Seocho Station private-room restaurant: year-end rib lunch, Huiyeol

I found Huiyeol Seocho while looking for a clean, nice-looking, upscale place around Seocho and Gyodae!🤍🩶 I had an early year-end get-together there with a friend over good food. If you're looking for a restaurant with a great atmosphere for gatherings, or a private-room restaurant, I recommend Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch.

What kind of place is Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch?

Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch (희열) is a Korean private-room restaurant near Seocho and Gyodae that centers on hanwoo (Korean beef) dishes. The writer's highlights:

• A clean, upscale Korean restaurant focused on hanwoo dishes
• A private room restaurant near Seocho and Gyodae
• Recommended for gatherings, group meetings, wedding invitation meetups, company dinners, year-end parties
• Recommended: Huiyeol Hansang, the lunch marinated short rib set, and the hanwoo rib set

Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch location and hours

Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch is at 1 Beobwon-ro 1-gil, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea, on the basement level (B1). It is open 11:00–21:30 and closed on Sundays.

Head behind the Subway and you'll spot Huiyeol, the hanwoo rib and pot rice place! You go down to the basement entrance🤭

Interior and drinks at Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch

The interior is black with a touch of hanok (traditional Korean house) feel, clean and upscale. Near the entrance there's a terrarium as an accent.

And the huge variety of drinks caught my eye, haha! Wine, traditional liquor, makgeolli (rice wine), whisky, highballs... they're serious about drinks✔️ It's corkage-free, so you could bring a good bottle and enjoy the food at Huiyeol with it!💕

The tables in the main hall are spaced widely, so I was comfortable the whole meal!

Looking for a group dinner private room near Seocho and Gyodae?

Another plus of Huiyeol is that it's a room restaurant!✔️✔️ There's a large room for up to 24 people and smaller rooms too. It has quite a few rooms😊

Looking for a private spot for a group gathering, wedding invitation meetup, year-end company dinner, or family meal? I recommend it as a Seocho private-room restaurant🤭 The rooms are popular, so reserving is recommended!

Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch menu and prices

My order that day: two lunch hanwoo rib sets at ₩45,000 each, and a Huiyeol highball too.. haha

Huiyeol Hansang (₩69,000 per person)

The set runs: abalone and baby octopus sashimi (suksoehoe) - hanwoo yukjeon (beef pan-fried in batter) - grilled tilefish - seasonal jeon and shrimp jeon - seasoned scallops - grilled hanwoo rib meat - seasonal pot rice - hanwoo doenjang jeongol (soybean paste hot pot) - 4 side dishes and salad - after-meal tea. There are also hanwoo grill sets, a hot pot set and a steamed set.

Lunch sets

• Marinated short rib, ₩35,000 per person: porridge - grilled marinated short rib - 7 side dishes and salad - seasonal pot rice - doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) - after-meal tea
• Hanwoo rib, ₩45,000 per person: porridge - seasonal jeon and shrimp jeon - grilled hanwoo rib meat - 7 side dishes and salad - seasonal pot rice - doenjang jjigae - after-meal tea
• Hanwoo flower rib, ₩55,000 per person: porridge - seasonal jeon and shrimp jeon - grilled hanwoo flower rib - 7 side dishes and salad - seasonal pot rice - doenjang jjigae - after-meal tea
• Braised short ribs (galbijjim), ₩55,000 per person: porridge - seasonal jeon and shrimp jeon - braised short ribs - 7 side dishes and salad - seasonal pot rice - doenjang jjigae - after-meal tea

À la carte, meals and sides

À la carte there are grilled items and dishes (hanwoo ugeoji jeongol, boiled hanwoo suyuk, braised short ribs), hanwoo mulhoe (chilled raw beef soup), hanwoo yukhoe (beef tartare), hanwoo yukjeon, grilled tilefish, shrimp jeon and more. For meals there's a variety of pot rice, and sides include shrimp jeon, seasoned scallops, doenjang jjigae and others!

