If you're craving a fun and flavorful Korean dining experience in Houston, Dookki is a must-visit. This all-you-can-eat tteokbokki (spicy rice cake) buffet offers a unique twist on Korean comfort food, allowing diners to customize their own hot pot with a variety of sauces, rice cakes, noodles, and toppings. Dookki has garnered positive reviews on Yelp, with patrons praising the interactive dining concept and the wide selection of ingredients. The restaurant's vibrant atmosphere and attentive service contribute to an enjoyable meal. Located in Houston, Dookki is a great spot for groups and families looking to share a hearty, spicy meal. Be prepared for a bit of a wait during peak hours, as the restaurant's popularity can lead to longer lines. Overall, Dookki offers a delightful and satisfying Korean dining experience that's well worth a visit.

The place is clean, decor is modern. Food is fresh and the service is great. The hot food options include a variety and are made fresh. Love the ramen and ice cream stations.

I absolutely love tteokbokki, and I finally had the chance to go try out Dookki recently. I've been here a few times ever since for weekday lunch, and I really love the rice cakes and the customization options available here. The servers are nice and helpful, and Everything is buffet style. There is a sauce bar with a variety of sauces you can choose (or mix) from for the soup. My favorite combination for the soup base is 1 scoop Dookki sauce and 1 scoop Tteokmo sauce. The bulgogi and the Rose sauces are also really tasty. The rice cakes are nice and chewy. There is a huge selection of tteok to choose from, ranging from classic rice cakes to wheat tteok, cheese-filled teokk, and more, and I really love the corn cheese ball and the sweet potato wheat tteok. There are also different fish cakes (including hot fish cake sticks), noodles, veggies, ready-to-eat dishes like gimbap, side dishes, grilled foods, fried foods, and many more to choose from. Sliced meats are also available, but they are extremely limited (only pork and beef). I was always too full to try the fried rice by the end, so I definitely plan on trying that next time I stop by. There is also a self-serve ramen bar and ice cream. If you go here for lunch on a weekday, you really can't beat $15.99 for AYCE . You definitely won't be disappointed if you love tteokbokki.

Lots of seating, plenty of food selection for everyone, upbeat vibe, friendly service, but a little tricky to navigate if it's your first time. Definitely a great place to go as a group because the service itself is a huge icebreaker. There is genuinely something for everyone and it's mostly all you can eat.

I had a really fun time at dookki celebrating my bday. The server started us with some broth in our hotpot and we grabbed some sauces and different things to cook. The fried food bar and Kimbap bar kept us entertained while our food warmed up. Honestly, you have to go with the right people. Not everyone loves tteokboki and it is also hard to eat a lot of them as they are quite filling. The soju highball was excellent and not expensive at all. I would skip the ramen next time and add rice instead. Loved the cheese tteokboki so much.

Amazing food & amazing deals if you are craving tteokbokki. I love the AYCE options and how you can make your own sauce. There are plenty of spicy options available. Just make sure your whole party agrees with the sauce. Not only is the tteokbokki good the side dishes were amazing as well. Recommend their korean fried chicken and sweet potato mattang. The service was great and they were friendly when explaining all the steps. When we went we had to wait outside a couple of minutes, so when it gets busy I would recommend making reservations ahead of time.

Dookki is a great spot for tteobokki lovers! Went back recently and was able to finally try the fried rice at the end. This is an all you can eat tteobokki restaurant. You cook it in a pot at your table. They boil some anchovy broth and you make your sauce to add. You can add a variety of ingredients including different rice cakes, noodles, veggies, seafood, and more. There's also some hot foods to enjoy alongside include spicy pork, pork belly, and bulgogi. My go to pot includes regular rice cakes, corn cheese rice cakes, bean sprouts, bok choy, cabbage, sausages, ramen noodles, and fried tofu. For the sauce, I do half spicy, half cream. I like to dip the fried dumplings in the sauce. They also have some ice cream and ramen packs in the back. It's a great spot to go every once in a while.

My brother, my Korean sister-in-law visiting from Dallas & I decided to check this place out for the first time on a Saturday around 1 pm. It's right next to 85 C in Chinatown so there was plenty of parking. The restroom was clean and had two stalls for women's. The restaurant wasn't overly busy so it was easy to maneuver around the buffet stations. There was a good variety of Korean food and they were refilling the stations within a decent time. Our server was very helpful in guiding us on cooking. There was an instructional guide on the table to help step by step on cooking and the different types of appliances. I feel like it can be little intimidating to try without prior experience or without someone who knows what to cook together. I really enjoyed the hot food station which included japchae, spicy pork, bulgogi, various fried chicken, fries, & friend dumplings. There is a big tteokbokki sauce station and we chose rose. It had a good kick but not overly spicy where you can't enjoy. After you're done with the hotpot portion, the server can help you with cooking the bibimbap (fried rice) and I recommend requesting the fried mozzarella which a blow torch is used to fry it. There is also ramen station and small selection of basic ice cream flavors as well. The server didn't proactively refill our waters but after asking when all of our cups had emptied, she did do so right away. Overall, it was a good first time experience and recommend first timers to be open minded when it comes to learning to eat the traditional Korean dishes!

My friends and I came while dookki was having a promotion for their one year anniversary! I've always wanted to try this place out, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to. We got seated quickly on a Monday evening, and we were at a table with two burners, so my friends and I got to create two different broths. The format on how to do things can be confusing, but a server will be there to help start the process. They pour in some broth into the pot, and we make our own sauce. As we added all of our chosen toppings into the pot when it began to boil, we noticed that the broth would disappear pretty fast. Therefore, we had to request more broth multiple times and also turn down the heat. They had a good number of ingredients to choose from. The sauce station has measurements on the board if you need guidance. I totally missed it after I created the most random sauce LOL. The kimchi was fresh, and the fried chicken was crispy and yummy. I liked dipping the kimbap into the soup. Highly recommend the cheese tteokbokki, so good! Be sure to attend to your soup every now and then bc our noodles got stuck to the bottom of the pot, especially the glass noodles. It was like charred at one point oops... The meat selection was small, but I did enjoy the thin pork belly slices. Honestly, we all started feeling full after we finished the broth portion. We still needed to move onto the rice part, but the rice cakes and noodles + extra side dishes filled us up quicker than anticipated. The rice was great, and we got to add in bulgogi and spicy pork. We ended off the meal with ice cream. Our server was extremely helpful and always available for assistance. She got us started with our soups and then our rice. The inside is relatively big, so it never feels like it's crammed. Parking in front of the building can be packed, but they have another big shared parking lot to the side.

Solid AYCE tteokbokki restaurant. On weekdays, it is not that busy but be expected to wait on the weekends (like any other popular restaurant in Chinatown). Situated right next to 85C Bakery, parking can be a hit or miss depending on when/what day you go but I never had to wait an abnormally long time even when the wait was 1+ hours. Ambiance is very casual. Kpop music usually playing in the background. Good for hang outs. It's not too big or too small of a restaurant. Good diversity of food. I like this place more than Sweet Pot K-Kitchen in Sugar Land because you can mix your tteokbokki sauces and create your own flavor. Sweet Pot you just select 1 flavor. Less variety than Sweet Pot but I think the food is more fresh. Service was pretty good. They didn't really explain the concept/what each kind of plate was for when I said I was new but luckily I knew or was able to figure it out. Other than that, they were attentive and came by every so often. Glad I got to try this place out! And you will leave very full.