Seafood platter for two after a walk near Suseong Lake, Daegu

On a Sunday afternoon that felt distinctly like fall was setting in, my husband and I had a long-overdue date on Deuran-gil. We walked a full loop around Suseong Lake, and when we searched for a good spot to grab dinner and a drink, we found a seafood specialty restaurant right in front of Suseong Lake Station that my husband loves.

Andamiro means "bowls piled up so full they overflow," and true to its name, it's a seafood specialty restaurant serving fresh catch delivered straight from the source every day. It's a great pick for a Suseong-gu seafood spot even for someone like me who's watching my weight.

• Daily 16:00–01:00
• Free parking: 2 spots in front of the restaurant
• 40 Dongdaegu-ro 7-gil, 1st floor, Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea

How far is it from Suseong Lake Station — Andamiro's exterior and parking

Andamiro is a 5-minute walk from Suseong Lake Station, making it perfect before or after a walk around the lake. It's a corner shop with floor-to-ceiling windows on three sides, giving it a great sense of openness — a real Deuran-gil favorite. The dark brown wood exterior and clean white sign catch your eye right away.

Parking is available for 2 cars right in front of the restaurant. We took Line 3 since we were combining our trip with a walk around Suseong Lake and drinks.

The atmosphere and seating layout

Push open the wooden lattice door and you're greeted with a cozy, comfortable feeling under golden lighting.

The tables are spaced far apart, so it's a great place to chat and enjoy time with friends, a partner, or family.

The menu board fills a whole wall in large lettering, so you can take in every item at a glance — makes ordering easy even with a big group, which is another reason this Deuran-gil spot works well.

The signature dish is a full seafood spread made only with fresh, seasonal ingredients. There's a wide range of side dishes and drinks too, so everyone at the table can find something they like.

Andamiro's menu and prices

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Assorted seafood platter

• Large ₩99,000 / Medium ₩79,000 / Small ₩59,000

Side dishes

• Steamed scallops / boiled octopus ₩30,000
• Steamed bean sprouts with beef brisket ₩30,000
• Stir-fried baby octopus ₩25,000
• Octopus / gaebul / sea squirt / conch / abalone ₩25,000
• Nagasaki jjamppong ₩20,000
• Spicy fish cake stew ₩18,000
• Fried shrimp ₩10,000
• Red king crab ₩59,000

Meals

• Seafood fried rice ₩7,000
• Seafood ramen ₩5,000
• Grilled flatfish ₩4,000
• Rice ₩1,000

Seasonal menu

• (Spring seasonal menu, Mar–May) Prices vary — Baby octopus shabu-shabu
• (Summer seasonal menu, May–Aug) Prices vary — Pike conger shabu-shabu
• (Winter seasonal menu, Nov–Mar) Prices vary — Seaweed with dried gwamegi

Drinks

• Hwayo, sake, wine
• Beer, soju ₩5,000
• Cheongha ₩6,000
• Soft drinks ₩2,000

What we ordered

• Assorted seafood platter (small)
• Soju

Even the free side dishes included kimchi pancake

The complimentary side dishes included cold seaweed and cucumber soup, corn salad, and cabbage jaerae-gi (a kimchi-style pickle). The refreshing cold cucumber soup felt like an instant hangover cure while drinking, so I somehow felt less drunk than usual and kept the soju coming, haha.

Wow — this is the first place I've been to that serves kimchi pancake as a free side dish. The crispy, thin kimchi pancake was the perfect crispy-outside, tender-inside example. It wasn't too salty either, making it the ideal drinking snack.

The cabbage jaerae-gi, seasoned spicy like kimchi, was a first for me and totally won me over. Paired with the sweet corn salad, it was so good that we'd already finished a whole bottle of soju before the main dish even arrived.

What comes in the small assorted seafood platter

The seafood platter arrived in an absolutely massive size — the serving tray itself was huge, but the seafood spilled over the edges anyway. Sashimi, sea squirt, steamed scallops, whole steamed squid, abalone, horned conch, grilled flatfish, boiled East Sea octopus, sea cucumber, boiled giant conch — it was all there.

You can tell just by looking that this is fresh, in-season aged flounder sashimi. The tender, melt-in-your-mouth quality of the aged sashimi is a real treat.

Sea squirt really lets you taste the ocean, and when it's this fresh, it's genuinely fragrant. My husband tried one piece and then finished off the whole plate himself — he said the sweetness that builds the more you chew makes the soju go down easily.

The steamed scallops were moist and had a sweet aroma straight out of the steamer. Of all the steamed shellfish dishes, scallops are the softest and tastiest, and I was glad they gave us scallops on their own.

The nutty aroma of the whole steamed squid kept drawing me back for more — it was almost a shame to see it disappear. It was so fresh that the chewiness and texture were on another level, the kind of dish kids and grandparents alike would love.

Abalone, the ocean's tonic, had a fun, slightly chewy texture that got nuttier the more you chewed. It's delicious plain, but dipping it in the various sauces gives you a whole different flavor experience.

The horned conch and boiled conch were tasty even without any seasoning. They had a chewier texture than scallops, almost like eating slightly tender meat.

I used to only eat freshly boiled octopus at ancestral rites, so I was surprised to see it on the menu. It was much nuttier and chewier than squid, making it a fantastic drinking snack.

The golden-brown grilled flatfish came out whole. The skin was truly crispy, and the flesh was so soft even a baby could eat it — the kind of dish that makes you want to bring your parents here.

The chewy sea cucumber had an even crunchier texture than the abalone, so after all the softer seafood, biting into it was a fun change of pace.

With such a huge variety of seafood, there was no need for a second or third stop — we had a happy Deuran-gil date night right there at Andamiro.

Honest review

• We had a Deuran-gil date night with a source-direct, fresh seafood specialty restaurant, Andamiro.
• The seafood platter for two came with steamed scallops, fried shrimp, whole steamed squid, sea squirt, boiled East Sea octopus, seasoned raw octopus, sashimi, boiled deep-sea conch, grilled flatfish, sea cucumber, horned conch, and abalone — all in one order.
• With affordably priced side dishes and full meal options too, it's a great spot for a healthy seafood dinner and drinks with friends, family, or a partner after work, and it works well for group gatherings too.
• Being right next to Suseong Lake makes it easy to take a walk before or after eating, which made it the perfect Deuran-gil date night.
• Our next family gathering spot is definitely Andamiro for the great-value seafood platter.