Gilpost · Guro-gu, Guro-dong

Jeongbak Fish House

Name: Jeongbak Fish House
Address: 서울특별시 구로구 디지털로 300 (구로동, 지밸리비즈플라자 2층 207호), 구로구, 서울특별시, 08379, KR
Telephone: 02-6344-3949

정백어가 구로G밸리비즈점 Jeongbaek-eoga Guro G-Valley Biz-jeom Whole fish fired in a 500-degree wood oven, served with a clay pot of rice, on the second floor of a Guro Digital Complex mall

Korean · Guro-gu, Guro-dong

Data as of 2026-09-27 · Published 2026-09-29 · Compiled by Gilpost

Jeongbak Eoga is a wood-oven fish grill on the second floor of the G-Valley Biz Plaza, a short walk from Guro Digital Complex station. One writer dates the opening to August 2025; the posts we read run from September 2025 to September 2026. The menu is built around one format, the *jeongchan* tray: a whole grilled fish with a clay pot of white rice, seaweed soup and four small sides. You lift the rice out, pour hot water or barley tea into the pot, and eat the scorched-rice porridge that forms at the end of the meal — more than twenty writers describe doing exactly that. Mackerel, belt fish, Spanish mackerel, atka mackerel and croaker, plus a salmon steak; for anyone who does not eat fish, a squid-and-pork stir-fry or beef, and braises and stews in the same tray format. You order and pay from a tablet at the table. A pot of chicken porridge sits on the self-service bar at no charge. Closed Sundays.

The basics

Address	서울특별시 구로구 디지털로 300 (구로동, 지밸리비즈플라자 2층 207호) 300 Digital-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul
Phone	02-6344-3949
Typical spend	₩13,000 – ₩19,000
Floor area	141 m²
Status	In business

9 posts say it is walkable from the station.

When it opens

Of 23 posts: 8 wrote Weekdays 11:00–21:00, 7 wrote Saturday 11:00–15:00, 6 wrote Mon–Sat 11:00–21:00.

Open		11:00–21:00 3 of 23 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Weekdays	10:30–21:00 2 of 23 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Mon–Sat	11:00–21:00 6 of 23 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Weekdays	11:00–21:00 8 of 23 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Saturday	11:00–15:00 7 of 23 posts last seen 2026-09
Open	Daily	11:00–21:00 3 of 23 posts last seen 2026-09
Break		15:00–17:00 13 of 18 posts last seen 2026-09
Break	Weekdays	15:00–17:00 5 of 18 posts last seen 2026-09
Last order		20:30 4 of 4 posts last seen 2026-09
Closed		일요일 19 of 19 posts last seen 2026-09

The values differ, but the periods they were written in do not overlap. This looks like a change over time rather than a disagreement, and the top row is the most recently reported. We did not confirm it with the restaurant.

What sets it apart

What writers here talk about most is not the house dish but the free porridge. Twenty-seven of the twenty-nine mention the pot of chicken *juk* on the self-service bar, and thirteen say they helped themselves. Its purpose is agreed on: it fills the ten-odd minutes the clay-pot rice takes. Two went back for a second bowl; one watched her children refill their own twice; one arrived with a sore stomach and says the porridge settled it. One writer warns that too much of it will cost you the fish. The same bar holds the refills for the small sides, plus lettuce and dipping paste. On the seasoning they disagree — lightly salted, says one; properly savoury, says another.
The wood oven is the restaurant's claim, and the writers take it up in the same way every time. A sign out front says the fish is cleaned daily and fired at 500°C, and post after post copies that line and then adds the same verdict: no fishy smell. One says she cannot work out how it is done; another that it leaves none of the coating on the tongue that grilled fish usually does; a third that it simply is not what a home frying pan produces. Crisp skin over moist flesh comes up as often. Not one writer found it fishy. Whether the oven is the reason, or the daily cleaning, nobody tested — they are all repeating the shop's own explanation.
You order and pay without leaving your seat. Every table has a tablet: you pick from photographs and settle the bill there. One writer notes that cash is taken at the counter by the door, another that the tablet will split a bill. One puts the appeal plainly — as an introvert, she is glad not to have to talk to anyone. Several add that a large menu board stands outside the door, so you can decide before you go in.
Roomy is the word that comes back. Two writers count three separate sections; one finds a semi-enclosed area at the back that she is careful to say is not quite a private room; one notes that the four-tops are bigger than usual. Several mention the gaps between tables. Hence both the writer who saw a party of eight seated and the writer who says it is an easy place to eat alone. Nobody calls it cramped. Several describe the fit-out: dark brick, and wooden framing borrowed from a traditional house.
Nobody says there was too little. Mackerel is sold by the half fish or the whole; several writers found the half plenty — it overhangs the plate, says one; bigger than expected for a half, says another. Others push the other way: one is glad she did not stop at half, and one points out that the whole fish costs only ₩3,000 more. Two writers were surprised to get a belt fish whole rather than cut into steaks.
It is a walk from exit 3 at Guro Digital Complex station — the distances given cluster around six hundred metres, the times split between seven and ten minutes. The building sits beside the E-Mart; several writers say to take the escalator by the Olive Young, or the entrance with the GS25, and go up one floor. Three say the signage on the second floor got them there without a wrong turn on a first visit. One adds that the buses work too.
Four writers say they saw the high chairs themselves — not as an item copied off a facilities list, but in passing, as the reason a visit with a baby worked. One more found child-sized bowls and spoons at the self-service bar; one watched her children get through two bowls of the porridge each. For anyone worried about bones, one writer recommends the Spanish mackerel — sold as the almost-boneless one — as the dish to give a small child. Nobody mentions a changing table or a play area.
Two writers read the origin board. One describes it as carefully filled in and mounted on the wall; the other photographed it in case it mattered later. The menu names carry origins too — Norwegian mackerel, Korean Spanish mackerel. Neither writer, though, transcribes what the board actually said.
You do not walk in off the street — it is one floor up, inside a mall. Twenty-two writers say so, and the routes up divide three ways: escalator (by the Olive Young, or round the back of the building), lift (three writers, one of them riding straight up from the basement car park), and the entrance by the GS25, then along to the end of the restaurant floor. Three writers say the second-floor signage got them there without a wrong turn on a first visit. Nobody describes climbing stairs, and nobody counts any. Two give neighbours as the landmark: the sushi buffet next door, and the clay-pot rice place beside it.

