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AMIN
아민 이화 Amin Ihwa Ihwa is the Korean reading of Ewha, the women's university whose front gate is a few steps away; none of the posts explain what Amin means, and one notes the place used to be called We Salad You (위샐러듀).
Compiled from 21 blog posts read in fullSources →
Amin Ihwa is a Mediterranean restaurant in the alley beside Ewha Womans University's front gate (52-31 Ewhayeodae-gil). It serves single plates from Morocco, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Italy and Israel, with mains from 24,000 won for the mussel pasta to 39,000 won for the lamb ribs. Once seated you get a free welcome drink of alcohol-free mulled wine topped with olive oil, plus pita and rye bread, a hummus salad and tomato stew; you order on your phone via a QR code or tag on the table. One post says it used to be called We Salad You. We read 30 posts dated 29 April to 13 October 2026, 21 of them written after a visit.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 서대문구 이화여대길 52-31, 1층 (대현동)52-31 Ihwayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-363-0113
- Typical spend₩24,000 – ₩39,000
- From the station1 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 47 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 12 posts: 9 wrote Daily 10:00–21:10.
| Daily | 10:00–21:10 | 9 of 12 posts |
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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
- You order from your seat on your phone: six posts used the QR code or tag on the table. Ordering by QR charges you on the spot, and one post describes a friend who arrived first paying for everything, then refunding it so the writer could pay again — she suggests the person paying should arrive first.
- Eight posts say the portions are large. One left about 80 per cent of a pasta after the free bread, soup and salad; two women sharing two mains left a little but called it just right; another says the salata looked twice a salad shop's serving.
- Five posts mention a separate seating area at the back, screened by a curtain or carpet; one says it has no door but its own air conditioner. Another describes a table for six to eight, and one group of seven ate there.
- Six posts went with friends or juniors, three with a husband or boyfriend, two alone, two with family (a daughter, a mother) and one in a group of seven. One solo diner sat at a two-seat table at the back, and one couple brought their dog inside.
What 21 bloggers said
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Large portions
We read all 21 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (8) and “Friendly staff” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Self-order screen 6 of 21 posts
- Private room 5 of 21 posts
- Large windows 3 of 21 posts
- Air conditioned 2 of 21 posts
- Outdoor terrace seating 2 of 21 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 2 of 21 posts
- Takes reservations 2 of 21 posts
- High chairs 1 of 21 posts
- Reachable by transit 1 of 21 posts
- Open kitchen 1 of 21 posts
- Dogs allowed 1 of 21 posts
- Corkage free — bring your own drink 1 of 21 posts
- Free refills 1 of 21 posts
- Beer served 1 of 21 posts
- Wine served 1 of 21 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
2 posts say you can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 2 of 21 posts |
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Parking is not on site but through a partner lot nearby, Hongjo private parking. Two posts actually dealt with it: one parked there, another gave directions from the end of the Alpha stationery alley below the main gate. The 'one car per booking, one hour free' terms are copied from the restaurant's listing in many posts, and a couple of other copied listings say 'no parking'.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 6 of 21 posts
- Date 3 of 21 posts
- Family visit 2 of 21 posts
- Solo visit 2 of 21 posts
- Came by car 2 of 21 posts
- Group visit 1 of 21 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
| Second floor | yes 0 · no 1 (of 21 posts read) |
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Only one post says anything about floors from experience: the dining room is on a single level. Nobody says whether there are steps down or up at the entrance; the 'ground floor' in the address is copied, not observed.
No post says whether there is a step at the door or whether a wheelchair or pushchair can get in — we simply do not know. One post saw a high chair.
Nobody says whether the toilet is inside or whether it is split by gender. One post photographed a toilet notice but did not use it.
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 disclosing payment1 of 21 posts
- Someone else paid1 of 21 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves7 of 21 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way12 of 21 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 28 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.
| 2026-04-29 | 5 posts in one day |
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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 |
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| 2026-05 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 4 |
| 2026-09 | 12 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
What we do not know
- No post says they waited. Three say they did not, all on weekdays: a weekday lunch, around 1 pm on Monday 7 September (when it was 'almost full'), and 11:30 am on a weekday. One writer guesses weekends need a wait, but nobody actually queued on a weekend, so we do not know about weekends or evenings. Two posts booked ahead.
- Prices are consistent: mains run 24,000 to 39,000 won, and the April 2026 menu matches posts from September and October. Four posts call it on the expensive side ('pricey for a campus spot'; two plates for two 'comes close to 60,000 won'). One pair paid 73,000 won for two mains, and another put it at about 50,000 won a head. Only one post lists the salata at 30,500 won, copied from Kakao Map without a visit.
