Guro izakaya 7-set with rockfish and jjamppong udon: Robatayaki Sodam

Hi everyone! I'm here to introduce a super trendy, great-vibe izakaya in Guro 🫧✨

Have you ever struggled to find an izakaya near Guro Digital Complex Station with good vibes and delicious food?! This time I found an all-time-great izakaya with such quality snacks and atmosphere that I couldn't get up from my seat until closing time 🥹🔥

🐟 It's the Guro izakaya where you can enjoy premium grilled fish, skewers, and fresh sashimi — 'Robatayaki Sodam Guro Digital Complex Branch.' Here's my honest review after getting properly intoxicated by the atmosphere and the food >_< 💖

Where is Robatayaki Sodam Guro Digital Complex Branch, and when is it open?

Robatayaki Sodam Guro Digital Complex Branch is on the 2nd floor at 97-3 Digital-ro 32-gil, Guro-gu, Seoul, a 5-minute walk from Guro Digital Complex Station Exits 1 and 2 toward Kkalkkal-geori. It's open daily from 17:00 to 01:30 the next day.

📍Address: 97-3 Digital-ro 32-gil, 2nd floor, Guro-gu, Seoul 🕔 Hours: Daily 17:00 – 01:30 ⭐️ 5-minute walk from Guro Digital Complex Station Exits 1, 2, via Kkalkkal-geori

It's right inside Kkalkkal-geori, the main food alley near Guro Digital Complex Station, so accessibility passes with flying colors! Walking up, you can spot the 'Sodam' sign on the 2nd floor of the building.

Just head up the stairs to the 2nd floor 🪜

Open kitchen and partitioned booths: what the Guro izakaya feels like inside

The moment you step onto Sodam's 2nd floor, the flashy open kitchen grabs your attention ✨ You can watch the chefs grilling fish and skewers over open flame right in front of you, which made me want to sit at the bar seats next time to watch the fire show and soak in the mood 🥺❤️

Once you head further in, the space is really spacious and the seating is well laid out! There are especially a lot of private booth seats with partitions,

Perfect for group get-togethers, couple dates, blind dates, or setting the mood when you're seeing someone near Guro Digital Complex Station!!

I highly recommend the partitioned booths for anyone who wants to talk quietly 👍🏾 Thanks to the dim lighting and posters and props with real Japanese pub vibes, I really felt like I was on a trip to Japan!

The 3.33-second timer event and free vanilla cheese ice cream

Robatayaki Sodam has a 3.33-second timer event, and if you stop it exactly, you get a ₩33,300 discount. If you write a Naver receipt review, you also get a free vanilla cheese ice cream.

Looking around the store, there were so many fun events! The 3.33-second timer challenge! ⏱️ Follow on Instagram and tag their account in your story! Or write a Naver photo receipt review to participate!

If you stop the timer at exactly 3.33 seconds, they give you a whopping ₩33,300 discount? (I didn't try it because I was worried about my pride if I failed ^_^)

Free vanilla cheese ice cream! 🍦 When you write a Naver receipt review, you get a sweet, nutty vanilla cheese ice cream for free as a nice palate cleanser!! < This one's easy so definitely do it!

Oh, and the restroom, which is subtly (actually very) important at a bar!! 🚻 Sodam has a clean restroom right inside the store, so you can use it safely and conveniently without going outside on hot or cold days 👏🏾

Robatayaki Sodam menu and prices

Sitting down and reading through the menu, the variety of dishes was massive! Let me list them out(?)

Seafood and sashimi prices

• Aged sashimi (small): ₩33,000
• Aged sashimi (medium): ₩45,000
• Grilled scallops: ₩21,000
• Rock oysters (seasonal): ₩17,000
• Grilled pollack roe: ₩14,000
• Octopus with wasabi: ₩14,000

Grilled fish prices

• Grilled Patagonian toothfish: ₩29,000
• Grilled rockfish: ₩22,000
• Grilled Spanish mackerel: ₩21,000
• Grilled Atka mackerel: ₩20,000
• Grilled mackerel: ₩19,000
• Grilled shishamo: ₩15,000

Nabe hot pot prices

• Pollack roe soup: ₩22,000
• Grilled jjamppong: ₩21,000
• Nagasaki nabe: ₩21,000
• Clam soup: ₩21,000
• Oden nabe: ₩19,000

