Our own visit (October 2, 2026), not sponsored. Portion weights and our cart total come from the table's ordering tablet; the address, hours, last order, phone number, facilities, parking and menu prices come from Naver Place, checked on October 6, 2026. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Where to Eat in Magok with Kids: Songdo Galmaegi at K-Square — Tender Beef Rib First, Sweet Marinated Pork Skirt Next, Two Bowls Gone in No Time
Our family BBQ dinner out in Magok 🍖
On a Friday evening,
at Songdo Galmaegi (송도갈매기) Magok
on K-Square’s second basement floor,
the whole family had dinner together.
Marinated galmaegi-sal, grilled glossy over charcoal
K-Square Magok Tower 1
B2 (second basement floor)
⏰ Daily 11:00–22:00
Last order 21:00
💰 Traditional galmaegi, 1 serving
20,000 won (180 g)
🅿 K-Square parking
2 hours free evenings & weekends
👶 High chairs · groups · reservations
📞 02-6989-5299
We had the beef rib meat first,
then the marinated galmaegi-sal
(pork skirt meat).
The beef rib was tender,
and the galmaegi-sal was sweet and delicious.
🏮 EST 1988, a ‘100-year shop’
The sign shows ‘EST 1988’
together with ‘백년가게’
(Baengnyeon Gage, ‘100-year shop’).
The screen by the entrance says,
“We will be a Songdo Galmaegi
that carries on for 100 years.”
Songdo Galmaegi Magok's entrance — EST 1988, '100-year shop'
The board at the entrance shows
three kinds of ‘charcoal galmaegi
with a traditional 1988 recipe’:
traditional, garlic and whole fresh.
The board at the entrance — three kinds of charcoal galmaegi
The Songdo Galmaegi logo at the counter
🥬 Lettuce from the smart farm
Right beside your seat,
behind a glass wall,
you can see the smart farm.
On shelves several tiers high,
lettuce grows
under LED lights.
The smart farm behind the glass wall next to our table
Lettuce growing under LED lights
The glass wall says,
“We bring it to your table.”
Handwritten shelf labels
showed vegetable names like ‘Butter Red’
and dates.
Grown right here in the restaurant,
the greens were incredibly fresh!
Leafy greens growing tier upon tier
📱 Order on the table tablet
Every table has an ordering tablet.
For meat, your first order
must add up to at least 2 servings,
but you can order 1 serving of each item.
Our cart had
1 serving of fresh beef rib meat,
2 servings of traditional galmaegi
and 1 abalone galbitang (after-meal menu) —
87,000 won in total.
The table ordering tablet — fresh beef rib meat, traditional galmaegi, abalone galbitang
at least 2 servings in total
Mixing 1 serving of each is OK
We had beef rib first,
marinated galmaegi after!
🔥 Charcoal and the spread
In the middle of the table
is a grill for the charcoal.
Lettuce and leafy greens, salad,
shredded green onion, pickles and japchae —
plenty of side dishes.
The grill before the charcoal goes in
The spread — leafy greens, salad, shredded green onion, pickles and japchae
🥩 Beef rib first
First, the fresh beef rib meat
went on the charcoal.
We ate it golden outside, a little pink inside,
and it was really tender.
Beef rib meat over the charcoal
Once cooked, the meat
sat on the half-moon rack above the grill,
and we picked it off piece by piece.
Beef rib meat on the half-moon rack
🍖 Then the marinated galmaegi
Next, the marinated traditional galmaegi.
On the charcoal the marinade
sizzled and turned glossy.
Sweet and delicious.
Marinated galmaegi-sal on the charcoal
Lifting up the cooked galmaegi-sal (GIF)
Our eldest and our second son
cleared two bowls in no time!
🍲 Galbitang — and a bowl of rice
Last came the galbitang (short rib soup).
It’s full of a big rib bone, meat, jujubes,
glass noodles and green onion.
(On the ordering screen: ‘abalone galbitang’, after-meal menu)
The galbitang was so good
the grown-ups each finished
a bowl of rice.
Galbitang — a big rib bone, meat and jujubes
Lifting meat out of the galbitang (GIF)
🚗 Parking
Parking in the K-Square building
starts at B3,
and the pillar rows numbered in the 50s
are said to be closest to the restaurant.
✔ Weekday lunch: 1 hour free
✔ Weekday evenings & weekends: 2 hours free
✔ After that, 2,000 won per 30 min
(per Naver Place)
📋 Menu & prices (per serving)
Traditional galmaegi 20,000 won (180 g)
Garlic / whole fresh galmaegi 22,000 won (150 g)
Fresh beef rib meat 26,000 won (150 g)
Songdo Idong galbi 32,000 won (2 ribs, 200 g)
Abalone galbitang (after-meal) 21,000 won
(weights from the ordering tablet,
prices from the Naver Place menu)
👍 Who this is for
✔ Anyone looking for a BBQ place for kids
(high chairs; two bowls gone in no time)
✔ Anyone who wants beef and marinated galmaegi
in one meal
✔ Anyone who loves fresh leafy greens
(the in-store smart farm)
Tender beef rib to start,
then sweet galmaegi, then galbitang.
A family BBQ spot where our kids
cleared two bowls in no time.
📍 Songdo Galmaegi (Magok) — open in Naver Map
Another K-Square spot we tried with the kids:
Kitsunetei → Read it here
More lunch in Magok — One Grove lunch map · Ilsikbi, Magok
As of our visit (Friday evening, October 2, 2026). Portion weights and our cart total are from the table's ordering tablet; the address, hours, last order, phone number, facilities, parking and menu prices are from Naver Place (checked 2026-10-06) and may change. The character illustrations are GPT-generated images.
Translated from our Korean post with AI assistance. Hours, prices and other numbers were checked against the Korean original (the ordering-tablet screen and Naver Place information as of October 6, 2026). We did not check whether the ordering tablet has an English mode. Original post (Korean)