- One post describes actually walking from the station: the writer skipped the infrequent Gyeongui–Jungang line and walked from Ewha Womans Univ. station on Line 2. The '248 m from Sinchon station exit 1' figure is copied from the listing. Several posts say it is tucked in an alley and worth finding on a map; nobody came by bus.
- Twelve visit posts give opening hours, all copied from the listing. Ten agree on 10:00–21:10 every day, one says 21:00, and one alone says weekdays 11:00–22:00 and closed at weekends — which a post describing a 3 pm weekend visit contradicts. One post notes there is no afternoon break; another was told around 9 pm that it was closing time.
- Eight posts give the phone number as 0507-1342-0113; one course-planning post that did not visit gives 02-363-0113. Bookings are taken through Catch Table and Naver, according to the copied listings.
- Spiciness is slightly disputed: three posts found something spicy (the bacalhau sauce, the salata, the çılbır and tomato stew), while one says the same tomato stew had no heat at all.
- The restaurant has changed its name: one post says it was originally called We Salad You and had been renamed at some point, and the booking link copied in several posts still reads we.salad.you. We do not know when, but it is already Amin Ihwa in the earliest post we read, from April 2026.
- Five posts published on 29 April 2026, the day an SBS TV show featured the restaurant, repeat the broadcast and the listing in the same format, so we did not count them. Claims such as 'Korea's first and longest-running Mediterranean restaurant, 11 years' or 'fresh ingredients sourced daily' are the restaurant's own words.
Sources (21)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 이대 파스타 맛집 지중해 음식 아민 이화 신촌 콜키지프리 2026-10-13 · 완지의 이모저모
- 이화여자대학교 ECC / 10월풍경 / 근처맛집 아민이화 AMIN 2026-10-08 · 윈드의 여행 ㆍ일상 이야기~ · via Daum
- 평범한 양식을 벗어난 특별한 지중해식, 신촌/이대 맛집 [아민 이화.... 2026-10-08 · 유영하는 원숭이
- 신촌, 이대 맛집 - 아민 이화 [바칼라우(스페인)] 이대역 지중해식 음.... 2026-10-07 · "참치가 하악"
- 열정 폐기(26년 9월 기록) 2026-09-30 · 야모야모얌 · via Daum
- [이대/신촌역 맛집] 아민이화 (지중해 가정식) 2026-09-24 · 저탄로드 · via Daum
- 이대 맛집 아민 이화, 지중해식 파스타 지중해식 레스토랑 솔직후기 2026-09-24 · 써니다의 건강한 맛♡
- [W.12] 신촌/이대 "아민 이화(구: 위샐러듀)" 후기 (번외 포함) 2026-09-24 · 채니의 공간 · via Daum
- 이대에서 만난 색다른 모로코 음식, 아민이화 이대점 잘룩후기 2026-09-22 · La Floraison
- [맛집_이대]이대 아민 2026-09-16 · 따뜻하고 선한 영향력
- [서대문구 이대/신촌] 아민 이화 ::지중해스타일 레스토랑 2026-09-15 · 노는게제일좋아
- [아민 이화] 신촌 이대맛집 이색적인 지중해식 브런치 데이트 2026-09-11 · 예몽이의 먹행 레시피 · via Daum
- 신촌역가볼만한곳 이대역 양식 지중해식 그리스 가정식 살라타 알.... 2026-09-11 · 썸머의 여름
- [서울/서대문구] 이대,신촌 지중해식 식당 아민 이화 추천, 이대 아민 후기 2026-09-11 · goody goody · via Daum
- 신촌 이대맛집 비건 지중해음식 맛집 이색적인 이대 핫플 [아민 이화] 2026-09-07 · 조금 특별한 나의 서울 · via Daum
- 아민 이화 • 서대문구맛집 | 신촌맛집 | 이대맛집 2026-09-06 · 재니를 보라 · via Daum
- 이대맛집 신촌맛집 '아민이화' 에서 특별한 한 끼 2026-07-31 · Olive · via Daum
- 이대 아민 이화, 지중해 기념일 맛집 애견동반 후기 2026-07-22 · 모모라의 새로운 일상 · via Daum
- 이대 맛집 아민 이화 | 대학생 때부터 좋아한 이색 브런치카페 2026-07-18 · J의 이런저런 날들 · via Daum
- 감성 산책, '행복은 늘 멀리 있을때 커보이는 걸' 이화여대 도미니크 페로 ECC...🏛 2026-07-11 · 우짜든동 우짜 · via Daum
- 이대역 추천 맛집 코스 / 비건 • 지중해식 요리 2026-05-05 · ☁️ · via Daum
Of 303 candidate posts we opened 36 and kept 21 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.