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Crystal Jade
크리스탈제이드 신세계백화점 본점 Keuriseutaljeideu Sinsegye Baekhwajeom Bonjeom Crystal Jade is the English brand name of a Chinese restaurant chain that one post says runs more than 120 restaurants across Asia-Pacific; this is its branch in the basement of Shinsegae Department Store's main store.
Compiled from 11 blog posts read in fullSources →
A Hong Kong-style Chinese restaurant in the basement food hall of Shinsegae Department Store's main store in Myeongdong, serving dim sum (xiaolongbao, har gow, shumai) plus wonton noodles, dandan noodles, black-bean noodles and fried rice. Posted prices: 7,500 won for four soup dumplings, 13,000 for yuni jajangmyeon, 15,000 for dandan noodles, 16,000 for wonton noodles, 18,000 for seafood jjamppong; one solo diner paid 38,500 won for four dishes. We read 14 posts from August 15 to October 4, 2026; one wasn't about this restaurant and two didn't eat here, leaving 11 actual meals. Five of those were family meals, four with a child.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 퇴계로 77, 지하1층 (충무로1가)77 Toegye-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-310-5108
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩64,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 43 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 5 posts: 2 wrote Weekdays 10:30–20:00, 2 wrote Weekends 10:30–20:30, 2 wrote 10:30–20:00.
| Weekdays | 10:30–20:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekends | 10:30–20:30 | |
| No day given | 10:30–20:00 | |
| Last order | 19:30 | 2 of 3 posts |
Rows without a count: 2 of 5 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
- You can reach it straight from the subway: four posts describe walking from exit 7 of Hoehyeon Station (Line 4) through an underground passage into the store, and one noted you stay out of the rain all the way to the basement food hall.
- Ordering is by tablet at each table or by kiosk, according to four posts; one post instead describes picking from a laminated menu.
- Families with small children are common here: four posts came with a child, two mention high chairs, one says staff brought children's cutlery, and two fed their child the yuni jajangmyeon.
- Three posts ate with a discount: two used SKT's T day deal of 40% off orders over 50,000 won (one paid 30,300 won on a 50,500 bill), and one used a 10% birthday coupon from Naver Place. Another got a free cucumber side through a review event.
What 11 bloggers said
Original Soryongpo
Clean
We read all 11 in full. The most common claims are “Clean” (4) and “Not salty” (3).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Where they disagree
| Had to wait | yes 2 · no 2 |
|---|
Things you can check on site
- In a basement 6 of 11 posts
- Self-order screen 4 of 11 posts
- Reachable by transit 4 of 11 posts
- High chairs 2 of 11 posts
- Open kitchen 2 of 11 posts
- Discount offered 2 of 11 posts
- Origin labelling posted 1 of 11 posts
- Coupon 1 of 11 posts
- Review event 1 of 11 posts
- Complimentary tea or drink 1 of 11 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 5 of 11 posts
- Came with children 4 of 11 posts
- With a friend 3 of 11 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
You can reach it straight from the subway: four posts describe walking from exit 7 of Hoehyeon Station (Line 4) through an underground passage into the store, and one noted you stay out of the rain all the way to the basement food hall.
Getting inside
| In a basement | 6 of 11 posts |
|---|---|
| Step-free access | yes 0 · no 1 (of 11 posts read) |
One post says strollers aren't allowed inside. No post mentions steps, ramps or lifts; although it is inside a department store, nobody wrote about getting into the restaurant itself by wheelchair.
No post says where the toilets are or whether they are separated by gender — that means nobody wrote about it, not that there are none.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · 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 11 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way6 of 11 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 13 posts we gathered, 2 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 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Waits are split two to two: two posts waited (a weekday lunch rush, and a Friday evening during a T day promotion when the restaurant said two parties were ahead), two walked straight in (a weekend lunch and a weekday evening). One post we didn't count gave up on a weekend lunch because the queue was too long. Nobody recorded how many minutes they waited.
- Portions divide opinion: one post fed three people on a two-person set and left full, another said the portions were small for the price, and a third found only the sweet-and-sour pork a bit small.
- Views on price differ: one post felt it was on the expensive side, two called it reasonable or cheap — though one of those two had a 40% discount that day.
- Six posts copied the opening hours. All agree it opens at 10:30; on closing time, two say 20:00 on weekdays and 20:30 on weekends, two give 20:00 (last order 19:30) without days, one says 20:30 daily (last order 20:00), and one splits Monday-Thursday from Friday-Sunday. One post says it closes on the department store's regular holidays.
- Four posts give the same phone number, 02-310-5108. One called it to ask how many parties were waiting, but no post says whether this branch takes reservations.
Sources (11)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 신세계백화점 본점 크리스탈제이드 T day 할인 아기랑 유니짜장 탕수육 두부피새우튀김 후기 2026-10-02 · 밤비쩡의 즐거운 생활 · via Daum
- 서울 ㅣ 신메뉴 붉은 대게장 솥밥 완전 강추! 크리스탈제이드 신세계백화점 본점 2026-09-27 · 쩝쩝박사꼬미 · via Daum
- 신세계백화점 본점 맛집 크리스탈제이드 지하 1층 직장인 점심 2026-09-26 · 홍이 라이프 · via Daum
- 신세계백화점 본점 맛집 크리스탈제이드 딤섬부터 완탕면까지 솔직 후기 2026-09-25 · it’s mikkang · via Daum
- 크리스탈제이드 t멤버십 웨이팅 정보, 신세계 본점 소공점 비교 | 추천, 비추천 메뉴 후기 2026-09-12 · gain의 이것저것 일상 · via Daum
- 서울 명동 신세계본점 지하 중식당 크리스탈제이드 내돈내산 솔직.... 2026-09-06 · #애니블로그
- [남대문맛집] 신세계 본점 크리스탈제이드 2026-09-06 · 강남워킹맘 라이프 리뷰어 · via Daum
- [서울 신세계본점 중식당]이색 분위기 딤섬 종류가 많은 중식당 #크.... 2026-08-26 · _bonito memories
- [남대문 시장 아동복] 돌 전 아기 가을옷 쇼핑 후기 | 시티아이 & 부르뎅아동복 2026-08-21 · 숲이 좋아_히숲 · via Daum
- 신세계백화점 본점 맛집 크리스탈제이드 후기 | 홍콩식 완탕면과 딤섬이 맛있는 곳 2026-08-16 · 사소한 것들로 이루어진 하루 · via Daum
- [명동 맛집] 딤섬이 맛있는 크리스탈제이드 신세계백화점 본점 내돈내산 후기 2026-08-15 · 방망이 깎던 강쥐 · via Daum
Of 406 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 11 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.