Yongin shabu-kalguksu restaurant with Pororo baby cutlery: Yun Ujae

A Dongcheon-dong favorite I've reviewed a few times before on the blog — Yun Ujae Shabu Kalguksu!

Is Yun Ujae Shabu Kalguksu Gogidong Branch okay with a toddler?

Yun Ujae Shabu Kalguksu Gogidong Branch is really a great spot to visit as a family with a baby! This time we went with our kids. (Once they hit two years old, eating out gets so much easier — love it!!)

The restaurant is spacious with generous space between tables, so we had no trouble getting the stroller in, and a kids' chair was ready too, letting us sit comfortably with the baby through the whole meal.

• Address: 3 Gogi-ro 173beon-gil, Suji-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 1st floor
• Hours: Daily 11:10–21:00 (break time 15:00–16:30)
• Parking available
• Roadside parking possible if the lot in front is full

What's on the menu at Yun Ujae Shabu Kalguksu in Yongin

Shabu-kalguksu comes basically loaded — beef, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, and house-made kalguksu (knife-cut noodle) all included, so it's plenty filling! You can pick the broth: spicy, regular, or mild. Since I was visiting with the kids, I went with mild. I always used to order spicy on past visits, but the mild one was really delicious too~ There were four of us, so we got two servings of the white one (mild) with extra meat and noodle add-ons.

Pororo baby spoon, fork and a high chair

They gave us a baby spoon and fork like this too. Pororo-themed, so the kids loved it, haha. Plenty of kids' chairs were on hand too. Besides our family, there were quite a few other families with kids there!

Kimchi and extra broth at the self-serve bar

Having a self-serve bar where you could freely grab kimchi or broth was really convenient. You've got to have kimchi with kalguksu, haha. My husband and I don't usually eat kimchi day-to-day, but with meat and kalguksu, we always do.

How the mild white broth shabu-kalguksu tastes

Even just the basic set was plenty filling! Thinly sliced beef, fresh vegetables, and mushrooms came out generously, and the house-made kalguksu noodles were chewy and paired really well with the broth.

Flat kalguksu noodles eaten like a wrap

This was my first time trying the flat kalguksu noodles, and wrapping them up with meat, vegetables, and mushrooms was completely delicious! I really recommend the flat kalguksu noodles~~~

What the two 27-month-olds actually ate

They ate some meat and vegetables first, then moved on to the noodles. The kids handled the kalguksu noodles well too! Since our kids are 27 months old, we mixed theirs with a bit of water.

The fried rice had kimchi in it, so our little ones couldn't eat that part yet! Mom and Dad enjoyed it though, haha. We had the clear broth, but I bet it'd be tasty refilled with the spicy broth too!

Seafood pajeon, saved for the next visit

We didn't order the seafood pajeon (savory pancake) this visit! It's actually the dish I'd recommend most at Yun Ujae Shabu Kalguksu — crispy texture, loaded with seafood, so good. It seemed like it might be a bit too salty for the kids yet, so we skipped it, but I'm thinking maybe next visit they'll be able to have some.

Is 11,500 won per person good value?

In the end, Yun Ujae Shabu Kalguksu Gogidong Branch had it all — taste, convenience, and a family-friendly atmosphere. We could eat comfortably even with a baby along, and it satisfied the adults' tastes too, so the whole family had a happy time.

And the value is great too, so it's no burden to visit often. Shabu-kalguksu is ₩11,500 per person, and that gets you beef, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, house-made kalguksu noodles, and fried rice all in one course. Most shabu specialty places run ₩15,000 or more per person, right? There's a group chat with moms in the neighborhood, and I recommended Yun Ujae Shabu Kalguksu there as a great spot to bring a baby, haha.