Jeju black pork BBQ: aged pork belly vs gabrisal at Don Gueo in Sehwa

A great-value Jeju black pork set in Sehwa!

If you're in Jeju, you have to eat black pork belly! So I went to Don Gueo, a well-known restaurant in Sehwa.

Where is Don Gueo in Sehwa, and what are its hours?

Don Gueo ⛳️ Address 38 Sepyeonghang-ro, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, South Korea, 1st floor, Don Gueo ⏰ Hours Daily 11am–10pm Closed every Thursday 🚗 Parking In front of the store or on nearby streets (no enforcement)

Don Gueo is located across from the Hanaro Mart in the center of Sehwa. It's just a 3-minute walk after crossing the street from the mart, and only 5 minutes from Sehwa Beach — very accessible. Every time I passed by, it was always full of people.

Inside Don Gueo: the look and feel of the black pork grill house

Don Gueo has a clean look and a storefront that stands out from the street, so it wasn't hard to find.

I visited on a weekday for lunch, and a lot of locals were there. The reason turned out to be the great-value lunch special menu.

Don Gueo's black pork is aged moist inside vacuum packaging in an aging fridge.

The self-serve bar had kimchi, bean sprouts, bracken fern, garlic, ssamjang (dipping paste), and — very Jeju — myeoljeot (fermented anchovy sauce).

Drinks and alcohol neatly lined up.

Don Gueo menu and prices, including the lunch special

Don Gueo has a solo set (₩28,000). Solo travelers can order a single portion too. 👍 For groups of 2–4, there's an assorted set menu so you can try a variety of cuts.

The lunch special, served from 11am to 3pm, is the Jeju black pork set. It includes aged pork belly, black pork kimchi stew, and rice for ₩21,000 (from 2 people).

If you book through Naver, you get grilled cheese; if you write a Naver review, you get an egg stew in a stone pot. They even use hamcho (glasswort) salt.

What we ordered at Don Gueo

Jeju black pork set for 2, ₩42,000 Aged gabrisal for 1 portion, ₩21,000

You can see the black hairs on the skin at the end of the aged black pork belly. 👍 The meat is really thick too. It's a set meal, but they give you this much meat!

The egg stew I got from the Naver review event! Really soft and delicious. I've tried making it at home a few times but failed — I guess everyone has their own secret.

The grilled cheese from my reservation also arrived. Even if you couldn't book ahead, be sure to order it.

Once the fat starts rendering from the black pork belly, you can throw all the basic side dishes — kimchi, bracken fern, bean sprouts, onion, mushroom, garlic — onto the griddle and grill them together.

How does Don Gueo's aged black pork belly (ogyeopsal) taste?

Don Gueo's aged black pork belly is really delicious. The skin at the end of the belly has a satisfying chewy texture, and the tender meat with savory fat gave off a deep richness the more I chewed.

Dipping it in hamcho salt and then myeoljeot brought out even more umami from Don Gueo's aged pork belly.

Wrapped in lettuce and perilla leaf with green onion salad and ssamjang — pork belly eaten in Jeju is truly the best.

The cheese grilled up nicely too. Stretching so much when pulled! Super savory.

Aged gabrisal vs pork belly at Don Gueo: what's the difference?

It was so good we ordered more gabrisal (pork shoulder). The meat was thick and fresh too.

Gabrisal is more tender than the aged black pork belly and has less fat, so it tastes cleaner. I preferred the black pork belly for its savory, chewy texture.

We finished with the black pork kimchi stew! A generous portion packed with meat — really delicious kimchi stew. We got a hearty Jeju black pork set at Don Gueo, a Sehwa favorite. If you're in Jeju's Sehwa, be sure to try the aged black pork belly! I especially recommend it for solo travelers too!