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YOUNG CHUN OK
영춘옥 Yeongchunok The -ok ending is the old suffix for a Korean eatery or house; yeongchun reads as 'welcoming spring', though no post gives the characters behind the name.
Compiled from 19 blog posts read in fullSources →
Yeongchunok is a gomtang (beef-broth soup) house in an alley near Jongno 3-ga station, at Donhwamun-ro 5ga-gil 13. It occupies a red-brick two-storey building with seating on both floors. For a meal there is gomtang at 13,000 won, haejangguk at 11,000 and oxtail soup at 29,000. To share with drinks there are beef bones ('ttagwi') at 45,000, braised oxtail at 58,000 and sliced beef at 30,000. Rice and thin noodles come on the side of the gomtang, and you serve yourself kimchi and radish from pots on the table. We read 30 posts dated 29 September 2025 to 20 October 2026. Nineteen describe eating there; the rest are multi-restaurant lists or posts about other places.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 종로구 돈화문로5가길 13 (돈의동)13 Donhwamun-ro 5ga-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-765-4237
- Typical spend₩5,000 – ₩58,000
- From the station5 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 28 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 14 posts: 14 wrote Daily 00:00–24:00.
| Daily | 00:00–24:00 | 14 of 14 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | None | 3 of 3 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
- Kimchi and cubed radish sit in pots or earthenware crocks on each table, and you take what you want with tongs. Eight posts describe this; one went back for radish three times. Some found the cabbage kimchi strongly flavoured with fermented seafood, and one thought it fell short for a place this old.
- Price complaints centre on the braised oxtail. Four posts call the place expensive. Two of them ordered the oxtail and received four pieces for 58,000 won, which they worked out at about 14,500 won a piece. Another wrote that Australian oxtail should not cost this much. For the 13,000-won gomtang, one diner was fully satisfied. One post found the haejangguk fairly priced, and two reached no verdict. Three posts note that the menu board lists the beef as Australian.
- Three posts describe poor service. In August 2026, after the party knocked over a water jug, a server handed them a mop 'as if throwing it'. In March 2026, a diner was told the beef bones were out, then watched the next table get them. In October 2025, a diner gave up on the place over rudeness. No post we counted called the staff friendly.
- Four posts were written by couples and three by groups of friends; two came as larger parties, one with family and one alone. Three of the four couples had come to Jongno to shop for wedding rings.
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- Five posts say it is an easy walk from the station. Two give about two minutes or 100 m from Jongno 3-ga exit 2-1, and two say about five minutes (one counting from Line 5, exit 6). The fifth simply calls it very close to the station.
What 19 bloggers said
gomtang
Large portions
We read all 19 in full. The most common claims are “Large portions” (4) and “No gamey smell” (4).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- Second floor 11 of 19 posts
- Free refills 8 of 19 posts
- Reachable by transit 5 of 19 posts
- Origin labelling posted 3 of 19 posts
- Beer served 2 of 19 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Who came, and with whom
- Date 4 of 19 posts
- With a friend 3 of 19 posts
- Group visit 2 of 19 posts
- Family visit 1 of 19 posts
- Solo visit 1 of 19 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
Five posts say it is an easy walk from the station. Two give about two minutes or 100 m from Jongno 3-ga exit 2-1, and two say about five minutes (one counting from Line 5, exit 6). The fifth simply calls it very close to the station.
Getting inside
| Second floor | 11 of 19 posts |
|---|---|
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 1 (of 19 posts read) |
Seating is on two floors. Eleven posts mention the upstairs room, and several were sent up because the ground floor was full or because the owner told them to go up. One solo diner sat in a ground-floor corner. Two posts found the ground-floor tables a little cramped, and one described the upstairs as roomy.
No one mentioned a step at the entrance or wheelchair or stroller access. That means nobody wrote about it, not that access is fine or impossible. One post reaches the upstairs room by stairs, and none mentions a lift.
No post says whether the toilet is inside the restaurant or whether it is separated by gender.
