Myles Awai

Ordered the crab cakes appetizer, fish tacos, and traditional lobster roll.
The crab cakes were good and had an awesome sauce with it. The price for them were a bit steep for the size of the cakes and quantity.
The fish tacos were great. I appreciated how the haddock was cut into smaller pieces. I would say the price was worth it.
My partner ordered the traditional lobster roll. He said it was “good” but didn’t say much about it. This dish was costly, but it did have a good amount of lobster in it.

Overall, I probably wouldn’t return to Barking Crab. We sat at the bar where service was okay. I didn’t care for how loud the music was being played. It made it difficult to carry a conversation and I’m surprised I was even able to converse with the person taking my order. Additionally, how is food going to be such a high price, but we’re given PLASTICWARE to eat with?!?

Walking in, the restaurant was muggy. A few of the workers were at the front, ringing out another customer. I made eye contact with the same worker twice and wasn’t waited upon. Eventually, another worker saw to me and sat me at a spot.

Ordered a jjajangmyeong and kimchi pajeon. One of the male workers, more heftier of a face, brought my banchan over. When I thanked him, he didn’t say anything back, looking displeased.

As I was eating, no one checked on me or saw if I needed anything despite me needing a water refill. Granted, when I visited, all the workers sat down to eat their lunches, and didn’t seem like they wanted to be bothered.

The kimchi pajeon was pretty good, but the jjajangmyeong didn’t live up to the hype other reviewers are giving it. Little flavor, mostly cabbage and onions. I counted maybe 3 small pork pieces and no other veggies.

I will not be returning to Seoul Jangteo. Rude and unprofessional staff serving mediocre food.

UPDATE: Got food poisoning from the food.

Great food and okayish service. I ordered veggie tempura and a Newbury Maki. The tempura was the best I’ve had in awhile with Umai putting a variety of veggies in the appetizer. The Newbury Maki was good, a decent size, rice nicely cooked, and the whole thing tasted good. Loved the play with textures from the tempura pieces, salmon, avocado, and small roe.

I was surprised miso nor a small salad was served after I ordered, but maybe those are only given alongside bigger entrees, like bentos.

Service was a bit slow when I visited in the late evening (not too many customers). When I was brought the Toast machine to pay and tip, the waitress stood next to the machine watching how much I tipped, which seemed a little off to me. I’ve found most waiters will turn their heads when customers decide on a tip or aim the machine more towards the customer, so having the waitress stare down at the machine felt somewhat rude to me.

Overall, Umai was good for my first experience. I’d probably visit again only after trying a handful of other sushi places in the Boston area.

I had an alright experience for brunch today. I was seated at the bar, far right seat next to a bunch of trays used to take drinks to tables. Instead of them being moved automatically, I patiently waited for them to be taken away so I had more room. Eventually, I think it was a manager who moved them out of my way without any acknowledgment of me.
The bartender, a male, made me feel seen. He was on top of everything with me. I had a mimosa and I wanted another, so he surprised me (with request) with a different juice.
My meal was alright. The fries were overseasoned with salt and pepper. The croque monsieur was pretty good. Nothing too special to write home about.

Great place to get kimbap when I was craving it so. I certainly wasn’t expecting the pajon to be that big, but I had some leftover to take home. I also got a bulgogi kimbap, which I found to be kind of dry and tough. I ordered a tuna kimbap for takeaway and it ended up being much more tasty than the bulgogi one.