Hongdae sushi restaurant with Naruto wall art and bar seats: Yu Iksang

Yu Iksang Sushi (유익상스시) is a Hongdae sushi favorite where thick, long-tailed pieces make for a tasty, filling meal!

Yu Iksang Sushi location and opening hours

Yu Iksang Sushi is at 18-7 Wausan-ro 23-gil, Unit 101, Mapo-gu, Seoul, 335 m from Exit 9 of Hongik Univ. Station. It is open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–21:00, with last order at 20:00, and closed every Monday.

It's right by Hongik Univ. Station! Come out of the super-hot Exit 9 and head behind Seogyo Elementary School. It's so famous as a Hongdae sushi spot that it was packed even on a weekday evening!! There are bar seats too, so it's great for eating solo, and also for a cozy Hongdae date (ꈍヮꈍ)ෆ

Bar seats at Yu Iksang Sushi: good for solo meals and dates?

The bar seats have a spot under the chair to put your things, so you can stash your bag and eat comfortably. We sat at the bar on a weekday evening!

Customers kept coming in nonstop, so I was already excited before eating, and once I tried it, it was seriously delicious ⁽⁽ପ( •ु﹃ •ु) .⑅*♡

Naruto and One Piece art, and the owner's poem on the wall

The owner must love Naruto and One Piece! I like Naruto too, haha. That Naruto drawing has such a vibe... I want it... Kakashi's Sharingan.. I wish I had a Sharingan too, lol.

He seems to write poetry(?) too! It's pinned to the wall and it's somehow a really good piece of writing..!! I was sunk in emotion reading it, but my friend said the owner is a total "N" (intuitive type)... a very "S" (sensing type) thing to say, lol.

Yu Iksang Sushi Couple A Plus price and weekday discount

The Couple A Plus sushi set at Yu Iksang Sushi is ₩56,000, and I hear it's discounted to ₩46,000 on weekdays from 3pm to 5pm. I grabbed the menu from Naver!

Even going alone and ordering just Yu Iksang Sushi, you'd probably be stuffed and super satisfied! As a Hongdae sushi spot good for dates, there's a couple set menu too!! They even give you a drink as a freebie, so the value is totally on point~ When you want sushi in Hongdae, it's Yu Iksang Sushi, no question ₍՞◌′ᵕ‵ू◌₎♡

Salad, shrimp tempura and udon before the sushi

Couple A Plus comes with salad, shrimp tempura, udon (thick noodle soup) and broth, plus a free drink! The udon and broth are one bowl per person. A salad piled with flying fish roe, crispy shrimp tempura, then a spicy-hot udon really wakes up your appetite, lol. Perfect before the sushi, haha.

The shrimp tempura was even tastier than I expected! The shrimp inside was plump with a great bite. The udon noodles were super soft and slid right down, and the broth was so spicy-hot I kept sipping it.

What sushi comes in the Couple A Plus set?

The Couple A Plus at Yu Iksang Sushi has salmon sushi, then swordfish-style white fish (jeomseongeo), tuna, beef, tamago aburi (egg, torched), garlic shrimp aburi and garlic aburi sushi. There's even a flower decoration in the middle.

Tada, the Couple A Plus sushi arrives~! The look is insane?? And the amount is seriously huge, right, lol. With the flower decoration in the middle, it really lifts the Hongdae date mood, haha?

So many kinds of sushi come out in a generous spread, and it's really satisfying! I'd been wanting sushi lately and finally got it ( ๑ ᴖ ᴈ ᴖ)ᴖ ᴑ ᴖ๑)ෆ It was my first time having sushi sprinkled with tempura crumbs, and it's the kicker, isn't it??

Long-tailed salmon sushi and tempura-crumb mayo sushi

The salmon sushi at Yu Iksang Sushi has such a long tail that it wraps the rice completely, lol. I started with the salmon, and it melts in your mouth ㅠㅠ so soft and rich.

Honestly I don't know my fish types well, so I just ate the next ones, but anyway delicious!! Lol. The mayo has tempura crumbs, so it's rich yet adds a crispy texture, which is so different and tasty!! The beef sushi is, like, wow, with a great chewy bite!!

Tuna sushi, and go easy on the wasabi

The wasabi at Yu Iksang Sushi is on the spicy side, so go easy.. The red one is tuna, right..? Lol. Brushed with soy sauce and topped with wasabi, it's clean and just right. I like wasabi so I piled it on and ended up in tears, lol. The fish is thick so a bit is fine, but don't add too much, haha.

See how long the tail is?? Wow, you can feel the majesty of a Hongdae sushi hotspot. I ate just the fish without the rice, and it really felt like eating super fresh, thick sashimi, lol. My friend was also shocked, saying they'd never seen fish this thick, haha.

Sushi topped with aged kimchi

In person it's even thicker.. the photo doesn't seem to capture it, tsk. I want that aged kimchi (mugeunji) sushi again.. the chew is seriously crazy. Yu Iksang Sushi, the Hongdae sushi spot where you can feel sushi filling your whole mouth~

Yu Iksang Sushi rolls: are the portions big?

The rolls at Yu Iksang Sushi have cabbage, egg and shrimp tempura inside, and every one is huge, so you fill up fast!! The rolls are amazing too. It's a Hongdae sushi spot great for a hearty meal, so I totally recommend it to big-eater couples!!

Free fried eggplant sushi from the owner

The owner even gave us fried eggplant sushi as a freebie!! Best owner ever (ꈍヮꈍ)ෆ It's full of eggplant juice inside, so moist and so good ㅠㅠㅠ

Dinner done and it was so good~! With the weekday Couple A Plus sushi set discount, Yu Iksang Sushi is a Hongdae sushi spot great for a date with big value!