Seoul Station wedding invite lunch for 2 with a butter mishap: Ichigyu

This time I'm introducing a Seoul Station restaurant I love — a gyukatsu spot! You melt butter on your own personal burner and cook the gyukatsu right on top of it. Absolutely delicious 🩷

The prices are cheaper than other gyukatsu places too, and it's so tasty I have to recommend it as a Seoul Station must-eat! When I visited, there were people who'd met up for a wedding invitation gathering, and I thought it'd be perfect for that kind of meetup near Seoul Station. Recommending it as a great spot for a Seoul Station wedding invite meetup, haha. Here's my honest review of Ichigyu~

Ichigyu Seoul Station Branch: location and hours

❤️Restaurant info

• Restaurant name: Ichigyu Seoul Station Branch
• Hours: Daily 11:00–21:30
• Location: Right in front of Seoul Station Exit 10! Basement 1st floor of the LG Seoul Station Building

Ichigyu Seoul Station Branch is a Seoul Station restaurant located on the basement 1st floor of the LG Seoul Station Building. I bet LG employees come here a ton during lunch hour. It's right next to the LG cafeteria.

This is what Ichigyu looks like from outside. Feels like you've come to Japan~

Waitlisting remotely via Catch Table

Here's the waitlist setup at Ichigyu. You can use Catch Table for waitlisting. Remote waitlisting is possible! Once your Catch Table turn comes, the restaurant calls you.

Gyukatsu is the main dish at Ichigyu, but there's a variety of other menu items too.

Here's the inside of the restaurant. Feels like Japan, right? I genuinely felt like I was on a trip to Japan, which made me so happy.

The cow-shaped decor is so realistic lol

Ichigyu menu and prices

Here's the Ichigyu menu. Basic gyukatsu ₩19,500, double ₩32,000, extra gyukatsu meat ₩14,000, butter ₩1,000, basic steak set ₩19,500, double (jumbo) ₩32,000.

There are à la carte items too. Hamburg omurice ₩17,000, steak rice bowl ₩19,500, hot plate chop steak ₩18,000, Japanese curry ₩13,000, yakisoba Napolitan ₩12,000, cold soba with fried shrimp ₩11,000.

Recommending this as a Seoul Station lunch spot for office workers! A great restaurant for a Seoul Station wedding invite meetup too!

Ichigyu also has a set menu. Two gyukatsu plus two drinks for ₩42,000! Perfect if you want a drink with your meal.

If you do the receipt review event, you get fried shrimp for free!!! You can also get sliced rice cake and grilled cheese.

Gyukatsu cooked on a personal tabletop burner

This is the burner you use to grill your gyukatsu.

At first I wondered what this was~ but when I opened it, it was packed with piping hot rice.

We ordered two gyukatsu.

The whole spread comes out looking so neat and tidy.

The butter goes on the burner, not the rice!

We made one mistake. Don't make this same mistake, guys, lol. They give you a piece of butter each, and we assumed it was meant to make butter rice, so we happily piled the butter onto our rice.

Turns out the butter isn't meant for the rice — you're supposed to put it on the hot plate and grill the gyukatsu on top of it!!!! We realized too late, so we ordered an extra butter for ₩1,000 and put it on the hot plate. It definitely added a buttery aroma that made everything richer and more delicious.

The miso soup is rich and delicious too.

They place the gyukatsu on the heated hot plate for you. The heat is intense so it cooks up in no time!

Realizing late that the butter goes on the burner with the gyukatsu, we finally ate it the right way, lol.

Everything's cooked now, so let's dig in 😆 The meat is so tender it just melts the moment it hits your mouth!

Sauce, salt, chili, or wasabi — what's the best way to eat it

Dipping the gyukatsu in its signature sauce, it's not too salty — just enough seasoning to make it delicious.

My tip: eat the first bite plain with nothing on it, then try the second bite dipped in salt!!

This was my first time trying gyukatsu with chili sauce, and it was surprisingly good? The sweet chili was delicious.

And wasabi just goes so well with meat, right? Try topping it with wasabi. Seriously so good~

We're a bit greedy, so we tend to pile on a bunch at once ^^

Putting gyukatsu on rice and topping it with wasabi makes me so happy, it's that good 🥰

We kept piling it on greedily right to the end lol. We can't stand any lull in the flow — we refill right away! (No one else was piling it on as much as us..)

Cleared the plate in no time~~~ Such a delicious meal!!!! Ate a filling, tasty meal and I'm in such a good mood.

Recommended for a Seoul Station wedding meetup or office lunch

Looking for a Seoul Station restaurant? Looking for Seoul Station lunch spot? Looking for a place near Seoul Station? Looking for a Seoul Station gyukatsu restaurant, a Seoul Station Japanese restaurant? Looking for a good-value Seoul Station restaurant! Looking for a good place for a Seoul Station wedding invite meetup?

I strongly recommend Ichigyu. It'd been a while since I had gyukatsu, and I was won over by how it melts in your mouth. You should all visit at least once!! A Seoul Station must-eat! Definitely worth a visit if you're at Seoul Station! Recommended for Seoul Station office workers~

Turns out Ichigyu has locations all over. I'm planning to visit the Gwanghwamun branch next~ You should all check out your nearest Ichigyu too~