Shabu-shabu with 5 broth-matched finishes in Hapjeong, Seoul

Where is Shabu in Seoul Hapjeong Branch, and when is it open?

This is a Hapjeong Mecenatpolis restaurant, Shabu in Seoul Hapjeong Branch :) The address is B2, Delight Square 1, 14 World Cup-ro 1-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul, and it's open daily 11:00–22:00, with a break time from 15:00–17:00. Last order is 14:00 for lunch and 21:00 for dinner.

For parking at this Hapjeong restaurant, make sure to use the Delight Square 1 parking lot to get up to 3 hours free. If you park at Delight Square 2, they can't verify your parking.

How to get there from Hapjeong Station Exit 8, and what the restaurant feels like

Here's the exterior of the restaurant.

I was looking for a clean, nice place to eat shabu-shabu in Hapjeong and ended up visiting Shabu in Seoul Hapjeong Branch.

It's close to Hapjeong Station Exit 8, so it was easy to find, and being inside Mecenatpolis made it even more accessible.

The interior overall felt clean and calm. The tables had decent spacing between them, and the booth partitions made it easy to focus on the meal.

It felt comfortable for dates, of course, but also fine for casual chats with friends or family meals.

Choosing meat and broth: black pork, prime Angus, hanwoo and wagyu

At Shabu in Seoul, you get to pick your meat and broth according to your taste. They have everything from 1st-grade black pork to prime Angus chuck flat, chuck flap tail, hanwoo (Korean beef), and wagyu. For broth, you could choose from clear mushroom, spicy mushroom, blue crab doenjang, sukiyaki, and beef tomato.

Vegetable-packed shabu-shabu and Vietnamese rice paper rolls at Shabu in Seoul

I love loading shabu-shabu up with vegetables and eating it together with the meat, so I added the ingredients one by one and cooked them. Dipping the meat briefly in the bubbling broth and pulling it out gave a soft texture with all the juiciness still there, and pairing it with vegetables made it light and clean.

And the Vietnamese rice paper rolls turned out to be more fun than I expected. Placing meat and vegetables on rice paper, rolling it up, and dipping it in the sauce — the crunch of the vegetables and the chewiness of the meat came together perfectly.

If you're looking for Vietnamese rice paper rolls in Hapjeong, it's worth enjoying them together with the shabu-shabu here.

Five finishing meals, one for each broth

With shabu-shabu, the final meal matters just as much — and a distinctive thing about Shabu in Seoul Hapjeong Branch is that the finishing dish changes depending on which broth you chose.

• Clear mushroom broth — egg porridge
• Spicy mushroom broth — rose risotto
• Blue crab doenjang broth — doenjang rice roll
• Sukiyaki — yakisoba
• Beef tomato — tomato risotto

Instead of just eating meat and vegetables from start to finish, properly finishing off the meal with a proper final dish made it pretty filling as a full meal.

Is Shabu in Seoul worth it for lunch or dinner at Mecenatpolis?

If you're looking for a good shabu-shabu spot in Hapjeong or trying to decide on lunch or dinner at Mecenatpolis, this place is worth a visit. I especially liked being able to choose the meat and broth to my own taste, and getting to enjoy Vietnamese rice paper rolls alongside it made it a great fit for a day when I wanted to eat a variety of things. If you're looking for shabu-shabu in Hapjeong, enjoy a warm, filling meal at Shabu in Seoul Hapjeong Branch :)