Dunsan-dong pork grill house with meat fried rice: Imdaejang, Daejeon

Today I'm sharing my review of Imdaejang, a popular Korean BBQ spot in Dunsan-dong!

Where is Imdaejang Daejeon Dunsan Branch, and is there parking?

Imdaejang sits right on the main street behind Galleria Department Store, so it's easy to find and super accessible! It's perfect for meetups with friends, dates, family gatherings, or work dinners!

It's also great for those coming by public transit, since the building offers 2 hours of free parking underground, so however you get here, you're covered~ The basement level 1 parking lot fits about 13 cars!

Imdaejang Daejeon Dunsan Branch / 32-17 Dunsan-ro, 1st floor / 16:00 - 24:00

Inside Imdaejang: seating and room for groups

The interior is spacious too~ There are about 14 tables set up for 4 people, and the center row connects together, so groups of 8 can be seated there too!

Even with just two of us, we had plenty of room and it felt comfortable. If you're coming for a work dinner or family gathering, sitting along the center row seems like a great option~

A whole pork platter grilled in the kitchen, not at your table

When you go to a Korean BBQ place, isn't it so much more comfortable when they grill it for you? At Imdaejang, the kitchen brings out the entire platter already perfectly grilled, so there's no worry about grease splattering on your clothes and zero effort spent grilling the meat yourself!!

After ordering, you wait about 15 minutes snacking on the side dishes, and then they bring out beautifully browned, perfectly cooked meat~

The side dishes include pickled onions, salt, soybean powder, ssamjang (dipping sauce), wild garlic leaves, and a refreshing cold noodle broth — and that broth was such a nice touch! It really wakes up your appetite~

For two people: the medium grilled platter set

They have à la carte options, but also grilled platter sets, so you can just pick based on your headcount without any overthinking! Since there were two of us, we ordered the 'medium grilled platter set,' which lets you try pork belly, pork neck, and pork skin all at once.

By the way, I usually skip wrap vegetables when eating meat, so I sometimes feel bad about the veggies going to waste at BBQ places, you know? Here, only people who want wrap vegetables order them via the kiosk and they bring them out~ Of course it's free, and refills are available too!

What comes in the medium grilled platter set, and how it tastes

The grilled platter comes with 2 servings of pork neck, 1 serving of pork belly, and pork skin, generously topped with kimchi, bean sprouts, water dropwort, garlic, and enoki mushrooms! The lineup is really solid, don't you think?

The pork belly was savory, the pork neck was moist and tender, and the pork skin, cut into long strips, was so chewy — the texture was incredible~~ Pork skin is especially tricky to grill yourself since it splatters everywhere, so being able to eat it this easily was amazing~

Maybe because they only use grade-1 domestic Korean pork, the meat was truly delicious! I heard they even insist on domestic-only green onions, rice, and kimchi!! It's rare these days to find a restaurant using all domestic ingredients like this, so it felt extra trustworthy~

The restaurant has a note on how to eat it best, and for me the special sweet-and-spicy sauce was the highlight! They place it next to the grill like a dipping sauce, and it's addictively good, I kept going back for more~ If you visit, definitely try dipping the meat in this sauce!

Fried rice stirred with pieces of the grilled pork

After finishing the meat, you can't skip the K-dessert — fried rice, right? I usually save some meat just for the fried rice, but here you don't need to!! When you order fried rice, they cook it together with meat! Maybe that's why it was so good!!

It's honestly in my top 3 restaurant fried rice dishes ever, it hit exactly my taste, so I scraped up even the crispy rice bits at the bottom before leaving. Haha.

Free soft-serve ice cream and the Naver reservation stew

The owner was super kind and the food was amazing, but that's not all! You even get free soft-serve ice cream!!? Cups and spoons are all set out ready to go, and even this ice cream was rich and delicious~

Walking out while eating the cool, sweet ice cream, I felt satisfied right to the very end, haha. If you're looking for a great Korean BBQ spot in Dunsan-dong, definitely stop by Imdaejang. Highly recommend!

Oh, and if you make a Naver reservation before you go, you get either doenjang stew with beef brisket or kimchi stew with Korean pork as a free service! Anyone planning to visit should definitely book ahead to get it! Haha.