Fish grill near Baegun Lake, Uiwang: sea eel with sauce on a hot day
In short
Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Baegun Lake Branch is a premium wood-fired grilled fish restaurant near Baegun Lake in Uiwang, Gyeonggi. On a hot day, the writer and her mom shared the signature boyang (stamina) set for two: grilled sea eel, flounder and mackerel plus a seasonal braised fish. The self-serve side dish bar and the rice pot with scorched rice were neat and mild. Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo is a good family meal out when you want grilled fish without the smell of cooking it at home.
Good to know
- What we ordered
- Signature boyang (stamina) set for two: Korean sea eel, Korean flounder, grilled Norwegian mackerel and a seasonal braised fish
- Included
- Side dishes, napa cabbage doenjang (soybean paste) soup and a rice pot
- Self-serve bar
- Extra side dishes, lettuce for wraps, kimchi pancake, japchae, tteokbokki and more
- Seating
- Mostly tables for 4 and 6, fairly spacious
- Cooking method
- Fish is reportedly grilled in a wood-fired oven above 500°C
- After the meal
- Instant coffee mix and dental floss available
as written by the visitor on Jul 28, 2026
What is Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Baegun Lake Branch like?
Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo (화덕으로간고등어) Baegun Lake Branch is a premium wood-fired grilled fish restaurant near Baegun Lake in Uiwang, serving a neat Korean set-meal spread together with fire-grilled fish. It was so hot that I went with my mom to get some stamina food, grilled fish 😋
Grilled fish isn't easy to cook at home, but eating it out now and then means the mild, clean flavor without the fishy smell sticking to your house, so I recommend it for a family meal out 👍 The Korean set meal and the wood-fired fish went really well together. I'd recommend it if you like fresh fish grilled crisp in a wood-fired oven 🙏
What are the atmosphere and seating like?
The restaurant has a traditional feel, so it's a good place to bring your parents 👏 It looks pretty cool from the outside already 🎉🎉🎉
It's quite big and spacious 👏 It's newly opened so it's clean, and the seats aren't packed together, so it isn't a noisy, rowdy atmosphere 😃 Most seats are 4- or 6-person tables, and the tables themselves are wide, so there's still room even after all the food has come out 👍
What comes in the boyang set for two?
The boyang (stamina) set for two at Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo comes with domestic sea eel, domestic flounder, Norwegian grilled mackerel and a seasonal braised fish. You can order just grilled fish, but I chose the boyang set for two with eel to get some stamina 👏
- Domestic sea eel
- Domestic flounder
- Norwegian grilled mackerel
- Seasonal braised fish
Side dishes and napa cabbage soybean paste soup come with it 😃 Everything looks really neat~!!
What side dishes are at the self-bar?
Extra food at Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Baegun Lake Branch is fetched from the self-bar, and the self-bar has even more variety 😃 There are lettuce leaves for wraps too, so anyone who wants fish wraps should run over!! 🙏 Kimchi pancake, japchae (glass noodle stir-fry) and tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes)!! were served warm, which I liked.
Take a look 🙏 There's lots of tempting food, so take only as much as you'll eat!!
Lotus root, japchae and dotorimuk (acorn jelly) were the three side dishes I liked best 😋 I mostly picked foods that are hard to get at home, and they were well seasoned and tasty 🙏
How do the grilled fish plate and rice pot arrive?
The sea eel, flounder and mackerel of the boyang set for two came on one plate: two kinds of fish plus the eel 🙏
Seeing the table set like this, it's a spread I'd want to eat again 👏
I wanted both grilled and braised fish, so I ordered the set, and I think that was totally the right call 🙏
For the steaming hot rice pot, add water to turn it into nurungji (scorched rice soup), and eat rice, side dishes and fish together 🎉 Fish that would stink up my place if I grilled it at home is so easy to enjoy here, which I love.
How was the seasonal braised fish?
The braised dish at Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo is made with seasonal fish, and this time it seemed like braised mackerel 😋 It had thick, big chunks of radish and gosari (bracken fern), and eaten with the braising sauce it was well seasoned and delicious!!
You know the radish in braised dishes is always the best part, right?!? The sweet sauce blended in nicely. The bracken especially was super good 🙏
How should you eat the grilled sea eel?
The sea eel in the boyang set for two is roasted crisp in the oven, so it's mild and clean-tasting. There were tongs and scissors, so I cut it into bite-size pieces and munched away.
They gave eel sauce separately and I dipped the eel in it. It goes well together and tastes great.
Flounder and mackerel with wasabi soy sauce
The grilled fish at Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo isn't greasy but mild, so you keep reaching for more. Pick the flesh off and dip it in a mix of soy sauce and wasabi, and it's SO good!!
How to finish the meal?
After the meal at Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Baegun Lake Branch I finished with a cup of instant coffee, and they even had dental floss ready!!
Who is Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo Baegun Lake Branch good for?
If grilling fish at home feels like a hassle or you want a healthy meal, how about Hwadeogeuro Gan Godeungeo, where the fish is said to be grilled in a wood-fired oven above 500°C!?! I think it's a perfect meal for everyone from grown-ups to kids!
Where it is
148 Neungan-gil, Uiwang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea경기도 의왕시 능안길 148
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