What 29 bloggers said

We read all 29 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (19) and “Clean” (18).

What they liked

Roomy19 of 29 posts

Clean18 of 29 posts

Would return11 of 29 posts

Large portions10 of 29 posts

Juicy9 of 29 posts

No gamey smell8 of 29 posts

Crispy batter5 of 29 posts

Not expensive4 of 29 posts

Friendly staff3 of 29 posts

Not greasy2 of 29 posts

Quiet2 of 29 posts

Returning customer1 of 29 posts

Where they disagree

Spicy	yes 2 · no 3
Food comes slowly	yes 2 · no 3
Had to wait	yes 2 · no 2

Things you can check on site

Free refills	27 of 29 posts
Second floor	22 of 29 posts
Self-order screen	14 of 29 posts
Beer served	9 of 29 posts
Reachable by transit	9 of 29 posts
High chairs	4 of 29 posts
Lift to the floor	3 of 29 posts
Independent, not a chain	3 of 29 posts — saying it is not
Parking capacity	2 of 29 posts
Review event	2 of 29 posts
Origin labelling posted	2 of 29 posts
Local currency accepted	1 of 29 posts
Cooked to order	1 of 29 posts

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

The most ordered dish is Godeungeo-gui Jeongchan (노르웨이 청정 고등어구이 정찬) — 21 of 29 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

