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Gilpost · Suyeong-gu, 민락동

Chinese

Chwiwon Gwangan Jigyeongjeom

취원 광안직영점 Gwangan jigyeongjeom means the company-run Gwangalli branch — posts say the original Chwiwon is in Yeonje-gu near Busan City Hall; no post explains the word Chwiwon itself.

Compiled from 25 blog posts read in fullSources →

A Chinese restaurant occupying an entire three-storey building at 287 Gwanganhaebyeon-ro, Gwangalli — the company-run branch of Chwiwon, whose original is in Yeonje-gu. Noodle and rice dishes such as jjamppong, ganjjajang and Sichuan jjajang were 12,000 won, yuni jjajang 9,000, small sweet-and-sour pork 27,000, small yangjangpi 35,000 and dongpayuk 43,000; set courses were noted at 45,000 and 90,000 won per person, and the lunch course at 30,000. Ten posts mention free candied sweet potato for dessert. We read 30 posts from 19 September 2025 to 3 October 2026: one was about the main branch and was set aside, four (a list post and three look-alike promotional pieces) were not counted as visits, leaving 25 visits.

Data as of · Published ·

Location & hours

  • Address부산광역시 수영구 광안해변로 287, 지하1~지상3층 (민락동)287 Gwanganhaebyeon-ro, Suyeong-gu, Busan
  • Typical spend₩8,000 – ₩90,000
  • Floor areaFloor area 496 m² · Status In business

When it opens

Of 15 posts: 7 wrote Daily 11:30–23:00, 5 wrote 11:30–23:00, 2 wrote Weekends 11:30–23:00.

When it opens
No day given11:30–23:005 of 15 posts
Daily11:30–23:007 of 15 posts
Weekends11:30–23:002 of 15 posts
Break15:00–17:005 of 13 posts
BreakWeekdays 15:00–17:008 of 13 posts
Last order22:008 of 8 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

  1. Private rooms are the draw: 9 of 25 visits mention a room and 6 mention the second floor, which one writer called rooms-only; several describe a banquet hall on the third floor. One family of five who booked ahead was given a room, and a group of sixteen or so lunched in one.
  2. Nine visits called the fried dishes crisp — stuffed eggplant, sweet-and-sour pork, crab and shrimp toast. The pork is where opinions split: two posts said it was not especially crisp.
  3. Five visits said the seasoning is mild rather than salty — the ganjjajang was 'lightly seasoned, so you keep eating', the scallion-oil noodles 'barely salted'. Seven called dishes spicy, mostly the Sichuan jjajang, seafood jjamppong and kkanpunggi.
  4. Five visits noted tea served in place of water (jasmine, buckwheat-like, or simply warm tea). The standard side dishes are zha cai, smashed cucumber and pickled radish; one writer asked for a cucumber refill.
3 more
  1. Ten visits called it clean, some crediting the new building; five called it spacious, two mentioning wide gaps between tables.
  2. Three visits saw celebrity signatures or photos on the walls. The claim that the Busan mayor is a regular is hearsay, so we do not rely on it.
  3. Nobody reported queuing. Three visits walked straight in — one after days of long queues elsewhere in Busan, another at a weekend lunch. Five visits booked ahead, and one writer called booking essential.

What 25 bloggers said

10/25Most ordered
goguma mattang
10/25Most-said good thing
Clean
0/25Posts disclosing payment

We read all 25 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (10) and “Crispy batter” (9).

What they liked

Clean10 of 25 posts
Crispy batter9 of 25 posts
Spicy7 of 25 posts
Not salty5 of 25 posts
Roomy5 of 25 posts
Juicy3 of 25 posts
Friendly staff3 of 25 posts
No wait3 of 25 posts
Returning customer2 of 25 posts
Quiet2 of 25 posts

What they struggled with

Expensive4 of 25 posts

Things you can check on site

  • Private room 9 of 25 posts
  • Second floor 6 of 25 posts
  • Takes reservations 5 of 25 posts
  • Complimentary tea or drink 5 of 25 posts
  • Signed celebrity photos 3 of 25 posts
  • Beer served 3 of 25 posts
  • Parking capacity 2 of 25 posts
  • Toilet inside 1 of 25 posts
  • Separate restrooms 1 of 25 posts
  • Open kitchen 1 of 25 posts
  • High chairs 1 of 25 posts
  • Local currency accepted 1 of 25 posts
  • Takeout 1 of 25 posts
  • Free refills 1 of 25 posts

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

The most ordered dish is goguma mattang (고구마 맛탕) — 10 of 25 posts.

The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place

14 more dishes

Parking

4 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.

Posts saying you can park4 of 25 posts

Four visits confirmed parking, two of them noting just two spaces out front, first come first served. The one-hour validation at the nearby Hyeongje lot for bills over 50,000 won appears only in copied info blocks; nobody said they used it, and one writer said they weren't sure about it.

Who came, and with whom

  • With a friend 6 of 25 posts
  • Family visit 5 of 25 posts
  • Came with children 4 of 25 posts
  • Group visit 3 of 25 posts
  • Solo visit 1 of 25 posts
  • Came by car 1 of 25 posts

Where it is

Map showing where Chwiwon Gwangan Jigyeongjeom 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.

Getting inside

Second floor6 of 25 posts
Toilet inside1 of 25 posts
Separate restrooms1 of 25 posts

Posts describe a ground-floor hall, second-floor rooms and a third-floor banquet hall, but nobody said what is on the basement level listed in the address. That is not saying there is nothing there, only that no one wrote about it.

