Gilpost · Yeondong-myeon, Myeonghak-ri
Soup and rice
Yongdengi Maeuntang
용뎅이매운탕 One dish only: a table-top pot of catfish stew with hand-torn dough, on the bank of the Geum river
Compiled from 22 blog posts read in fullSources →
Yongdengi Maeuntang cooks catfish stew in a converted house on the bank of the Geum river in Yeondong-myeon, Sejong. There is one dish on the board; you say how many you are and they choose the pot size. It arrives as a deep metal basin of red broth under catfish, water dropwort and hand-torn dough, and you boil it yourself at the table. There is terrace seating over the river, open only until three in the afternoon. Indoors you take your shoes off. Eleven in the morning to eight at night, last orders seven thirty. The name is written two ways — the sign and the menu say 용뎅이, the Naver map entry says 용댕이, and eight writers remark on it. The restaurant appeared on the television programme *Ttoganjip* in August 2026. The posts we read run from November 2024 to September 2026.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address세종특별자치시 연동면 태산로 163-6163-6 Taesan-ro, Yeondong-myeon, Sejong
- Phone044-864-9068
- Typical spend₩30,000 – ₩55,000 only 1 of 8 dishes carries a price
- From the station0 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 151 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 13 posts: 8 wrote Daily 11:00–20:00, 5 wrote 11:00–20:00.
| Daily | 11:00–20:00 | 8 of 13 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 11:00–20:00 | 5 of 13 posts |
| Last order | 19:30 | 8 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.
These hours are counted from the posts we read. Shops change them without notice — check Naver Place before you go. 
Place — check hours
What sets it apart
- The terrace is half of what this place is, and it shuts at three. Sixteen posts describe the tables looking down on the river; five note the three o'clock cut-off. On a fine day everyone wants them, and three writers were sent indoors because the terrace had filled first. On a hot day the opposite happens — one writer found the terrace nearly empty, used as a holding area, while indoors she could barely taste her food for the heat. One found the terrace entrance closed off altogether.
- People who distrust freshwater fish use this place as a test. Twelve posts report no mud or fishiness, and five of those open by saying the writer does not normally eat river fish at all — one records herself eating on and on despite disliking fish. It is not unanimous. One writer's sharp-palated mother caught a faint earthiness in the flesh; another advises keeping the flame low to the end, because the smell creeps back as the broth cools.
- Indoors you leave your shoes at the door. Five posts mention the shoe rack. One clarifies that you still sit on chairs, shoeless; another found the floor warm underfoot in winter. On the terrace you keep your shoes on.
What 22 bloggers said
megi maeuntang
Large portions
We read all 22 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (10) and “Returning customer” (7).
What they liked
Where they disagree
| Gamey smell | yes 2 · no 12 |
|---|---|
| Had to wait | yes 6 · no 5 |
Things you can check on site
- Outdoor terrace seating 16 of 22 posts
- Free refills 7 of 22 posts
- Shoes off at the door 5 of 22 posts
- Origin labelling posted 2 of 22 posts
- Hard to reach by transit 2 of 22 posts
- Second floor 1 of 22 posts
- Signed celebrity photos 2 of 22 posts
- Waiting area 1 of 22 posts
- Parking capacity 1 of 22 posts
- Complimentary tea or drink 1 of 22 posts
- Takeout 1 of 22 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
14 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 14 of 22 posts |
|---|
There is a car park, fourteen people used it, and all fourteen found it hard. A steep drop down to a full lot; a slope severe enough that meeting an oncoming car would be trouble; spaces that are not level but tilted downhill; one writer wishing readers luck in "the parking mind-game". One counts about ten spaces and adds that it is nearly always full. One party gave up and parked at the café next door and walked down. Two note that from the car park you climb stone steps or a steep ramp to reach the door. Whether there is an accessible bay, nobody wrote.
Who came, and with whom
- Came by car 12 of 22 posts
- Family visit 5 of 22 posts
- Date 5 of 22 posts
- Came with children 3 of 22 posts
- Group visit 3 of 22 posts
- With a friend 1 of 22 posts
Where it is
From the station
0 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | yes 1 · no 1 (of 22 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 1 (of 22 posts read) |
Two posts mention floors and they disagree. One calls it a converted house, all on one level. The other places the terrace tables on the second floor, looking out over the river at lunchtime. Both may be true — the building stands on a slope, so the level you enter from the road need not be the level you see from the water, and the one toilet description also says you go *down* to reach it. Which it is, we do not know.
Whether a wheelchair or a pushchair can get in, nobody wrote. In all twenty-two posts the words wheelchair, pushchair, ramp, step and threshold never appear. Yet this is a place with a steep downhill car park and stone steps, where you remove your shoes to go indoors — writers describe all three, but none says what they mean for a wheelchair. We can neither say it works nor say it does not.
Two people looked at the toilet and wrote it down, and they do not agree. One gives directions — out past the terrace and down a level — while the other says only that it is modern. A third writes merely that you use the restaurant's toilet, which settles nothing about whether it is inside. The building sits on a slope, so what "down a level" involves, and how many steps, nobody wrote.
No one mentioned: In a basement · Lift to the floor · 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 themselves10 of 22 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way12 of 22 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 29 posts we gathered, 7 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.
| 2026-08-11 | 2 posts in one day |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-10 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-08-07 | 2 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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 2 |
| 2025-01 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 2 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 2 |
| 2026-02 | 2 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 3 |
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Nobody arrived by public transport. Twelve of the twenty-two say they drove; not one mentions a bus or a train. One writes that the location makes a car easier than transit, another states flatly that you cannot get here without one. Those who describe the approach call it a narrow country lane winding along the river; one calls the road itself hellish. Whether a bus stops anywhere near, and where, nobody wrote down.
- Whether you queue depends on the hour: six waited, five did not. Those who waited came at two on a weekend afternoon (ten parties ahead, thirty minutes), at lunch during the Chuseok holiday (a bit over twenty minutes), and between half eleven and half twelve on a weekday. Those who did not came after two, at half three, right at opening, and at five on a Saturday. The queue runs on numbered tickets — you go inside, give your head count and take one, and one writer saw a notice that missing your call sends you to the back. Another reports they call three parties at a time. Whether you can book ahead, nobody wrote.
- Eight of the thirty posts are out of the count, because this restaurant was on television. After the 7 August 2026 episode of *Ttoganjip*, five write-ups appeared from people who had not been — one carries the programme's watermark on every photograph, another states outright that it is a summary of the broadcast illustrated with screen grabs. Two more are round-ups of ten and of three restaurants (one of them prices a meal at ten to twenty thousand won a head; the smallest pot is thirty thousand). The last is one visit posted twice, two days apart, on two blogs by the same writer; we kept the first. The numbers on this page therefore rest on twenty-two, not thirty.
- Something to know before bringing a child. Three posts came with children. One reports that with a single dish on the board there is nothing for a small child to eat, and that there are no high chairs. A party of four adults and four children brought packed gimbap, and ordered two pots rather than one to feel less awkward about it. What the restaurant itself says about outside food, even that post does not record. Two writers put the heat at about the level of a spicy instant noodle, and one twenty-five-month-old ate the fish happily.
- On service and speed the writers part ways. Five call it fast — the pot lands as you sit, five minutes after ordering. But one watched a later party served first, mentioned it, and got her food with no explanation; she found the staff slow to acknowledge follow-up orders. Another found the owner brusque enough to be intimidating at first, then decided the crowd explained it. Not one of the twenty-two declares a sponsorship, and nine state outright that they paid their own way.
Sources (22)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 세종 매운탕 맛집 용뎅이 매운탕 내돈내산 후기!! 2026-09-26 · kkangminlog
- [세종] 풍자도 방문한 집! 용뎅이 매운탕 2026-09-13 · B급감성.마동연정.
- 풍자 또간집 세종 맛집! 금강 뷰 메기매운탕 '용뎅이매운탕' 내돈내.... 2026-08-17 · hawbi-님의 블로그
- 세종 부강 맛집 용뎅이매운탕, 생선 안 좋아하는 사람이 인정한 메기매운탕 찐맛집입니다. 2026-08-16 · 청주돼지갈비 용정진갈비 · via Daum
- 세종 맛집 용댕이메운탕｜얼큰하고 시원한 메기매운탕 내돈내산 후기｜+ 하트나무길 2026-07-28 · genially_yj · via Daum
- 세종 금강 용뎅이매운탕, 50년 전통 메기매운탕 맛집 추천 2026-07-23 · 차지로그 · via Daum
- [세종] 용뎅이 매운탕 - 매력있는 메기탕과 뻥뚫리는 야외 뷰 2026-07-22 · 비익조의 酒食여행
- 세종 매운탕 맛집 용뎅이매운탕, 비 오는 날 생각나는 메기매운탕 .... 2026-06-05 · 글램피 패밀리 | 캠핑·중고기기 전문
- 세종 용댕이매운탕, 수제비가 맛있는 대전 근교 메기매운탕 맛집 2026-03-04 · 쏭의 여행 팔레트
- [내돈내산]세종 맛집/매운탕 맛집 '용뎅이매운탕'/부강 메기매운탕 맛집 2026-02-11 · 코코네집사 · via Daum
- 세종연동면매운탕맛집 용뎅이매운탕 매운탕맛집 연동면매운탕맛집.... 2026-02-03 · 오늘도 내일도 행복하게
- 세종시 연동면 맛집. 용뎅이매운탕. 메기매운탕 최고맛집. 드라이브.... 2025-12-28 · 먹고.놀고.사는. 블로거를꿈꾸며.
- 세종 연동면 용뎅이 / 금강뷰 푸짐한 메기매운탕 2025-12-12 · 먹는게 젤루조아
- [세종/연동면] 용뎅이 매운탕 : 세종시 맛집 메기매운탕 맛집 세종 .... 2025-11-22 · 윙가르디움 레비오사
- 세종 맛집·카페 추천☕ 빈스텔라 카페 + 용뎅이매운탕 후기 2025-10-28 · 여행 맛집 카페 투어
- 세종 매운탕 맛집 야외뷰맛집 용뎅이매운탕 2025-10-12 · 다이어린
- 세종시 용뎅이 매운탕:메기매운탕[세종 맛집,대전근교 맛집] 2025-09-23 · 밤율로그
- [세종] 부강 금강뷰 민물매운탕 맛집, 용댕이매운탕 2025-08-02 · 윰윰로그 · via Daum
- 드라이브 코스 겸 현지인들이 애정하는 대전 세종 맛집, 금강뷰 끝.... 2025-03-30 · 경송이의 식사일기
- 40년 전통 민물 메기매운탕 용뎅이 매운탕/ 쮸쩡이가 제일 좋아하는 적극 추천 매운탕 맛집 조금 밍밍해... 2025-01-13 · 쮸쩡's 먹는게 제일 좋아 · via Daum
- 세종 용댕이매운탕 메기매운탕 내돈내산 맛집 추천 2024-11-12 · 윤그리나 · via Daum
- 충청도 세종 조치원 메기매운탕 맛집 금강뷰 부강 용댕이매운탕 2024-11-08 · 꿈쑤기삼춘의 여행.골프.맛집 3종세트 · via Daum
Of 328 candidate posts we opened 59 and kept 22 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.