Grilled skewer prices

• Assorted skewers (13 pcs): ₩24,000
• Butter-grilled shrimp (8 pcs): ₩8,500
• Chicken skewer (4 pcs): ₩8,500
• Chicken neck meat (4 pcs): ₩8,000
• Chicken cartilage (4 pcs): ₩7,000
• Chicken skin (4 pcs): ₩7,000
• Chicken heart (4 pcs): ₩7,000
• Bacon-wrapped tomato (3 pcs): ₩7,000
• Bacon-wrapped cheese rice cake (3 pcs): ₩6,500
• King oyster mushroom (3 pcs): ₩4,000
• Ginkgo nuts (4 pcs): ₩4,000
• Garlic (4 pcs): ₩3,500

House dishes, fried items and sides

• Stir-fried beef brisket and bean sprouts: ₩25,000
• Pollack roe cream udon: ₩21,000
• Yakisoba: ₩19,000
• Assorted fritters (5 kinds): ₩24,000
• Yurinki (crispy chicken with sauce): ₩20,000
• Chicken skin gyoza: ₩19,000
• Whole fried squid: ₩19,000
• Fried oysters: ₩19,000
• Karaage: ₩18,000
• Croquette: ₩17,000
• Fried shrimp: ₩17,000
• Yamaimo karaage (fried mountain yam): ₩17,000
• Yaki-mandu (fried dumplings): ₩14,000
• Arancini: ₩11,000
• Hangover ramyeon: ₩9,000
• Pineapple sorbet: ₩8,000
• Vanilla cheese ice cream: given for review event

Sashimi, grilled fish like toothfish, rockfish, and Spanish mackerel, 13 kinds of skewers, nabe hot pots like pollack roe soup and Nagasaki, specialty dishes like stir-fried brisket with bean sprouts and yakisoba, to assorted fritters... it was packed with delicious food, a com.plete package for a meal paired with drinks 🤤

What comes in the 96,000-won 7-set?

We neatly ordered the [7-set] so we could enjoy a variety of dishes at a good value! The 7-set discount price is ₩96,000, and we added udon noodles on top for ₩3,000.

• Medium aged sashimi (single price ₩45,000)
• Grilled fish — rockfish (single price ₩22,000)
• 8 pieces of butter-grilled shrimp (single price ₩8,500)
• Grilled chicken skewers (single price ₩8,500)
• Fried — karaage (single price ₩18,000)
• Nagasaki jjamppong (single price ₩21,000) + udon noodle add-on (₩3,000)

A pan-fried egg on a hot plate comes as a complimentary side dish 🍳 It arrives sizzling hot and was so nutty and delicious, I really loved it?

And a little later... a staff member who looked just like the Japanese actor Sakaguchi Kentaro served our food with such kindness...

Medium aged sashimi and the signature grilled rockfish

First up was the medium aged sashimi!! The savory flavor of the fresh, thickly sliced fish — flounder, salmon, and more — coated my tongue perfectly. The aging was done so well that it melted away without any fishy taste at all 🍣!

Sodam's signature grilled rockfish! Grilled over open flame until golden, the outside was crispy while the inside stayed moist and firm — such clean, good flavor (we ate it all, so no photo, careful..⚠️)

Chicken skewers, butter-grilled shrimp and karaage

The chicken skewers with a subtle charcoal aroma and the sweet-and-salty butter-grilled shrimp were absolutely top-tier drinking snacks, ugh

The chicken karaage, still perfectly crispy outside and juicy inside, was also so good ㅜㅜ The batter was really nutty and the inside was full of juice!

Finishing with Nagasaki jjamppong and a udon noodle add-on

We finished with the Nagasaki jjamppong, with its spicy, rich broth that's a real standout!!! Packed with seafood, the broth completely settled the stomach... this is honestly a flavor that calls for soju 🍲? It was the perfect filling finish!!

Why Robatayaki Sodam is worth it as a Guro izakaya

Every single dish felt upscale and delicious, and the staff were so, so kind, making for a genuinely happy evening 🥺✨

A great-vibe spot where you can neatly handle both dinner and a second round of drinks in one place!!

If you're looking for a high-quality izakaya near Guro Digital Complex, definitely visit 'Robatayaki Sodam Guro Digital Complex Branch'! Sodam is now my go-to pick for the next meetup in Guro >_< 🔥