Yeouido gyukatsu with extra meat and mini curry sauce: Hurato Sikdang

These days my husband and I are completely hooked on gyukatsu (Japanese-style breaded beef cutlet). I'm not usually a big fan of Japanese food, but this meat-loving palate of ours got totally won over by gyukatsu — it's just so good. Today I'm writing up our weekday dinner review of a Yeouido station favorite that does gyukatsu as its signature dish: Hurato Sikdang Yeouido.

Where is Hurato Sikdang Yeouido, and what are its hours?

Hurato Sikdang Yeouido is located on the 3rd floor of Yeouido Finance Tower. Weekday hours are 11:00–21:00 (break time 14:30–17:00), and weekend hours are 11:30–21:30 (break time 15:00–17:30).

Since Hurato Sikdang Yeouido operates normally on weekends too, it seems like a great pick for couples on a date at IFC Mall or The Hyundai Seoul, or friends grabbing a meal together while out and about. Parking is available in the building's parking lot.

Inside Hurato Sikdang: seating, and is solo dining okay?

Walking in, the space at Hurato Sikdang Yeouido was much bigger than I expected. There's a range of seating — counter seats, tables for two, tables for four — so it seemed like a comfortable place to eat solo, too. In fact, when I visited, there were quite a few office workers stopping in on their own for dinner after work.

Hurato Sikdang menu and how to order by QR code

Besides its signature gyukatsu, Hurato Sikdang Yeouido has a range of menu items including a steak set, omurice, and beef belly deopbap (rice bowl). Still, true to its reputation, most customers were ordering gyukatsu. To order at Hurato Sikdang Yeouido, you scan the QR code attached to the table and order through the page it links to.

Gyukatsu for two plus extra meat and mini curry sauce

Here's what the two of us ordered.

• Gyukatsu, 2 servings
• Gyukatsu extra meat, 1 portion
• Mini curry sauce

Grilling the gyukatsu and the extra meat portion

First up, my husband's dish — gyukatsu with extra meat. Wow, so hearty looking, right? Unlike other gyukatsu places, Hurato gives each person their own individual brazier, which made it noticeably easier to eat. The meat didn't stick to the grill at all, so we got to enjoy it fully.

How the mini curry sauce tastes with the gyukatsu

I got the basic gyukatsu and added the mini curry sauce beforehand. Mixing the rice that comes with gyukatsu together with the curry sauce is just heavenly.

Overall, you could tell the food was made with fresh, good-quality ingredients. Fresh wasabi came out too, and putting it on the gyukatsu cut through the richness — it paired really well.

It was so good that halfway through eating, I actually thought, "I should've gotten extra meat too..." — that's how much I enjoyed Hurato's gyukatsu.

The verdict on gyukatsu at Hurato Sikdang Yeouido

Easily the top gyukatsu spot around Yeouido.

Clean space, delicious food, calm atmosphere. If you're craving Japanese food around Yeouido station, I'd recommend Hurato Sikdang.