# Bitgaram-dong shabu-shabu with a mala half-and-half broth: Yuyu Shabu

- By Darae (https://superchart.com/en/@jeolla-tablecloth/)
- Written Sep 15, 2026
- Local places › Restaurants › Naju, Gwangju
- Sponsored: This post was written as part of a sponsored restaurant visit.
- English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@jeolla-tablecloth/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/
- Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@jeolla-tablecloth/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/index.md)

## In short

Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch is a shabu-shabu restaurant in Bitgaram-dong, Naju, open daily 11:00-21:00 and staying open through the Chuseok holiday. The writer and her husband chose the half-and-half broth of Yuyu Shabu plus mala shabu for ₩2,000 extra, refilled vegetables from the self-bar without limit, and finished the pot with kalguksu (knife-cut noodles). Dipping the meat in tarae sauce was the best combination, making Yuyu Shabu a light dinner stop before the gym.

## Good to know

- **Hours**: Daily 11:00-21:00
- **Closed**: No closing days, open through the Chuseok holiday
- **Half-and-half broth**: Yuyu Shabu + mala shabu, ₩2,000 extra
- **Self-bar**: Unlimited vegetable refills; peanut sauce at the self-bar
- **Private room**: Group room, seats up to 8
- **Parking**: Spaces in front of the restaurant, or building parking up to the 2nd floor (3rd floor and above is hotel parking)
- **Event**: Receipt review event currently running
- **Price reference**: ₩2,000 ≈ $1.5 (2026-09-15)

*as written by the visitor on Sep 15, 2026*

Let me recommend a shabu-shabu spot in Naju haha!!! It's Yuyu Shabu!!! I loved this place ever since it opened in Yangnim-dong, Gwangju, so I'm so happy it's stuck around in my own neighborhood too haha.

## Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch: hours and location

> Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch hours: Daily 11:00-21:00

Yuyu Shabu is a Naju shabu-shabu spot open every single day! It's even running with no closures through next week's Chuseok holiday!! Amazing~

Yuyu Shabu, this Naju shabu-shabu favorite, is located in Bitgaram-dong, Naju! It's really close to my house too, so I come often haha.

## Where to park at Yuyu Shabu, and what the entrance looks like

There are parking spaces around the restaurant, so you can park there, or you can also use the building's parking lot!!

![Parking spaces around Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-01-bkpa1-900.webp)

But!! From the 3rd floor up, the building parking is for the hotel, so you can only park up to the 2nd floor!!!! If there's a traffic cone in a 2nd-floor spot, just move it aside and park haha. We were too lazy to go up so we squeezed into a spot right in front of the restaurant lol.

![Exterior of Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-02-qeqj7-900.webp)

Here's Yuyu Shabu!!! The exterior is already full of atmosphere haha. The interior is pretty, but it's also just a genuinely delicious Naju shabu-shabu spot!

## Inside Yuyu Shabu: central kitchen, tables for 2 and 4, and an 8-person room

![Interior of Yuyu Shabu with the open kitchen in the center](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-03-y26f0-900.webp)

Walking in, there's an open kitchen right in the center!!! Lol, you can watch the staff prep in real time! And tables are arranged all around it in every direction!

![Table layout at Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-04-ud72h-900.webp)

Here's what the tables look like!

![Table set up with a shabu-shabu burner](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-05-qkg7d-900.webp)

There's a good mix of 4-seat and 2-seat tables,

![Dining hall with 4-seat and 2-seat tables](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-06-1hw4k-900.webp)

and toward the back there's a room for groups!!!

![Entrance to the group room at the back of the hall](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-07-1wrjq-900.webp)

This is what the room looks like!! It fits up to 8 people!! I once came here for a meal with coworkers as a group haha. It was super private and nice!! And then there's the self-bar~

![Inside the room that fits up to 8 people](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-08-1qixj-900.webp)

## What is on the self-bar: unlimited vegetables and peanut sauce

There's a neatly organized self-bar! Vegetables from the self-bar are all-you-can-eat! There's no peanut sauce at the tables, so you have to grab it from the self-bar yourself!

