Gilpost · Seongnam-si Bundang-gu, Jeongja-dong
Yeosu Bambada Jeongja-bonjeom
여수밤바다 정자본점 Yeosu Bambada means 'the night sea at Yeosu', after the song; this is a Namdo seafood house in Bundang where the fish comes up from Yeosu, Beolgyo and Nokdong that same morning, the menu changes with it, and you may bring your own bottle for nothing.
Beer and fried chicken · Seongnam-si Bundang-gu, Jeongja-dong
Data as of · Published ·
Yeosu Bambada is a Namdo-style seafood house on the ground floor of a shopping block in the eating lane at Jeongja, Bundang. What arrives comes from that day's delivery from Yeosu, Beolgyo and Nokdong, so the menu changes daily and no two visits look alike. Most people eat a course; the four tiers run from ₩50,000 to ₩98,000 a head. You may bring your own drink at no charge. The six first-hand posts we read run from September 2025 to September 2026.
The basics
| Address | 경기도 성남시 분당구 느티로87번길 5 (정자동, 1층 일부(102호)) 5 Neuti-ro 87beon-gil, Seongnam-si Bundang-gu, Gyeonggi-do |
|---|---|
| Phone | 031-718-1660 |
| Typical spend | ₩50,000 – ₩98,000 |
| Floor area | 28 m² |
| Status | In business |
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
What sets it apart
- People bring their own bottles here. Three of the six did: one carried in four white wines — a Mosel Riesling, a Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, a California Chardonnay — another brought cognac from a trip to Thailand and a Japanese whisky. The third simply notes that corkage is free and that they will chill it for you. Only two writers record ordering a drink from the house at all. The shop's own posts repeat the phrase on every entry. Nobody says whether there is a limit on how many bottles you may bring.
- Two writers were given fermented skate for nothing. One had six pieces put down the moment he ordered beer and soju, and stops to remark that even a proper set-menu house does not usually hand this dish out — the same night it came again at the end. Another had it sent out mid-course. Of the four who ate skate, two say plainly that it was on the house. Whether that is the habit of the place or the luck of one table, we cannot tell.
- It is small. Nobody calls it roomy; three say it is not. Two put it the same way — book, because there is not much room — and the third counted: about five or six tables inside. He adds that most of them were already laid, the guests having booked. No one says whether there is a private room, or how large a party it will take.
- Three writers say to book, and it goes with the smallness of the room. The shop adds a reason of its own: it buys for the day, sells out the day, and takes no second delivery, so the mackerel and the eel go first. One writer records missing out — he wanted the pen shell and consoled himself with soju instead. Not one post mentions queueing, though whether that is because they all booked or because there is no queue, we cannot say.
- Two writers were taught how to eat the raw mackerel by the owner — laver, mustard-leaf kimchi, fish, rice, in that order; one had the first wrap made for him to copy. A third was told at the table that the fish is bought direct from Yeosu. Nobody records poor service.
- One writer describes the seating, in December 2025: the shop has pushed its room outward under a clear awning, and inside it he was not cold but snug — indoors, he says, yet with something of sitting outside about it, which suited a drink. That is one person in midwinter; nobody says whether the awning is there the rest of the year.
What 6 bloggers said
We read all 6 in full. The most common claims are “Cramped” (3) and “Friendly staff” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
| Corkage free — bring your own drink | 3 of 6 posts |
|---|---|
| Hard to reach by transit | 2 of 6 posts |
| Takes reservations | 3 of 6 posts |
| Complimentary starter | 2 of 6 posts |
| Outdoor terrace seating | 1 of 6 posts |
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
What people order
The most ordered dish is kkomak (꼬막 (참꼬막·새꼬막)) — 6 of 6 posts.
The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place
Parking
1 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 1 of 6 posts |
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Who came, and with whom
| Came by car | 2 of 6 posts |
|---|---|
| Family visit | 1 of 6 posts |
| Group visit | 1 of 6 posts |
| With a friend | 1 of 6 posts |
Getting there
Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.
