Conveyor sushi with Mom in Nowon: triple yukhoe sushi at Sushi Ianen

Lately I keep craving raw fish and sushi. But with prices these days, sushi is sooo expensive… Then I found Sushi Ianen (스시이안앤), where you can get good-quality conveyor sushi at a very generous ₩1,990 a plate…!

I saw Lee Jun working part-time at Sushi Ianen on Workman, and the fish is caught the same day, looks super fresh, and the sushi quality is no joke. So I went to Sushi Ianen Nowon Station, right near my home, with my mom :) Both of us left really satisfied, haha.

Where is Sushi Ianen Nowon Station, and what are the hours and parking?

Sushi Ianen Nowon Station is at 616-6 Sanggye-dong, Unit 1 on the 3rd floor, in Nowon-gu, Seoul, and it is open daily from 11:30 to 22:00. There is a 15:00–17:00 break time on weekdays only, with none on weekends and holidays, and parking is not available.

• Location: 616-6 Sanggye-dong, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Unit 1 on the 3rd floor
• Hours: daily 11:30–22:00
• Break time: weekdays only, 15:00–17:00, none on weekends/holidays
• Parking: not available

It's a one-minute walk from Exit 2 of Line 4 Nowon Station, right on the main stretch of Nowon Culture Street, so it's super easy to get to. It looked like a spot that covers office lunches, solo meals and dates all at once! The sign is purple, so it stands out and shouldn't be hard to find :)

Just take the stairs in the Ichiban building up to the 3rd floor and you're at this super generous Nowon conveyor sushi place…

Climbing the stairs made me even hungrier, you know? Haha

Is it crowded right after weekday opening? What about seating?

Even though I went for an early weekday lunch, the place was already bustling with people eating. I went really right at opening on a weekday? Hahaha. The restaurant was roomier than I expected! There are counter seats where you can sit in a long row, plus tables for groups of 4 or more, so it's good for dates, family meals, or a bunch of friends.

Visiting Sushi Ianen after watching Lee Jun work there part-time on Workman felt kind of special, haha. Everything from sushi to fruit and desserts goes around on the rail, and I honestly wanted to wolf it all down… As you'd expect from a place famous for value sushi, the quality is on another level, right..!?

Is the flat ₩1,990 price at Sushi Ianen really good value?

At Sushi Ianen Nowon Station, more than 70 items are a flat ₩1,990 per plate. Does ₩1,990 a plate even make sense with prices these days?!;;; It works whether you want to try lots of different sushi or hammer one single item, and the menu is so varied that I agonized over what to eat first!

I'm a bit of a big eater ^^ so conveyor sushi prices honestly felt like a burden and I didn't go often. But premium-quality sushi at a flat ₩1,990? It actually felt like better value than a sushi buffet!

The sushi we ate at Sushi Ianen Nowon Station

Yukhoe sushi and steak sushi

My first pick at Sushi Ianen Nowon Station was yukhoe (seasoned raw beef) sushi, and my mom's was steak sushi. There was so much tempting sushi the moment we sat down, but the yukhoe sushi… was seriously good. For ₩1,990 there's a lot of yukhoe on top, and the flavor is good too!

Soy-marinated shrimp and octopus wasabi gunkan: any fishy smell?

We also had the soy-marinated shrimp and octopus wasabi gunkan (sushi wrapped in a strip of seaweed), which can easily turn fishy, but even though I'm really sensitive to fishy smells, I didn't taste any fishiness!!! I heard they use domestic live fish brought in the same day, and maybe that's why the freshness and texture were excellent…!

And my mom, hahaha, was eating happily and saying it was delicious… proud of the daughter who brought her…

Flatfish with aged kimchi

Flatfish with aged kimchi, which I absolutely love… The sesame oil flavor was just right, and the fresh, savory kick of the aged kimchi was so well balanced, sob. Best of all, the flatfish was sliced thick, so the texture was great.

Swordfish garlic steak and egg shrimp

Swordfish garlic steak on the left, egg shrimp on the right! Both are my all-time favorites (everything is my favorite, haha). The swordfish was so tender, sob. I don't eat egg sushi at sushi places, but egg shrimp sushi I can't resist. Soft, sweet and nutty.. egg shrimp… if you haven't tried it, please do. Insanely good.

Three plates of yukhoe or more, and the salmon yukhoe roll

I think I ate three or more plates of yukhoe alone at Sushi Ianen Nowon Station. The yukhoe is just that good, you know? The Nowon yukhoe hotspot is Sushi Ianen Nowon Station… The salmon yukhoe roll is a great yukhoe-plus-salmon combo too, and the salmon is Norwegian salmon, so it's springy and a total 100-point sushi, sob.

Can you order sushi that isn't on the rail?

At Sushi Ianen Nowon Station, when I asked for sushi that wasn't on the rail, they made it right away. There was no engawa (flatfish fin) on the belt, so I asked, and they made one on the spot, and then said "Engawa is sold out now~" omg;; total lucky girl

The cheese scallop is great quality too, way too good for a flat ₩1,990, don't you think…? I heard the sushi at Sushi Ianen is made by a chef with hotel experience! Maybe that's why the quality is… amazing…

20 plates for two with Mom: how much was the bill?

My mom and I demolished 20 plates at Sushi Ianen Nowon Station, and even stuffed like that, the bill didn't reach ₩40,000… We were really full and satisfied, and the value is amazing too, sob. If you're looking for good-value sushi, definitely visit Sushi Ianen Nowon Station!!