# Gumi Korean restaurant set with loach soup and pork: Irojeong - By Bomin (https://superchart.com/en/@receipt-rice-diary/) - Written Sep 12, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Gumi, Gyeongbuk - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@receipt-rice-diary/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@receipt-rice-diary/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/index.md) ## In short Irojeong Gumi Geumosan Direct Branch is a Korean restaurant near Geumosan in Gumi, Gyeongbuk. My mother and I had two loach soup sets, fried loach, and shredded-potato pancake, with turmeric rice, tender boiled pork, and lightly seasoned grilled mackerel standing out. Verdict: worth the weekend wait for a family meal. ## Good to know - **Hours**: Daily 11:00–21:00 - **Break time**: 15:30–17:00 - **Regular closing day**: Open year-round - **Parking**: Spacious lot for about 50 cars, stretching along both sides - **Wait at visit**: Saturday around 13:30: 28 parties ahead, 40-minute wait - **Space**: Private rooms, partitioned seating, dining hall, playroom, and self-service bar *as written by the visitor on Sep 12, 2026* ![Signature dishes at Irojeong, a Gumi loach soup restaurant](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-01-fj0ow-1200.webp) Today I’m introducing a great loach soup spot in my lovely hometown of Gumi. It’s a restaurant with its flagship location in Daegu: Irojeong Gumi Geumosan Direct Branch. Along with chueotang (loach soup), you get boiled pork and grilled mackerel—it really is a dream combination. And I ordered the shredded-potato pancake that I absolutely love, too. There are so many great loach soup places around Gumi, but I like this one because it’s a large restaurant. There was a bit of a wait, but it was delicious enough to be worth it, haha. It’s a great restaurant to visit with parents in Gumi. ## Irojeong Gumi Geumosan Direct Branch: location and parking ![Exterior of Irojeong Gumi Geumosan Direct Branch](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-02-1nj72-900.webp) The restaurant is over by Sangmo, near the birthplace of former President Park Chung-hee. Since there’s a hiking trail up Geumosan nearby, I think that’s why people call it the Gumi Geumosan branch! ![Spacious parking area at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-03-kxdt8-900.webp) Irojeong, this Gumi loach soup favorite, has parking that may be even more perfect than the food, haha. There’s enough wide space along both sides to park a good 50 cars, so no worries! ## Inside, from private rooms to a playroom ![Entrance and waiting area at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-04-xge8g-900.webp) The entrance stretches back quite a way. There was an enormous cauldron on the left and a waiting area on the right. We visited at around 13:30 on a Saturday and waited 40 minutes before getting in. There were 28 parties ahead of us!! This Gumi Korean restaurant is wildly popular. ![Private rooms and partitioned dining area at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-05-ptn69-900.webp) ![Main dining hall at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-06-1ihdr-900.webp) There are fully private-room areas, partitioned spaces like in the photo on the left, and the rest is in the main dining hall. It’s perfectly suited to bringing your parents, so do visit this weekend! ![Playroom at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-07-1l4d4-900.webp) I think it would rank among the best restaurants in Gumi to take children, too. There’s a playroom with a TV and game console, so the kids should have fun. ![Banchan at Irojeong’s self-service bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-08-ljc1j-900.webp) ![Fruit at Irojeong’s self-service bar](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-09-972dv-900.webp) The self-service bar has banchan (Korean side dishes), plus green grapes and watermelon to enjoy after the meal! This kind of thoughtful touch gets 100 points. ## Loach soup sets and children’s menu ![Loach soup set menu at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-10-4pnp9-900.webp) ![Korean set-meal menu guide at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-11-ra6om-900.webp) > BEST loach soup set (mackerel + warm boiled pork) > Wild ginseng black goat set The meal comes with bright yellow turmeric rice. I loved how pronounced the turmeric aroma was. You can also order chueotang and black goat soup à la carte. ![Pork cutlet and Korean beef seaweed soup menu at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-12-vqx4b-900.webp) The reason this is such a good restaurant to visit with kids is the pork cutlet, haha. There’s also Korean beef seaweed soup, so no worries! ![Black goat meat menu at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-13-vd3l6-900.webp) Black goat meat is said to be good for middle-aged women! Next time, I should come back with my mother to have black goat, haha. ![Octopus seafood green-onion pancake menu at Irojeong](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-14-1hkj8-900.webp) They also have seafood green-onion pancake with a whole octopus in it, so there are lots of ways to enjoy the menu, haha. ## Loach soup set and shredded-potato pancake with my mother > Loach soup set (mackerel + boiled pork) > Fried loach, shredded-potato pancake I visited with my mother and ordered two set meals plus sides at Irojeong, a Gumi loach soup favorite! ![Loach soup set meal and shredded-potato pancake spread](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-15-10squ-900.webp) Here’s the set meal with the shredded-potato pancake, haha. It had been such a long time since I’d had yellow turmeric rice, but it was still so appealing and delicious! ![Loach soup set meal with turmeric rice](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-16-1cn9q-900.webp) ![Loach soup set meal table setting](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-17-13mx2-900.webp) ![Shredded-potato pancake and set-meal dishes](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-18-7zlzo-900.webp) This moist boiled pork is right up there among my all-time favorite foods. I loved that they gave us a generous portion. The caramelized boiled pork was delicious, and its clean, savory quality was completely charming~ ![Moist warm boiled pork side dish](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-19-riqsb-900.webp) ![Warm boiled pork served with the set meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-20-1fckz-900.webp) This is fried loach, haha. You hardly see it fried this openly these days, and it brought back memories of catching loaches myself as a child and frying them in a big cauldron. It’s delicious dipped deeply in soy sauce! ![Fried loach eaten with soy sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-21-1p6vn-900.webp) The grilled mackerel came out a little late, so I was waiting forever for it, haha. Wow—they grilled it so nicely and lightly. The flesh was tender and it wasn’t overly salty, so it was incredibly good with rice. ![Lightly seasoned grilled mackerel](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-22-14q7l-900.webp) ![Crispy shredded-potato pancake](https://img.superchart.com/images/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon-23-10ilk-900.webp) A Korean set-meal restaurant would feel incomplete without a potato pancake.. I dipped the crispy pancake and enjoyed it. Here’s hoping it becomes an icon of Geumosan Korean set meals and Gumi loach soup! ## Where it is - Irojeong Gumi Geumosan Direct Branch (이로정 구미금오산직영점) - 32 Parkjeonghui-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea - 경상북도 구미시 박정희로 32 - 36.0829443, 128.3532511 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%9D%B4%EB%A1%9C%EC%A0%95%20%EA%B5%AC%EB%AF%B8%EA%B8%88%EC%98%A4%EC%82%B0%EC%A7%81%EC%98%81%EC%A0%90/@36.0829443,128.3532511,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@receipt-rice-diary/gumi-chueotang-suyuk-gamjajeon/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt