Flatfish-only sashimi house in Seongnam-dong, Incheon: summer set

Today I'm giving you an honest review of Uridongne Yeonan Budu Seongnam Main Branch (우리동네 연안부두 석남본점), a sashimi restaurant in Seongnam-dong, Seohae-gu, Incheon. It has tons of regulars, so let's see what it's like.

What is Uridongne Yeonan Budu Seongnam Main Branch?

Uridongne Yeonan Budu Seongnam Main Branch is a flatfish (dodari) specialist sashimi restaurant in Seongnam-dong, Incheon. It is open 14:00–23:30 with last order at 23:00, at 110 World Plaza, 12 Sinseok-ro 77beon-gil, Seohae-gu, Incheon.

This Seongnam-dong sashimi restaurant is a flatfish place in Seongnam-dong.

The fish tanks outside the restaurant were kept clean.

Where to park for Uridongne Yeonan Budu in Seongnam-dong

The restaurant has no parking of its own, so use the Gangnam Market public parking lot right next door. It costs ₩600 for 30 minutes, then ₩300 per 15 minutes.

Parking is sadly hard at most places around Seongnam-dong, Incheon. Here too, but the Gangnam Market public lot is right next door, so parking was easy. Being a public lot, ₩300 per 15 minutes is cheap and no burden at all.

Can you get a table on a weekday evening?

The restaurant has so many regulars that it is full by 6 p.m. even on weekdays. I visited at 5 p.m. on a weekday.

The place isn't big and it has a huge crowd of regulars, so by 6 p.m. there wasn't an empty seat. Come even a little late and you'll struggle to get in. That's the kind of Seongnam-dong restaurant it is.

Look, this is something I really love, right? The spoons and chopsticks come individually wrapped. From the clean tanks outside to the wrapped cutlery, you can really tell they care a lot about hygiene.

You come the first time out of curiosity because there's a wait, and once you've been, you can't help becoming a regular. It's a real find. My younger sibling, who's a total foodie, immediately recommended it to people they know.

Is flatfish the only fish on the menu?

The menu has no standard sashimi like olive flounder (gwangeo), just the one flatfish menu. With a Naver receipt review event, you also get soju or a highball.

I thought it was fascinating that there's only the flatfish menu. They must be really confident in their flatfish, right?

They give you soju or a highball for a Naver receipt review. Amazing, right? Definitely join in.

What comes in the summer-only Premium Flatfish Set?

The Premium Flatfish Set is ₩70,000, a summer-only set menu with flatfish sashimi, fruit-broth mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) and several skidari (side dishes served before the main).

I ordered the Premium Flatfish Set that you can only get in summer. It's a set with flatfish sashimi, a cold mulhoe you can only enjoy in summer, and a number of skidari dishes.

How does the flatfish sashimi taste?

The flatfish sashimi looks delicious, right?

The flatfish came out sliced long, and the texture was great. It also had a slight sweetness, and I thought, wow, so this is what really good flatfish tastes like.

Eaten with the seasoned vegetables on the side, the flavor felt doubled.

What goes into the fruit-broth mulhoe?

The fruit-broth mulhoe is the other main dish of the Premium Flatfish Set: sashimi and assorted seafood like abalone, sea squirt (meongge) and conch in a cold fruit broth. Ask and they'll bring a bowl of rice too.

One bite of the sweet, tangy, cold mulhoe and the heat just melts away.

Which side dishes come with the flatfish set?

The Premium Flatfish Set here came with skidari of mullet sashimi, abalone sashimi, sea squirt, soy-marinated shrimp and steamed shrimp, kimchi pancake and corn cheese.

Mullet sashimi comes as a side dish. It's tasty in a different way from the flatfish, but the flatfish was so good that I couldn't enjoy the mullet as much, which was a shame.

The springy abalone sashimi had a really nice texture. The sea squirt underneath had hardly any sea smell, just the good flavor of sea squirt, and it was fresh.

Soy-marinated shrimp and steamed shrimp also came out. The soy shrimp were really plump, with no fishy smell from the innards at all, and so fresh. I loved them.

The kimchi pancake and corn cheese are fairly plain, but when you get tired of eating nothing but raw fish, they come in just right, so I could enjoy the flatfish and mulhoe even more.

Is Uridongne Yeonan Budu Seongnam Main Branch worth a return visit?

Getting delicious flatfish sashimi and a mulhoe that blasts the heat away in one place is real luck. There's a reason it has so many regulars. Why not spend a happy evening with flatfish sashimi and mulhoe at Uridongne Yeonan Budu Seongnam Main Branch, a sashimi restaurant in Seongnam-dong, Incheon?