No one mentioned: 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 themselves8 of 19 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way11 of 19 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 28 posts we gathered, 9 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 3 |
| 2026-03 | 1 |
| 2026-06 | 1 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 8 |
| 2026-10 | 4 |
What we do not know
- Seasoning splits the posts. Three found the gomtang seasoned just right and added no salt. One, from August 2026, found it far too salty and asked for more broth.
- The beef bones run out early. Two posts found them sold out, once on a Monday afternoon (October 2025) and once around 8:30 on a Sunday evening (March 2026). The '40 portions a day' figure is hearsay and unconfirmed. One post suggests phoning ahead (02-765-4237) if you want them. No post confirms whether the place takes reservations.
- All 14 first-hand posts that give hours say it is open 24 hours, though most copy the listing. As first-hand evidence, one diner ate there at 2:44 on a Saturday morning and 1:18 on a Sunday morning. We don't know whether it stays open on holidays; one post copied a notice that it would close on Chuseok, 25 September 2026.
- No post reports queuing. One heard there is usually a wait but found it quiet over Chuseok, one says any wait moves quickly, and one says there may be a wait at busy times, so the picture is unclear. One diner found it full at 2:44 on a Saturday morning. Three posts say food comes fast, in under ten minutes.
Sources (19)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- 종로3가 24시 곰탕집 영춘옥 | 곰탕, 꼬리곰탕 솔직 후기 2026-10-12 · Bonnie's diary
- 종로3가 영춘옥 85년 전통 개운한 곰탕 한 그릇 2026-10-12 · 낭만식객의 맛있는 이야기
- 제이버튼 주얼리 쏘 핫 수령후기 2026-10-06 · 햄북, 그거슨 가까이있다 · via Daum
- [영춘옥] 꼬리찜 58000원 실화인가,,,, 2026-10-05 · 순꿍 맛지도멋지도 (이페이지에 빠져듭니다) · via Daum
- 현지인 친구 따라간 서울 대표 노포 맛집! 종로3가 영춘옥 곰탕과 해장국 2026-09-29 · 맛집찾아삼만리 · via Daum
- 종로3가 85년전통 곰탕맛집 영춘옥 방문후기 2026-09-28 · 놀고 또 먹고 내돈이
- [종로맛집] 웨딩반지 구경왔다면, 들러보세요! 진~한 국물이 일품인 .... 2026-09-28 · 자유로운 한량 엠마픽
- 1943년부터 이어온 종로3가 노포 곰탕 맛집 영춘옥 2026-09-24 · I'm soo
- [종로 맛집] 추석 가족여행 종로나들이 1탄! 80년 전통 노포의 깊은 .... 2026-09-24 · 매일행복365 인생나눔
- 돈의동 영춘옥 2026-09-22 · 人生은 旅行이다
- 종로 맛집 영춘옥 | 종로3가역 블루리본 곰탕 2026-09-17 · 미미여행기(味味)
- [내돈내산] 서울 노포 맛집 3곳｜한남동감자탕·꾸왁칼국수·영춘옥 2026-09-10 · 「전직 영양사의 맛있는 생활」 · via Daum
- [종로3가 맛집] 영춘옥 - 80년 전통 노포에서 즐기는 꼬리찜과 곰탕 2026-08-18 · 건방진생선까스 Me,Myself & I · via Daum
- 서울 종로3가 85년 전통 [ 영춘옥 ] 24시 노포 맛집 feat. 뼈다귀 술안주.... 2026-06-08 · 백구한끼
- 종로3가 노포 맛집 영춘옥 재방문, 곰탕 맛보다 아쉬움이 큰 이유 2026-03-21 · 윤중의 맛멋 · via Daum
- [돈의동] 영춘옥 2025-10-31 · 어느 중년아재의 일상
- 영춘옥 2025-10-20 · 아산상회
- [종로3가 맛집] 영춘옥 | 음식은 죄가 없다 2025-10-12 · @piwpiw
- 종로3가역 노포 영춘옥 뼈다귀 2025-09-29 · 아포의 맛집 탐방...德 不 孤 必 有 隣
Of 316 candidate posts we opened 82 and kept 19 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.