We had been eyeing Iron Age in Rego Park for a while and finally decided to give it a try. We were craving Korean BBQ and it seemed like the right time to go.

It is an all you can eat setup for a flat fee of around $30, with roughly 90 minutes to work through as much as you want. I will be honest — I have mixed feelings about the time limit format. At that point it is not really all you can eat, it is all you can eat within a window. The other consideration is that the meats cook at their own pace in the BBQ pit, which naturally slows things down regardless of how hungry you are.

That said, my wife and I were both satisfied by the end of the meal. We ate our fill and left happy, which is ultimately the goal. The food was genuinely good — good enough that I actually enjoyed this meal more than some of the higher end Korean BBQ spots I have visited. That says something.

I will be back. The value is solid and the experience delivered. Though I have to be honest — nothing in this city touches the hole in the wall Korean BBQ spots in Flushing. Those are in a league of their own.