Yongsan Japanese restaurant for eel rice bowl ochazuke: Una

Recharging with an eel rice bowl in Yongsan

Why have I been feeling so completely drained lately? 😂 I figured I needed something delicious to properly recharge, so I went out for an eel rice bowl, haha. This time I visited Una Yongsan Main Branch (우나 용산 본점) in Yongsan. It was clean with a lovely atmosphere, making it a great place for a meal—and most of all, the eel rice bowl was so generously portioned that I left feeling nicely full ☺️

Una Yongsan Main Branch location and hours

It is on the second floor of Episode Yongsan 241, at 37 Hangang-daero, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Hours are 11:30–22:00, with a break from 15:00–17:00 and last orders at 21:00. You can use the building parking lot, with one hour free for visiting customers, and corkage is charged.

An elegant atmosphere and private rooms

The moment I stepped inside, the elegant atmosphere really came through ✨ There are also separate rooms, so it seemed perfect for enjoying a more private meal ☺️

Each table had table ordering, so ordering was easy, haha. We ordered hitsumabushi, mero mabushi, and a cola 💛

Naver receipt review event

If you write a Naver receipt review, they offer a glass of fresh ginseng liquor that pairs nicely with the eel rice bowl, so it would be nice to make sure you claim it 😊

Hitsumabushi, delicious as is or as ochazuke

At last, our hitsumabushi (grilled eel rice bowl) arrived 🤎 The side dishes were neatly served alongside it too, and it looked like such a substantial spread that I could already tell it would do a proper job of recharging me!

It was piled high with big, beautifully golden-grilled pieces of eel 😍 Una Yongsan Main Branch says it selects only premium eel, grills it traditionally, coats it in tare sauce aged for more than 10 hours with around 30 medicinal ingredients, then grills it over charcoal 👀✨ No wonder it is known for eel rice bowls in Yongsan 😆

First, I tried it simply with the rice so I could taste the eel itself! The savory, clean-tasting eel went so well with the subtly sweet flavor of the house tare sauce 🤎

Once it started to feel just a little rich, I poured in the green tea that came with it and ate it like ochazuke (rice with green tea poured over it) 🍵 It turned into a lighter, cleaner-tasting dish and was delicious in a completely different way ☺️ I could enjoy the eel rice bowl all the way through without getting tired of it ✨

The soft flavor of daily limited mero mabushi

Una Yongsan Main Branch is also selling mero mabushi, said to be introduced in Korea for the first time, in limited quantities each day 👀 It is not something you come across easily, even normally, so I was curious and ordered it right away! ✨

The mero mabushi looked incredibly appetizing from the start, right? 🤎 It was topped generously with large, thick pieces of mero (Patagonian toothfish), enough to make my mouth water just looking at it 🤤

I tried the grilled mero on its own, and it was savory and incredibly tender 💛

I tried the golden-grilled mero with the rice. The flesh was soft and moist, with such a full, savory flavor—it was really delicious ☺️

I also ate the mero like ochazuke! The green tea neatly cut through mero's naturally rich flavor, and the combination worked far better than I expected 👍🏻 It felt less rich this way, and I could enjoy it deliciously until the end ☺️

Green tea ice cream for dessert

They prepared green tea ice cream for dessert, and the distinctive pleasant bitterness of green tea came through strongly. It was lovely for freshening up after the meal 💚

From the food to the atmosphere, I was happy with everything at Una Yongsan Main Branch 🤎 The eel rice bowl especially had substantial pieces of eel and tasted so good! If you are looking for a proper eel rice bowl in Yongsan, or somewhere you can dine in a private room, I absolutely recommend Una Yongsan Main Branch 👍🏻💛