Fatty tuna belly sushi platter after a Goyang concert: Hwangje Sushi

Went to see a concert at Goyang Stadium and stopped by Hwangje Sushi Ilsan Main Branch, an Ilsan Lake Park favorite with a high repeat-visit rate!

Hwangje Sushi Ilsan Main Branch hours, parking, and info

• Hours: Daily 11:00-21:20, break time 15:00-17:00, last order 14:20 / 20:40
• Closed Sept 24-26, 2026 for the Chuseok holiday
• Parking: Underground parking at M-City mall available — free (ask after your meal); parking near the 'M-City Wedding Convention' entrance is closer
• On foot: 14 min from Madu Station on Line 3, 1 min from SK M-City, 3 min from Western Dom, 16 min from Madu Station (Jung)
• Good to know: Naver reservations available, pets welcome — small dogs (crate required), no large dogs, corkage available — free

From solo dining to groups: seating and ordering

Tables ranging from bar seats to 4-person tables — good for solo diners up to groups!

+ Oh, and private bookings are possible if you contact the restaurant directly, just so you know haha

Order tablets at every table. We ordered the special sushi 12p (₩23,000) and the fatty belly assorted sushi 10p (₩29,000)

What's at the self-serve bar

While waiting for our order, we checked out the self-serve bar to the left of the bar table. Scissors, small plates, baby utensils, even soup broth. Skipped the broth since it was hot out, but having it self-serve seemed like it'd make eating more comfortable

Included sides: abalone innard porridge, sweet potato croquette, mini udon

The standard included sides are supposed to be three kinds of pickled vegetables, grilled fish, seasonal porridge, and tempura — we got abalone innard porridge for the seasonal porridge and sweet potato croquette for the tempura. Also, ordering sushi comes with mini udon included by default! Even the mini udon was solid quality, so I enjoyed it

✨Saw this while eating — some soldiers came into the restaurant and the owner swapped their udon for a bigger bowl, and the soldiers were so happy saying the world is a warm place ㅜㅜ so touching✨

Fatty belly sushi 10p and special sushi 12p breakdown

Fatty belly assorted sushi on the left, special sushi 12p on the right.

The fatty belly assorted sushi is a new menu item made up of tuna belly, swordfish belly, salmon belly, flounder fin, and seasonal live fish belly ankimo — I ordered it right away when I heard that! The special sushi had a variety I liked, from flounder to abalone to tuna, so I ordered that too

A belly sushi lover's taste verdict

Mine was the fatty belly assorted sushi! (I'm famously a belly sushi lover haha) I'd love to name the fish one by one from top to bottom, but,,, I'm hopeless at telling fish apart, so I could only identify the salmon belly and the flounder fin lol

The one at the very top left seemed like a fish I hadn't tried even at other sushi places — totally rich and fatty, so good,,, and the others held up well too given how famous this place is for Ilsan sushi, but the flounder fin especially had incredible texture — my number one of the bunch,,,!

+ Oh, and if you can't handle wasabi, you need to tell the staff before ordering

Conclusion

🌟Conclusion🌟 The care of warming even the seasonal porridge bowl, the kindness shown to the soldiers, and most importantly, the taste of the sushi — recommended as an Ilsan sushi spot‼️

Recommended if you're heading to a concert in Goyang (about 10 minutes by taxi from the stadium!) or visiting Ilsan Lake Park and want sushi!