Reviews for Sagye Korean Pot Rice and BBQ Wheelock Place
StitchWitchSteph
5
Chanced upon this restaurant, and was pleasantly surprised at the quality of food and its portion. The lunch menu was not as extensive as the dinner’s but it really hit that sweet spot of having a wholesome and heartwarming meal, the kind of feeling you get when your hunger is satisfied by your most favourite food; It doesn’t need to be fancy or expensive, it just needs to warm the bottom-most of ur tummy.
The experience was further accelerated by the good service from Ajie (hope I got the name right) and Simon. They were very attentive and helpful.
Will definitely be going back again. Thank you Sagye team.
SYN N.
4
We ordered the Pork and Beef Short Rib Sotbab based on popular recommendations—and they definitely lived up to the hype. The meat was incredibly tender and flavorful! We’re already looking forward to trying more dishes from the menu next time.
I arrived around 6:15 PM on a Friday and was seated quite quickly, likely thanks to the rainy weather. The crowd started to build up from around 6:45 PM onwards.
Koi
5
We enjoyed the complimentary barley tea, banchan (side dishes), and soup. The portion size was generous and the food was served piping hot. I highly recommend the scallop sotbap as it came with a variety of sides like tobiko and ikura, whereas you are limited to just eel in the eel sotbap.
My only disappointment is that we weren’t able to enjoy sotbap the traditional way — ie. removing the rice and toppings from the bowl and pouring the tea/soup in — as the soup was served way before our rice bowls arrived (so the soup was already cold) and the waiter removed the rice pot lids from the table upon serving.
Exe Cell
5
TL;DR: Food’s fire—from appetizers to soup to mains and sides. The queue and wait? Not so much.
Food 🍱
👍🏻 Loved the 4 appetizers, especially the beansprout—not sure why, but the bean end just hits different.
👍🏻 Complimentary seaweed soup was solid.
👍🏻 Cheese egg was fluffy and not burnt (bonus points for the crispy bits on the bowl’s edge—yum).
👍🏻 Spicy beef soup wasn’t crazy spicy, but the warmth made it feel hotter—portion’s big, so it’s perfect for 2 to share.
🫳🏻 Herbal chicken soup was mid—the soup itself was great, but the chicken was bland, just plain meat.
Service 🛎️
👍🏻 Staff were accommodating—from seating requests to letting us cancel an item that hadn’t started cooking.
👍🏻 Fast with water refills.
👍🏻 Gave us an extra round of appetizers when we asked, even though the place was packed.
👍🏻 Refilled soup on special request—love the service.
Atmosphere 🧊
🫳🏻 Not vibing with the pink pixelated sakura ceiling animation—way too bright.
🫳🏻 The TV looping K-pop videos was kinda distracting—not the chillest vibe.
Overall: Great food, thoughtful service, and enough space for a big group (yes, even 12 people side by side!). Just gotta power through the wait and visuals.
HF Lei
5
Very appetizing Korean food and prices are reasonable. Restaurant was very packed during lunch time but managed to get a table. Will visit again to try other dishes .