Busan pork belly restaurant with free fish cake soup: Daepae Maket

Daepae Maket Busan Daeyeon Branch: parking and opening hours

Daepae Maket Busan Daeyeon Branch is a budget-friendly grilled meat restaurant near Daeyeon Station, at 222 Suyeong-ro, 1st floor, Nam-gu, Busan. I found this place while looking for a cheap-but-good barbecue spot near Daeyeon Station. Parking is supported for 1 hour, and you can park at Shin Parking, Gagahoho Parking, Modeun Parking, Gallery Medi Tower, or Ashley Parking. I really liked how well-organized the parking support was. There's also a kids' playroom, so it seems great for family gatherings too.

It's open every day of the year — Monday to Thursday from 4pm to 1am the next day, and Friday to Sunday from 11:30am to 1am the next day.

Even though it was just past 5pm on a weekday, there were already customers eating and more kept coming in. You could really feel the popularity here. Places with great value for money never seem to run out of foot traffic.

There are plenty of seats and the space is spacious, so it looks great for group dining too.

What does the 2,000 won self bar include?

The self bar at Daepae Maket Busan Daeyeon Branch is unlimited for ₩2,000 per person. You can take as much lettuce wrap veggies, noodle sides (sari), and sauces as you want.

The menu, from Jeju pork to thin-cut duck

Besides pork belly, there are also beef options like Korean beef brisket (chadolbaegi) and shaved beef short ribs.

I'd never seen shaved makchang (grilled pork intestines) before, so that was interesting. There are review events and challenges too, so it seems easy to enjoy the place in whatever way suits you.

There's a wide range of meal options too — jjolmyeon (spicy chewy noodles), bibim naengmyeon and mul naengmyeon (cold noodles), udon, jjamppong-flavored ramyeon, Anseong tangmyeon — so there's plenty of choice depending on your mood.

There's also fried rice, soy sauce fried rice, spicy sauce rice, plain rice, and a kids' menu. Frying rice on the grill after the meat is basically a Korean dessert haha.

The drinks and alcohol menu had a good variety too.

Shredded green onion, free fish cake soup and naengmyeon

The self bar is ₩2,000 per person and you can bring whatever you like. We tried a bit of everything first, planning to go back for more later. That green onion shred (pachae) is genuinely delicious!!

Look at these gorgeous slices of meat… since it's thin-cut (daepae), it cooks fast, which is great haha. Pepper and salt are on every table, so you can season it as much as you like while grilling.

This is the free eomuktang (fish cake soup) they give you — the broth was delicious, and even though we let it simmer a long time, the fish cakes must be good quality because they didn't get soggy and stayed tasty. The quality for the price really seems excellent.

Green onion kimchi grilled on the pan: don't skip it

What's a barbecue restaurant without grilled kimchi on the pan haha. It cuts through the richness, and grilled until slightly charred, it's honestly amazing. We also grilled bracken fern, mushrooms, onion, and garlic, and they all paired really well with the meat! Oh, and especially try grilling the green onion kimchi! It's incredible…

Free dessert coffee and self-serve ice cream on the way out

On the way out, there's dessert coffee, cones, and a self-serve ice cream machine waiting for you. Nice touch, taking care of dessert too.

For the machine, you pull the lever down to dispense as much ice cream as you want, then pull the lever all the way and release it to stop.