# Samgakji shabu-shabu restaurant on CatchTable: Shabu in Seoul - By Gaeun (https://superchart.com/en/@busan-tin-tray/) - Written Sep 15, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Yongsan, Seoul - Sponsored: This post was written after receiving a complimentary meal from the restaurant. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@busan-tin-tray/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@busan-tin-tray/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/index.md) ## In short Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch is a shabu-shabu restaurant 200m from Exit 3 of Samgakji Station in Yongsan, Seoul. A noon weekday booking made on CatchTable brought a Grade 1 black pork belly set and a neck shabu-shabu set cooked in clear mushroom broth, with an extra order of rice paper for wrapping the pork like a Vietnamese roll and egg porridge to finish. Partitioned tables and a private room make Shabu in Seoul an easy choice for a date or a family meal out. ## Good to know - **Address**: 61 Hangang-daero 62-gil, 1st floor, Yongsan-gu, Seoul - **Hours**: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun 11:00–22:00 (last order 21:00); Fri, Sat 11:00–23:00 (last order 22:00) - **Location**: 200m from Exit 3, Samgakji Station - **Parking**: No dedicated lot; use the nearby public parking lot - **What we ordered**: Grade 1 black pork belly shabu-shabu set, Grade 1 black pork neck shabu-shabu set, Zero Coke, extra rice paper - **Broth chosen**: Clear mushroom broth - **Finishing dish by broth**: Clear mushroom → egg porridge / spicy mushroom → rosé risotto / blue crab doenjang → doenjang rice rolls / sukiyaki → yakisoba / beef tomato → tomato risotto - **Sauces**: Sesame sauce, chili sauce and yuzu sauce, plus minced garlic and minced chili - **Seating**: Partitions at every table, private room available *as written by the visitor on Sep 15, 2026* Today I want to introduce a Samgakji-area restaurant in Yongsan, Seoul with a really upscale vibe — a shabu-shabu place worth knowing about! ![Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch, a shabu-shabu restaurant near Samgakji Station](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-01-j8qmi-900.webp) ## Where is Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch, and what are its hours? - 🍲 61 Hangang-daero 62-gil, 1st floor, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 🍲 Mon–Thu, Sun 11:00–22:00 (last order 21:00) / Fri–Sat 11:00–23:00 (last order 22:00) - 🍲 200m from Exit 3, Samgakji Station - 🍲 No dedicated parking (use nearby public parking) ## Noon on a weekday: do you need a CatchTable reservation? ![The fully packed dining room of Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch at weekday lunch](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-02-1xc0v-900.webp) Since it's such a well-known restaurant near Samgakji Station, even at noon on a weekday the tables were completely full! We had already reserved through CatchTable, so we could go straight in!😙 ![Store entrance after the reservation was confirmed](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-03-11c82-900.webp) The staff asked for our reservation name, confirmed it, and let us straight in — but what's this! Our table was already set up right on time for our reservation!😳 It made us feel taken care of, which just put us in an even better mood! ![Table pre-set to match the reservation time](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-04-dsviq-900.webp) ![Shabu-shabu table seating with partitions](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-05-jxvs5-900.webp) ## Partitioned tables and the private room at Shabu in Seoul And at this Samgakji-area restaurant, Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch, every table has its own partition, so you can eat comfortably! I really liked that!👍🏻 ![Private room space available for group gatherings](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-06-1wf1w-900.webp) There's also a private room space! Perfect for family gatherings, work dinners, meeting-the-in-laws occasions — this Samgakji-area restaurant, Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch, handles them all. The interior itself is so upscale and sophisticated that it kept me in a good mood throughout the meal — you know that feeling?