Korean
Jeongdongjin Jeongane Sundubu
정동진 정가네순두부 Jeongane means 'the Jeong family's place' and sundubu is soft, unpressed tofu — the Jeong family's soft tofu house in Jeongdongjin.
Compiled from 16 blog posts read in fullSources →
A soft-tofu restaurant on Heonhwa-ro, close to Jeongdongjin Station in Gangneung. The core dishes are seafood jjamppong sundubu and the plain white chodang sundubu set meal, with tofu hot pot, plain tofu, buckwheat crepes and seafood pancake on the side. Posts from August 2026 on give 15,000 won for the jjamppong sundubu and 11,000 won for the set meal (earlier, 14,000 and 10,000). You order from a kiosk or tablet at the table and refill side dishes yourself at a self-serve bar. We read 30 posts dated 2 July to 16 October 2026; 17 of them describe actually eating there.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address강원특별자치도 강릉시 강동면 헌화로 10941094 Heonhwa-ro, Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do
- Phone033-644-8853
- Typical spend₩8,000 – ₩15,000
- From the station2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 214 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 11 posts: 10 wrote 05:30–19:30.
| No day given | 05:30–19:30 | 10 of 11 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | Tuesday | 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
- The jjamppong sundubu and the hot pot are spicy: 14 of the 17 visit posts call them hot or fiery, and two compare the heat to Shin Ramyun. One writer said the black pepper was so strong it made them cough; another found it a little salty and mixed it with the plain set meal. Those avoiding heat ordered the white chodang sundubu.
- Seven posts mention a self-serve bar for extra side dishes; the basic spread they list includes stir-fried anchovies, white kimchi, cubed radish kimchi and braised potatoes.
- Ordering happens at the table: five posts describe a kiosk or tablet at each seat. One notes that you still pay on the way out.
- Two posts came by train and walked over, one taking about two minutes from Jeongdongjin Station and the other about five; both had makgeolli since nobody was driving.
What 16 bloggers said
haemul jjamppong sundubu
Spicy
We read all 16 in full. The most common claims are “Spicy” (14) and “Friendly staff” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 3 · no 2 |
|---|---|
| Came by car | yes 2 · no 3 |
Things you can check on site
- Free refills 7 of 16 posts
- Self-order screen 5 of 16 posts
- Reachable by transit 2 of 16 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 2 of 16 posts
- Open kitchen 1 of 16 posts
- High chairs 1 of 16 posts
- Parking capacity 1 of 16 posts
- Review event 1 of 16 posts
- Shoes off at the door 1 of 16 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
5 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 5 of 16 posts |
|---|
Five posts say they parked right in front of the restaurant; one puts the space at about six or seven cars. The 'large car park' in the promotional posts is copied text and we did not count it.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 5 of 16 posts
- With a friend 2 of 16 posts
- Came with children 2 of 16 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
2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
The address and the promotional posts say the restaurant occupies the first and second floors, but no visit post mentions sitting upstairs or taking stairs. We don't know which floor you will be seated on.
No post says whether there is a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or pushchair fits. One post mentions a high chair for their baby, and one says shoes go into a rack at the back before you enter — no other post mentions taking shoes off. That is an absence of reports, not evidence either way.
Nobody wrote about the toilets — whether they are inside or separated by gender.
No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Toilet inside · 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 disclosing payment1 of 16 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves6 of 16 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way9 of 16 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 29 posts we gathered, 13 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.
| 2026-10-15 | 2 posts in one day |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-14 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-13 | 4 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-12 | 3 posts in one day |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 6 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Prices went up. Posts through July (including a visit in early June) give 14,000 won for the seafood jjamppong sundubu and 10,000 won for the set meal; posts from 3 August give 15,000 and 11,000. A meal in these posts is one tofu dish plus a side such as buckwheat crepes (8,000 won) or seafood pancake (15,000 won). Nobody called it expensive; one called it good value and another found the 8,000-won crepes very reasonable.
