Jejudo

Came for the raw soy marinated crab after hearing about it. But it was the bbq set that was the star of the meal. Jejudo is located in a strip mall on North Road just south of Lougheed surrounded by many Korean establishments. We came in a group of six. Jejudo is not very large and they have very limited seating spaces for larger groups. We ended up waiting 45 minutes for a table as they do not take reservations on weekends and patrons often over extend their 90 minute table limit.

The marinated crab was a unique experience but not something I have to return for. We ordered several dishes including the Premium BBQ Set (which included soup and seafood pancake) and kimchi fried rice. The presentation of the bbq set was impressive. The meats/chicken/seafood were all amazing...great cuts of meat. I also really enjoyed the kimchi fried rice, the seafood pancake and the soup. Everyone left full and very satisfied.

It was a very positive food experience and happy to recommend Jejudo for Korean Bbq.

really great place!! Got the lunch special set. The sashimi and marinated seafood plate is super fresh as well
Def recommend!!

After searching for a restaurant in the area that serves raw marinated crab, I finally came across this spot and was so excited. Although I wasn't expecting it to be as delicious as the ones that I've had in Ktown LA, it was still pretty good.

Service was very good as well. To get on the waitlist, you just scan the QR code that is on the tv screen at the door. We were quoted about an hour and a half for a Friday evening, but were able to get a table sooner. When you get seated, you order everything from the tablet at the table and all of our food and drinks arrived so quick. The only thing was that it took a bit long to get someone's attention to get our check.

I've been looking for a place that serves Korean female soy marinated crab and Jejudo did not disappoint! Every bite was delicious and I especially loved the putting rice in the shell to scoop out all the gooey goodness. Highly recommend this dish if you're visiting. I also had the male crab legs which were tasty as well, but the female whole crab is the best.

I've also come here for Korean BBQ which was alright. They had forgotten to give us the veggies and salad until we asked toward the end since we didn't know it was included. By then, we had finished most of the meat. The seasoning was tasty, but I wasn't a fan of the 2 order minimum they enforced as I was hoping to try other dishes.

I would recommend making a reservation if you can. It got really busy after around 6pm. Luckily there's a big Korean grocery store just below which is a fun place to pass the time.

We enjoyed our time here. It's out of the way for us but we shared the couples bbq platter and ordered a few mains for ourselves.

Really nice beef bone soup and delicious spicy cold noodle. I opted for the sashimi option and it was well put together.

Bottomless salads are available and we enjoyed having this with our meats. It was a nice way to cut the fat.


Service was good and good ventilation so we didn't smell like bbq afterwards.

Nice side dishes available too!

I would come back more often if we were in the area :)

Set Menu

I've been dying to try raw marinated crabs and I'm so glad I found a place that sells them in a restaurant! The crab was very soft and I would say it resembles sashimi but softer. I would say I'm not a fan of small crabs as there wasn't a lot to eat from it.

The bossam was really good. It really fell apart in your mouth.

The portion of everything was a lot smaller than expected. For the price of the set menu, I think I normally get a lot more food.

The sashimi salad was my favourite out of the whole set.

Overall, there was nothing too amazing that I would come back for. I mainly came for the marinated crabs and although it wasn't bad, it wasn't too captivating.

One of the few places to have marinated raw crabs. They are super small. However the marinade is delicious. The crab itself doesnt have much flavor so it relies on the sauce. There no option to choose with roe or without roe here.

Also ordered the nengmyeon. I like that they put iced broth cubes in there. The taste of the broth is quite bland but I like tonadd vinegar and mustard anyways.

Solid spot for some legit upscale korean cuisine; a little on the pricy side, but dishes like the bossam stood out as pretty excellent; extremely soft and flavorful. YMMV as some menu items felt a little less worth the price - as noted by other reviewers, the soy-marinated soft-shell crab is an eye-catching special, but the flavor may leave you wanting. Seems like there's a lot of good Korean food in the area so this place wouldn't necessarily be my first choice, but the food was overall pretty decent.

My first time having marinated raw crab! The sauce is a strong soy sauce flavour but it's packed with umami. It goes perfectly well with rice and banchan! For the crab, it's marinated well but I think over time, it gets a little tiring. Since it's raw, the crab is very rich and fatty. I think one piece is enough for me. The cold noodles were refreshing, I like the way they cooked the noodles. The soup was very spicy but it balanced all the dishes we ordered.

Why such a low star? I came in for the marinated crabs.
I've had Korean marinated crab all over the Koreatowns all over the states. I've enjoyed them many times.
It's rare to see them on a menu in the mainland and Jejudo was known for it.

Marinated crab
Cleaned well and fresh. Marinade was like sugar water with a hint of soy. It was super watered down. Where is the green onion, higher quality soy sauce, garlic, ginger, apples, peppers etc.. in the brine, I tasted none of what I've listed. This was so sad. The crab itself was "tasteless", this was like raw tasteless seafood that was cold and not much there. Imagine a scallop in a watery brine that one has to bite through for its meat.
Another point I have to raise is, I didn't see they had marinated crab with roe for $38? until I've ordered. ... so for another $16 I get a female crab with roe.
Bc it was so tasteless, it didn't pair with rice. It was too bland to eat by itself and none of the banchan actually paired with it. The crab dish doesn't even pair with the soup which I choose the beef as it over powered it.
This crab dish wasn't even appetiser worthy.

The banchan paired with the soups, the soup was better as it had good chunks of beef. However, the kimchi was plain, the seaweed was unseasoned and the daikon wasn't even lightly salted (this was just slivered dried out daikon with a raw taste).

Chestnut Ricewine
This was good.

Overall
This Marinated Crab Combo is a hard pass until they up their marinade brine game and make a hard suggestion on how to pair this with the other dishes.

I'd most likely return for their sashimi/ bbq combos. I appreciate their wine list.