GAON Korean BBQ House brings table-grill dining to a central address on The Square, with evening service built around groups cooking and sharing together. The spacious dining room gives that participatory format enough room to feel social rather than crowded, while the location keeps it convenient for a meal in the Palmerston North centre. Families and larger parties can settle into the barbecue experience, but the menu also supports diners who prefer the kitchen to complete the cooking.
The barbecue-party section is organised around different meat selections, making the choice clear before the grill is hot. Beef, pork, mixed beef and pork, lamb and wagyu options let a table choose one direction or compare several cuts and marinades. Because the cooking happens at the table, the meal naturally unfolds at the diners' pace and encourages passing food around rather than treating each plate as a separate individual course.
Starters bring a wider range of Korean flavours and textures. Dak gang jeong delivers crisp chicken coated in honey and soy, while jeon offers a vegetable pancake with seafood or kimchi variations. Japchae adds springy glass noodles and vegetables, and grilled marinated beef patties or king prawns can make the opening round more substantial. A few smaller plates shared first give the group something to eat while the barbecue is prepared.
The prepared mains are substantial enough to stand apart from the grill. Bibimbap combines rice and vegetables, bulgogi brings thin marinated beef together with vegetables, and the soup section runs from pork-bone stew with potato to spicy chicken stew and galbi tang with glass noodles. That breadth gives mixed parties a practical way to combine table barbecue with warming bowls and rice dishes, or to dine at GAON without using the grill at all.
Address: 130 The Square, Palmerston North Central, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand
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