Sujeo

7 Reviews on “Sujeo”

• Rick Leed

  We tried Sujeo for lunch this past weekend. When we arrived all the window seats appeared to be taken. The hostess ushered us down the interior wall of tables and we were a little disappointed. It was dark and we wanted to enjoy the unusually warm and sunny winter day, but then she took us around the corner to the light, airy, and warm kitchen counter area. Big bright windows, and you can see the chefs in the kitchen making your meal. Fun!We ordered bibimbap, pastrami pho, and thai iced tea. I was pretty disappointed with the thai iced tea. I usually have this when I eat at Vietnamese or Thai restaurants. At $5 each it seemed a little pricey but I was hopeful. The portion size was fine, but the tea seemed a little chalky and it reminded me more of a chai tea than what I’m used to. I did appreciate the bottle of water our waitress left at our table so we could help ourselves when we ran low on water.While the tea was disappointing, the bibimbap was outstanding. As usual it was served in a hot stone bowl. But this time, there was a delicious crust on the rice where it cooked against the stone bowl. The egg on top seemed completely raw, but as it mixed with the ingredients in the piping hot bowl, it cooked and added wonderful texture and flavor to the dish. This is the first time we really understood why bibimbap is served in a hot stone bowl. A wonderful dish!The pho, which is one of my favorite dishes in general, was a mixed bag. It came with the typical sides of bean sprouts, lime, jalapenos, basil and chili oil. Although there were plenty of jalapenos, I was hoping for more sprouts. The pho itself came in just a slightly smaller bowl and thus smaller potion than I hoped for. However, it was chock full of rice noodles, meatballs, tripe, tendon, and a few slices of pastrami. I’d never had pastrami in my pho before, it dealt an interesting flavor although I prefer the texture of the usual thin sliced sirloin. Turns out I was not disappointed that there wasn’t more of it. What I did love were the meatballs. Those were the best little bites of heaven I’ve had in any pho! The tripe and the tendon which I don’t usually love, were the perfect texture with incredible flavor. I savored each little bit as I found them. The broth which is usually the main component of pho was neither plentiful nor particularly to my liking. It reminded me of 5 spice powder but more metallic. I missed the beefy marrow flavor I usually associate with pho. I was really conflicted by this dish. Parts of it were outstanding and some of the best I’ve ever had and other parts just left me disappointed. Conflicted sums up my experience at Sujeo. There was a truly memorable and outstanding dish, and complete miss, and the pho had elements of both.

  June 5, 2016, 4:59 am

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• Duchapeau

  Nice decor, good cocktails, if a bit pricey.The dishes are tasty, but need to be more substantial. As an adult male w/a regular appetite, you need to order more than an entree to feel satisfied, because just the entree won’t be enough food.Service is friendly, but can be lacking at times.It’s a decent restaurant but needs to improve to be worthy of a James Beard Award winning chef.UPDATE from my 11/2015 review:Went here last night, and it was decidedly improved from my 2 previous visits. Still very good quality food, but better service and entree portions. Ill bump up my rating from 3.5 to 4 or more with the same improvement next time.

  February 2, 2016, 5:46 am

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• Barbwags

  Really bad quality food and service. Had the bahn mi sandwich and almost everything about it didn’t taste fresh. Bread was stale and didn’t hold together with the sandwich. We sat at the noodle bar and I don’t know why they have that when the kitchen isn’t all that clean. Not a good representation of a clean, organized kitchen. On top of that the cooks don’t engage with the customers at all. We felt very unwelcome. Either wait for the kinks to be ironed out or skip this one. Not good!!

  April 10, 2015, 10:12 pm

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• Sue

  I had dinner with some friend there last night and it was amazing! The food was awesome, the staff was fun and friendly, we just loved everything about our experience there!

  April 8, 2015, 5:39 pm

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• TK

  Asian Fusion (not Korean Barbecue). I had heard from friends in Madison say that Tori opened a Korean Barbecue joint. It is anything but Korean Barbecue. Asian Fusion at its best is what I would call it. Chef definitely puts his own spin on some traditional Asian dishes and he nails it! Noodle bar is a cool option. Everything we had was delicious. I don’t think you can go wrong if you like Asian inspired food. -TK

  March 28, 2015, 3:54 pm

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• Urban Eater

  Fun Noodle Bar

  January 10, 2015, 1:43 am

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• Edgaggle

  Madison has lacked good Korean food for many years, so while Sujeo has dishes from many Asian lands, the chef Tory Miller’s Korean ancestry made us eager to try his Korean fare. We ate their ssam and octopus stone pot bibimbap, as well as some other dishes. Overall the food tasted fine but the textures were most disappointing. The bibimbap was soggy, which was particularly surprising as the chef’s bibimbap at his Graze restaurant is Korean fusion at its best. The dduk rice cakes were soggy too. The ssam was fine, but all the food was tailored to somewhat bland Midwestern tastes. Ho hum.We would judge Sujeo as the second best Korean food in town, far behind Sol’s on the Square but ahead of K-Peppers and New Seoul. It’s not even Tory Miller’s best Korean food in town, compared to the few dishes he offers at Graze.

  December 21, 2014, 1:09 am

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