Unlimited hinoki steam and shabu-shabu in Hwaseong: Pyeonbaek Hoegwan

Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Dongtan Branch location and parking

Pyeonbaek Hoegwan, a great shabu-shabu spot in Dongtan, is on the second floor of the Gran Via Star building. It was also close to Dongtan Station and Dongtan E-Mart Traders.

For parking at Pyeonbaek Hoegwan in Dongtan, you can use the Gran Via Star building's underground lot! The parking garage was spacious, so it was very convenient. (3 hours free; parking registration required)

A spacious restaurant and kids' zone

Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Dongtan Branch has a 110-pyeong space, so the interior was incredibly roomy and comfortable. The tables were generously spaced, making it look ideal for family meals, company dinners, and all kinds of gatherings~

One side of the restaurant had a well-equipped kids' zone playroom where children could run around to their hearts' content. It would be great to visit with kids too!

The unlimited-refill self-service bar is in the middle of the restaurant, so it was easy to reach from any table~

How much is unlimited hinoki steam and shabu-shabu?

Here are the prices at Pyeonbaek Hoegwan in Dongtan.

• Weekday lunch ₩16,900
• Weekend and dinner ₩19,900
• Elementary school students ₩12,900
• Children ages 4–7 ₩7,900

Hinoki steam by itself is expensive at other restaurants, but unlimited shabu-shabu too for ₩19,900? It felt like excellent value. Before 3 p.m. on weekdays, you can enjoy it at the even better-value lunch price of ₩16,900.

For shabu-shabu broth, there were many options to choose from, including bonito, spicy, doenjang chicken, beef-bone mala, and beef-bone tomato. Some broths have a small additional charge, so please refer to the photo!

Hinoki steam arrives first after ordering on the tablet

Once you sit down and complete your order on the tablet, a huge hinoki steam set is the first thing placed on the table. Put it over the heat and it starts cooking beautifully; the scent of hinoki wood drifting out through the lid was so fragrant and lovely.

The salad bar and Vietnamese wrap station

While the hinoki steam was cooking, we looked around the salad bar and Vietnamese wrap station~ The self-service bar food was kept hygienically and neatly. The salad bar had side dishes including spaghetti, tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), fried rice, jjolmyeon (chewy spicy noodles), salad, muksabal (acorn jelly soup), and bread.

There was also a wide selection of vegetables for Vietnamese wraps, all chopped into bite-size pieces, so they were easy to wrap in rice paper.

Salad bar dishes and Vietnamese wraps, ready to go~

I tried each item, and the food quality was as good as a snack restaurant or a buffet specialty place! The jjolmyeon in particular was spicy and so delicious, haha.

Sauce bottles were prepared at every table, making it easy to refill them as needed.

Hinoki steam with bean sprouts and meat

Once the hinoki steam is fully cooked, a staff member removes the lid for you, so you can eat comfortably. Hinoki steam with clouds of hot vapor~

The hinoki steam contained bean sprouts, meat, mushrooms, bok choy, cabbage, kabocha squash, shrimp, and boiled dumplings. There was a fun variety of ingredients to pick from.

The meat was really, really tender and delicious, with no unpleasant smell. It was steamed moist and tender, so it went down so easily.

Pile on the vegetables and wrap the hinoki-steamed meat in rice paper—it is seriously heavenly~~~

You can conveniently request hinoki steam refills on the tablet!

This was our second refill of hinoki steam, haha. It was so tasty that I wanted three rounds, but I thought we would not be able to eat the shabu-shabu then, so we stopped at two.

For the second refill, they added a bit more bean sprouts before steaming it, which was great because we could eat more vegetables, haha.

Bonito and spicy broth shabu-shabu

After finishing the hinoki steam, ask the staff and they will replace it with a pot of shabu-shabu broth. We chose the most basic and signature options: bonito broth and spicy broth!

When the broths came to a boil, we ladled out some soup to try first. The bonito broth was deeply savory and clean, while the spicy broth was warming yet refreshing and delicious. I was surprised by how good the broths themselves were.

The shabu-shabu ingredients included bean sprouts, cabbage, oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, bok choy, dumplings, sujebi (hand-torn dough flakes), kalguksu (knife-cut noodles), sausage, and fish cake.

The meat was unlimited too!! There was tender, nutty woosamgyeop (thin-sliced beef belly) and pork neck with savory flavor and a tender texture.

I started with the rich woosamgyeop, then switched to pork neck when it started feeling a little heavy. It was lighter, so I just kept eating, haha.

Conclusion: two distinct charms make unlimited eating possible

We brought over our favorite ingredients and were ready to go~ Every ingredient was good quality.

Fill the bubbling broth with ingredients and let them cook. The shabu-shabu was so good that I was glad we had saved room for it.

A healthy, delicious meal with tender meat and a variety of ingredients~~~

Rice porridge with bonito broth

Even if you are full, do not skip making rice porridge. We saved a little bonito broth, then added rice, furikake, seaweed, and egg to make juk (rice porridge).

Maybe because it had furikake, it was far more delicious than any porridge I had tried elsewhere!!! This addictive porridge makes you forget how full you are and keep eating.

There was even misutgaru (multigrain powder drink) for dessert, which was nice as a palate cleanser on the way out. A sweet, cold drink really is the best way to finish a meal~

From the main dishes to the salad bar, everything was high quality, so this was a truly satisfying Dongtan Station restaurant. If you want to enjoy plentiful, delicious hinoki steam and shabu-shabu to your heart's content in Dongtan, I recommend Pyeonbaek Hoegwan Dongtan Branch!!!