Iron Age Korean Steak House

food was amazing only inconvenience was crew #26 forgets EVERYTHING we had to tell em twice about most of the stuff we asked him for

Iron Age is one of my favorites! I can't get enough of the brisket and the galbi sauce. So delicious!
The Duluth location can take in bigger groups. I've been multiple times and the most recent one was with a group of 7! We were sat quickly, just needed for the whole party to arrive. The ambiance was popping as always, KPOP all over.

$29 per person AYCE is a deal. Come hungry!

Been a couple times, staff is nice but they seem overworked. Also not a big fan of K-Pop and having it also projected, I feel like the music selection could be switched up a bit.

Stopped going after I came by and the burner kept going out and our server was already overwhelmed with the amount of people. Food is great though! But I can get a calmer, less K-Pop, and more consistent experience at some other local KBBQ joints.

I came here during a business trip a few weeks back and had a fantastic dinner. A huge part of that was due to my server Egypt. She was very attentive and knowledge about the meats. She took her time serving me and definitely represented this restaurant very well.

I will be returning when I'm in town for business and I will be recommending this location to my colleagues.

One of the best places to eat Korean BBQ! It's all you can eat, which is a plus. This place is a hands on DIY bbq but if you need help, the servers are always there! Their side dishes are always refreshing and endless! This place is great for big groups or just one!

Unfortunately things seem to have changed at Iron Age for the worse. I'm not sure what's going on but on a recent visit my husband and I were incredibly disappointed. We came by on a weeknight (February 5, 2024) when things were pretty slow. There was no wait and we got seated immediately and our sauces were already sitting on the table. Unfortunately I'm not sure how long those sauces had been there but it looked like it had been quite a while as there was a visible crust/skin forming on the sauces where they had begun to dry out. We asked for new ones and our server made sure to swap them out. We asked for japchae and steamed egg and were told that they did not have any. When the grill cooktop was placed over the flame, a dark liquid began to seep up from underneath the grate and sizzle right where the food was supposed to be cooked. We brought this to the attention of our server and he was very apologetic and removed the grate and brought us a new one. When he lifted the grate off, we could see underneath that it was absolutely coated in old grease from other prior customers that had not been completely washed off. He brought us a new grate but when he put the new one on the flame, the exact same thing began to happen.... So he brought us a third grate. Well, you can probably guess that the same thing began to happen to the third one. At that point our server had walked away to attend to another table but he must have let his supervisor/manager know we were having issues with the cooktop being dirty because she saw us looking around for our server, and without saying anything to us she walked up, snatched the grate off with her tool, and walked off. A moment later our server reappeared and brought us a fourth cooktop. Honestly we were very put off and disturbed by this experience as the seeping grates were very gross looking and I cannot imagine that they are hygienic. Our fourth one did not do any kind of seepage so we were okay with cooking and eating off that one but 3 in a row was definitely alarming. We did not get sick thankfully but this has for sure put us off of returning to Iron Age for Korean bbq and honestly we probably will not return for a very long time because of this night.

Came here as a party of 2 on a Friday night and was seated promptly. Standard Korean bbq fare with all of the fixings. Our waitress was attentive and our food was fresh. Cool place to come with a group as they have booth style seating, music playing and music videos on the tvs throughout.

We didn't eat much but the food was plentiful.

I enjoyed the food choices here and the meat was very fresh. Not sure why this place has such a low score. Super chill and laid back place to get your KBBQ grub on. Staff super friendly and the drinks were very delicious.

I knew about the reputation Iron Age had all along, but when a few of my friends decided to catch up over Korean barbecue we decided to go there. Big mistake.
We ordered a few dishes, primarily marinated with the exception of the brisket.
The grill kept shutting off despite many attempts by the waiters and manager to turn it back on. We did manage to get it to work eventually.
Meat was consistently tough and for some reason they left the bones on the bulgogi.
Banchan was mid- had to ask for kimchi to be served.
You can do better, especially in Duluth. I get that it is an approachable restaurant. But after eating elsewhere you will notice the stark contrast.

Man I love Korean Steak Houses! So I came here with my kids before checking out the Japanese Life Store close by. We've eating at Korean Steak houses and this one got right in. We got there in time for lunch ($23 pp) deal, all you eat off of the specific menu (see pics).

The small plates of food in general I would give a 7/10. The plates ranged from cold to warm items. I was expecting the rice hotter and also the rice cakes but they were on the colder side of warm.

We were 1 of 5 parties there at that time and had to wait almost 20 minutes to be seated. Once seated the waiter asked if it was our first time and then began explaining Iron Age. Choose 2 proteins and I will take another protein order once you all are almost done with the second.

We choose the nerf bulgogi and lemon chicken. The waiter fired up the grill, took our drink orders (2 Sprites and a water) and left. Came back almost 5 minutes later with drinks and left again. We didn't see him again for 10 minutes. When he came back I asked, "do we cook the food or is he cooking the food (ALL KOREAN STEAK HOUSES ARE DIFFERENT)?" He said we cook it but he will come back and help. I threw all the beef in the grill. I noticed it wasn't cooking the same so called the waiter over, he then instructed that the grill has a hot/ cold side, etc. so I needed up cooking the beef then the chicken. We all enjoyed our food (I'm a great cook ‍ .

CONS:

The restaurant has a Restaurant Health Score of 81. The waiter never mentions not cooking beef and poultry (I DID NOT). On my out the patrons increased and I saw ppl with raw chicken next to almost cooked beef.

We barely saw our waiter, never got our drinks refilled, when he came back I was done cooking.

Overall: the food was good, I enjoyed the ambience and decor. My family and I had a good family experience.