Sota BBQ Coréen is hailed by many as one of Montreal's best all you can eat KBBQ, delivering tasty beef and other meats, solid sushi options, and a dessert line including ice cream that earned frequent praise, with some visits featuring fast service and a lively, well ventilated dining room. Experiences vary widely, though, with reports of long waits during busy times, last call rushes that force large upfront orders, incomplete or delayed dishes, and occasional billing issues such as added gratuities or hidden surcharges. Language and service consistency also come up, from attentive, friendly staff to comments about uneven attention, limited French or English, and inconsistent timing between courses and grills. Overall, it remains a popular spot for groups and celebrations, especially for fans of AYCE with a mix of Korean barbecue and sushi, but several reviews caution that the value and quality can depend on the visit, timing and how smoothly the service runs on that day.
One of the best eat all you can Korean BBQ in montreal. Variety of foods to choose from in an affordable price. I love the ice cream especially the red bean & green tea. Generous cut of beef steak. The calamari & octopus tail are great. There are just some missing on orders, & take some time to receive. Soup is serve in small bowl. But over all we love the place, surely we will visit again soon.
I highly recommend SOTA! I've been to three different Korean BBQs & this one is my overall favourite. There's no strict time policy to stress you out. The place itself is nice, the staff was friendly, the service was sUperfast, the portion sizes were smaller - which allows you to taste more items, & overall every item was good (except the sausage - I wouldn't recommend). I particularly loved the Korean bone beef stew, the dragon roll & the array of sauces that are available to you. I was pleasantly surprised by the black sesame icecream : probably not for everyone as it has a very powerful taste which tastes like sweetened sesame oil - I loved it. The black bean icecream was disappointing : it tasted like a watered down cherry icecream. The price bracket I indicated is including tax & tip
This was one of the worst dining experiences I've ever had. While eating at this all-you-can-eat BBQ restaurant, an elderly man with no uniform or any identification suddenly came to our table &, in a very rude & interrogative tone, kept asking,'You're done, right? Your grill is off, why don't you pay?' His attitude was extremely disrespectful.
In fact, we had not finished our meal. We had ordered more food that hadn't arrived yet, so we temporarily turned off the grill & planned to turn it back on once the food came. We were not over the time limit at all. Meanwhile, several nearby white customers had turned off their grills earlier & were eating ice cream, yet none of them were questioned. Why were we singled out? The unfairness was shocking & uncomfortable.
When I pressed him about who he was, he finally said he was the owner. I then asked why he ignored other tables whose situation was even more obvious but chose to confront only us. He stammered & said,'They are eating ice cream,' even though I still had food on my plate. Faced with my question, he went completely silent. He then said he was there to serve food, which clearly avoided addressing the issue.
I repeatedly asked him to leave our table because he was disturbing our meal. Only after several requests did he finally walk away. The entire experience was disrespectful, unfair, & left us feeling that we were being treated differently. I strongly suspect discrimination was involved. I would never return to this restaurant & cannot recommend it to anyone.
The lamb & ice cream are good, but most of the other meats are dry even if not cooked for long. The service was disappointing, most of the waiters were impatient & only guy felt nice to talk to. At the end, I almost went to scoop ice cream myself because they forgot about our order, but thankfully they finally did it for us when I went to their ice cream buckets.
Overall, it was a good experience. The food is all-you-can-eat, with some dishes standing out more than others. The staff were friendly, though they could benefit from a bit more experience. The cleanliness & organization of the place could use improvement, especially when it comes to the bathrooms. One major issue: the ice cream station was located right next to the restrooms - definitely not ideal.
The food all fresh, they give all our orders.. until we are so full. The last we ate ice cream green tea & manggo, until we are oders 4 times. Very good service & friendly people, we'll back again soon.
Jul 4, 2025
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The quality of food is fine. Sushi's are fine as well. The only complaints are dessert! & sussages! For dessert it is only ice cream!! I expected more items! Also, the sussage quality was not good at all!
All in all, it was not bad
We ate at this all you can eat at this restaurant. Food wasn't bad. Ice cream was tasty. The selection of sushi was good as well. I recommend that they clean the grill once in a while during our rounds. Some of the meats got stuck after grilling many meats
Worst service ever! We had half of our order right the other half never arrived. Never received water until we asked & never received a tweezers to flip the food on the bbq. We waited 10 min for 2 ice creams that never came we ended up leaving. Service would be rated a zero. DO NOT recommend at all. That was the first & last time in this place.
Jul 20, 2024
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Food is Ok, normally I do not complain about what I eat, there are millions have no food to eat, but honest service is something I should mention. We went to that restaurant for my son birthday with 2 families of my friends (total 12 persons, 5kids & 7adults food is good, service is Ok, the servers are quick, but the toilet is very bad condition. You can make a small assumption on how good of a restaurant by looking how they manage their toilets, since you can only see the toilet not the cooking place. 😬😬😬 I asked for the bill, they quickly gave me the bill with service fees of 15%, which was added directly to my bill before tax is something not right. I added 15% of tip as a thankful for the servers who normally work with low payments (Normally I gave 20% for them, but this time service fee is something I do not like, mostly get by owner instead of workers). Then the lady seems to be the boss of restaurant said to me that I can have coupons for eating next times if I open my Google account & rates them 5 stars for all services. Then I said sorry, I do not need coupons anymore. You can play this tricks for other but not me. Btw, this is the second times I with my friends go to this restaurant, last time was December, & there were 5 families of 20 persons. I did not rate because I do not want to give lower stars. But this time, I am not happy with the coupons boosting for 5 stars service. I saw that the lady boss went around & traded other customers for 5 stars service. No, you can not buy my rate with that. They saw that I was not happy with coupons trade, then brought a small gift for my boy as a compensation , 3 coups of ice-cream in a special glass with a candle for him. It makes him happy. What a smart way. 👍👍👍. (These ice-cream are free in the menu anyway). Normally I do not rate, but I have to rate this time to give an honest opinion, rather than seeing a faked 5 stars all services. Then you can not trust the recommendation from Google anymore.
They have sushi too!! I love this all you can eat restaurant, the meat was very delicious & the sushi was fresh & amazing! Even the ice cream was perfect 😍 Highly recommended
