Bart Grocery

This is my new favorite place for Korean food. I got the kalbi, which comes with white rice, japchae, and kimchi. It's easily the best kalbi plate I've ever had - the meat is so tender and delicious. The portions are generous, I wound up saving half of it to eat the next day. A week later, I ordered the bibimbap, which was equally as good - the balance of ingredients was well-done, nothing overpowered anything else. My only qualm was that there wasn't as much meat as I'd hoped, so I'll get the extra side of meat next time. I also tried the potstickers. Normally I avoid ordering those at restaurants because a lot of places are just reheating frozen grocery store potstickers and overcharging for them. However, the potstickers from here were so fresh and juicy, they were absolutely worth the price I paid. I'm definitely going to be ordering from here often.

The grocery store is more deli take out than a grocery store. But that’s a good thing as the food is excellent and outstanding. Of course we ordered the beef ribs with chopchae for $24. But they give you enough for two persons. The ribs are extremely tender and has a great flavor, and the chopchae is well balanced and very good. It comes with a small container of kimchi of course and everything is made to order. You can call in an order as well which I’d recommend as the wait can be up to 30 minutes (we waited for 15) depending on how busy it is.

Ordered marinated chicken,beef short ribs,kimchi fried rice and bibimbap. The chicken was flavorful and had the char taste to it. It came with japche,salad and rice. The beef short ribs was the best that I have ever had. Juicy and flavorful and the char made it delicious. Kimchi fried rice is tasty and not overpowering by kimchi. Bibimbap had veggies,ribeye, chili pepper sauce and rice. This was more of a bland dish to me and the chili pepper sauce wasn't to my liking. Overall the food was very good and I would eat here again. It took about 20 minutes from ordering to getting your food. We ordered right at 11am when they open the doors.

This is a really great small business that has been around for a long time. Great food and convenient pick up. They were also very gracious to us when we got the order wrong for a party when it was totally our fault.

6/18/2025: 2025 update. Bart Grocery & BBQ is not the best Korean food I have had. But that's not the point. They are pretty good. The restaurant smells like sweet Korean BBQ when you walk in because they grill the meat right there. I still miss the old husband & wife team that retired in 2020. It felt more homey when they were around. Today I had the tofu soup $14 and marinated chicken $14 for lunch. I can't believe I've never had their tofu soup before. It was surprisingly good. There are bits of meat with big pieces of tofu, and a surprise pot sticker in there. The marinated chicken tasted the same. Now they give a little cup of kimchi. It took about 25 minutes for my food to be ready at 12pm via phone order. Original review: The husband and wife team and/or their kids weren't working tonight. I miss the warm welcome she used to give her customers. The food remains the same, very good. The menu hasn't been updated for like 10 years. The new chefs are pretty good. My food was ready in 15 minutes.

Incredibly authentic Korean food that tastes just like home cooking. Every bite feels comforting. And unlike most spots in SF, it won’t drain your wallet - amazing quality for such a great price!