I went here last weekend with a friend late at night and the vibes is what you expect from a late night spot with a lil bit of a party atmosphere. My friend and I ordered their spicy beef soup, chicken wings, and kbbq pork belly and fried gyozas stuffed with vermicelli noodles. When we accidentally got the wrong order of wings and we ate them, the restaurant kindly let us keep them with our original order of wings in which we were very grateful for. The rest of the food was great as well and hits the spot for late night cravings. Would definitely come here again with friends after a night out or just go eat at to chat.

Ate here on Sunday, and it was our most disappointing experience with this place. It really tasted like they hadn’t changed their fryer oil in ages. We got the Chicken Katsu, Kimchi Fried Rice with Spicy Pork, and Andy’s fries.

The Chicken Katsu came out black, like it was burned. We sent it back and the next one came out just slightly less black, but still black. It tasted pretty bad.

The Spicy Pork Kimchi Fried Rice was ok, but I barely got any meat with it, it was basically just rice and an egg with a couple strips of pork.

The Andy’s fries are always what we crave and bring us back, however, again, it tasted like it was fried in dirty old oil. The fries were barely tolerable but the bulgogi and cheese were ok. The sauce was delicious as always though.

I’m pretty sure the dirty old oil is what also gave me some diarrhea shortly after eating here.

We would eat here regularly and love this place. It pains us to see it go downhill. I want to give it another shot and give a good review. I’ll give Sia one more chance, but please, management/owners, please fix this!

Update 10/26/2024: We gave Sia the another chance, and it was just as bad. Again, the food that went in the frier tasted like the oil was super old and dirty. I had the Seoul Burger and Andy’s fries this time. This place has always been known for its delicious Seoul Burger and Andy’s fries. Whatever is going on there, be it a new owner, a new manager, a new supplier, or something else, they have ruined it. Every ingredient in their burger has been replaced by the cheapest possible ingredient they could find. The burger bun was bland, the bulgogi was lacking, the tiniest poorest quality slice of a different cheese was on there, and the patty was replaced from being a great burger patty to one of those super cheap patties made with beef hearts and other beef bi products. It was seriously a good burger, probably one of the best that you could get in Newark and Fremont. Now it is one of the worst burgers I have ever had.

I have so many good memories of Sia with all the good food you could get late at night. I’ve got memories of friends and coworkers come through and experienced this place. Whatever happened here has killed it with their cheapness. They have killed their business. They have killed Sia and it looks like they have driven a lot of their customers away. It was prime time for restaurants, 6:30 PM on a Saturday, and we were the only customers in there the whole time.

RIP Sia, we actually shed a tear of how a place we loved has died. It feels like a break up or a death in the family. We, and many others, will not be back.