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Eel in Seoul: where Koreans eat grilled eel and eel rice bowls

3 eel places in Seoul, from 49 Korean blog posts by people who ate there. This is a count, not a ranking.

  • 3,666blog posts found
  • 58posts we read
  • 49posts with a real meal
  • 3places with 2+ bloggers
01
jangeo-deopbap set (grilled eel over rice, with small side dishes)

Japanese

Tama 타마 no complaints · recommended

Grilled eel · near Yeouinaru Stn

5 bloggers ate here · 34 posts in this search named it · we read 5

recommended by 5 · complaints 0 · came back 2

  • English menu
  • Good with foreign friends
  • Good for one

Why they liked it

  • An eel rice box packed with thick, tender eel. · 4 bloggers
  • Sweet-salty glaze and a charcoal smell, with no fishy taste. · 3 bloggers
  • Comes like a course, from steamed egg to green tea ice cream. · 2 bloggers
  • Wrap it in seaweed with pollock roe. A big room, good for groups. · 2 bloggers

booking recommended 3 · fast 1 · got in without waiting 1

They ordered jangeo-deopbap set (grilled eel over rice, with small side dishes)

More about Tama (30 posts read) →
Sources (5)

These are Korean blog posts. They are written in Korean.

02
jangeo deopbap set (grilled freshwater eel over rice, with eel soup)

Japanese

UNIDO 우니도 더현대 서울 no complaints · recommended

Raw fish · near Yeouido-dong

2 bloggers ate here · 12 posts in this search named it · we read 2

recommended by 2 · complaints 0 · came back 1

  • English menu
  • Good with foreign friends
  • Good for one

Why they liked it

  • Freshwater eel rice bowl in a sweet glaze, very tender and barely fishy. · 1 blogger
  • A clay pot rice with eel and red crab, fresh and mild. · 1 blogger

good with kids 1 · good value 1

They ordered jangeo deopbap set (grilled freshwater eel over rice, with eel soup)

More about UNIDO (30 posts read) →
Sources (2)

These are Korean blog posts. They are written in Korean.

03
hitsumabushi (grilled freshwater eel over rice, Nagoya style), one and a half eels

Japanese

Haemok Seochon-jeom 해목 서촌점 no complaints · recommended

Grilled eel · near Gyeongbokgung Stn Exit 3, 3 min walk

2 bloggers ate here · 17 posts in this search named it · we read 2

recommended by 2 · complaints 0 · came back 1

  • English menu
  • Good with foreign friends
  • Good for one 1

Why they liked it

  • Hitsumabushi with soft, boneless freshwater eel and a well-soaked glaze. · 2 bloggers
  • A neat table. Pour tea over the last of it. · 2 bloggers

short walk 2 · good with kids 1 · got in without waiting 1 · booking recommended 1

They ordered hitsumabushi (grilled freshwater eel over rice, Nagoya style), one and a half eels

More about Haemok Seochon-jeom (30 posts read) →
Sources (2)

These are Korean blog posts. They are written in Korean.

How we counted

Naver and Daum are Korea’s big web portals. Koreans use them the way much of the world uses Google, and many people post restaurant reviews on blogs there. Those posts are in Korean, so most visitors never see them. We searched there in Korean for “서울 장어 맛집” (what you might search in English as “eel seoul”) and similar phrases, and had AI read 58 of the posts. We counted only posts where the writer actually ate at the place. One blogger counts once for a place, even with many posts. Sponsored reviews are left out of the order. There is no score.

The dish pictures are drawings made by Gilpost from the posts. They are not photos of the real food.