Okay, settle this before anyone gets too comfortable.
Are we grilling, bubbling, or doing both?
Because once the table commits, everybody is in.
Korean barbecue puts you in charge of the grill. Hot pot gives everyone their own bubbling pot to work with. Combine them, and dinner becomes chaotic in the best way.
Then you see the choices. More than 100 on the barbecue side. More than 100 for hot pot.
Over 150 when you combine the two.
At this Indianapolis spot, hesitation is basically part of the meal.
Grab a few things. See what disappears first. Order another round.
Two hours sounds like plenty.
Right up until somebody spots the one thing nobody tried yet.
More Than 150 Choices Open Up With The Combined Option
K-TOWN organizes its all-you-can-eat menu around three paths: Korean BBQ, hot pot, or a combined option that includes both.
Korean BBQ offers more than 100 items. Hot pot also offers more than 100. Choose the combination, and the available selection expands to more than 150 items.
That gives the table plenty of room to mix familiar choices with something different.
A first round can stay simple with one or two proteins and a few sides. The next can move toward seafood, vegetables, noodles, dumplings, or another meat cut without repeating the whole plate.
The two-hour dining window makes pacing useful.
There is enough time to try several rounds, but ordering a large pile at the beginning can make the table harder to manage.
Small rounds keep the grill, hot pot, and serving plates easier to follow.
The restaurant also requires everyone at the table to choose the same dining option.
That means one person cannot order BBQ only while another selects hot pot only at the same table.
A quick decision before ordering keeps the rest of the meal straightforward.
Korean BBQ Brings The Grill Right To The Table
The Korean BBQ side centers on meats and seafood cooked on the tabletop grill.
Current choices include beef bulgogi, spicy beef bulgogi, prime brisket, short rib, premium ribeye steak, Hawaiian steak, finger steak, black pepper steak, and beef sausage.
Pork options include pork belly, honey garlic pork belly, spicy pork belly, and spicy pork bulgogi.
Chicken choices include chicken bulgogi, spicy chicken bulgogi, garlic chicken, Cajun chicken, and other seasoned preparations.
That is enough variety to make ordering in stages useful.
Start with two or three cuts rather than covering the grill with everything at once.
A second round can then move in a different direction.
If the first order leans toward beef, the next can shift to pork or chicken. If several people are sharing the grill, alternating categories also makes it easier to remember what is cooking.
The grill is part of the meal rather than something happening out of sight in the kitchen.
That gives the table a little more control over the order of each round and makes the meal naturally slower than a standard plate arriving all at once.
Eight Broths Start The Hot Pot Side Of The Meal
Hot pot begins with a choice of broth.
K-TOWN currently offers eight soup bases: Thai Tom Yum, Healthy Herbs, Chicken, Szechuan Spicy, Mushroom Soup, Tomato Soup, Pork Bone Soup, and Miso Soup.
That choice comes before the vegetables, proteins, noodles, dumplings, and seafood that follow.
The easiest approach is to choose the broth first, then build around it.
A tomato, mushroom, chicken, or miso base keeps the starting point familiar. Thai Tom Yum and Szechuan Spicy move the pot in a different direction. Pork Bone and Healthy Herbs add two more options without requiring a complicated plan.
Once the broth is set, the rest of the order can stay flexible.
Add a few vegetables and one or two proteins, then decide what belongs in the next round.
Noodles and dumplings can come later rather than taking up space at the beginning.
The menu also includes vegetables, noodles, dumplings, tofu, mushrooms, and other additions that can shift a round away from meat without changing the overall format.
Because hot pot and BBQ share the same all-you-can-eat format, there is no need to front-load the table.
A slower sequence keeps the choices easier to track and gives each round its own purpose.
Beef, Pork And Chicken Fill Out The BBQ Menu
The meat lineup is broad enough that one visit does not need to cover everything.
Beef bulgogi and spicy beef bulgogi sit beside prime brisket, short rib, premium ribeye steak, Hawaiian steak, finger steak, black pepper steak, and beef sausage.
The pork section adds several versions of pork belly along with spicy pork bulgogi.
Chicken options include chicken bulgogi, spicy chicken bulgogi, garlic chicken, Cajun chicken, and other seasoned choices.
That makes it easy to divide the meal into simple rounds.
One round can stay with beef. Another can move to pork. A final one can bring in chicken or repeat whichever category the table wants again.
The large selection also makes smaller portions a practical choice.
You can try several cuts without making every order a full commitment.
If the table is using the combined option, there is no need to put every protein on the grill. Some seafood, dumplings, vegetables, and other ingredients can stay on the hot pot side instead.
That keeps the two cooking methods from feeling like duplicate versions of the same meal.
Seafood Appears On Both The Grill And Hot Pot Menus
Seafood is available on both sides of the menu.
The BBQ selection includes spicy calamari, garlic scallop, cheese mussel, garlic shrimp, shrimp, spicy baby octopus, spicy white fish, and oyster.
The hot pot side includes jumbo shrimp, seasonal crab, white fish, green mussel, clam, squid, crawfish, baby clam, black mussel, scallop, and shrimp paste.
That gives the combined option more range than simply adding extra meat.
A group can keep the grill focused on beef, pork, or chicken while using hot pot for shellfish, fish, vegetables, and noodles.
The reverse works too.
Some seafood can go on the grill while the broth carries dumplings and other hot pot ingredients.
There is no need to compare every item side by side.
Pick a few seafood choices that fit the cooking method you already chose for the table.
Seasonal items can change, so availability may vary.
That is another reason to build the order from what is available during the visit rather than arriving with a long list of specific ingredients that all need to be present.
The Whole Table Chooses The Same Dining Option
One rule matters before the first round arrives: everyone at the table must use the same dining option.
The group chooses Korean BBQ only, hot pot only, or the combined BBQ and hot pot package.
That makes the decision easier if everyone talks it through before ordering.
BBQ works for a table that wants to focus on grilled meats and seafood.
Hot pot keeps the meal centered on broth, vegetables, noodles, dumplings, proteins, and seafood.
The combined option opens the widest selection and lets the table move between both styles during the same two-hour session.
None of the three paths requires ordering the entire menu.
The combined option may have more than 150 choices, but the meal still works best as a sequence of smaller decisions.
Choose the first round, see what the table wants next, and leave room to repeat a favorite later.
If you are using both cooking styles, keep the first round especially simple. A crowded table can make the choices harder to follow, while a smaller starting order leaves more room to decide what belongs on the grill and what belongs in the broth.
That approach also keeps the two cooking setups easier to manage.
The table already has plenty happening between the grill, broth, plates, and ingredients, so a little restraint at the beginning can make the rest of the meal simpler.
A Little Planning Helps Before A K-TOWN Meal
The restaurant is open daily, with current hours running from noon to 10:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and noon to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
There is also a separate K-TOWN location in Greenwood, so check that you are heading to the Indianapolis address if this is the one you want.
The two-hour dining limit applies to the all-you-can-eat experience, and everyone at the table needs to choose the same dining option.
Those are the two details worth settling before the first order.
If your group wants both tabletop grilling and hot pot, choose the combination. If everyone prefers one style, keep the meal focused on that side.
Online ordering and a waitlist option are available, but the all-you-can-eat setup is built around dining at the restaurant.
Once seated, start with a smaller first round and leave the rest open.
There are more than enough choices to change direction after the first plate.
The menu does not need to be conquered.
A better plan is to let the table choose one round at a time, keep an eye on the two-hour window, and stop ordering when everyone has found enough favorites to call the meal complete.
K-TOWN’s Indianapolis location is at 9350 Michigan Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268.