Japanese
Kamawaru
카마와루 Kamawaru is the owner's home village of Hahoe (河回, 'where the river turns') in Andong, spelled out in Japanese: kawa (river) plus mawaru (to turn).
Compiled from 21 blog posts read in fullSources →
Kamawaru is a Japanese tonkatsu counter on Gwanganhaebyeon-ro 295beon-gil 49, ground floor, up the Millak-dong alleys from Gwangalli Beach. You order at a kiosk by the door and sit at one four-top or along the counter facing an open kitchen where the owner fries alone. Tenderloin is 15,000 won, loin 14,000, premium loin and the mixed plate 16,000, shoulder cut 18,500, served with rice, miso soup, kimchi and cabbage. We read 30 posts dated 2 March to 24 September 2026: 3 were about other places, 5 were introductions, lists or takeout, and 22 describe eating there.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address부산광역시 수영구 광안해변로295번길 49, 1층 (민락동)49 Gwanganhaebyeon-ro 295beon-gil, Suyeong-gu, Busan
- Phone051-757-3077
- Typical spend₩2,000 – ₩18,500
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 54 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 13 posts: 12 wrote 11:30–20:30.
| No day given | 11:30–20:30 | 12 of 13 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 6 of 6 posts |
| Last order | 20:00 | 10 of 10 posts |
| Closed | Monday | 12 of 12 posts |
1 other values
| Last order | 14:30 4 of 10 posts last seen 2026-09 |
|---|
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- Seating is one four-person table and a long counter. Twelve of the thirteen posts that describe seating say exactly that, several counting 15 counter seats; one September post mentions only the counter, about 12 seats.
- Ten posts mention the open kitchen: from the counter you watch the raw pork breaded, fried and sliced. Four say each order is fried only when it comes in, and one notes the owner runs the place alone, so cooking takes 15 minutes or more.
- Food is slow. Four posts say so, citing 15 to 20 minutes; one more gives the 15-minute figure without calling it slow.
- Waiting is split. Five posts walked straight in (first customer at 5 pm, Saturday lunch, a weekday at 1:30, first in at opening, no queue); three waited, all at lunch: people were already there ten minutes before a Sunday opening in May, a July Sunday visitor at 11:20 was second in line, and an August group got nearly the last seats around 12:15. That August post says you join the waitlist on the kiosk and the owner phones you when a seat frees up.
4 more
- Thirteen posts call the coating thin and crisp and seven mention juiciness. On greasiness, one post found the loin heavy while three said it was not.
- Six posts got a fried shrimp for leaving a receipt review; one says it is one per person, another one per dish, and two received two pieces.
- Seven posts say rice, soup and kimchi are refilled on request. That the rice is Andong Baekjinju is the house's own claim, but several posts single out the glossy rice.
- Two posts note that the table water is cold green tea, one praising it on a hot day.
What 21 bloggers said
YBD hirekatsu
Crispy batter
We read all 21 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (13) and “Juicy” (7).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 3 · no 5 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Seats to sit and eat 13 of 21 posts
- Has tables 12 of 21 posts
- Open kitchen 10 of 21 posts
- Self-order screen 10 of 21 posts
- Free refills 7 of 21 posts
- Review event 6 of 21 posts
- Cooked to order 4 of 21 posts
- Origin labelling posted 4 of 21 posts
- Beer served 2 of 21 posts
- Complimentary tea or drink 2 of 21 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 21 posts
- Large windows 1 of 21 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 21 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
5 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 5 of 21 posts |
|---|
There is no parking at the shop, as five posts say. The two who drove used the Daedong lot next door (3,000 won an hour) and the Millak public lot an 11-minute walk away (1,800 won an hour).
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 7 of 21 posts
- Date 3 of 21 posts
- Came by car 2 of 21 posts
- Group visit 1 of 21 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 21 posts
- Family visit 1 of 21 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
From the station
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Toilet inside | 1 of 21 posts |
|---|---|
| Separate restrooms | yes 0 · no 1 (of 21 posts read) |
We don't know about floors or steps: the address says ground floor, but no post describes going in.
No post says whether the entrance has a step or whether a wheelchair or stroller gets in; we only know there is a single four-person table besides the counter.
