Updated: August 2026
The best korean seafood in abu dhabi for most tables is at Mukbang Shows in Al Danah, which publishes twelve priced seafood dishes — more than any other Korean kitchen in the capital — and runs the only unlimited tier that includes a seafood boil, at AED 99. But this is not one price ladder. It is three that barely touch, from a AED 84 hot pot to a AED 750 whole fish.
TL;DR
- Best overall: Mukbang Shows, Muroor Road and Electra Street — widest priced seafood list, boil inside the AED 99 tier
- Best value: Manna Land, Al Nahyan Camp — haemul jeongol AED 84, the cheapest published seafood hot pot in the city
- Best splurge: Nuri Grill & Bar, Yas Island — the only Jeju whole-fish programme in Abu Dhabi
Which restaurant serves the best korean seafood in abu dhabi?
Mukbang Shows, for range and for price transparency. Twelve seafood items carry a published price on its live menu, which is more than any other Korean kitchen in Abu Dhabi publishes in total.
The list runs: Haemul Jeongol AED 99 (a seafood hot pot for two to three), Jjampong AED 99 sharing or AED 60 solo, Seafood Boil Trio AED 187 for three to four, Seafood Boil Solo AED 87 for one to two, Shrimp AED 102 a kilo, Mussels AED 82 a kilo, Haemul Pajeon AED 53, Saeu Twigim AED 51, Ojing-eo Twigim AED 51, Seafood Bibimbap AED 62, Seafood Fried Rice AED 51 and Crab Balls AED 18 for six.
The structural point is the AED 99 Jeju tier. Mukbang’s four unlimited tiers at the Abu Dhabi branches are Gangnam AED 69, Daegu AED 89, Jeju AED 99 and Bukchon Hanok AED 129, and Jeju is the one that folds the seafood boil into the unlimited side. No other Korean venue in the city puts seafood inside an all-you-can-eat tier.
Muroor Road is at 547 Sultan Bin Zayed The First St, opposite Emirates Grand Market, Al Danah, Zone 1, on +971-50-158-9433. Electra Street sits behind City Seasons Hotel on Zayed The First St, on +971-2-564-0446, closer to Abu Dhabi Mall and the Corniche. Both open Mon–Thu 1PM–1AM and Fri–Sun 12PM–1AM, both 100% halal, beef and chicken only on the meat side, no pork and no alcohol on the premises.
Now the honest part, and it is a real loss. Manna Land beats Mukbang on the two most classically Korean orders on the menu: haemul jeongol at AED 84 against AED 99, and jjambong at AED 53 against AED 60 solo. Mukbang also serves no whole fish at all — no grilled mackerel, no belt fish, no braised fish, no oyster pancake, no sashimi. If you want a fish on a plate rather than shellfish in a pot, this is the wrong door.
One more caveat on the tier: AED 99 Jeju carries a two-person minimum and an enforced AED 60 leftover charge, so it is a bad order for anyone who is not genuinely hungry. The AED 87 solo boil is the sensible choice for one or two people. The Abu Dhabi seafood boil deep-dive covers the non-Korean specialists in that format.
Where is the cheapest Korean seafood hot pot in Abu Dhabi?
Manna Land Korean Restaurant in Al Nahyan Camp, at AED 84 for the regular haemul jeongol — the lowest published seafood hot-pot price in the capital, undercutting Mukbang by AED 15.
It is also the deepest priced seafood list in the city, and the only one that includes whole fish. From its own menu, prices stated inclusive of 5% VAT: Haemul Jeongol AED 84 regular or AED 157 large, Haemul Pajeon AED 53, Jjambong AED 53, Haemul Ramyun AED 53, Saewoo Gui AED 84, Saewoo Tangsuyuk AED 84, grilled belt fish or mackerel AED 58, Godunguh Jorim AED 63, Galchi Jorim AED 63.
Find it on Al Muroor Road (East Road) near the Al Mamoura building, on 02 446 6860 or 055 192 3434, open 11:00 to 23:00 daily. Two caveats: the AED 84 figure is the regular size, and a bigger table pays AED 157 rather than getting the bargain twice — and an 11PM close puts it outside late-night range. Confirm halal status and sourcing directly with the venue.
Which Abu Dhabi restaurant flies in whole Jeju fish?
