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La Cantina
라칸티나 Rakantina La Cantina is Italian for a cellar or wine store — fitting for a dining room one floor below street level.
Compiled from 22 blog posts read in fullSources →
A 1967 Italian restaurant in the basement of the Samsung Building at Euljiro 19. Most people take the set courses — garlic bread, onion soup, salad, pasta, steak — or the off-menu "Samsung set" (56,000 won per person in September 2026 posts). À la carte prices posted include onion soup at 7,800 won, linguine La Cantina at 24,000 won and lasagna at 23,000 won. Many visits are office lunches; there are also dinner dates and family meals. We read 30 posts dated 15 July to 9 October 2026, 26 of them from actual visits.
Data as of · Published ·
Location & hours
- Address서울특별시 중구 을지로 19, 삼성빌딩 1층 (을지로1가)19 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Phone02-777-2580
- Typical spend₩1,800 – ₩74,000
- From the station4 posts say it is walkable from the station.
- Floor areaFloor area 286 m² · Status In business
When it opens
Of 5 posts: 2 wrote 11:30–22:00, 2 wrote Mon–Sat 11:30–22:00.
| No day given | 11:30–22:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mon–Sat | 11:30–22:00 | |
| Break | 15:00–17:00 | 4 of 4 posts |
| Last order | 13:50 | 2 of 2 posts |
| Closed | Sunday | 4 of 4 posts |
Rows without a count: 2 of 5 posts.
1 other values
| Last order | 20:50 2 of 2 posts last seen 2026-09 |
|---|
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
- Eight posts booked ahead, by phone or Naver. A ten-person lunch group felt a booking was essential; a weekday noon walk-in was seated by the kitchen door. A weekday-evening walk-in, by contrast, found the large room had no wait. One post warns that close to the lunch kitchen cut-off staff first refused the Samsung set, and advises booking at opening time or for dinner.
- Seven posts mention sweetness, mostly of the onion soup — a clear, gently sweet broth — plus one on the garlic bread and one on dessert. One post notes the soup is thin rather than a thick French onion, which may disappoint some.
- Courses end with coffee or tea; eight posts had it, and one got a complimentary coffee as an apology for the seat by the kitchen.
- Five posts praise the staff: careful menu explanations, fresh tablecloths after every party, an oversized slice of watermelon after a complaint about mussels. One post liked the servers but not a manager scolding them in public; another was put off when staff offered to clear plates still half full.
What 22 bloggers said
yangpa supeu
Sweet
We read all 22 in full. The most common claims are “Sweet” (7) and “Friendly staff” (5).
What they liked
What they struggled with
Things you can check on site
- In a basement 11 of 22 posts
- Coffee served 8 of 22 posts
- Takes reservations 8 of 22 posts
- Reachable by transit 4 of 22 posts
- Wine served 4 of 22 posts
- Private room 2 of 22 posts
- Waiting area 1 of 22 posts
These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.
Parking
1 posts say you cannot park. None say you can.
| Posts saying you cannot | 1 of 22 posts |
|---|
Only one post speaks from experience: they came by car and had to use a neighbouring building's car park because the restaurant has none. Other "no parking" lines are copied listings.
Who came, and with whom
- Group visit 7 of 22 posts
- With a friend 6 of 22 posts
- Date 2 of 22 posts
- Came by car 1 of 22 posts
- Family visit 1 of 22 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 | 11 of 22 posts |
|---|
It is underground: eleven visit posts describe going down to it, one via the stairs right under the sign, and one got briefly lost because the entrance is easy to miss. The registered address says ground floor, but every post places it on B1.
We do not know about wheelchair or stroller access. Two posts mention walking down stairs; none mention a lift or a step — that means nobody wrote about it, not that there is none.
No visitor described the toilets. One post's header block lists an indoor, gender-separated toilet, but it is copied information 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 themselves1 of 22 posts
- Posts saying nothing either way21 of 22 posts
Posts that followed a TV spot
Of the 25 posts we gathered, 3 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-07 | 6 |
| 2026-08 | 8 |
| 2026-09 | 6 |
| 2026-10 | 2 |
What we do not know
- Seasoning splits: two posts found it mild, one found the vongole very salty, one said a dish turned salty as it cooled. Two posts called the food ordinary overall.
