Pet-friendly tonkatsu restaurant on Ilsan's Bamridan-gil: Kitsuki

I went to Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil Branch, a tonkatsu and udon place that's a local favorite on Bamridan-gil ♡

• 📍159 Sandu-ro, 1st floor, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea — Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil Branch
• 🕖 Mon–Fri 11:30–20:30 / Sat, Sun 11:30–21:00
• 🚙 Free parking available
• 📋 Naver Reservation available
• 🐶 Pet-friendly

How to get to Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil, and where to park

Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil Branch, a tonkatsu and udon spot popular on Bamridan-gil, is only a 5-minute walk from Pungsan Station, right at the entrance to Bamridan-gil, so it's super easy to find and get to. Free parking is available too.

🐶 It's a pet-friendly restaurant, so it's great to visit with your dog

Inside Kitsuki: seating, lighting and bringing your dog

Inside there were 6–7 tables, and I loved that the spacing between them was wide haha. The tables themselves were spacious too

One of Kitsuki's charms is the soft lighting and vintage interior ☆*:.｡. It almost feels like walking into an interior design showroom?!! It gives off such a cozy, stylish vibe that it's perfect either as a nice-atmosphere restaurant on Bamridan-gil or as a date-night spot

The little props next to each table are all unique and cute, so there's fun in just looking around

Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil menu and prices

{Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil Branch menu}

• katsu — Rosukatsu ₩13,000 / Hirekatsu ₩14,000 / Hire+Cheese Katsu ₩16,000 / Mixed Katsu ₩18,000 / Premium Rosukatsu ₩16,000
• udon — Curry Udon ₩13,000 / Perilla Cream Udon ₩13,000 / Mala Yupo Udon ₩13,000
• side — Mini Curry ₩3,500 / Ground Meat Rice ₩5,000

✔️ Every dish is cooked to order the moment you order it, so it takes a bit of time to prepare

The order: rosukatsu, hire plus cheese katsu and perilla cream udon

This time we ordered rosukatsu ₩13,000, hire+cheese katsu ₩16,000, perilla cream udon ₩13,000, and 2 canned sodas for ₩4,000.

The pickled radish and two canned drinks that came after ordering

Perilla cream udon, 13,000 won

@perilla cream udon Perilla cream udon is udon with thick cream, chewy udon noodles, and perilla seeds and oil. Even the look of it screams richness…….🤍

I mixed the perilla seeds, perilla oil, cream sauce, and all the toppings well with the noodles before eating, and the noodles themselves were plump and chewy so it couldn't not be good…. The combination of the rich white cream and perilla gives your mouth a full nutty flavor that's honestly addictive — the kind of udon where you keep reaching for more haha. The toppings are mushroom and green onion, and both cut through the cream cleanly, so they went great together

And then came the cheese+hire and rosu katsu, plated in a way that looked really appetizing

Hire plus cheese katsu, 16,000 won

@hire+cheese katsu They said it's best to try the cheese one first, so I did — the hire+cheese katsu. This dish lets you enjoy tender hirekatsu and chewy cheese katsu at the same time, and comes with rice, soup, side dishes, sauce, and salad

I dug in quickly before the cheese cooled down, and the soft, chewy cheese stretched out beautifully — the light, savory taste of the cheese katsu was so good! Cheese katsu can easily get cloying or greasy, but Kitsuki's cheese katsu had none of that, so it was fine to eat even without sauce

The hirekatsu is made from Jirisan Berkshire K black pork tenderloin — crispy on the outside, juicy and moist inside. Being the tenderloin cut, the texture was noticeably soft and the flavor mild, pairing nicely with plain white rice

Rosukatsu, 13,000 won

@rosukatsu Rosukatsu is made from Jirisan Berkshire K black pork loin, oven-roasted for a soft, moist result

Crispy outside, tender inside — this rosukatsu is a loin cut but nearly as tender as the tenderloin! It especially went well with the perilla cream udon

Mixing in the side dishes and rice along the way made for the ultimate tonkatsu combo haha

Is Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil worth a visit?

This is the best tonkatsu spot on Bamridan-gil, especially for hirekatsu, so I'd definitely recommend trying the hire! That's my visit to Kitsuki Ilsan Bamridan-gil Branch, a Bamridan-gil favorite for tonkatsu ♡