Daegu Korean restaurant by Eorininsesang Station: seokgalbi for three

Visited Banwoldang Buja Sikdang, famous for its fire-grilled cooking~~!!

With 36 years of tradition and a mother's devoted hand behind every dish, this place captures all the fire-grilled flavor and huge portions of the original Banwoldang location in a warm, home-cooked meal.

This spot was also great for a workday lunch since the wait was short — very efficient during the busy lunch hour. Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch was also perfect as a spot for the whole family to eat out.

For years, a mother stood in front of the hot fire, feeding countless people with her cooking and her stubborn devotion to the food — and now her son is carefully carrying on her hand-me-down flavors.

With fresh ingredients and secret seasonings packed generously onto the table for more than the price would suggest, this is a Korean restaurant in Suseong-gu where you can enjoy a proper, hearty meal with people you care about — Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch.

What is Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch? A 36-year fire-grilled Korean restaurant on Beomeocheon-ro

The storefront of Banwoldang, a Korean restaurant known in Suseong-gu.

A well-known spot that's already appeared on national broadcast TV.

Location, parking and hours near Eorininsesang Station

Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch is located at 22 Beomeocheon-ro, 1st floor, Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea (Hwanggeum-dong 680-12). It's about 412 meters from Exit 1 of Eorininsesang Station (Line 3) toward the covered-road food alley, right next to Mija Pocha main branch.

Parking is free. At Beomeocheon-ro Public Parking Lot No. 3, showing your store receipt gets you 1 hour of free parking (from the lottery shop to the first crosswalk toward the store; parking on the opposite side of the store also works).

• Hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 11:00 AM – 8:45 PM
• Break time: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
• Last order: 2:45 PM, 8:00 PM
• Closed every Sunday

Inside Banwoldang Buja Sikdang and its group seating

The interior of Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch — the warm, soft lighting stood out.

Each table has a kiosk set up, and the space felt just the right size with quite a lot of tables.

This place also has group seating ready, plus takeout and delivery — really convenient.

A phrase written in front of the cooking corner

Enjoy the meal and get rich!

Ankye rice sacks and a coffee vending machine near the entrance. This is the rice that gets freshly cooked into the rice you get here!

The menu and the all-you-can-eat ssam vegetable bar

True to a good restaurant, the menu is compact. All menu items require an order of 2 or more, and a cheonggukjang (fermented soybean) stew is provided free with any order (healthy black rice sold separately).

Ooh. The buja bibimbap and the spicy cream pork both look totally delicious too.

There's a ssam vegetable self-serve bar, so refills are unlimited.

Ssamjang (dipping sauce), spicy peppers, and garlic

Wow. Look at this pile of ssam vegetables!! Being able to eat fresh vegetables to your heart's content is amazing. Pairing them with the natural flavor of the meat makes for an even healthier way to enjoy it!

Stone-plate buja seokgalbi, free cheonggukjang stew and burdock fritters

Ordering the stone-grilled buja seokgalbi (rib set) through the table kiosk!

A little while later, the cheonggukjang stew arrived, along with

neat little side dishes. These side dishes were amazing! Especially the burdock fritters — a total hit. Not the usual flavor I've had before. So nutty~

Apparently these burdock fritters are made by frying fresh burdock root in clean soybean oil every morning until crispy, then tossing it in a sweet special sauce. Maybe that's why my chopsticks kept going back for more — it was an addictive nutty-sweet specialty!

The country-style cheonggukjang bubbling away with a savory smell! I couldn't wait to take a bite.

Wow, our stone-grilled buja seokgalbi finally arrived!! That sizzling sound as it cooks on the hot stone plate~~ Amazing.

A spread combining a savory country-style doenjang (soybean paste) simmered with the mother's own recipe and tender stone-grilled ribs.

Whoa, the stone-grilled buja seokgalbi piled up like a mountain! So appetizing. Absolutely huge ribs, and so many of them! The portion was massive. Such generous hospitality!

Especially these shredded green onions on top made the ribs look even more delicious together.

Cutting the meat into bite-sized pieces and popping one into my mouth... the ribs were so tender they melted right in my mouth. A total rice thief! Pairing it with the savory homemade cheonggukjang stew — this really was true, healthy, delicious home cooking?!

How big is the portion? Too much for three people to finish

Even with three of us eating, the portion was so huge we couldn't finish it. But it was so good we kept eating anyway haha. A totally satisfying, filling, delicious meal that day!

Besides the stone-grilled buja seokgalbi, other fire-grilled dishes full of that smoky flavor include the stone-grilled fire pork with rich seasoning that blends with the smokiness of the fire, and the fire-grilled squid stir-fry, made with carefully prepped squid coated in a special sauce and stir-fried over high heat. If you want to enjoy that sweet-and-spicy seasoning with plenty of smoky flavor and chewy texture, these are the dishes to try!

Banwoldang Buja Sikdang Suseong Branch, filled with all kinds of customers from office workers to groups. Massive portions full of a mother's hand-me-down flavor, and generous hospitality — I fully approve of this restaurant!