Jung-gu pork belly BBQ with self-grilled pork skin: Doldam Sutbuljip

Hi, it's Young-i :)

I was craving pork belly around Chungjeongno, looked around, and ended up at Doldam Sutbuljip '◡' I ate my way through whole pork belly, pork skin, and sundubu-jjigae, and honestly it was much better than I expected, so I left really satisfied haha

Where is Doldam Sutbuljip, and what are the hours?

Doldam Sutbuljip is located at 21 Jungnim-ro, B201, 202-ho, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea, and it's open 16:00 - 24:00. Hours may change later, so please check before visiting. Looking for BBQ near Chungjeongno Station, I went to Doldam Sutbuljip, which is close by.

That day I started with whole pork belly and finished off with pork skin haha. What I loved most was that the pork belly was grilled for us, and the combo of putting the meat on myeongi-namul (wild garlic leaves) was genuinely delicious ෆ

I had a hearty meal with sundubu-jjigae and rice on the side too — here's my honest, self-paid review!

Doldam Sutbuljip menu and prices

The restaurant has a variety of meat options — pork belly, pork neck, pork galbi ribs — plus rice dishes too. I went straight for the whole pork belly without a second thought!

[Young-i's PICK]

• Whole pork belly 180g ₩18,000 × 2 servings
• Self-grilled pork skin ₩10,000
• Rice
• Coke

The two of us had two servings of whole pork belly first, then added the pork skin :)

Two servings of whole pork belly, grilled for you at the table

The whole pork belly finally arrived! Thick cuts placed on the grill, and what I loved here is that they grill it for you ෆ

Sometimes at BBQ places you're busy grilling the whole time, but here they grilled it just right for us, so we could just wait comfortably and dig in haha

The combo to try: pork belly with myeongi-namul (wild garlic leaves)

The well-grilled pork belly was already tasty on its own, but I especially loved it eaten with myeongi-namul (wild garlic leaves)!

Wrapping a piece of meat with wild garlic leaves made for a combo I kept reaching for ෆ

Personally, my favorite combo of the day was whole pork belly + myeongi-namul!

Sundubu-jjigae comes with the meat order

At Doldam Sutbuljip, sundubu-jjigae (soft tofu stew) comes out with your meat order!

It was nice to have a warm spoonful of soup between bites of meat :) When a BBQ place also serves stew, you naturally start craving rice haha. So in the end, we added rice! Eating the rice with sundubu-jjigae, plus pork belly wrapped and eaten with the rice, made the meal feel much heartier.

Self-grilled pork skin, 10,000 won, to finish the meal

It felt like too soon to stop after the pork belly, so we added the self-grilled pork skin for ₩10,000! The pork belly was grilled for us, but the pork skin, true to its name, was a grill-it-yourself dish.

With pork skin, it's better to flip it often rather than leaving one side too long :) Keep flipping front and back until it's nicely browned! After being served the easy-grilled pork belly, grilling the pork skin ourselves at the end was oddly fun haha

We finished it off cleanly with a Coke on the side ෆ

Young-i's TIP ⭐

• The whole pork belly was grilled for us, which was convenient
• My personal recommended combo: pork belly + myeongi-namul
• Sundubu-jjigae comes included, great paired with rice
• For the self-grilled pork skin, flip it often!

A trip to Doldam Sutbuljip for BBQ near Chungjeongno! The thick whole pork belly was grilled for us, which made things easy, and above all, eating the pork belly with myeongi-namul was so good it stuck with me haha

With sundubu-jjigae, rice, and the self-grilled pork skin at the end, the two of us left quite full.

Doldam Sutbuljip ✔ Whole pork belly grilled for you, very convenient ✔ Pork belly + myeongi-namul combo was especially tasty ✔ Finished off heartily with pork skin

If you're looking for a pork belly place near Chungjeongno Station, give this one a try '◡'