# Jijok-dong, Daejeon eel all-you-can-eat early lunch: Songrimbok - By Jian Yeo (https://superchart.com/en/@ppuri-lunch-bench/) - Written Sep 13, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Yuseong, Daejeon - Sponsored: This is a review of a visit made with support from the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@ppuri-lunch-bench/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@ppuri-lunch-bench/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/index.md) ## In short Songrimbok Jangeo Unlimited Eel Daejeon Direct Store is an all-you-can-eat fresh eel and grilled meat restaurant in Jijok-dong, Yuseong, Daejeon. Visiting with her older sister at an early lunch hour, the writer refilled eel and chicken neck meat herself at the self-service corner, and the second plate of eel arrived as one whole eel. Pork belly was sold out that early, but the eel quality at Songrimbok was as good as it gets. ## Good to know - **Table charge**: 3,000 won per person - **All-you-can-eat items**: Eel, duck, pork belly, grilled chicken neck meat - **Meal menu**: Eel soup, galbitang (short rib soup), yukgaejang (spicy beef soup) - **Service**: Complimentary Sejong bokbunja (black raspberry) wine - **Refill method**: Self-service corner for eel, chicken neck meat and side dishes - **Price reference**: ₩30,000 ≈ $22.5 · ₩3,000 ≈ $2.2 (2026-09-15) *as written by the visitor on Sep 13, 2026* ![Main shot of grilled eel at Songrimbok Daejeon Direct Store](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-01-rmm8y-1200.webp) Eel is one of my all-time favorite foods. Lately I've been craving it even more... grilled eel, that high-protein wonder! I went to Daejeon with my sister and stopped by a Yuseong, Daejeon favorite in Jijok-dong — "Songrimbok Jangeo Unlimited Eel Daejeon Direct Store." ## Songrimbok in Jijok-dong, Daejeon: is the eel really unlimited? ![Details of Songrimbok Jangeo Unlimited Eel Daejeon Direct Store](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-02-m1vyk-900.webp) ![Vertical photo of the unlimited eel menu guide](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-03-g45s8-900.webp) As the name suggests, Songrimbok is a restaurant where you can eat eel all you can eat. Eel, unlimited refills?! Eel isn't exactly a cheap food, but here you can eat as much as you want, and for under ₩30,000 no less. ![Pricing information for unlimited live eel refills](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-04-b7b23-900.webp) Every morning, live eel is brought in fresh from the direct wholesale market, so you get high-quality grilled eel. Even though it's unlimited, they're not cutting quality or using frozen eel. Fresh, just-caught live eel is served every day. ### Songrimbok table charge and menu lineup Songrimbok has a table charge of ₩3,000 per person. For a meal menu, there's eel soup, galbitang, and yukgaejang. You can also take eel to go, and it's quite cheap. Another strong point of Songrimbok — you can eat not just eel but also duck, pork belly, and grilled chicken thigh meat. ![Menu guide for eel, duck, pork belly, and chicken thigh grilling](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-05-t0i6g-900.webp) ![Menu board at Songrimbok](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-06-3us7v-900.webp) ![Entrance to Songrimbok Daejeon Direct Store](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-07-134ly-900.webp) The restaurant is huge. It's the biggest eel restaurant I've ever been to. ![Spacious dining hall seating at Songrimbok](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-08-crnrp-900.webp) ![Table and grill top at Songrimbok](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-09-1koj8-900.webp) ![Spacious seating layout inside the eel restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-10-17uqg-900.webp) ## Side dishes and the free bokbunja wine Songrimbok brings out the first round of side dishes for you. The green onion kimchi was beautifully fermented and really tasty. ![Basic side dish spread including green onion kimchi](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-11-8gwg7-900.webp) And then, a genuinely amazing extra!!! What is this!! Bokbunja (black raspberry) wine, a perfect match with eel. They give you Sejong bokbunja wine, which they also actually sell, as a free service. Unfortunately, we couldn't