Mara spicy broth and ppeongseukeurim dessert at Dadam Shabu Shabu

Run by an owner who's worked as a vegetable wholesaler at Garak Market for 20 years, this cafeteria-style all-you-can-eat spot lets you enjoy Vietnamese wraps (wolnamssam) and shabu-shabu made with top-grade vegetables he personally selects after auction, alongside premium beef.

Location and hours of Dadam Shabu Shabu & Wolnamssam Wirye Branch

This Wirye Station favorite, Dadam Shabu Shabu & Wolnamssam Wirye Branch, is at 45 Wiryegwangjang-ro, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, 3rd floor, Unit 305, G&G Plaza.

• 📍 524m from Namwirye Station Exit 3 / 5-minute walk from Namwirye Station, 10-minute walk from Wirye Central Tower
• ⏰️ 11:00–21:00, break time 16:00–17:00 (no break time on weekends), last order 20:00
• 🚗 Park at 'G&G Plaza parking lot' for 3 hours free

How much does it cost?

It's all-you-can-eat for fresh vegetables and beef (usamgyeop, beef neck).

• Adult weekday lunch (middle school age and up) ₩17,900 / 11:00–16:00
• Adult weekday dinner · weekends, holidays ₩21,900 / 17:00–21:30
• Elementary school students ₩13,900
• Preschool children (ages 4–7) ₩8,000
• Free specialty Americano brewed from top-grade beans
• [Points] 5% of payment amount earned as points (usable from ₩10,000)

A hall with views of Wiryegwangjang-ro and the waterside park through the windows

The window seats further inside were group tables I couldn't use, but I peeked at an empty table before it filled up — through the window, the wide Wiryegwangjang-ro and the waterside park stretched out in a refreshingly open view.

There are partitions exactly at eye level when seated, so you're not bothered by neighboring tables — a comfortable layout. And thanks to the soft light from the large fixture hanging in the middle of the hall, even a buffet-style menu that could easily feel chaotic ended up feeling calm and quiet.

If there's a wait, dining time is limited to 2 hours, and leaving food behind incurs a ₩5,000 environmental fee! (Let's not get too greedy and actually follow this one, haha~~^^)

Over 40 kinds of vegetables at the bar, plus dry ice

It's packed with over 40 kinds of vegetables brought in fresh from Garak Market every single day, and they even use dry ice to keep them fresh — it felt like scooping straight out of a refrigerator.

Usamgyeop and beef neck are piled on generously and unlimited refills are truly unlimited. Since the broth gets tastier once the meat goes in, I loaded up on meat first.

Eggs, seaweed, sesame oil, and toasted sesame seeds — all ready to go! Today I was determined to actually get to the fried rice~~~

With the shabu-shabu's colorful vegetables and meat, plus hot water all set, we were ready to eat wolnamssam wraps too!

Split broth: clear broth + mara-style spicy broth

Part of the fun of shabu-shabu is picking to your taste — you can choose a split broth pot (two out of three: spicy/seafood/clear) to enjoy two flavors at once! We went with mild clear broth + a sharp spicy broth, and the spicy one had that mara-style kick. Alternating between the clean, light broth and the mara-spicy one kept things interesting and was so much better than sticking to one.

Dessert: affogato and ppeongseukeurim

Once again I got so into the wolnamssam and shabu-shabu that I didn't save room for the fried rice ㅠㅠ Still had to get the real vanilla ice cream though~~

Delicious in a cone too

It's not the very soft-serve kind of ice cream, so pouring espresso over it makes an affogato. And apparently the top dessert here is ppeongseukeurim — ice cream piled on top of a puffed rice cracker (ppeongtwigi).