Beef buffet in Yeongdo, Busan: ₩23,900 weekday dinner at Yukmidangchan

You know those days after work when you just need meat to recharge? On exactly one of those days I remembered Yukmidangchan (육미당찬) in Yeongdo, which I'd been wanting to try, so off I went, haha. Both the beef and the daepae (thin-sliced BBQ meat) are all-you-can-eat, so it's perfect for filling up. Let me show you around 😋

Yukmidangchan in Yeongdo: location, hours and parking

Yukmidangchan is at 75 Taejong-ro, Yeongdo-gu, Busan, on the first floor, and it's open daily 11:30–23:30 (last order 22:30). There's no private parking lot, so you'll need to use a nearby public car park.

• Groups welcome
• Recommended for family meals
• High chairs available
• No private parking lot (use nearby public parking)

It's right after you cross Yeongdo Bridge, so it works well when you're hunting for food near Nampo or before or after a Yeongdo trip, haha. The sign is big, so you spot it at a glance!!

I came on a Monday before sunset and the dinner crowd was huge, lol. It felt like a Yeongdo local favorite 👍🏻👍🏻

How much is the Yukmidangchan buffet? Signature vs Premium

The menu splits into two options, Signature and Premium (with beef), and we went with Premium! We visited on a weekday evening and it was ₩23,900 per person. Beef daepae all-you-can-eat for just over ₩20,000?! 🤍🤍

Also, soju is unlimited for ₩5,000 per person, so it'd be great for a company dinner too, right!?

Once you order, the owner brings you a plate. Then you load it up with as much as you want!!

Pork cuts on the Signature course

The pork daepae comes in three kinds: samgyeop daepae (pork belly), naengsam (frozen pork belly) and kkotmoksal (flower-cut pork neck), haha.

The fridge next to it has a wide range: aged pork belly, aged pork neck, marinated pork, pork skin, chicken drumsticks, neobiani (marinated beef patties), and hash browns. That's what you get with the Signature order! Signature is plenty, isn't it…!?

From this frozen corner, the marinated pork stole my heart… 🤍 The sweet marinade is something nobody could dislike, and it was so good…!?!?

Basic side dishes and unlimited ramyeon

Next to it you'll find the basic side dishes. They even have gosari (bracken fern), how great is that 😆 Grilled in meat fat, it's so delicious…✨✨

The ramyeon is unlimited too. Ahh,,,,, when the meat gets greasy, ramyeon soothes it, a dream pairing 🫶🏻

Which beef cuts are in the Premium zone?

This is the Premium zone! They use different colored tableware to tell it apart, haha.

The Premium zone had woosamgyeop (beef belly), chadolbaegi (thin-sliced brisket), almoksim (chuck), seolgitsal (top round) and kkotdwaeji (flower pork).

Wow, even for all-you-can-eat the meat quality was so good. When bomdong bibimbap (spring cabbage bibimbap) was trending I tried to buy woosamgyeop for it and it was so expensive,,,🥹 So I'm loading up on woosamgyeop and brisket first 😋😋

Self-serve curry salt and wasabi salt

The seasonings are at the self-serve zone, and they have curry salt and wasabi salt (I grabbed them because they looked interesting). The wasabi salt was totally my taste. Everyone, give it a try, haha!!!

Brisket and woosamgyeop piled sky-high…!! 😋👍🏻👍🏻

How to grill beef daepae, and how it tasted

I grilled kimchi, bean sprouts and even the gosari properly. Eating them together is 10 times better than meat alone, haha.

The meat cooked up so nicely too! With daepae, it's best to grill a big pile and mix it as you go 😆

I wrapped it up in a ssam (lettuce wrap) properly, haha. It's all-you-can-eat, so you can stuff one wrap with tons of meat!!

This time I brought algmoksim and seolgit daepae, haha. Walking back and forth for the meat counts as exercise too, nice ^^

This looks great too, right 😋 I'll pretend I don't see that fat. Without it, it wouldn't be tasty, lol

And then ramyeon when it gets greasy! I had Odongtong-myeon (a Korean instant noodle brand) for the first time in ages and why is it so good… Every seat at Yukmidangchan has a burner, so boiling ramyeon is really easy, haha. You can also bring onions and mushrooms from the self-serve bar!!

Meat hunt part 2, starting with the ramyeon, haha. I tried the pork too, and the pork neck was decent, but this marinated pork was seriously delicious ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ One catch: the marinade scorches the grill, so you need to manage the heat well, haha.

Ice cream dessert and final verdict on Yukmidangchan

Yukmidangchan even has ice cream for dessert, they really know what they're doing…👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 This ice cream was a total wow. I cleared it in no time 🔥🔥

Both owners were kind, and the name sounds kind of cheerful and brave, which I liked, lol. If you're craving all-you-can-eat BBQ in Yeongdo, I recommend Yukmidangchan!