
Gilpost · Mapo-gu, Donggyo-dong
Southeast Asian
Sookjai
쑥짜이 Ssukjjai Sookjai is the Thai สุขใจ — literally 'happy heart'; one post notes the menu explains 'jai' as meaning happiness.
Compiled from 25 blog posts read in fullSources →
Sookjai is a Thai restaurant on the ground floor of 82 Worldcupbuk-ro 2-gil, a short walk from Exit 3 of Hongik University Station. Single dishes run about 10,000–18,000 won — beef noodle soup 10,000, tom yum noodles 12,500, pad thai 13,000 — while the big plates like laeng saep and crab curry cost 27,000–30,000. Pad thai was ordered in 11 posts, tom yum noodles in 10, beef noodle soup in 8. Many writers mention the four condiment pots on every table (chili vinegar, fish sauce, sugar, chili flakes) and a card suggesting how to mix them. We read 30 posts from November 2024 to October 2026; 29 describe an actual meal, and one is a scraped list of ten noodle shops in the area.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 마포구 월드컵북로2길 82 (동교동, 1층일부)82 Woldeukeopbuk-ro 2-gil, Mapo-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-336-4509
- Typical spend₩3,000 – ₩52,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 65 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 13 posts: 12 wrote 11:00–22:00.
| No day given | 11:00–22:00 | 12 of 13 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 2 of 11 posts |
| Break | Weekdays 15:00–17:00 | 7 of 11 posts |
| Last order | 21:20 | 7 of 8 posts |
| Closed | Monday | 13 of 13 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
- People come back. Of the 29 meal posts, 10 say they had been before — one writer has eaten here two days running, another returned after a year away from working in the area, and a third came back after stumbling on it the previous year.
- Five posts say the portions are large: two people ordering three dishes left some noodle soup, one called the pad thai genuinely generous, and another kept finding more tripe at the bottom of the bowl.
- Waits depend on timing. One post reports waiting: across three visits that writer walked straight in at 5 pm, gave up after 20 minutes at lunch, and got in after 5 minutes another lunchtime. Two others found no wait — one around noon on a weekend, one after 3 pm on a weekend.
- One post describes a visit with a small child: there was no high chair, so the child sat on a regular chair, and the staff put the chicken-rice sauce on the side when told the child would share it.
What 25 bloggers said
pat-tai
Returning customer
We read all 25 in full. The most common claims are “Returning customer” (10) and “Large portions” (5).
What they liked
Things you can check on site
- Reachable by transit 4 of 25 posts
- Free refills saying it is not 2 of 25 posts
- Review event 1 of 25 posts
- Takeout 1 of 25 posts
- Beer served 1 of 25 posts
- Foreign customers in the room 1 of 25 posts
- Parking capacity 1 of 25 posts
- Air conditioned 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 can park. None say you cannot.
| Posts saying you can park | 1 of 25 posts |
|---|
Parking reports conflict. One post describes a lot for four cars on the left side of the building. Other posts' 'parking available' lines are copied info boxes, and one such box says there is no dedicated parking and points to a public lot. No one says they arrived by car.
Who came, and with whom
- With a friend 8 of 25 posts
- Solo visit 2 of 25 posts
- Date 2 of 25 posts
- Family visit 1 of 25 posts
- Group visit 1 of 25 posts
- Came with children 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
4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 25 posts read) |
|---|---|
| Toilet inside | yes 0 · no 1 (of 25 posts read) |
| Separate restrooms | yes 0 · no 1 (of 25 posts read) |
No one mentions a step at the entrance or whether a wheelchair or stroller can get in — that means we don't know, not that there is no barrier. One post confirms it is at street level.
The toilet appears to be outside the restaurant itself. One writer says it is elsewhere in the same building, shared by men and women, with soap but no paper; another says the door-lock code and tissues are kept in the restaurant, so take them with you.
No one mentioned: Second floor · Lift to the 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 themselves10 of 25 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way15 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 |
|---|---|
| 2024-11 | 1 |
| 2025-03 | 1 |
| 2025-06 | 1 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-04 | 1 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 5 |
| 2026-10 | 5 |
What we do not know
- Spice levels divide opinion. Two posts found dishes hot — one said the bun cha was too spicy to eat comfortably and didn't remember it being so before; another noted a sharp heat in the tom yum noodles. One post wished the pad thai were spicier.
- Opening hours: posts from 2026 broadly agree on 11:00–22:00, closed Mondays, a 15:00–17:00 weekday break and last orders at 21:20; one writer confirmed there is no break on weekends by walking in after 3 pm on a weekend. Posts up to 2025 gave an 11:30 opening. One post lists the break as 15:30–17:00 and another as 15:30–16:30 with last orders at 21:30. Most of these are copied info boxes.
- Prices have gone up. Laeng saep was 25,000 won in November 2024; in 2026 one receipt shows 27,000 and one menu photo 28,000. Green-mango shrimp pad thai went from 15,000 won (until early August 2026) to 16,000 (from late August). One writer felt the papaya salad was pricey for a side.
- Six posts give the phone number as 02-336-4509; one alone lists 0507-1315-1986. One writer says reservations can be made through Naver, but no one reports booking, and another says they didn't see how reservations work.
- An older name lingers: a November 2024 post saw two signs with different names and guessed the place used to be called Chilli-en, and an August 2026 post says card statements still show that name. Another August 2026 post notes that pickled radish, once available on request, seems to have been dropped.
- Posts we discounted: one is a scraped list of ten noodle shops; one was written from photos taken by the author's boyfriend, so we counted only the dishes and prices on his receipt; and two follow a promotional template with info boxes and checklist verdicts.
Sources (25)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
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Of 170 candidate posts we opened 62 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.