Dongnae, Busan BBQ restaurant with staff-grilled aged pork: Yukmildo

Today was the day my friends and I decided to eat at a Korean BBQ place where the staff grill the meat for you! We headed to Yukmildo, a well-known Korean BBQ restaurant in Dongnae, Busan. :)

Where is Yukmildo Dongnae Direct Branch, and where do you park?

Yukmildo Dongnae Direct Branch is on the 1st floor at 207 Chungnyeoldae-ro, Dongnae-gu, Busan, right next to the Dongnae Mega Mart. Coming out of Exit 2 of Dongnae Station, it's right next to Mega Mart, and if you're coming from Suan Station, it's straight ahead from Exit 1, so it's easy to reach by subway. Hours are 11:00–23:00, with a break time from 15:00–17:00 (no break time on weekends) and last order at 22:00.

There's also dedicated parking right next door at Daedong Academy, so it's convenient to drive there too. We visited in the evening and the lot was full, so we parked at Mega Mart and got 2 hours of parking support. 😺👍🏻 The entrance is marked "Charcoal Grill Yukmildo!" so you can spot the place right away.

There's also a menu board outside with photos, so you can browse the delicious-looking meat options before heading in. :)

Inside Yukmildo: glass-walled rooms, partitions and 264-hour aged pork

Yukmildo Dongnae Direct Branch has a spacious hall, and toward the back there's a glass-partitioned room, so it seemed like a great spot for family gatherings, groups of friends, or company dinners. There are partitions between tables too, so it's a good place to talk while eating. High chairs are available and group visits are welcome.

In one corner, I noticed fresh cuts of meat lit up in red, like a butcher shop. Yukmildo, a well-known Dongnae Korean BBQ restaurant, properly grills meat that's been aged for 264 hours. For deep flavor in the domestic meat, they alternate dry and wet aging for 264 hours total, and staff grill it for you at just the right moment!!

Meat someone else grills for you is just better, right? Honestly, that's a big part of why I wanted to come here. :)

The restrooms are separated for men and women too, which was convenient.

Yukmildo Dongnae Direct Branch menu and prices

For meat, aged pork belly (5-layer), aged pork belly (3-layer), and aged pork neck are each ₩14,000, and whole gabrisal is ₩16,000. Meal items range from ₩7,500 to ₩8,000.

• Meat: aged 5-layer pork belly ₩14,000 / aged pork belly ₩14,000 / aged pork neck ₩14,000 / whole gabrisal ₩16,000
• (1++) aged Hanwoo chaetgeun sirloin ₩34,000 / grilled cheese ₩4,500
• Meals: hot stone cheonggukjang stew ₩8,000 / hot stone kimchi stew ₩8,000 / yeolmu dongchimi noodles ₩7,500 / yeolmu bibim noodles ₩7,500
• Kimchi fried rice ₩7,500 / steamed egg ₩3,000 / hot pot rice ₩4,000 / extra rice ₩1,000

On weekdays from 11am to 3pm, you can order the ssambap (lettuce-wrap) set meal (minimum 2 people) for ₩15,000 per person. It reportedly comes with a generous spread — hot pot rice, seasonal wrap vegetables, spicy grilled pork, stew, steamed egg, and side dishes. The spicy grilled pork is apparently unlimited refill. A weekday lunch visit sounds like a good idea too.

What side dishes and wrap vegetables come with the meal?

Yukmildo Dongnae Direct Branch has everything you need right at the table. In the space beside the table, there were water cups, drink glasses, soju glasses, tissues, wet wipes, and utensils all set out. And I really love meat grilled over charcoal, and Yukmildo grills over charcoal too. 👍🏻

The side dish spread was really substantial too. All prepared with things that go perfectly with meat!! :) Wrap vegetables, scallion salad, various sauces, various pickles, pickled radish, and more.

The wrap vegetables weren't just lettuce and perilla leaves — there were other vegetables too, along with fresh garlic and green chili peppers. The dressing on the scallion salad was so good that even though I'm not usually a big scallion eater, I ended up eating a lot of it. 😺

Two servings each of aged pork belly and pork neck, grilled over charcoal by staff

We ordered ✔️two servings of aged pork belly ✔️two servings of aged pork neck. Just looking at the marbling and color of the meat, you could tell it was quality meat that had been properly aged, right?! The lean and fat were so well balanced it looked delicious even before grilling. It came with mushrooms, onion, sweet peppers, potato, and baek-kimchi (white kimchi) to grill alongside. 👍🏻

Yukmildo, this well-known Dongnae Korean BBQ restaurant, is a grill-for-you place after all!! So a staff member puts the meat on the charcoal-heated grill plate and grills it carefully for you. All the staff seemed skilled at grilling meat. The staff member handling our table grilled it perfectly too. 👍🏻

They kept turning and adjusting it carefully so the juices wouldn't escape.

Both the pork belly and pork neck were cooked perfectly. Back when I was really little, people said you had to cook meat well-done to avoid getting sick, but these days, with proper quarantine and pig management, it's totally fine to eat it a little less well-done.

They grilled it to just the right doneness. The pork neck was tender and easy to chew, and the pork belly had savory juices bursting out — so good. The grilled vegetables all looked delicious too. 😊 I'm a total vegetable lover, so I always eat a lot of veggies with my meat.

As someone who loves wraps and vegetables, I was busy making wraps and piling things onto veggies! I had so much fun. There were plenty of dipping sauces too, so I tried a bit of everything, and nothing was bad. Everything was delicious. 👍🏻

Kimchi fried rice and yeolmu dongchimi noodles to finish

For a meal, kimchi fried rice! Ta-da. 🩷 The kimchi fried rice at Yukmildo Dongnae Direct Branch is ₩7,500, but isn't it such a pretty presentation? Even the egg was fried beautifully.

We shared it among friends, and everyone said 'Mmm, this is good!!!' after the first bite. Haha. If the meat is this good, the kimchi fried rice must be a specialty too. 👍🏻

The kimchi fried rice was so good as a meal item that we ordered one more thing. We ordered yeolmu dongchimi noodles (radish-green cold noodle soup), which came with a chilled, slushy broth that looked refreshing just to look at.

They also gave us vinegar and mustard on the side, but the broth was already so tangy, sweet, and cool on its own that I didn't even need to add extra vinegar or mustard. A great, refreshing way to finish the meal.

Is Yukmildo Dongnae a good spot for dinner with friends?

Yukmildo Dongnae Direct Branch has a great location for getting there by subway or bus, and if you're driving, you can park next door at Daedong Academy, with Mega Mart parking support available if that lot is full — super convenient.

Since it's a place where staff grill quality, aged meat for you, you can focus purely on conversation and eating, which I loved. The staff were all friendly and grilled the meat so well that we could eat comfortably the whole time.

For meal items, we only tried the kimchi fried rice and the yeolmu dongchimi noodles, but both really lived up to their names and were delicious. It made me want to come back and try other menu items too. 😊 The pork belly and pork neck were both bursting with juicy flavor, so next time I'll have to try a different cut!!!🩷