Kogi Underground - Laurel

Im Korean and I highly doubt this place is run by Korean because 1. Which Korean restaurant serves rice in a giant bowl to share?? I was surprised by this. 2. They don't have soups like soy bean soup. 3. Side dishes are terrible except they did a pretty good job with spicy rice cakes. We found hair in one of the dishes. Side dishes seem old and not fresh. And no kimchi as a base. 4. I saw no Asians in this place. We were the only asians. 5. Meat sauces are terrible. 6. They

The food is good. I love the rice cakes. Too bad I only got 2 orders of it because of how slow the service was. My grill literally caught fire because of it not being changed. They need better management here walking around to make sure things are running smoothly. Half my time here was waiting, and they still had the audacity to kick us out. Oh well

KOGI OWNERS HELP YOUR EMPLOYEES! We come here all the time and lately it has been struggling. Food will taste spoiled, this weird silver metal thing was in one of the side dishes. There was one waiter the whole time. We were told they had no forks, we had to ask multiple times for items, no refills cause the poor waiter was so busy by himself. I don't blame the waiter he tried his best. Please owners help your employees! Bring the great experience back!

I've been to several similar restaurants and this was not great at all. Missing flavor in the food a service. I asked for Forks they had to clean them. Extra plates they had to clean them. Rice was served in a huge bowl....super weird. Sides were the best part. I'm not sure where the high ratings come from but I would NEVER go back.

I prefer Iron Age in Rockville better. There are way too many rules to follow here. The quality and flavor of the food is ok. The portion size for a family of 4 was small. We had to keep ordering every 10-15 minutes. Waiter was nice but forgot to refill our water or ask if we need anything else. He never cleared the table to make room to eat. The drinks were good. I would rate it 6/10.