Charcoal-grilled eel with a friend, 770g and eel soup: Yuil Jangeo

This time I'm introducing a place I went to with a close friend to eat some good eel! Let me tell you about Yuil Jangeo, a solid pick if you're after eel in Gwangsan-gu, Pyeong-dong, or Donggok. Drumroll~^^

Yuil Jangeo's location and hours

The address is 343 Donggok-ro, 1st floor (365-11 Bongnyong-dong), Gwangsan-gu. If you're coming from Ssanggyo Sutbul Galbi toward Naju, it's on your right (across from Songjeong Outlet); if you come from Gwangju Songjeong Station toward Pyeongdong Industrial Complex, turn left and head toward Naju, and it's on your right.

• Hours: 11:00 – 21:00 (last order 20:30)
• Closed Sept 25 for Chuseok
• Group seating available, takeout, reservations, separate men's/women's restrooms, high chairs, waiting area, parking
• Large parking lot behind the restaurant~!

A quick shot at the entrance of Yuil Jangeo, a solid pick for eel in Gwangsan-gu, Pyeong-dong, or Donggok~!

Easy ordering by party size, eel paid in advance

It was nice that the sizes were clearly labeled for 2, 3, 4, 5 people, making it easy to pick~!

I chose the 770g eel, and since eel is prepaid, I paid first~! They said once you pay, they pre-sear it for you! Three fish worth~!

Eel gets a takeout discount by the way~! 10% off prepped eel, 5% off pre-seared eel.

Neat side dishes and a self-serve corner

The side dishes came out neatly arranged~!

You can grab extra side dishes from the self-serve corner~! It's better to only take as much as you'll eat!

The water was also just bottled mineral water, which I really liked.

Pre-seared eel means barely any grilling left

Since it came pre-seared, a little more grilling seemed to be enough~!

Looks delicious, right? Haha, it's getting nice and golden~!

Grilled the third fish too~ haha.

Dessert eel soup and ginger wraps

Also ordered two dessert eel soups. Haha, there's actual eel inside the soup too.

I love wrapping things in ginger~! Munching on eel wrapped in ginger felt so restorative, energy-wise~ haha.

Had a drink with my friend~ haha.

The eel was so good that it tasted great plain, and it tasted great wrapped too. No matter how you eat it, eel is delicious.

Dunking rice into the dessert eel soup and eating it up is absolute honey-flavored bliss! Haha.

After eating well, I took a bbanggeune (a selfie of myself, Bbang-i).

Overall thoughts after eating there with two of us

I, Bbang-i with a BMI of 29, went with a close friend and ate delicious grilled eel at Yuil Jangeo, a solid pick for eel in Gwangsan-gu, Pyeong-dong, or Donggok~! Haha, it was so good~~! Haha, tasty enough that I'm planning a repeat visit! The staff were also really kind, which was great, and my friend enjoyed the meal too so I'm happy. She said she wants to come again next time with another close friend!

Looking for eel in Gwangsan-gu, a Pyeong-dong eel spot, or a Donggok eel spot? Looking for a good place in Pyeong-dong for a gathering, a work dinner, a date, a Donggok date, or somewhere to take your parents? I'd recommend Yuil Jangeo in Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju.