Dongtan izakaya with Suntory draft and buldak-sauce shrimp: Susanjang

It's right at that point in the season when raw shrimp sashimi is at its best, so I went looking for a place near Dongtan that serves it and found this izakaya spot. It was better than I expected, so I'm writing this review right away!! If you like seafood or raw fish in Dongtan, come check out this Bansong-dong restaurant review with me~

Where is Susanjang Dongtan Branch, and what are its hours?

• Name: Susanjang Dongtan Branch
• Address: 18 Dongtanjiseong-ro, 105-106, Dongtan-gu, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
• Hours: Mon–Sat 11:00–00:50 / Sun 17:00–00:50

Susanjang, the restaurant I visited near Dongtan's north plaza, is famous for its raw shrimp sashimi and seafood platter!! If you love seafood, you have to come here haha.

There's a fish tank in the shop so you can eat fresh raw fish. The seafood comes out freshly caught too, which was great. There's even a tank near the kitchen.

Best of all, they carry Suntory The Premium Malt's draft beer, which I love. No more searching for bars near Dongtan's north plaza haha.

Inside Susanjang, a Dongtan north plaza restaurant

How long is the after-work wait, and what seats are there?

Susanjang near Dongtan's north plaza actually gets busier around rush hour. Since Samsung Electronics is nearby, a lot of Samsung employees seem to come here for work dinners..!! A must-wait Dongtan bar even on weekdays.

We came right after work, so luckily we got in with no wait!!!!

They also use Catch Table, so if you come after 7pm, I'd recommend registering for the wait list first haha.

Susanjang, a Dongtan izakaya known for great side dishes. Even though it's a relatively new place, it's clearly popular because the food quality is so good. These days I think food quality matters even more.

If you're visiting as a couple, there are bar seats too, so it's a great Dongtan north plaza date spot! There are also room seats inside, so book ahead for a Samsung Electronics work dinner~

It seems to be a hot spot for work dinners near Dongtan's north plaza too!! Reservations were already full even on a weekday. I snapped this photo when guests briefly stepped out haha. The room at this Dongtan izakaya looked like it could fit about 7-8 people.

Susanjang, a Dongtan seafood spot — having a fish tank even near the kitchen means it's really fresh, right? A trustworthy Dongtan restaurant.

If you're looking for a lunch spot near Dongtan's north plaza, Susanjang is a good choice too. They sell lunch specials at reasonable prices.

What's on the Susanjang Dongtan Branch menu, and what we ordered

A Dongtan north plaza restaurant Susanjang Dongtan Branch's menu

This is the menu at Susanjang Dongtan Branch, a restaurant near Dongtan's north plaza. From raw fish and seafood dishes to cooked dishes, grilled items, soups, fried items, and sides — they sell just about everything!! We wanted raw shrimp sashimi from Dongtan so we ordered that as soon as we arrived haha. We also ordered flounder sashimi and salt gimbap that we'd wanted to try. Susanjang, a bar near Dongtan's north plaza, really has so many delicious dishes ㅠㅠ I feel like I'll be coming back again soon lol.

Free starter of fried flatfish and Suntory draft beer

They gave us fried flounder as a basic side dish!! It went so well with the beer that I finished a full glass just from the starter dish lol.

You'd be doing yourself a disservice not to drink at a place that serves Suntory The Premium Malt's draft beer haha. A Dongtan bar where the beer just goes down effortlessly.

It felt like being on a trip to Japan, and it paired so well with the flounder that I couldn't help but feel happy. Having a drink at Dongtan's north plaza right after work is the best!

Flounder sashimi with salt gimbap and aged kimchi

Next came our order of flounder sashimi + salt gimbap!! Just look at the quality of the sashimi — this place really seems to know raw fish lol. It's an izakaya, but the sashimi quality was better than expected, so I really enjoyed it.

I heard shrimp is delicious right now since it's shrimp season, so I came here looking for shrimp in Dongtan, but I ended up falling for the sashimi instead ㅠㅠ Dinner, drinks, and great side dishes — it was all excellent.

