Songdo sushi restaurant with baby chairs at opening: Sushi Doku

Sushi Doku The Songdo, in Incheon's Songdo neighborhood, is a place I've been back to so many times I've lost count — this is genuinely one of my favorite sushi restaurants in Songdo! It's really good, so waiting is basically a given.. If you hate waiting, go right at opening time even on a weekday (it fills up within 15 minutes of opening).

Full five minutes after opening, even on a weekday

Sushi Doku The Songdo is in Onesta Mall, which connects to Songdo Hyundai Outlet! We got there about 5 minutes before weekday opening.

My husband finally took a day off, so we all went out together one day — that's when it hit me that between pregnancy, giving birth, and raising a baby, I couldn't even remember the last time I ate sushi.

There was clearly no one around, right? But once we walked in, people just appeared from nowhere and the place was completely packed;;

Can you bring a baby? Baby chairs and seating at Sushi Doku The Songdo

Sushi Doku The Songdo has seats spread out widely across the space, and baby chairs are fully available. (The staff were so kind to the baby 😢 Thank you so much..💕💕)

I always notice this, but I love how upscale and private the restaurant feels!

Tablet ordering and the free otoro for a receipt review

You order using the tablet on the table, and if you leave a Naver receipt review, you get one free piece of sushi (the piece you get is otoro 🍣)

Very cold water is set out, and the utensils come wrapped nicely in paper. The spoon for the broth is in the drawer! The drawer also has extra chopsticks, wet wipes and more!

Here's the menu at this Songdo sushi restaurant! We had the premium sushi set!

+) You can request to have wasabi added or left off!

What comes with the premium sushi set

Yes.. this is it.. this is what I live for..^^ I love this generous — how should I put it — perfect combination of salad + udon + fried food + chawanmushi that Sushi Doku does 👍👍👍

The sushi quality is insane every single time! You get flounder + red seabream + salmon + squid + spot shrimp, akami tuna + sweet shrimp + snow crab + eel + ankimo — 10 pieces in total!

The ankimo (monkfish liver) has a deep ocean flavor with a texture like biting into thick red bean paste! So chewy and satisfying! It's my favorite alongside the shrimp every time I come!! I always give the eel and tuna to my husband haha

The half-size udon and the fried items

The udon is a half portion, but even that's filling;; my husband eats a huge amount usually, but here he barely finishes it!! The Nemo fish cake I always see is so cute too....💕

One fried shrimp and two pieces of karaage! There's much more of the tangy sauce underneath!

Genuinely the best palate cleanser.. don't a lot of people love karaage..? Not the tiny shrunken kind, the plump chunky kind.

What sauce do they use for the salad?? It's ridiculously good, really.

Truffle chawanmushi

It's labeled truffle chawanmushi (steamed egg custard) and comes in an adorable little bowl! Super, super silky steamed egg! Dig all the way down and gingko nuts and shrimp pop out 💕

Brush on the soy sauce and start with the white fish: the eating order

The brush.. is for brushing soy sauce nicely onto the sushi! I only use it for the first piece and after that I'm just dunking and devouring like a pig^^

The first bite has to be the flounder, right..? Because the staff told us to start with white fish..!

After the flounder my mouth just opened up and I started inhaling everything.. I was so happy I barely remember the eating process, just devouring it all up.

Sipping the udon broth in between every so often — that clean, refreshed feeling makes me so happy.

Why do I love shrimp so much? I want to eat it raw too. It's genuinely sweet.

The snow crab is another true favorite of mine. Thinking about it, even the relatively cheaper pieces here use surprisingly good ingredients — it's a place that just makes you feel good about it!

The salmon is completely buttery-soft ㅠㅠ I don't think I can eat smoked salmon anymore.. it just won't satisfy me now.

Would I go back? Final word on Sushi Doku The Songdo

As a shrimp fanatic, I always end with shrimp. I want to keep tasting you all the way home ㅠ I'm full but I still want more..

Sushi Doku is so, so good.. every time I go it's completely packed so there's a wait, but it's so, so delicious that I'll be back.. I really recommend it to everyone!!