Wagyu dinner for two with somaek at Motoishi, a Yeoju yakiniku spot
In short
Motoishi Yeoju Branch is a Japanese-style yakiniku restaurant on Sejong-ro in Yeoju, Gyeonggi. Two diners booked an 8pm table after work and ordered the six-cut wagyu platter (320g) for 75,000 won and hormone ramyeon for 9,500 won, and the sundubu-jjigae (soft tofu stew) that comes with any meat order went especially well with somaek (soju and beer mixed). It is plenty of food for two, and picking up the Naver Reservation coupon makes the dinner even better value.
Good to know
- Hours
- 17:00 - 01:00
- Parking
- Lot in front of the restaurant (large, so no worries about space)
- Six-cut wagyu platter (320g)
- 75,000 won
- Hormone ramyeon
- 9,500 won
- With a meat order
- Sundubu-jjigae (soft tofu stew) served alongside
- Reservation perk
- Free yukhoe (raw beef tartare) or sake coupon with Naver Reservation
- Address
- 206 Sejong-ro, Building 2, 1st floor, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do
as written by the visitor on Sep 14, 2026
Tonight I was craving beef after a long while, so I visited Motoishi, a well-known yakiniku spot in Yeoju :) Here's my honest review of Motoishi Yeoju Branch ~🐾
Motoishi Yeoju Branch
Motoishi Yeoju Branch hours and parking
- Hours: 17:00 - 01:00
- Parking: lot in front of the restaurant
- Address: 206 Sejong-ro, 1st floor, 2-dong, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Even from the outside, the place has that upscale Japanese yakiniku restaurant vibe going on. We booked a reservation for 8pm after work and headed over!
We parked right in the lot in front of the restaurant! It's huge, so there's no need to worry about parking at all🚘 We were starving, so let's go on in *^^*
What is the interior like, and how far apart are the tables?
Inside, Motoishi Yeoju Branch feels like a genuine Japanese yakiniku joint, with pretty generous spacing between tables. You could tell the owner had put careful, personal thought into every detail! The interior was quite spacious with lots of tables, and with all that gap between them, it was easy for us to chat comfortably ~
As soon as we were seated, everything was set up for us right away!🥄🥢 So neat and clean✨
What two people ordered at Motoishi, and what it cost
There's a little ordering tablet at each table, which made ordering easy! Here's what we got🥩
- Six-cut wagyu platter (320g) - ₩75,000
- Hormone ramyeon - ₩9,500
If you're visiting as a couple or in a pair, I'd recommend exactly this combo!
A bunch of side dishes and seasoned lettuce salad came out! I neatly loaded them onto my own plate *^^* And that dipping sauce for the meat — honestly king-level good👾 It was so tasty I ended up just dipping everything in that alone ~~ Adding garlic and chili wiped out any greasiness completely, so it's a crowd-pleaser for sure!!
The sundubu-jjigae that comes with a meat order
Motoishi Yeoju Branch serves sundubu-jjigae (soft tofu stew) free with any meat order! It was genuinely so good I scraped the bowl clean ~ The seasoning was spot on, and the spicy, deeply savory flavor of the stew hit exactly my taste🌀
Right when the beef starts to feel a little rich ~ take a spoonful of the sundubu-jjigae and all that heaviness just melts away🫧 Beef and sundubu-jjigae are a match made in heaven🍀
The six-cut wagyu platter (320g): how it looks and the grilling order
While I was still marveling over the sundubu-jjigae, the star of the show finally arrived — the six-cut wagyu platter *^^* The quality was obviously on another level the moment it landed on the table ~ the color alone was insane🥩 It looked so pretty I almost felt bad eating it.｡.:*♡
The owner came over and explained each cut one by one! Which parts are fattier ~ which cut to grill first and which to grill last — it was explained so kindly that grilling was a breeze✨
My meat, sizzling to a golden brown🥩 This waiting time is the hardest part, right? The smell was so good I couldn't stop reaching for my chopsticks. Along with the beef came corn, mushrooms, eggplant, sweet pumpkin, and green onion🌽🍆 Grilling all that alongside the meat made the whole spread feel truly plentiful✨
Eating the wagyu with salt and with the meat sauce
For the very first bite, the classic move — a light dip in salt! The second it hit my mouth, the meat just melted away,, whoa!! I couldn't help but gasp➰ Second bite, I dunked it into the meat sauce that pairs so well with beef. Eaten with the seasoned lettuce and onion, that combo was also incredible. When the meat itself is this good, it goes well with just about anything!
With this atmosphere plus beef, of course drinks were a must🍺 Time to mix up some somaek (soju-beer)🌀 Beef + somaek is the best combo👍🏻 It tasted so good the drinks just kept going down ~ down ~!
One sip of somaek, one bite of meat ~ can this atmosphere really make you this happy? The portion was just right for two, so we kept eating without ever getting sick of it,, and somehow it just kept going in, until I felt like I might burst haha🌀 Such a satisfying, delicious dinner ~
The yukhoe from the Naver Reservation coupon
Motoishi Yeoju Branch gives out a free yukhoe (raw beef tartare) or sake coupon when you book through Naver Reservation! If you're definitely going, don't forget to use it ~~!~!~! Not frozen yukhoe but genuinely soft, real-deal yukhoe🥩 It was so good it disappeared in seconds. If you're looking for a great yakiniku spot in Yeoju, I highly, highly recommend Motoishi Yeoju Branch.
Where it is
206 Sejong-ro, 1st floor, 2-dong, Yeoju-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea경기도 여주시 세종로 206 2동 1층