The raw fish alone was incredible ㅠㅠㅠㅠ The flounder truly tasted fresh, and paired with the salt gimbap that came with it, the combo was insane haha.

The flounder fin especially had great texture, and putting it on the salt gimbap felt like eating sushi.

Susanjang, a restaurant near Dongtan's north plaza famous for raw fish and seafood, that I really wanted to visit. I finally got to try it, and it exceeded expectations.

The gimbap portion was generous too, so I topped a bite of it with flounder sashimi every time!!

We came straight after work so we were starving, and filling up on flounder sashimi with beer was the best combo ㅠㅠ

The atmosphere is great too, so the drinks just keep coming. Flounder sashimi paired with Susanjang's aged kimchi is an insane combination lol.

The flounder fin — do I even need to say it, it's delicious on its own ㅠㅠ

The salt gimbap was the kind of addictive taste that you want more of the more you eat it *_* It goes so well with flounder.

Raw shrimp sashimi in shrimp season, plus 2 free shrimp

Next up was our order of raw shrimp sashimi!! Since it was so busy, we waited a bit, but the owner added 2 extra shrimp for us,, I ended up more touched by the free shrimp than annoyed by the wait lol. Above all, the shrimp are huge right now, so you have to eat them now!!!! I really came at the right time for shrimp season.

Check out the video of what we ordered~

Flounder plus raw shrimp sashimi is an unbeatable combo. I think we finished it all in no time lol.

These are the plumpest shrimp I've had all year!!!! There's a reason you should eat them in September.

I lost count of how many Suntory drafts we ordered. The alcohol just went down smoothly..? They also serve a shochu-beer mix, so if you like that, definitely order it~

Search for raw shrimp sashimi in Dongtan and Susanjang comes up first — now I see why,, the shells are already peeled off so it's ready to eat right away ㅠㅠ

Butter-grilled shrimp heads for 3,000 won, and how to cut them

At Susanjang Dongtan Branch, after eating the raw shrimp sashimi, they'll butter-grill the heads for you, so cut off the head part and order it separately!! For just ₩3,000, they'll grill it in butter for you. You have to get it lol.

At Susanjang, this Dongtan izakaya, it felt like eating sushi,, every bite of sashimi with salt gimbap made the alcohol go down effortlessly.

The aged kimchi combo is truly insane, so make sure to eat it together!!!

The aged kimchi was so good that I asked the owner for more, and they gave us this much haha.

I ate this yesterday, but writing this post is making my mouth water again lol. It's a familiar taste that makes you want more ㅠㅠ I get why Kang Min-kyung likes it..

Once you've cut the shrimp heads well, hand them to the staff!!! We intentionally left some meat on when cutting. That way the head tastes even better lol.

Thanks to my boyfriend, I got to eat comfortably haha. I'd really been craving raw shrimp sashimi lately, and I got to enjoy it comfortably at Susanjang, a raw shrimp sashimi spot in Dongtan.

Does buldak sauce work with raw shrimp sashimi?

I thought the sauce they gave us was chogochujang (vinegared red pepper paste) at first, but it turned out to be buldak (spicy fire chicken) sauce..?! Owner,, you nailed my taste preferences ㄷㄷ I never would have thought of pairing raw shrimp with buldak sauce, but now I have to come back just for this.

My boyfriend said the flounder sashimi was insane..?! Susanjang, a restaurant near Dongtan's north plaza that's perfect from the raw fish itself.

It didn't take long for our extra order of butter-grilled shrimp heads to arrive!!! Shrimp heads really are the tasty part,, and it makes such a great beer snack lol. We ordered another Suntory draft!!

It was fried really well,, even though we were full, we kept eating haha.

We finished off the shrimp heads completely too~ If you're looking for a restaurant near Dongtan's north plaza, make sure to try the raw shrimp sashimi at Susanjang, this izakaya,, this is really something you should eat during shrimp season.