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29 restaurants in the Korea on a Plate guide for cheap eats in Jamsil & Songpa, ranked Monthly 30 first and then by Google rating. Each has hours, a price per person and what to order.
In this guide: Manjok Ohyang Jokbal, Cheongwaok, Cheonggukjang-gwa Boribap, Jamsil Cheotjip, Hwangsan Naengmyeon.
At a glance: Price per person ₩5,000–₩15,000 (middle ₩12,000). Average Google rating ★4.2. 5 of 29 are open late or 24 hours.
Updated 2026-11-12
First-hand: what a Seoul restaurant owner ordered here and what it cost.
I kept reaching for the sea squirt on my return visit to Haehwaro in Bangi-dong, Jamsil, Seoul.
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I visited Haehwaro (해화로) in Bangi-dong, Seoul on 5 October 2026 and paid for the meal myself.
Read the note → · How to order in Korean →| Restaurant | Area | Order | Per person | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manjok Ohyang Jokbal | Jamsil & Songpa | Ohyang jokbal · five-spice pig's trotters | ₩13,000 | ★4.8 |
| Cheongwaok | Jamsil & Songpa | Sundae-gukbap · Korean sausage and pork soup | ₩10,000 | ★4.3 |
| Cheonggukjang-gwa Boribap | Jamsil & Songpa | Cheonggukjang with barley bibimbap | ₩10,000 | ★4.4 |
| Jamsil Cheotjip | Jamsil & Songpa | Gyeran deumppuk gimbap · egg-rich gimbap | ₩5,000 | ★4.9 |
| Hwangsan Naengmyeon | Jamsil & Songpa | Milmyeon & eobokjaengban · wheat cold noodles and boiled-beef hot pot | ₩15,000 | ★4.3 |
| Sugaseong | Jamsil & Songpa | Sundubu-jjigae · soft tofu stew | ₩10,000 | ★4.3 |
| Saetjip Namwon Chueotang | Jamsil & Songpa | Chueotang · Namwon-style loach soup | ₩10,000 | ★4.3 |
| Jobaksa Sundaeguk (Dr. Jo's Sundae Soup) | Jamsil & Songpa | Sundae-guk · pork blood sausage soup | ₩10,000 | ★4.4 |
| Hanmungtigi | Jamsil & Songpa | Hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap · rice bowl with raw Korean beef | ₩14,000 | ★4.4 |
| Junghwa Ilsang | Jamsil & Songpa | Jjajangmyeon · noodles in black bean sauce | ₩9,000 | ★4.3 |
Jamsil Sincheon
만족오향족발
₩13,000 per person
Hours 12:00–24:00
Manjok Ohyang Jokbal in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for five-spice jokbal, pig's trotters, and bossam. The menu also has tray buckwheat noodles.
Main branch
청와옥 본점
₩10,000 per person
Hours 08:00–22:00
A sundae-gukbap restaurant a few steps from Olympic Park, open from 08:00 to 22:00 every day. The soup comes full of sundae and pork with rice, and stir-fried spicy squid is the usual side to share. It is one of the most popular soup houses around Jamsil.
Jamsil
청국장과보리밥 잠실점
₩10,000 per person
Hours 10:00–22:00
A small, traditional restaurant near Samjeon Station serving cheonggukjang, a strong fermented soybean stew, with barley rice to mix with vegetables. The owner is known for helping visitors order, even through a translation app.
잠실첫집
₩5,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 08:30–20:00
Jamsil Cheotjip near Seokchon Lake in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for gimbap and bunsik, Korean snack food. The menu includes egg-rich gimbap and anchovy-broth noodles.
황산냉면
₩15,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:30
Opened by the son of a well-known Busan milmyeon shop, this modest Bangi-dong storefront brings a beef-bone-broth take on the noodle dish to Seoul, alongside the less common eobokjaengban beef platter. It's a good, wallet-friendly stop near Olympic Park and the Bangi-dong dining alley, an easy add-on to a day around Jamsil.
수가성
₩10,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 11:00–21:30
A soft-tofu stew specialist a short walk from Jamsil Station, open on weekdays only. It is a reasonably priced, quick lunch, and the office crowd arrives early.
샛집남원추어탕
₩10,000 per person
Hours 10:30–21:30
A traditional chueotang restaurant in Bangi-dong serving Namwon-style loach soup, a nourishing ground-fish stew that Koreans of all ages eat for energy. Service is quick, the side dishes are good, and there is a little parking in front.
조박사토종순대국
₩10,000 per person
Hours Mon–Fri 10:00–22:00
Jobaksa Sundaeguk in the Jangmi arcade in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for sundae-guk. The menu has regular and special sundae-guk and seonji haejangguk, a beef blood hangover soup.
한뭉티기
₩14,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:00
Hanmungtigi in the Jangmi arcade in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for hanwoo yukhoe bibimbap and mungtigi, raw beef. The menu also has beef gukbap, a rice soup.