노르웨이 청정 고등어구이 정찬21 ate it
Godeungeo-gui Jeongchan₩13,000 · ₩16,000
The house dish: mackerel fired in a 500°C wood oven, served as a tray meal with a clay-pot of white rice, seaweed soup and four small sides. Sold as **half a fish at ₩13,000 or a whole one at ₩16,000.** Twenty-one of the twenty-nine writers ordered it.
The price is not in dispute — ₩13,000 for half, ₩16,000 for a whole fish, unchanged from September 2025 to September 2026. **The seasoning is.** One writer found it salted enough to need nothing; another found it barely salted at all and reached for the soy sauce that comes with it. Several eat it with wasabi-soy and the toasted laver kept on every table. One writer's advice: for ₩3,000 more, take the whole fish.
닭죽 (셀프바)13 ate it
Dakjuk
A large pot of chicken porridge in the middle of the self-service bar, **at no charge.** Twenty-seven of the twenty-nine posts mention it and thirteen say they helped themselves. More writers talk about this than about any single dish on the menu.
It fills the ten-odd minutes the clay-pot rice takes. Two writers went back for a second bowl; one says her children refilled their own twice. On the seasoning they split — lightly salted, says one; properly seasoned and nutty, says another. **One warns that too much of it will cost you the fish.**
통갈치구이 정찬7 ate it
Tonggalchi-gui Jeongchan₩16,000
A whole belt fish, grilled entire rather than cut into steaks. Seven writers ordered it.
One writer expected the usual two cut pieces and was startled by a whole fish. **Two accounts contradict each other on the small bones** — one finds almost none, the other (writing about the braised version) warns to watch for them. One writer's fish came with the belly burnt black enough to taste of smoke; she raised it and was brought a new one, though her rice tea had gone cold by the time it arrived.
임연수구이 정찬6 ate it
Imyeonsu-gui Jeongchan₩14,000
Atka mackerel, butterflied and grilled flat. Six writers ordered it.
It comes opened out flat, which two writers say makes the bones easy to work around — one says the flesh separates along the grain at a touch of the chopsticks. Several call it mild; two say there was no fishiness at all.
서비스 단호박튀김5 ate it
Danhobak-twigim
Not on the menu. Six writers were given a plate of fritters before the main course **at no charge** — five say pumpkin (one could not decide between pumpkin and sweet potato), one got seaweed rolls.
Still crisp several minutes after arriving, by one account; crisp outside and sweet within, by another. **Whether everyone gets this, or only those tables on those days, nobody says.**
직화오징어제육 정찬4 ate it
Jikhwa Ojingeo-jeyuk Jeongchan₩13,000
Squid and pork stir-fried together over flame in a chilli sauce — several writers order it for the person at the table who does not eat fish.
Three writers say it is not hot — red-looking but mild, sweet more than fierce. One wishes it were hotter. Three wrap it in the lettuce from the self-service bar.
뼈가 거의 없는 대삼치구이 정찬4 ate it
Daesamchi-gui Jeongchan₩14,000
Korean Spanish mackerel. The menu board itself promises it is almost boneless. Four writers ordered it.
Three writers say the name is earned — one calls it genuinely easy to eat, another thinks it would suit a small child. One found lemon at the self-service bar and squeezed it over.
제주식 고등어 무조림 정찬3 ate it
Jejusik Godeungeo Mujorim Jeongchan₩15,500
Mackerel braised with radish in a red sauce, brought to the table still bubbling in its earthenware pot. It also comes inside the two-person set.
Nobody calls it hot — the word that recurs is mild-spicy: not too sweet and not too hot, good with rice. Three writers single out the radish, soft with sauce and good mashed into the rice.
2인 정찬세트2 ate it
2-in Jeongchan Set
Braised mackerel, grilled mackerel and the squid-and-pork stir-fry, for two. **Not one writer gives the price** — both call it good value and leave it there. Several mention that sets run from two people up to four.
Both writers who took the set liked the braised mackerel best of the three — one says she would have regretted missing it. Each person still gets their own pot of rice.
남도식갈치 무조림 정찬2 ate it
Namdosik Galchi Mujorim Jeongchan₩17,500
Belt fish braised with radish in an earthenware pot — after the croaker, the most expensive of the tray meals.
Both writers count about four pieces of fish and large chunks of radish. **One flags the small bones as something to watch for.**
소불고기 정찬1 ate it
Sobulgogi Jeongchan₩14,000
The beef tray meal, the alternative to fish. Only one writer actually ate it.
That writer describes beef stir-fried with vegetables, finished with spring onion and sesame, and thinks a child would like it; she recommends eating it with the dried-radish pickle. **This is one person's account.**
오모가리김치찌개 정찬1 ate it
Omogari Kimchi-jjigae Jeongchan₩13,000
The kimchi stew tray meal. One writer notes that the stews come without the seaweed soup that accompanies the grills.
The one writer who ate it found a thick broth heavy with pork, plus tofu, spring onion and kimchi, and says the generosity of it was the point.
통지리대구탕 정찬1 ate it
Tongjiri Daegutang Jeongchan₩14,000
Cod in a clear broth. One writer, out with her parents, ordered it.
Clean and gently savoury, by her parents' verdict, and mild enough that she thinks it would serve as a hangover soup. **One account.**
조기구이 정찬1 ate it
Jogi-gui Jeongchan₩18,000
At the top of the tray-meal price list. One writer ate it.
Mild and nutty, the flesh coming away easily, and salted enough to need nothing added — **which is the opposite of what one mackerel writer found.**
연어스테이크 정찬1 ate it
Yeoneo Steak Jeongchan₩19,000
On the board, the second most expensive tray meal after the sea bream.
The one writer who ordered it describes thick slices, crisped outside and moist within, carrying a little smoke from the oven. **One account.**
고추튀김 3P1 ate it
Gochu-twigim₩6,000
A side dish: three stuffed chillies with sweet chilli sauce.
The single writer who ordered it found them packed with glass noodles, vegetable and pork, in a thin batter that kept them from being heavy. **One account.**
치즈멘치카츠 2P1 ate it
Cheese Menchi-katsu₩7,000
A side dish: two patties with a couple of onion rings.
Large, and cut open to juicy pork and a spill of cheese, by the one writer who tried them. **One account.**
소주 · 맥주named in 9
Soju / Maekju₩2,900
Posted in large type on the banner outside and on the menu: **₩2,900.** Nine writers copy the figure down.
**Nobody records drinking any.** All nine mention it as a number — cheap, good for a drink after work — and none orders. One writer says the price applies when you order the seafood stew or braise; the others attach no condition, and we could not settle which is right. One writer was told the drinking dishes are not available at lunch.

