[Lotte Hotel Seoul] Momoyama - A Delicious Futomaki Place Loaded with Fresh Bluefin Tuna. Review of the Special 12-Piece Sushi Set. (feat. Trevi Club)

Dr. Baek’s rating ★★★★★

Hello.

This is Dr. Baek from Leve Dental Clinic at Sinsa Station.

It’s been a while since I visited Lotte Hotel Seoul! Today is a review of a Japanese restaurant.

My wife and I usually like Chinese cuisine, so we often go to Dorim, but today my wife suddenly wanted Japanese food.

So we went to Momoyama for futomaki.

We visited in late 2024, more than a year ago, and I still remember the sushi omakase being so tender and delicious.^^

Lotte Hotel Seoul Momoyama

Today’s review is mostly about a light à la carte meal.

We visited on a weekday evening, and because there weren’t many guests, we could enjoy it in a very private atmosphere.!!

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Location: 30 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul

Parking: Valet parking available. (Free parking for 3 hours)

Valet parking is, of course, available.

Lotte Hotel Seoul really aims for luxury valet service~!!!

The service is as pleasant as can be, and I’m always grateful to the staff for their courteous and comfortable service.

When using the restaurant, you can receive the benefit of free parking time, but you do have to pay the valet fee.

There aren’t as many cards as you might think that offer free valet parking at Lotte Hotel Seoul.

The discontinued Lotte Diamond Card was pretty decent... and these days, I recommend the Kookmin Card Heritage Reserve.

Or, premium credit cards such as Hana Club One can also offer free valet benefits. Haha.

Exterior

You go down on the 38th floor.

A stylish lounge welcomes us. Haha.

Time passes, but the classic, elegant atmosphere remains unchanged~

I’m always happy because the staff greet us so kindly.

If you go to the right, you’ll find Mugunghwa.

It was included in the Michelin Guide 2024, right?

Unfortunately, it wasn’t listed in 2025 or 2026.

I suppose the price is quite high..... but on the other hand, it’s a great establishment with a do-what-I-want attitude that doesn’t care about that kind of thing!

Interior

I visited with my daughter, who still has four months left until her second birthday..

She was wandering around and being noisy...

So we were inevitably(!?) guided to a private room.

When we went into the room, it felt like a blind date was happening.. lol

They provided a chair the same as the one we have at home, so my child was very comfortable.

They serve quite a variety of dishes,

but today’s goal was futomaki and the chef’s special 12-piece sushi platter.!!

Meal begins!!!

The first setting on the table is neat and clean.

The restaurants at Lotte Hotel are really, truly professional and without any unnecessary frills.

They served a clean wet towel and light potato chips, and the chips are classy. They’re delicious.

They said it was tofu topped with perilla seed sauce, and as a welcome food it was refreshing and great for stimulating the appetite!

My energetic daughter is sitting like a crime boss and whining again today.

Hot miso soup. The taste of Japan.

The wasabi is delicious. It’s not just sharp heat; it has sweetness and a clean kick.

Good wasabi is delicious even if you just eat it by itself (!)

It came out really quickly.

Maybe we waited about 10 minutes....

But the plating is really beautiful!!!

Honestly, once you start eating, it’s so delicious that you finish it quickly...

So I paid even more attention and took photos.

Futomaki (90,000 won)

A futomaki filled with truly delicious tamago, truly delicious tempura shrimp, and truly delicious fresh bluefin tuna..

It’s the kind of futomaki that can’t possibly taste bad.

It’s basically a 90,000-won roll of kimbap per piece, but...

It really does look incredibly delicious, doesn’t it?

While I was eating one piece, my right hand was already picking up another.

It’s truly impossible to stop.....

So soft, nutty, and delicious... a heavenly taste.

This is the best futomaki of my life. ^^

Chef’s Special 12-Piece Sushi (170,000 won)

This is a sushi platter that seems to contain the sushi omakase we enjoyed last time.

It has 12 kinds, but it disappears really quickly...

Starting with two seaweed rolls topped with salmon roe and small shrimp,

and beginning with eel sushi, then clockwise,

yellowtail amberjack, red seabream, tuna belly, striped jack, sea bream, ?!, lean tuna, tuna belly, and squid sushi.

In my opinion, this is a lineup that would be hard to find in a 150,000-won dinner omakase, and more likely something you’d find in a mid-range 200,000 to 250,000-won sushi omakase.

Since my wife and I shared it...

We ate it so quickly that I took photos of the pieces I ate instead..ㅠㅠ

My daughter secretly ate one end piece of the futomaki without the fresh bluefin tuna.

The characteristic of Momoyama’s sushi is that the aging is done very delicately, making it soft and nutty.

At the same time, the flavor is well balanced, so nothing tastes sharp! It’s a gentle happiness that is round and comforting to both the stomach and mouth even after you finish eating.

Another nice thing here is that after you finish, they give you melon and strawberries for dessert.

The melon was especially memorable because it tasted so good.

And they give each person a cup of coffee!! If you go to the Peninsula Lounge on the first floor, this same coffee is 20,000 won per cup.

If you take a little extra time and enjoy it leisurely, this turns out to be a surprisingly good-value beautiful space.

After enjoying delicious food and feeling happy,

I took a photo of my wife, who was the youngest she’ll ever be today, and the sun was setting. Haha.

We really, really enjoyed everything today.!!!

Conclusion

Japanese cuisine is definitely Lotte’s specialty. Hehe.

Not long ago, I visited Tani, a Japanese restaurant at Avenuel.

It was an old classic favorite restaurant..

But when I checked again to revisit, it had disappeared from Naver Map.

It must have closed down. Waaa...

So we went to Momoyama...

The futomaki and 12-piece sushi came to a total of 260,000 won. That sounds extremely expensive, right?!

But with the Trevi Club, it’s discounted to 208,000 won. You can think of Lotte Hotel prices as reflecting the Trevi Club benefit.

Then dinner for one person is about 100,000 won..

And if you include one coffee per person at 20,000 won each....

Compared to spending 70,000 to 80,000 won for lunch at a mid-range sushi restaurant, it may actually be an unbelievably good deal.

Taste: ★★★★★

Value: ★★★★★

Accessibility: ★★★★★

Facilities: ★★★★★

Parking: Valet available on weekends. (3 hours of free parking)

That’s how I felt, and I left extremely satisfied and definitely plan to visit again.

The friendly and convenient valet parking is also a major attraction of Lotte Hotel Seoul.

Thanks to this, when I go to Busan, I’m thinking I might visit Momoyama in Busan too. Hahaha.

Thank you for reading my restaurant review, which I paid for myself,

and I’ll continue trying to be a memorable restaurant coordinator with carefully selected posts. :)

This was Dr. Baek, a dentist who dreams of being both an implant craftsman and a gourmet.

Thank you.!!