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Hoin Sushi, Sokcho: An Omakase Sushi Counter near Yeongnang Lake

A scalloped turquoise plate holding rice topped with what looks like sea urchin and a crisp golden piece that looks like fish skin, plus chopped scallion, with a hammered-metal spoon resting on the plate, on a red textured mat.
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Hoin Sushi (호인스시) is an omakase sushi counter in Yeongnang-dong, Sokcho, on Gangwon's east coast. Omakase (오마카세) means a chef's-choice course, and reviews of Hoin Sushi describe one that runs from small plates to nigiri. A Tistory reviewer who wrote about it in October 2021 places the shop in a residential area near Yeongnang Lake (영랑호). Marie Claire Korea's August 2020 Route 7 travel feature says Hoin Sushi explains the ingredients and how to enjoy them all through the course.

A clear dimpled glass plate with a gold rim holding slices of seared fish with a dark crust and a deep pink center, topped with chopped scallion in a brown sauce, on a red textured mat.
Seared fish with chopped scallion in a brown sauce, on a gold-rimmed glass plate.

Small plates at Hoin Sushi in October 2021

I photographed Hoin Sushi's dinner course in October 2021. The small plates sat on a red textured mat, each on different tableware: a gold-rimmed glass plate with what looks like seared bonito, a square dish with a petal-shaped edge and what looks like octopus, and the scalloped turquoise plate in the photo at the top, where rice carries what looks like sea urchin and a crisp golden piece that looks like fish skin, with a hammered-metal spoon resting on the plate.

A small square dish with a petal-shaped edge holding brown glazed pieces with round suction cups that look like octopus, on a red textured mat.
A petal-edged dish of what looks like octopus pieces in a brown glaze.

A review of Hoin Sushi's lunch course from October 2021 describes rice tossed with sea urchin sauce under a piece of fish, and says the diners were told to break the fish up and mix everything together. A January 2026 review calls Hoin Sushi's sea urchin course a bibimbap (비빔밥), a mixed rice dish, made with sea urchin prepared by a Goseong haenyeo (해녀), a woman free-diver.

Nigiri on dark ceramic

In my photos, each nigiri sits alone on a dark, round ceramic plate. One looks like mackerel with silvery skin, topped with a green dab and sesame seeds. Another looks like fatty tuna with a small dab of minced topping. Reviews from October 2021, March 2022 and June 2023 each call Hoin Sushi's mackerel nigiri not fishy, and the same three mention garlic with the fatty tuna, otoro (오도로).

A single piece of nigiri with silvery skin that looks like mackerel, topped with a green dab and sesame seeds, on a dark round ceramic plate on a light wooden counter.
Nigiri that looks like mackerel, with a green dab and sesame seeds.
A single piece of pink nigiri that looks like fatty tuna, with a small dab of minced topping, on a dark round ceramic plate on a light wooden counter.
Nigiri that looks like fatty tuna with a small dab of minced topping.

Booking and prices at Hoin Sushi

Hoin Sushi runs on reservations: reviews from October 2021, March 2022 and June 2023 say to book by phone, and a January 2026 review says to book before you go. On Polle's listing, checked on November 14, 2026, Hoin Sushi's lunch omakase is ₩80,000, its dinner omakase ₩120,000 and its corkage ₩50,000, the same three figures a June 2023 review gives.

A June 2023 review of Hoin Sushi lists lunch seatings at 12:00 and 13:30 and dinner seatings at 17:50 and 19:40, with Sunday and Monday closed, so the times may have changed.

How to order

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저녁 1부로 두 명 예약하고 싶어요.

Jeonyeok il-buro du myeong yeyakago sipeoyo.

I'd like to book two people for the first dinner seating.

디너 오마카세 두 분이요.

Dineo omakase du buniyo.

Two dinner omakase, please.

못 먹는 음식이 있어요.

Mon meongneun eumsigi isseoyo.

There is something I can't eat.

The chef sets the course, so say what you cannot eat when you reserve.

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