Parking

3 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.

Posts saying you can park	3 of 29 posts

'Parking available' appears again and again, but only three writers actually parked. Most of those lines are lifted straight from the Naver listing, and even there they disagree — free, says one; two hours free, says another. The three who drove are the only specific ones: park in the basement and come up to the second floor; park in the plaza and tell the restaurant, who will register the plate; use the car park shared with the Lotte City Hotel. One adds that you ask the staff when you pay. How long the validation covers, and on what terms, differs from post to post and has not been established — one writer simply tells you to ring and ask before you go.

Who came, and with whom

Family visit	7 of 29 posts
Came by car	3 of 29 posts
Came with children	3 of 29 posts
With a friend	2 of 29 posts
Solo visit	1 of 29 posts
Date	1 of 29 posts

Getting there

Map showing where Jeongbak Fish House is

Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.

Getting inside

Second floor	22 of 29 posts
Lift to the floor	3 of 29 posts
Toilet inside	yes 0 · no 1

Not one post says whether a wheelchair or a pushchair gets in. Nor whether there is a step at the door, nor a ramp. Here is everything we do know: the restaurant is on the second floor of the building; three writers mention a lift, one of them riding it up from the basement car park, and two came up by escalator. Several describe a wide room with generous gaps between tables, but that is not a measurement of a doorway. Nobody even copies the 'wheelchair accessible' line from the listing — on this shop, that box was never ticked at all.

No one mentioned: In a basement · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · 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 disclosing payment2 of 29 posts
Posts saying nothing either way27 of 29 posts

When the posts appeared

09101205060709

Month by month

Month	Posts
2025-09	3
2025-10	2
2025-12	1
2026-05	2
2026-06	2
2026-07	2
2026-09	17

What we do not know

One post out of twenty-nine mentions the toilet. That writer says it belongs to the building, not the restaurant: out of the door and along to the left, and clean enough. So there is no toilet inside. Whether it is separated by sex, how far the walk is, whether it locks — nobody writes. One other post lists 'toilet' among a block of facilities, but that block is copied from Naver and we have not counted it.
Two posts disclose that they were paid for — one with a hashtag mid-text, one with the same hashtag first in the string at the bottom. A third thing is visible without being declared: ten of the twenty-nine carry an identical block of five hashtags in identical order, and the two disclosed posts are among those ten. Fourteen of the twenty-nine went up during September 2026 alone. We have counted them all the same, because the bodies genuinely differ — one finds the fish under-salted, one finds the bottom of the rice pot overcooked, one sends back a belt fish that tasted of charcoal — and because every one of them names a dish and a price. One writer says her next visit will be on her own money, without saying what this one was. What decides it is not the hashtags but whether somebody ate.
The hours do not agree, and Saturday is where they part. Nearly twenty posts give the same weekday shape: 11:00 to 21:00, closed 15:00 to 17:00, shut on Sundays. Three things are unsettled. First, Saturday — several say it closes at 15:00, one says it runs to 21:00 like a weekday, and seven simply write 'Mon–Sat 11:00–21:00' without separating the day at all. Second, the opening time — usually 11:00, but two posts from September 2026 say 10:30 and one from May 2026 says 10:00. Third, the Saturday break — exactly one writer states that there isn't one; the rest attach no day to the break at all. If you are going late on a Saturday afternoon, ring first. Three posts give a last order of 20:30.
Several writers saw the waiting list; hardly any of them joined it. Five mention the clipboard by the door, and of those only two record it actually in use — one found names already on it at lunchtime, one describes the place packed enough to have a queue. The rest are simply noting that the clipboard exists. The other direction is there too: two writers came at the weekend and found it quiet, one came late in the evening and had the room to herself. The picture that forms is this: weekday lunch is the crush, weekends and late evenings are not. How long the weekday queue actually takes, not one post says. On the food itself, one writer waited about twenty minutes, one was told the clay-pot rice takes five to ten, and three say it came quickly.
This is a chain. Three writers say so — one calls it a chain outright, one notes that Guro follows an earlier branch in Gasan, one had been going to another branch and was pleased to find this one. So what is written here is about this branch and not the others. Whether the menu, the prices or the self-service bar are the same elsewhere, we have not checked. Only one writer compares branches at all, and she says the porridge here is a charm this branch has of its own — which points the other way, toward branches differing.
Nobody tested the wi-fi. Two posts carry a facilities line — toilet, wi-fi, takeaway, delivery, free corkage — copied wholesale from the Naver listing, and not one writer says they connected a phone. No one mentions sockets, a television or a smoking room either. What does seem to be on the tables: a tin of toasted laver and flasks of hot water and barley tea, which several writers describe, and disposable aprons, which one does.

Sources (29)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

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