No one mentioned a step at the entrance, wheelchair or stroller access, or a lift. Writers went up to the second and third floors, but we don't know whether by stairs or lift.

Only one post mentioned the toilets: the women's is on the second floor. We don't know whether there is one on the ground floor or an accessible one; separate men's and women's toilets also appear in a copied info block.

No one mentioned: In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. 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 25 posts
  • Posts saying nothing either way18 of 25 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 29 posts we gathered, 4 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

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Month by month
MonthPosts
2025-102
2026-013
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2026-032
2026-054
2026-062
2026-074
2026-082
2026-093
2026-101

What we do not know

  • One visit walked from Gwangan Station and called the location awkward. The 'ten minutes from exit 3 towards Millak Waterfront Park' directions appear word-for-word in two posts and are copied. Nobody mentioned taking a bus.
  • Company varies: six visits with friends, five with family (four with children, one noting a high chair), three work or group meals, one alone.
  • Opening hours appear in 15 posts, mostly copied info blocks: 11:30–23:00 in 14, a 15:00–17:00 break in 13 (eight say weekdays only), last order 22:00 in 8. One post gives a 23:30 weekday close and one an 11:00 opening. No visit post mentions a closing day.
  • On price, four visits found it expensive and one thought the 30,000-won lunch course good value. Two people paid 69,000 won for small sweet-and-sour pork, XO fried rice, seafood udon and two draft beers. Only the courses were priced per person.
  • Six posts give the phone number 051-751-5071. Two visits booked by phone; Naver booking appears only in copied text. Advance booking for Peking duck is mentioned only in a promotional post, so we don't rely on it.
  • Three posts (September and October 2025, April 2026) repeat the same phrases and homepage link with no prices at all; we treat them as promotional copy and do not count them as visits.

Sources (25)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

  1. [부산여행 광안리 맛집] 톤쇼우 웨이팅 실패하고 들어간 취원, 뜻밖의 찐맛집!🙌😎 2026-10-03 · 평범한 일상을 새롭게:) · via Daum
  2. 광안리 중국집 취원 광안직영점 2026-09-30 · 천천히 기록하는 여행노트
  3. [부산 광안리] 광안리 중식당 ‘취원 광안직영점’ 내돈대산 방문 후기 2026-09-15 · 이것저것 요모조모 · via Daum
  4. 부산 광안리 취원 우연히 들어간 중국집에서 맛점:) 2026-09-04 · 하루전♡
  5. 이번 여름휴가는 부산!!! 놀고먹고 자고 2026-08-30 · 하루전♡
  6. 부산 광안리 중식 맛집, ‘취원 광안직영점’ 룸 식당, 내돈내산 후.... 2026-08-17 · 빈틈없이 행복하기
  7. 광안리 중식맛집 취원, 탕수육 먹으러 또 갈 듯 2026-07-31 · 우물 속 뚠뚠딴딴
  8. [부산/수영구/민락동]취원 광안직영점 - 술 없이 먹어야만 했던 중식.... 2026-07-29 · 느리지만 괜찮아...
  9. [일상기록]2026.07.10~12. 일보다 일상이 많았던 한주. 2026-07-13 · 느리지만 괜찮아...
  10. 부산 광안리 가족모임 코스중화요리 취원 2026-07-06 · 박삐삐 일기장 · via Daum
  11. [광안리] 아이랑 깔끔하고 맛있는 중식, 취원 광안직영점. 2026-06-10 · 땡큐맘 육아노트
  12. [월기] 26년 5월 일상 -2 :: 역마살로드 - 광주 당일치기, 언양부산여행, 언양맛집 추천 2026-06-01 · 써넹 일상 · via Daum
  13. 24. 취원 2026-05-26 · 세모바퀴로 인생 굴리기 · via Daum
  14. [부산광안리맛집] 취원 '국화 코스' 솔직 후기: 전복, 샥스핀, 한우까.... 2026-05-13 · 입맛저격소
  15. 부산 광안리 취원 마파두부 먹은 후기 2026-05-11 · hi? high!
  16. 가족 식사, 회식하기 좋은 중식 코스 요리 부산 광안리 취원 2026-05-03 · 경험적 서사
  17. 맛탕 주는 중국집 2026-03-20 · 나의 행복이야 · via Daum
  18. 부산시장님이 단골?!!! 광안리 중화요리 "취원" 강추 리뷰!!! 2026-03-09 · 삼냥이집사의 일상 · via Daum
  19. 부산 광안5구역 민락3구역 재개발 부동산 임장 후기 2026-02-21 · 일상공유
  20. 광안리 중국집 취원 내돈내산 2026-02-09 · 부산여행·일본여행 전문 여행블로그 윤도가이드
  21. 부산 광안리 정통 중식집 <취원> | 해산물 요리를 잘하는 중식당 2026-01-28 · A scene in one's life .·͙☽
  22. 취원 광안리 직영점 후기 가족 식사로 준수한 중식당 2026-01-26 · 현이아빠
  23. 광안리 중식당 맛집 - 취원 (단체ㆍ가족모임 장소 추천) 2026-01-03 · Minimalife
  24. 광안리 취원 찌파이 파기름면 삼선 간짜장 중식당 2025-10-31 · jellybones
  25. 광안리 새로생긴 중식당 취원에서 점심특선 메뉴정보후기~ 2025-10-10 · 모빌슈트 Mobil Suit

Of 223 candidate posts we opened 57 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.