Gimhae lunch sushi set at 15,000 won with salmon belly: Sushi Hwa

A recommended lunch sushi spot in Gimhae's Bongridan-gil 🍣 Sushi Hwa

Looking for a lunch sushi spot on Bongridan-gil: why Sushi Hwa

Bongridan-gil in Gimhae is full of charming cafés and great restaurants, so I always recommend it as a date course in Gimhae. I hadn't been in a while, so I visited for lunch with my mom 👀

While debating what to eat in Bongridan-gil, I heard about a restaurant in Bonghwang-dong famous for flame-seared sushi — Sushi Hwa. My mom and I both love sushi, but the place in Eobang-dong we used to frequent hasn't had the same fish quality lately, so I'd been a bit disappointed. This felt like a nice discovery 🍣 If it's good, I'm making this my new go-to sushi spot in Gimhae 😎

Sushi Hwa's opening hours and dining room

⏰ Hours ⏰ Daily 11:00–21:00. Sushi Hwa has no break time, weekdays or weekends, and stays open late into the evening, making it an easy Bongridan-gil restaurant to visit 😄 We went at an off-peak time to avoid the weekend lunch rush, but customers kept streaming in the whole time.

The interior has a clean, tidy vibe overall — great for a Gimhae Bongridan-gil date, plus there are solo dining seats and high chairs, so I saw quite a few families too 👀

Menu and kiosk ordering at Sushi Hwa, a flame-seared sushi specialist

Ordering at Sushi Hwa is easy via kiosk. I got the raw sushi set (₩15,000), my mom got the flame-seared sushi set (₩15,000). An elderly couple at the next table was kindly walked through the process by a staff member 👀

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The dishes came out neatly plated and fast 😄 The sushi sets come with salad and either cold soba or udon.

The salad came with a yuzu dressing that was refreshing and perfect for whetting the appetite 😊

Raw sushi set vs flame-seared sushi set, with half-and-half sauce

The raw sushi set looked fresh at a glance, and the flame-seared sushi set looked absolutely stunning 🔥 For the flame-seared set you can choose sweet or spicy sauce to taste — we went half-and-half!

So kids can eat it too, the sushi at Sushi Hwa doesn't come pre-mixed with wasabi — instead they give you a whole block of wasabi so you can add as much as you like 👏👏 And it's real fresh wasabi that actually stings your nose, so good 💚

The raw sushi was fresh and clean, every single piece was delicious 🍣 With sushi, the fish matters, but if the rice portion is too much you fill up fast and get sick of it — here the rice was just the right amount, so the fish stayed the focus. The fish-to-rice ratio in one bite was spot on 👍 The raw sushi was plenty good, but true to being a flame-seared sushi specialist, my mom's flame-seared sushi won this round!! 🔥

A subtle smoky char that paired perfectly with the fish — the best 🔥 I'm usually a raw sushi person, but at Sushi Hwa, ordering the flame-seared set is clearly the move. There's a reason it's the signature dish 😝

What the cold soba in the Sushi Hwa set is like

The cold soba (buckwheat noodles) that came with the set had chewy noodles and a refreshing broth that went great with the sushi. The broth was savory and cool, making a clean palate cleanser between bites of sushi ✨✨ And this whole spread for ₩15,000. Pretty good value given today's prices — a solid choice for lunch in Bongridan-gil 😊

Salmon belly sushi, the add-on ordered for mom

An extra order of salmon belly sushi for my mom, who loves salmon 🍣 It was fresh, and being belly meat, it was extra fatty and melted in the mouth 🥹 She loved it, which made finding this lunch spot in Bongridan-gil feel worth it 😎

Overall the food was clean and delicious across the board — from raw sushi to flame-seared sushi to cold soba, a great lunch in Bongridan-gil 😊 With no break time even on weekends and high chairs available, Sushi Hwa also looked comfortable for family visits. If you're looking for lunch in Gimhae's Bongridan-gil and you love sushi, I'd recommend it 😊

Parking around Bongridan-gil was a bit tough, but it was still a happy weekend having a good lunch with my mom after a while 🤍