Conveyor Belt Sushi

I've heard of conveyor belt sushi restaurants but I've never actually seen one until we got to Seoul. Naturally I wanted to try it out and so we went to a place nearby last week. The set up and production of the place was impressive, the sushi, unfortunately was not. It was mostly the same 7 or 8 varieties of white fishes and a lot of raw shrimp that looked entirely unappetizing. M enjoyed the eel sushi and my highlight was the bottomless ginger. The restaurant was large with a huge square shaped sushi bar wrapped around the chef station. The chefs put the color coded plates out pretty quickly. The plate colors corresponded to the cost of the plate. Most of the dishes we chose were in the 3,800 won to 4,400 won price range (roughly $3.25 - $4) but there were dishes that cost a lot more, including the eel. I thought the prices were a little high considering the quality of the sushi.


Another, "famous" conveyor belt sushi place was introduced to us by Ariyong, M's colleague’s wife. We went there this weekend and the quality was much better but there wasn't much variety. All the plates were 3,500 won and all in all it was a fine experience. I think I'll stick with Hwey, Korean style sashimi for now. (At least until the end of the month when we go to Japan!)

The first place:

The second place: