[Gwanghwamun Restaurant] House of Gatten — A Premium Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant. Recommended Even for Those Who Aren’t Big Sushi Eaters

Dr. Baek’s rating ★★★★☆

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This is Dr. Baek’s Food Guide from Rev Dental, a teeth-whitening clinic for people from around the world.

One day, I found myself looking for a good restaurant for my wife, who suddenly wanted to eat some delicious inari sushi.

There seem to be more places these days serving inari sushi loaded with toppings inside or on top.

We just wanted somewhere with moist, delicious tofu pockets… and that’s how I learned about the premium version of Gatten Sushi!

House of Gatten Starfield Avenue Grand Seoul Branch

That name is really, really long… haha.

Do you know the street in the basement of Josun Palace with all the restaurants? The interior here has a very similar feel.

Location: 33 Jong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, Starfield Avenue Grand Seoul Branch

Parking: Parking is available in the building’s basement.

Two hours of free parking are available.

Best of all, you can park there, and even if you use public transportation, it’s easy to get to.

I had eaten at Gatten Sushi a few times, but this was my first visit to House of Gatten, the premium Gatten Sushi location, so I was excited.

Exterior

I visited a little early in the evening, around 5 p.m.

Fortunately, we were able to go straight in without waiting. But as soon as we entered, the line began getting longer.

When we left after finishing our meal, more than 10 people were waiting…

At a glance, you can tell that the interior has a somewhat similar feel to Gatten Sushi, right…?

Interior

The chefs were busy making sushi in the center of the circular conveyor belt.

They seemed to be making it quite quickly, but perhaps because there were so many customers, the conveyor belt never really seemed to fill up… haha.

Just like at the regular Gatten Sushi, you can take plates from the belt and eat them. The price of each plate is listed on the table.

The one difference is that sushi ordered from the chefs does not arrive on individual plates. Instead, it comes on a large sushi platter.

Since you can’t keep track of the number of plates by sight, you tend to eat more…

The prices seemed to be about 1,000–2,000 won more expensive than at Gatten Sushi, and the two of us ate about 100,000 won worth of food.

It’s a very Japanese-style menu, isn’t it?

Even the typeface feels like it was translated with Papago… haha.

There are quite a few menu items that even people who aren’t big sushi eaters can enjoy.

My wife ordered a generous amount of the inari sushi, egg sushi, and white-fleshed fish sushi she had been hoping for, and I ordered various things that I was curious about.

When you look at the back, the menu feels even more like something from Japan… haha.

I don’t usually order tuna at conveyor belt sushi restaurants in Korea, so I left that out and tried a few other items.

We ordered things like shrimp tempura, fried oysters, and fried squid legs…

There is a “Today’s Recommendations” section, but if you look closely, some of the items are simply repeated from the regular menu.

You probably don’t need to attach too much significance to it. They serve Asahi draft beer and Suntory The Premium Malt’s.

I couldn’t try them because I had driven there… Judging by the Pororo juice at the very bottom, it also seems like a place where children can come.

Let’s start eating!!!

After we sat down, they brought us miso soup and set out soy sauce with wasabi and pickled scallions.

One advantage of conveyor belt sushi restaurants is that you can go when you’re hungry and immediately pick up plenty of food to eat… haha.

Ta-da! Here are the inari sushi, egg sushi, and flounder/red sea bream sushi we had been wanting to eat.

These days, when people talk about good inari sushi, they often mean the large, plump kind with lots of toppings. It’s becoming hard to find places where the tofu pocket itself is the star… Here, the tofu pocket really is the main attraction!! It was delicious!! Very satisfying!

The egg sushi was also perfectly decent. Personally, I think I would have been happy just eating the inari sushi and egg sushi and leaving…

The flounder sushi and red sea bream sushi had large slices of fish, giving them a satisfying texture when chewed.

I was pleased!

This was the platter I ordered!

Compared with Gatten Sushi, I felt that the sashimi portions were a little more generous and that they used somewhat more premium ingredients.

Personally, the soy-marinated shrimp was just a little outside my taste preferences.

The seaweed used for the gunkan sushi seemed to be Japanese, but it tasted good…

Another characteristic is that they use a lot of sea urchin roe and monkfish liver as sauces.

Rather than placing the ingredients themselves on top, they put them in a piping bag, like whipped cream, and squeeze them out…!

I thought that was a little unusual…

You could taste what they were meant to be, but they fell a little short… In any case, the two shrimp sushi pieces above tasted fine.

Next came the shrimp tempura I ordered!

It would have been even better if it had been plated a little more attractively… but it was well fried and tasted good.

I can’t remember what the piece on the right was… Maybe flounder… The sauce on top was a little too rich for me, which was disappointing…

The left side is fried squid legs, and the right side is fried oysters.

The fried squid legs tasted good. Somehow, the squid flavor came through strongly even in the batter, which made them even better!

I would recommend not ordering the fried oysters. They look like they might contain a large oyster, but when you bite into one, it’s filled with finely chopped(?) oysters, so there isn’t much oyster flavor… Strongly not recommended…

Still, the inari sushi and egg sushi were delicious, so we ordered them again…

We had another truly delicious meal today!!!

Conclusion

I stopped going to Gatten Sushi, but this place is a little better.

After the sushi omakase boom began and I started eating carefully prepared sushi at omakase restaurants, I gradually stopped visiting conveyor belt sushi restaurants.

There may be differences in flavor and sushi quality, but more than anything, I felt that sushi omakase restaurants often serve well-aged fish, while conveyor belt sushi restaurants tend to offer relatively fresh, live-fish sashimi styles. That was the main reason.

House of Gatten, which I visited this time, seems to be a fairly good conveyor belt sushi restaurant.

I occasionally saw some fairly premium sushi toppings, and the sashimi portions were generous. They also seemed to be making an effort to offer a variety of flavors through new attempts, such as monkfish liver sauce.

On top of that, they provide two hours of parking, so accessibility was good.

Taste: ★★★★☆

Value for money: ★★★★☆

Accessibility: ★★★★☆

Facilities: ★★★★☆

Parking: Use the underground parking lot. Two hours of free parking.

This is a conveniently located conveyor belt sushi restaurant worth keeping in mind.

Personally, I thought the inari sushi and egg sushi were quite delicious, so I may visit again to get some takeout… haha.

They offer a 10% discount for takeout!!! Haha.

Thank you for reading another one of my self-paid restaurant reviews today.

I will strive to become a memorable restaurant coordinator through carefully selected posts. :)

This was Dr. Baek, a dentist who dreams of becoming both an implant expert and a food lover.

Thank you!!