Cheonan grill restaurant with whole mackerel: Euljiro Yeontan Gui
In short
Euljiro Yeontan Gui Cheonan Buldang Branch is a charcoal-grill restaurant on the first floor of the Lee&City building in Buldang-dong, Cheonan, where meat and seafood can be ordered at the same table. The meal covered 300g of gochujang pork belly at 6,400 won per 100g, whole grilled mackerel with spicy chili sauce, and both water and spicy cold noodles at 4,900 won each. Grilling the whole mackerel over charcoal and dipping it in the chili sauce was the highlight; just note that a meat dish must be ordered with any seafood.
Good to know
- Location
- Unit 111, 1st floor, Lee&City, 24 Buldang 33-gil, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungnam
- Ordered
- Gochujang pork belly 300g, grilled mackerel with chili sauce, water cold noodles, spicy cold noodles
- Gochujang pork belly
- 6,400 won per 100g
- Cold noodles
- 4,900 won
- Ordering rule
- A meat dish must be ordered with any seafood dish
- Side dishes
- Lettuce, chives and assorted dipping sauces, with a self-serve refill bar
- Price reference
- ₩6,400 ≈ $4.7 · ₩4,900 ≈ $3.6 (2026-09-25)
as written by the visitor on Aug 21, 2026
Euljiro Yeontan Gui Cheonan Buldang Branch
Today I visited Euljiro Yeontan Gui Cheonan Buldang Branch. A place that felt like it transplanted the retro vibe of Euljiro's back alleys straight into Buldang-dong! I was even more excited that this was a spot where you can enjoy the cozy charcoal-grill feeling along with delicious meat and even seafood together. Let me introduce this Buldang-dong restaurant where you can enjoy meat and seafood together in one hearty sitting!!
Inside Euljiro Yeontan Gui Cheonan Buldang Branch
The store had an atmosphere that felt like it transplanted the old-school charm of Euljiro's back alleys straight in. The moment you walk in, you can faintly smell the charcoal🔥 — isn't that part of the charm of a charcoal-grill place, haha.
Looking at the front of the store, there were piles of charcoal stacked up. It really made it feel like a genuine charcoal-grill place, haha. With charcoal piled up right at the entrance, the Euljiro vibe really came through!
How to order meat and seafood together
Looking at the menu at Euljiro Yeontan Gui Cheonan Buldang Branch, you can order meat and seafood dishes together. One thing to note, though — a meat dish is a required order! After some thought, we ordered gochujang pork belly 300g + grilled mackerel with chili sauce, plus water cold noodles + spicy cold noodles. We were going all in on meat, seafood, and noodles😝
The side dishes came with lettuce, chives, and various sauces as standard. It was neatly arranged for wrapping with the meat, which I liked! Especially imagining charcoal-grilled meat on lettuce with chives and sauce on top🤭 There's also a self-serve refill bar, so you can get more anytime you run low!
Gochujang pork belly 300g: how smoky is the charcoal grill?
First they put the gochujang pork belly (₩6,400 per 100g) we ordered on the grill. The gochujang marinade was so well coated that a delicious smell wafted up the moment it hit the grill~ Just watching it sizzle over the charcoal made my mouth water already🤤 There's something exciting about charcoal grilling from the moment it hits the grill, haha.
The gochujang pork belly tasted like something between spicy-sweet gochujang bulgogi and jeyuk-bokkeum (spicy stir-fried pork), and grilling it over charcoal added a subtle smoky flavor that made it even better!
I guess meat really does need cold noodles, haha. Wrapping a bite of spicy-sweet gochujang pork belly with a bit of chilled noodles was such a good combo! Cold noodles really do seem like an essential pairing with grilled meat.
4,900 won cold noodles: how big is the portion?
We ordered both water cold noodles and spicy cold noodles! At ₩4,900, I honestly expected a smaller, dessert-noodle-sized portion. But it came out as generously as a full main-dish portion, which caught me off guard😂😂 We ordered it as a light dish to have after the meat, but the noodles alone were enough to make a full meal!
Grilling a whole mackerel over charcoal at your table
I was curious how the grilled mackerel with chili sauce would come out, so I ordered it — and I was surprised to find it was an actual whole mackerel, more substantial than I expected, haha. It's grilled directly over the charcoal after being cleaned, which almost gave me a camping vibe😝😝
Watching the mackerel turn golden brown over the charcoal, I could tell it was going to be a different kind of treat from the meat!
Does the spicy chili sauce work with pork too?
I wondered why the dish was called grilled mackerel with chili sauce, and there was a reason. It comes with a gochujang-based chili sauce alongside the mackerel! Dipping the mackerel in the spicy, savory sauce was a better match than I expected. Later I even ended up dipping the meat in this chili sauce😂 It turned out to be a surprisingly versatile sauce, going well with both mackerel and charcoal-grilled meat.
I even picked the bones out of the mackerel diligently, haha. Pulling off the golden-brown mackerel flesh grilled over charcoal and dipping it in the chili sauce kept me reaching for more. I came for the meat and ended up thoroughly enjoying the mackerel too, haha.
Is Euljiro Yeontan Gui worth a visit in Cheonan?
Euljiro Yeontan Gui Cheonan Buldang Branch was a place where I could feel the retro vibe from the atmosphere to the food. From the charcoal smell the moment you walk in to the piles of charcoal stacked outside, it really captured the feeling of Euljiro's back alleys🔥
Where it is
24 Buldang 33-gil, 1st floor, Unit 111, Lee&City, Seobuk-gu, Cheonan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea충청남도 천안시 서북구 불당33길 24 리앤시티 1층 111호
