Yakitori Sakame, Jeju City — charcoal skewers and sashimi until 3am

A back lane off Jungang-ro in Jeju City. Beside a white noren hangs a lantern with a single green turtle painted on it. SAKAME.

Kame (亀) means turtle. The turtle is in the name, painted on the sign, and even the sauce dish is shaped like one. One look at the pale green turtle dish sitting beside your plate tells you what this place is fond of.

Open the door and the counter runs the length of the room, with a charcoal grill at the far end. A purple LED washes over the grill, and beneath it the skewers lie in a single row, cooking.

It opens at 6pm and closes at 3am. Given how few places in Jeju City work as a second or third stop of the night, those hours are a reason in themselves.

The place — a turtle on the sign, and 3am

The address is 6-1 Jungang-ro 14-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, 1st floor. It sits in Jeju City’s older downtown, easy to reach on foot, with other bars nearby if the night keeps going. The number is 010-2615-5342, and Google Maps carries both a Catch Table booking link and an Instagram account.

Hours run from 6pm to 3am, closed Wednesdays. Eating dinner somewhere else and drifting over late actually suits this place better.

Sit at the counter and you watch the whole thing. The grill is long and narrow, so the skewers lie sideways and the cook turns each one by the handle. The smoke is drawn upward, so your clothes do not end up reeking.

Yakitori Sakame at a glance (checked 2026-09-19)

Item	Details
Address	6-1 Jungang-ro 14-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, 1st floor
Contact	010-2615-5342 (Google Maps links to a Catch Table booking page)
Hours	18:00~03:00
Closed	Every Wednesday
Prices confirmed	Sashimi of the day 25,000 won (other skewer prices could not be confirmed on site)
Per person	20,000~30,000 won range (as listed on Google Maps)
Ordering rules	Skewers can be added one at a time after the first order · grilled to order, so waits can be long when busy (from the menu notice)
Rating	Google Maps ★4.7 (10 reviews) — the score is high, but the sample falls short of this site’s threshold (100 reviews)

How to order — the first page of the menu is the rulebook

Open the menu and the first page is not a price list but a set of house notes. It is handwritten, with a small turtle drawn beside each line.

Two of those lines are especially useful. “After your first order, you may add one skewer at a time”, and “We grill each order as it comes in, so waits may be long when orders pile up”.

Which means nothing is grilled in advance and held. Order the first round, then add as many single skewers as you want from there. Go with a group and order twenty at once, and you wait accordingly.

The menu says the Sakame course comes with a set of recommended skewers and side dishes. If it is your first visit, running through the course and then adding your favourites one skewer at a time is the easy way to do it.

This article mostly does not quote prices. The menu page that got photographed was the house notes, so the per-skewer prices went unconfirmed. The one figure confirmed is sashimi of the day, 25,000 won, and Google Maps lists the per-person estimate in the 20,000~30,000 won range.

Sashimi at 25,000 won — a yakitori bar where the raw fish comes first

Sashimi of the day is 25,000 won. Roughly five kinds are laid out at once on an octagonal plate.

Two slices of red-fleshed fish in the middle, two kinds of white fish beside them, squid on one side and an oily blue fish on the other. Shiso leaves and radish sprouts divide them, with pickled ginger and grated wasabi in the centre.

A yakitori bar can serve raw fish here because this is Jeju. Eat nothing but grilled food and your mouth goes heavy around the third skewer; one cold slice of white fish cuts through that. The better order is to start with the sashimi and move on to the skewers.

There is both sake and highball. The highball comes in a tall glass with a slice of lemon on top, and whisky bottles line the shelf behind. If you want carbonation to cut the fat off the skewers, go with the highball.

The skewers — one cut per plate, served on stone

The skewers come out on a black stone slab. Along the edge sit dabs of mustard, yuzu pepper and salt, with a small turtle-shaped dish beside them.

Because each plate holds several skewers of the same cut, the darker row and the pale row separate visibly. The dark side has more chew; the pale side is soft and rich.

On the skewers threaded with spring onion, the sweetness of the onion comes through first once grilled. Each one gets a single stroke of sauce on top, and that stroke is what brings the seasoning into balance.

There is a vegetable skewer too. Cherry tomatoes are skewered whole, and once grilled the skin splits and the inside turns to juice. They are hot, so do not put one in whole. Slipped between the meat, they reset your palate.

One plate pairs something round and grilled with sheets of seaweed. The surface is charred and a pale green sauce comes with it, but the menu name went unconfirmed, so it goes unnamed here. It is chewy texture set against the salt of the seaweed.

Last comes a single skewer served in an earthenware pot. Minced meat is pressed together and grilled, then set on a thick cream-coloured sauce; rolling it through the sauce softens the salt. This one’s menu name also went unconfirmed, so it goes unwritten.

Map and practicalities — getting there, hours, and the rating

Address 6-1 Jungang-ro 14-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, 1st floor
Contact 010-2615-5342
Hours 18:00~03:00 / Closed every Wednesday

It is in Jeju City’s older downtown, so you walk there. It is a small counter-led room, so call ahead if there are several of you. Google Maps carries a Catch Table booking link.

The rating gets stated honestly. This site uses Google Maps ★4.5 with 100 or more reviews as its threshold for a recommendation. As of September 2026, Sakame has ★4.7 but only 10 reviews. The score is high, but the sample falls short of the threshold.

It is a relatively new place, and it sits on the late-night routes of people who live in Jeju rather than on a tourist route. This is less a restaurant you visit on the strength of verified numbers than one you visit for the pleasure of sitting at the counter and watching the grill.

FAQ

What time does it open?

It opens at 6pm and closes at 3am. It is closed on Wednesdays.

Can I order skewers one at a time?

The menu notice says you can add one skewer at a time after your first order. The first order is placed according to your group size, choosing from the vegetables and the menu.

Why does it take so long?

Because everything is grilled once the order comes in. The menu notice also says waits may be long when orders pile up. It also means nothing is grilled in advance.

How much does it cost?

The one price confirmed in this article is sashimi of the day at 25,000 won. Per-skewer prices could not be confirmed on site, and Google Maps lists the per-person estimate in the 20,000~30,000 won range.

Why does it say the rating falls short?

Not because the score is low, but because there are only 10 reviews. This site uses Google ★4.5 with 100 or more reviews as its threshold, and Sakame has ★4.7 with too small a sample.