Euljiro bone grill restaurant, Catch Table seat for two: Eulji Baektan

Where is Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui and when is it open?

Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui (을지백탄뼈구이) is at 110-2 Euljiro, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea, on the 1st floor, just 14m from Euljiro 3-ga Station Exit 11. It is open Mon–Thu 11:00–24:00, Fri 11:00–02:00, Sat 15:00–02:00 and Sun 15:00–24:00. There is no parking, so take public transport.

Today I'm introducing a bone grill spot in Euljiro, a favorite for office dinners and group get-togethers! It's Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui, which you'll spot the moment you come out of Euljiro 3-ga Station Exit 11.

✔️Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui grills its food over baektan (white charcoal), said to be the finest kind of charcoal. Baektan burns at a steady heat and leaves only a subtle smoky aroma, so the cuttlefish and pork neck bones come out tender with no gamey smell!

How was the wait at Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui after work?

I went straight after work on a weekday and it was already full, so there was a wait. I put our name down on Catch Table. Maybe because there were lots of big groups, a table for two got called fairly quickly 😃 Very much what you'd expect from a famous "Hipjiro" (trendy Euljiro) spot.

The 1st floor was full, so we were sent up to the 2nd floor. There were especially lots of office workers having after-work get-togethers~

Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui menu and prices

• Bone grill (baektan ppyeogui) Small ₩38,000 / Medium ₩45,000 / Large ₩52,000
• Beef brisket tripe / grilled cuttlefish ₩38,000
• Fried cuttlefish ₩32,000
• Pork bone stew (ppyeo gamjatang) ₩38,000
• Rice ball ₩5,000
• Janchi guksu (banquet noodles, cold/hot) ₩8,900
• Kimchi-mari guksu (cold kimchi noodles) ₩9,500
• Potato pancake ₩14,000

What we ordered: small bone grill, rice ball, soju

The main dishes at Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui are the bone grill, grilled cuttlefish and spicy marinated grilled cuttlefish, and the dishes cooked over baektan charcoal are the signature. We ordered the small bone grill, one of the mains. You can choose the spice level from 1 to 4, just so you know~!

Side dishes and the seaweed-flake rice ball

Since the bone grill is spicy, the side dishes are cabbage salad, aged kimchi and radish kimchi (kkakdugi).

To go with the spicy bone grill, I ordered a rice ball (₩5,000). It's packed with seaweed flakes, so it was nutty and tasty^^

How does the baektan bone grill taste?

The baektan bone grill at Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui is grilled tender all the way through by the heat of white charcoal, and maybe because the charcoal is so good, the smoky aroma was especially nice~ And here comes the main dish, the baektan bone grill!

The whole grilled scallion looks wild, haha. I normally don't like scallions, but the grilled one was barely sharp and brought out the sweetness, so it was delicious. It went perfectly with the spicy seasoned bone grill!

The bone grill is tossed in a spicy special sauce, so I kept reaching for more~ As the original bone grill place, nearly every table had ordered one, so if you go to Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui, do try the bone grill!

How spicy is level 2 (Shin Ramyun spiciness)?

Level 2 at Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui is Shin Ramyun spiciness, but with the fire-grilled flavor it was spicier than I expected. If you only want a little kick, level 1 would probably be enough~!

The spicy special sauce is the kicker of this Euljiro bone grill, and eating it with the sweet grilled scallion cut the richness and the texture was great too! I'd been craving something spicy lately, and sweating at the tip of my nose over the spicy bone grill really relieved my stress 😆

Is it a good place for an office dinner in Euljiro?

Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui is right outside Euljiro 3-ga Station and has a nice atmosphere, so I'd recommend it for office dinners and group gatherings. If you want tasty bone grill that pretty much everyone can enjoy, give Eulji Baektan Ppyeogui a visit 😊