Korean
GYUBAN
규반 Gyuban Ban (반) is a common word for a meal or cooked rice; none of the posts explains the first syllable, gyu.
Compiled from 12 blog posts read in fullSources →
Gyuban is a Korean set-course restaurant on the ground floor of the Douzone Euljiro Tower, right by Euljiro 1-ga station. Posts describe it as chef Kim Ji-young's place (she oversaw the food for the TV drama Dae Jang Geum); the courses follow the seasonal calendar and draw on royal-court and aristocratic home cooking, served only in private rooms. In recent posts lunch is 98,000 won with a pork main or 138,000 won with Korean beef, and dinner is 196,000 won. Five of the twelve visits were formal meetings between two families before a wedding. We read 22 posts from 9 July 2025 to 26 September 2026: 12 describe a visit, 6 only introduce, list or book it, and 4 were about other restaurants and set aside.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 을지로 29, 1층 (을지로1가)29 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-549-6268
- Typical spend₩35,000 – ₩196,000
- From the station3 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 289 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 3 posts: 3 wrote Mon–Sat 11:30–22:00.
| Mon–Sat | 11:30–22:00 | 3 of 3 posts |
|---|---|---|
| Break | 15:00–18:00 | 3 of 3 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 2 of 2 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
- All twelve visitors ate in a private room. Several posts say every seat is in a room; one counted five rooms holding about ten people each. Two posts had a room with floor-to-ceiling windows looking onto a small planted garden rather than the street, and four described it as quiet.
- Of the nine posts that say who they went with, six went with family, five of them for a pre-wedding family meeting; couples arrived early to lay out gifts and printed programmes. One was told there is no special table setting for such meetings. The rest were two work lunches and one gathering of friends.
- Four posts said the seasoning was light, and one added that the mild taste might not suit everyone. No post called it salty.
- Opinions on portions split: one post was taken aback by how small the side dishes were, while two said the portions looked small but they were full by the end of the course.
2 more
- Four posts say they booked ahead, some through the CatchTable app. One confirmed the menu by phone about two days before (the two-days-ahead menu rule appears only in copied listings). Another was asked how fast the courses should come and told tables can be used for up to three hours.
- Three posts describe walking in from the subway: the building is right at exit 1-1 of Euljiro 1-ga station, and one notes the sign is on the far side of the building from the exit.
What 12 bloggers said
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Not salty
We read all 12 in full. The most common claims are “Not salty” (4) and “Quiet” (4).
What they liked
Things you can check on site
- Private room 12 of 12 posts
- Takes reservations 4 of 12 posts
- Reachable by transit 3 of 12 posts
- Waiting area 2 of 12 posts
- Origin labelling posted 2 of 12 posts
- Large windows 2 of 12 posts
- In a basement saying it is not 2 of 12 posts
- Time limit on the table 1 of 12 posts
- High ceiling 1 of 12 posts
- Discount offered 1 of 12 posts
- Beer served 1 of 12 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 12 posts |
|---|
Two posts drove and parked in the building: one found the underground car park clean and roomy, the other said the restaurant validated plenty of parking time. That it is free appears only in the copied info blocks.
Who came, and with whom
- Family visit 6 of 12 posts
- Came by car 2 of 12 posts
- Group visit 2 of 12 posts
- Came with children 1 of 12 posts
- With a friend 1 of 12 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
Three posts describe walking in from the subway: the building is right at exit 1-1 of Euljiro 1-ga station, and one notes the sign is on the far side of the building from the exit.
Getting inside
| In a basement | yes 0 · no 2 (of 12 posts read) |
|---|
Two posts confirm it is on the ground floor; one said everyone in the group still got lost because it is hard to spot. No one mentions going downstairs. Another restaurant, Vertice, is in the same building's basement.
No post says anything about a step at the entrance, wheelchair or stroller access, or a lift. That means nobody wrote about it, not that there is a problem.
Nobody says whether the toilets are inside the restaurant or separated by gender; one post only mentions her father going to the toilet.
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
- Someone else paid1 of 12 posts
- Posts saying they paid themselves4 of 12 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way7 of 12 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 18 posts we gathered, 6 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 |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 2 |
| 2025-09 | 1 |
| 2025-10 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-02 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-06 | 2 |
| 2026-07 | 1 |
| 2026-09 | 1 |
What we do not know
- Prices differ by date. An August 2025 list gave lunch at 89,000 won (pork) to 114,000 won (beef) and dinner from 165,000 won; from September 2025 posts give 98,000 won for pork, and from November 2025 130,000-138,000 won for beef and 196,000 won for dinner. One October 2025 visit still listed 89,000 and 114,000 won, so we cannot pin down when the change happened. One post found the deposit steep but did not say how much it was.
- Opening hours: three visits all give Mon-Sat 11:30-22:00 with a 15:00-18:00 break and Sundays closed. All three copied this from listings, and none gives a last-order time. One list post that did not visit says it opens daily.
- Two phone numbers appear: 0507-1322-1555 in four posts and 02-541-1555 in three. Bookings are by phone or through CatchTable.
- No post mentions queuing, and none describes walking in without a booking, so we don't know whether walk-ins work. Two posts waited briefly in the entrance lounge with its ceramics before being shown to a room.
- One post says it heard the restaurant used to be in Sinsa-dong before moving to Euljiro. That is hearsay, and every post we read dates from after the move, so we did not count it.
- Some posts carry less weight. One visit was a hosted Glen Grant whisky-pairing event, and one is a magazine feature. A list post copied sentences almost word for word from another blogger's visit, so we left it out.
Sources (12)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [규반/을지로] 을지로 회식 맛집 '규반' 후기 2026-09-26 · 벼노변호의 일상
- 상견례 준비 총정리 한식 다이닝 규반 | 셀프 선물 포장 & 꽃다발 | .... 2026-07-22 · 27예쀼의 웨딩로그
- [중구/을지로입구역] 규반 - 대장금 요리 총괄 자문 김지영 오너 셰.... 2026-06-25 · 먹스노트의 맛집탐방
- [을지로규반] 서울한정식맛집 / 프라이빗룸한정식 / 청첩장모임 / 자.... 2026-06-18 · 소소한 식판, 다정한 일상
- 서울 상견례 장소 추천, 을지로입구역 규반(GYUBAN) 방문 후기 2026-03-28 · may joy and innocence prevail
- 상견례와 가족 모임의 정석! 을지로 [규반] 프라이빗 한정식 코스 요.... 2026-03-10 · 세계여행하는 귀여운 똥개.
- 2월 후반 2026-02-28 · अहं प्रेम
- [을지로입구역]한식 코스/한정식/GYUBAN규반 상견례/미팅 장소/주차/.... 2025-12-03 · 원영이블로그♥
- W5. 상견례 | 을지로 규반 한식 코스요리 내돈내산 후기 | 서울 개별 .... 2025-10-22 · Yuri’s Diary
- [Wedding] 을지로 한식 라운지 규반 상견례 / 서울역 은하수 케이크 떡 2025-09-30 · Meggie
- @을지로 규반 / 을지로 프라이빗 한식당 / 서울 정갈한 파인다이닝 / .... 2025-07-20 · 잘 지내는 이야기
- [을지로/을지로입구 한정식 추천-'규반', 정갈한 한식 파인다이닝을 .... 2025-07-09 · 윰이의 관심위주
We opened all 294 candidate posts and kept 12 as evidence.