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Jang Choong Dong

Jang Choong Dong

3455 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Duluth, GA 30096, United States

Soup • Meat • Korean • Vegetarian


"Absolutely one of the worst dining experiences ever. I really wanted to like this place because it's nearby and it serves food that both my wife and I enjoy. I like the jokbal and soondae kind of dishes, and my wife likes the non-hardcore Korean dishes. Well, as soon as we walked in we noticed there was only one other party there (three people). It was prime dinner time so we were hoping to see some activity. Anyway, when we sat down the old chubby Korean ahjumma server gave us one menu. Mind you, we had a party of four adults and two children. When I asked for additional menus, she handed us one more. Huh? I had to ask again for more menus. Why was she being so stingy with menus? Don't they want us to order lots of food? I learned later she's a very stingy person, in general. After we reviewed the menu, we ordered donkatsu, soondae, bossam, bibimbap, kalguksu, and more. When we asked about the food, she kept trying to push us to order more items. I didn't like that feeling. Anyway, we ordered what we thought was enough. When the food started rolling out, the first thing we noticed was that the banchan was very very small portion. Literally one bite of kimchi (two tiny pieces). My dad actually called her out on it. We've been to Korean restaurants at least once a week for our entire lives and I've never seen portions this small. Remember what I said about stingy? Anyway, we started eating. Very quickly we started running out of garlic slices, jalapeños, kimchi, lettuce, and more. When we asked for more, she would take forever and bring one at a time. We had to ask multiple times for extra banchan. So annoying. Btw, the food was very average and overpriced. The donkatsu was thin and dry, the pickled radish was old, the bossam was boney, kalguksu was okay, and she never refilled our water. Towards the end of our meal, we asked for more lettuce because we still had some bossam left. Here's the kicker... I saw her go to the one table that was finishing up (they were still there) and grab their lettuce and take it to the back. I thought to myself, why is she taking only their lettuce? She's not clearing out all their plates... but just their lettuce? And when we asked for refills, she brought everything except for lettuce. Then voila, we have lettuce. Remember what I said about stingy? Very sus. We didn't touch the lettuce. When we asked for the check, the bill was $120 with no itemization. There was no breakdown. Did we get charged correctly for each dish? Was tip included? Is the tax correct? This is the first time in my life where I went to a dining establishment and didn't receive an itemized check. Isn't that required by law? It was just a total amount of $120. Ridiculous. Suffice it to say we will never be going back. One of the worst experiences ever. Avoid this place at all cost."