Soup and riceKorean
Bogio Bokguk
복이오복국 Bokguk is pufferfish soup; bok also means good fortune, so the name reads as 'fortune comes' (복이 오-) — the house's Instagram handle, bok25fugu, plays on the same sound as 'bok 2-5'.
Compiled from 25 blog posts read in fullSources →
A pufferfish restaurant on the second floor of the Cheongdam Deokyoung Building, 540 Dosan-daero, Gangnam. The core is Gyeongsang-style pufferfish soup cooked one earthenware pot at a time, clear (jiri) or spicy. Of 27 first-hand posts, 17 ordered the milbok soup; posts from August–September price it at 24,000 won, three early-October posts at 21,000 won. Weekday lunch brings a limited striped-pufferfish soup at 11,000–12,000 won, and the menu runs on to pufferfish bulgogi, karaage, cutlets, a 37,000-won lunch set and courses from 80,000 to 130,000 won. We read 30 posts dated 23 August to 24 October 2026; after setting aside two about other businesses and one written without a visit, 27 are first-hand.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 강남구 도산대로 540, 지상2층 (청담동)540 Dosan-daero, Gangnam-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-6006-9114
- Typical spend₩11,000 – ₩130,000
- From the station6 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 154 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 14 posts: 8 wrote Weekends 11:00–20:30, 8 wrote Weekdays 11:00–22:00, 3 wrote 11:00–22:00.
| Daily | 11:00–20:30 | 2 of 14 posts |
|---|---|---|
| No day given | 11:00–22:00 | 3 of 14 posts |
| Weekends | 11:00–20:30 | |
| Weekdays | 11:00–22:00 | |
| Last order | 20:00 | 2 of 6 posts |
| Last order | Weekdays 21:30 | 3 of 6 posts |
| Last order | Weekends 20:00 | 3 of 6 posts |
Rows without a count: 8 of 14 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
- Fifteen posts mention private rooms, some specifying two. Several also describe partitions or high-backed booths between hall tables, so neighbours are mostly out of sight. The room terms — up to six people, three hours, courses only — are relayed from the house, not observed.
- All five posts by people who drove used the valet: 3,000 won at lunch, 5,000 won in the evening. One describes the attendant taking the key to a mechanical car park, another being met on the ground floor. A 3 October 2026 post says self-parking in the building is no longer possible and only valet remains — at odds with the hourly self-parking rates many posts copied from the listing, so check before relying on it.
- Nine posts found the portions generous — more fish than expected, a bowl that filled one woman up, four large chunks of pufferfish in the clear soup.
- Six posts reached it by public transport or call it walkable: about 600 m, roughly eight minutes, from Cheongdam Station exit 13. One writer took the bus because parking is paid.
What 25 bloggers said
milbok bokguk
Clean
We read all 25 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (18) and “Roomy” (14).
What they liked
Things you can check on site
- Private room 15 of 25 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 7 of 25 posts
- Reachable by transit 6 of 25 posts
- Valet parking 5 of 25 posts
- Large windows 4 of 25 posts
- Wine served 4 of 25 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 4 of 25 posts
- Review event 3 of 25 posts
- Lift to the floor 3 of 25 posts
- TV 2 of 25 posts
- Beer served 2 of 25 posts
- Open kitchen 2 of 25 posts
- Toilet outside 2 of 25 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 25 posts
- Free refills 1 of 25 posts
- Phone charging 1 of 25 posts
- Complimentary tea or drink 1 of 25 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 25 posts
- Separate restrooms 1 of 25 posts
- Discount offered 1 of 25 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 25 posts |
|---|
Who came, and with whom
- Date 6 of 25 posts
- Came by car 5 of 25 posts
- Family visit 3 of 25 posts
- Solo visit 2 of 25 posts
- With a friend 2 of 25 posts
- Group visit 1 of 25 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
Six posts reached it by public transport or call it walkable: about 600 m, roughly eight minutes, from Cheongdam Station exit 13. One writer took the bus because parking is paid.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 7 (of 25 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Lift to the floor | 3 of 25 posts |
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 2 (of 25 posts read) |
| Separate restrooms | 1 of 25 posts |
The restaurant is on the building's second floor; seven posts describe going up. Writers locate it above a Sinseon Seolnongtang on the main road, with the entrance around the corner, and one warns it is not on the ground floor.
Three posts mention a lift: one took it instead of the stairs and stepped out facing the door, one notes lift or stairs, and one places the milk-coffee machine between the lift and the entrance.
No one wrote about steps at the entrance or getting in with a wheelchair or pushchair — unknown, not absent. We only know the building has a lift.
Two posts say the toilets are outside the restaurant on the same floor, across from the door; one adds they were clean but the women's side had only one usable stall.
No one mentioned: Second 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 themselves1 of 25 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way24 of 25 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 26 posts we gathered, 1 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 | 7 |
| 2026-09 | 3 |
| 2026-10 | 15 |
What we do not know
- No post mentions queuing. A couple went after the lunch rush and found it calm; we don't know what peak lunchtime is like.
- Opening hours are all copied and they disagree: eight posts say 11:00–22:00 weekdays and 11:00–20:30 weekends, four say 11:00–22:00 with no split, and two mid-October posts say 11:00–20:30 daily with last orders at 20:00. Nearly all say there is no afternoon break; one alone lists a 15:00–17:00 weekday break. One couple ate there at 2:10 pm on a Sunday.
