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MOWa
모와 Mowa
Compiled from 5 blog posts read in fullSources →
A basement-level restaurant in the Le Méridien building in Myeongdong where you pick a bottle off the shelves and drink it with Korean-fusion plates. The aged-kimchi beef tartare roll was 24,900 won and the crab tomalley pasta 18,000 won (April 2026); glasses are charged separately at 4,000 or 7,000 won a head. There is a separate lunch course. We read 9 posts from February 2025 to August 2026; 5 describe an actual meal, the rest are three listicles and one post about the wine shop in the same building.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 명동8나길 38, 지하1층 (충무로1가)38 Myeongdong 8na-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Typical spend₩4,000 – ₩24,900
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 594 m² · Status In business
What sets it apart
- Wine is chosen from the shelves, not a list — three posts did so. One compared Joseph Phelps at 138,000 won here with 128,000 won at a department-store sale; another said prices matched a retail wine shop. Staff bring the matching glass for the bottle you choose.
- Three posts said it was cheaper than they expected and none called it expensive; one said ordering several dishes didn't feel like a stretch.
- Food is ordered by scanning a QR code at the table; only the wine goes through staff. Two posts described this.
- Two posts got a free rice ice cream or grilled rice cake for writing a Naver review.
2 more
- Three posts booked ahead; one said booking via Naver triggered a deposit through CatchTable. One post walked in on a weekday evening without waiting, but still advised booking for weekends.
- Three posts went with friends, one with a work team for lunch, and one with a single colleague for lunch.
What 5 bloggers said
mugeunji yukhoe mari
Not expensive
We read all 5 in full. The most common claims are “Not expensive” (3) and “Friendly staff” (2).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Wine served 3 of 5 posts
- Takes reservations 3 of 5 posts
- Review event 2 of 5 posts
- Self-order screen 2 of 5 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 5 posts
- In a basement 1 of 5 posts
- Private room 1 of 5 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 3 of 5 posts
- Group visit 1 of 5 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
1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | 1 of 5 posts |
|---|
Go down to the basement: one post said the ground floor entrance was blocked and they got lost before finding the way down.
No one mentioned steps at the entrance or wheelchair/stroller access, and we don't know whether the way down is stairs or a lift.
No one said where the toilets are or whether they are separate by gender — unknown, not absent.
No one mentioned: Second floor · 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 5 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way2 of 5 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 8 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Portions split one to one: one post found the crab pasta small, another found the pork bossam generous.
- Seasoning split too: an April 2026 lunch post found it mild, while an April 2025 lunch-course post found the ravioli very salty.
- One post said to use Myeongdong Station exit 5; the "5 minutes on foot" figure appears only in a copied info block.
- Only one post mentioned waiting — it walked straight in on a weekday evening. We don't know about weekends or lunch.
- Opening hours were copied differently by two posts: Mon–Sat 11:30–23:00 with a 15:00–17:30 break and 21:30 last order (April 2025 visit), versus 11:30–22:00 closed weekends (April 2026). We can't tell which is current.
- No post gave a total per person. Dish prices come from a single April 2026 post, and with bottle and glass charges on top we can't say what a meal costs. The lunch course price was not given.
- No post listed a phone number; one said it booked through Naver and CatchTable.
- Two listicles (January and March 2026) share the same template and the same four venues in the same order, one crediting Esquire Korea. Their "wine tunnel", "six-course" and "100,000 won a head" claims are copied material and not used here.
Sources (5)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 명동 분위기 좋은 와인바 모와(MOWA)｜데이트·소개팅·청첩장 모임 .... 2026-08-06 · 명동 고고상품권 · 환전소
- [이수댁 외식일기:명동 분위기 좋은 레스토랑 '모와 MOWa' 내돈내산 후기/와인까지 완벽했던 저녁] 2026-05-01 · SY MOOD · via Daum
- [명동역 맛집] 퓨전한식 모와 MOWa 2026-04-29 · 채채의 일상기록 ･ᴗ･
- 모와 MOWa 분위기 좋은 가성비 서울 명동 와인바 2026-02-06 · ᴊɪʏᴏᴜɴɢ ʀᴇᴄᴏʀᴅꜱ · via Daum
- 명동 모와 MOWa 런치 파스타코스 솔직 후기 2025-06-16 · 과자 부스러기
Of 348 candidate posts we opened 120 and kept 5 as evidence. We have not seen them all yet; another pass would add more.