Yeonsan Nakji Seafood Hot Pot

About

This seafood hot-pot restaurant occupies the second floor of a standalone building on Gwajeong-ro in Togok, Yeonsan-dong. The first-floor dedicated lot holds 11 cars and an elevator leads upstairs. Phone the restaurant for reservations or group seating; because fresh ingredients can sell out, weekend dinner is worth confirming first.

The broad room splits between shoes-off seating and standard tables, with private rooms and highchairs. It suits meals with parents, families with children, groups, and work dinners. Reviews report that pre-ordered hot pot can be collected during the afternoon break, but arrange the exact pickup time by phone.

The pot is packed with shrimp, blue crab, live abalone, squid, scallops, whelk, cockles, clams, and milt in a bracing spicy broth. A KRW 62,000 medium serves three and includes live octopus; the KRW 50,000 small serves two without octopus, which can be added for KRW 10,000. Staff trim shellfish and cut the octopus as the pot cooks.

The KRW 3,000 fried rice is made with separately reduced seafood broth, not diners’ leftover soup, then served sizzling on a stone plate for crisp edges. Orders are capped by the pot’s serving size, so order enough from the start. Takeaway hot pot does not come in a cooking vessel, requiring a large wok at home, and fried rice is normally dine-in only.