Hongdae Donburi — Restaurant in Seoul

This is the place where it all started.

I'm not going to say, this place is better than its other chain restaurants, but this place has that "this place is where it all started" vibe going around.

The food isn't that particularly interesting, but I would definitely say that the donburi here are pretty legit compared to other Koreanized botched-up "donburi" that's out there.

The one I liked in particular was the Salmon-don. Probably the best Salmon-don I've had in Korea.

The owner here is nice and kind, and was welcoming. I went here alone and the first thing she asked me about was the bike I had(I had a mini-velo with me) and the second thing she asked me was where's my girifriend? I quickly realized it was more of a dating spot than a one-person eating restaurant like those other donburi places in Japan... but oh well, Korea, I guess.

Best donburi overall. Mind you, this is where it all started, so obviously, this place is better than the other chain...

This is my first salmon belly don whereby I ate my whole meal without any wasabi and soy sauce. Salmon belly practically melts in my mouth. Thank you for the reviews that lead us here. After 7 days of Korean cuisine, we decided to have Japanese food. The portion is huge. Comes with chilled tea, kimchi, pickled radish. A wonderful dinner to end the day. Kids could not stop singing praises for the food. My Daughter who was supposed to share a portion with me changed her mind. I have to order my own share. Interesting to have Japanese food with Korean cutleries, kimchi. Will definitely come back and recommend friends who are spending time in Hongdae. A pleasant surprise for our...

A very nice place to visit, if you love japanese cuisine. This place is also very popular among locals. We had 2 salmon dishes (normal and belly). I am a very big fan of fatty salmon slices, which made this the perfect dish for me. I assume that the slices were not extremely fresh, since it had slightly the texture of cooked salmon on a few parts, which occur if salmon was frozen over a certain amount of time. I recommend the normal part for people who prefer less fatty salmon slices. The tempura was also very crispy and delicious. Definetely...