- Waiting varies. Three posts from 25 July, 30 July and 5 August waited or saw a queue form behind them, while two from 12 August (a weekday) and 18 September (a Monday morning) found it quiet. This looks like summer-holiday lunchtimes versus weekday mornings rather than a change. No post says how many minutes the wait was.
- Only one post (September 2026) says you take your shoes off; the same post describes long tables with burners, so we can't tell whether seating is on the floor or on chairs.
- Most posts give opening hours of 05:30 to 19:30, closed Tuesdays (ten and nine posts respectively), though every one of these is copied into an info block. Two posts from July 2026 give 04:30 to 20:00 or 'from 4:30 a.m.' instead. One late-lunch visitor noted there is no afternoon break.
- Many posts give the same phone number, 033-644-8853. One info block says Naver booking is available, but no post describes booking ahead or calling.
- Fourteen posts from 12–16 October 2026 and two from 30 July follow one template — opens at 5:30 a.m., run for over 30 years, award for hygiene and taste, two floors, parking — and four of them disclose a writing fee. We counted only the three that name dishes they ate as visits, and we treat the '30 years', 'award' and 'on TV' lines as the restaurant's own claims, not evidence.
Sources (16)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 정동진맛집 정동진에서 느낄 수 있는 엄마의 손맛 정동진 정가네순.... 2026-10-13 · 늘 놀고싶고 먹고싶고
- 정동진 맛집 추천 정가네순두부 본점 순두부백반 해물짬뽕순두부와.... 2026-10-05 · 자유롭게 끄적이는 블로거
- 강릉 정동진 썬크루즈 호텔 근처 아침식사(조식) 맛집 - 정동진 정가.... 2026-09-18 · 대구 멋쟁이 신사
- [강릉 맛집] 강릉 정동진 순두부 맛집 정동진 정가네순두부 본점 방.... 2026-09-08 · 씽이로그
- 정동진역 근처 맛집 정가네순두부 본점 방문 후기｜짬뽕순두부 맛.... 2026-08-29 · 망구의하루♡
- 강릉 정동진 정가네 순두부 & 심곡항 스노클링 스팟 후기 2026-08-12 · My travel log :: 여행하는 곰돌이
- 속초 강릉 2박3일 여행 코스 정동진 순두부 속초 카페 총정리 2026-08-11 · 세똥이 하고 싶은거 다해
- 강릉 정동진 맛집 추천 정가네순두부 식당 점심 후기 2026-08-05 · 감성하루의 여행 그리고 일상
- 강릉 정동진 가볼만한곳 1박2일 여행코스 추천! 해수욕장부터 대게 .... 2026-08-04 · 헤이유의 육아, 여행블로그 ❤️
- 정동진 정가네순두부, (강원/강릉/맛집) 정동진 짬뽕순두부 후기 2026-08-03 · 놀자~ 쑥!
- 국물이 시원하고 맛있는 정동진 맛집 정동진 정가네순두부 본점 2026-07-30 · 밍이 일상 :D
- 정동진 정가네순두부 본점 아침식사 가능한 정동진맛집 내돈내산 .... 2026-07-25 · 새우커플/사진작가 새우 기록 저장소
- 정동진아침식사 현지인도 찾는 정동진 정가네순두부 본점에서 즐긴.... 2026-07-24 · withyou1405님의 블로그
- 정동진맛집추천 여행와서 꼭 먹어본다면? 정동진 정가네순두부 본.... 2026-07-23 · ssibar180830님의블로그
- 강릉 여행 정동진 정가네순두부 맛집 강원도 먹거리 2026-07-19 · 사진에 세상을 담다 by everlsk
- 정동진 점심 정가네순두부 든든하게 먹기 좋은 순두부 맛집 2026-07-02 · 빙구’s Diary♡⃛
Of 312 candidate posts we opened 73 and kept 16 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.