Kid-friendly duck restaurant in Ilsan: spice split at Seokgi Sidae

When picking a place to eat out with kids, it's great if the food is tasty, but it's even better if they end up eating meat and vegetables both. So this time we went with the kids to eat duck meat at Seokgi Sidae.

The three of us ordered a half portion of duck bulgogi. The table ended up pretty full — bulgogi loaded with vegetables, lettuce wraps, side dishes, and duck soup too. What stood out most was how differently my fourth-grade first child and first-grade second child handled the spice — the younger one asked for the chili peppers to be left out of the duck soup and ate it happily, so overall it worked fine as a family dinner spot with kids.

Where is Seokgi Sidae in Ilsan, and what are its hours and parking?

Seokgi Sidae is at 3 Songsan-ro, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, 1st floor, and is open daily from 06:00 to 21:00. Parking is available.

Why Seokgi Sidae's big parking lot makes it easy with kids

Parking is kind of a big deal when eating out with kids. Seokgi Sidae has a large parking lot, so it was easy to visit by car.

We went on a weekend but at a slightly off-peak time, so we were able to eat very comfortably.

In front of the building there's also a good-sized outdoor space with grass and trees.

There's a fountain and outdoor tables too, so it felt a lot more relaxed than a typical BBQ place, haha.

The interior had a homey feel too, with plenty of tables, and I noticed group seating good for larger parties.

The space is divided by a middle door, so it seems like you could still eat comfortably even during busy lunch or dinner hours!

Baby chairs were on hand too, and there were actually a lot of families there. It looked like a comfortable place to eat with kids of all ages, from little ones to elementary schoolers.

Our whole goal that day was to have a hearty, healthy meal with the kids, and just in terms of the space and convenience, I liked it.

Half portion of duck jumulleok, piled with vegetables

We ordered the duck bulgogi, half portion (₩45,000). It came with 6 or more side dishes and duck soup alongside the bulgogi.

The side dishes were mild overall, so they were good to pair between bites of the main dish, and I especially loved the fresh kimchi salad!

I kept reaching for the lettuce wraps too — I heard they grow the vegetables themselves. They were so savory that I naturally added a wrap for every bite of duck, haha.

The duck bulgogi wasn't just meat — it came with quite a lot of vegetables.

The seasoned duck is stir-fried with onion first, then other vegetables like bok choy, enoki mushrooms, and chives are added and cooked together on the grill.

The owner stir-fried it for us personally, so there was no way to mess it up.

With all the vegetables piled on, the grill got so full it felt really generous!

This kind of spread is exactly why I came all the way to Ilsan with the kids for duck meat. It's better than just feeding them meat, since they naturally get vegetables and lettuce wraps along with the meal 😀

Well-cooked duck with vegetables tasted great picked up together, and it also worked well wrapped in napa cabbage or perilla leaves.

Especially once the vegetables soaked up the seasoning while cooking, I kept picking them up along with the meat. The seasoning was the real kicker, haha.

The fresh kimchi salad seemed freshly made too — so savory and delicious.

That said, if you're visiting with kids, keep in mind that the duck bulgogi is spicy! Even in our own family, my two kids reacted very differently.

Fourth-grader on the spicy jumulleok, first-grader on the duck soup

My fourth-grade first child said it was spicy the moment he tried the duck bulgogi. But apparently spicy didn't mean bad, haha.

He kept eating it with rice and ended up polishing off two full bowls! For my spice-loving older kid, it was spicy but still totally manageable with rice.

For my still-young first-grade second child, though, the bulgogi was clearly too spicy. So I had her try the duck soup that came with the meal, and that solved the problem!

Honestly, this was my first time trying duck soup, so I was really curious what it would taste like. Seokgi Sidae's duck soup has a white broth with chili peppers added for a spicy kick. Since my younger one would be eating it, I asked them to leave the peppers out, and it came out mild and savory instead. My older kid took a bite and said it tasted like sundaeguk (blood sausage soup), haha. Without the peppers, it had a savory flavor that went really well with rice.

Best of all, my younger one, who couldn't handle the spicy bulgogi, said the duck soup was so good and ate more than a bowl of rice with it! It's interesting how two kids with different palates ended up eating one dish two completely different ways.

In our family's case, my older, higher-grade kid ate the duck bulgogi with rice, while my first-grade younger kid, who still struggles with spice, ate well once the peppers were left out of the duck soup. If you're visiting with kids, keep this in mind, haha.

Taking leftover duck jumulleok home for fried rice

Even with three of us eating, there was still duck bulgogi left over. We were too full to eat more, but it was too good to leave behind, so we packed up the leftovers.

We turned it into fried rice at home, and since the seasoning and vegetables were already mixed in, it worked really well repurposed that way!

Is Seokgi Sidae in Ilsan worth it for a duck dinner with kids?

This family dinner was a choice made because I wanted the kids to eat plenty of vegetables along with the meat, not just meat alone. What I especially liked about Seokgi Sidae's duck bulgogi was that it's stir-fried with a generous amount of vegetables and comes with lettuce wraps that I heard are grown in-house.

With a spacious parking lot, baby chairs, and plenty of families visiting — if you're looking for a duck meat restaurant in Ilsan and considering a family dinner spot where the kids can eat plenty of vegetables along with the meat, put Seokgi Sidae on your list 😀