Songdo sushi restaurant: beating the weekday lunch line, Sushi Doku

Here's my detailed review of Sushi Doku The Songdo (스시도쿠 더송도), a great sushi spot in Songdo, Incheon~

Sushi Doku The Songdo hours, location and parking

Sushi Doku The Songdo is open daily 11:00–21:00, with a break from 14:30 to 17:00 and last order at 20:15. There are no regular days off. It's on the 2nd floor of Onesta Mall, 68 m from Exit 2 of Tekeunopakeu Station, and if you use the Onesta Mall car park you get 2 hours of free parking.

Sushi Doku is a hugely popular sushi place in Seoul too, and since there's a branch in Songdo, we went! It's inside Onesta Mall, so the car park is big and convenient, which makes it easy to visit haha

The restaurant is super clean and spacious! It looks great for a date or a family dinner haha

How long is the weekday lunch wait at Sushi Doku The Songdo?

There was no wait when we went in at the weekday 11am opening, but by the time we finished and came out, a line had formed!! From 11:30 to 12:30 there were about 10 people waiting the whole time~ You can join the waitlist through Catchtable, so keep that in mind~

Sushi Doku The Songdo menu

The menu has sushi sets and sashimi, and you can also order à la carte sushi.

There's a huge variety of à la carte sushi, and they have highballs and drinks too!

What comes with the ₩25,900 Premium Sushi Special Set?

🐽🐽 The couple ordered two Premium Sushi Special Sets (10 pieces) at ₩25,900 each. Wow, maybe because it's a set meal, it comes with not just sushi but salad, chawanmushi (savory steamed egg custard), udon and tempura, so it's really generous!!

Truffle chawanmushi (steamed egg custard)

I tried a bite of the truffle chawanmushi before the sushi and wow, it's so soft and perfectly seasoned, seriously delicious! It has a subtle truffle aroma, plus shrimp and ginkgo nuts inside, which is lovely haha. It's officially the female 🐽's best steamed egg ever!

Half udon with free refills

Udon with free refills...! It has fried tofu and a Nemo fish cake inside haha. It's so nice to sip the broth when you need something warm between pieces of sushi.

Salad

It's fresh and tangy, and tasty as a palate cleanser. Feels like my mouth got refreshed~

Tempura: 2 karaage and 1 shrimp tempura

Warm, juicy karaage (Japanese fried chicken)!! Sushi Doku The Songdo does fried food well too.

The shrimp tempura is totally crunchy too!! It's almost hand-sized ✋🏻 and the shrimp is really plump, so good. I'll be full before I even get to the sushi haha

The 10 pieces of the special set, one by one

Finally, the main event, the sushi! There's a little brush for putting soy sauce on, which struck me as so neat at first haha. Once I used it, it's really convenient. Full marks for thoughtfulness.

Red sea bream (madai)

Red sea bream, a white fish! Maybe because it's aged well, you can taste the sweetness of the white fish, with a nicely chewy texture~ The slice is thick and fresh, the best. The rice is well seasoned and loosens nicely in the mouth, so it's textbook sushi. It's been a while since I had sushi and I'm so happy hahaha

Salmon

Thick and long salmon sushi! I love salmon's clean, soft flavor, and this is really good.

Flounder topped with ankimo

Flounder topped with ankimo (monkfish liver)! I love flounder's signature chewy texture haha. The ankimo on top adds flavor too, and they go together well!

Akami (lean tuna)

The red tuna is absolutely gorgeous. There's a slight tang and it melts in your mouth. Sushi Doku's tuna is sooo yummy!!!

Ika (squid)

The squid is thick, with a chewy, crunchy texture and a rich flavor, so this one is really good~

Red snow crab meat

Everyone knows crab meat is delicious haha. As sushi, it's heavenly.

Ankimo (monkfish liver)

Packed with super rich ankimo!! I normally don't eat it much, but Sushi Doku's ankimo is really nutty and rich, with a deep flavor that's different from uni (sea urchin). A delicacy!

Sweet shrimp, red shrimp and eel

The sweet shrimp (danssaeu) has a lovely sweet, rich flesh! Sweet shrimp is the best, absolutely top.

The red shrimp is plump and springy, so there's nothing to complain about~ You can feel the freshness of the thick shrimp meat.

And the eel, wow, look at that thick eel~ With the sweet sauce and the thick eel, eating it in one bite is incredibly satisfying.

Free otoro from the Naver review event

At Sushi Doku The Songdo we got otoro (fatty tuna belly) sushi through the Naver review event!! I mean, giving otoro sushi for a review event,,, and they even give one per person!

🐽🐽 The tuna belly is thick and marbled, like the couple's own belly fat. It melts the moment you put it in your mouth with that rich, oily tuna flavor!!! Yum, yum. Or am I imagining that tears are coming out of my mouth,,,

In the end we cleaned out this whole big meal. Maybe because it's a set meal, there was no feeling of still being hungry at all haha

Plum tea, mouthwash and floss after the meal

There's plum tea to drink after the meal~ Sweet and warm, great as a dessert. It cleanses your mouth haha

On top of that, they even have mouthwash, floss and toothpicks. Thumbs up to the owner's thoughtfulness 👍👍

Sushi Doku The Songdo: final verdict

Sushi Doku Songdo in Incheon has a clean, spacious restaurant and easy parking, so the meal was very comfortable. The sushi set, which comes with plenty of sides besides the sushi, was good in both taste and value haha. The fish on the sushi was thick and fresh, and you could taste each ingredient, so every single piece was a moment of being moved! I recommend Sushi Doku Songdo to anyone looking for a good sushi place in Songdo, Incheon, or a spot for a date or a gathering~