Free-parking BBQ restaurant in Daepyeong-dong, Sejong: Hanmaeum

I visited Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang Sejong Daepyeong Branch, a Sejong playroom restaurant with a spacious, comfortable playroom that makes it easy to eat with a kid.

Parking at Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang: ground lot or underground?

There's a wide ground-level lot right in front of the building, so parking is easy at Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang Sejong Daepyeong Branch — the building's basement lot is also available. For the basement lot you need to ask the restaurant to register your car, but the ground lot lets you exit free with no registration needed.

Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang Sejong Daepyeong Branch is a premium dry-aged raw meat specialist where you can use the Livelihood Recovery Consumption Coupon.

Opening hours and the second-floor window seats

This Daepyeong-dong, Sejong favorite is spacious, comfortable and clean, so it's great for a family meal or a group gathering. It's open daily from 11:30 to 22:00, so it's good for a lunchtime BBQ too. Weekdays have a break time from 15:00 to 17:00, while weekends run straight through with no break.

Since the restaurant is on the second floor, a window seat gives you an open view while you enjoy delicious meat at a wide table with comfortable seating.

The wide tables also make this a good spot for group meetups or company dinners.

144-hour dry-aged fresh pork and the playroom

Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang is a dry-aged raw meat specialist officially certified with Korea's first meat-aging technology by Germany's Moguntia Food Group. They say the meat is aged twice over 144 hours in a dedicated meat fridge, giving it the best flavor and texture.

And there's a spacious, clean, safe playroom, so you can eat comfortably even with a child along.

The playroom is big enough for kids to run around happily, it's easy to see inside, and the facilities are set up safely.

Aged half-pig 500g for 39,000 won: five cuts in one set

The aged pork half (500g) set at ₩39,000 comes with pork belly, five-layer belly, neck, jowl and cheek — dry-aged raw meat with a good variety of cuts all in one, great for two people to share and taste a bit of everything.

And the side dishes come out in good variety too.

Doenjang stew and jjolmyeon come free

A doenjang jjigae (soybean paste stew) comes complimentary, and you cook it on the induction burner at the table — it's packed with tofu and zucchini and tastes great, plus refills are free!

Jjolmyeon (chewy cold noodles) also comes as a free service — loaded with spicy-tangy sauce, scallion strips, bean sprouts and cabbage, it's delicious paired with the meat or eaten on its own~

The gat-kimchi (mustard leaf kimchi) and geotjeori (fresh cabbage kimchi) taste house-made and delicious

Savory seasoned bean sprouts and macaroni salad

Pickled radish and seasoned onion to cut through the richness of the meat

Cabbage salad with a savory sauce, lettuce, ssamjang (dipping sauce), garlic — with such a wide range of sides to go with the meat, the aged raw meat tastes even better.

There's a neatly organized self-bar, so you can refill any side dishes you run low on yourself.

Neck, jowl and cheek meat: grilling order and taste

We put the thick-cut neck meat on the grill first — the grill has strong heat, so the meat cooks up beautifully.

The golden-brown grilled neck meat is well aged with absolutely no gamey smell, and the thick-cut slices are juicy, tender and really delicious!

While enjoying the neck meat, we started grilling pork belly and five-layer belly together on the grill

The pork belly and five-layer belly have a good ratio of meat to fat, with a chewy texture and a savory meaty aroma so good you can eat them plain — but they're just as great wrapped with vegetables!

We finished up with the jowl and cheek meat~ Jowl and cheek are pricier cuts, but when you order the aged pork half set at Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang, they come along with the neck, pork belly and five-layer belly, so you get to enjoy a full range of cuts.

Is Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang worth a visit?

I'd recommend this Daepyeong-dong, Sejong favorite, Hanmaeum Jeongyuk Sikdang Sejong Daepyeong Branch — the playroom is well set up so you can eat comfortably with a kid, the dry-aged raw meat is genuinely high quality and delicious, the jjolmyeon, doenjang stew and assorted side dishes all come out generously, and the self-bar is neatly stocked too.