Getting inside
Not one post mentions a step at the door, a ramp, a wheelchair or a pushchair. The registered address puts the shop on the ground floor and that is all we know; nobody looked at the threshold or the width of the door. One writer, in December 2025, describes the room being pushed outward under a clear awning, so the entrance may not be the same shape in every season — we could not check that either. We can tell you neither that you can get in nor that you cannot.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. 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 nothing either way6 of 6 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 28 posts we gathered, 22 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.
| 2026-09-06 | 2 posts in one day |
|---|---|
| 2025-02-17 | 2 posts in one day |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Why six and not thirty. Of the thirty posts we hold, twenty-one were written by the shop itself on its two Naver blogs — each opens 'Hello, this is Yeosu Bambada in Jeongja-dong', lists what came in off that morning's truck, and closes with the booking number. One more is a machine-written business listing: a run of question-and-answer headings and a table, with no record of anyone eating. Two were about other places entirely and have been removed. Six posts are left in which someone went, ate and wrote it down — and even those may not be six people. Two of them, three days apart in September 2026, share the same dishes down to the octopus roe and the white wine carried in, and the writers sign as 'Rini' and 'Rin'. It looks like one person on two blogs, but we could not confirm it.
- The posts disagree about the walk from Jeongja station. One says the shop is close to exit 5; two say otherwise — that it sits in a residential shopping block and takes some walking, or a little over ten minutes on foot. All three mean the same shop, so the gap is probably between the walkers. Two writers came by car, but only one describes actually parking: there are no marked bays, and the owner will show you where to put it if you ask. A second post's bare line 'parking: yes' sits among the address and phone number, so we have not counted it as anything anyone saw.
- The opening hour does not agree, and the disagreement is between the shop and its customers. The shop's own posts say 11am to midnight, more than twenty times over. Two people who actually went wrote ten — 'ten in the morning until twelve at night' in September 2026, 'every day, 10am to midnight' in March 2026. We do not know which is right. No post names a closing day, and none mentions a mid-afternoon break — which means nobody wrote it down, not that there is none. If you are going early, ring first.
- Not one post mentions the lavatory — whether it is inside the shop or out, whether it is shared. This does not mean there is none; it means nobody wrote it down. It is the kind of place people settle in for a long evening, so it is a fair question, and we have nothing to answer it with.
- No post says anything about floors or stairs. The registry puts the shop in unit 102 on the ground floor, and one writer notes only that the building is the sort of shopping block that sits under flats. Which entrance you use, and whether there are steps either way, nobody wrote down.
- No writer records queueing — but do not read that as there being no queue. Three of the six say they booked, and the advice to book, because the room is small, comes up again and again. They may simply be people who never had to wait. Nobody writes about turning up without a reservation.
- No post declares a sponsorship. One is slightly tangled: in a week-long diary, the four white wines drunk here were paid for by a manager from work — who paid for the food is not said. The same diary mentions being sent products several times, but all of them are skincare and supplements, nothing to do with this shop. A second writer came on a family outing her mother had proposed, and likewise does not say who settled the bill.
Sources (6)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 어디서 쳐 맞고 왔니? 행운을 쥬는 네잎클로버야 2026-09-14 · Rin in the city · via Daum
- 분당 여수밤바다 정자본점 | 정자동 나만 알고싶은 전라도 제철 해.... 2026-09-11 · 리니의 먹고입고마시고
- 분당 제대로 된 남도한상을 즐길수 있는 여수밤바다와 LP바 블루스.... 2026-03-18 · 아놀드의 마음속 이글
- [분당/맛집] 전라도 제철 해산물 코스요리 '여수 밤바다 정자본점' 2026-02-23 · B E Y O N D P A R A D I S E
- [분당 정자동] 여수밤바다 정자본점 2025-12-26 · No IDEA
- [9월 첫째주] 행운과 불운 그 사이 어디쯤 2025-09-14 · 일상기록장 · via Daum
Of 231 candidate posts we opened 116 and kept 6 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.