# Gangseo eel restaurant for solo hitsumabushi and umaki: Kikukawa - By Irin (https://superchart.com/en/@spare-chopstick/) - Written Sep 12, 2026 - Local places › Restaurants › Gangseo, Seoul - Sponsored: This visit was sponsored by the business. - English edition: https://superchart.com/en/@spare-chopstick/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/ - Also in: [한국어](https://superchart.com/ko/@spare-chopstick/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/index.md) ## In short Unagi Yondaime Kikukawa One Grove Branch is an eel rice bowl restaurant in Gangseo, Seoul. I enjoyed its premium hitsumabushi and umaki in stages, from the eel itself to toppings and dashi broth, and had such a relaxing solo meal. Verdict: a place I want to revisit for a proper eel rice bowl. ## Good to know - **Location**: Building A, 1F, E101 and E102, 165 Gonghang-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - **Hours**: Daily 10:30–22:00 - **Last order**: 20:50 - **Premium unaju**: ₩48,000 - **Mentaiko premium hitsumabushi**: ₩60,000 - **Mentaiko hitsumabushi**: ₩48,000 - **Premium hitsumabushi**: ₩50,000 - **Hitsumabushi**: ₩38,000 - **Umaki**: ₩15,000 or ₩8,000 - **Private rooms**: Up to 4 people per room - **Amenities**: Counter seats and high chairs available *as written by the visitor on Sep 12, 2026* ![Signature dish at an eel rice bowl restaurant in Magok](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-01-16sgl-1200.webp) ## Eel rice bowls at One Grove Mall by Magok Station There’s a great eel rice bowl place that opened by Magok Station in January, and I’d wanted to go sooo badly for ages, so I finally went this time haha. First of all, the restaurant was incredibly clean, and the eel rice bowl was seriously insanely delicious..ㅠㅠ Come out of Exit 2 at Magok Station and head to Building A of One Grove Mall—you’ll see it!!! Here I am at Building A of One Grove Mall! Since it’s on the first floor, I think it was pretty easy to find. ![Exterior of Kikukawa in Building A of One Grove Mall](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-02-17004-966.webp) It’s the place with Japanese writing like this haha. It says Kikukawa in English! Ooh, it was spotless from the exterior alone, seriously ㅠ Old-school places have their charm too, but I feel like I’m more into clean-looking restaurants these days. Apparently it was selected by Michelin in 2019 too!! I’d wanted to come so badly, so I was sooo excited haha. ## A spacious interior, counter seats, and rooms for four The interior was crazy. Totally clean and super spacious!! ![Clean and spacious eel rice bowl restaurant interior](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-03-1p7tf-966.webp) ![Spacious restaurant seating](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-04-y7u7z-966.webp) Honestly, I usually prefer grilled eel to eel rice bowls, but after coming here I realized that a truly great eel rice bowl restaurant just tastes different haha. There were seriously lots of seats too. It would be so nice for a group lunch with coworkers, and I really recommend it as a date spot too. ![Restaurant seating suited to a lunch gathering](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-05-1h5qw-966.webp) ![Table seating mentioned as a date space](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-06-k4oqf-966.webp) Honestly, eel rice bowls tend to be on the pricier side, so I wanted to go somewhere for a proper one haha. They have counter seats too! They open right onto the kitchen like that, so you can watch the eel being cooked. So reassuring, seriously haha. ![Counter seats with a view of the kitchen](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-07-16r5y-966.webp) Hygiene is especially important in summer, and since this is seafood too, I feel like I can just trust a place with such an open kitchen. And besides the table seating, there were private rooms too!!!! You can eat in total privacy. Each room holds four people, so it would be perfect for a date or even a blind date, right? They even have high chairs~~ Totally perfect!! ![Private room that seats up to four people](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-08-21ce3-966.webp) ## Ordering premium hitsumabushi and umaki They set out the menu and hojicha (roasted green tea) like this. That hojicha was so good that I drank that much all by myself lol. ![Menu and hojicha on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-09-ifidv-966.webp) ![Eel rice bowl restaurant menu](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-10-dpo0u-966.webp) ![Eel rice bowl