🙄✨ ## What's on the menu at Shabu in Seoul ![Menu board at Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-07-zzez9-900.webp) ![Menu board listing the shabu-shabu set course composition](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-08-15yin-900.webp) Here's the menu board at this Samgakji favorite, Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch, for reference✨ ## The sauce setup and what we ordered ![Shabu-shabu sauces set on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-09-5ems6-900.webp) ![Sesame sauce, chili sauce, minced garlic and minced chili](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-10-u23hj-900.webp) For the shabu-shabu, the table came set with sesame sauce, chili sauce, a yuzu-flavored sauce, plus minced garlic and minced chili! I ordered the Grade 1 black pork belly shabu-shabu set + Grade 1 black pork neck shabu-shabu set + Zero Coke + (add-on order → rice paper) ![A full spread of black pork belly and neck shabu-shabu set](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-11-r8j5y-1200.webp) After chatting with my friend for a bit, our food came out fast! The vegetables looked really fresh, and I heard they only use top-grade meat — you could tell just by looking at it!🐷♥️ The vegetables also seemed extra fresh, apparently sourced fresh every day straight from the farm🥬🍄👍🏻✨ You pour the sesame sauce, chili sauce, and yuzu-flavored sauce into your dish and mix in minced garlic and chili to taste! For me, sesame 1 : chili 2 : garlic and chili was the tastiest combo! ![Guide to how to enjoy Shabu in Seoul and the broth options](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-12-nyn3g-900.webp) Here's the guide on how to enjoy Shabu in Seoul and the broth options (I went with their recommended clear mushroom broth!) ## Black pork shabu-shabu in clear mushroom broth, wrapped in rice paper ![Cooking black pork in the clear mushroom broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-13-j8226-900.webp) Time to dig in!🤤 I dipped the meat generously into my own mixed sauce (sesame 1 : chili 2 : minced garlic and chili)... and wow, it was so good😭 ![Black pork shabu-shabu dipped in the mixed sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-14-1mwjx-900.webp) ![A plate of cooked meat and vegetables](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-15-bkqzp-900.webp) And you absolutely have to try wrapping it in rice paper! The chewy rice paper with the meat, various vegetables, and sauce — pure bliss!❤️🔥 ![Meat and vegetables wrapped in rice paper like a spring roll](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-16-1oh2g-900.webp) So I ended up ordering extra rice paper on top!ㅎ ![Panda-shaped glass noodles floating in the broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-17-5fzie-900.webp) Yes. What you're looking at is a panda taking a bubble bath ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ🐻‍❄️🖤 (the taste, though, is totally chewy and delicious!) ## The rice course included in the set: egg porridge in clear mushroom broth The set course includes a meal at the end! Since I chose the clear mushroom broth, they prepared it as egg porridge for me. (Clear mushroom → egg porridge / spicy mushroom → rosé risotto / crab doenjang → doenjang rice roll / sukiyaki → yakisoba / beef tomato → tomato risotto — keep this in mind!) ![Egg porridge simmered in the clear mushroom broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-18-tt1vu-900.webp) The finished egg porridge!🥚 Light and savory, it was so delicious! My friend and I were both super satisfied with the whole meal!👍🏻 ![A finished bowl of egg porridge](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-19-1jbvp-900.webp) ![Omija tea served after the meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-20-1h21t-900.webp) At the end they even brought out omija tea (five-flavor berry tea), and that sense of being pampered right up to the end put me in such a good mood♥️ ![An emptied shabu-shabu pot and dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-21-11bgl-900.webp) I ended up polishing off every last bit, it was that good🫣♥️ ## Who Shabu in Seoul near Samgakji Station suits best ![The upscale interior of Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch-22-1ita7-900.webp) Thanks to the upscale atmosphere and attentive service, Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch really made us feel taken care of🥢🤍 The fresh vegetables, delicious meat, and the light yet deep flavor of the clear mushroom broth all left me very satisfied🍄✨ If you're looking for a great-atmosphere shabu-shabu restaurant near Samgakji Station, I'd recommend it for a date or a family meal out!🫶🏻 ## Where it is - Shabu in Seoul Yongsan Main Branch (샤브인서울 신용산본점) - 61 Hangang-daero 62-gil, 1st floor, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 용산구 한강대로62길 61 1층 - 37.5321195, 126.9735677 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%83%A4%EB%B8%8C%EC%9D%B8%EC%84%9C%EC%9A%B8%20%EC%8B%A0%EC%9A%A9%EC%82%B0%EB%B3%B8%EC%A0%90/@37.5321195,126.9735677,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@busan-tin-tray/shabuinseoul-sinyongsan-weekday-lunch/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt