# Yeonnam-dong Japanese spot: skin-on salmon sashimi & tendon, Jongno - By Suwon Wall Diner (https://superchart.com/en/@checkered-tablecloth-4/) - Written Jun 13, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Mapo, Seoul - Sponsored: This is a visit review written after the restaurant provided the meal. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@checkered-tablecloth-4/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@checkered-tablecloth-4/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/index.md) ## In short Jongno Donburi Yeonnam (종로돈부리 연남) is a casual Japanese rice bowl restaurant in the Yeonnam-dong food alley near Hongdae in Mapo, Seoul. On the staff's recommendation, two people filled up on skin-on salmon sashimi and a tendon (tempura rice bowl) topped with two large shrimp for about ₩30,000, and Jongno Donburi Yeonnam charged nothing for extra rice. Jongno Donburi Yeonnam suits a Yeonnam-dong date when you want good value and a cozy atmosphere. ## Good to know - **Address**: B1, 9 Donggyo-ro 46-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul - **Hours**: Daily 11:30–21:30 - **Break time**: 16:00–17:00 (no break on Saturdays and Sundays) - **What we ordered**: Salmon sashimi, tendon - **Tendon price**: Low-to-mid ₩10,000s - **Total bill**: About ₩30,000 for two - **Seating**: Tables for 2 and 4, plus a bar counter for solo diners - **Side dishes**: Miso soup, pickled radish, garlic scapes, seasoned jalapeño - **Restroom**: Inside the restaurant - **Price reference**: ₩30,000 ≈ $22.5 · ₩10,000 ≈ $7.5 (2026-10-19) *as written by the visitor on Jun 13, 2026* ![Cover photo for the Jongno Donburi Yeonnam review](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-01-16c1i-900.webp) Today I'm introducing Jongno Donburi Yeonnam (종로돈부리 연남), a Yeonnam-dong favorite near Hongdae! It's a casual Japanese restaurant in Yeonnam-dong with tons of menu items that look great and are a bargain, from tendon (tempura rice bowl) to salmon sashimi. The atmosphere is cozy too, so it works as a Yeonnam-dong date spot and for a solid, filling meal! Okay, let's start my honest review~ ## Where is Jongno Donburi Yeonnam, and what are the hours? - Address: 9 Donggyo-ro 46-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - Hours: daily 11:30–21:30 - Break time: 16:00–17:00 - No break time on Saturdays and Sundays ![Exterior of Jongno Donburi Yeonnam in the Yeonnam-dong food alley](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-02-6t9de-900.webp) ![Entrance and outdoor menu board of Jongno Donburi Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-03-1r974-900.webp) Jongno Donburi Yeonnam is in the Yeonnam-dong food alley, and even the exterior is cute, a perfect date spot. The warm mood mixed with clean, modern white makes you like the place just by looking at it. There's a menu board outside, so you can see what they serve before going in, which I really liked. ## Cozy Japanese restaurant in Yeonnam-dong: what is the seating like? ![Interior of Jongno Donburi Yeonnam with yellow lighting](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-04-xkyov-900.webp) ![Dining hall of Jongno Donburi Yeonnam with walnut wood interior](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-05-qwung-900.webp) ![Tables for 2 and 4 at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-06-m9a09-900.webp) Inside, Jongno Donburi Yeonnam has tables for 2 and 4, and there were more seats than I expected! The inside is even prettier! The soft, warm yellow lighting and cozy walnut wood interior make photos come out beautifully even when you just snap away. ![Bar counter at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam suited to solo diners](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-07-jq8fw-900.webp) ![Bar counter seats at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-08-7ixsv-900.webp) There's also a bar counter where you can eat solo in Yeonnam-dong, with a lot of seats! Anyone who wants to dine alone looks like they can visit without any pressure, haha. ![Restroom inside Jongno Donburi Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-09-y37bv-900.webp) The tidy, clean restroom is inside the restaurant, which made it even more convenient! ## Jongno Donburi Yeonnam menu and side dishes ![Rice bowl menu at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-10-z13cc-900.webp) ![Menu photos on the table at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-11-4iw25-900.webp) The main menu at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam is Japanese rice bowls (donburi) like tendon, sake-don (salmon bowl) and gyudon (beef bowl), but there were also lots of easy items like salmon sashimi that go well with a casual beer! Each menu item has a photo on the table, which is super handy