Gimpo lunch set of shaved pork belly with rice: Donpu The Grill

I had some errands in Gimpo and stopped by Donpu The Grill, where you can get a hearty pork rice set even at lunch 😄

Where is Donpu The Grill and when is it open?

Donpu The Grill's Gimpo Janggi main branch is in the Janggi-dong food alley, right behind Janggi Station. Been ages since I was here!!

(Hours) Daily 11am–11pm, closed Tuesdays. You can just park nearby.

Came in for a lunch rice set

The interior is quite spacious, good for eating in, and it seems like they do a lot of delivery too!

I went around 12:30pm for lunch and there was already a table that had finished a whole plate of meat plus naengmyeon (cold noodles) haha

Lunch set menu and prices at Donpu The Grill

I love places that give you water separately like this 😘

This is the lunch menu. Meat plus rice, kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew), side dishes, and wrap vegetables!!! Isn't around 13,000 won basically a steal? We ordered the grilled pork belly set and the charcoal-fired grilled pork rice set

You choose one sauce each — we went with wasabi mayo and Maldon salt

What's on the self-serve wrap vegetable bar?

You just grab your wraps from this clean self-serve bar — besides lettuce and perilla leaves, there's chicory too! It comes as standard, but you can also add kimchi, green onion, and aged kimchi

Blankets and aprons are provided too

They even have the slaughter inspection certificate and grading confirmation posted! A place that's serious about its pork 🙂

Honest review: what comes with the 13,500-won lunch set

It comes out as a full table setting like this — charcoal-fired meat over julienned onion, plus mushrooms, kimchi, and minari (water celery) 😆 Steamed egg, pepper-garlic-green onion pickle sauce, multigrain rice, and a rich pork kimchi jjigae — a complete table. And with the wrap vegetables from the self-serve bar, all of this is just 13,500 won 🤗

Maybe because they use good meat, there's no gamey smell at all, just the right amount of charred flavor, and the mushrooms and vegetables served alongside are fresh too. Pork belly with minari is seriously the best

I wrapped it up properly with perilla leaves, lettuce, chicory, and minari, plus meat, sauce to cut the richness, and kimchi on top. Great for a filling lunch

Dinner at Donpu The Grill: staff-grilled Korean pork and an octopus set

I got curious about the dinner menu and looked it up — they grill it for you directly!!! The base is 1st-grade aged Korean pork, pre-grilled, and 500g of it is 48,900 won. What's unique is that there's a set with octopus. At 830g for 79,900 won, it seems perfect for a work dinner or gathering! I'll definitely come back in the evening for meat and octopus wraps 😍