All-you-can-eat Korean BBQ buffet in Guro, Seoul: Bak Jeongmi Dakgalbi

For anyone working in Guro Digital Complex, let me introduce Bak Jeongmi Dakgalbi, where you can eat both meat and drinks unlimited without worrying about the bill. It's one minute from Guro Digital Complex Station, over toward Kkalkkal-geori.

It's on the 3rd floor, so just take the elevator up.

Inside Bak Jeongmi Dakgalbi and what the all-you-can-eat price covers

Inside, it was cool enough that they'd opened all the windows, giving it an outdoor-tent feel and a really open, breezy atmosphere. Since it's an all-you-can-eat place, there are open aisles running through, so moving around is easy.

The price is a whopping ₩20,50!! A very kind price that lets you use every single meat and the drink self-serve bar. We grabbed a table right in front of the self-serve bar that day (my stomach was already getting ready haha).

How much are unlimited drinks? Soju and draft beer, 9,900 won for 2 hours

Drinks are included in the all-you-can-eat deal. And if you're here for a work dinner, soju and draft beer (bottled beer excluded) are unlimited for 2 hours at ₩9,900 haha. Unlimited alcohol deals like this aren't that common, so this is a restaurant where you can really settle in and stay.

What the self-serve bar holds: meat fridge, vegetables, instant tteokbokki

The self-serve bar at Bak Jeongmi Dakgalbi is split into two sections: the meat fridge in the middle, and vegetables, fried snacks, salad and more along the wall! If you like tteokbokki (rice cake in spicy sauce), you can also make instant tteokbokki here — there's a mini gas burner set up just for that.

There was a good variety of scallion salad, lettuce wraps, kimchi and more, and the meat looked really fresh too, probably from good turnover. Beyond salt, plain, soy sauce, and spicy dakgalbi, there's thin-sliced pork belly, thick-cut pork belly, pork shoulder, and pork ribs — it's fun just picking through all the meat options. This kind of affordable price and variety means you can keep everyone happy even at a work dinner where tastes differ, so I'm planning to suggest it for our next company dinner haha.

Here's the whole layout at a glance — there was honestly so much variety it was hard to capture it all.

The meat trays were stocked completely full, with the popular cuts piled high. There was chicken too, so I grabbed a couple pieces haha.

Setting up the grill table at Bak Jeongmi Dakgalbi

So I set up a table like this. At a typical Korean BBQ place things are already set out for you, which is convenient, but here you can lay out exactly the ingredients you want, and there's a much wider range of choice, which was actually great haha. Not even having to order zero-sugar cola separately — being able to grab everything without worrying about money is really nice.

Best of the four dakgalbi types: the soy sauce dakgalbi

First, I piled on a bunch of dakgalbi (marinated chicken) types. The friend I went with doesn't eat much, so we just took small portions of each type to grill! The marinated ones burn easily, so flip them often haha. Both of us agreed our top pick was the soy sauce dakgalbi!

Second round: pork ribs, thick pork belly and thin-sliced pork belly

For the second plate, we brought pork ribs, pork belly, and thin-sliced pork belly. The visual is exactly like a regular Korean BBQ restaurant, and I think the biggest advantage here is not having to order each meat by the individual portion — you can eat as much as you want of as many types as you want.

Seriously so good, ㅠㅠ. Among the pork options, thin-sliced pork belly is my number one!! The high heat cooks it super fast too.

Finishing with self-made fried rice from the self-serve bar

And here's the thing — you can make as much fried rice as you want too haha. Seriously a full course. Lightly stir-fry the bean sprouts first, then add stir-fried kimchi, seaweed, and rice, then chop up whatever meat is left and stir it all together — it tastes exactly like the fried rice you get at a real Korean BBQ restaurant ㅠㅠ.

Keep stir-frying a bit and it gets lightly crispy from the meat fat, almost like it's been fried! The instructions for making the fried rice are posted right where you grab the self-serve ingredients, so if you follow them exactly, you can recreate that familiar flavor!

Why Bak Jeongmi Dakgalbi works for a Guro office dinner

I'm planning to suggest Bak Jeongmi Dakgalbi for our fourth-quarter office dinner. Even outside of a work dinner, if you want to drink to your heart's content without worrying about the cost, or enjoy several types of meat at once at a low price, this seems like a choice you won't regret haha. Recommended for anyone working in Guro. That's it!