Two posts disagree on the toilet: a March post puts a unisex one at the end of the counter, a September post says you go out the back to a toilet outside. Only the March post addresses gender, calling it unisex.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves7 of 21 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way14 of 21 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 26 posts we gathered, 5 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03 | 5 |
| 2026-04 | 3 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
What we do not know
- One post came by bus, from a Haeundae hotel. Two others recommend the bus because the subway is far but don't say they took it; the line about buses 41 and 83 stopping out front and a 20-minute walk from Gwangan or Suyeong station is copied text that recurs across posts.
- Thirteen posts give the same hours, 11:30 to 20:30, and twelve say closed Mondays (one April post says open daily). The afternoon break depends on when: the seven posts up to May list no break, only last order at 20:00, while all six posts from 22 July list a 15:00-17:00 break, four of them with a 14:30 lunch last order. A break seems to have been added in between, though we found no announcement.
- Prices held from March to September: loin at 14,000 won in both March and September, tenderloin at 15,000 in five posts. No post calls a meal expensive; one calls the prices reasonable.
- Reservations are unclear. The number 0507-1487-3077 appears in seven posts, but none reports booking by phone; one August post had a friend book and wasn't sure it went through.
- Some posts share near-identical wording: the YBD pork 'only 0.3% of supply', Andong rice and kimchi, the Hahoe name story, the directions past Sealand fish market. We treat these as the house's own messaging, not evidence. One March post says it ate the tenderloin and then ends 'next time I'll try the tenderloin'. No post discloses sponsorship. A June post summarizing Naver review counts, a multi-stop itinerary and a takeout-at-home post were not counted as visits.
Sources (21)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 부산 광안리 돈까스 맛집 카마와루｜톤쇼우보다 맛있었던 히레카츠 2026-09-24 · 한 줄로 끝내는 맛집과 결혼 · via Daum
- 상수동 카스티야 광안리 베이커리카페 카스테라 아포카토 아기도좋.... 2026-09-20 · jellybones
- 카마와루 | 부산 광안리 저온조리로 부드러운 일식 돈까스 맛집 2026-09-19 · 까마기의 맛집 둥지
- 광안리돈까스 카마와루 저온 조리로 만든 바삭하고 촉촉한 돈카츠 .... 2026-09-07 · 센찌한 일상
- 더워라 2026-09-02 · - · via Daum
- [부산 맛집] 광안리 돈카츠 카마와루 내돈내산, 톤쇼우 예약 실패 민.... 2026-08-10 · 꾸러기 생활기록
- 광안리 데이트 맛집 카마와루(かまわる)｜저온조리 돈카츠 & 카츠산도 내돈내산 후기 2026-08-06 · 요고조고 기록남기기 · via Daum
- 부산 광안리 일싯 돈카츠 맛집 카마와루 내돈내산 2026-08-03 · 라온 raooonnn
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- [부산 수영구] 육즙이 살아있는 광안리 돈까스 맛집, 카마와루 2026-07-07 · frauoh1004님의 블로그
- 광안리 맛집 저온조리 돈카츠가 맛있는 [카마와루] 2026-05-05 · 민 스토리
- 부산 광안리 돈카츠 맛집 카마와루, 부드러운 저온조리 돈까스 2026-04-25 · : ʜᴇɴʏ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅ
- 20주 일상 2026-04-17 · 무
- 광안리 맛집 카마와루 육즙 가득한 프리미엄 돈카츠 2026-04-08 · 귀여운거좋아
- 부산 광안리맛집 카마와루 돈가스 안동소주 민락맛집 2026-03-28 · 현픽의 국내 사진여행
- [부산 수영구] 카마와루 광안리 돈카츠 맛집 2026-03-26 · 예스노의 Tasty Road · via Daum
- 부산 돈까스 민락 맛집 카마와루 일식 돈카츠 2026-03-05 · 정신 체리라 ♥ᴗ♥
- 부산 광안리 데이트 맛집 카마와루 저온조리 겉바속촉 돈까스 2026-03-04 · 하이 리이치
- 광안리돈까스 찐맛집 카마와루 다녀왔어요 2026-03-02 · 나의 기록
Of 247 candidate posts we opened 54 and kept 21 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.