possibly 4.

portions are generous, both for bbq and for kitchen prepared dishes. prices are very competitive. the atmosphere is very basic, but with food as good as they serve and at the prices they charge i’m not complaining.

soooo gooood!!!. i was introduced to korean bbq years ago in tacoma and fell in love immediately! my lady friend is korean and has a keen palate forauthentickorean food. this place is great and has recently gotten so much better with their addition of in-table grills. everything is good, but my advice is to get the in-table bbq experience. so many great sides...such delicious meat. so much fun to grab the food your self. doooo it!!!

real korean and really good. i spent 2.5 years in korea in the military, and enjoyed korean food a lot for the last 1.5 yearsof it (once i started to explore the country).
i craveauthentickorean food and enjoy a few places in seattle when i get over there. this restaurant is very pleasant and fills a big gap in my dining out life here. the owner is very friendly and i enjoyed chatting.

the spicy tofu soup was awsome! just like in korea. i don't even know if it is on the menu, i just asked for it.

the soup comes in an earthenware bowl, bubbling and boiling. i said yes to the egg on top. i just broke it up a little to let it cook in the hot soup. the sides wereauthenticand the owner brought some fish cake for me as i had mentioned it while talking about the dokbokee.

try getting some rice in the spoon and then dipping in the soup to get some broth, tofu and rice in the same bite. your mouth will thank you for days.

finally--korean food in yakima. what a find--especially for yakima! i only come up to this part of the country once a year at christmas to visit my family and was lucky that my sister had heard about this recently opened korean restaurant up on tieton dr. in yakima. it's great to see that there are now good options for ethnic cuisine (thai, vietnamese, indian, and now korean), which were non-existent when i grew up there in the 1980s-1990s.

the menu had a good variety of classic korean dishes, including bulgogi and bibimbap. the portions are large, fairly priced, and of high quality. fresh shitake mushrooms, pickled daikon, well-spiced kimchee, and roasted barley tea--the flavors areauthenticand the chef takes no shortcuts.

the owners are a friendly couple who relocated to yakima from the washington, d.c. area. both stopped by our table to personally ensure that we were enjoying our meals.

i wish i had more time to go back and sample some of the other menu options. don't miss this place!