Korean BBQ in Euljiro: group room for 10, 1++ hanwoo set at Neoaehanu

Back when I worked in Euljiro, I remember how hard it was to find a good room-style restaurant for team dinners. So I was glad to get the chance to visit Neoaehanu (너애하누), a beef restaurant with rooms in Euljiro. There are private rooms for 4–6 people, and at the back there's even a space that fits about 10 for a group dinner.

How do you reserve at Neoaehanu?

For the private rooms and group seating at Neoaehanu, it's best to reserve ahead through Naver Reservation. Neoaehanu is at 8 Euljiro 9-gil, 2nd floor, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

The rooms and interior at Neoaehanu in Euljiro

The interior is a classy look unified in a red-brick tone! I liked how varied the layout is: a main hall, private rooms and a group room.

There's a main hall, of course,

and separate private rooms for 4–6 people,

and at the very back, a group room for up to 10 that can be sectioned off with sliding doors.

If you open the sliding doors, it looks like it could hold up to 20 people as one big space. I totally recommend it for anyone hunting for a room-style restaurant in Euljiro!

Neoaehanu menu and lunch special prices

Neoaehanu specializes in 1++ ("two-plus") hanwoo, Korean beef, so you can trust the quality of the meat. The lunch special is especially good. 240g of 1++ hanwoo plus a dessert item for ₩39,000 — I can't believe it! I fully recommend it as a great-value beef spot in Euljiro.

What's in the Neoaehanu set for 2, and how does it taste?

What I ordered was the Neoaehanu set for 2: sirloin + galbi-sal (rib meat) + brisket + a vegetable garnish.

The basic setting comes with salt, wasabi and pickled chili peppers,

and the side dishes are kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi), pickled celery, seasoned cucumber, seasoned chives and a pesticide-free vegetable salad.

The quality of the 1++ hanwoo was really good. It's the best beef I've had recently. Not a hint of odor, just full of nutty richness!

The order staff grill it in: brisket → galbi-sal → sirloin

The staff grill the meat for you at Neoaehanu, and they got the timing just right, so it was so easy and nice.

Try the brisket first with just a light dip in salt! They roast the salt in-house, apparently. Good salt on 1++ brisket! There's no way it could taste bad.

Then they grill the galbi-sal. Try it with wasabi, pickled chili peppers and so on, however you like.

Last they grill the sirloin: a light dip in salt, then with the seasoned chives!

The garnish vegetables get grilled in the beef fat too, and even just dipped in salt they're, ahh... seriously delicious. You can tell the vegetables themselves are fresh. Every side dish is tasty too.

Finishing with hanwoo kkakdugi fried rice

The hanwoo kkakdugi fried rice at Neoaehanu is the perfect finish. It's fried rice that keeps the signature tang of kkakdugi.

It comes out cooked on a fresh iron plate, so it feels clean to eat, and if you let it crisp a bit more on the induction burner, it's totally delicious. Nutty crisped rice with tangy kkakdugi is a winning combo! Even when I was full, I ended up finishing it all.

Is Neoaehanu a good place for a team dinner in Euljiro?

Neoaehanu, a BBQ spot near Jongno, seems like a place that wins on the meat first. The quality of the 1++ hanwoo is so good! And on top of that the staff grill it for you, and there are private rooms!

It works for dates, and for anything from small gatherings to groups of 10, so it's a perfect fit for a team dinner in Euljiro. If you're weighing room-style restaurants in Euljiro, the lunch special is really great value, so I'm recommending Neoaehanu!