Songpa
중화일상
₩9,000 per person
Hours 11:30–21:30
Junghwa Ilsang on Songridan-gil near Seokchon Lake is listed on DiningCode for Chinese-Korean dishes. The menu has jjajangmyeon, seafood jjamppong and pork tangsuyuk.
정담옥
₩11,000 per person
Open 24 hours
Jeongdamok in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for sundae-guk and gukbap, rice soup. The menu has jinhan sundae-guk, pork gukbap, assorted sundae and a cauldron pork bone stew.
잠실 백암 순대
₩11,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 10:00–22:00
Jamsil Baekam Sundae in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for sundae-guk. The menu has sundae-guk, pork gukbap and wang-mandu-guk, a big dumpling soup.
신천포차
₩12,000 per person
Hours Tue–Sat 16:30–01:30
Sincheon Pocha in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for pocha-style dishes, with mussel soup on the menu. It also serves pork and squid bulgogi, sausage kimchi soup and a ham rolled omelet.
신천돼지
₩8,000 per person
Hours 12:00–00:30
Sincheon Dwaeji in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for pork BBQ platters. The menu has a pork belly platter, a thick pork neck platter, brisket doenjang stew and cold noodles.
Lotte Department Store Jamsil
베테랑칼국수 롯데잠실점
₩11,000 per person
Hours Mon–Thu 10:30–20:00; Fri–Sun 10:30–20:30
Veteran Kalguksu in the basement of Lotte Department Store Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for kalguksu, knife-cut noodles, and jjolmyeon. A kalguksu and five mandu combination is also on the menu.
가보자식당
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Gaboja Sikdang in the Jangmi arcade in Sincheon-dong, Jamsil, is listed on DiningCode for pork belly and kimchi stews. The menu has 5 mm-thick pork belly, jeyuk ssambap and kimchi jjim.
금금 송리단길점
₩13,500 per person
Hours 11:00–21:20
This Songridan-gil branch is listed on DiningCode as a fusion Korean restaurant known for barley doenjang. The signature is a mazesoba-style meat noodle dish, alongside octopus soy bibimbap, perilla oil whole-wheat noodles, beef short rib rice bowl and boiled pork with aged kimchi. Reviewers most often call it clean, casual, a lesser-known local pick and upscale.
Lotte World Mall
신라제면 롯데월드몰점
₩13,000 per person
Hours 10:30–22:00
Silla Jemyeon on the 6th floor of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for kalguksu, knife-cut noodles. The menu includes clam kalguksu, octopus bibim kalguksu for two or more people, and mandu.
신천집
₩15,000 per person
Hours Mon–Sat 17:00–23:00
Sincheonjip in Jamsilsaenae is listed on DiningCode for frozen pork belly and beef brisket slices by the 150 g portion. The menu also has naengmyeon and kimchi stew.
메밀집
₩9,600 per person
Hours 11:30–21:30
Memiljip on Songridan-gil near Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for makguksu, cold buckwheat noodles, and gamja-jeon, potato pancake. The menu adds pollock roe makguksu, warm buckwheat noodles, sous-vide tenderloin and pork jowl suyuk, and a scallop cream sujebi. Reviewers most often call it casual, clean, a lesser-known local pick and down-to-earth.
Songridan-gil
솔솥 송리단길점
₩12,000 per person
Hours 11:00–21:00
Solsot on Songridan-gil near Seokchon Lake is listed on DiningCode for sotbap, pot rice. The menu has brisket and scallion, steak and cockle versions.
Songridan-gil
헤세드 송리단길점
₩14,900 per person
Hours 11:00–22:00
Hesed on Songridan-gil near Seokchon Lake is listed on DiningCode for katsu set meals. The menu has pork loin, pork tenderloin and cheese katsu sets.
Lotte World Mall
서래냉면 롯데월드몰점
₩13,000 per person
Hours 10:30–22:00
Seorae Naengmyeon on the 5th floor of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for naengmyeon, cold noodles. The menu has mul-naengmyeon, bibim-naengmyeon and galbitang, beef short rib soup.
Lotte World Mall
간코 롯데월드몰점
₩13,000 per person
Hours 10:30–22:00
Ganko on B1 of Lotte World Mall in Jamsil is listed on DiningCode for tonkatsu, breaded pork cutlet. The menu has a pork loin cutlet, a special tenderloin cutlet and a loin and cheese katsu.
In this guide: Manjok Ohyang Jokbal, Cheongwaok, Cheonggukjang-gwa Boribap, Jamsil Cheotjip, Hwangsan Naengmyeon.
Jamsil Cheotjip, about ₩5,000 per person.
Manjok Ohyang Jokbal: ★4.8 from 326 reviews.
Manjok Ohyang Jokbal, Jeongdamok, Sincheon Pocha, Sincheon Dwaeji, Jeonju Seolleongtang.
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What a Seoul restaurant owner ordered, paid and noticed.