Gilpost · Mapo-gu, Donggyo-dong
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Kusino Jubang
쿠시노주방 Kushi is Japanese for skewer, and the posts explain the name as 'the skewer kitchen' — a yakitori house.
Compiled from 10 blog posts read in fullSources →
Kusino Jubang is a yakitori izakaya in a basement at Donggyo-ro 218-1, a short walk from exit 3 of Hongik Univ. station. Most visits ordered the Kusino nabe — skewers and pasta in a tomato-jjamppong broth, 33,000 won — and the lemon-cream karaage (15,000 won), with 9,000-won fruit highballs; orders go through a tablet at the table. We read 30 posts from December 2024 to October 2026; 10 of them, from January to October 2026, record an actual visit. Of the other 20, 18 are near-identical promotional write-ups that we did not count.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 동교로 218-1, 지하층 (동교동)218-1 Donggyo-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Phone010-6783-8317
- Typical spend₩6,000 – ₩35,000
- From the station2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 61 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 7 posts: 6 wrote Daily 16:00–00:30.
| Daily | 16:00–00:30 | 6 of 7 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
- Five posts say the portions are large. One left some of the nabe despite arriving hungry, another called it sheer abundance, and a third said the noodles alone made it plenty for two.
- Three posts waited. One joined the CatchTable remote queue as number 8 and waited about ten minutes; another arrived around 7:30 on a Friday behind two groups and waited 20 to 30 minutes; a third had given up several times before, then phoned near opening to check and walked straight in. One post went with an 8:30 reservation.
- Six posts call the frying crisp, and four of them add that the lemon cream kept the karaage from feeling greasy.
- Four posts watched the skewers being grilled behind a glass-walled kitchen, four ordered by table tablet, and three got a bowl of shrimp-cracker-style chips as the free starter.
What 10 bloggers said
Gwail haibol
Crispy batter
We read all 10 in full. The most common claims are “Crispy batter” (6) and “Sweet” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- In a basement 6 of 10 posts
- Open kitchen 4 of 10 posts
- Self-order screen 4 of 10 posts
- Complimentary starter 3 of 10 posts
- Seats to sit and eat 3 of 10 posts
- Reachable by transit 2 of 10 posts
- Beer served 2 of 10 posts
- Takes reservations 1 of 10 posts
- Review event 1 of 10 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 4 of 10 posts
- Date 1 of 10 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
2 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | 6 of 10 posts |
|---|
The bar is underground: six posts describe going down, three of them mentioning a staircase lined with Japanese posters.
No one mentioned a step at the door, a lift, or getting in with a wheelchair or stroller — unknown, not absent. Three posts do describe stairs down to the basement.
Only one visit mentions the toilet, placing it 'by the entrance' — we cannot tell whether that is inside the bar. The 'indoor, separate-sex toilet' line in the promotional posts is copied text and we did not count it.
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 themselves2 of 10 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way8 of 10 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 30 posts we gathered, 20 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.
| 2026-10-21 | 2 posts in one day |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-15 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-14 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-13 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-12 | 2 posts in one day |
| 2026-10-10 | 2 posts in one day |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 2 |
| 2026-10 | 7 |
What we do not know
- Off-odour is split one to one: a September 2026 post found the skewers too smelly to eat, an October post found no gaminess. A January 2026 post called the snacks salty and spicy.
- The 2.5-hour table limit and the five-skewer minimum come from the house rules as copied into posts; no one reports actually being asked to leave.
- Of the visits, four were with friends and one was a date; none went with family or children.
- Opening hours: all seven 2026 posts give daily 16:00 to 00:30 (six from copied blocks). A December 2024 list post had Fri–Sun until 01:30 and a March 2025 scrape said 15:00–01:30, so the hours seem to have changed in between.
- Prices: the eight-skewer omakase went from 26,000 won (December 2024, March 2025) to 28,000 won (October 2026). The sukiyaki is listed at both 31,000 and 32,000 won in the same month. No post gave a total bill.
- Phone: two posts give 010-6783-8317, one sponsored post gives 0507-1309-8250. Several posts copy that Naver booking is available; one actually booked.
- Eighteen promotional posts from October 2026 repeat the same points in the same order — Tokyo back-alley bar, mini warmer plates, butter highball — with no order or price; two disclose payment. We did not count them.
Sources (10)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 홍대 이자카야 쿠시노주방, 쿠시노나베&레몬크림 가라아게 후기 2026-10-24 · 연대생의 방탈출&맛집 일기
- 홍대 이자카야 프라이빗한 일본식 술집 쿠시노주방 금요일 저녁 방.... 2026-10-22 · 수(Sue)'s 수수한 블로그
- [홍대/연남] 홍대 연남동 이자카야 '쿠시노주방' 캐치테이블 웨이팅 .... 2026-10-22 · seon
- 연남동 이자카야 맛집 쿠시노주방 프라이빗한 좌석에서 쿠시노나베.... 2026-10-19 · 레코드 오브 기만나
- 홍대 이자카야 쿠시노주방｜하이볼 맛집 내돈내산 후기·웨이팅 꿀.... 2026-10-16 · 우주토끼의 모험
- [홍대 술집] 야키토리 꼬치와 파스타를 함께 즐기는 나베 맛집 홍대 이자카야 '쿠시노주방' 2026-10-16 · Que sera sera! · via Daum
- 홍대 이자카야 맛집 쿠시노주방 일본 감성 제대로 느끼고 온 후기 2026-10-06 · 파워 J예신의 웨딩일기 · via Daum
- 홍대 연남동 이자카야를 찾는다면? "쿠시노주방" 쿠시노나베,레몬크.... 2026-09-29 · 츄지로그♡
- 26.09.14 - 20 (9월 셋째 주) #220 2026-09-21 · ㅤ · via Daum
- 두!쫀!쿠! 2026-01-23 · 속코정 개요정보 · via Daum
Of 290 candidate posts we opened 47 and kept 10 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.