- Prices appear to have moved. Seven posts (23 August–5 October) give the milbok soup at 24,000 won, three (2–8 October) at 21,000 won. The weekday-lunch special shifts from a 17,000-won haejang soup in August and early September to striped-pufferfish soup at 11,000 then 12,000 won from 20 September. One post alone prices the cutlet at 16,000 won; others say 18,000.
- The phone number 0507-1423-4060 is copied in many posts. That rooms must be booked by phone and that Naver bookings get one bottle corkage-free are relayed house terms we couldn't verify.
- One post discloses sponsorship, one says the writer paid, and the other 25 say nothing. Repeated stock phrases ('a pufferfish specialist run by a chef with 20 years' experience'), recurring hashtags and the house's how-to-eat card suggest some posts worked from material the restaurant supplied; we didn't count those phrases.
- The story that it opened in 2013 in the Prima Hotel annex and moved here in March 2024 comes from the house. Every post we read describes the current location.
Sources (25)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 청담동맛집 복이오복국 참복맑은탕 밀복매운탕 먹어본 복어맛집 후.... 2026-10-21 · 지니로그
- 청담동 복어맛집 복이오복국 시원한 밀복 맑은탕 후기 2026-10-20 · 전지적 와이영 시점
- 청담역 국밥 복어맛집 복이오복국 밀복 후기 2026-10-20 · 오니와 규동이네 오샀왔이야기
- 청담역 복국맛집 / 깊고 맑은 맛이 일품인 활낙지 복국, 복튀김, 청.... 2026-10-17 · ♥이안♥
- 청담 복국 복어맛집 복이오복국, 시원한 밀복복국과 부드러운 복가.... 2026-10-09 · 해피큐짱 일본어 수업
- 청담동 복어맛집 복이오복국 | 청담 콜키지 식당 2026-10-08 · 일상과 여행 사이를 누비는 도시 탐험
- 청담역 복국 맛집 복이오복국, 청담동 복어요리 전문점 2026-10-07 · 행복하게
- 청담동 맛집 복이오복국 자연산 밀복지리 복어회 저녁 혼밥 후기 2026-10-05 · 선물 가득한 순간들
- 청담 복이오복국, 기력 떨어질 때 복어 코스요리! 복지리, 복매운탕 .... 2026-10-05 · 도르륵 굴러다니기 •‿•
- 청담 맛집 복이오복국 복국과 복가라아게에 반한 솔직 후기 2026-10-04 · 굿타임나우|은정의 뷰티 & 라이프
- 청담동 맛집 복이오복국｜자연산 밀복지리 맑은탕으로 든든한 한 .... 2026-10-03 · dear J
- 복이오복국, 뜨끈하고 시원한 복국 한 그릇 먹고 왔어요 | 청담 맛집.... 2026-10-03 · 누피의 기록 NOOPYlog
- 청담동 맛집 복이오복국, 시원한 복국과 20년 경력 셰프의 솔직 방문.... 2026-10-03 · 몽스타의 블로그
- [청담동 복어맛집] 복이오복국, 맑고 시원한 국물이 전해주는 따뜻.... 2026-10-02 · 이상한나라의 토토
- 청담동 맛집 복이오복국 밀복 맑은탕 매운탕 먹어본 후기 2026-10-01 · 망고링고의 정원
- 청담동 맛집 복이오복국 서울 복어맛집 정식 즐기기 2026-09-20 · 쿠미쿠미, 오늘도 어디론가 · via Daum
- 청담 복국 찾다가 들른, 국내산이라 좋았던 복이오복국 2026-09-10 · 매일연구소 | dailylab_ · via Daum
- 청담동 복어 맛집 복이오복국 청담점 자연산 밀복지리 몸보신 후기 2026-09-05 · wondi의 일상 · via Daum
- 청담 복어맛집 복이오복국, 밀복 복국부터 복불고기까지 맛있는 곳 2026-08-29 · HAB:IT 소소담담 일상탐색 · via Daum
- 청담동 복어맛집 담백하고 시원한 복이오복국 2026-08-29 · 시나브로(모르는 사이에 조금씩 조금씩) · via Daum
- 청담동 맛집 복어맛집 복이오복국 자연산 밀복국 후기 2026-08-28 · 성아의 설렘로드 · via Daum
- 청담역 복어맛집 복이오복국 활전복 복국 후기, 시원한 국물이 제대로 2026-08-26 · 예주타로 · via Daum
- 서울 복국 맛집 l 모임하기 좋은 청담동 복이오복국 내돈내산 후기 2026-08-24 · 또떠나는비밀식탁 · via Daum
- [청담역맛집/복이오복국 청담] 청담동 맛집 강남 복국 맛집 시원한 국물 맛보기 2026-08-23 · 됴니의 일상 ᰔ•᎑•ᰔ · via Daum
- 단체 모임까지 가능한 청담동 복어맛집, 복이오복국에서 한정 판매인 활낙지 복국, 껍질 무침 먹고 기력... 2026-08-23 · 일상을 여행하듯이❤️ · via Daum
Of 333 candidate posts we opened 116 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.