Gyeongpodae sashimi restaurant with sushi rice and mulhoe: Samsami-ne

Sashimi and mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) from a Gangneung sashimi restaurant — you can't skip it on a Gangneung trip! We got takeout from Samsami-ne Gyeongpodae Main Branch, right in front of Gyeongpo Beach. We ordered the value combo of assorted sashimi plus mulhoe for ₩70,000! The portion was generous for the price and the sashimi was fresh, so here's the honest review of a really satisfying meal.

Where is Samsami-ne Gyeongpodae Main Branch, and when is it open?

Samsami-ne Gyeongpodae Main Branch sits right in front of Gyeongpo Beach. I'd also recommend it as a course: enjoy the ocean view, pack sashimi to go, then eat comfortably back at your accommodation.

Samsami-ne in Gangneung opens from daytime, so it's also good for lunch with sashimi or mulhoe. It runs from 11:30 AM to 11:00 PM. Closed every Wednesday!

Takeout is available too, so you don't have to eat in the restaurant. There are also baby chairs and baby tableware in the store. This time we chose takeout instead of eating in, and they packed everything really neatly, throwing in quite a lot of extras.

Samsami-ne at 6 PM: the mood right in front of Gyeongpo Beach

Because it's right in front of Gyeongpodae, it draws crowds during the day, and the atmosphere was great at night too.

It's a well-known Gangneung restaurant, and a lot of people had clearly already visited. We came at 6 PM and it was busy.

It was clean and pleasant enough to visit as a family with kids too, as a Gangneung restaurant. Baby tableware and chairs are ready!

What comes in the 70,000 won assorted sashimi and mulhoe combo?

We ordered the value combo of assorted sashimi plus mulhoe for ₩70,000. Since it's a sashimi restaurant right in front of Gyeongpo Beach, I thought the prices might be pretty high, but once we unpacked everything piece by piece at the hotel, the amount was so generous I thought, 'Wait, all of this is included?'

The assorted sashimi came together with mulhoe, and they packed plenty of basic side dishes too. Rice was included separately so we could make our own sushi, and they even threw in the thin wheat noodles to add to the mulhoe.

Thanks to that, we didn't need to prepare anything extra — just laying it all out on the hotel table made a pretty proper spread.

How did the Samsami-ne takeout hold up on the way to the hotel?

With sashimi, even a little sloppiness in the packing makes you worry things will get jostled or soup-based dishes will leak on the way to your accommodation, but Samsami-ne in Gangneung packed each dish separately and neatly, so it was easy to carry back to the hotel.

Sashimi, mulhoe, side dishes, noodles, and sushi rice — foods you eat differently — were each organized on their own, so once we got to the hotel we just had to take them out and set them up one by one. It was really nice being able to shower, change into comfortable clothes, and eat slowly since it was takeout.

Assorted sashimi first, then sushi with the rice that comes included

Samsami-ne's assorted sashimi was satisfying from the freshness of the fish itself. Each piece had lively texture, chewy yet clean, so it was delicious even eaten plain with nothing else. It was also fun using the sushi rice they packed to make our own sushi on the spot.

Rather than just eating sashimi the whole time, we enjoyed it plain at first, made sushi in the middle, and added mulhoe on top — so one ₩70,000 set gave us a lot of variety.

How big is the mulhoe at Samsami-ne? Not a token side portion

The best part is being able to eat mulhoe together with the assorted sashimi! The mulhoe portion is genuinely generous and hearty — not the small mulhoe you'd get as a set add-on. Take one cool, tangy bite of mulhoe and it's a completely different flavor from just eating sashimi!

Adding the thin wheat noodles they packed made it a much more filling meal. Eating sashimi, then a bite of mulhoe, then making more sushi — even though it was all the same seafood spread, we never got tired of it and enjoyed it right to the end. Recommended for anyone looking for a good mulhoe restaurant in Gangneung who also wants sashimi alongside it!

Is the 70,000 won combo at Samsami-ne enough for two people?

Samsami-ne's ₩70,000 value combo was satisfying in both quantity and variety for the price. Centered on fresh assorted sashimi plus mulhoe, and with sushi rice, noodles, and several basic side dishes included, it made a fairly generous spread laid out for two at the hotel.

It's a Gangneung sashimi restaurant worth remembering and coming back to whenever you want to eat sashimi and mulhoe together, generously, in one go.

Next time I go to Gangneung, if I want to have a relaxed dinner at the hotel, I think I'll order sashimi takeout from Samsami-ne Gyeongpodae Main Branch again. Save it to your list of Gangneung restaurant recommendations!