Noodle houseKorean
Chebu-dong Sujebi-wa Boribap
체부동 수제비와 보리밥 The name is just the neighborhood, Chebu-dong, plus the two staples: sujebi (hand-torn dough soup) and boribap (barley rice).
Compiled from 18 blog posts read in fullSources →
A hanok restaurant at Jahamun-ro 5-gil 16, a short walk into the Seochon alleys from Gyeongbokgung Station exit 2. The draw is thin hand-torn sujebi (potato or seaweed 12,000 won, perilla 13,000 won) and barley rice (12,000 won); order sujebi and a taster bowl of barley rice comes with it, order the rice and a small sujebi comes with that. You mix the rice with yeolmu kimchi and gochujang from crocks on the table, and many diners added pajeon or acorn jelly (18,000 won). We read 29 posts dated 13 August to 12 October 2026, set aside 3 about other restaurants, and 22 describe actually eating here.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 자하문로5길 16, 1층 (체부동)16 Jahamun-ro 5-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-722-6011
- Typical spend₩12,000 – ₩18,000
- From the station6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 36 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 10 posts: 9 wrote Weekdays 11:20–20:50, 4 wrote Saturday 11:20–19:00.
| Weekdays | 11:20–20:50 | 9 of 10 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 11:20–19:00 | 4 of 10 posts |
| Break | 15:50–17:00 | 3 of 7 posts |
| Last order | Weekdays 20:20 | 2 of 3 posts |
| Last order | Saturday 18:30 | 2 of 3 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 7 of 7 posts |
1 other values
| Break | 16:00–17:00 4 of 7 posts last seen 2026-10 |
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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
- Instead of water you get sungnyung, a drink made from barley rice. Twelve posts mention it, and several say it is served cold with barley grains still in it.
- There can be a line. Four posts waited: one for about 20 minutes, one arriving at 11:07 behind two or three groups (the owner let them in before the 11:20 opening), one finding a line at the door around 11:00, and one with a single group ahead at 7 pm on a weekday. Two posts did not wait — one got the last free table on a Friday evening, and a regular says she has never queued at weekday lunch. One more only heard that the late-lunch wait was short.
- There is outdoor seating. Three posts mention it: a small hanok courtyard, seats by some stone steps, and one couple who ate outside on a fine day.
- It is easy by subway. Six posts describe walking from Gyeongbokgung Station, putting it at 2, 4 and about 10 minutes; two give the same directions — out exit 2 and into the alley by the GS25.
What 18 bloggers said
gamja sujebi
Returning customer
We read all 18 in full. The most common claims are “Returning customer” (3) and “Not expensive” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 4 · no 2 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- Complimentary tea or drink 12 of 18 posts
- Reachable by transit 6 of 18 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 3 of 18 posts
- Free refills 1 of 18 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
2 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 2 of 18 posts |
|---|
Two posts say there is no parking of its own; one parked at the Seochon private lot and walked. Another who came by car mentions only a 'parking issue' during the meal. Four more posts copy a 'no parking' line from a listing, which we do not count. One notes that the lot in front belongs to the samgyetang restaurant next door.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 3 of 18 posts
- Came by car 2 of 18 posts
- With a friend 2 of 18 posts
- Family visit 2 of 18 posts
- Group visit 1 of 18 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 18 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
It is easy by subway. Six posts describe walking from Gyeongbokgung Station, putting it at 2, 4 and about 10 minutes; two give the same directions — out exit 2 and into the alley by the GS25.
Getting inside
| Second floor | yes 0 · no 1 (of 18 posts read) |
|---|
On floors, one post describes a single-storey white house; no one mentions a basement or upstairs seating. That means nobody wrote about it, not that it isn't there.
Nobody says whether there is a step at the door or whether a wheelchair or stroller gets in. Posts mention only a sliding door into a hanok courtyard and outdoor seats by stone steps. We don't know.
No post says where the toilet is or whether it is separated by gender. We don't know.
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 themselves5 of 18 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way13 of 18 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 22 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
Month by month
| Month | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08 | 2 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 8 |
What we do not know
- Eating alone depends on the hour. Two posts pass on a house notice that solo diners are seated only after 1 pm; an office worker wrote that this means coming with a colleague at lunch. One post ate perilla sujebi alone but did not say what time.
- Accounts of the size differ: two posts call it fairly large with plenty of seats, one calls it a small space.
- On portions, one post found them generous and one said they run small; both posts that ordered the acorn jelly found it small.
- Opening hours mostly agree: weekdays 11:20–20:50, closed Sundays (one post has an 11:00 start). The afternoon break starts at 15:50 in three posts and 16:00 in four. Saturday closes at 19:00 (last order 18:30) in four posts and 'when ingredients run out' in three. Most of these are copied from a sign or a map listing.
- Prices are from posts in September–October 2026: potato or seaweed sujebi and barley rice 12,000 won, perilla sujebi 13,000, perilla brown-rice dumplings 16,000, acorn jelly 18,000. Nobody gave prices for the pancake or rice wine. Since a taster bowl of rice comes with each sujebi, a meal is 12,000–13,000 won a head, and three posts called that reasonable.
- Two posts give the phone number 02-722-6011. No one says whether the restaurant takes reservations. One post says the whole party had to arrive before being seated.
Sources (18)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 서울 경복궁 인근 맛집 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 2026-10-11 · 둘에서 넷, 그리고 다섯♡
- 서울 서촌 맛집 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 주민 추천 경복궁 한식 혼.... 2026-10-09 · 오늘 나의 하루, 나의 누리
- (결혼1년 전) 결혼 준비 시작 2026-10-09 · renkolog
- 경복궁 맛집 기록 | 체부동 수제비와 보리밥, 감자수제비, 보리밥, .... 2026-10-06 · 서촌출퇴근러
- 경복궁역 맛집 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 내돈내산 후기 2026-10-04 · 데일리봉♡ · via Daum
- [내돈내산]대문자 P의 경복궁·서촌 맛집 투어! 체부동수제비와보리.... 2026-10-03 · 후니이모의 지름일기
- [서울,서촌] 서촌 데이트코스 한정식 찐맛집 체부동 수제비와 보리.... 2026-10-03 · 그 남자의 시선
- 종로 맛집 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 내돈내산 후기 2026-10-02 · 썬썬로그
- 서촌 체부동 수제비와보리밥 완전 내 스타일 2026-09-29 · 뀰감자의 블로그
- 서촌 맛집 ∙ 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 2026-09-26 · Archive
- 서촌 맛집 추천 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 2026-09-24 · silverjeansfilm
- 경복궁 맛집 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 솔직후기 2026-09-23 · 나의 일상을 기록하고, 기억하는 공간
- [경복궁] 체부동 수제비와 보리밥｜서촌에서 뜨끈한 감자수제비 먹.... 2026-09-22 · 나나난 밍
- 경복궁역 맛집 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 솔직후기 (내돈내산) 2026-09-12 · 소피의 웨딩log
- [서촌맛집/경복궁맛집] 날씨가 꾸물꾸물하면 왠지 수제비가 땡긴달.... 2026-09-09 · YU니버스
- 8딱팔딱 뛰는가슴,,, 2026-09-01 · 주야장천 먹는 블로그 · via Daum
- 서촌밥집 : 체부동 수제비와 보리밥 2026-08-28 · 오늘의 레시피
- 느림일기 중 가장 빠름일기 2026-08-13 · 수지공간 · via Daum
Of 317 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 18 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.