![Unlimited vegetable self-bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-09-2ldlj-900.webp)

![Fresh vegetables laid out at the self-bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-10-lbddj-900.webp)

All the vegetables are so fresh~

## Menu and price: Yuyu Shabu plus mala shabu half-and-half for ₩2,000 extra

![Menu board at Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-11-10fba-900.webp)

![Shabu-shabu menu with broth type options](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-12-1swjc-900.webp)

We went for the half-and-half shabu! Yuyu Shabu + mala shabu! It only cost ₩2,000 more haha.

![Notice for the receipt review event](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-13-1nxqh-900.webp)

There's also a receipt review event running right now, so don't miss it~!

![Instructions on how to eat Yuyu Shabu](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-14-6dqwv-900.webp)

Before the food arrives, I read the 'how to eat Yuyu Shabu' guide carefully. Even though I've been here many times, I still read it carefully lol. So then—

![Half-and-half broth pot placed on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-15-xnxlc-900.webp)

## How to eat it: mixing the tarae sauce, then the kalguksu finish

Here comes the broth~!

The signature move at Yuyu Shabu! Stir up the tarae sauce and get it ready ahead of time!!! This stuff is seriously magic haha.

![Tarae sauce mixed and ready ahead of time](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-16-1uo9k-900.webp)

The full spread, ready to go!

![Full spread of shabu-shabu ingredients set on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-17-1mbhu-900.webp)

Yuyu Shabu looks amazing too! Nailing both looks and taste isn't easy at all! Once the shabu-shabu is out, the staff kindly walk you through the order.

![Adding fish cake to the boiling broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-18-1l5u8-900.webp)

![Vegetables being added to the half-and-half broth pot](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-19-5zegf-1200.webp)

Fish cake goes in~ then vegetables~

![Mushrooms going into the broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-20-uwzgo-900.webp)

![Beef being added to the broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-21-5h8mb-900.webp)

Mushrooms go in~ then meat~

![Three prepared sauces along with the tarae sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-22-e4v29-900.webp)

Sauce ready! Ready to eat! Once the broth starts bubbling, you just add everything in order haha.

My husband, throwing everything in without hesitation lol.

And then he's cutting it lol. I asked wouldn't it be easier to cut it before putting it in? He said it's the same either way lol.

And then in goes the fresh beef too!

![Shabu-shabu pot bubbling as everything cooks](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-23-1ri4b-900.webp)

Bubbling away and cooking nicely haha.

Once everything's cooked, dip it deep into that delicious tarae sauce — Yuyu Shabu's signature move — and also try the three other sauces! Personally, dipping into the tarae sauce was the tastiest for me haha.

![Plate of extra vegetables brought over from the self-bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala/yuyu-shabu-naju-half-half-mala-24-987z5-900.webp)

Extra vegetables brought over from the self-bar!

This time we cut as we go lol. We ate through all the extra vegetables we brought over too haha. To finish, we added kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) and it was so good I forgot to take a photo while eating ^^;haha. You're supposed to finish with kalguksu and then porridge, but since lunch hadn't fully digested yet, we stopped at the kalguksu today!!!! The well-cooked kalguksu was so tasty haha. I think this might really be the best combo meal! A healthy shabu-shabu with my husband before heading to the gym — the best dinner choice bb.

## Where it is

- Yuyu Shabu Naju Innovation City branch (유유샤브 나주혁신점)
- 1st floor, units 113 and 114, 22 Baemet 1-gil, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do (Gwangju-Jeonnam Integrated Special Metropolitan City), South Korea
- 전남광주통합특별시 나주시 배멧1길 22 1층 113호, 114호
- 35.0188693, 126.7927253
- Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%9C%A0%EC%9C%A0%EC%83%A4%EB%B8%8C%20%EB%82%98%EC%A3%BC%ED%98%81%EC%8B%A0%EC%A0%90/@35.0188693,126.7927253,17z

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