Gasan Japanese restaurant: ₩39,000 after-work sushi course, Gapposo

Today I went solo dining at Gasan Digital Complex Station after work! There's an amazing Japanese restaurant just 5 minutes on foot from the station, so I went to check it out. This is my review of enjoying an omakase-level sushi course for under ₩40,000! Let's get into it ✨

Where Gapposo is, opening hours and parking

Gapposo is at 144 Gasan Digital 2-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Hyundai Terra Tower Gasan DK 1F Unit 106.

• Location: 144 Gasan Digital 2-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul, Hyundai Terra Tower Gasan DK 1F Unit 106
• Hours: weekdays 11:30–22:00 / Saturday 11:00–20:00
• Closed Sundays
• Parking: free for 2 hours in the basement lot

Inside Gapposo at 6:40 pm on a Thursday

This is what it looked like at 6:40 pm on a Thursday. Everyone seemed to be off work and out with friends, and since it's a district full of offices, there were also a lot of teams having a work dinner together. There are group tables and two-tops too, so you can sit in different setups depending on your party 👍🏻

I was solo dining, so I sat at a two-top haha

Whoa, the Monday lunch sushi set is ₩11,000. Shouldn't everyone just have to go to Gapposo on Mondays? Eight kinds of nigiri plus udon — that's insane value! I'm so jealous of everyone who can eat sashimi at lunch near Gasan Digital Complex 🥹

Gapposo menu and prices

• Gapposo lunch omakase: ₩29,000
• Sake pairing set menu (per person): ₩35,000
• Gapposo aged sashimi platter (per person): ₩28,000
• Gapposo Set Sushi 19: ₩19,000
• Gapposo Special Sushi 28: ₩28,000
• Gapposo Kaisendon 18: ₩18,000
• Gapposo Kaisendon 29: ₩29,000
• Sakedon 15: ₩15,000
• Sakedon 19: ₩19,000
• Unagidong: ₩20,000
• Tempura rice bowl: ₩15,000
• Sushi course 39 / 49: ₩39,000
• Premium bento 52: ₩52,000
• Gapposo bento set 39: ₩39,000
• Akita Inaniwa cold udon: ₩15,000
• Gapposo lunch sushi 13: ₩13,000
• Korean-style hoedeopbap (raw fish rice bowl): ₩11,000
• Salmon crab roll: ₩25,000
• Futomaki: ₩30,000
• Grilled merou: ₩26,000
• Ankimo (monkfish liver): ₩15,000
• Takoyaki: ₩12,000
• Cream shrimp tempura: ₩20,000
• Spicy chicken karaage: ₩20,000
• Crab miso shell pasta: ₩26,000
• Spicy abalone innard pasta: ₩26,000
• Shrimp/vegetable tempura: ₩20,000
• Nagasaki nabe: ₩28,000
• Sukiyaki: ₩35,000
• Tomakado: ₩9,000

What the ₩39,000 sushi course for one includes

I ordered the ₩39,000 solo sushi course and the cheapest sake on the menu haha

The first course of the ₩39,000 sushi course was the appetizer — raw shrimp and seaweed stem tossed together in a sauce. It was seriously delicious!!!

The raw shrimp melted in my mouth and had amazing flavor 😎 Best appetizer ever haha

Flame-seared uni served as the kobachi

After the appetizer comes the kobachi — apparently 'kobachi' means 'small bowl' in Japanese! And sure enough, seeing the uni (sea urchin) served in a small bowl, I guess this counts as the kobachi course. The uni had this deep smoky char to it and was such a special treat ㅠㅠ 🧡 So good!!!!

Four kinds of sashimi, with Spanish mackerel the standout

Four kinds of sashimi! The ₩39,000 course comes with 4 kinds of sashimi, and the ₩49,000 comes with 5 kinds. It said '4 kinds' not '4 pieces,' so I got 5 pieces?! The types looked like salmon, sea bream, spanish mackerel, and tuna! The one on top was spanish mackerel, and it was seriously so good... I had to ask what fish it was ㅠ

Grilled sablefish worth ordering again

This grilled fish, served in such a unique way, was grilled sablefish! It was grilled so well that honestly, if I had to pick just one dish to eat again next time, it'd be this. Not a single bone, the flesh was tender, the skin was chewy, and whatever sauce they brushed on while grilling it was insanely savory. I really enjoyed this one ㅠㅠㅠ❤️

The tempura was shrimp, pepper, and croquette, and the batter was thin and crispy in just the right way, so it was delicious! 👍🏻

10 pieces of sushi — a full meal on their own

Almost the last course, 10 pieces of sushi. By this point I was already full, but it's not over yet! lol The sushi course just keeps going!!! Raw shrimp, salmon, tuna, eel, futomaki, and more — this single dish alone had enough volume to be a full meal. If you want to try the sushi course but don't usually eat much, I really recommend going with the ₩39,000 option!

Finished it off with warm udon. Properly enjoyed a solo Japanese dinner near Gasan Digital Complex... so incredibly full

Finishing a whole tokkuri (sake flask) alone turned out to be too much, so I stopped while I was still in a good mood!! To think you can enjoy an omakase-level course like this for ₩39,000 on a weekday evening near Gasan Digital Complex — I'm touched, thanks for reading.