when choosing~ ![Four side dishes including broth and pickled radish](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-12-17f2p-900.webp) The side dishes come as 4 items: warm, savory broth, pickled radish, garlic stems and seasoned jalapeño! Often you only get pickled radish, so Jongno Donburi Yeonnam, our Yeonnam-dong Japanese pick, seems to put real care in right from the sides. > Ordered: salmon sashimi, tendon ## Skin-on salmon sashimi at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam: was the staff pick worth it? ![Salmon sashimi ordered on the staff's recommendation](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-13-oc3dy-900.webp) ![A plate of salmon sashimi served with the skin on](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-14-144ri-900.webp) We ordered the salmon sashimi because the staff recommended it, saying the salmon was really good today! I wasn't very hungry and rice felt like a bit much, so it was the perfect menu item! And it had been a really long time since I'd seen salmon with the skin still freshly attached like this. ![Close-up of salmon sashimi with clear marbling](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-15-1g9iu-900.webp) The marbling and vivid orange color made my mouth water just looking at it, and the moment I put it in my mouth it clung chewily and then melted away, which was even more impressive. It's way, way better than the salmon at most sashimi restaurants, so please give it a try! ## Jongno Donburi Yeonnam tendon: good value in the low-to-mid ₩10,000s ![A bowl of tendon at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-16-1azp0-900.webp) ![Tendon topped with vegetable and shrimp tempura](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-17-jjzeg-900.webp) ![Vertical photo of tendon with crispy batter](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-18-m6en9-900.webp) Next came the tendon, with really clean-looking batter. A tendon in the low-to-mid ₩10,000s at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam is genuinely good value! Sweet pumpkin, shishito-like peppers, mushrooms, shrimp, eggplant and more, all the tasty ingredients fried and served neatly, and the batter was really crispy and not greasy. ![Tendon tempura moved onto a plate](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-19-1g755-900.webp) They first put the tempura on a plate so it wouldn't go soggy. Seen like this, the portion is really big too. With the thin, clean batter, even the mushrooms I usually eat without any excitement were really delicious. ![Big shrimp tempura in the tendon](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-20-1o74k-900.webp) ![A bite of bouncy shrimp tempura](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-21-167gn-900.webp) There were 2 shrimp tempura, and they weren't small shrimp but fairly big ones with a bouncy texture! That made them even more satisfying to eat, haha. ![Tendon rice soaked in soy sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-22-1kbd9-900.webp) ### Extra rice for the tendon soy sauce: does Jongno Donburi Yeonnam charge for it? I asked for extra rice at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam, and they didn't charge anything extra, they just piled more rice on for us T_T The tendon rice is fluffy and tasty, and it's soaked through with plenty of soy sauce. We were the ones who ordered salmon sashimi saying we wouldn't eat rice, but the soy sauce was so good we got extra rice, lol. Such generous people at Jongno Donburi Yeonnam, our Yeonnam-dong favorite! ![Extra tendon rice given free of charge](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-23-ceecx-900.webp) ## Jongno Donburi Yeonnam coupon book and total cost for two After paying, they gave us a stamp card where you get 1 stamp per menu item! Honestly the prices are cheap already, and with an event like this I'd definitely become a regular. ![Jongno Donburi stamp card received after paying](https://img.superchart.com/images/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date-24-1i2gm-1200.webp) From the tendon to the salmon sashimi, everything was so delicious at Jongno Donburi, our Yeonnam-dong Japanese restaurant! We ate really full for ₩30,000, and with the nice atmosphere on top, it felt like we'd had a proper Yeonnam-dong date. ## Where it is - Jongno Donburi Yeonnam (종로돈부리 연남) - 9 Donggyo-ro 46-gil, B1, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 마포구 동교로46길 9 B1 - 37.562598, 126.925406 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%A2%85%EB%A1%9C%EB%8F%88%EB%B6%80%EB%A6%AC%20%EC%97%B0%EB%82%A8/@37.562598,126.925406,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@checkered-tablecloth-4/yeonnam-salmon-sashimi-tendon-date/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt