Wagyu BBQ near Gil Hospital, Incheon: platter and naengmyeon, Dodanga

What is Dodanga Guwol Main Branch?

Dodanga Guwol Main Branch (대도가 구월점) is a wagyu beef restaurant in an alley near Gil Hospital in Guwol-dong, Incheon. It is open Mon–Sat 11:00–22:00, with a break from 15:00 to 17:00, and closed on Sundays. Groups, reservations, takeout, high chairs and parking are all available.

Today I went to Dodanga, the beef place in Guwol-dong!!! It's super popular and famous around here, and it sits in an alley near Gil Hospital. From the Gil Hospital intersection, just walk a little way down the Mercedes showroom alley, haha. You can park in front of the restaurant too, so driving is fine!

Dodanga uses carefully selected wagyu, and since the beef is aged, it just melts in your mouth, haha. Every time I go I'm genuinely blown away. It's honestly my absolute favorite beef place.

Dining room and private rooms at Dodanga Guwol

When you walk in, you see the hall tables right away, and there are separate rooms further inside. Dodanga in Guwol-dong is so popular that it gets packed every evening, weekdays included.

Go past the restrooms and head inside, and you'll find a room on the right, so it's a private option for company dinners or get-togethers too!!

How much is the Dodanga lunch set?

The lunch set at Dodanga Guwol is ₩16,000 and includes 100g of assorted wagyu plus either fried rice or doenjang (soybean paste) rice. Come at lunch and you get it for a much more reasonable price, haha. Amazing value T_T

I ordered the wagyu platter (Wagyu Daedo Hanpan)!! And I went for the full set with cold noodles and kkakdugi bokkeumbap (diced radish kimchi fried rice) too.

What side dishes come with the Dodanga table setting?

Once you order, Dodanga Guwol sets you up with cabbage, kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi), spicy pickled peppers, radish wraps (musseam), garlic, fresh wasabi, vegetables for grilling and pajeori (seasoned scallion salad), haha.

Cabbage and kkakdugi came out. You cook the cabbage on the grill plate.

The spicy pickled peppers came out, and why are they so good T_T The radish wraps and garlic came too.

Fresh wasabi and vegetables for grilling came too: onions, bean sprouts, shishito-style peppers, scallions, mushrooms and more.

They gave us a generous heap of pajeori to portion out! This scallion salad is seriously savory and so good, haha.

Which cuts are in the Wagyu Daedo Hanpan platter?

The wagyu platter (Wagyu Daedo Hanpan) at Dodanga is an assorted set of chuck flap (salchi-sal), ribeye cap (gukhwa-sal) and raw sirloin (saeng-deungsim). Wait a little and they slice it up and bring it right over, haha. They tell you the name of each cut, so it's easy to know what you're eating!!!

Seriously, the meat quality is so good. Just looking at it, the marbling is a dream T_T They put one piece of each cut on first. Raw or cooked, it's just so pretty...

They cut it up and cooked the pieces that needed a bit more time.

As expected, the first bite is best with just the meat!! It melts the second it hits your mouth!! In that one bite you really feel, "so this is what really good beef is." It melts in your mouth T_T

Vegetables grilled in beef fat

They took the meat off and grilled all the vegetables in one go!!!

They cooked them quickly and portioned them out again, haha. Maybe because the vegetables are grilled in beef fat, they're really good, haha.

Once the vegetables were roughly done, they pulled them off quickly and refilled the meat! The marbling is no joke, and I bet it'd be good even raw. They slice it up in a flash, swish swish!!!

How were Dodanga's kkakdugi fried rice and naengmyeon?

At Dodanga Guwol they also brought out miyeok-guk (seaweed soup) while we grilled, and the kkakdugi fried rice was reheated on the grill plate until it got crispy nurungji (scorched rice). The cold noodles had ice slush floating in them and went great with the meat.

I'd asked them to prepare the meal items together and they brought them out right away, but I was busy grilling and couldn't eat yet, haha. So once the meat was done, they reheated it on the grill plate.

I'm a nurungji person!! It's really good.

The cold noodles with floating ice slush are the best!!!

As a proper Guwol-dong BBQ place, it's good with whatever you pair it with!!!!

Is Dodanga Guwol good for work dinners and gatherings?

Dodanga Guwol has separate rooms inside, and they even have mouthwash and a deodorizing spray ready for the end of the meal, so it's perfect for company dinners and gatherings. The owner is always so kind too, though honestly the taste is the kindest of all, haha.

It melts in your mouth T_T I want to eat it again. If you're looking for beef in Guwol-dong, go to Dodanga!!! Guwol-dong residents and office workers, please visit!!