menu guide](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-11-1lnr5-966.webp) ![Hitsumabushi menu guide](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-12-13vnl-966.webp) ![Menu featuring umaki](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-13-1tcwk-966.webp) ![Eel rice bowl menu on the table](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-14-14zgy-966.webp) - Premium unaju ₩48,000 - Mentaiko premium hitsumabushi ₩60,000 - Mentaiko hitsumabushi ₩48,000 - Premium hitsumabushi ₩50,000 - Hitsumabushi ₩38,000 I ordered the premium hitsumabushi and umaki here. Umaki is an eel omelet roll, and they have ₩15,000 and ₩8,000 options. ![Table setting with tare sauce and sansho pepper powder](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-15-cnp8v-966.webp) ## How to enjoy hitsumabushi The white teapot-like container holds tare sauce, and the black container has sansho pepper powder. - Taste the eel on its own - Enjoy it with the toppings - Serve eel and rice into your small bowl, then add dashi broth My eel rice bowl finally arrived ㅠㅠ It was presented so neatly that it felt like I was being treated to a precious meal. And when the food comes out, a staff member explains how to eat it. ![Neatly served premium hitsumabushi](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-16-owaro-966.webp) ![Hitsumabushi setting explained by a staff member](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-17-632ko-966.webp) It has a whole eel in it. ₩50,000 is admittedly brutal, but once you taste it, you understand the price. It was seriously so delicious ㅠㅠㅠ ![Hitsumabushi with a whole eel](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-18-l47cs-966.webp) It also came with all kinds of toppings: scallions, wasabi, shredded seaweed, salad, soup, and more!!!!! First, I tried enjoying the pure flavor of the eel. Seriously, this is exactly what people mean when they say something melts in your mouth ㅠㅠㅠ ![Enjoying the pure flavor of eel in hitsumabushi](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-19-q8e62-966.webp) Ah, seeing the photo makes me want it again ㅠㅠㅠ The eel rice bowl I had in Japan was so good, and this was honestly just as delicious!! Then I had a bite topped with wasabi and scallions. It was a meal by myself, but I enjoyed it so leisurely. Eel rice bowls go amazingly well with wasabi, you know. I hated that it disappeared little by little with every bite ㅠㅠㅠㅠ And this umaki!! It’s an eel omelet roll, and it was huge and soft. Is there anyone who could dislike this ㅠㅠ It seriously melted in my mouth. I totally recommend ordering this too!!!! It’s a flavor you can’t try at an ordinary restaurant. Then I tried a bite with tare sauce drizzled over it too haha. I was such a mess, filming a video while pouring the tare sauce lolllll. ![Eel rice bowl drizzled with tare sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-20-zsehb-966.webp) ![Eel and rice eaten with tare sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-21-1j0hd-966.webp) This tare sauce was so delicious too. Mix it into the rice, then eat it with the eel~~ ![A bite of eel rice bowl with tare sauce](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-22-160jl-966.webp) If someone offered to buy me something delicious, I’d want to come here haha. And finally, serve yourself some eel and rice, add the dashi broth, and eat it that way!! You have to eat this to say you’ve had hitsumabushi~ ![Hitsumabushi mixed with dashi broth](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-23-achqg-966.webp) I added scallions and shredded seaweed, then properly scraped the bowl clean haha. It was so delicious ㅠㅠㅠ I really enjoyed eating alone at such a relaxed pace, and it was the most healing meal I’d had in a while haha. ![A relaxed solo eel rice bowl meal](https://img.superchart.com/images/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki-24-1fqa7-966.webp) ## Where it is - Unagi Yondaime Kikukawa One Grove Branch (우나기 욘다이메 키쿠카와 원그로브점) - Building A, 1F, E101 and E102, 165 Gonghang-daero, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, South Korea - 서울특별시 강서구 공항대로 165 A동 1층 E101호, E102호 - 37.5616928, 126.825871 - Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/search/%EC%9A%B0%EB%82%98%EA%B8%B0%20%EC%9A%98%EB%8B%A4%EC%9D%B4%EB%A9%94%20%ED%82%A4%EC%BF%A0%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80%20%EC%9B%90%EA%B7%B8%EB%A1%9C%EB%B8%8C%EC%A0%90/@37.5616928,126.825871,17z --- Superchart · https://superchart.com/en/@spare-chopstick/magok-unagi-hitsumabushi-umaki/ · https://superchart.com/llms.txt