Bucheon Korean BBQ with a 5pm grilling service: Dwaeji Gongbang

Dwaeji Gongbang Bucheon Okgil-dong Main Branch is a go-to spot for pork special cuts. It's the restaurant locals in Okgil-dong keep recommending, and the one I keep coming back to for the umpteenth time!! It's a Korean BBQ place where you can enjoy thick-cut Iberico black pork neck and Korean pork (handon) special cuts grilled over charcoal. The side dishes that come with the meat are great too, making it a solid choice for dinner, drinks, or a family meal out. Let me introduce this Okgil-dong favorite, Dwaeji Gongbang Bucheon Okgil-dong Main Branch!

Dwaeji Gongbang Bucheon Okgil-dong Main Branch: hours and parking

• 🕓 Daily 16:00–24:00 (last order 23:20)
• Reservations available via Naver
• 🅿️ 3–4 parking spots in front of the restaurant
• Park at Okgil Parking Tower (715-6 Okgil-dong) for a 2-hour voucher

This Okgil-dong favorite is tucked on a corner in the alley behind Bella in Okgil-dong! There's a menu board out front so you can check prices and dishes before heading in. Parking is available for 3–4 cars right next to the restaurant!

Inside Dwaeji Gongbang: atmosphere and semi-private seats

Inside Dwaeji Gongbang Bucheon Okgil-dong Main Branch, there are plenty of round tables! With so many tables, it's great for coming with friends, and it would also work well for a company dinner or group gathering. Overall it has that lively, bustling Korean BBQ vibe, but it doesn't feel overwhelming — comfortable to eat in.

There's also private seating, which would be perfect for a family gathering or visiting with a baby!

This Okgil-dong favorite runs on a strict non-smoking policy! Honestly, when you're out for a meal, it's not great seeing people smoking right outside the restaurant, so this was reassuring somehow haha. It gives that feeling of eating fresh meat haha.

Menu and prices: the mixed half-platter at 47,000 won

Here's how the menu at this Okgil-dong favorite is laid out! The signature dishes are thick-cut Iberico black pork neck, rib meat, and Korean pork special cuts like chewy pork jowl, white pork belly, and pork tail. There's also a mixed platter — half for 47,000 won, full for 74,000 won! The half-platter serves 2–3 people, the full platter 3–4 people!

Side dishes and the free soft tofu stew

You get a nice variety of side dishes to go with the meat — seasoned chives, wild garlic leaves, white kimchi, pickled chili strips, pickled garlic scapes, wasabi, salt, and ssamjang!

Salted anchovy (myeoljeot) comes out too!

If you run low on any side dish, you can grab more from the self-serve bar!

This is the soft tofu stew that comes standard! It's really spicy and loaded with soft tofu — perfect with a bowl of rice on the side!

They even set up a little shield so nothing splatters while the charcoal heats up — nice touch!! 👍

What comes on the mixed half-platter, and the grilling order

We ordered the mixed half-platter, which from right to left has chewy pork jowl, rib meat, pork shoulder blade, and thick-cut pork neck. It serves 2–3 people and costs 47,000 won!

The hood above the grill has a clear explanation of each cut and the best way to enjoy it!

Try eating it the way they suggest!

Why 5pm is the hour staff grill your meat for you

We started with the thick-cut pork neck! Normally they don't grill it for you, but since we came around 5pm, they told us that during quiet hours they do the grilling!

Haha it was grilled so perfectly! My favorite thing about this place — sure, the meat is delicious, but grilling white kimchi here is genuinely insane!! Ever since I learned the trick of grilling white kimchi here, I've started packing white kimchi for camping trips just to grill it there too haha.

Mixing and matching wild garlic leaves, white kimchi, pickled chili strips, and pickled garlic scapes to your own taste lets you try so many different flavor combos — I really love that!

Haha, and of course you can't skip the soju haha. Cheers to good meat~~~!

Pork shoulder blade, rib meat, then chewy pork jowl

Next we grilled the pork shoulder blade!

Haha it's seriously so tasty and chewy! And my beloved pickled garlic scapes, haha.

Next we grilled the rib meat (the pork shoulder blade is on the right) — the rib meat was so good we got busy eating and forgot to snap a photo once it was fully cooked 🤣 That rib meat was seriously amazing!!!

Last up, we grilled the chewy pork jowl! So good....💗

Free pork skin with the KakaoTalk coupon

If you add the restaurant as a KakaoTalk Plus Friend and grab the coupon, you get free pork skin!

Once again I got so caught up eating that I rushed to snap a photo of the very last bite haha. The pork skin was so chewy, had no odor at all, and was genuinely delicious! If I'd had more room in my stomach, I definitely would've ordered extra 🤣

This Okgil-dong favorite has great meat quality and a really well-put-together lineup of side dishes! If you're a fan of thick-cut Iberico black pork neck and Korean pork special cuts, head to Dwaeji Gongbang and treat yourself to some delicious meat!