Guro izakaya seafood ramyeon with shrimp and mussels: Robatayaki Sodam

What kind of izakaya is Robatayaki Sodam in Guro?

If you're looking for a bar near Guro Digital Complex Station with tasty snacks and great vibes too, let me recommend one of my favorite Guro bars, the izakaya Robatayaki Sodam, and kick off this post!

Robatayaki Sodam is on the 2nd floor, and it's a great spot for a date, a work dinner, or any gathering as a Guro Digital Complex bar.

How to get to Robatayaki Sodam from Guro Digital Complex Station, and where to park

This Guro bar izakaya is located close to Guro Digital Complex Station, within a 3-minute walk from Exit 1. If you're coming by car, there's a public parking lot you can use — I found the Kolon Science Valley 2 parking lot nearby! Haha!

Since we figured we'd be drinking anyway, I left the car at home today, hahahahaha.

Inside Robatayaki Sodam: counter seats and table seats

Inside, there are counter-style (dachi) seats as well as table seats, haha.

We visited with a Naver Reservation booking, and they had our reserved seats ready, so we could sit down right away, haha.

The interior really feels like Japan — the atmosphere is great and quiet enough to talk, so I'd recommend it for dates or work dinners too! Haha, and it's also quite spacious inside, haha.

Robatayaki Sodam menu and prices: grilled fish and skewers are the signature

The specialty here is grilled fish — grilled fish skewers are the signature menu. They showed us the dishes being grilled right in front of us, which was fun, and since it was grilled fresh, it was so delicious.

The soft-boiled fried egg that came as a service item was really, really good, TT hahaha. You all know how good it is to eat an egg like this before drinking, haha.

For those who can't drink, they also have soda options like this, haha.

Seafood ramyeon packed with shrimp, baby octopus and mussels

The seafood ramyeon — affordable, and packed full of seafood, so it's a dish nobody could dislike. It also pairs really well with drinks, so I'd definitely recommend it.

It's a bit pricier than typical ramyeon, but the seafood makes up for it, hahaha.

My husband, who loves firm, chewy noodles, really enjoyed this seafood ramyeon, hahaha.

The seafood is really packed in, haha — shrimp, baby octopus, mussels, and more. It's such good quality with this much packed in, and the side dish quality was quite good overall.

Yurinki at Robatayaki Sodam: as good as a Chinese restaurant

The yurinki (crispy fried chicken with tangy sauce) — a nicely tangy-sweet sauce paired perfectly with the crispy fried chicken, so delicious.

This yurinki tastes as good as one from a proper Chinese restaurant, and the vegetables underneath were generous too, making it even tastier! Haha.

It was really crispy and delicious, haha. The batter wasn't too thick either — just the right thickness — and the meat inside was tender too!

Grilled Patagonian toothfish, tender over an open flame

And the grilled toothfish. I already like grilled toothfish, so once I heard the grilled fish here is really good, there was no way I wasn't ordering it...

The sauce was really tasty too, and since the toothfish was grilled over open flame, it came out cooked through tender, haha.

The skin part was crispy too — absolutely the best! Haha.

Review-event cheese ice cream to finish

And the cheese ice cream we got from the review event.

Absolutely the best... The portion was generous too, and the cheese flavor combined with the ice cream's sweetness was so good.

The cookie on top was crispy and delicious too. If you're looking for a good bar near Guro Digital Complex Station, I recommend Robatayaki Sodam!! I'll be back next time to try the skewers, haha.