Nuri Grill & Bar at the Hilton Abu Dhabi Yas Island, and it has no rival in the city. Its published menu carries a 1.5kg Jeju halibut at AED 750, two 750g Jeju flounder also at AED 750, five fresh Jeju abalone at AED 150 and five fresh Jeju oysters at AED 130.
Above that sit Lobster Jjamppong Jeongol AED 270, Yeon Po Tang octopus soup AED 270, Nakgopsae AED 270, Seafood Dolfan Jjajang AED 240, Roasted Spicy Black Cod Combo AED 130, Seafood Pancake AED 100, Lobster Chadol Jjam-Ppong AED 95 and a scallop and shrimp skewer at AED 85.
If the question means finest rather than cheapest, this is the honest answer, and Mukbang does not compete with it. Two things to know first. It is a licensed venue — alcohol is served and the site carries its own wine menu — which is stated so anyone who needs a dry room can plan, not as a verdict on anything else; confirm halal status directly with the venue. And these are resort prices: the seafood pancake is AED 100 here against AED 53 at Manna Land and AED 28 on Hamdan Street. Hours Sun–Thu 12PM–12AM, Fri–Sat 12PM–1AM, on +971 54 211 5151.
Is there Korean seafood in the city centre after midnight?
Yes, at exactly one address. The Skewers Korean BBQ on Hamdan Street publishes 11AM to 3AM daily on its own menu page, which makes it the only Korean kitchen in Abu Dhabi where a seafood order is possible at 2AM.
It also holds the cheapest published seafood pancake in the city: Haemul Pajeon AED 28, against AED 53 at both Manna Land and Mukbang and AED 100 at Nuri. The rest of its seafood line reads Premium Mixed Seafood AED 99, Lobster Jjampong AED 78, Jjampong AED 70 and Haemul Tteokbokki AED 44 — and the AED 8 gap between the standard and lobster jjampong is the narrowest lobster upcharge published anywhere in the capital.
The address is behind Emax on Hamdan Bin Mohammed Street, on 02 883 6144 or +971 58 183 8015. The caveat is what the format is: this is street-food seafood, a plate rather than a programme, and the same menu carries a Korean corn dog at AED 22. The “Premium Mixed Seafood” listing does not specify what is in it. Halal status is not independently verified; confirm directly with the venue.
Which traditional room has the widest seafood menu?
Madang Korean Restaurant — although you cannot cost any of it. Its own site carries a Korean-Chinese page naming both Jjamppong and Lobster Jjamppong, a seafood pancake on its pancakes page, sashimi, and a stew list running to fifteen named soups and hot pots. That is the widest Korean seafood range named by any venue in Abu Dhabi.
No individual dish price is published anywhere. Its site advertises a business lunch at AED 65; MyBayut’s roughly AED 300 cost-for-two estimate for the Al Ghazal site is a whole-meal figure, not a dish price.
The main room is on the ground floor of the Holiday Inn, 31st Dhafeer Street, Al Sa’adah, Zone 1, on +971 2 585 5441 or +971 56 327 5999, with a second site at Al Ghazal Golf Club near the old airport on +971 50 137 5888. Hours are 12PM to 12AM daily — but last orders are 10:30PM, which is a ninety-minute trap for anyone planning a late seafood dinner. Confirm halal status directly.
What about The Taste of Korea and Hankook?
Both are worth knowing, and both are evidenced by listings rather than published menus.
The Taste of Korea sits at the Cristal Hotel on Electra Street in Madinat Zayed, with a second site at Al Wahda Mall Extension, open 11:00 to 00:00 daily. Its delivery listing describes a Haemul Jeongol with shrimp, squid, clams and fish, and a Haemul Pajeon loaded with seafood and spring onion — which makes it one of the few Abu Dhabi kitchens confirmed to run both the pot and the pancake. It is also minutes from the Mukbang Electra branch. No prices are published on any verifiable page. Confirm halal status directly.
Hankook Korean Restaurant is on Defence Road in Al Nahyan, beside Centre Villa Hotel and opposite the Central Bus Station, open 11:00 to 23:00 daily. Its haemul pajeon is named among its top dishes across review platforms and TripAdvisor carries genuine diner photographs of it, which is the strongest non-menu evidence available in the city. Reviewers describe most dishes around AED 50 with portions that feed two or three. The limit is that only the pancake is evidenced — no hot pot, whole fish or boil could be confirmed from any source. Confirm halal status directly.