drink the bokbunja wine. My sister had to drive, and I'm off alcohol these days. ![Complimentary Sejong bokbunja wine](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-12-w0tex-900.webp) ## How the self-service refill corner works At first, they bring you eel and chicken thigh meat. They gave us a generous amount. ![Plate of generous live eel and chicken thigh meat](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-13-93lzb-900.webp) You can grab more side dishes yourself at the self-service corner. Eel and chicken thigh meat are there too. I liked this — even with unlimited refills, asking staff over and over can feel awkward. But being able to just grab more yourself without worrying about it was great. Unfortunately, since it was early lunch time, pork belly wasn't available. ## How to grill the eel at Songrimbok They lay the pale white eel flesh on the grill. There was salt and pepper on the table, so I seasoned it. First, they grill it skin-side down. ![Eel grilled skin-side down](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-14-u7l9c-900.webp) ![Freshwater eel cooking on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-15-upwk2-900.webp) Once it's cooked enough, flip it over. The eel is so plump!!! Made my mouth water. ![Plump eel flipped over on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-16-1h2zo-900.webp) Now they cut it into bite-sized pieces and grill it until crisp. Getting the skin nice and crispy makes it even tastier. ![Grilled eel cut into bite-sized pieces](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-17-7ziy4-900.webp) Once both sides are well grilled, they stand the pieces on their side. The thickness of this eel is a work of art. ![Thick eel stood on its side to crisp the skin](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-18-3zqey-900.webp) They put the chicken thigh meat on one side of the grill to cook. ![Chicken thigh meat grilling alongside the eel](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-19-1ymdu-900.webp) Eel is eaten wrapped in perilla leaves. So good!! Eel is always delicious, no matter when you eat it. ![Grilled eel eaten wrapped in perilla leaves](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-20-1a02y-900.webp) ### One downside: no spicy sauce One thing I found lacking was that there was no spicy sauce... instead there's teriyaki sauce. I just went with plain salt-and-pepper eel. At the end of the day, nothing beats the natural flavor! ![Eel eaten with teriyaki sauce and salt-and-pepper](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-21-1g69q-900.webp) ## Refilling for two: a whole eel on the second plate They gave us so much food at the start that I wondered if the two of us could even finish it, but we ate it all and went for a refill. I just grabbed a portion, but somehow we ended up bringing back a whole eel. ![A whole eel brought back from the self-service corner](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-22-kc3uc-900.webp) ![Refilled eel placed on the grill](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-23-dp2jh-900.webp) While the refilled eel was grilling, we ate the finished chicken thigh meat! It was already seasoned with salt and pepper, so you can just eat it as is. Such tender grilled chicken thigh meat. ![Refill eel grilled thicker than the first round](https://img.superchart.com/images/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch-24-18gu7-900.webp) The refill eel was even fatter than the first round haha. Top-tier eel quality. This is Songrimbok, a Jijok-dong, Yuseong, Daejeon favorite where you can eat quality eel to your heart's content at a reasonable price. We ate so well. ## Where it is - Songrimbok Jangeo Unlimited Eel Daejeon Direct Store (송림복장어 민물장어 무한리필 대전직영점) - 60 Jijokbuk-ro 66beon-gil, 1st floor, Units 106-107, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea - 대전광역시 유성구 지족북로66번길 60 1층 106, 107호 송림복장어 - 36.3881392, 127.3079803 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%86%A1%EB%A6%BC%EB%B3%B5%EC%9E%A5%EC%96%B4%20%EB%AF%BC%EB%AC%BC%EC%9E%A5%EC%96%B4%20%EB%AC%B4%ED%95%9C%EB%A6%AC%ED%95%84%20%EB%8C%80%EC%A0%84%EC%A7%81%EC%98%81%EC%A0%90/@36.3881392,127.3079803,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@ppuri-lunch-bench/songnim-eel-refill-daejeon-jijok-lunch/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt