Korean
Biwon Samgyetang
비원삼계탕 Biwon (秘苑, written on the wooden plaque at the entrance) means 'secret garden'; samgyetang is chicken soup with ginseng and glutinous rice.
Compiled from 7 blog posts read in fullSources →
A samgyetang house on Sumogwon-gil in Nohyeong-dong, Jeju City, across from Halla Arboretum. The menu is just three items: samgyetang, galbitang and stir-fried chicken gizzards, at 19,000, 17,000 and 10,000 won in 2026 posts. Post after post describes a thick, milky broth clouded with glutinous rice over a layer of porridge. We read 10 posts from July 2025 to October 2026; 7 of them record actually eating there.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address제주특별자치도 제주시 수목원길 3-1 (노형동,2층)3-1 Sumogwon-gil, Jeju-si, Jeju-do
- Typical spend₩10,000 – ₩19,000
- Floor areaFloor area 415 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 4 posts: 3 wrote Daily 10:30–21:00.
| Daily | 10:30–21:00 | 3 of 4 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Last order | 20:00 | 2 of 2 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
- Four posts went with children: one says a five- and seven-year-old ignored the galbitang ordered for them and ate the samgyetang; another says two kids split and finished one bowl. Four posts went with family.
- Five posts call the hall spacious; one saw a first-birthday party being booked and took that as the reason, another noted it is two storeys. Three mention window views of trees or the garden.
- Three posts say extra side dishes (green peppers, kkakdugi, cabbage kimchi) are self-serve; one says onions used to come to the table and are now self-serve.
- Three posts call the portions large, two about the samgyetang and one about the gizzards; one took leftovers home and reheated them.
What 7 bloggers said
Biwon samgyetang
Roomy
We read all 7 in full. The most common claims are “Roomy” (5) and “Returning customer” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Large windows 3 of 7 posts
- Free refills 3 of 7 posts
- Origin labelling posted 2 of 7 posts
- Takeout 1 of 7 posts
- Takes reservations 1 of 7 posts
- Second floor 1 of 7 posts
- Air conditioned 1 of 7 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
3 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 3 of 7 posts |
|---|
Three posts describe the large lot first-hand: one compared it to a forest recreation area, another said having its own lot at a standalone building made it easy. Three more list a big lot only in a copied info header.
Who came, and with whom
- Came with children 4 of 7 posts
- Family visit 4 of 7 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.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 1 of 7 posts |
|---|
One post says the restaurant spans two floors; no one said which floor they ate on or whether stairs were involved.
No one mentioned an entrance step, wheelchair or stroller access, or a lift. That means we don't know, not that there is none.
No one described where the toilets are or whether they are separated by gender.
No one mentioned: 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 saying they paid themselves3 of 7 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way4 of 7 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 10 posts we gathered, 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Prices went up: 18,000 won for samgyetang and 15,000 for galbitang in an August 2025 post, 19,000 and 17,000 in July and September 2026. Views split two to one: two posts said it was worth the money, one said it wasn't. One party of six paid 91,000 won.
- One post disagrees: in July 2026 a writer found the samgyetang porridge-like, the galbitang sprout-heavy and the kimchi poor, and said they wouldn't return. Three posts describe coming back repeatedly.
- Only one post mentions a wait: on Chobok, the first dog-day of summer, a line started forming about 30 minutes after the writer arrived. No one wrote about waits on ordinary days.
- No one described getting there by bus; going by the parking talk, most writers drove.
- Every post that says who they went with went with family; no one wrote about going alone, with friends or on a date.
- Four posts give the same hours, daily 10:30 to 21:00 with last orders at 20:00, but three copied them into an info header. Apart from one post noting a closure on Chuseok 2026, no one mentioned regular days off.
- Four posts give the same phone number, 064-712-8899. On booking, one post saw a first-birthday party being reserved; no one booked a regular meal themselves.
- An October 2026 post from a real-estate agency blog only repackaged tourism-board listings, so we didn't count it. Claims like 'second generation', halal certification and four-year Geumsan ginseng are the restaurant's own signage, not evidence.
Sources (7)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 신혼의 여름은 사랑스러움 2026-09-26 · Fortuna
- 연애할 때 다니던 제주 비원 삼계탕, 부모님 모시고 다녀왔다. 2026-09-06 · 멍냥이네가족❤️
- 제주 삼계탕 맛집 '비원' 현지인이 추천하는 몸보신 솔직 후기 2026-08-06 · 얼렁뚱땅 민댕이네 일상
- 비원 | 복날, 몸보신 추천! 제주 삼계탕의 전통 맛집 2026-07-25 · 먹고 놀고 즐기는 제주살이
- [7월23일] 노형동 파마스 마켓 & 제주 비원 삼계탕 2026-07-23 · 리림 2026
- 제주 노형동 내돈내산 맛집 추천 | 말복에 찾은 한라수목원 근처 현.... 2025-08-20 · 나초와 토리
- "60년 전통 노포" 제주시 노형동 삼계탕 맛집 초복 중복 말복에는 무.... 2025-07-25 · 취향의 공간 | 타조키친
Of 358 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 7 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.