# Busan whale meat restaurant: 55,000-won Special A course, Gorae Gajok - By Mijin L. (https://superchart.com/en/@busan-tray-map/) - Written Sep 14, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Dong-gu, Busan - Sponsored: This post was written after a sponsored store visit. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@busan-tray-map/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@busan-tray-map/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/index.md) ## In short Gorae Gajok is a whale meat restaurant in Beomil-dong, Dong-gu, Busan. On a Busan trip with her boyfriend, the writer ordered the Special A course at 55,000 won per person with a bottle of Hwayo soju, and it came with chawanmushi (savory steamed egg custard), a tasting platter, a plate of whale meat and a spicy soup. If whale meat has always made you curious, Gorae Gajok is worth a visit once you know what the course includes. ## Good to know - **Address**: 1st floor, 23-13 Busanjinseonggong-ro, Dong-gu, Busan - **Getting there**: 389m from Exit 2, Beomil Station, Subway Line 1 - **Hours**: 3:00 PM – 5:00 AM - **What we ordered**: Special A (per person) 55,000 won, 1 bottle of Hwayo - **Corkage**: 20,000 won - **Seating**: Tables for 4 and 6, plus private room seating - **Pets**: Not allowed - **Parking**: Listed as available on Naver Place (a no-parking sign stands out front, so calling ahead is best) - **Price reference**: ₩20,000 ≈ $15 (2026-09-15) *as written by the visitor on Sep 14, 2026* ![Signature photo of whale meat at Gorae Gajok in Beomil-dong, Busan](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-01-xq5dc-1200.webp) Today I'm sharing my review of Gorae Gajok, a whale meat restaurant I ate at during a trip to Busan. Here I had the Special A (per person) for 55,000 won plus an extra bottle of Hwayo. Out of curiosity — let's try it once! — my boyfriend and I went to eat there together. It's located in Beomil-dong. Let's get right into it. ## Gorae Gajok: address, hours and directions ![Exterior of Gorae Gajok, a whale meat restaurant in Beomil-dong](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-02-1ryv2-900.webp) - Location: 23-13 Busanjinseonggong-ro, Dong-gu, Busan, 1st floor - 389m from Exit 2, Beomil Station, Line 1 - Hours: 3:00 PM – 5:00 AM - Note: pets not allowed - Parking: available ### What we ordered at Gorae Gajok - Hwayo - Special A (per person) 55,000 won ## 1. Location, interior and private room ![Street near the entrance of Gorae Gajok close to Busanjinseong Park](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-03-joca5-900.webp) Gorae Gajok is located within Beomil-dong, close to the Joseon Tongsinsa Museum and Busanjinseong Park that I'd visited on a previous trip. The Place info says parking is available, but there's a no-parking sign right in front of the restaurant, so if you're driving you should probably call ahead and check. ![Gorae Gajok's interior hall with 4-top and 6-top seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-04-gfj2q-900.webp) Inside, the seating was made up of 4-top and 6-top tables, with the restroom at the very back of the restaurant. ![Passage and seating toward the restroom at the back of the restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-05-1t5z3-900.webp) In front of the restroom and kitchen area, there was also a separate private room where you could sit. ![Table pre-set with Hwayo glasses, soju glasses, and small plates](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-06-1useg-900.webp) This place pre-sets every table ahead of time — Hwayo glasses, soju glasses, small plates, and chopsticks were all already laid out. ## 2. Gorae Gajok menu and prices ![Menu board listing whale meat sizes, tuna, and skate](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-07-lnx2b-900.webp) This is the menu at Gorae Gajok, the whale meat place in Beomil-dong, Busan. You order by pressing the buzzer and telling staff directly what food or drinks you want. The menu had whale meat in small/medium/large sizes, plus tuna, skate, sea urchin, and set menus too. ![Drinks menu listing sake and soju](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-08-4k62f-900.webp) For drinks, there was sake like Junmai and Dassai, along with regular soju, and corkage was ₩20,000. ## 3. What comes with the Special A course (55,000 won per person) ![First side dishes served with the Special A course](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-09-fdqq3-900.webp) What we ordered at Gorae Gajok in Beomil-dong, Busan was the Special A (per person), priced at 55,000 won each. Busan has so many great restaurants, but out of curiosity about whale meat, my boyfriend and I decided to try it once during our trip. The first thing to come out were the side dishes, including something with onions in it. ![Side dish plate with onions](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-10-7n00u-900.webp) A while later, chawanmushi — Japanese-style steamed egg custard — arrived, served hot in a covered bowl that you open and scoop from yourself. ![Covered bowl of Japanese-style steamed egg custard, chawanmushi](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-11-18kl9-901.webp) Each of us also got a tasting platter, where you could try small portions of things sold at the restaurant like sea urchin and tuna, plus salmon and grilled eel. ![Tasting platter with sea urchin, tuna, salmon, and grilled eel](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-12-vvly9-900.webp) Then came what you could call the main event — the whale meat. Since it's the main dish, it wasn't served as an individual plate per person but as one shared plate in the middle of the table. ![A shared plate of whale meat placed in the center of the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-13-isi1d-900.webp) For drinks, we'd tried to order our favorite Good Day soju, but somehow ended up drinking Hwayo instead, poured into iced glasses! 🦧 ![A glass of Hwayo poured over ice](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-14-nid7c-901.webp) No dipping sauce came out on its own, so when we asked, we were given a red sauce and wasabi. ![Red dipping sauce and wasabi received on request](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-15-1lc5r-900.webp) The set menu at Gorae Gajok, the whale meat place in Beomil-dong, Busan, also came with a soup — a spicy broth packed with bean sprouts, and we were given two small bowls to eat from. ![A pot of spicy soup full of bean sprouts](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-16-79hya-900.webp) Digging in, there were noodles inside too. Only one pot of soup came per table, and that covers everything included in the Special A (per person) 55,000 won course, so keep that in mind if you visit! 🙄 ![Full table spread at the end of the Special A course](https://img.superchart.com/images/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course-17-cjh4a-900.webp) That wraps up all the details on Gorae Gajok, the whale meat restaurant in Beomil-dong that I ate at during my Busan trip. ## Where it is - Gorae Gajok (고래가족) - 23-13 Busanjinseonggong-ro, Dong-gu, Busan, South Korea, 1st floor - 부산광역시 동구 부산진성공원로 23-13 1층 고래가족 - 35.1377791, 129.0615481 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EA%B3%A0%EB%9E%98%EA%B0%80%EC%A1%B1/@35.1377791,129.0615481,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@busan-tray-map/busan-beomil-whale-meat-special-a-course/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt