Gwangalli sashimi spot taking Busan fireworks bookings: Gwanganda

Out of all the sashimi restaurants in Gwangalli, I found one that serves a really impressive course meal, so I went with my mom 😊 It's Gwanganda, a Gwangalli sashimi restaurant that's great for taking your parents.

✔️ They're also taking reservations for seats for the Busan fireworks festival on November 7, so book quickly 🎆

Gwanganda Jjji Gwangalli Main Branch hours and reservations

Gwanganda Jjji Gwangalli Main Branch is open from 12:00 to 22:50, with a break from 14:10 to 16:30 and last order at 20:30. On Wednesdays it's open 16:00–22:50, it's closed every Tuesday, and you can reserve through Naver.

• Address: 6F Sanbada Hoetown, 17-20 Gwanganhaebyeon-ro 344beon-gil, Suyeong-gu, Busan (부산광역시 수영구 광안해변로344번길 17-20 산바다회타운 6층)
• Hours: 12:00–22:50
• Break time: 14:10–16:30
• Last order: 20:30
• Wednesday: 16:00–22:50
• Closed every Tuesday
• Naver reservations available

Where do you park at Gwanganda?

The basement of the Sanbada Hoetown building, where Gwanganda is, has about five free parking spaces. If it's full, you can use the public waterside park parking lot across from the building, and they'll help with parking 🚘

It's on the 6th floor of Sanbada Hoetown, and since it's right in the Gwangalli area, it's easy to spot.

Take the elevator and you're right in!

Are there seats with a Gwangandaegyo Bridge view?

Gwanganda has popular seats where you can eat while looking at Gwangandaegyo Bridge 🎆 There's also a hall where you can eat quietly.

Gwanganda dachi course price and what's included

Gwanganda's signature menu is the dachi course (dachi hansang, a full table of seafood served in courses), ₩55,000 per person! It runs side dishes, then seafood, then mixed sashimi, then stew, braised dish, fried dish and porridge, and you'll be stuffed 😊

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Course 1: skidashi side dishes

The first course of the dachi table, skidashi (small starter dishes), comes with grilled eel, cheese scallops, soy sauce marinated crab, a California roll, spicy raw fish salad, seasoned cockles and a salad.

A neatly laid-out table. ✔️ I started with the cheese-baked scallops, and there was no fishy taste at all, just tender with great cheese flavor. ✔️ The soy sauce crab wasn't too salty and the grilled eel was soft, so these are dishes everyone will like.

Kimchi pancake, cream shrimp, grilled abalone... there are so many things I didn't know what to eat first! With my kid-level taste buds, the cream shrimp was the best 💟

✔️ The tender grilled abalone is easy even for older folks to enjoy!

Is it good even if you can't eat live octopus?

The fresh raw course of Gwanganda's dachi table comes with raw shrimp, sea cucumber, turban shell, abalone sashimi and live octopus. ✔️ Can you see how fresh the octopus is, still wriggling? I normally can't eat live octopus, but it was so fresh there was no fishy taste at all, and I enjoyed it.

✔️ The raw shrimp are live shrimp peeled for you, and they were so fresh the meat was plump and springy.

What fish are in the main mixed sashimi?

✔️ Gwanganda's main dish, the mixed sashimi, lets you try seasonal fish: flatfish (olive flounder), red sea bream, sea bass and marbled flounder. Each type comes neatly arranged, so it's a good place to bring an important guest 😊

One bite of fresh flatfish dipped in chogochujang (sweet and spicy red pepper sauce).

The marbled flounder I wrapped in lettuce with ssamjang (seasoned soybean paste) for a bite.

Finishing with abalone porridge and hot dishes

The abalone porridge was incredibly nutty and rich. After the cold sashimi, finishing with the porridge was filling, and my stomach felt warm and satisfied.

It's not over yet...! Braised fish, spicy crab stew and fried shrimp are still coming.

You need to finish with hot dishes to feel properly full 💟

The braised fish was seasoned all the way through, a total rice thief (so good you keep eating rice).

✔️ The spicy crab stew is also fiery and rich, so for those who love a drink, this one dish means no worrying about anju (food to go with drinks)~~

Is Gwanganda a good place to take your parents?

For dessert, Mom and I had samgye... I mean sam (ginseng)! It's perfect for a health boost, and with the course coming out so well, Gwanganda was a perfect Gwangalli sashimi restaurant for taking older family members. ✔️ If you're traveling to Busan, enjoy a seafood course at Gwanganda. I ate well again today 😊