Weekend all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu with free draft beer: Shabuway

My friend and I went for all-you-can-eat shabu-shabu at Shabuway Ruwon City, a well-known shabu-shabu spot in Cheongna. Here's the review~

Location and hours of Shabuway Ruwon City Cheongna Branch

• Address: 11 Yeomgok-ro 464beon-gil, Seohae-gu, Incheon, South Korea
• Hours: Daily 11:30–21:30 / Break time Mon–Fri 15:30–17:00

Shabuway Ruwon City Cheongna Branch is located on the 2nd floor of the Ruwon Top Plaza building.

Where do you park?

• Address: 11 Yeomgok-ro 464beon-gil, Seohae-gu, Incheon, South Korea
• Operating hours: Open 24 hours, year-round
• Price: First 30 min free / ₩2,000 per additional 30 min / daily max ₩50,000

You can use the underground parking lot in the building. The lot spans basement levels 1 and 2 but isn't huge, so if there's no space, you can call Shabuway and they'll direct you to a nearby building's parking lot with support.

Menu and prices

There's also a weekday lunch menu, so if you visit for weekday lunch you can eat at a more reasonable price. The weekend rate is ₩29,900 per person, and ordering the half-and-half broth adds ₩2,000.

Waiting and the vibe of the store

We didn't make a reservation, but since the store is spacious, there was no wait. The place was clean and roomy, with group seating in the back too, so it looked great for group visits.

Basic + spicy half-and-half broth

We ordered the half-and-half broth (basic and spicy), which added ₩2,000. The broth, vegetables and meat were set up for us at first, and after that we could freely refill everything ourselves.

They chopped the vegetables neatly and loaded them in first.

Extra broth and meat were ready at the self-serve corner for us to use freely.

Kids' spoons, forks and disposable aprons were also prepared. It looked like they set up kids' chairs too if you visit with a child, so it seemed great for family visits.

What's at the self-bar?

The self-serve corner had all kinds of vegetables, so you could go back for more.

Besides vegetables, there was also salad, soy sauce shrimp, caprese, and more.

The self-bar menu was varied and generous too, with duck, ratatouille, boiled pork and more.

With pasta, soup, sweet and sour pork, fried chicken and more, we ended up filling up about half our stomachs before even starting the shabu-shabu... haha

There were also various sauces you could mix into whatever combination you wanted, and porridge ingredients were prepared too, so you could make porridge after finishing the shabu-shabu.

Free-flowing draft beer too

And even the draft beer is all-you-can-drink...! I drove so I couldn't have any, but with free-flowing draft beer like this, I think I'll leave the car at home next time... Besides beer, you could also help yourself to water and soda, and ice was ready too.

Rice wrap ingredients and kalguksu (knife-cut noodle) ingredients were also prepared, so we grabbed the rice wrap ingredients and enjoyed those too.

Once the broth started bubbling, we added the meat and dug into the shabu-shabu.

Just eating meat felt a little plain, so we grabbed the rice wrap ingredients and enjoyed it fresh in rice wraps.

After finishing the shabu-shabu, we finished it off properly with ice cream for dessert.

Final verdict

I'd recommend Shabuway Ruwon City Cheongna Branch to anyone looking for a good restaurant in Cheongna Ruwon City or near Gajeong Station for shabu-shabu. The store is spacious and clean, so it's great for friends, couples or family, and also good for group visits. The self-bar menu is varied, and you can enjoy rice wraps, kalguksu, porridge and more. With even the beer being all-you-can-drink, I'd call this a total win of a shabu-shabu spot.