✔️The wine, makgeolli, distilled soju and whisky lists are upscale and varied too, so if you're looking for a year-end gathering room restaurant, Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch is a good option!

What does the lunch hanwoo rib set at Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch look like?

The hanwoo rib set kicks off~!~! First came the pre-meal porridge, sweet pumpkin tarakjuk (milk porridge)! It wasn't sweet but nutty, perfect as an appetizer, haha. It had pine nuts in it, which made it even better.

The 7 side dishes and salad were generous too. Pumpkin and salad to freshen up the appetite, and neat, varied Korean sides that go well with the hanwoo rib and pot rice. I was so excited, haha. I especially remember the gungchae (stem lettuce) and the gat kimchi (mustard leaf kimchi)❗️

Huiyeol highball and November seasonal oyster jeon

And the Huiyeol highball, which I ordered to set the mood with these high-quality dishes. Looks cool and delicious, right?!?! It's less filling than beer and clean, so it went well with the food.

Next came the seasonal jeon and shrimp jeon! The November seasonal jeon is oyster jeon... oyster jeon..💕💕

The springy shrimp jeon was good and the nutty oyster jeon was good too, so the highball went down easily, haha. The sweet pumpkin salad was tasty as well.

Hanwoo rib meat on a stone plate with grilled vegetables

The hanwoo rib is here~!~!~!!🩶🤍🩶🤍💕 It comes out sizzling on a stone plate, so I ate the hanwoo rib and grilled vegetables warm the whole time...❗️

The look is great, right? Nicely grilled hanwoo rib meat plus grilled vegetables that go well with meat, like tomato, mushroom, garlic and onion, all cooked on the hot stone plate🤭 Both the taste and the atmosphere here were high quality, and I was really satisfied!!

You can tell the quality of the meat just by looking, right? haha

Doenjang jjigae, seasonal pot rice and sungnyung

The lunch hanwoo rib set comes with a hot doenjang jjigae too! Huiyeol Seocho's doenjang jjigae has a clean taste.

And eat it with the pot rice, and...? The doenjang jjigae alone makes a bowl of rice vanish, hahaha. I scooped out the pot rice and made sungnyung (scorched rice tea) too, haha. You have to have it as dessert😊

Pot rice + doenjang jjigae alone already looks delicious❗️❗️

And of course with the main dish, the hanwoo rib meat and grilled vegetables....🫶

Dipped in the sauce, it wasn't tough at all and melted in my mouth,,,💕 In case it got tough, I piled a tower of meat on top of the grilled vegetables, hahaha. There's plenty of it too.

Hanwoo really is different, isn't it? Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch specializes in grilled hanwoo, so besides the set meals it's also a good place to go just to grill hanwoo🫶

Pot rice topped with namul (seasoned vegetables), hanwoo dipped lightly in salt..... my friend and I praised each other for picking such a great spot for our year-end gathering, haha🥰

It was good with the grilled tomato, and the meat, mushrooms and garlic, along with the grilled vegetables and 7+ side dishes, made it so varied, haha. I thought it would be good for a family gathering too.

I finished warm with sungnyung from the scorched pot rice...haha. I was too full to finish the sungnyung, which is a shame,, and now I'm thinking about it?!?!?!?🥹

How was Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch for a year-end gathering?

It ended neatly with omija tea (schisandra tea, the after-meal tea), and I properly enjoyed a tidy course meal🫶🫶 When I visited, the rooms were definitely full of groups, and many people had come to book company dinners.

The whole time I thought it was a great place for a private meal, and the food itself was delicious!! If you're looking for a Seocho Gyodae private-room restaurant, a venue for gatherings, a group company dinner spot? A pot rice place, a hanwoo place?

Even without the set meals, there are many hot pots and dishes. A place with private rooms for up to 24, free corkage and a wide range of drinks: I recommend Huiyeol Seocho Gyodae Branch.