Haeundae European restaurant for a heatwave drive: Bueokgan

📍Name: Bueokgan Haeundae Branch 🏠 Address: 200 Dalmaji-gil 117beon-na-gil, Haeundae-gu, Busan (2nd floor) ⏰ Hours: daily 11:00–21:00 / break time 15:00–16:30 / last order 20:30 🚗 Parking: private parking available (about 5 spaces in the underground garage, about 3 beside the building on the 1st floor) ⭐ Highlights A European restaurant on Haeundae's Dalmaji-gil Spacious, pleasant room of about 100 pyeong Popular for dates, family meals and anniversary dinners Children's tableware provided, so also recommended for family meals Big windows for a relaxed meal Naver reservations available for convenience

Too hot to walk: a Haeundae drive to Bueokgan instead

My husband and I took a Haeundae drive for the first time in a while. It was far too hot for a walk, so we went looking for a good meal and found Bueokgan Haeundae Branch.

I wanted all four: pasta, risotto, pizza and salad. But for two people that seemed impossible, so I agonized over what to cut the whole way there, haha. Then we arrived and the set menu was great in both composition and price, so we ordered that. Here's the review~ haha

Where to park at Bueokgan Haeundae Branch

This is the underground garage entrance, at the back of the building.

Park underground, take the elevator up, and when you get out on the 2nd floor the entrance is right there ^^

A 100-pyeong dining hall with three themed spaces

The entrance is small, but once you step in, wow~ three big spaces open up, each with its own character and all of them pretty. The light is great too, so it felt like "is this really Europe?" and like a resort. I loved it.

The first space: dark khaki meets white.

The mood makes you want a glass of wine, or it feels a bit like a whisky bar! A perfect space for a date.

The second space, where the entrance is,

was modern, with white and mirrors. It also had several group tables, so it's a good place for get-togethers.

The third space, with the best natural light,

is toned-down yellow meets white. Fresh and full of a holiday feeling. Bright sunlight comes in from two sides, and I loved the bright atmosphere ^^

I took a seat here too.. and there were three families dining: one with a young child, one with grown-up children, and one with a teenager. It was lovely to see. We were the couple team, haha.

As soon as we sat down, the table was set for our party size.

Bueokgan couple's dish set from 51,000 won: what's included and upgrade costs

The best-value set menu at Bueokgan Haeundae Branch: prices and composition.

There were two Bueokgan set menus that weren't on the Naver menu: the Bueokgan couple's dish set from ₩51,000 and the Bueokgan steak set from ₩89,000.

The couple's dish set is ₩51,000 and includes soup, salad, your choice of pasta or rice, one pizza and two drinks. Great value compared with ordering à la carte. My agonizing vanished and I settled on the couple's dish set! haha

If you change items from the default menu, you pay the extra charge for each item. Still, the set is good value. It even made my craving for risotto vanish~ The composition was really good.

We ordered the Bueokgan couple's dish set with pastry soup, grilled mushroom salad, seafood tomato clay-pot (ttukbaegi) pasta, and a single grapefruit + single orange, for ₩58,000~

Seafood tomato clay-pot pasta and the rest, dish by dish

The orange and grapefruit juices were served first.

Then the seafood tomato clay-pot pasta arrived. It looked pretty too, and the delicious smell really got my appetite going, haha.

Next came the grilled mushroom salad, with a bed of mushrooms under the vegetables. I love mushrooms, so I munched away happily, haha.

While we were eating, the pepperoni pizza and the pastry soup came out.

A regular size? Not big, but a thick, hearty pepperoni pizza.

Bueokgan's pastry soup is a sweet pumpkin soup

The pastry soup turned out to be a sweet pumpkin soup.

It was so good I wondered, was pumpkin soup always this tasty? I kept going back for more. I also liked the thoughtful touch of a mini bowl for scooping some out.

Too much for two: taking the pepperoni pizza home for the air fryer

A plump pepperoni pizza. This is the real deal. A place that does a basic pizza well is a great restaurant. Two of us ordered a set menu and it was a lot, haha. We ate two slices, took the rest home and reheated it in the air fryer. Wow~~~ so good!

Everything we ordered was delicious. The grilled mushroom salad, where you get lots of mushrooms and vegetables, suited my taste perfectly.

The clay-pot seafood tomato pasta had plenty of plump shrimp, a generous portion, and good flavor.

Is Bueokgan Haeundae Branch worth it? Final verdict

Bueokgan Haeundae Branch is a great pasta spot with a lovely atmosphere on Haeundae's Dalmaji-gil. There's parking, and the couple's set menu nails both value and taste. It's good as a Haeundae date restaurant and I'd also recommend it for a family meal.