Air-conditioned pork BBQ in Suseong, Daegu: Matdongsam

Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch, newly open in Beomeo-dong

Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch, a ridiculously good new pork barbecue spot in Beomeo-dong, Suseong-gu.

I had the five-layer pork belly and chewy pork, and the meat was insanely good‼️

It was nutty, chewy, and so delicious. The quality was seriously good—I guess they use great meat—and every single sauce and side, including the barley doenjang, herring roe, and garlic sauce, was delicious too 👍🏻

A pork barbecue restaurant with blasting air-conditioning?

And especially, this is a meat place with the AC blasting! It has powerful cooling, so it is great for grilling meat comfortably.

Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch 15 Dongdaegu-ro 74an-gil, Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea, 1F Daily 17:00–23:00 (last order 22:00)

Parking and the restaurant layout

Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch, a Suseong-gu favorite that looks like it was converted from a house. The name Matdongsam is short for “delicious neighborhood samgyeopsal (pork belly).”

Two cars can park on the white line in front of the restaurant. You can also use the parking lot down the narrow lane beside the Girl Scouts Federation at 34 Dongdaegu-ro 80-gil, Suseong-gu. The road is narrow, so be careful~!

Just enter through the entrance straight ahead. The door on the right is the annex entrance, but the inside is connected.

It is more spacious inside than expected, and each section has its own air conditioner, so the cooling is powerful.

There are large tables too, so it seems great for a family meal or a get-together with friends! Reservations are possible for up to six people.

Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch menu and order

• Matdongsam platter 600g ₩50,000 (3 special five-layer pork belly, 1 gabri-sal, 1 chewy pork)
• Special five-layer pork belly 120g ₩11,000
• Gabri-sal 120g ₩11,000
• Chewy pork 120g ₩9,500

Your first meat order needs to be at least three servings, but the prices are a bargain you do not easily see these days. Order through the table-order system. There is also a baby rice menu, so it is fine to bring little ones.

For the receipt-review event, you can choose one: Grandma doenjang stew, ttukbaegi ramen, a Melona ice cream to take home, one highball, one bottle of soju, or grillable cheese!

Five-layer pork belly, chewy pork, and sauce pairings

Here are the five-layer pork belly and chewy pork served on a platter~! You can check the origin and weight, which makes Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch an easy place to trust.

The basic table setting came with kimchi, white kimchi, jaeraegi (seasoned scallion salad), pickled radish and chili peppers, and a bean-sprout side dish! You can grill the potatoes and mushrooms too.

Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch’s secret weapon is its barley doenjang, herring roe sauce, and garlic sauce—they are insanely good with the nutty meat!! The salty herring roe sauce is at the top of the photo, and the barley doenjang, mixed with barley, is below it.

This is the garlic sauce. It is sweet, so alternating it with the barley doenjang and herring roe sauce gives you that sweet-and-salty combo that keeps you eating 🥰

Matdongsam’s five-layer pork belly, which they say is selected at premium grade, was so good: nutty meat with that chewy skin attached.

The chewy pork was chewy just like its name says, so the texture was great!

Grandma doenjang stew and grilled-kimchi samhap

Cold draft beer is essential with tasty meat. The Grandma doenjang stew, made with ground giant freshwater prawns for extra savory depth, was ₩5,000.

It was packed with tofu and zucchini, and the broth was delicious—perfect for mixing with rice and scooping up big bites!

If you need more of anything while eating, just request it through the table-order system. (You can ask the staff too!! They are so kind.)

I ordered extra wraps, and they brought them in a little basket haha. The interior already felt like Grandma’s house, and the basket made it completely adorable.

The kimchi comes grilled as standard, but I wanted it piping hot, so I put it on the grill.

Making samhap (a three-way bite) with grilled kimchi and mushrooms~~ Matdongsam Beomeo Main Branch is a real Suseong-gu gem with meat so good I want to go back! With the AC blasting too, it is just right for anyone who hates getting hot while eating grilled meat.