Weekend charcoal pork BBQ with soju-beer and ramyeon: Jeonbotdae
In short
Jeonbotdae Sutbul Ogyeop is a local charcoal-grilled pork restaurant in a residential area of Yongun-dong, Dong-gu, Daejeon. On a fully booked weekend evening we ordered a pork assortment platter, kimchi mari guksu (cold kimchi noodle soup) and bibim guksu (spicy mixed noodles), grilled the wet-aged pre-seared pork with roasted gim (seaweed), mentaiko mayo and homemade pepper pickles, and finished with dessert ramyeon. Every single side dish tasted homemade, making this a solid recommendation for a Dong-gu, Daejeon dinner spot.
Good to know
- Ordered
- Pork assortment platter, kimchi mari guksu, bibim guksu
- Platter composition
- Pork belly, pork neck, pork jowl, skirt meat (pre-seared)
- Ordering method
- Kiosk
- Dessert ramyeon
- 5 kinds, including the new spicy 'ma-yeol' ramyeon
- Location
- 36-2 Saeul-ro 81beon-gil, Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea (Yongun-dong residential area)
as written by the visitor on Sep 7, 2026
Today's spot to introduce is ~!
Jeonbotdae Sutbul Ogyeop! 🥓🍗🍖 If you're from Dong-gu, Daejeon, you've probably heard of this local pork BBQ spot at least once.
Partially sponsored, but 100% paid out of my own pocket otherwise.
Highly recommending this as a Dong-gu, Daejeon BBQ spot 😉😉
In a Yongun-dong residential neighborhood, literally next to a utility pole
It's located among the houses of Yongun-dong. A true local gem! Not gonna lie, true to its name, it really is right next to a utility pole 🤫🤭
Fully booked on a weekend evening, more than half families
We came on a weekend evening and it was completely full..! Luckily there were one or two seats left so we sat down with no wait.
Families made up maybe 2/3 of the crowd? The rest seemed to be couples or friends. Quietly beloved by Dong-gu locals, and it showed — plenty of regulars stopping by haha.
We ordered from a kiosk, and got:
- Pork assortment platter
- Kimchi mari guksu (cold kimchi noodle soup)
- Bibim guksu (spicy mixed noodles)
That's what we ordered 😋 They fired up the grill and got the table set right away.
Jeonbotdae's secret recipe: gim + mentaiko mayo + house pepper pickles
So here's Jeonbotdae's secret recipe—
You grill gim (seaweed) on the pan and eat it with mentaiko mayo and house-made pepper pickles! 🫢🫢 Pork with mentaiko mayo — how does that even taste…!
All side dishes homemade, even the kimchi
On top of that, all the side dishes seemed homemade, even the kimchi looked like it was made in-house.
Truly tastes like homemade kimchi. It's aged mukeunji, so it's great grilled with the meat and also great wrapped around dessert ramyeon… 👍🏻
The overall table spread felt like this! Hmm, though the staff were kind of... unfriendly ㅠㅠ The owner was really nice though.
The steamed egg side dish 💛 all fluffy and salty — perfect drinking snack!
Also came with kimchi jeon (kimchi pancake) and stew — the visuals on this…
Even the glasses are chilled for the soju-beer
Ordered drinks right away ^___^ haha, and even the glasses came pre-chilled, loved that. Today, soju-beer it is ~
We cracked open a bottle with this combo before the main meat even arrived. My partner said the side dishes were legendary, best banchan of any place we've been. To me it felt exactly like home-cooked food, cozy and comforting. Especially that kimchi jeon!!! So crispy and good I'd buy it even if it were sold on its own... 🙂↕️🙂↕️
Wet-aged pre-seared pork platter
Then the pre-seared pork platter arrived. Looks like pork belly, pork neck, pork jowl, and skirt meat! Can you spot the marbling..?
It's wet-aged meat, pre-seared before serving, so of course it's incredibly tender... 😭😭🤤
Straight onto the grill. The juiciness was insane. We like our meat well-charred and crispy, so we cooked it thoroughly, and it was still super tender 😬😬👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Kimchi mari guksu and bibim guksu
The kimchi mari guksu that came with it ~ the broth didn't taste store-bought at all??? Felt like the real deal, noodles soaked in dongchimi (watery radish kimchi) broth!
And this is the bibim guksu ~ the sauce was genuinely delicious... doesn't seem like there's much in it but somehow so tasty... every single side dish at this place is a winner 🫶🏻
Gim + meat + mentaiko mayo + pickles in one bite
Like it explained earlier, grill the gim—
Put the meat on top!
A dab of mentaiko mayo and pickles!
Just look at that visual... 🤤🤤🫶🏻🫶🏻
Took one bite like this... and my partner and I both just nodded away in silence 🙂↕️🙂↕️🙂↕️ This is it! This is the place!! I finally get why this shows up when you search for dinner pork spots in Dong-gu, Daejeon ㅠ
Five kinds of dessert ramyeon
Dessert ramyeon too ~! The number of ramyeon flavors here is honestly...
Even the new spicy 'ma-yeol' ramyeon.. Wow, educated choice. We thought we'd be too full to eat, but the kimchi was so good we said let's wash it all down with ramyeon broth, and ordered it.
Turned out to be the right call.. 👍🏻👍🏻🙂↕️💛
Highly recommend this local pork BBQ spot in Daejeon — great for company dinners or dates around Dong-gu or Daejeon University, or for family meals 🫶🏻🫶🏻☘️
Where it is
36-2 Saeul-ro 81beon-gil, Dong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea대전광역시 동구 새울로81번길 36-2 1층
