Gilpost · Haeundae-gu, Jung-dong
Korean
Chowon Bokguk
초원복국 Chowon means grassland or meadow, and bokguk is pufferfish soup.
Compiled from 17 blog posts read in fullSources →
A pufferfish soup house on the second and third floors of a building on Haeundae Beach Road, across from the beach (one post says the ground floor is a parking lot). Eunbok jiri is 16,000 won, kkachibok 23,000 and chambok 30,000; the eunbok B course is 40,000 won a head and the kkachibok C course 50,000. Soup comes in a pot rather than individual bowls—staff ladle out the first serving and leave the pot—and many posts single out the warm bean sprouts lifted from the pot and dressed at the table. It opens at 8 a.m., so many people came for breakfast or a hangover cure. It is not the same restaurant as Chowon Bokguk Daeyeon in Nam-gu. We read 30 posts dated January 16 to October 26, 2026; 18 describe an actual meal. We set aside 7 posts about other restaurants, including the Daeyeon branch and Geumsu Bokguk.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address부산광역시 해운대구 해운대해변로 329-2 (중동, 2,3층)329-2 Haeundaehaebyeon-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan
- Phone051-743-5291
- Typical spend₩16,000 – ₩50,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 154 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 9 posts: 6 wrote Daily 08:00–21:00, 3 wrote 08:00–21:00.
| Daily | 08:00–21:00 | 6 of 9 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 08:00–21:00 | 3 of 9 posts |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 9 of 9 posts |
Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.
What sets it apart
- No post describes queuing. Five say they were seated straight away—at 12:30 on a January weekday, just after 1 p.m. in August, and on a Friday evening. One was sent upstairs because the lower floor was full at 1 p.m. on a weekday, and two said it was busy but tables turned over fast, one adding they nearly had to wait at Monday lunch.
- Service splits opinion: one post calls the staff kind, three describe unpleasant encounters—being told 'we're still cleaning' at 8 a.m., stony faces from the parking attendant to the seating host, and, in January 2026, a blood clot in the soup answered by reheating the same pot without an apology. The last two posts say they will not return.
- Four posts say the soup is generous with fish—filling enough without rice, or enough for five people to each go back for another ladle. One post found the side dishes small.
What 17 bloggers said
kongnamul muchim
No wait
We read all 17 in full. The most common claims are “No wait” (5) and “Large portions” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 6 of 17 posts
- Private room 2 of 17 posts
- Free refills 1 of 17 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 17 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 17 posts
- Valet parking 1 of 17 posts
- Toilet inside 1 of 17 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
7 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 7 of 17 posts |
|---|
Seven posts say from experience that you can park. Several mention a ground-floor lot with an attendant out front, and one says the attendant valet-parked their car. One post found parking hard and was directed to a side street or the paid Haeundae-gu Office lot when it was full, while another found the space roomy. Four posts say they came by car.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 8 of 17 posts
- Came by car 4 of 17 posts
- Date 3 of 17 posts
- Came with children 2 of 17 posts
- With a friend 2 of 17 posts
Where it is
We could not find this shop’s own listing on Naver Map, so the link searches for its Korean name around this spot instead.
From the station
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 6 of 17 posts |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | yes 0 · no 1 (of 17 posts read) |
| Toilet inside | 1 of 17 posts |
The dining rooms start on the second floor; six posts ate there or mention both the second and third floors. One describes the second floor as the main hall and the third as private rooms, and another says the upper floor is mostly group tables where five of them sat comfortably. Two posts mention private rooms. One post's remark that the ground floor is also roomy conflicts with the others.
No one mentions a basement level; posts describe eating on the second and third floors.
No one wrote about steps at the entrance or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller—unknown, not absent. One post notes the only way up to the restaurant is stairs, with no elevator.
One post says from experience that there is a restroom inside on the second floor; no one says whether it is split by gender.
No one mentioned: In a basement · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet · Separate restrooms. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.
How to read these posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves7 of 17 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way10 of 17 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 22 posts we gathered, 5 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.
We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.
When the posts appeared
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 7 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Opinions on price differ: one post calls it the priciest pufferfish house in Haeundae, two found the courses good value. Eunbok (16,000 won) and kkachibok (23,000) prices held steady from January to October, but chambok appears at 30,000 won in August–September and 35,000 won for 'live chambok' in January, and we cannot tell whether it is the same dish.
- Opening hours: all nine visit posts give 8 a.m.–9 p.m. with a 3–5 p.m. break, but every one copied it into an info box; one list post gives a 10 p.m. close. No one mentions last orders. One visitor arriving right at 8 a.m. found staff still cleaning.
- Several posts copy the phone number 051-743-5291, but none says whether reservations are taken.
- Only one post speaks to getting there by subway, calling it easy to reach from Jung-dong Station; the '567 m from exit 7' line appears in several info boxes and we did not count it. No one mentions the bus.
- One post ties the 1992 'Chowon Bokguk incident' to this restaurant, but two others place it at the Chowon Bokguk in Daeyeon-dong, Nam-gu; it is hearsay and we do not settle it. 'Third generation' is the restaurant's own claim. A link in one post mentions a closure for renovation in the second half of 2025, but no post compares before and after.
Sources (17)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 부산 해운대 복국 맛집 초원복국 해운대점 현지인 찐단골의 까치복 .... 2026-10-17 · 해운대와 부산의 핫플 맛집과 여행 이야기
- (2510~2609)뒤죽박죽 지금까지의 일상 2026-10-13 · 바라의 기억저장소 · via Daum
- 부산 해운대 맛집 초원복국 까치복지리 복초회 아침식사 재방문 후.... 2026-09-29 · 달콤한 열정 SWEET FEVER
- 가을로 들어가는 중 2026-09-23 · 수연 히스토리 · via Daum
- 부산 해운대 죽여주는 해장 맛집 초원복국 해운대점 내돈내산 솔직후기 2026-09-21 · 아침이 좋은 도시 기장
- 즐거운 부산 2026-09-19 · My mad meb diary
- 부산1등맛집, 현지인복어맛집 초원복국 복코스후기(까치복vs은복차.... 2026-09-14 · 먹고여행하는 찌노 일기장
- [부산맛집] 아침 식사 추천 <초원 복국> 복어 입덕 완!🐟🐟(내돈내산) 2026-09-05 · ✨️DKLOG · via Daum
- 부산 해운대 초원복국 살이 쫀득하고 부드러운 복요리 좋아요~!! 2026-09-03 · 만두블로그 ‘_’ ♥
- 부산 해운대 맛집 초원복국 해운대점 내돈내산 시원한 복지리 해장 .... 2026-08-26 · 여행하는 딩로그
- 해운대 정통 복 요리 노포 맛집 [초원복국] 2026-08-21 · [최고가매입보장] 해운대 금거래소 입니다
- 부산 해운대 부산 해운대 맛집 다녀온 솔직한 후기 2026-08-20 · 루마버텍스,레이노,글라스틴트,판타스틱 전문시공점
- 초원복국 해운대점 메뉴 가격 주차 총정리 2026-08-06 · 맑음미식로드
- 금수복국보다 맛있는 초원복국 해운대점 복코스요리 내돈내산 후기 2026-07-19 · 한의사 신은지의 건강노트
- 부산여행 초원복국 / 미포 블루라인파크 / 해월 전망대 2026-06-22 · 야옹새댁 일상다반사♡ · via Daum
- 해운대 현지인 추천 초원복국 내돈내산 2026-06-15 · Live for myself
- 부산 해운대 <초원복국> 2026-01-16 · a. cup. of.
Of 330 candidate posts we opened 86 and kept 17 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.