How do Korean seafood prices compare across Abu Dhabi?
| Venue | Area | Price AED | Halal | Standout order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukbang Shows | Al Danah | 18–187 | 100% halal, beef and chicken only | Jeju tier AED 99, seafood boil included |
| Manna Land | Al Nahyan Camp | 53–157 | Confirm directly | Haemul jeongol AED 84 |
| The Skewers | Hamdan Street | 28–99 | Confirm directly | Haemul pajeon AED 28, served to 3AM |
| Nuri Grill & Bar | Yas Island | 85–750 | Confirm directly — licensed venue, alcohol served | 1.5kg Jeju halibut AED 750 |
| Madang | Al Sa’adah / Al Ghazal | Not published | Confirm directly | Lobster jjamppong, fifteen named stews |
| The Taste of Korea | Madinat Zayed / Al Wahda | Not published | Confirm directly | Haemul jeongol (per its own listing) |
| Hankook | Al Nahyan | Not published | Confirm directly | Haemul pajeon (photographed by diners) |
The seafood pancake is the cleanest like-for-like comparison in the city, because four kitchens publish one: The Skewers AED 28, Manna Land AED 53, Mukbang AED 53, Nuri AED 100. Jjampong runs Manna Land AED 53, Mukbang AED 60 solo, The Skewers AED 70, Nuri AED 95 for the chadol version, Mukbang AED 99 sharing. Full seafood hot pots start at Manna Land’s AED 84 and top out at Nuri’s AED 270 lobster version. Budget roughly AED 85 to AED 110 a head for a proper shared Korean seafood meal in the city centre, and considerably more on Yas Island. Our Abu Dhabi jjampong guide goes deeper on the noodle-soup end of that range.
Is Korean seafood halal in Abu Dhabi?
Seafood is the lowest-risk category in Korean cooking on the halal question. The two standard problems in Korean food are pork in the stock and cooking alcohol — mirin or cheongju — in a marinade, and neither is intrinsic to a pot of shellfish. So the two questions worth asking anywhere are whether the broth is built on a pork base and whether cooking wine goes into the pan.
Mukbang answers both: its jjampong and haemul jeongol use no pork stock, and there is no alcohol on the premises at either Abu Dhabi branch.
For every other venue in this guide the accurate advice is to confirm directly with the kitchen — no Abu Dhabi Korean venue’s halal status is independently verified in public sources, and this guide does not assert one way or the other. Nuri Grill & Bar is a licensed venue where alcohol is served, verified from its own wine menu; that is a fact about the room, stated so a reader who needs a dry venue can plan. Time Out Abu Dhabi’s roundup of the city’s Korean restaurants is a reasonable place to start on contact details.
What counts as Korean seafood (해산물)?
Four formats cover almost everything on an Abu Dhabi Korean menu.
Haemul jeongol is the flagship: a wide, shallow pot of shrimp, squid, clams, mussels and fish brought to the table and kept bubbling, usually built for two or three and served with rice and banchan. Haemul pajeon is the crisp savoury pancake, thick with spring onion and mixed seafood, that works as both a starter and a sharing plate. Jjampong is the spicy seafood noodle soup — Korean-Chinese rather than strictly Korean, and the dish most likely to hide a pork base elsewhere.
The fourth is the odd one out, and it is worth naming honestly: the seafood boil is not a traditional Korean format at all. It is a Cajun-style tray of shellfish cooked in a bag with a sauce choice, imported into Korean menus rather than descended from them. Mukbang is the only Korean kitchen in Abu Dhabi that publishes one, at AED 87 solo or AED 187 for the trio, or inside the AED 99 Jeju tier.
There is a real gap in the city’s Korean seafood cooking, and it is a strange one for a coastal capital: whole fish. Only Manna Land and Nuri publish grilled or braised fish. Everywhere else, Korean seafood in Abu Dhabi means shellfish or squid in a pot.
Where to find Korean seafood in Abu Dhabi by neighbourhood
Al Danah, Zone 1 is the densest cluster. Both Mukbang branches sit here — Muroor Road opposite Emirates Grand Market, Electra Street behind City Seasons Hotel — with The Taste of Korea also on Electra Street at the Cristal Hotel. If you are staying near Abu Dhabi Mall or the Corniche, three of the seven venues in this guide are a short drive away.
