Jongno, Insadong & Bukchon: 5 Seoul restaurants with prices and hours | koreaplate.com

Checked by a Seoul restaurant owner — full list, maps and Korean name cards at https://koreaplate.com/

Five places in Jongno from the Korea on a Plate listing: ox bone soup near Jonggak, handmade dumplings in Insadong, beef-bone kalguksu on the way up to Samcheong-dong, mung-bean pancakes in Gwangjang Market and Pyongyang cold noodles at Jongno 3-ga. Every one lists a main dish at ₩15,000 or less. What to order, prices and hours are exactly as listed on koreaplate.com.

Area page: https://koreaplate.com/city/seoul/jongno/

1. Imun Seolnongtang (이문설농탕)

Jongno · Jonggak · Google rating 4 (2,642 reviews, snapshot on koreaplate.com)

What to order: The special (특) for brisket, tongue and tripe; season with salt and scallion yourself and pile on the kkakdugi.

Prices on the site: Seolleongtang ₩15,000; special ₩18,000

Hours: 08:00–21:00 · Break 15:00–16:30 · Open daily

Getting there: Jonggak Station

Restaurant page → https://koreaplate.com/restaurants/imun-seolnongtang/

2. Gaeseong Mandu Koong (개성만두 궁)

Jongno · Insadong · Google rating 4.1 (1,550 reviews, snapshot on koreaplate.com)

What to order: Order the Gaeseong mandu-guk, fist-sized handmade dumplings in a clean beef broth - the Gaeseong style uses no glass noodles, so the filling tastes purely of pork, tofu and greens. If there are two or more of you, the dumpling hot pot is the more generous way to eat it.

Prices on the site: Gaeseong mandu soup ₩15,000; mandu hot pot ₩21,000

Hours: Sun–Tue 11:30–20:00; Wed–Sat 11:30–21:30 · Break 14:20–16:00 (Sun–Tue) / 15:00–16:00 (Wed–Sat) · No regular closing day published — check the map listing

Getting there: Anguk Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), Exit 5 - about 370 m, in the lanes just off Insadong-gil

Restaurant page → https://koreaplate.com/restaurants/gaeseong-mandu-koong/

3. Hwangsaengga Kalguksu (황생가칼국수)

Jongno · Bukchon · Google rating 4.2 (2,996 reviews, snapshot on koreaplate.com)

What to order: Order the sagol kalguksu, hand-cut wheat noodles in a mild, milky ox-bone broth with a few plump dumplings floating in it. Add an order of the royal-style wang mandu for the table - you can watch them being folded by hand on your way in.

Prices on the site: Sagol kalguksu ₩13,000; king mandu ₩13,000

Hours: 11:00–21:30 (last order 20:30) · Open daily

Getting there: Anguk Station (Seoul Subway Line 3), Exit 1 - about a 10-minute walk up toward Samcheong-dong

Restaurant page → https://koreaplate.com/restaurants/hwangsaengga/

4. Sunhee's Bindaetteok (순희네빈대떡)

Jongno · Gwangjang Market · Google rating 4 (1,730 reviews, snapshot on koreaplate.com)

What to order: Order the nokdu bindaetteok (plain mung-bean pancake) with a bowl of makgeolli, and add the meat bindaetteok or meat mandu if you're sharing.

Prices on the site: Nokdu bindaetteok ₩6,000; meat bindaetteok ₩12,000; makgeolli ₩4,000

Hours: 10:00–21:00 (last order 20:30) · Open daily

Getting there: Jongno 5-ga Station, exit 8

Restaurant page → https://koreaplate.com/restaurants/sunhee-bindaetteok/

5. Yujin Sikdang (유진식당)

Jongno · Jongno 3-ga · Google rating 4 (1,321 reviews, snapshot on koreaplate.com)

What to order: Get the mul-naengmyeon and split a nokdu-jijim mung-bean pancake between two people.

Prices on the site: Mul-naengmyeon ₩11,000; nokdu-jijim ₩10,000; seolleongtang ₩7,000

Hours: 11:30–21:00 · Break 14:30–16:00 · Closed Mondays and Tuesdays

Getting there: Jongno 3-ga Station (Lines 1/3/5)

Restaurant page → https://koreaplate.com/restaurants/yujin-sikdang/

Before you go

Which of the five are open every day?
Imun Seolnongtang, Hwangsaengga Kalguksu and Sunhee's Bindaetteok are listed as open daily. Yujin Sikdang closes on Mondays and Tuesdays. Gaeseong Mandu Koong publishes no regular closing day, so check the map listing.

Where can I eat early or in mid-afternoon?
Imun Seolnongtang opens at 08:00 and Sunhee's Bindaetteok at 10:00. Hwangsaengga Kalguksu and Sunhee's list no break; last order is 20:30 at both. Imun breaks 15:00–16:30, Yujin Sikdang 14:30–16:00, and Gaeseong Mandu Koong 14:20–16:00 (Sun–Tue) or 15:00–16:00 (Wed–Sat).

How much should I budget?
Nokdu bindaetteok ₩6,000 at Sunhee's, mul-naengmyeon ₩11,000 at Yujin Sikdang, sagol kalguksu ₩13,000 at Hwangsaengga, seolleongtang ₩15,000 at Imun and Gaeseong mandu soup ₩15,000 at Gaeseong Mandu Koong.

Tip only on this blog

Jonggak, Jongno 3-ga and Jongno 5-ga are consecutive stops on Line 1, and Anguk is one stop from Jongno 3-ga on Line 3, so all five are a short walk or one or two stops apart. To order, point at the menu and say "igeo hana juseyo" (이거 하나 주세요, "one of this, please"); for two, say "du gae" (두 개).

Prices and hours are copied from koreaplate.com and can change; check the restaurant page before a special trip.

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