Dog-friendly Pohang crab restaurant, unlimited mulhoe: Gallilli

There's one spot you can't skip on a Pohang trip! Jukdo Market, of course~~ Since we were coming to browse the market anyway, and we'd come all the way to Pohang, we figured we had to eat snow crab too. So this time we visited Gallilli Daegae Hoe Sikdang (갈릴리대게회식당), a snow crab restaurant in Pohang's Jukdo Market 🦀 I heard you can enjoy not only crab but also fresh sashimi and seafood in big portions, so I went determined to eat until I was properly full!

Where is Gallilli Daegae Hoe Sikdang, and what about hours and parking?

Gallilli Daegae Hoe Sikdang is at 35 Jukdosijang-gil, Buk-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk, on the crab and sashimi street inside Jukdo Market. It's open daily 09:30–22:30, last order is 20:30, and reservations in advance are a must.

• Address: 35 Jukdosijang-gil, Buk-gu, Pohang, Gyeongbuk
• Hours: daily 09:30–22:30 (last order 20:30)
• Reservation required in advance!
• Parking: Jukdo Market public parking lot (5-minute walk), 1-hour free parking ticket provided

Since it's on the crab and sashimi street inside the market, it was easy to find while wandering around the stalls! For parking you can use the Jukdo Market public lot, a 5-minute walk away, and they give you a 1-hour free parking ticket when you eat there, so it's great if you come by car too!

Once you're inside Jukdo Market, just follow the stretch where shop after shop sells crab and sashimi! haha The owners come out front and call you in, promising to give you lots, and honestly it'd be a tough decision if you hadn't picked a place yet~ haha We had already made a reservation, so we went straight ahead with no dithering!

🦀🦀🦀🦀 Crabs were being steamed in a steamer right in front of Gallilli! The crab smell from the entrance onward was so savory, I loved it so much~~

🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀 The tank in front of the shop stole my eyes right away, haha. It was packed with crabs, which really gave me that "we came all the way to Pohang to eat crab!" feeling! There was a variety of other seafood too, so my excitement was already pumping from the entrance.

The menu and prices are also posted out front, so it's nice to look them over before you go in.

Is the restaurant good for family or group meals?

The restaurant is bigger than I expected, with generously spaced tables, so it felt easily able to handle a family or group meal. 🏠 It's spacious and clean.

Inside, the place was bigger than I'd thought! The table spacing was fine and everything was kept neat, so it seemed good for a family meal or a visit with a bunch of people. Crab restaurants get lots of families and groups, and this one had an "easily handles group meals!!" kind of vibe!

A spread that starts with welcome abalone porridge

At Gallilli, they bring you warm, nutty, rich abalone porridge the moment you sit down..!! It was so good that I slurped down my friend's bowl too, hahahahahahahaha

Slowly, slowly, the dishes we ordered started to arrive! It's not just crab coming out: sashimi, seafood and all kinds of side dishes kept filling up the table bit by bit! That's the thrill of a place like this: the table gets richer with every dish that comes out~

Can you bring a dog to Gallilli in Jukdo Market?

Gallilli is dog-friendly. Oh right! So our Jamong came along too! > ㅁ <

Sashimi and roe-packed steamed baby squid

Before the crab, we tried the assorted seafood and sashimi first! The sashimi was fresh with a nice chewy texture, and I liked being able to taste a little of several kinds of seafood.

Steamed baby squid with seasoning?? They brought this out too.. and it was stuffed full of roe, so plump..! It looked super plump, and the moment I took a bite the roe popped, and I was like, oh... this is really good?? hahahahahahahaha The owner said squid this full of roe is very rare and that they were giving it to us as a special treat, so I enjoyed it even more, nom nom!!

Does the mulhoe at Gallilli have unlimited refills?

They say the mulhoe (cold raw fish soup) at Gallilli is refilled without limit if you want. I loved it so much that I had two refills.

We had the cold mulhoe too! Sweet, sour and chilly, it was great for resetting my palate every now and then! And... here's the even crazier part: did you know it's unlimited refill??? They'll refill it without limit if you want..!!! I liked it so, so much that I got two refills... If you visit Gallilli, definitely have two plates of mulhoe!!! It's that good TT

In many ways, crab alone might feel slightly lacking, but with sashimi and seafood alongside, it felt like a properly full spread!

The main snow crab: is it full of meat?

🦀 And now the long-awaited crab! The main event finally arrives!! The snow crab at Gallilli comes out prepped for easy eating, so it was effortless to dig in. It looked appetizing right away, and crab is only fun when it's well prepped, easy to eat and satisfying to pick the meat out, right? haha

I picked up one leg and slid the meat out, and wow... it was so full of meat, it really tasted like proper snow crab, hahaha Soft, sweetly rich crab meat with that signature clean flavor! I held the plump crab in my hands and ate it with gusto, haha. The crab is crab-ulously delicious, yum yum 🦀🦀🦀🦀

Finishing with crab-shell rice and seafood ramyeon

And after crab there's one thing you can never skip... crab-shell rice (gaetdakji-bap)!! Rice mixed into the crab guts, what's there even to say TT With a bit of crab meat on top, the nutty, salty flavor went together so well. Even if you're full, you have to eat the crab-shell rice, hahaha

The seafood ramyeon we got for the review event!!! Crab-shell rice plus spicy seafood ramyeon, that combo is unbeatable,,, Just when the crab starts to feel rich, a fiery seafood ramyeon wraps everything up, and I was really so satisfied...

Overall verdict on Gallilli Daegae Hoe Sikdang in Jukdo Market

💛 If you visit Jukdo Market in Pohang and want crab, sashimi and assorted seafood all in one generous go, this was a good place to try! With meat-packed crab plus sashimi, seafood, mulhoe and spicy fish stew (maeuntang), it also worked well for a family meal or group gathering 🦀 If you want to browse Jukdo Market and have a proper crab feast in Pohang, I recommend Gallilli Daegae Hoe Sikdang!