- Prices moved: two early-August 2026 posts give the Samsung set at 55,000 won per person, two September posts at 56,000. One post found prices high (the 7,800-won onion soup); three found them reasonable.
- All opening hours are copied listings. Four posts agree on 11:30–22:00 with a 15:00–17:00 break and Sundays closed; two add last orders at 13:50 and 20:50. One post alone gives 17:00–01:00.
- Two posts give different phone numbers (02-777-2580 and 0507-1332-9669). One copied note says groups of 16 or more must book by phone.
- One visit write-up appears word for word on two blogs (a personal one and the Seoul Oraegage blog); we counted it once. Stories about Samsung's founder and other dignitaries are hearsay and not used as evidence.
Sources (22)
Every number above was counted from the posts below.
- [을지로,시청 맛집] 우리나라 이탈리아 레스토랑의 시작 제대로 대.... 2026-10-09 · Dora's story♡
- 을지로 라칸티나 | 시간이 멈춘 듯한 1967년 이탈리안 레스토랑 2026-10-09 · 워킹맘, 대충 잘 살아가는 중
- [서울/중구/을지로] <라 칸티나> 양파스프, 마늘빵, 버섯소스 뇨끼, .... 2026-09-28 · 나그네
- | 서울/시청 | 삼성 이병철 회장이 즐겨 찾던 국내 1호 이탈리안 레스.... 2026-09-22 · its_dailyjin
- 덕수궁 맛집 덕수정 리에제와플 라칸티나 센트럴 고속 터미널 이스트우드 에그타르트 2026-09-16 · 리뷰 전문가 · via Daum
- [청첩장 모임] 을지로입구/ 을지로3가 내돈내산 청모 식당 추천 리스.... 2026-09-15 · Ferrite
- Training season's over 2026-09-13 · 미소네 · via Daum
- 명동 일상 | 라칸티나 히든메뉴 삼성세트 코스 예약 꿀팁 메뉴 미리 .... 2026-09-01 · 일상생활기록부
- 을지로입구역 파스타 라칸티나 메뉴판과 정식 2026-08-30 · 미스터콩쥐
- 을지로 데이트 맛집 라칸티나, 메뉴판에 없는 삼성정식 2026-08-26 · 진지한 하루
- 서울시청 라칸티나, 1967년부터 이어진 서울미래유산 양식집 직접 먹.... 2026-08-23 · 올뚜의 경험수집
- [시청역 맛집] 홍합 3개의 서러움을 대왕 수박으로 씻어낸 '라칸티나' 급벙개 후기 🇮🇹🍝 2026-08-21 · 미대오빠랑 살아가는 50대 언니 이야기 · via Daum
- 을지로 이병철회장 단골 대한민국에서 가장 오래된 이탈리아 식당 .... 2026-08-13 · 오-버킷리스트
- 을지로맛집 라칸티나 후기 2026-08-13 · lv_story:)
- [중구,을지로1가,을지로입구역/라칸티나] 가끔씩 찾아주는 이덜리 .... 2026-08-06 · 책과 음식과 영화이야기
- 을지로 스테이크 맛집 라칸티나, 삼성 이병철 회장도 즐겼던 전설의.... 2026-08-02 · 몽블랑킴의 일상 이야기
- 을지로 라칸티나 비추천 후기｜전통은 공간에, 맛은 아니였던... 2026-07-30 · 리아의 일상
- Daily l 26년 2분기 2026-07-30 · @YungsLog
- [서울/을지로] 이탈리안 레스토랑 라칸티나 삼성세트 since1967 오래가.... 2026-07-30 · izzimin 블로그
- 이무는 앵무새 2026-07-28 · 프로기님의 블로그 · via Daum
- 을지로 라칸티나 since 1967 정통 이탈리안 레스토랑 2026-07-20 · 놀고 먹는 블로그
- ️ [을지로 맛집] 역사 깊은 이탈리안 레스토랑 '라칸티나'에서 즐긴.... 2026-07-15 · 미대오빠랑 살아가는 50대 언니 이야기
Of 317 candidate posts we opened 117 and kept 22 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.