Eel and beef buffet in Yeongjong: yukhoe on beef belly, Jangsodam

My husband and I went to Yeongjong not long ago, and we found a restaurant we really enjoyed, so I'm introducing it today, haha. It's Jangsodam in Yeongjong! You can have all-you-can-eat eel and beef in one go, so I really wanted to share it as a Yeongjong favorite. Shall we get into the full review?

Jangsodam Yeongjong Direct Store: hours and parking

Jangsodam Yeongjong Direct Store (장소담 영종직영점) is open from 11:00 to 23:00, and the building's parking is free. The sign says "containing eel and beef," and true to the name, eel and beef are the main event. Free parking in the building made it easy to come by car.

Eel Day every Monday

There was also a banner like this at the entrance: every Monday is Eel Day, and 1 kg of freshwater eel (500 g after prep) is ₩29,900. We went on a Tuesday so it didn't apply to us, but if you're going on a Monday, keep it in mind!

Is it a good place for a group dinner in Yeongjong?

Jangsodam's hall is wide and the tables run in long rows, so it looked great for a group dinner. Once you walk in, the hall is really big and the tables stretch on and on, so I thought it would work well for a big get-together, haha. If you're looking for a Yeongjong restaurant for a large group, I'd recommend this one.

Jangsodam Set A: what's included and the price

The menu runs from Set A to Set D, and we ordered Set A. Set A comes with freshwater eel, 6 beef cuts, pork and yukhoe (Korean beef tartare), and you can use the whole self-bar without limit.

• Set A: ₩39,000 per adult (elementary schooler ₩18,000 · preschooler ₩10,000)
• 6 beef cuts: sirloin, skirt meat, top blade, galbi-sal (rib meat), beef belly, chuck galbi (bone-in short rib)

You order on the tablet at the table, and extra items are served as soon as you pick them, so there's no need to call a staff member. Very convenient!

Unlimited eel Set A: how was the eel?

Not long after we ordered Set A, a serving robot rolled up with the eel and meat!!

The eel is domestic Japonica freshwater eel, and as you can see, it's nice and thick, right? The beef came in a good spread of cuts, and a plate of yukhoe came alongside.

The eel was grilled golden on the grill, then cut into bite-size pieces and grilled a little more.

I tried a piece and the flesh was really plump and delicious!!!

How do you order more eel?

To get more eel at Jangsodam, you choose half an eel or a whole eel on the table tablet and it's served right away. I put eel on a perilla leaf, added a side dish and made a wrap~~ So how do you order unlimited eel refills? On the tablet you pick half or whole and it comes right out! That meant no worrying about quantity, and I could eat without pressure, which I really liked.

Eel refill: choose half / whole eel on the tablet → served

Beef galbi-sal, yukhoe and chuck galbi

Of the Set A beef, the galbi-sal (rib meat) was so good that we ordered it a second time, haha.

Refills arrive on a small plate like this, so it was easy to add more without feeling like too much.

The yukhoe was also really good, honestly no different from a yukhoe specialty restaurant!! Beef brisket yukhoe is so trendy right now that we tried it on top of similar beef belly too, haha.

The chuck galbi comes on the bone, so you can grill and eat the meat stuck next to the bone too.

What's at Jangsodam's self-bar?

The self-bar at Jangsodam Yeongjong Direct Store is pretty big. There's a separate pork self-bar and a separate wrap vegetable self-bar,

and you can help yourself to rice and drinks freely too.

Special dishes and fried food close at 9 pm

The special dishes corner had things like tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes), sundae (Korean blood sausage), jeyuk-bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork) and spaghetti. The special dishes and fried food close at 9 pm, so if you go late you might miss them. Keep that in mind!

There's a variety of wrap vegetables too, lettuce, perilla leaves and even king oyster mushrooms, which was great for wrapping meat and eel.

Each table can get crab once, either soy-marinated or spicy marinated. And there's ramyeon and a whole range of desserts too,,

There's even a soft-serve ice cream machine, so you can fix yourself dessert too.

Jangsodam Set A in Yeongjong, as a couple

This time we tried the unlimited eel Set A at Jangsodam in Yeongjong. The eel was plump, and the galbi-sal and yukhoe were delicious too, so the two of us left completely full. Best of all, extras can be ordered on the tablet by the half eel or the small plate, so it never felt like pressure. The seating is roomy as well, so it's a Yeongjong restaurant I'd recommend for group dinners too, haha.

• Name: Jangsodam Yeongjong Direct Store (장소담 영종직영점)
• Hours: 11:00 – 23:00
• Special dishes and fried food: close at 21:00
• Parking: free in the building
• Menu: Set A ₩39,000 per adult (freshwater eel + 6 beef cuts + pork + yukhoe + self-bar)