Alley parking, spice level 2 whole-squid jjamppong: Dong-gu, Ulsan

Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong, famous as a Daewangam-rock restaurant in Ulsan, is a waiting-list spot! Even though it opens at 11am, this Dong-gu restaurant is already packed — here's my review after ordering the scorched-rice dol jjamppong (stone-plate jjamppong) and dontang. It's in a great spot to hit before or after Daewangam Park.

• ⏰ Hours 11:00–21:00 (break time 3:30–5pm)
• Closed every Tuesday
• 👶🏻 High chair available (baby-food microwave and tableware provided)
• 🚻 Separate restrooms for men and women
• 🅿️ Parking lot available (10 spaces)

Where is Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong, and where do you park?

Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong is in Ilsanji, Ulsan. It's a 6-minute walk from Ilsanji Beach, and Daewangam Park's tower parking lot is just a 2-minute drive away — a great Dong-gu restaurant to hit before or after visiting the beach or the park.

The store's own lot holds about 10 cars. There are a lot of spots to park in the surrounding alleys, and even though it was only 11:10, we ended up parking in the alley too — that's how much of a waiting-list restaurant this is!

How long is the lunch wait at Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong?

There's a wait during lunchtime. Around noon, six parties were already waiting. You can use Table Waiting (Tableling), but you have to be at the store to see your confirmed waiting code.

Inside the restaurant: seating and layout

Inside this Daewangam-rock Ulsan restaurant, the space splits into a left side and a right side from the entrance. Both sides have their own self-serve bar, which is convenient. There are 15–16 tables that seat 4.

Menu and how to order at the tableside kiosk

📋 The menu board. You order and pay through the kiosk at the table. There's dol jjamppong, dol jjajang, dontang, chitang, macaron menbosha (stuffed fried toast), and fried mandu (dumplings). There's a kids' menu with kids' yuni-jjajang too. Orders aren't per-person, so even a party of 4 can order a medium size.

Jjamppong comes in 3 spice levels — mild, slightly spicy, spicy. Jjajang has 2 levels — mild and regular.

✅ Our order — medium dol jjamppong + dontang-chitang set (level 2) + whole squid add-on (₩5,000), cider, zero-sugar cola

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Yogurt and barley gangjeong (puffed barley candy) at the entrance for dessert.

Is Ulsan Daewangam Dol Jjamppong good with kids?

There's kids' tableware, a baby-food-only microwave, and a high chair, all available if needed. This Dong-gu, Ulsan restaurant even thinks of kids! There's also a kids' jjajangmyeon menu.

The basic side dishes are pickled radish and onion.

At the self-serve bar there's pickled radish, onion, and green onion kimchi. Rice is free — take as much as you like.

How to eat the dol jjamppong with whole squid

Everything came out at once. It's on a stone plate, so watch out for burns. The jjamppong broth keeps sizzling and bubbling on the hot stone. There's even an eating guide printed on the kiosk — worth checking!

Our dol jjamppong went like this:

1. Mix the bean sprouts and noodles together — even as a medium size split between two people, the portion was huge.

2. Cut it up with scissors for easier eating

They cut up the whole squid we added too.

3. Scoop out portions and dig in — I chose level 2, slightly spicy, and it was just the right amount of heat. (If you're spice-shy, level 1 is recommended!!!) Because it's on a stone plate, the jjamppong broth reduces down until it's almost like a stir-fried jjamppong. It's full of smoky wok-hei flavor, the seasoning soaks into the noodles, and the salty-spicy taste keeps you coming back for more. The noodles are chewy and stayed chewy without going soft the whole way through.

Inside there's plump shrimp, wood ear mushroom, bean sprouts, onion, cabbage, and squid. Even without adding the whole squid, squid is already included as standard!

4. Eat the scorched rice at the bottom — scrape off the crispy bits stuck to the stone plate. Having soaked up the jjamppong broth, they're deliciously chewy! The rice at the self-serve bar is free, so you can add more, but by the time you finish the noodles the broth is already gone 😂 If you plan to mix in rice, add it early!

What is the dontang-chitang set like?

The dontang-chitang, ordered as a side from the set menu, is fried pork and fried chicken.

The handmade dontang is fried pork, with a thick chunk of meat inside a crispy shell. It's somewhere between tangsuyuk (sweet and sour pork) and pork cutlet. It's also great dipped in the accompanying tonkatsu sauce with some onion.

The handmade chitang is fried chicken, using moist, tender meat rather than dry cuts. It tastes like karaage. It comes with a spicy-sweet sauce, so you can eat it like yangnyeom (seasoned) chicken too.

The dontang-chitang pairs really well with the green onion kimchi from the self-serve bar or with the dol jjamppong! Finished it off with a candy to cleanse the palate 👍

Daewangam Dol Jjamppong was a satisfying restaurant near Daewangam, Ulsan — highly recommend the stone-plate jjajang and stone-plate jjamppong, where you can even eat the scorched rice too!