Eel BBQ buffet in Anrak-dong, Busan: chicken neck meat at Songnim Bok
In short
Songnim Bok Jangeo Unlimited Freshwater Eel, Busan Dongnae Branch is an all-you-can-eat eel, pork belly and chicken neck meat grill restaurant on Myeongjang-ro in Dongnae-gu, Busan. Two adults ordered the buffet plus a spicy ramyeon, paired the eel with bokbunja (Korean black raspberry wine), tried the teriyaki sauce and ginger strip combination, and refilled chicken neck meat from the self-bar. The eel was good, but the chicken neck meat with no gamey smell was the top pick, and the spicy ramyeon at the end finished the meal well.
Good to know
- Hours
- Daily 11:50–23:00
- Parking
- No dedicated lot; use nearby paid parking
- Buffet (adult)
- ₩29,900
- Buffet (child)
- ₩14,000
- Table setting fee
- ₩3,000 (children excluded)
- Eel soup
- ₩10,000
- Yukgaejang (spicy beef soup)
- ₩10,000
- Buckwheat noodles
- ₩9,000 (in broth or spicy mixed)
- Spicy ramyeon
- ₩5,000
- Order placed
- 2 adult buffets, 1 ramyeon
- Price reference
- ₩29,900 ≈ $21.5 · ₩14,000 ≈ $10 · ₩3,000 ≈ $2.2 (2026-09-21)
as written by the visitor on Sep 21, 2026
Songnim Bok Jangeo in Dongnae, Busan: hours and parking
Songnim Bok Jangeo Unlimited Freshwater Eel, Busan Dongnae Branch is an eel all-you-can-eat restaurant at 146 Myeongjang-ro, Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea, in the Anrak-dong neighborhood. It's open daily from 11:50 to 23:00, and since there's no dedicated parking lot, you'll need to use a nearby paid lot.
The interior was pretty spacious and clean overall.
How much is the all-you-can-eat eel, and what else is on the menu?
- All-you-can-eat adult ₩29,900
- All-you-can-eat child ₩14,000
- Table setting fee (children excluded) ₩3,000
- Eel soup ₩10,000
- Yukgaejang ₩10,000
- Buckwheat noodles, cold or spicy ₩9,000
- Spicy ramyeon ₩5,000
We ordered 2 adult buffets and a ramyeon.
How to grill freshwater eel properly
One wall has detailed instructions on how to grill eel deliciously. Apparently you should grill it skin-side down first. After cooking both sides well, you're supposed to remove the center of the back, the side fins, and the head fin.
On another wall there's a list of 7 health benefits of freshwater eel — preventing adult diseases, anti-aging, anti-cancer effects, skin care, and it's also great for recovering from fatigue or anemia, excellent for treating declining vision or numbness, great for lung function recovery, and great for recovering from acid reflux, and more. Totally a health food.
Side dishes and what's on the self-bar
The basic side dishes at Songnim Bok Jangeo Dongnae Branch are ginger strips, pickled perilla leaves, soy sauce onions, aged kimchi, green onion, teriyaki sauce, and red seasoning sauce! Exactly the sides you need.
You can enjoy unlimited eel, pork belly, and chicken neck meat, and they bring the basics out first. The eel was fresh and large, and the meat quality was great!
If the side dishes or food run low, you can use the self-bar! Lettuce, garlic, and peppers need to be grabbed yourself if you want them — they don't come with the basic setup. Same goes for the red seasoning sauce and sesame oil dip if you need extra.
Grilling the eel and pairing it with bokbunja
We grilled the eel first on the heated grill plate. The heat level was just right — great for grilling eel.
Apparently eel and bokbunja pair well together? Eating eel with bokbunja is said to boost vitamin A absorption and strengthen its function, making it excellent for reproductive effects and great for recovering energy.
The eel was slowly turning golden brown!
Once the eel was fully cooked, I had a glass of bokbunja. It was sweet and really delicious.
The eel was soft, and the more you chewed, the cleaner it tasted. Dipped right in the sauce, it had great savory depth. It was thick, so the texture was great too.
Grilling the eel took a while. Since I wanted to keep eating without a break, I kept grilling more as we ate!
Pickled perilla leaf, teriyaki sauce and ginger strips together
The eel was savory and clean-tasting, so it paired really well with the salty pickled perilla leaves too! The teriyaki sauce had a slight spiciness to it. That seemed to cut through any heaviness. Be sure to eat it with the ginger strips too.
Chicken neck meat is the top pick, with pork belly close behind
Chicken neck meat? That seems to be the cut! It somehow looked like it'd be delicious.
The meat was soft and chewy with absolutely no gamey smell~~~~~ Savory and clean, it was delicious. This one right here is my number one pick.
Last, we grilled the pork belly. When the grill plate got messy, staff came over first to swap it out. Friendly staff! Nice touch.
The pork belly had a great ratio of meat to fat. Chewy texture, clean flavor! We dipped it savory in the sesame oil sauce and wrapped it neatly in lettuce too.
I wanted more chicken neck meat, so I grabbed some from the self-bar. This right here is a treasure. It kept disappearing. The eel was good, but since I'm a meat person, I really craved the chicken neck meat!!!!!
Finishing the meal with spicy ramyeon
Last but not least, the hangover ramyeon~ This couldn't possibly taste bad. Spicy and the broth is amazing~~ They even added egg to the ramyeon!!!!!
If you want to eat eel and meat all-you-can-eat without any guilt, go try Songnim Bok Jangeo Unlimited Freshwater Eel.
Where it is
146 Myeongjang-ro, Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea부산광역시 동래구 명장로 146 1층
