Sinyongsan yukhoe bar with non-alcoholic beer: Yukhoegwan Black

What kind of place is Yukhoegwan Black Sinyongsan?

Yukhoegwan Black Sinyongsan (육회관블랙 신용산점) is a specialist in yukhoe and yuksashimi (raw beef slices) on Yongnidan-gil. We came here for round two after eating meat with Tumoon. Round one was meat, round two is meat too (?), but grilled meat and raw meat are totally different things, haha! We happily enjoyed yukhoe, which I never get tired of, and uni!

Parking and facilities at Yukhoegwan Black in Sinyongsan

Yukhoegwan Black Sinyongsan takes groups and offers Wi-Fi, takeout, delivery and reservations, and the restrooms are separate for men and women. You can park for free beside the building, but the space is small. If it's full, use the public parking lot a 10-minute walk away (35 Hangang-daero 38-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul).

A bar with private rooms on Yongnidan-gil: what's the interior like?

The inside of Yukhoegwan Black Sinyongsan is clean and spacious. It's on the 3rd floor, so if you sit by the window you can watch people walking along Yongnidan-gil, haha. Most tables and seats had plenty of room, so it was comfortable.

What impressed me most was the number of private rooms where you can enjoy your meal in privacy. We went on a weekday evening and there were quite a lot of Yongsan office workers there for team dinners, haha. One room happened to be empty, so I snapped a quick photo. A clean, pleasant space just for your own group, so I can see why it's popular for team dinners, haha.

You can also see the signatures of lots of celebrities, and it seems to be a restaurant that was featured on the variety show 'Gogiseo Mannayo' (고기서 만나), haha.

Yukhoegwan Black menu

• Recommended set menu: Yukhoegwan Special Course
• Raw beef menu: mungtigi (thick-cut raw beef) / yuksashimi / yukhoe
• Fresh menu: brisket odeuregi (chewy-crunchy brisket), boiled octopus, nakji tangtangi (chopped raw octopus), uni (sea urchin)

The yuksashimi and yukhoe come in a variety of cuts, so it looks fun to pick whichever you like, haha.

Beyond yukhoe and yuksashimi, the menu is much more varied than I expected, from all kinds of pocha (Korean-style tavern) dishes to jeon (pan-fried pancakes), tang (soups), jeongol (hotpots) and even ice cream! There are also filling meals like ramyeon, rice bowls and bibimbap, so Yukhoegwan Black is good for a meal with a drink, or for a light round two. It's a great Sinyongsan bar.

What drinks do they have?

The drinks at Yukhoegwan Black Sinyongsan include highballs, soju, beer, draft beer, glacier beer and non-alcoholic beer.

They also have whisky shots, whisky, sake, red wine and white wine.

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What we ordered and the prices

• Signature same-day-slaughtered yukhoe ₩42,000
• Uni set ₩37,000
• Suntory Kakubin highball ₩10,000
• Cass non-alcoholic beer ₩5,000

Every table is set with plenty of glasses and small plates, and the water bottle is a nostalgic Delmonte bottle, haha!

Can pregnant people come too? Non-alcoholic beer and highballs

Yukhoegwan Black Sinyongsan has Cass non-alcoholic beer (₩5,000), so there was a zero beer for Tumoon, who's pregnant, haha. Gildong had a light Suntory Kakubin highball (₩10,000). The drink tasted fairly strong, which was just right for Gildong's taste.

What side dishes come with the meal?

The basics at Yukhoegwan Black are macaroni salad and beef seaweed soup that you boil on a burner! With hot broth served as standard, it's a perfect setup for a drink even before the main dishes arrive, haha.

It looks like a set menu, but these were actually ordered separately, haha. We went with yukhoe and uni, a combination I can't imagine anyone disliking, and Gildong was already excited before we even started, haha!

Where do Yukhoegwan Black's ingredients come from?

Since we came with Tumoon, who's pregnant, we couldn't choose food carelessly! Yukhoegwan Black says it hand-picks every ingredient used in every dish and sources each from production regions and specialist producers around the country. They use 100% domestic chili powder, sesame oil pressed at a mill, Uiseong garlic, Jindo green onions, Japanese wasabi and French Guérande salt. Not choosing even the smallest ingredient carelessly really shows their extra care for the food, haha.

How does the signature same-day-slaughtered yukhoe (₩42,000) taste?

Yukhoegwan Black's signature same-day-slaughtered yukhoe is fresh yukhoe made from beef slaughtered that day! They explained that they go to pick it up at the Express Bus Terminal every day, and you can feel their pride in freshness, haha. Even in the middle of Yongsan, not at the source, you can enjoy the freshness of just-slaughtered raw beef at Yukhoegwan Black!

It's yukhoe seasoned with a soy sauce marinade, served with shredded green onion and minced garlic. A glistening egg yolk sits on top of the heaped-up beef, so it looks appetizing right away, haha.

It comes with plenty to eat alongside, from gamtae (seaweed) to gim (laver), crackers, cheese and pear, so you can enjoy it in lots of different ways!

How does the uni set (₩37,000) come out?

Yukhoegwan Black's uni set comes with rice, gamtae, gim, soy sauce, wasabi and seed jeotgal (salted seafood), so like the yukhoe you can enjoy it in many combinations, and it's a generous spread! The standard uni is already excellent, but you can also upgrade to premium uni for an extra charge, haha.

The pieces were big and plump, like a human tongue... hahahahahaha! The scent and flavor of the sea filled my whole mouth! If the standard uni is this good, how good is the premium uni?!

Putting uni on rice to make my own uni sushi, haha! Lots of accompaniments came out too, but I wanted to really taste the uni itself, so I put only a little wasabi on it with nothing else, and as expected, enjoying the natural flavor is best, haha. I want to eat uni until I'm sick of it...

Yukhoe plus uni: overall verdict

Still, since we ordered both yukhoe and uni, we made a luxurious bite of yukhoe + uni + gamtae + gim, cheers! hahahahahaha! Fresh yukhoe and rich uni that even a pregnant friend enjoyed, haha. Yukhoegwan Black Sinyongsan was fun for mixing and matching to taste! It's good for dates and team dinners alike, so I recommend it if you want a drink on Yongnidan-gil.