Al Nahyan is the traditional cluster: Manna Land on Al Muroor Road (East Road) near the Al Mamoura building, and Hankook on Defence Road opposite the Central Bus Station. Both are long-standing neighbourhood rooms rather than destination addresses, and both are known for portions rather than décor.
Hamdan Street means The Skewers, behind Emax — the only late option, and the cheapest. Al Sa’adah has Madang at the Holiday Inn, with its second site well out at Al Ghazal Golf Club near the old airport. Yas Island means Nuri, across the bridge, which is a dedicated trip rather than something you fold into another plan.
One practical note for visitors: Abu Dhabi has no metro, tram or rail network, so every venue here is a car or taxi trip. The Al Danah cluster is the only place where two Korean seafood kitchens are close enough to compare in a single evening.
Practical tips for ordering Korean seafood in Abu Dhabi
Decide pot or boil before you open the menu. They are different meals. A jeongol is a slow shared pot with rice and banchan; a boil is a tray of shellfish you take apart with your hands. Manna Land and Madang do the former; Mukbang is the only Korean kitchen in the city publishing the latter.
Ask about the broth base. Seafood is low-risk, but a spicy seafood soup can still be built on a pork stock, and a marinade can carry cooking wine. Mukbang states neither applies. Everywhere else, ask on arrival.
Do not default to the unlimited tier. Mukbang’s AED 99 Jeju tier needs two people and carries an AED 60 leftover charge. For one or two people the AED 87 solo boil or a AED 60 solo jjampong is both cheaper and more sensible.
Use the pancake as the price check. It is the one dish four kitchens publish, from AED 28 to AED 100. If you want to know how expensive a room is before committing, that number tells you more than a cost-for-two estimate.
Watch the clock, not the closing time. Madang publishes midnight but stops orders at 10:30PM. Korean Kitchen-style early closers and Manna Land’s 11PM finish rule out a late plan. After midnight the list is Mukbang to 1AM and The Skewers to 3AM.
Split one pot rather than ordering individually. A regular haemul jeongol at AED 84 to AED 99 with rice and banchan feeds two adults properly, which puts the per-head cost around AED 50 before drinks. Adding a kilo of shrimp at AED 102 or mussels at AED 82 is where bills climb.
Ring anywhere unpriced. Madang, The Taste of Korea and Hankook publish no seafood prices. A two-minute call before a drive across town settles both the price and whether the dish is on today.
If you want fish rather than shellfish, go straight to Manna Land. Grilled mackerel or belt fish at AED 58 and braised versions at AED 63 are the only affordable whole-fish options published in the city. The alternative is a AED 750 Jeju halibut.
FAQ
What should I budget for Korean seafood in Abu Dhabi?
Roughly AED 85 to AED 110 a head for a shared hot pot with rice and sides in the city centre. On Yas Island a single main runs AED 95 to AED 100 before anything else.
Which venue serves Korean seafood latest at night?
The Skewers on Hamdan Street, open to 3AM daily on its own published hours. Mukbang’s two Al Danah branches run to 1AM. Everywhere else stops between 10:30PM and midnight.
Is Mukbang’s unlimited seafood tier worth it?
Only for two genuinely hungry people. The AED 99 Jeju tier has a two-person minimum and an AED 60 leftover charge, so the AED 87 solo boil is the smarter order for a small table.
Where can I get whole grilled fish instead of a hot pot?
Manna Land publishes grilled mackerel and belt fish at AED 58 and braised versions at AED 63. Nuri imports whole Jeju halibut and flounder at AED 750. Mukbang serves no whole fish.
Are these restaurants halal?
Mukbang is 100% halal with no pork and no alcohol on the premises. No other venue’s status is independently verified, so confirm directly. Nuri is a licensed venue where alcohol is served.
What is the cheapest seafood pancake in Abu Dhabi?
The Skewers, at AED 28. Manna Land and Mukbang both charge AED 53, and Nuri lists it at AED 100 — the same dish, four times the price.
Korean seafood in Abu Dhabi splits cleanly by room, not by recipe: a sub-AED-100 hot pot in the neighbourhood kitchens, a cheap late plate on Hamdan Street, and a Jeju import programme on Yas Island. Pick the tier first. For the wider picture, see MyBayut’s Abu Dhabi Korean restaurant guide, or our Abu Dhabi Korean pancake guide for the haemul pajeon comparison in full.
